Part of the 2019 Irish local elections
An election all 18 seats on Carlow County Council was held on 24 May 2019 as part of the 2019 Irish local elections. County Carlow was divided into three local electoral areas (LEAs) to elect councillors for a five-year term of office on the electoral system of proportional representation by means of the single transferable vote (PR-STV).
Boundary review
At the 2014 Carlow County Council election, there were two LEAs, of 10 and 8 seats. The terms of reference of the 2018 local electoral area boundary committee required a maximum of seven councillors in each LEA. Following the recommendations of committee, County Carlow was divided into three LEAs.[2][3]
Overview
Fianna Fáil gained an additional seat to emerge level with Fine Gael on 6 seats apiece and a higher share of the vote. Sinn Féin lost two seats, and Cllr John Cassin was re-elected as an Independent. Labour retained two seats, while Adrienne Wallace, who contested South for Solidarity–People Before Profit in the European Parliament election held on the same day, gained a seat for the party.
Results by party
Results by local electoral area
^ *: Outgoing councillor elected in 2014.
^ †: Outgoing councillor coopted subsequent to the 2014 election.
Carlow
Muinebeag
Tullow
Results by gender
Changes after 2019
Changes in affiliation
References
Sources
- "Local Elections 2019: Results, Transfer of Votes and Statistics" (PDF). Department of Housing, Planning and Local Government (DHPLG). pp. 66–68. Archived from the original (PDF) on 10 June 2020. Retrieved 20 June 2023.
- "Carlow County Council – Local Election candidates". RTÉ. 13 May 2019. Archived from the original on 11 September 2020. Retrieved 15 May 2019.
- "State of the Poll". Carlow County Council. 25 May 2019. Archived from the original on 13 September 2020. Retrieved 19 June 2019.
Citations
- ^ "Carlow County Council – Local Election candidates". Raidió Teilifís Éireann. 15 May 2019. Retrieved 29 February 2020.
- ^ Local Electoral Area Boundary Committee No. 1 (13 June 2018). Report 2018 (PDF). Government Publications. pp. 20–23, 141. ISBN 978-1-4064-2990-9. Archived (PDF) from the original on 30 April 2023. Retrieved 13 June 2023.
{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link) - ^ County of Carlow Local Electoral Areas Order 2018 (S.I. No. 610 of 2018). Signed on 19 December 2018 by John Paul Phelan, Minister of State at the Department of Housing, Planning and Local Government. Statutory Instrument of the Government of Ireland. Archived from the original on 6 May 2021. Retrieved from Irish Statute Book on 8 May 2019.
- ^ "Carlow County Council: People Before Profit claim seat for first time". The Irish Times. Dublin. 27 May 2019 [25 May 2019]. Archived from the original on 10 June 2021.
