# 2024 Westmeath County Council election

An election to all 20 seats on Westmeath County Council was held on 7 June 2024 as part of the 2024 Irish local elections. County Westmeath is divided into 4 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).

## Results by party

| Party | Party | Candidates | Seats | ± | 1st pref | FPv% | ±% |
| | Fianna Fáil | 10 | 9 | | 11,695 | 31.02 | 5.32 |
| | Fine Gael | 8 | 4 | 1 | 7,420 | 19.68 | 3.62 |
| | Labour | 4 | 2 | | 3,584 | 9.51 | 0.77 |
| | Sinn Féin | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3,295 | 8.74 | 2.94 |
| | Independent Ireland | 3 | 1 | New | 1,575 | 4.18 | New |
| | Green | 3 | 0 | 2 | 916 | 2.43 | 1.05 |
| | Aontú | 1 | 0 | | 349 | 0.93 | 0.24 |
| | Irish Freedom | 2 | 0 | New | 548 | 1.45 | New |
| | Ireland First | 2 | 0 | New | 482 | 1.28 | New |
| | Social Democrats | 1 | 0 | | 318 | 0.84 | 0.26 |
| | The Irish People | 1 | 0 | New | 92 | 0.24 | New |
| | Independent | 6 | 2 | | 7,426 | 19.70 | 0.90 |
| Total | Total | 48 | 20 | | 37,700 | 100.00 | |

## Retiring incumbents

The following councillors are not seeking re-election:
| Constituency | Councillor | Party |
| Kinnegad | John Shaw | Fianna Fáil |
| Kinnegad | Paddy Hill | Fianna Fáil |
| Kinnegad | Frank McDermott | Fine Gael |

## Results by local electoral area

^ *: Outgoing councillor elected in 2019. ^ **: Outgoing councillor elected in 2019 in another LEA. ^ †: Outgoing councillor coopted subsequent to the 2019 election. ^ ††: Outgoing councillor coopted subsequent to the 2019 election in another LEA

### Athlone

Athlone: 5 Seats :
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count |
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 |
| | Independent | Kevin "Boxer" Moran | 39.64% | 3,782 | | | | | | | | | |
| | Fianna Fáil | Frankie Keena | 14.37% | 1,371 | 1,780 | | | | | | | | |
| | Fine Gael | John Dolan | 12.72% | 1,214 | 1,568 | 1,639 | | | | | | | |
| | Fianna Fáil | Aengus O'Rourke | 11.77% | 1,123 | 1,686 | | | | | | | | |
| | Sinn Féin | Conor Dowling-Linehan | 4.66% | 445 | 563 | 571 | 579 | 579 | 599 | 628 | 644 | | |
| | Green | Louise Heavin | 3.82% | 364 | 477 | 489 | 508 | 517 | 553 | 629 | 654 | 760 | |
| | Independent | Tom Cleary | 3.31% | 316 | 507 | 530 | 546 | 554 | 598 | 642 | 739 | 858 | 1,034 |
| | Independent Ireland | Paul Hogan | 3.25% | 310 | 530 | 565 | 590 | 601 | 632 | 684 | 814 | 965 | 1,120 |
| | Irish Freedom | Catrina O'Donohoe | 2.91% | 278 | 363 | 372 | 377 | 381 | 388 | 399 | | | |
| | Fine Gael | Ruairí Keyes | 1.98% | 189 | 260 | 271 | 284 | 296 | 329 | | | | |
| | Labour | Ray Lennon | 1.56% | 149 | 216 | 236 | 245 | 249 | | | | | |
| Electorate: 20,464 Valid: 9,541 Spoilt: 70 Quota: 1,591 Turnout: 9,661 (47.21%) ||||||||||||||

### Kinnegad

Kinnegad: 5 Seats :
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count |
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 |
| | Labour | Denis Leonard | 14.91% | 1,457 | | | 1,502 | 1,569 | 1,590 | 1,632 | | | | |
| | Fianna Fáil | Alfie Devine | 12.64% | 1,236 | | | 1,239 | 1,243 | 1,252 | | 1,364 | 1,533 | 1,689 | |
| | Sinn Féin | David Jones | 11.61% | 1,135 | | | 1,146 | 1,203 | 1,246 | | 1,553 | 1,582 | 1,690 | |
| | Fianna Fáil | Niall Gaffney | 10.69% | 1,045 | | | 1,052 | 1,066 | 1,105 | | | 1,125 | 1,225 | 1,287 |
| | Fine Gael | Seamus MacDermott | 10.04% | 981 | | | 986 | 1,010 | 1,028 | | | 1,089 | 1,101 | 1,181 |
| | Fine Gael | Emily Wallace | 9.73% | 951 | | | 960 | 1,019 | 1,040 | | | 1,072 | 1,252 | 1,421 |
| | Independent Ireland | Brian Crum | 6.05% | 591 | | | 660 | 669 | 732 | | | 1,015 | | |
| | Fianna Fáil | Shauna Coyne | 5.86% | 573 | | | 578 | 600 | 614 | | 635 | | | |
| | Independent | Noleen Fanning | 4.38% | 428 | | | 464 | 468 | 528 | 548 | | | | |
| | Sinn Féin | Maureen Piggot | 3.87% | 378 | | | 399 | 468 | 501 | | | | | |
| | Aontú | Laura O’Neill | 3.57% | 349 | | | 390 | 397 | | | | | | |
| | Fine Gael | Anthonia Izekor | 1.79% | 175 | | | 196 | | | | | | | |
| | Sinn Féin | Frances Monahan | 1.53% | 150 | | | 161 | | | | | | | |
| | Green | Carol Okeke | 1.24% | 121 | 122 | | | | | | | | | |
| | Ireland First | Sarah Heraty | 1.16% | 113 | | 133 | | | | | | | | |
| | The Irish People | Ian McGauley | 0.94% | 92 | | | | | | | | | | |
| Electorate: 18,090 Valid: 9,775 Spoilt: 123 Quota: 1,630 Turnout: 9,898 (54.72%) |||||||||||||||

### Moate

Moate: 4 Seats :
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count |
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 |
| | Fine Gael | Tom Farrell | 23.96% | 2,185 | | | | |
| | Fianna Fáil | Vinny McCormack | 17.87% | 1,630 | 1,777 | 1,797 | 1,833 | |
| | Fianna Fáil | Liam McDaniel | 16.23% | 1,480 | 1,512 | 1,522 | 1,558 | 1,826 |
| | Labour | Johnnie Penrose | 15.80% | 1,441 | 1,516 | 1,537 | 1,663 | 1,851 |
| | Independent | Michael O’Brien | 11.24% | 1,025 | 1,093 | 1,174 | 1,253 | 1,465 |
| | Independent Ireland | Paul Hogan | 7.39% | 674 | 697 | 779 | 873 | |
| | Sinn Féin | John Lawlor | 4.56% | 416 | 424 | 445 | | |
| | Irish Freedom | Shane Lynam | 2.96% | 270 | 277 | | | |
| Electorate: 16,297 Valid: 9,121 Spoilt: 72 Quota: 1,825 Turnout: 9,193 (56.41%) |||||||||

### Mullingar

Mullingar: 6 Seats :
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count |
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 |
| | Independent | Mick Dollard | 18.31% | 1,696 | | | | | | | | |
| | Fianna Fáil | Ken Glynn | 14.27% | 1,322 | 1,387 | | | | | | | |
| | Fianna Fáil | Aoife Davitt | 10.54% | 976 | 1,009 | 1,017 | 1,023 | 1,029 | 1,048 | 1,060 | 1,133 | 1,258 |
| | Fine Gael | Andrew Duncan | 10.43% | 966 | 1,001 | 1,010 | 1,014 | 1,018 | 1,029 | 1,056 | 1,119 | 1,266 |
| | Fianna Fáil | Bill Collentine | 10.14% | 939 | 981 | 995 | 1,002 | 1,006 | 1,017 | 1,029 | 1,076 | 1,222 |
| | Fine Gael | Gerry Heery | 8.19% | 759 | 784 | 788 | 796 | 797 | 821 | 840 | 913 | 1,048 |
| | Sinn Féin | Julie McCourt | 6.18% | 572 | 607 | 611 | 753 | 769 | 830 | 886 | 942 | 1,053 |
| | Labour | Fidelma Bennett | 5.80% | 537 | 580 | 588 | 595 | 602 | 658 | 695 | 877 | |
| | Green | Hazel Smyth | 4.65% | 431 | 442 | 444 | 446 | 452 | 560 | 577 | | |
| | Ireland First | Margaret Maguire | 3.98% | 369 | 392 | 392 | 396 | 514 | 537 | | | |
| | Social Democrats | Ali Morris | 3.43% | 318 | 325 | 326 | 335 | 347 | | | |
| | Sinn Féin | Damien Rooney | 2.15% | 199 | 209 | 210 | | | | | | |
| | Independent | Patrick Hussey | 1.93% | 179 | 222 | 226 | 229 | | | | | |
| Electorate: 20,673 Valid: 9,263 Spoilt: 133 Quota: 1,324 Turnout: 9,396 (45.45%) |||||||||||||