# 2019 Galway City Council election

An election to all 18 seats on Galway City Council was held in Galway in Ireland on 24 May 2019 as part of the 2019 Irish local elections. Councillors were elected for a five-year term of office from 3 local electoral areas (LEAs) on the electoral system of proportional representation by means of the single transferable vote (PR-STV).

## Boundary review

Following a recommendation of the 2018 LEA boundary review committee, the only change to the areas used at the 2014 election was to move the electoral division of Claddagh from the West LEA to the Central LEA in line with population changes revealed by the 2016 census.

## Overview

Fianna Fáil became the largest party on the City Council gaining 2 seats in the process. Fine Gael lost 1 seat despite slightly increasing their vote. The Green Party emerged as the big winners winning 2 seats; 1 in each of Galway City Central and Galway City West and a nearly 5 fivefold increase in voteshare. Following two recounts the Social Democrats held onto a seat in Galway City East at the expense of Sinn Féin, and lost a seat in City Central to the Greens. Sinn Féin lost all their seats as their vote collapsed almost in half. To a significant extent the rise in support for both the Social Democrats and the Greens contributed to the loss for Sinn Féin.

## Results by party

| Party | Party | Seats | ± | 1st pref | FPv% | ±% |
| | Fianna Fáil | 5 | 2 | 4,848 | 20.47 | 0.97 |
| | Fine Gael | 3 | 1 | 3,752 | 15.85 | 0.05 |
| | Green | 2 | 2 | 2,230 | 9.42 | 7.23 |
| | Labour | 1 | 1 | 1,651 | 6.97 | 3.83 |
| | Social Democrats | 1 | 1 | 1,419 | 5.99 | New |
| | Sinn Féin | 0 | 3 | 1,272 | 5.37 | 4.13 |
| | Aontú | 0 | | 574 | 2.42 | New |
| | People Before Profit | 0 | | 377 | 1.59 | 1.00 |
| | Renua | 0 | | 225 | 0.95 | New |
| | Solidarity | 0 | | 203 | 0.86 | 3.65 |
| | Independent | 6 | | 7,134 | 30.13 | 6.97 |
| Total | Total | 18 | | 23,679 | 100.00 | |

## Results by local electoral area

^ *: Outgoing councillor elected in 2014. ^ †: Outgoing councillor coopted subsequent to the 2014 election.

### Galway City Central

Galway City Central: 6 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 |
| | Independent | Mike Cubbard | 16.16% | 1,292 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | Fianna Fáil | Ollie Crowe | 12.61% | 1,008 | 1,024 | 1,036 | 1,053 | 1,065 | 1,072 | 1,160 | | | | |
| | Fine Gael | Eddie Hoare | 10.68% | 854 | 866 | 881 | 937 | 951 | 967 | 1,023 | 1,108 | 1,109 | 1,188 | |
| | Fine Gael | Frank Fahy | 8.68% | 694 | 709 | 721 | 757 | 780 | 790 | 833 | 927 | 931 | 1,010 | 1,029 |
| | Green | Martina O'Connor | 6.80% | 544 | 552 | 571 | 590 | 618 | 684 | 720 | 769 | 768 | 912 | 924 |
| | Labour | John McDonagh | 6.59% | 527 | 547 | 579 | 602 | 636 | 656 | 694 | 759 | 768 | | |
| | Social Democrats | Sharon Nolan | 6.44% | 515 | 525 | 534 | 539 | 576 | 741 | 762 | 793 | 788 | 870 | 873 |
| | Independent | Colette Connolly | 6.17% | 493 | 510 | 526 | 551 | 590 | 648 | 701 | 800 | 804 | 963 | 974 |
| | Fianna Fáil | Imelda Byrne | 6.13% | 490 | 497 | 516 | 535 | 551 | 568 | 609 | | | | |
| | Aontú | Cormac Ó Corcoráin | 5.37% | 429 | 434 | 453 | 481 | 493 | 517 | | | | | |
| | People Before Profit | Joe Loughnane | 4.71% | 377 | 386 | 396 | 413 | 468 | | | | | | |
| | Sinn Féin | Mark Lohan | 4.10% | 328 | 336 | 342 | 345 | | | | | | | |
| | Independent | Mike Geraghty | 3.04% | 243 | 256 | 273 | | | | | | | | |
| | Independent | James O'Toole | 1.55% | 124 | 128 | | | | | | | | | |
| | Independent | Daragh O'Flaherty | 1.04% | 83 | 86 | | | | | | | | | |
| | Independent | Patrick Feeney | 0.01% | 1 | 2 | | | | | | | | | |
| Electorate: 16,241 Valid: 7,996 Spoilt: 150 Quota: 1,143 Turnout: 8,146 (50.16%) |||||||||||||||

### Galway City East

Galway City East: 6 seats :
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | Count | 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 | 12 | 13 |
| | Independent | Declan McDonnell | 14.71% | 1,090 | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | Fianna Fáil | Alan Cheevers | 12.97% | 961 | 967 | 977 | 979 | 993 | 1,004 | 1,021 | 1,049 | 1,052 | 1,079 | | | |
| | Independent | Terry O'Flaherty | 12.65% | 937 | 942 | 957 | 965 | 997 | 1,025 | 1,044 | 1,071 | | | | | |
| | Fianna Fáil | Michael John Crowe | 10.19% | 755 | 759 | 763 | 766 | 779 | 791 | 797 | 818 | 819 | 845 | 868 | 972 | 978 |
| | Independent | Noel Larkin | 9.11% | 675 | 687 | 694 | 701 | 722 | 739 | 751 | 761 | 762 | 811 | 849 | 1,006 | 1,015 |
| | Sinn Féin | Mairéad Farrell | 7.04% | 522 | 529 | 544 | 546 | 557 | 571 | 617 | 625 | 626 | 659 | 727 | 772 | 772 |
| | Fine Gael | John Walsh | 6.15% | 456 | 463 | 468 | 471 | 475 | 486 | 489 | 577 | 581 | 603 | 645 | | |
| | Social Democrats | Owen Hanley | 5.57% | 413 | 416 | 417 | 418 | 428 | 447 | 502 | 513 | 514 | 537 | 728 | 786 | 790 |
| | Green | Claire Hillery | 5.16% | 382 | 385 | 388 | 388 | 398 | 422 | 455 | 467 | 467 | 495 | | | |
| | Renua | Neil O'Mahony | 3.04% | 225 | 230 | 287 | 288 | 300 | 303 | 309 | 316 | 317 | | | | |
| | Fine Gael | Donal Lynch | 2.91% | 216 | 216 | 218 | 219 | 240 | 249 | 250 | | | | | | |
| | Solidarity | Conor Burke | 2.74% | 203 | 207 | 211 | 212 | 219 | 239 | | | | | | | |
| | Labour | Liam Boyle | 2.47% | 183 | 187 | 190 | 191 | 200 | | | | | | | | |
| | Independent | Michael Tully | 2.46% | 182 | 184 | 189 | 190 | | | | | | | | | |
| | Aontú | Nuala Nolan | 1.96% | 145 | 145 | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | Independent | Pat Hardiman | 0.88% | 65 | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Electorate: 15,370 Valid: 7,410 Spoilt: 118 Quota: 1,059 Turnout: 7,528 (48.98%) |||||||||||||||||

### Galway City West

Galway City West: 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 | Donal Lyons | 17.68% | 1,463 | | | | | | | | |
| | Green | Pauline O'Reilly | 15.76% | 1,304 | | | | | | | | |
| | Labour | Níall McNelis | 11.37% | 941 | 1,030 | 1,062 | 1,070 | 1,085 | 1,105 | 1,152 | 1,243 | |
| | Fianna Fáil | Peter Keane | 10.88% | 900 | 935 | 940 | 944 | 946 | 965 | 987 | 1,016 | 1,059 |
| | Fine Gael | Clodagh Higgins | 9.80% | 811 | 851 | 867 | 871 | 878 | 890 | 916 | 941 | 1,040 |
| | Fianna Fáil | John Connolly | 8.87% | 734 | 764 | 769 | 775 | 779 | 808 | 825 | 891 | 960 |
| | Fine Gael | Pearce Flannery | 8.72% | 721 | 752 | 759 | 761 | 769 | 772 | 786 | 809 | 882 |
| | Social Democrats | John Crowley | 5.93% | 491 | 503 | 540 | 548 | 566 | 574 | 613 | 705 | |
| | Sinn Féin | Cathal Ó Conchúir | 5.10% | 422 | 434 | 440 | 444 | 455 | 461 | 473 | | |
| | Independent | Marian Maloney | 2.21% | 183 | 198 | 204 | 210 | 222 | 240 | | | |
| | Independent | Tommy Roddy | 1.66% | 137 | 145 | 147 | 160 | 166 | | | | |
| | Independent | Marc Anderson | 1.10% | 91 | 95 | 98 | 111 | | | | | |
| | Independent | Darius Ivan | 0.36% | 30 | 33 | 34 | | | | | | |
| | Independent | Claire Keegan | 0.36% | 30 | 31 | 33 | | | | | | |
| | Independent | Patrick Feeney | 0.18% | 15 | 16 | 16 | | | | | | |
| Electorate: 16,574 Valid: 8,273 Spoilt: 125 Quota: 1,182 Turnout: 8,398 (50.67%) |||||||||||||

### Footnotes

* 1 2 3 See change below.

## Changes
### Co-options

| Party | Outgoing | LEA | Reason | Date | Co-optee |
| Green | Pauline O'Reilly | Galway City West | Elected to 26th Seanad at the 2020 Seanad election | March 2020 | Niall Murphy |
| Fianna Fáil | Ollie Crowe | Galway City Central | Elected to 26th Seanad at the 2020 Seanad election | 8 June 2020 | Imelda Byrne |
| Social Democrats | Owen Hanley | Galway City East | Resigned | January 2023 | Alan Curran |

### Changes in affiliation

| Name | LEA | Elected as | Elected as | New affiliation | New affiliation | Date |
| Noel Larkin | Galway City East | | Independent | | Independent Ireland | March 2024 |