# 2019 Laois County Council election

An election to all 19 seats on Laois County Council was held on 24 May 2019 as part of the 2019 Irish local elections. County Laois was divided into 3 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

Following a recommendation of the 2018 LEA boundary review committee, the electoral division of Clash mas moved from Portlaoise LEA to Borris-in-Ossory–Mountmellick LEA, to take account of population changes revealed by the 2016 census.

## Results by party

| Party | Party | Seats | ± | 1st pref | FPv% | ±% |
| | Fine Gael | 7 | 1 | 9,578 | 29.64 | 0.56 |
| | Fianna Fáil | 6 | 1 | 10,355 | 32.05 | 0.75 |
| | Sinn Féin | 2 | | 3,604 | 11.15 | 1.55 |
| | Labour | 1 | | 1,797 | 5.56 | 0.86 |
| | Renua | 0 | | 514 | 1.59 | New |
| | Independent | 3 | | 6,461 | 20.00 | 1.20 |
| Total | Total | 19 | | 32,309 | 100.00 | |

## Results by local electoral area

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

### Borris-in-Ossory–Mountmellick

Borris-in-Ossory–Mountmellick: 6 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 | James Kelly | 12.72% | 1,517 | 1,576 | 1,606 | 1,629 | 1,648 | 1,811 | | | | |
| | Fianna Fáil | Paddy Bracken | 11.86% | 1,414 | 1,418 | 1,500 | 1,565 | 1,752 | | | | | |
| | Fine Gael | John King | 10.51% | 1,254 | 1,258 | 1,259 | 1,261 | 1,274 | 1,314 | 1,351 | 1,355 | 1,357 | 1,532 |
| | Independent | Ollie Clooney | 9.47% | 1,129 | 1,136 | 1,149 | 1,161 | 1,171 | 1,219 | 1,304 | 1,331 | 1,334 | 1,405 |
| | Fianna Fáil | Séamus McDonald | 9.13% | 1,089 | 1,095 | 1,116 | 1,332 | 1,395 | 1,535 | 1,671 | 1,695 | 1,710 | |
| | Independent | Brendan Phelan | 7.81% | 931 | 953 | 964 | 970 | 976 | 1,056 | 1,166 | 1,185 | 1,187 | 1,273 |
| | Fine Gael | Conor Bergin | 7.76% | 925 | 949 | 953 | 962 | 1,042 | 1,091 | 1,165 | 1,190 | 1,199 | 1,548 |
| | Fine Gael | David Goodwin | 6.92% | 825 | 831 | 843 | 916 | 1,057 | 1,088 | 1,150 | 1,152 | 1,169 | |
| | Sinn Féin | Lorna Holohan Garry | 5.44% | 649 | 668 | 741 | 790 | 819 | 841 | | | | |
| | Fianna Fáil | Liam O'Neill | 4.82% | 575 | 587 | 594 | 624 | 637 | | | | | |
| | Fine Gael | Fergal Conroy | 4.69% | 559 | 561 | 594 | 621 | | | | | | |
| | Fianna Fáil | Declan Good | 4.54% | 542 | 549 | 554 | | | | | | | |
| | Independent | Brian Furlong | 2.73% | 326 | 331 | | | | | | | | |
| | Independent | Ger Hogan | 1.61% | 192 | | | | | | | | | |
| Electorate: 20,704 Valid: 11,927 Spoilt: 168 Quota: 1,704 Turnout: 12,095 (58.42%) ||||||||||||||

### Graiguecullen–Portarlington

Graiguecullen–Portarlington: 6 seats :
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count |
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 |
| | Fianna Fáil | Padraig Fleming | 17.33% | 1,761 | | | | | | |
| | Sinn Féin | Aidan Mullins | 15.88% | 1,614 | | | | | | |
| | Fine Gael | Tom Mulhall | 15.19% | 1,544 | | | | | | |
| | Fianna Fáil | Paschal McEvoy | 13.93% | 1,416 | 1,495 | | | | | |
| | Independent | Ben Brennan | 12.50% | 1,270 | 1,350 | 1,387 | 1,392 | 1,433 | 1,445 | 1,525 |
| | Fine Gael | Aisling Moran | 8.81% | 895 | 964 | 972 | 995 | 1,031 | 1,047 | 1,398 |
| | Labour | Eoin Barry | 7.44% | 756 | 792 | 826 | 833 | 880 | 882 | 998 |
| | Fine Gael | Vivienne Phelan | 5.33% | 542 | 566 | 586 | 625 | 737 | 749 | |
| | Fianna Fáil | Deirdre Ó Connell-Hopkins | 3.59% | 365 | 386 | 449 | 467 | | | |
| Electorate: 20,541 Valid: 10,163 Spoilt: 147 Quota: 1,452 Turnout: 10,310 (50.19%) |||||||||||

### Portlaoise

Portlaoise: 7 seats :
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | 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 | 14 |
| | Fine Gael | William Aird | 15.39% | 1,573 | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | Fianna Fáil | John Joe Fennelly | 14.25% | 1,456 | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | Sinn Féin | Caroline Dwane-Stanley | 11.84% | 1,210 | 1,229 | 1,241 | 1,252 | 1,334 | | | | | | | | | |
| | Fianna Fáil | Catherine Fitzgerald | 10.57% | 1,080 | 1,129 | 1,166 | 1,173 | 1,177 | 1,180 | 1,184 | 1,206 | 1,288 | | | | | |
| | Labour | Noel Tuohy | 10.19% | 1,041 | 1,073 | 1,080 | 1,106 | 1,116 | 1,122 | 1,135 | 1,170 | 1,244 | 1,284 | | | | |
| | Fine Gael | Mary Sweeney | 10.02% | 1,024 | 1,100 | 1,159 | 1,178 | 1,189 | 1,195 | 1,211 | 1,213 | 1,251 | 1,269 | 1,271 | 1,369 | | |
| | Independent | Naeem Iqbal | 4.44% | 454 | 456 | 458 | 468 | 468 | 472 | 477 | 493 | 503 | 590 | 591 | 628 | 638 | |
| | Fine Gael | Thomasina Connell | 4.28% | 437 | 503 | 516 | 519 | 525 | 527 | 533 | 535 | 567 | 612 | 613 | 679 | 703 | 796 |
| | Renua | Dominic Dunne | 3.71% | 379 | 395 | 401 | 411 | 415 | 419 | 493 | 511 | 542 | 558 | 559 | 636 | 654 | 743 |
| | Independent | Timothy Adejumo | 3.55% | 363 | 365 | 368 | 374 | 374 | 381 | 383 | 401 | 411 | | | | | |
| | Fianna Fáil | Donal Kelly | 3.24% | 331 | 342 | 354 | 359 | 359 | 362 | 369 | 381 | 443 | 466 | 471 | | | |
| | Fianna Fáil | Pauline Madigan | 3.19% | 326 | 339 | 354 | 355 | 355 | 356 | 359 | 366 | | | | | | |
| | Independent | Tom Duffy | 1.51% | 154 | 155 | 156 | 164 | 167 | 172 | 173 | | | | | | | |
| | Renua | Noel O'Rourke | 1.32% | 135 | 137 | 140 | 148 | 150 | 151 | | | | | | | | |
| | Sinn Féin | John Gormley | 1.28% | 131 | 134 | 140 | 141 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | Independent | Judith Preston-Grace | 1.22% | 125 | 128 | 130 | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Electorate: 21,162 Valid: 10,219 Spoilt: 151 Quota: 1,278 Turnout: 10,370 (49%) ||||||||||||||||||

### Footnotes

* 1 2 See change below.

## Results by gender

2019 Laois County Council election Candidates by gender :
| Gender | Number of candidates | % of candidates | Elected councillors | % of councillors |
| Men | 29 | 74.4% | 14 | 73.7% |
| Women | 10 | 25.6% | 5 | 26.3% |
| TOTAL | 39 | | 19 | |

## Changes
### Co-options

| Party | Outgoing | LEA | Reason | Date | Co-optee |
| Fine Gael | Tom Mulhall | Graiguecullen–Portarlington | Retirement | January 2021 | P. J. Kelly |
| Fine Gael | Mary Sweeney | Portlaoise | Retirement | December 2021 | Barry Walsh |
| Labour | Noel Tuohy | Portlaoise | Retirement | February 2023 | Marie Tuohy |

### Changes in affiliation

| Name | LEA | Elected as | Elected as | New affiliation | New affiliation | Date |
| Aisling Moran | Graiguecullen-Portarlington | | Fine Gael | | Independent | 2 May 2023 |