# 2019 Monaghan County Council election

An election to all 18 seats on Monaghan County Council was held on 24 May 2019 as part of the 2019 Irish local elections. County Monaghan 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 the recommendations of the 2018 LEA boundary review committee, the boundaries to the LEAs used in the 2014 elections were adjusted with the move of one seat from Ballybay–Clones LEA to Monaghan LEA.

## Overview

Bucking a trend elsewhere Sinn Féin slightly increased their vote in County Monaghan. However this did not prevent the party from losing a seat in the Carrickmacross–Castleblayney LEA but Sinn Féin would still remain the largest party. The Sinn Féin loss was to former Carrickmacross town councillor, Mary Kerr-Conlon. However the Fine Gael vote in County Monaghan fell by over 5%, a consequence of Hugh McElvaney retaining his seat in Ballybay-Clones as an Independent.

## Results by party

| Party | Party | Seats | ± | 1st pref | FPv% | ±% |
| | Sinn Féin | 6 | 1 | 9,238 | 34.38 | 0.09 |
| | Fine Gael | 5 | | 6,568 | 24.44 | 5.23 |
| | Fianna Fáil | 4 | | 6,609 | 24.60 | 0.90 |
| | Green | 0 | | 676 | 2.52 | 2.12 |
| | Aontú | 0 | | 354 | 1.32 | New |
| | Independent | 3 | 1 | 3,425 | 12.75 | 1.69 |
| Total | Total | 18 | | 26,870 | 100.00 | |

## Results by local electoral area

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

### Ballybay–Clones

Ballybay–Clones: 5 seats :
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | Count | Count |
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| | Fianna Fáil | Séamus Coyle | 28.57% | 2,346 | | |
| | Sinn Féin | Pat Treanor | 17.40% | 1,429 | | |
| | Fine Gael | Richard John Truell | 15.89% | 1,305 | 1,525 | |
| | Fine Gael | Séan Gilliland | 14.42% | 1,184 | 1,412 | |
| | Independent | Hugh McElvaney | 13.87% | 1,139 | 1,357 | 1,419 |
| | Sinn Féin | Rosie Smyth O'Harte | 9.84% | 808 | 1,119 | 1,213 |
| Electorate: 14,767 Valid: 8,211 Spoilt: 168 Quota: 1,369 Turnout: 8,379 (57%) |||||||

### Carrickmacross–Castleblayney

Carrickmacross–Castleblayney: 6 seats :
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count |
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 |
| | Sinn Féin | Colm Carthy | 14.60% | 1,401 | | | | | | |
| | Sinn Féin | Noel Keelan | 14.34% | 1,376 | | | | | | |
| | Fine Gael | Aidan Campbell | 14.22% | 1,364 | 1,365 | 1,401 | | | | |
| | Fianna Fáil | P.J. O'Hanlon | 14.03% | 1,346 | 1,350 | 1,372 | | | | |
| | Sinn Féin | Jackie Crowe | 9.87% | 947 | 961 | 1,005 | 1,108 | 1,129 | 1,173 | |
| | Fine Gael | Mary Kerr-Conlon | 7.84% | 752 | 755 | 796 | 813 | 1,024 | 1,237 | 1,247 |
| | Fianna Fáil | Aoife McCooey | 7.66% | 735 | 736 | 765 | 868 | 905 | 1,192 | 1,197 |
| | Fianna Fáil | Rory Owen McEvoy | 6.42% | 616 | 620 | 642 | 677 | 748 | | |
| | Fine Gael | Patrick Cassidy | 4.28% | 411 | 412 | 432 | 441 | | | |
| | Aontú | James Duffy | 3.69% | 354 | 354 | 378 | | | | |
| | Green | Conan Connolly | 3.03% | 291 | 293 | | | | | |
| Electorate: 17,286 Valid: 9,593 Spoilt: 192 Quota: 1,371 Turnout: 9,785 (57%) |||||||||||

### Monaghan

Monaghan: 7 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 |
| | Sinn Féin | Cathy Bennett | 14.24% | 1,291 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | Independent | Seamus Treanor | 12.71% | 1,152 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | Fianna Fáil | Raymond Aughey | 12.03% | 1,091 | 1,107 | 1,109 | 1,116 | 1,131 | 1,151 | | | | | |
| | Sinn Féin | Brian McKenna | 9.91% | 898 | 951 | 953 | 954 | 967 | 977 | 1,003 | 1,004 | 1,033 | 1,146 | |
| | Fine Gael | David Maxwell | 9.39% | 851 | 854 | 855 | 855 | 856 | 868 | 942 | 944 | 987 | 1,003 | 1,281 |
| | Independent | Paudge Connolly | 8.10% | 734 | 747 | 751 | 757 | 770 | 816 | 839 | 840 | 922 | 990 | 1,082 |
| | Sinn Féin | Seán Conlon | 7.49% | 679 | 711 | 713 | 718 | 753 | 783 | 795 | 798 | 844 | 1,018 | 1,074 |
| | Fianna Fáil | Emer Brennan | 5.24% | 475 | 483 | 484 | 487 | 491 | 506 | 531 | 536 | 602 | 623 | 673 |
| | Fine Gael | Barra Flynn | 4.80% | 435 | 439 | 440 | 444 | 449 | 462 | 524 | 526 | 589 | 595 | |
| | Sinn Féin | Catriona Moen | 4.51% | 409 | 420 | 421 | 421 | 432 | 441 | 456 | 456 | 480 | | |
| | Green | Mícheál Callaghan | 4.25% | 385 | 392 | 393 | 397 | 417 | 428 | 445 | 446 | | | |
| | Fine Gael | Fiona McCaffrey Jones | 2.93% | 266 | 269 | 269 | 271 | 272 | 280 | | | | | |
| | Independent | Thomas Hagan | 2.04% | 185 | 188 | 190 | 203 | 225 | | | | | | |
| | Independent | Alvin McGlone | 1.69% | 153 | 153 | 157 | 163 | | | | | | | |
| | Independent | Paddy Grenham | 0.44% | 40 | 40 | 40 | | | | | | | | |
| | Independent | James Mee | 0.24% | 22 | 23 | 23 | | | | | | | | |
| Electorate: 18,421 Valid: 9,066 Spoilt: 206 Quota: 1,134 Turnout: 9,272 (50%) |||||||||||||||

## Results by gender

2019 Monaghan County Council election Candidates by gender :
| Gender | Number of candidates | % of candidates | Elected councillors | % of councillors |
| Men | 26 | 78.8% | 15 | 83.3% |
| Women | 7 | 21.2% | 3 | 16.7% |
| TOTAL | 33 | | 18 | |