# 2019 Fingal County Council election

An election to all 40 seats on Fingal County Council was held on 24 May 2019 as part of 2019 Irish local elections. Fingal was divided into 7 local electoral areas (LEAs) to elect councillors for a five-year term of officeon the electoral system of proportional representation by means of the single transferable vote (PR-STV).

## Boundary changes

Following a recommendation of the 2018 Boundary Committee, the boundaries of the LEAs were altered from those used in the 2014 elections. Its terms of reference required no change in the total number of councillors but set a lower maximum LEA size of seven councillors, breached by four of Fingal's five 2014 LEAs. Other changes were necessitated by population shifts revealed by the 2016 census.

## Overview

Fianna Fáil emerged as the largest party with 8 seats a net gain of 1 seat. The party won 2 seats in each of Swords and Rush–Lusk. Following boundary changes with Brian Dennehy having transferred to Rush–Lusk, the party emerged seatless in Balbriggan, however. Fine Gael also increased their seat numbers by 1 to 7 but failed to win a seat in Swords for another election as well as Rush–Lusk. Labour gained 2 seats to return with 6 seats in total. The Green Party gained 3 seats in Balbriggan, Ongar and Swords to increase their numbers to 5. Cian O'Callaghan and Paul Mulville had joined the Social Democrats in the years pre-election and both retained their seats. Sinn Féin lost 2 seats overall in Balbriggan and in Howth-Malahide. The party fared much better in the LEAs that make up the Dublin West constituency than Dubin Fingal and just took the last seat in Swords. Solidarity had a very poor election in a former heartland returning with just 1 seat.
Punam Rane, elected for Fine Gael in Blanchardstown–Mulhuddart, became Ireland's first Indian-born councillor. The Green gains included a 20-year-old student, Daniel Whooley, elected in Ongar.

## Results by party

| Party | Party | Seats | ± | 1st pref | FPv% | ±% |
| | Fianna Fáil | 8 | 1 | 13,677 | 17.25 | 0.67 |
| | Fine Gael | 7 | 1 | 13,418 | 16.93 | 2.24 |
| | Labour | 6 | 2 | 10,449 | 13.18 | 1.87 |
| | Green | 5 | 3 | 11,154 | 14.07 | 8.96 |
| | Sinn Féin | 4 | 2 | 7,202 | 9.08 | 5.51 |
| | Social Democrats | 2 | 2 | 4,683 | 5.91 | New |
| | Solidarity | 1 | 3 | 2,891 | 3.65 | 4.36 |
| | Inds. 4 Change | 1 | 1 | 1,304 | 1.64 | New |
| | Aontú | 0 | | 1,743 | 2.20 | New |
| | People Before Profit | 0 | 1 | 263 | 0.33 | 1.47 |
| | Independent | 6 | 4 | 12,474 | 15.73 | 9.69 |
| Total | Total | 40 | | 79,278 | 100.00 | |

## Results by local electoral area

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

### Balbriggan

Balbriggan: 5 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 | Tony Murphy | 17.74% | 1,881 | | | | | | | | |
| | Green | Joe O'Brien | 14.64% | 1,552 | 1,560 | 1,587 | 1,612 | 1,679 | 1,717 | 1,792 | | |
| | Labour | Seána Ó Rodaigh | 12.28% | 1,302 | 1,307 | 1,314 | 1,325 | 1,358 | 1,382 | 1,431 | 1,538 | 1,687 |
| | Fine Gael | Tom O'Leary | 11.46% | 1,215 | 1,219 | 1,224 | 1,256 | 1,261 | 1,272 | 1,308 | 1,324 | 1,609 |
| | Independent | Gráinne Maguire | 10.95% | 1,161 | 1,206 | 1,272 | 1,289 | 1,346 | 1,391 | 1,502 | 1,646 | 1,825 |
| | Sinn Féin | Malachy Quinn | 9.30% | 986 | 998 | 1,048 | 1,055 | 1,082 | 1,109 | 1,141 | 1,246 | 1,287 |
| | Fine Gael | Sam O'Connor | 5.90% | 626 | 637 | 647 | 700 | 720 | 748 | 828 | 876 | |
| | Fianna Fáil | Niall Keady | 4.00% | 424 | 432 | 444 | 453 | 461 | 487 | | | |
| | Solidarity | Carah Daniel | 3.88% | 411 | 415 | 435 | 449 | 490 | 573 | 600 | | |
| | Social Democrats | Garrett Mullan | 2.75% | 292 | 297 | 309 | 320 | | | | | |
| | People Before Profit | Oghenetano John Uwhumiakpor | 2.48% | 263 | 265 | 271 | 340 | 359 | | | | |
| | Fine Gael | Okezie Emuaga | 2.39% | 253 | 255 | 264 | | | | | | |
| | Independent | Martin Hughes | 2.24% | 237 | 244 | | | | | | | |
| Electorate: 23,553 Valid: 10,603 Spoilt: 218 Quota: 1,768 Turnout: 10,821 (45.94%) |||||||||||||

### Blanchardstown–Mulhuddart

Blanchardstown–Mulhuddart: 5 seats :
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count |
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 |
| | Labour | Mary McCamley | 17.81% | 888 | | | | | | | |
| | Sinn Féin | Breda Hanaphy | 12.24% | 610 | 614 | 619 | 679 | 716 | 739 | 1,041 | |
| | Fine Gael | Punam Rane | 11.07% | 552 | 569 | 582 | 603 | 637 | 762 | 793 | 806 |
| | Solidarity | John Burtchaell | 10.75% | 536 | 541 | 546 | 601 | 652 | 677 | 732 | 818 |
| | Fianna Fáil | Freddie Cooper | 10.07% | 502 | 508 | 511 | 526 | 554 | 647 | 667 | 685 |
| | Independent | Robert Loughlin | 8.91% | 444 | 445 | 455 | 478 | 538 | 551 | 563 | 595 |
| | Sinn Féin | Damien Bissett | 8.37% | 417 | 421 | 428 | 450 | 471 | 484 | | |
| | Fianna Fáil | JK Onwumereh | 6.88% | 343 | 350 | 356 | 370 | 399 | | | |
| | Aontú | Sinéad Moore | 6.14% | 306 | 311 | 319 | 363 | | | | |
| | Independent | Lorna Nolan | 5.98% | 298 | 304 | 319 | | | | | |
| | Independent | Marius Marosan | 0.96% | 48 | 49 | | | | | | |
| | Independent | Aran Smeallie | 0.82% | 41 | 42 | | | | | | |
| Electorate: 17,132 Valid: 4,985 Spoilt: 201 Quota: 831 Turnout: 5,186 (30.27%) ||||||||||||

### Castleknock

Castleknock: 6 seats :
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count |
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 |
| | Green | Roderic O'Gorman | 27.25% | 3,731 | | | | | | | |
| | Fine Gael | Emer Currie | 15.99% | 2,189 | | | | | | | |
| | Fine Gael | Ted Leddy | 11.29% | 1,546 | 1,928 | 2,082 | | | | | |
| | Fianna Fáil | Howard Mahony | 11.01% | 1,507 | 1,621 | 1,638 | 1,661 | 1,678 | 2,117 | | |
| | Labour | John Walsh | 9.03% | 1,237 | 1,944 | 1,970 | | | | | |
| | Aontú | Edward MacManus | 6.64% | 909 | 1,008 | 1,016 | 1,027 | 1,091 | 1,143 | 1,180 | 1,351 |
| | Sinn Féin | Natalie Treacy | 6.36% | 871 | 948 | 950 | 950 | 1,156 | 1,192 | 1,200 | 1,654 |
| | Solidarity | Sandra Kavanagh | 5.25% | 719 | 941 | 948 | 952 | 1,028 | 1,061 | 1,080 | |
| | Fianna Fáil | Mags Murray | 4.23% | 579 | 671 | 684 | 710 | 728 | | | |
| | Sinn Féin | Ryan Fitzgerald | 1.92% | 263 | 303 | 306 | 309 | | | | |
| | Independent | Kevin Mullally | 1.04% | 142 | 183 | 185 | 187 | | | | |
| Electorate: 32,220 Valid: 13,693 Spoilt: 274 Quota: 1,957 Turnout: 13,967 (43.35%) ||||||||||||

### Howth–Malahide

Howth–Malahide: 7 seats :
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | Count | Count |
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| | Fianna Fáil | Eoghan O'Brien | 18.06% | 3,561 | | |
| | Green | David Healy | 17.35% | 3,422 | | |
| | Social Democrats | Cian O'Callaghan | 13.78% | 2,717 | | |
| | Labour | Brian McDonagh | 13.03% | 2,569 | | |
| | Independent | Jimmy Guerin | 11.34% | 2,237 | 2,586 | |
| | Fine Gael | Aoibhinn Tormey | 10.46% | 2,064 | 2,325 | 2,725 |
| | Fine Gael | Anthony Lavin | 9.55% | 1,883 | 2,233 | 2,441 |
| | Sinn Féin | Daire Ní Laoi | 4.90% | 966 | 1,041 | 1,210 |
| | Independent | Tom Daly | 1.54% | 304 | 364 | 543 |
| Electorate: 43,919 Valid: 19,723 Spoilt: 656 Quota: 2,466 Turnout: 20,379 (46.40%) |||||||

### Ongar

Ongar: 5 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 |
| | Sinn Féin | Paul Donnelly | 21.22% | 1,594 | | | | | | | | |
| | Independent | Tania Doyle | 15.00% | 1,127 | 1,169 | 1,197 | 1,218 | 1,271 | | | | |
| | Fianna Fáil | Tom Kitt | 11.57% | 869 | 894 | 905 | 917 | 947 | 949 | 991 | 1,048 | 1,144 |
| | Fine Gael | Kieran Dennison | 8.93% | 671 | 682 | 701 | 709 | 737 | 737 | 895 | 991 | 1,111 |
| | Solidarity | Matt Waine | 8.87% | 666 | 694 | 713 | 762 | 850 | 855 | 877 | 908 | 1,029 |
| | Green | Daniel Whooley | 8.79% | 660 | 677 | 695 | 798 | 827 | 828 | 857 | 977 | 1,116 |
| | Aontú | Gerard Sheehan | 7.03% | 528 | 537 | 552 | 576 | 599 | 606 | 647 | 698 | |
| | Labour | Elaine Carmel Dooley | 4.61% | 346 | 360 | 370 | 403 | 434 | 436 | 479 | | |
| | Fine Gael | Jagan Muttumula | 4.49% | 337 | 343 | 400 | 417 | 426 | 428 | | | |
| | Social Democrats | Aengus Ó Maoláin | 4.03% | 303 | 312 | 318 | | | | | | |
| | Sinn Féin | Marian Buckley | 2.54% | 191 | 370 | 376 | 391 | | | | | |
| | Independent | Ramesh Racherla | 2.48% | 186 | 188 | | | | | | | |
| | Independent | Raghu Nath Narayanam | 0.44% | 33 | 33 | | | | | | | |
| Electorate: 20,665 Valid: 7,511 Spoilt: 195 Quota: 1,252 Turnout: 7,766 (37.58%) |||||||||||||

### Rush–Lusk

Rush–Lusk: 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 |
| | Labour | Robert O'Donoghue | 18.65% | 1,982 | | | | | | | | | |
| | Fianna Fáil | Adrian Henchy | 13.09% | 1,391 | 1,397 | 1,411 | 1,428 | 1,441 | 1,451 | 1,474 | 1,498 | 1,653 | 1,748 |
| | Fianna Fáil | Brian Dennehy | 11.73% | 1,247 | 1,279 | 1,288 | 1,313 | 1,373 | 1,422 | 1,460 | 1,495 | 1,534 | 1,658 |
| | Independent | Cathal Boland | 8.92% | 948 | 963 | 999 | 1,036 | 1,074 | 1,142 | 1,211 | 1,292 | 1,320 | 1,628 |
| | Social Democrats | Paul Mulville | 8.19% | 871 | 883 | 894 | 923 | 936 | 998 | 1,085 | 1,270 | 1,362 | 1,435 |
| | Fine Gael | Jim Monks | 7.21% | 766 | 787 | 808 | 814 | 830 | 841 | 868 | 908 | 1,095 | |
| | Labour | Corina Johnston | 7.03% | 747 | 794 | 806 | 832 | 843 | 879 | 909 | 1,046 | 1,195 | 1,303 |
| | Fine Gael | Bob Dowling | 6.12% | 651 | 659 | 670 | 685 | 692 | 706 | 712 | 748 | | |
| | Green | Maria Salahovs | 4.77% | 507 | 527 | 534 | 548 | 583 | 630 | 712 | | | |
| | Sinn Féin | Noeleen O'Hagan | 4.16% | 442 | 453 | 459 | 468 | 485 | 515 | | | | |
| | Independent | Roslyn Fuller | 3.04% | 323 | 336 | 348 | 381 | 438 | | | | | |
| | Independent | Sandra Sweetman | 2.72% | 289 | 306 | 320 | 347 | | | | | | |
| | Independent | Glenn Brady | 2.23% | 237 | 243 | 274 | | | | | | | |
| | Independent | Davin Browne | 1.19% | 126 | 127 | | | | | | | | |
| | Independent | Eóin Corcoran | 0.97% | 103 | 104 | | | | | | | | |
| Electorate: 23,611 Valid: 10,630 Spoilt: 296 Quota: 1,772 Turnout: 10,926 (46.28%) ||||||||||||||

### Swords

Swords: 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 |
| | Fianna Fáil | Darragh Butler | 18.94% | 2,298 | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | Inds. 4 Change | Dean Mulligan | 10.75% | 1,304 | 1,338 | 1,342 | 1,352 | 1,393 | 1,434 | 1,490 | 1,553 | | | | | | |
| | Green | Ian Carey | 10.57% | 1,282 | 1,363 | 1,363 | 1,383 | 1,393 | 1,408 | 1,516 | 1,695 | | | | | | |
| | Labour | Duncan Smith | 9.83% | 1,193 | 1,259 | 1,260 | 1,339 | 1,347 | 1,375 | 1,406 | 1,461 | 1,494 | 1,497 | 1,576 | | | |
| | Independent | Joe Newman | 8.94% | 1,085 | 1,163 | 1,171 | 1,175 | 1,213 | 1,222 | 1,263 | 1,292 | 1,305 | 1,312 | 1,456 | 1,477 | 1,662 | |
| | Fianna Fáil | Brigid Manton | 7.88% | 956 | 1,231 | 1,232 | 1,243 | 1,254 | 1,273 | 1,326 | 1,359 | 1,372 | 1,375 | 1,439 | 1,449 | 1,509 | 1,521 |
| | Fine Gael | Helen Dunne | 5.65% | 685 | 740 | 743 | 751 | 755 | 760 | 804 | 854 | 864 | 867 | 911 | 923 | 982 | 994 |
| | Solidarity | Eugene Coppinger | 4.61% | 559 | 588 | 592 | 595 | 608 | 621 | 670 | 740 | 776 | 788 | 841 | 849 | | |
| | Independent | Paul Uzo | 4.18% | 507 | 551 | 555 | 560 | 570 | 589 | 628 | 645 | 656 | 661 | | | | |
| | Social Democrats | Tracey Carey | 4.12% | 500 | 531 | 534 | 551 | 558 | 561 | 598 | | | | | | | |
| | Independent | Duane Michael Browne | 3.96% | 481 | 518 | 524 | 534 | 553 | 561 | | | | | | | | |
| | Sinn Féin | Ann Graves | 3.91% | 475 | 488 | 490 | 499 | 513 | 733 | 758 | 790 | 801 | 804 | 852 | 853 | 1,046 | 1,080 |
| | Sinn Féin | Lorraine O'Connell | 3.19% | 387 | 396 | 401 | 407 | 409 | | | | | | | | | |
| | Labour | Yulia Ghumman | 1.52% | 185 | 199 | 199 | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | Independent | James Fitzpatrick | 1.52% | 184 | 198 | 202 | 205 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | Independent | Fergal O'Connell | 0.43% | 52 | 53 | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Electorate: 31,854 Valid: 12,133 Spoilt: 431 Quota: 1,517 Turnout: 12,564 (39.44%) ||||||||||||||||||

### Footnotes

* 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 See change below.

## Results by gender

2019 Fingal County Council election Candidates by gender :
| Gender | Number of candidates | % of candidates | Elected councillors | % of councillors |
| Men | 61 | 68.5% | 29 | 72.5% |
| Women | 28 | 31.5% | 11 | 27.5% |
| TOTAL | 89 | | 40 | |

## Changes after 2019

| Party | Outgoing | LEA | Reason | Date | Co-optee |
| Green | Joe O'Brien | Balbriggan | Elected to the 32nd Dáil for Dublin Fingal at the 2019 by-election | 25 January 2020 | Karen Power |
| Green | Roderic O'Gorman | Castleknock | Elected to the 33rd Dáil for Dublin West at the 2020 general election | 25 February 2020 | Pamela Conroy |
| Social Democrats | Cian O'Callaghan | Howth–Malahide | Elected to the 33rd Dáil for Dublin Bay North at the 2020 general election | 25 February 2020 | Joan Hopkins |
| Sinn Féin | Paul Donnelly | Ongar | Elected to the 33rd Dáil for Dublin West at the 2020 general election | 25 February 2020 | Aaron O'Rourke |
| Labour | Duncan Smith | Swords | Elected to the 33rd Dáil for Dublin Fingal at the 2020 general election | 25 February 2020 | James Humphreys |
| Fine Gael | Emer Currie | Castleknock | Nominated by the Taoiseach to the 26th Seanad on 27 June 2020 | June 2020 | Siobhan Shovlin |
| Fianna Fáil | Freddie Cooper | Blanchardstown–Mulhuddart | Death on 29 June 2021 | 11 October 2021 | John-Kingsley Onwumereh |
| Sinn Féin | Aaron O'Rourke | Ongar | Resignation | 16 March 2022 | Angela Donnelly |
| Labour | Seána Ó Rodaigh | Balbriggan | Resignation | 12 June 2023 | Brendan Ryan |
| Green | Daniel Whooley | Ongar | Resignation | 23 January 2024 | Michelle Griffin |
| Fine Gael | Punam Rane | Blanchardstown–Mulhuddart | Resignation | February 2024 | Steve O'Reilly |

## Sources

* "Fingal County Council - Local Election candidates". RTÉ. 13 May 2019. Archived from the original on 6 June 2021. Retrieved 15 May 2019.
* "Local Elections 2019 - The Count". Fingal County Council. Archived from the original on 1 August 2019. Retrieved 19 June 2019.
* "Local Elections 2019: Results, Transfer of Votes and Statistics" (PDF). Government of Ireland. Department of Housing, Planning and Local Government (DHPLG). pp. 104–111. Retrieved 22 September 2023.