# 2024 Cavan County Council election

An election to all 18 seats on Cavan County Council was held on 7 June 2024 as part of the 2024 Irish local elections. County Cavan is 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).
The period for nominations ran from 10 a.m. on Saturday 11 May and ended at 12 p.m. on Saturday 18 May 2024. Candidates could be nominated by a registered political party, through the submission of 15 assents from voters in the local electoral area, or alternatively with a deposit of €100.

## Retiring incumbents

| Constituency | Departing Councillor | Party | Party |
| Cavan-Belturbet | Madeleine Argue | | Fine Gael |
| Ballyjamesduff | Craig Lovett | | Fianna Fáil |

### Analysis of Election

Fianna Fail and Fine Gael both emerged with 6 seats after the election though Fine Gael had a higher share of the vote. Fine Gael lost a seat in Cavan-Belturbet to Sinn Féin's Damien Brady who regained his former seat he lost in 2019 and Peter McVitty lost to his running-mate. Fianna Fáil lost 2 seats in the Ballyjamesduff LEA as Shane P. O'Reilly was re-elected under the Independent-Ireland banner and Sinn Féin's Noel Connell regained his former seat also at the party's expense. There was no change of party allegiance in the Bailieborough LEA though a change of personnel under the Fianna Fáil and Sinn Féin banners. Sinn Féin increased their numbers from 1 to 3 and the other 3 seats comprise members of Aontú, Independent-Ireland and one Independent.

## Results by party

| Party | Party | First-preference votes | First-preference votes | First-preference votes | Seats | Seats | Seats | Seats | Seats |
| Party | Party | Votes | % FPv | Swing (pp) | Cand. | 2019 | Out. | Elected 2024 | Change |
| | Fine Gael | 9,553 | 28.17% | 5.20% | 7 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 1 |
| | Fianna Fáil | 9,372 | 27.63% | 11.29% | 8 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 1 |
| | Sinn Féin | 5,642 | 16.64% | 4.26% | 7 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 |
| | Aontú | 2,756 | 8.13% | 0.40% | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | |
| | Independent Ireland | 2,521 | 7.43% | New | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| | Labour | 338 | 1.00% | 1.20% | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| | Green | 104 | 0.31% | New | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | New |
| | Irish Freedom | 109 | 0.32% | New | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | New |
| | The Irish People | 958 | 2.82% | New | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | New |
| | Independent | 2,562 | 7.55% | 3.70% | 5 | 1 | 1 | 1 | |
| Total Valid | Total Valid | 33,915 | 98.92 | | | | | | |
| Spoilt votes | Spoilt votes | 372 | 1.08 | | | | | | |
| Total | Total | 33,915 | 100 | — | 36 | 18 | 18 | 18 | |
| Registered voters/Turnout | Registered voters/Turnout | 61,786 | 55.49 | | | | | | |

## Results by local electoral area

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

### Bailieborough–Cootehill

Bailieborough–Cootehill: 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 |
| | Aontú | Sarah O'Reilly | 14.74 | 1,770 | | | | | | | |
| | Fine Gael | Carmel Brady | 14.03 | 1,684 | 1,687 | 1,728 | | | | | |
| | Fine Gael | Val Smith | 11.59 | 1,392 | 1,396 | 1,408 | 1,409 | 1,424 | 1,480 | 1,529 | 1,551 |
| | Fianna Fáil | Clifford Kelly | 10.29 | 1,235 | 1,238 | 1,286 | 1,286 | 1,308 | 1,466 | 1,533 | 1,552 |
| | Fianna Fáil | Aiden Fitzpatrick | 9.79 | 1,175 | 1,179 | 1,198 | 1,205 | 1,294 | 1,355 | 1,384 | 1,412 |
| | Fianna Fáil | Niall Smith | 9.06 | 1,088 | 1,099 | 1,111 | 1,114 | 1,168 | 1,233 | 1,496 | 1,547 |
| | Sinn Féin | Stiofán Conaty | 8.92 | 1,071 | 1,073 | 1,174 | 1,175 | 1,244 | 1,326 | 1,836 | |
| | Sinn Féin | Paddy McDonald | 6.35 | 763 | 774 | 905 | 906 | 978 | 1,122 | | |
| | Independent Ireland | Kristofer Shekleton | 5.39 | 647 | 653 | 727 | 725 | 914 | | | |
| | Independent | Gary Cosgrave | 5.06 | 608 | 613 | 724 | 724 | | | | |
| | Sinn Féin | Marina McEntee | 2.61 | 313 | 315 | | | | | | |
| | Independent | Fiona McCormack | 1.68 | 202 | 204 | | | | | | |
| | Independent | John O'Reilly | 0.49 | 59 | 60 | | | | | | |
| Electorate: 21,410 (56.74%) Valid: 12,007 Spoilt: 140 Quota: 1,716 Turnout: 12,147 ||||||||||||

### Ballyjamesduff

Ballyjamesduff: 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 |
| | Independent Ireland | Shane P. O'Reilly | 15.75 | 1,874 | | | | | | | |
| | Fine Gael | Trevor Smith | 14.82 | 1,763 | | | | | | | |
| | Fine Gael | Winston Bennett | 12.25 | 1,457 | 1,458 | 1,460 | 1,465 | 1,472 | 1,595 | 1,723 | |
| | Fianna Fáil | Phillip Brady | 10.88 | 1,295 | 1,295 | 1,306 | 1,316 | 1,321 | 1,424 | 1,849 | |
| | Fine Gael | T.P. O'Reilly | 10.52 | 1,252 | 1,258 | 1,331 | 1,381 | 1,399 | 1,477 | 1,563 | 1,639 |
| | Sinn Féin | Noel Connell | 8.98 | 1,068 | 1,070 | 1,078 | 1,488 | 1,495 | 1,598 | 1,685 | 1,716 |
| | The Irish People | Lester Gordon | 8.05 | 958 | 1,031 | 1,050 | 1,068 | 1,074 | 1,250 | 1,392 | 1,434 |
| | Fianna Fáil | Nathan Galligan | 6.94 | 826 | 826 | 836 | 850 | 865 | 986 | | |
| | Aontú | Gráinne McPhillips | 6.40 | 761 | 773 | 792 | 816 | 821 | | | |
| | Sinn Féin | Angela Gaffney | 4.50 | 535 | 537 | 569 | | | | | |
| | Irish Freedom | Kieran Goggins | 0.92 | 109 | | | | | | | |
| Electorate: 21,217 (56.61%) Valid: 11,898 Spoilt: 112 Quota: 1,700 Turnout: 12,010 ||||||||||||

### Cavan–Belturbet

Cavan–Belturbet: 6 seats :
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count |
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 |
| | Fianna Fáil | Áine Smith | 17.61 | 1,763 | | | | | |
| | Independent | Brendan Fay | 16.25 | 1,627 | | | | | |
| | Fianna Fáil | John Paul Feeley | 10.49 | 1,050 | 1,159 | 1,194 | 1,293 | 1,323 | 1,349 |
| | Sinn Féin | Damien Brady | 10.44 | 1,045 | 1,088 | 1,133 | 1,200 | 1,729 | |
| | Fine Gael | Niamh Brady | 10.16 | 1,017 | 1,050 | 1,070 | 1,203 | 1,275 | 1,333 |
| | Fine Gael | Peter McVitty | 9.87 | 988 | 1,048 | 1,080 | 1,166 | 1,192 | 1,209 |
| | Fianna Fáil | Patricia Walsh | 9.39 | 940 | 994 | 1,006 | 1,101 | 1,296 | 1,386 |
| | Sinn Féin | Michael ‘Bricker’ Wall | 8.46 | 847 | 856 | 872 | 984 | | |
| | Labour | Liam van der Spek | 3.38 | 338 | 353 | 365 | | | |
| | Aontú | Tinko Tinev | 2.25 | 225 | 230 | 244 | | | |
| | Green | Kevin Murphy | 1.04 | 104 | 106 | 109 | | | |
| | Independent | Susuana Komolafe | 0.66 | 66 | 68 | 75 | | | |
| Electorate: 19,159 (52.87%) Valid: 10,010 Spoilt: 120 Quota: 1,431 Turnout: 10,130 ||||||||||