# 2019 South Dublin County Council election

An election to all 40 seats on South Dublin County Council was held on 24 May 2019 as part of the 2019 Irish local elections. South Dublin was divided into 7 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 in South Dublin were altered, as two of the LEAs at the 2014 South Dublin County Council election exceeded the upper limit of 7 councillors set by the 2018 Committee. Changes were also made to reflect population shifts revealed in the 2016 census.

## Results by party

| Party | Party | Seats | ± | 1st pref | FPv% | ±% |
| | Fianna Fáil | 8 | 3 | 14,931 | 19.02 | 5.65 |
| | Fine Gael | 7 | | 13,735 | 17.49 | 0.54 |
| | Sinn Féin | 6 | 3 | 9,106 | 11.60 | 12.36 |
| | Green | 4 | 3 | 7,559 | 9.63 | 7.46 |
| | Labour | 2 | 2 | 6,604 | 8.41 | 1.80 |
| | Solidarity | 2 | 1 | 3,832 | 4.88 | 0.28 |
| | Social Democrats | 1 | 1 | 3,880 | 4.94 | New |
| | People Before Profit | 1 | 2 | 2,997 | 3.82 | 0.90 |
| | Aontú | 0 | | 659 | 0.84 | New |
| | Renua | 0 | | 631 | 0.80 | New |
| | Inds. 4 Change | 0 | | 392 | 0.50 | New |
| | Workers' Party | 0 | | 227 | 0.29 | 0.93 |
| | Independent | 9 | 1 | 13,190 | 16.80 | 4.35 |
| Total | Total | 40 | | 78,513 | 100.00 | |

## Results by local electoral area

^ *: Outgoing councillor elected in 2014. ^ †: Outgoing councillor coopted subsequent to the 2014 election. ^ ‡: Outgoing councillor elected in 2014 in Lucan for People Before Profit, contesting both Lucan and Palmerstown–Fonthill.

### Clondalkin

Clondalkin: 7 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 |
| | Fine Gael | Emer Higgins | 17.36% | 1,966 | | | | | | | |
| | Independent | Francis Timmons | 11.45% | 1,297 | 1,327 | 1,368 | 1,468 | | | | |
| | Independent | Eoin Ó Broin | 10.22% | 1,158 | 1,192 | 1,229 | 1,309 | 1,330 | 1,416 | | |
| | Fianna Fáil | Trevor Gilligan | 8.93% | 1,011 | 1,076 | 1,086 | 1,123 | 1,127 | 1,149 | 1,499 | |
| | Labour | Robert Dowds | 8.44% | 956 | 1,003 | 1,009 | 1,044 | 1,049 | 1,060 | 1,183 | 1,211 |
| | Green | Peter Kavanagh | 8.17% | 925 | 979 | 1,011 | 1,107 | 1,116 | 1,155 | 1,229 | 1,250 |
| | Fine Gael | Kenny Egan | 8.12% | 920 | 1,166 | 1,174 | 1,203 | 1,206 | 1,231 | 1,366 | 1,400 |
| | Fianna Fáil | Cathal O'Donoghue | 7.01% | 794 | 835 | 842 | 853 | 854 | 866 | | |
| | Sinn Féin | William Joseph Carey | 6.78% | 768 | 774 | 783 | 867 | 872 | 1,396 | 1,431 | |
| | Sinn Féin | Lisa Kinsella-Coleman | 6.37% | 722 | 738 | 747 | 828 | 833 | | | |
| | People Before Profit | Kevin Creagh | 5.27% | 597 | 601 | 628 | | | | | |
| | Inds. 4 Change | David Moore | 1.28% | 145 | 151 | | | | | | |
| | Independent | Shakeel Jeeroburkan | 0.60% | 68 | 69 | | | | | | |
| Electorate: 29,616 Valid: 11,327 Spoilt: 417 Quota: 1,416 Turnout: 11,744 (39.65%) ||||||||||||

### Firhouse–Bohernabreena

Firhouse–Bohernabreena: 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 |
| | Fianna Fáil | Deirdre O'Donovan | 21.00% | 2,344 | | | | | | | |
| | Green | Francis Noel Duffy | 16.34% | 1,823 | 1,889 | | | | | | |
| | Fine Gael | Brian Lawlor | 15.66% | 1,748 | 1,838 | 1,842 | 2,087 | | | | |
| | Fianna Fáil | Emma Murphy | 13.89% | 1,550 | 1,757 | 1,766 | 1,805 | 1,864 | | | |
| | Independent | Alan Edge | 7.20% | 804 | 843 | 845 | 866 | 883 | 1,005 | 1,188 | 1,429 |
| | Sinn Féin | Sarah Holland | 6.50% | 725 | 732 | 734 | 737 | 744 | 875 | 958 | |
| | Social Democrats | Rob Hunter | 5.71% | 637 | 656 | 659 | 671 | 689 | 861 | 1,090 | 1,386 |
| | Labour | Aideen Carberry | 5.30% | 591 | 617 | 623 | 637 | 738 | 756 | | |
| | Solidarity | Jess Spear | 5.01% | 559 | 567 | 568 | 580 | 584 | | | |
| | Fine Gael | Becky Smith | 3.40% | 379 | 400 | 401 | | | | | |
| Electorate: 25,877 Valid: 11,160 Spoilt: 356 Quota: 1,861 Turnout: 11,516 (44.5%) ||||||||||||

### Lucan

Lucan: 5 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 | Paul Gogarty | 15.82% | 1,509 | 1,534 | 1,571 | 1,595 | | | | | | | |
| | Fine Gael | Vicki Casserly | 13.80% | 1,316 | 1,328 | 1,340 | 1,353 | 1,368 | 1,422 | 1,474 | 1,522 | 1,523 | 2,032 | |
| | Independent | Liona O'Toole | 11.53% | 1,100 | 1,119 | 1,147 | 1,188 | 1,258 | 1,298 | 1,399 | 1,589 | 1,591 | | |
| | Labour | Joanna Tuffy | 9.23% | 880 | 907 | 916 | 926 | 952 | 1,015 | 1,136 | 1,223 | 1,224 | 1,350 | 1,517 |
| | Fianna Fáil | Ed O'Brien | 8.46% | 807 | 814 | 839 | 844 | 867 | 1,084 | 1,129 | 1,163 | 1,163 | 1,252 | 1,352 |
| | Fine Gael | Caroline Brady | 7.54% | 719 | 728 | 737 | 747 | 761 | 823 | 850 | 874 | | | |
| | Social Democrats | Anne-Marie McNally | 5.90% | 563 | 574 | 577 | 594 | 651 | 693 | 796 | 989 | 990 | 1,037 | 1,121 |
| | Fianna Fáil | Caitríona McClean | 5.72% | 546 | 559 | 573 | 577 | 600 | | | | | | |
| | People Before Profit | Kellie Sweeney | 5.13% | 489 | 504 | 508 | 544 | 681 | 708 | 790 | | | | |
| | Green | Vanessa Mulhall | 4.97% | 474 | 503 | 526 | 549 | 608 | 645 | | | | | |
| | Sinn Féin | Derren Ó Brádaigh | 4.96% | 473 | 476 | 482 | 529 | | | | | | | |
| | Inds. 4 Change | Ruth Nolan | 2.59% | 247 | 249 | 255 | | | | | | | | |
| | Renua | Howard Hughes | 2.41% | 230 | 234 | | | | | | | | | |
| | Independent | Anwar Ul Haq Malik | 1.94% | 185 | | | | | | | | | | |
| Electorate: 21,723 Valid: 9,538 Spoilt: 192 Quota: 1,590 Turnout: 9,730 (44.79%) |||||||||||||||

### Palmerstown–Fonthill

Palmerstown–Fonthill: 5 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 | Mark Ward | 17.14% | 1,460 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | Independent | Alan Hayes | 11.50% | 980 | 980 | 1,002 | 1,060 | 1,109 | 1,131 | 1,161 | 1,238 | 1,295 | 1,322 | 1,385 |
| | Independent | Guss O'Connell | 10.14% | 864 | 865 | 887 | 923 | 951 | 981 | 1,008 | 1,062 | 1,131 | 1,165 | 1,274 |
| | People Before Profit | Madeleine Johansson | 8.65% | 737 | 741 | 753 | 764 | 803 | 892 | 959 | 1,026 | 1,122 | 1,245 | 1,289 |
| | Fianna Fáil | Shane Moynihan | 8.38% | 714 | 715 | 730 | 735 | 739 | 758 | 783 | 802 | 827 | 987 | 1,169 |
| | Fine Gael | Derek Keating | 7.39% | 630 | 630 | 650 | 657 | 664 | 679 | 704 | 744 | 760 | 803 | |
| | Independent | Paul Gogarty | 7.00% | 596 | 597 | 608 | 631 | 649 | 683 | 720 | 791 | 844 | 902 | 1,090 |
| | Fianna Fáil | Jonathan Graham | 6.60% | 562 | 566 | 570 | 577 | 586 | 595 | 597 | 632 | 655 | | |
| | Sinn Féin | Danny O'Brien | 4.54% | 387 | 411 | 418 | 423 | 448 | 476 | 502 | 523 | | | |
| | Labour | David Eaton | 3.91% | 333 | 334 | 350 | 367 | 397 | 407 | 460 | | | | |
| | Green | David Morrison | 3.64% | 310 | 310 | 323 | 333 | 341 | 360 | | | | | |
| | Inds. 4 Change | Ruth Nolan | 3.52% | 300 | 301 | 312 | 317 | 330 | | | | | | |
| | Workers' Party | David Gardiner | 2.66% | 227 | 228 | 233 | | | | | | | | |
| | Independent | Stephen Dunne | 2.58% | 220 | 220 | 231 | | | | | | | | |
| | Independent | Sikandar Jahanzab | 2.35% | 200 | 201 | | | | | | | | | |
| Electorate: 25,112 Valid: 8,520 Spoilt: 395 Quota: 1,421 Turnout: 8,915 (35.5%) |||||||||||||||

### Rathfarnham–Templeogue

Rathfarnham–Templeogue: 7 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 |
| | Green | William Priestley | 14.10% | 2,868 | | | | | | | | |
| | Independent | Ronan McMahon | 12.19% | 2,480 | 2,511 | 2,531 | 2,565 | | | | | |
| | Labour | Pamela Kearns | 10.91% | 2,220 | 2,269 | 2,283 | 2,333 | 2,355 | 2,396 | 2,544 | | |
| | Fianna Fáil | Paul Foley | 8.53% | 1,735 | 1,746 | 1,752 | 1,767 | 1,782 | 1,866 | 1,911 | 1,995 | 2,127 |
| | Fine Gael | Mary Seery Kearney | 7.85% | 1,597 | 1,617 | 1,621 | 1,628 | 1,806 | 1,843 | 1,868 | 2,286 | 2,504 |
| | Social Democrats | Carly Bailey | 7.03% | 1,431 | 1,489 | 1,539 | 1,640 | 1,647 | 1,688 | 2,145 | 2,174 | 2,428 |
| | Fine Gael | David McManus | 6.60% | 1,342 | 1,367 | 1,377 | 1,383 | 1,518 | 1,597 | 1,620 | 2,023 | 2,280 |
| | Labour | Paddy Cosgrave | 5.77% | 1,174 | 1,214 | 1,228 | 1,249 | 1,282 | 1,314 | 1,356 | 1,438 | |
| | Fianna Fáil | Yvonne Collins | 8.01% | 1,635 | 1,654 | 1,664 | 1,682 | 1,727 | 1,835 | 1,861 | 1,950 | 2,171 |
| | Fine Gael | Conor McMahon | 4.84% | 984 | 997 | 998 | 1,004 | 1,171 | 1,212 | 1,228 | | |
| | Solidarity | Stephen Nugent | 3.61% | 734 | 746 | 905 | 1,071 | 1,074 | 1,150 | | | |
| | Aontú | John Phelan | 3.24% | 659 | 669 | 678 | 714 | 722 | | | | |
| | Fine Gael | Lynn McCrave | 3.08% | 626 | 639 | 642 | 647 | | | | | |
| | Sinn Féin | Robert Russell | 2.54% | 516 | 524 | 547 | | | | | | |
| | People Before Profit | John Flanagan | 1.68% | 341 | 357 | | | | | | | |
| Electorate: 40,863 Valid: 20,342 Spoilt: 506 Quota: 2,543 Turnout: 20,848 (51.02%) |||||||||||||

### Tallaght Central

Tallaght 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 |
| | Fianna Fáil | Charlie O'Connor | 17.11% | 2,018 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | Independent | Mick Duff | 12.57% | 1,483 | 1,530 | 1,590 | 1,614 | 1,727 | | | | | | |
| | Sinn Féin | Cathal King | 10.68% | 1,260 | 1,279 | 1,292 | 1,308 | 1,331 | 1,335 | 1,358 | 1,744 | | | |
| | Green | Liam Sinclair | 7.69% | 907 | 934 | 976 | 1,017 | 1,084 | 1,094 | 1,168 | 1,195 | 1,206 | 1,269 | 1,561 |
| | Fianna Fáil | Teresa Costello | 6.87% | 810 | 874 | 914 | 926 | 957 | 960 | 1,238 | 1,270 | 1,278 | 1,326 | 1,563 |
| | Fine Gael | Teresa Duffy | 6.57% | 775 | 797 | 827 | 837 | 894 | 900 | 990 | 1,007 | 1,009 | 1,040 | |
| | Solidarity | Kieran Mahon | 6.41% | 756 | 764 | 784 | 857 | 881 | 885 | 899 | 941 | 956 | 1,461 | 1,521 |
| | Social Democrats | Sandra Ruiz | 6.19% | 730 | 746 | 766 | 845 | 890 | 896 | 925 | 961 | 970 | 1,056 | 1,198 |
| | Solidarity | Mick Murphy | 5.89% | 695 | 713 | 724 | 812 | 846 | 851 | 869 | 923 | 937 | | |
| | Sinn Féin | Cora McCann | 4.93% | 581 | 599 | 607 | 640 | 663 | 665 | 678 | | | | |
| | Fianna Fáil | Declan Burke | 4.51% | 532 | 589 | 620 | 622 | 647 | 649 | | | | | |
| | Labour | Denis Mackin | 3.82% | 450 | 467 | 482 | 490 | | | | | | | |
| | Renua | Anne Marie Condren | 3.40% | 401 | 408 | | | | | | | | | |
| | People Before Profit | Laura O'Reilly | 3.36% | 396 | 409 | 423 | | | | | | | | |
| Electorate: 29,367 Valid: 11,794 Spoilt: 449 Quota: 1,685 Turnout: 12,243 (41.69%) |||||||||||||||

### Tallaght South

Tallaght South: 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 |
| | Sinn Féin | Paddy Holohan | 14.95% | 872 | 893 | 906 | 922 | 969 | 971 | 1,048 | |
| | Fine Gael | Baby Pereppadan | 12.57% | 733 | 756 | 804 | 899 | 914 | 914 | 966 | 984 |
| | Sinn Féin | Dermot Richardson | 12.24% | 714 | 733 | 743 | 775 | 794 | 795 | 836 | 854 |
| | Solidarity | Sandra Fay | 11.03% | 643 | 669 | 690 | 722 | 984 | | | |
| | Sinn Féin | Louise Dunne | 10.77% | 628 | 639 | 648 | 677 | 693 | 693 | 783 | 839 |
| | Social Democrats | Marie Corr | 8.90% | 519 | 529 | 583 | 619 | 641 | 641 | 786 | 786 |
| | Solidarity | Brian Leech | 7.63% | 445 | 467 | 479 | 490 | | | | |
| | People Before Profit | Emma Hendrick | 7.49% | 437 | 457 | 486 | 521 | 597 | 605 | | |
| | Fianna Fáil | Fiona Nolan | 5.88% | 343 | 360 | 390 | | | | | |
| | Green | Suzanne McEneaney | 4.32% | 252 | 268 | | | | | | |
| | Independent | Ray Kelly | 4.22% | 246 | | | | | | | |
| Electorate: 22,494 Valid: 5,832 Spoilt: 220 Quota: 973 Turnout: 6,052 (27%) ||||||||||||

## Results by gender

2019 South Dublin County Council election Candidates by gender :
| Gender | Number of candidates | % of candidates | Elected councillors | % of councillors |
| Men | 56 | 60.9% | 26 | 65.0% |
| Women | 36 | 39.1% | 14 | 35.0% |
| TOTAL | 92 | | 40 | |

## Changes after 2019
### Co-options

| Party | Outgoing | LEA | Reason | Date | Co-optee |
| Sinn Féin | Mark Ward | Palmerstown–Fonthill | Elected to the 32nd Dáil for Dublin Mid-West in the 2019 by-election | 13 January 2020 | Lisa Colman |
| Green | Francis Noel Duffy | Firhouse–Bohernabreena | Elected to the 33rd Dáil for Dublin South-West in the 2020 general election | 24 February 2020 | Clare O'Byrne |
| Fine Gael | Emer Higgins | Clondalkin | Elected to the 33rd Dáil for Dublin Mid-West in the 2020 general election | 24 February 2020 | Shirley O'Hara |
| Fine Gael | Mary Seery Kearney | Rathfarnham–Templeogue | Nominated by the Taoiseach to the 26th Seanad | 14 September 2020 | Lynn McCrave |
| Green | William Priestley | Rathfarnham–Templeogue | Resignation; joined the Garda Síochána | 14 September 2020 | Laura Donaghy |
| Sinn Féin | Lisa Colman | Palmerstown–Fonthill | Resignation on 21 October 2020 | 14 December 2020 | Derren Ó Brádaigh |
| Green | Clare O'Byrne | Firhouse–Bohernabreena | Resignation on 8 Mar 2021 | 10 April 2021 | Suzanne McEneaney |
| PBP–Solidarity | Sandra Fay | Tallaght South | Resignation on 27 April 2021 | June 2021 | Leah Whelan |
| Green | Suzanne McEneaney | Firhouse–Bohernabreena | Resignation | February 2022 | Lyn Hagin Meade |
| Green | Peter Kavanagh | Clondalkin | Resignation | October 2022 | Laura Donaghy |
| Green | Laura Donaghy | Rathfarnham-Templeogue | Resignation | January 2023 | Mark Lynch |
| Fianna Fáil | Deirdre O'Donovan | Firhouse-Bohernabreena | Resignation | June 2023 | Lilian Guéret |
| Rabharta | Liam Sinclair | Tallaght Central | Resignation | November 2023 | Vanessa Mulhall (Green) |
| Social Democrats | Carly Bailey | Rathfarnham–Templeogue | Resignation | November 2023 | Justin Sinnott |

### Changes in affiliation

| Name | LEA | Elected as | New affiliation | Date |
| Liam Sinclair | Tallaght Central | Green | Independent | 19 January 2021 |
| Peter Kavanagh | Clondalkin | Green | Independent | 25 January 2021 |
| Paddy Holohan | Tallaght South | Sinn Féin | Independent | January 2021 |
| Liam Sinclair | Tallaght Central | Independent | Rabharta | June 2021 |
| Eoin Ó Broin | Clondalkin | Independent | Social Democrats | 24 January 2022 |

#### Notes

* 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 Changed party, see table for details.