# 2019 Longford County Council election

An election to all 18 seats on Longford County Council was held on 24 May 2019 as part of the 2019 Irish local elections. County Longford 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).
The votes were counted in St. Mary's Community Centre, Edgeworthstown. Counting began on Saturday 25 May, and ended at 9.25 p.m. on Tuesday 28 May when returning officer Nora O'Farrell declared the last 4 councillors to be elected in the Ballymahon LEA, where there had been a recount.

## Boundary review

Following the recommendations of the 2018 LEA boundary review committee, there was a revision to the LEAs used at the 2014 elections, with an adjustment in boundaries and the transfer of one seat from Granard to Longford LEA.

## Results by party

| Party | Party | Seats | ± | 1st pref | FPv% | ±% |
| | Fine Gael | 9 | 1 | 7,828 | 39.27 | 2.82 |
| | Fianna Fáil | 6 | 1 | 6,471 | 32.47 | 0.57 |
| | Sinn Féin | 0 | | 912 | 4.58 | 1.97 |
| | People Before Profit | 0 | | 96 | 0.48 | New |
| | Independent | 3 | | 4,625 | 23.20 | 3.80 |
| Total | Total | 18 | | 19,932 | 100.00 | |

## Results by local electoral area

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

### Ballymahon

Ballymahon: 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 |
| | Fine Gael | Paul Ross | 18.33% | 1,217 | | | | | | | |
| | Independent | Mark Casey | 14.99% | 995 | | | | | | | |
| | Fianna Fáil | Mick Cahill | 11.25% | 747 | 807 | 825 | 830 | 855 | 873 | 938 | 1,024 |
| | Fianna Fáil | Pat O'Toole | 10.08% | 669 | 689 | 727 | 728 | 772 | 796 | 849 | 895 |
| | Fine Gael | Colm Murray | 9.54% | 633 | 705 | 713 | 718 | 740 | 750 | 859 | 927 |
| | Fine Gael | Gerard Farrell | 9.37% | 622 | 651 | 656 | 675 | 687 | 692 | 715 | 867 |
| | Fianna Fáil | Brigid Duffy | 7.55% | 501 | 554 | 556 | 558 | 562 | 580 | 593 | 640 |
| | Fianna Fáil | John Kenny | 6.31% | 419 | 427 | 431 | 438 | 442 | 448 | 499 | |
| | Independent | Tony Moran | 4.90% | 325 | 331 | 350 | 353 | 405 | 448 | | |
| | Sinn Féin | Geraldine Ryan | 2.95% | 196 | 204 | 211 | 213 | 224 | | | |
| | Independent | Charlie McMonagle | 2.73% | 181 | 186 | 206 | 209 | | | | |
| | Independent | P.J. Walsh | 2.00% | 133 | 138 | | | | | | |
| Electorate: 11,204 Valid: 6,638 Spoilt: 94 Quota: 949 Turnout: 6,732 (60.09%) ||||||||||||

### Granard

Granard: 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 | Turlough 'Pott' McGovern | 19.41% | 1,280 | | | | | | | | |
| | Fine Gael | Micheál Carrigy | 17.94% | 1,183 | | | | | | | | |
| | Fine Gael | Paraic Brady | 13.15% | 867 | 881 | 899 | 943 | 1,025 | 1,053 | 1,235 | | |
| | Fine Gael | Garry Murtagh | 11.07% | 730 | 747 | 764 | 803 | 876 | 912 | 942 | 980 | 1,123 |
| | Fianna Fáil | P.J. Reilly | 9.83% | 648 | 710 | 720 | 760 | 816 | 957 | 1,008 | 1,029 | 1,070 |
| | Fianna Fáil | Joe Murphy | 5.92% | 390 | 397 | 399 | 412 | 424 | 452 | 524 | 565 | 708 |
| | Sinn Féin | Mark Maguire | 5.46% | 360 | 370 | 373 | 387 | 420 | 456 | 486 | 514 | |
| | Fianna Fáil | Amanda Duffy | 4.52% | 298 | 304 | 306 | 372 | 386 | 421 | | | |
| | Independent | Grace Kearney | 4.41% | 291 | 331 | 338 | 359 | 383 | | | | |
| | Fine Gael | Frank Kilbride | 4.25% | 280 | 297 | 307 | 334 | | | | | |
| | Fianna Fáil | Victor Connell | 4.03% | 266 | 274 | 289 | | | | | | |
| Electorate: 10,032 Valid: 6,593 Spoilt: 104 Quota: 1,099 Turnout: 6,697 (66.76%) |||||||||||||

### Longford

Longford: 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 |
| | Fianna Fáil | Joe Flaherty | 15.71% | 1,053 | | | | | | | | |
| | Fine Gael | Peggy Nolan | 11.06% | 741 | 763 | 765 | 776 | 779 | 796 | 808 | 841 | |
| | Fine Gael | Gerry Hagan | 10.89% | 730 | 748 | 749 | 753 | 755 | 788 | 824 | 833 | 842 |
| | Fine Gael | John Browne | 10.33% | 692 | 706 | 707 | 712 | 715 | 746 | 767 | 813 | 854 |
| | Independent | Gerry Warnock | 9.83% | 659 | 689 | 693 | 701 | 722 | 736 | 756 | 778 | 899 |
| | Fianna Fáil | Seamus Butler | 9.79% | 656 | 700 | 702 | 705 | 708 | 718 | 737 | 779 | 792 |
| | Fianna Fáil | Martin Monaghan | 8.60% | 576 | 609 | 613 | 627 | 634 | 645 | 695 | 736 | 781 |
| | Independent | Mae Sexton | 7.07% | 474 | 484 | 484 | 488 | 493 | 496 | 510 | 528 | 586 |
| | Sinn Féin | Tena Keown | 5.31% | 356 | 369 | 383 | 390 | 411 | 411 | 418 | 437 | |
| | Fianna Fáil | Uruemu Adejinmi | 3.70% | 248 | 265 | 268 | 269 | 279 | 284 | 292 | | |
| | Independent | Seamus Gallagher | 2.33% | 156 | 161 | 163 | 174 | 184 | 201 | | | |
| | Fine Gael | Gerard Cooney | 1.98% | 133 | 137 | 138 | 147 | 149 | | | | |
| | People Before Profit | Barbara Smyth | 1.43% | 96 | 97 | 99 | 106 | | | | | |
| | Independent | Tony Reilly | 1.33% | 89 | 91 | 92 | | | | | | |
| | Independent | Julie O'Reilly | 0.42% | 28 | 29 | | | | | | | |
| | Independent | George Breaden | 0.21% | 14 | 15 | | | | | | | |
| Electorate: 12,356 Valid: 6,701 Spoilt: 112 Quota: 838 Turnout: 6,813 (55.14%) |||||||||||||

### Footnotes

* 1 2 See change below.

## Results by gender

2019 Longford County Council election Candidates by gender :
| Gender | Number of candidates | % of candidates | Elected councillors | % of councillors |
| Men | 29 | 74.4% | 17 | 94.4% |
| Women | 10 | 25.6% | 1 | 5.6% |
| TOTAL | 39 | | 18 | |

## Changes after 2019
### Co-options

| Party | Party | Outgoing | LEA | Reason | Date | Co-optee |
| | Fianna Fáil | Joe Flaherty | Longford | Elected to the 33rd Dáil at the 2020 general election | 25 February 2020 | Uruemu Adejinmi |
| | Fine Gael | Micheál Carrigy | Granard | Elected to the 26th Seanad at the 2020 Seanad election | 16 May 2020 | Colin Dalton |

### Changes in affiliation

| Name | LEA | Elected as | Elected as | New affiliation | New affiliation | Date |
| Gerard Farrell | Ballymahon | | Fine Gael | | Independent | March 2024 |