# 2024 Meath County Council election

An election to all 40 seats on Meath County Council was held on 7 June 2024 as part of the 2024 Irish local elections. County Meath is divided into 6 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).

## Retiring incumbents

The following councillors are not seeking re-election:
| Constituency | Departing Councillor | Party | Party |
| Ratoath | Deirdre Geraghty-Smith | | Fianna Fáil |

## Results by party

| Party | Party | Candidates | Seats | ± | First Pref. votes | FPv% | ±% |
| | Fine Gael | 17 | 11 | 1 | 18,559 | 24.36 | 5.22 |
| | Fianna Fáil | 17 | 9 | 3 | 15,887 | 20.86 | 4.42 |
| | Sinn Féin | 14 | 6 | 3 | 10,170 | 13.35 | 3.50 |
| | Aontú | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4,883 | 6.41 | 1.57 |
| | Social Democrats | 2 | 1 | | 1,251 | 1.64 | 0.57 |
| | Labour | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1,389 | 1.82 | 0.64 |
| | Green | 4 | 0 | | 1,154 | 1.51 | 0.63 |
| | National Party | 2 | 0 | New | 556 | 0.73 | New |
| | Independent Ireland | 2 | 0 | New | 464 | 0.61 | New |
| | Irish Freedom | 1 | 0 | New | 297 | 0.39 | New |
| | Workers' Party | 1 | 0 | | 178 | 0.23 | 0.25 |
| | Party for Animal Welfare | 1 | 0 | New | 80 | 0.11 | New |
| | Independent | 21 | 11 | 1 | 21,304 | 27.97 | 4.14 |
| Totals | Totals | 92 | 40 | | 76,172 | 100.00 | |

## Results by LEA

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

### Ashbourne

Ashbourne: 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 |
| | Independent | Joe Bonner | 24.66% | 2,685 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | Independent | Amanda Smith | 13.91% | 1,514 | 1,546 | | | | | | | | | |
| | Fine Gael | Suzanne Jamal | 11.43% | 1,244 | 1,299 | 1,303 | 1,334 | 1,335 | 1,357 | 1,390 | 1,394 | 1,432 | 1,610 | |
| | Fine Gael | Alan Tobin | 10.28% | 1,119 | 1,391 | 1,409 | 1,428 | 1,479 | 1,483 | 1,529 | 1,531 | 1,544 | | |
| | Fianna Fáil | Conor Tormey | 7.10% | 773 | 949 | 955 | 957 | 975 | 979 | 1,017 | 1,019 | 1,036 | 1,243 | 1,395 |
| | Fianna Fáil | Bryan Mallon | 5.21% | 567 | 584 | 587 | 603 | 607 | 613 | 629 | 629 | 652 | | |
| | Aontú | Brandon Scott | 5.18% | 564 | 621 | 638 | 649 | 658 | 757 | 811 | 813 | 862 | 933 | 1,040 |
| | Sinn Féin | Helen Meyer | 4.96% | 539 | 635 | 643 | 647 | 654 | 664 | 685 | 686 | 972 | 1,001 | 1,242 |
| | Social Democrats | Paul Nolan | 4.16% | 453 | 594 | 603 | 646 | 690 | 710 | 753 | 755 | 779 | 808 | |
| | Sinn Féin | Maria Uí Ruairc | 3.99% | 434 | 458 | 464 | 470 | 476 | 486 | 502 | 503 | | | |
| | National Party | Jean Murray | 2.27% | 247 | 285 | 290 | 295 | 298 | | | | | | |
| | Independent | Sivakumar Murugadoss | 1.58% | 172 | 218 | 230 | 247 | | | | | | | |
| | Green | Martina Eskdale | 1.51% | 164 | 180 | 181 | | | | | | | | |
| | Independent | Charles Bobbett | 1.41% | 154 | 270 | 322 | 324 | 350 | 411 | | | | | |
| | Independent | Cathal Ashbourne-Loftus | 0.67% | 73 | 127 | | | | | | | | | |
| | Independent | Marcin Czekalski | 0.17% | 19 | 32 | | | | | | | | | |
| Electorate: 23,012 Valid: 10,721 Spoilt: 166 Quota: 1,532 Turnout: 10,887 (47.31%) |||||||||||||||

### Kells

Kells: 7 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 |
| | Fine Gael | Sarah Reilly | 13.88% | 2,077 | | | | | | | | | |
| | Fine Gael | Eugene Cassidy | 12.25% | 1,833 | 1,874 | | | | | | | | |
| | Fianna Fáil | Seán Drew | 9.86% | 1,476 | 1,506 | 1,513 | 1,594 | 1,639 | 1,639 | 1,704 | 1,939 | | |
| | Fianna Fáil | Mike Bray | 8.88% | 1,328 | 1,347 | 1,355 | 1,388 | 1,480 | 1,480 | 1,528 | 1,730 | 1,775 | 2,086 |
| | Sinn Féin | Michael Gallagher | 8.41% | 1,258 | 1,264 | 1,279 | 1,304 | 1,310 | 1,311 | 1,439 | 1,544 | 1,550 | 1,591 |
| | Independent | David Gilroy | 8.23% | 1,231 | 1,239 | 1,309 | 1,427 | 1,442 | 1,442 | 1,688 | 1,735 | 1,738 | 1,876 |
| | Sinn Féin | Peter Caffrey | 6.60% | 987 | 991 | 995 | 1,013 | 1,269 | 1,269 | 1,320 | 1,332 | 1,335 | 1,524 |
| | Sinn Féin | Oliver Curran | 6.38% | 955 | 960 | 968 | 1,047 | 1,053 | 1,053 | 1,119 | 1,172 | 1,178 | 1,234 |
| | Fine Gael | Seamus McGee | 5.33% | 798 | 845 | 848 | 878 | 1,024 | 1,026 | 1,057 | 1,139 | 1,144 | |
| | Fianna Fáil | Paul McCabe | 5.33% | 797 | 814 | 814 | 872 | 899 | 899 | 941 | | | |
| | Fianna Fáil | Paddy Rennick | 4.76% | 712 | 721 | 722 | 728 | | | | | | |
| | Aontú | Peter Devlin | 4.74% | 709 | 717 | 784 | 872 | 897 | 897 | | | | |
| | Independent | Cormac Corr | 3.66% | 547 | 558 | 588 | | | | | | | |
| | Independent Ireland | Colm Mac an tSionnaigh | 1.72% | 257 | 258 | | | | | | | | |
| Electorate: 27,565 Valid: 14,963 Spoilt: 208 Quota: 1,871 Turnout: 15,171 (55.04%) ||||||||||||||

### Laytown–Bettystown

Laytown–Bettystown: 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 |
| | Fine Gael | Sharon Tolan | 13.25% | 1,782 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | Independent | Geraldine Keoghan | 11.44% | 1,538 | 1,540 | 1,557 | 1,595 | 1,612 | 1,666 | 1,824 | | | | |
| | Fianna Fáil | Stephen McKee | 11.15% | 1,499 | 1,515 | 1,521 | 1,528 | 1,561 | 1,625 | 1,651 | 1,657 | 1,824 | | |
| | Fine Gael | Paddy Meade | 10.91% | 1,467 | 1,479 | 1,483 | 1,486 | 1,513 | 1,681 | | | | | |
| | Fianna Fáil | Wayne Harding | 9.51% | 1,278 | 1,279 | 1,282 | 1,284 | 1,299 | 1,342 | 1,468 | 1,482 | 1,669 | 1,726 | |
| | Sinn Féin | Maria White | 7.88% | 1,059 | 1,069 | 1,082 | 1,097 | 1,132 | 1,137 | 1,202 | 1,207 | 1,264 | 1,280 | 1,921 |
| | Independent | Carol Lennon | 6.95% | 934 | 944 | 990 | 1,035 | 1,053 | 1,055 | 1,136 | 1,196 | 1,302 | 1,319 | 1,358 |
| | Sinn Féin | Seamus Lynch | 5.53% | 744 | 745 | 754 | 756 | 766 | 788 | 854 | 863 | 886 | 891 | |
| | Labour | Elaine McGinty | 5.42% | 729 | 737 | 746 | 750 | 882 | 894 | 919 | 923 | 994 | 1,013 | 1,063 |
| | Fianna Fáil | Tom Behan | 4.76% | 640 | 661 | 665 | 680 | 714 | 730 | 746 | 749 | | | |
| | Aontú | Peter Whelan | 4.65% | 625 | 626 | 634 | 684 | 687 | 705 | | | | | |
| | Fine Gael | Declan O'Neill | 3.20% | 430 | 440 | 440 | 446 | 464 | | | | | | |
| | Green | Cathal Mac Reamoinn | 2.66% | 357 | 364 | 370 | 378 | | | | | | | |
| | Independent Ireland | Raymond Westlake | 1.54% | 207 | 208 | 226 | | | | | | | | |
| | Independent | Patrick Smith | 0.78% | 105 | 105 | | | | | | | | | |
| | Independent | Marjeta Qevani | 0.38% | 51 | 52 | | | | | | | | | |
| Electorate: 28,991 Valid: 13,445 Spoilt: 160 Quota: 1,681 Turnout: 13,605 (46.93%) |||||||||||||||

### Navan

Navan: 7 seats :
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | 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 |
| | Sinn Féin | Eddie Fennessy | 14.30% | 1,711 | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | Aontú | Emer Tóibín | 13.28% | 1,588 | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | Independent | Francis Deane | 9.73% | 1,164 | 1,176 | 1,182 | 1,198 | 1,222 | 1,244 | 1,261 | 1,335 | 1,371 | 1,419 | 1,452 | 1,520 | |
| | Fianna Fáil | Padraig Fitzsimons | 7.69% | 920 | 939 | 942 | 945 | 949 | 999 | 1,006 | 1,011 | 1,038 | 1,049 | 1,069 | 1,192 | 1,239 |
| | Fine Gael | Linda Nelson Murray | 7.27% | 870 | 880 | 886 | 893 | 899 | 931 | 937 | 943 | 983 | 1,000 | 1,145 | 1,237 | 1,293 |
| | Independent | Alan Lawes | 6.47% | 774 | 794 | 800 | 827 | 838 | 842 | 859 | 954 | 998 | 1,039 | 1,080 | 1,134 | 1,317 |
| | Fianna Fáil | Tommy Reilly | 6.64% | 794 | 804 | 809 | 811 | 820 | 840 | 849 | 854 | 870 | 880 | 905 | 969 | 1,025 |
| | Fine Gael | Yemi Adenuga | 6.31% | 755 | 759 | 762 | 767 | 773 | 787 | 791 | 791 | 861 | 904 | 1,011 | 1,211 | 1,272 |
| | Fianna Fáil | Kashif Ali | 5.80% | 694 | 697 | 699 | 699 | 700 | 739 | 743 | 745 | 774 | 812 | 874 | | |
| | Sinn Féin | Caoimhe Ní Shluain | 4.28% | 512 | 588 | 591 | 591 | 600 | 610 | 793 | 809 | 849 | 867 | 881 | 913 | |
| | Fine Gael | Ross Kelly | 3.69% | 441 | 444 | 446 | 447 | 449 | 461 | 463 | 467 | 498 | 522 | | | |
| | Green | Seamus McMenamin | 2.92% | 349 | 354 | 355 | 356 | 366 | 374 | 380 | 384 | | | | | |
| | Aontú | Jose Cyriac | 2.78% | 333 | 335 | 342 | 344 | 426 | 431 | 436 | 468 | 482 | | | | |
| | Irish Freedom | David O'Shea | 2.48% | 297 | 299 | 301 | 348 | 369 | 370 | 375 | | | | | | |
| | Sinn Féin | Frances Murphy | 2.01% | 240 | 280 | 283 | 285 | 294 | 296 | | | | | | | |
| | Fianna Fáil | Niamh Carroll | 1.88% | 225 | 226 | 228 | 229 | 236 | | | | | | | | |
| | Aontú | Francis O'Toole | 1.41% | 169 | 175 | 215 | 223 | | | | | | | | | |
| | Independent | Edel Gillick | 1.05% | 126 | 128 | 129 | | | | | | | | | | |
| Electorate: 25,710 Valid: 11,962 Spoilt: 227 Quota: 1,496 Turnout: 12,189 (47.41%) |||||||||||||||||

### Ratoath

Ratoath: 7 seats :
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | 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 |
| | Independent | Gillian Toole† | 23.82% | 3,158 | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | Fine Gael | Maria Murphy | 13.53% | 1,794 | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | Independent | Brian Fitzgerald | 11.23% | 1,488 | 1,581 | 1,593 | 1,604 | 1,626 | 1,642 | 1,651 | 1,674 | | | | | |
| | Fianna Fáil | Caroline O'Reilly | 10.81% | 1,433 | 1,500 | 1,564 | 1,573 | 1,599 | 1,609 | 1,614 | 1,668 | | | | | |
| | Independent | Nick Killian | 7.73% | 1,025 | 1,468 | 1,471 | 1,480 | 1,497 | 1,539 | 1,557 | 1,582 | 1,723 | | | | |
| | Fianna Fáil | John Donohoe | 6.59% | 874 | 964 | 966 | 970 | 974 | 976 | 977 | 1,000 | 1,007 | 1,056 | 1,061 | 1,064 | |
| | Fine Gael | Gerry O'Connor | 5.69% | 754 | 936 | 961 | 965 | 966 | 978 | 979 | 1,006 | 1,017 | 1,210 | 1,219 | 1,222 | 1,603 |
| | Sinn Féin | Fionnan Blake | 5.23% | 693 | 769 | 772 | 779 | 793 | 817 | 1,006 | 1,039 | 1,061 | 1,085 | 1,094 | 1,094 | 1,215 |
| | Labour | Eilish Balfe | 3.64% | 483 | 675 | 679 | 686 | 689 | 737 | 755 | 873 | 895 | 1,067 | 1,081 | 1,092 | 1,200 |
| | Fine Gael | Fergus O'Riordan | 2.89% | 383 | 546 | 555 | 558 | 560 | 571 | 578 | 590 | 611 | | | | |
| | National Party | Jean Murray | 2.33% | 309 | 358 | 358 | 369 | 378 | 391 | 395 | 398 | | | | | |
| | Green | Ruadháin Bonham | 2.14% | 284 | 316 | 324 | 331 | 337 | 355 | 360 | | | | | | |
| | Sinn Féin | Trish Murtagh | 1.60% | 212 | 238 | 239 | 243 | 248 | 267 | | | | | | | |
| | Workers' Party | Gerry Rooney | 1.34% | 178 | 228 | 229 | 233 | 239 | | | | | | | | |
| | Independent | Eleanor Carroll | 0.81% | 107 | 120 | 123 | 130 | | | | | | | | | |
| | Party for Animal Welfare | Carolyn Fahy | 0.60% | 80 | 105 | 107 | | | | | | | | | | |
| Electorate: 28,420 Valid: 13,255 Spoilt: 98 Quota: 1,657 Turnout: 13,353 (46.98%) |||||||||||||||||

### Trim

Trim: 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 | Noel French | 33.52% | 3,963 | | | | | | | |
| | Fine Gael | Joe Fox | 15.91% | 1,881 | | | | | | | |
| | Fianna Fáil | Aisling Dempsey†† | 8.33% | 1,044 | 1,365 | 1,412 | 1,447 | 1,461 | 1,578 | 1,621 | 1,810 |
| | Aontú | Dave Boyne | 7.57% | 895 | 1,159 | 1,179 | 1,192 | 1,217 | 1,251 | 1,442 | 1,502 |
| | Fianna Fáil | Pádraig Coffey | 7.04% | 833 | 1,036 | 1,055 | 1,083 | 1,105 | 1,115 | 1,151 | 1,439 |
| | Social Democrats | Ronan Moore | 6.75% | 798 | 1,184 | 1,217 | 1,229 | 1,254 | 1,354 | 1,557 | 1,677 |
| | Fine Gael | Niamh Souhan | 4.37% | 517 | 688 | 723 | 768 | 774 | 1,001 | 1,035 | |
| | Independent | Trevor Golden | 4.03% | 476 | 952 | 982 | 992 | 1,005 | 1,069 | 1,187 | 1,282 |
| | Sinn Féin | Dáithí McEvoy | 3.60% | 426 | 538 | 555 | 559 | 889 | 917 | | |
| | Fine Gael | Luba Healy | 3.50% | 414 | 568 | 581 | 622 | 637 | | | |
| | Sinn Féin | Aoife Drew | 3.38% | 400 | 490 | 498 | 501 | | | | |
| | Labour | Tracey McElhinney | 1.50% | 177 | 273 | | | | | | |
| Electorate: 27,282 Valid: 11,824 Spoilt: 162 Quota: 1,690 Turnout: 11,986 (43.93%) ||||||||||||