# 2019 Westmeath County Council election

An election to all 20 seats on Westmeath County Council was held on 24 May 2019 as part of the 2019 Irish local elections. County Westmeath was divided into 4 local electoral areas (LEAs) to elect councillors for a five-year term of office on using 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 three LEAs used at the 2014 Westmeath County Council election were revised and replaced with four LEAs.

## Results by party

Fianna Fáil gained one seat in this election, Fine Gael and the Labour Party retained their five and two seats respectively, the Green Party had its first ever two local councillors in Westmeath elected, Sinn Féin lost their representation on this council while two Independent candidates were elected. The smaller parties that ran candidates in Westmeath (Aontú, the Social Democrats and Renua) failed to make any breakthrough.
| Party | Party | Seats | ± | 1st pref | FPv% | ±% |
| | Fianna Fáil | 9 | 1 | 12,259 | 36.34 | 3.44 |
| | Fine Gael | 5 | | 7,860 | 23.30 | 0.60 |
| | Labour | 2 | | 3,469 | 10.28 | 3.42 |
| | Green | 2 | 2 | 1,174 | 3.48 | New |
| | Sinn Féin | 0 | 3 | 1,957 | 5.80 | 5.30 |
| | Aontú | 0 | | 394 | 1.17 | New |
| | Social Democrats | 0 | | 194 | 0.58 | New |
| | Renua | 0 | | 86 | 0.25 | New |
| | Independent | 2 | | 6,344 | 18.80 | 0.40 |
| Total | Total | 20 | | 33,737 | 100.00 | |

## Results by local electoral area

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

### Athlone

Athlone: 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 |
| | Fianna Fáil | Frankie Keena | 18.55 | 1,584 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | Fianna Fáil | Aengus O'Rourke | 15.39 | 1,314 | 1,374 | 1,390 | 1,403 | 1,437 | | | | | | |
| | Fine Gael | John Dolan | 14.91 | 1,273 | 1,298 | 1,305 | 1,320 | 1,335 | 1,337 | 1,433 | | | | |
| | Independent | Jamie Moran | 12.04 | 1,028 | 1,042 | 1,072 | 1,089 | 1,126 | 1,128 | 1,167 | 1,238 | 1,417 | 1,420 | 1,615 |
| | Green | Louise Heavin | 6.95 | 593 | 604 | 627 | 706 | 729 | 731 | 771 | 864 | 935 | 939 | 1,071 |
| | Fine Gael | Alan Shaw | 6.59 | 563 | 574 | 578 | 594 | 601 | 603 | 623 | 692 | 752 | 754 | 794 |
| | Sinn Féin | Pádraig Hegarty | 6.11 | 522 | 528 | 538 | 558 | 567 | 567 | 581 | 605 | 715 | 716 | |
| | Independent | Paul Hogan | 5.33 | 455 | 464 | 475 | 481 | 503 | 505 | 530 | 581 | | | |
| | Independent | Michael O'Brien | 4.03 | 344 | 352 | 363 | 380 | 392 | 394 | 429 | | | | |
| | Independent | P.J. Coghill | 3.64 | 311 | 318 | 325 | 328 | 347 | 349 | | | | | |
| | Aontú | Noel Peter McKervey | 2.30 | 196 | 198 | 223 | 226 | | | | | | | |
| | Social Democrats | Fiona Lynam | 2.27 | 194 | 199 | 204 | | | | | | | | |
| | Renua | Anthony Moran | 1.01 | 86 | 88 | | | | | | | | | |
| | Independent | Imelda Geraghty | 0.49 | 42 | 42 | | | | | | | | | |
| | Independent | Donal Jackson | 0.37 | 32 | 33 | | | | | | | | | |
| Electorate: 19,157 Valid: 8,537 Spoilt: 119 Quota: 1,423 Turnout: 8,656 |||||||||||||||

### Kinnegad

Kinnegad: 5 seats :
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count |
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 |
| | Fine Gael | Frank McDermott | 15.16 | 1,246 | 1,281 | 1,303 | 1,392 | | |
| | Fianna Fáil | John Shaw | 14.79 | 1,216 | 1,244 | 1,258 | 1,279 | 1,322 | 1,521 |
| | Fianna Fáil | Paddy Hill | 12.41 | 1,020 | 1,021 | 1,048 | 1,142 | 1,303 | 1,434 |
| | Labour | Denis Leonard | 12.03 | 989 | 1,014 | 1,020 | 1,046 | 1,191 | 1,314 |
| | Fine Gael | Emily Wallace | 11.12 | 914 | 956 | 973 | 993 | 1,122 | 1,285 |
| | Fianna Fáil | Shauna Coyne | 8.41 | 691 | 699 | 710 | 725 | 765 | |
| | Sinn Féin | Hazel Behan | 7.65 | 629 | 631 | 646 | 749 | 823 | 898 |
| | Labour | Lorraine Scally | 7.08 | 582 | 597 | 608 | 698 | | |
| | Independent | Úna D'Arcy | 5.99 | 492 | 502 | 569 | | | |
| | Independent | Patrick Joseph Boyhan | 3.19 | 262 | 268 | | | | |
| | Fine Gael | Becky Loftus Dore | 2.18 | 179 | | | | | |
| Electorate: 16,746 Valid: 8,220 Spoilt: 169 Quota: 1,371 Turnout: 8,389 ||||||||||

### Moate

Moate: 4 seats :
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | Count | Count | Count |
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 |
| | Fine Gael | Thomas Farrell | 18.48 | 1,567 | 1,588 | 1,806 | |
| | Fianna Fáil | Liam McDaniel | 15.68 | 1,329 | 1,363 | 1,528 | 1,597 |
| | Fianna Fáil | Vinny McCormack | 15.49 | 1,313 | 1,332 | 1,358 | 1,595 |
| | Labour | Johnnie Penrose | 14.89 | 1,262 | 1,342 | 1,474 | 1,922 |
| | Independent | Michael O'Brien | 12.66 | 1,073 | 1,199 | 1,223 | 1,249 |
| | Fianna Fáil | Brian Crum | 10.05 | 852 | 872 | 899 | |
| | Fine Gael | Damien Clear | 7.16 | 607 | 644 | | |
| | Sinn Féin | Peter Judge | 3.48 | 295 | | | |
| | Independent | Searlait Cabdi Ní Chianáin | 2.12 | 180 | | | |
| Electorate: 15,319 Valid: 8,478 Spoilt: 165 Quota: 1,696 Turnout: 8,643 ||||||||

### Mullingar

Mullingar: 6 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 |
| | Independent | Mick Dollard | 15.13 | 1,286 | | | | | | | | | |
| | Fianna Fáil | Ken Glynn | 14.02 | 1,192 | 1,201 | 1,203 | 1,217 | | | | | | |
| | Fianna Fáil | Aoife Davitt | 10.42 | 886 | 891 | 892 | 907 | 907 | 921 | 951 | 1,008 | 1,059 | 1,120 |
| | Fianna Fáil | William Patrick Collentine | 10.14 | 862 | 872 | 873 | 886 | 888 | 906 | 930 | 979 | 1,029 | 1,106 |
| | Fine Gael | Andrew Joseph Duncan | 9.27 | 788 | 795 | 797 | 811 | 811 | 850 | 880 | 937 | 980 | 1,078 |
| | Fine Gael | Gerard Joseph Heery | 8.5 | 723 | 728 | 732 | 741 | 741 | 767 | 786 | 831 | 853 | 955 |
| | Green | Hazel Smyth | 6.83 | 581 | 584 | 591 | 605 | 605 | 655 | 681 | 753 | 860 | 1,019 |
| | Independent | Sean Lynch | 6.25 | 531 | 537 | 545 | 569 | 569 | 611 | 627 | 665 | 742 | |
| | Sinn Féin | Sorca Clarke | 6.01 | 511 | 518 | 522 | 537 | 537 | 561 | 587 | 616 | | |
| | Labour | Mark Scally | 4.16 | 354 | 359 | 360 | 363 | 363 | 384 | 487 | | | |
| | Labour | Margaret Lynam Sweeney | 3.32 | 282 | 290 | 291 | 295 | 295 | 307 | | | | |
| | Independent | Chris Murtagh | 2.98 | 253 | 256 | 267 | 294 | 294 | | | | | |
| | Aontú | Séamus Burke | 2.33 | 198 | 200 | 205 | | | | | | | |
| | Independent | Alice McDonnell | 0.65 | 55 | 56 | | | | | | | | |
| Electorate: 19,946 Valid: 8,502 Spoilt: 200 Quota: 1,215 Turnout: 8,702 ||||||||||||||

### Footnotes

* ↑ See change below.

## Results by gender

2019 Westmeath County Council election Candidates by gender :
| Gender | Number of candidates | % of candidates | Elected councillors | % of councillors |
| Men | 34 | 69.4% | 16 | 80.0% |
| Women | 15 | 30.6% | 4 | 20.0% |
| TOTAL | 49 | | 20 | |

## Changes after 2019

| Party | Party | Outgoing | LEA | Reason | Date | Co-optee |
| | Independent | Jamie Moran | Athlone | Resignation | January 2022 | Paul Hogan |

### Changes in affiliation

| Name | LEA | Elected as | Elected as | New affiliation | New affiliation | Date |
| Paul Hogan | Athlone | | Independent | | Independent Ireland | April 2024 |