2024 Kildare County Council election

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2024 Kildare County Council election
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All 40 seats on Kildare County Council
21 seats needed for a majority
  First party Second party Third party
 
Party Fianna Fáil Fine Gael Labour
Last election 12 11 5
  Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party
 
Party Social Democrats Green Sinn Féin
Last election 4 3 1
  Seventh party
 
Party Independent
Last election 1
Area of Kildare County Council

An election to all 40 seats on Kildare County Council will be held on 7 June 2024 as part of the 2024 Irish local elections.[1] County Kildare is divided into 8 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).[2]

Results by party[edit]

Party Seats ± 1st pref FPv% ±%
Fianna Fáil
Fine Gael
Sinn Féin
Green
Social Democrats
Aontú
Labour
Independent Ireland
Independent
Total 40 Steady 100.00 Steady

Retiring incumbents[edit]

The following councillors are not seeking re-election:

Constituency Councillor Party
Celbridge Michael Coleman[3] Fianna Fáil
Kildare Anne Connolly[4] Fianna Fáil
Celbridge Ciara Galvin[5] Labour
Newbridge Fiona McLoughlin Healy[6] Independent
Clane Brendan Weld[7] Fine Gael

Results by local electoral area[edit]

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

Athy[edit]

Athy: 5 Seats [8][9][10][11][12][13]
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1
Fianna Fáil Veralouise Behan[*]
Labour Aoife Breslin[*]
Sinn Féin Geraldine Campbell
Independent Ireland William Carton
Fianna Fáil Brian Dooley[*]
Fine Gael Ivan Keatley[*]
Fine Gael Brian Kenny
Labour Mark Leigh[†]
Fianna Fáil David Owens
Sinn Féin Thomas Redmond
Social Democrats Rachael Wall
Quota:  

Celbridge[edit]

Celbridge: 4 Seats [14][15][16][17][18][19][8]
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1
Labour Rupert Heather[*]
Green Peter Paul Hughes
Sinn Féin David Monaghan
Social Democrats Clare O’Rourke
Independent Zhyan Phelan
The Irish People Darragh Toner
Fianna Fáil David Trost
Quota:  

Clane[edit]

Clane: 5 Seats [16][14][20][8][21][10][22][11]
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1
Sinn Féin Killian Brennan
Labour Eoin Coates
Social Democrats Aidan Farrelly[*]
Fianna Fáil Darragh Fitzpatrick[*]
Independent Pádraig McEvoy[*]
Independent Ireland Ryan McKeown
Aontú Una O’Connor
Sinn Féin Mick Tuohy
Fine Gael Brendan Wyse[*]
Quota:  

Kildare[edit]

Kildare: 5 Seats [13][23][12][11][8][9][10]
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1
Social Democrats Pat Balfe
Green Lorraine Benson
Sinn Féin Noel Connolly[†]
Fine Gael Paddy Curran[†]
Fianna Fáil Suzanne Doyle[*]
Fine Gael Kevin Duffy[*]
Labour Chris Harrison
Fianna Fáil Brian O'Loughlin
Independent Ireland Paul O'Malley
Quota:  

Leixlip[edit]

Leixlip : 3 Seats [23][8][13][16][11]
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1
Green Imran Ali
Fianna Fáil Bernard Caldwell[*]
Social Democrats Nuala Killeen[*]
Sinn Féin Joan O’Boyle
Fine Gael Joe Neville[*]
Quota:  

Maynooth[edit]

Maynooth: 5 Seats [11][14][16][23][13][8]
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1
Fine Gael Tim Durkan[*]
Labour Angela Feeney[†]
Sinn Féin Evelyn Gaynor
Green Peter Hamilton[*]
Fine Gael Tara Lane
Social Democrats Peter Melrose
Fianna Fáil Naoise Ó Cearúil[*]
Fianna Fáil Paul Ward[*]
Spoilt: [23]   Quota:  

Naas[edit]

Naas: 7 Seats [14][11][13][19][16][8][15]
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1
Labour Anne Breen[*]
Fine Gael Fintan Brett[*]
Social Democrats Bill Clear[*]
The Irish People Avril Corcoran
Fine Gael Ciara Dunne
Sinn Féin Caroline Hogan
Fianna Fáil Carmel Kelly[*]
Fianna Fáil Brian Larkin
Sinn Féin Evangeline Ngozi Omini
Sinn Féin Pauline O’Neill
Green Bob Quinn[†]
Fine Gael Evie Sammon[*]
Quota:  

Newbridge[edit]

Newbridge: 6 Seats [24][25][26][8][23][11][27][12]
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1
Aontú Melissa Byrne
Labour Aina Dugenio Conway
Independent James Garvin
Fianna Fáil Noel Heavey[*]
Green Ronan Maher
Fine Gael Peggy O’Dwyer[*]
Fine Gael Tracey O’Dwyer[*]
Fianna Fáil Robert Power[*]
Social Democrats Chris Pender[*]
Sinn Féin James Stokes
Sinn Féin Terri Thorpe
Quota:  

References[edit]

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  4. ^ "Councillor in Kildare-Newbridge MD to step down "to enjoy more family time"". Leinster Leader. 1 November 2023. Retrieved 12 May 2024.
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  6. ^ "Newbridge councillor Fiona McLoughlin Healy not to seek re election to council". Kildare Nationalist. 5 September 2022. Retrieved 12 May 2024.
  7. ^ "Tributes Paid To Brendan Weld Who Retires As A County Councillor Following 20 Years Of Service". Kildare's Kfm. Retrieved 12 May 2024.
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