2024 Tipperary County Council election

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2024 Tipperary County Council election

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All 40 seats on Tipperary County Council
21 seats needed for a majority
  First party Second party Third party
 
Party Fine Gael Fianna Fáil Sinn Féin
Last election 12 9 2
Seats before 12 9 3

  Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party
 
Party Labour WUA Independent
Last election 1 1 15
Seats before 1 1 14

Area of Tipperary County Council

An election to all 40 seats on Tipperary County Council will be held on 7 June 2024 as part of the 2024 Irish local elections.[1] County Tipperary 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 Candidates Seats ± 1st pref FPv% ±%
Fianna Fáil
Fine Gael
Sinn Féin
WUA
Social Democrats
Green
Labour
Independent Ireland New New
Irish Freedom New New
National Party New New
Independent
Total 40 Steady 100.00

Retiring incumbents[edit]

The following councillors are not seeking re-election:

Constituency Councillor Party
Roscrea-Templemore Noel Coonan[3] Fine Gael
Nenagh Ger Darcy[4] Fine Gael
Thurles Seamus Hanafin[5] Fianna Fáil
Nenagh Hughie McGrath[6] Independent
Newport John McGrath[7] Independent

Results by local electoral area[edit]

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

Cahir[edit]

Cahir: 4 Seats
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1
Fianna Fáil Micheál Anglim[*][8]
Fianna Fáil PJ English[8]
Independent Tom Hennessey[9]
Independent Máirín McGrath[*][10]
Independent Andy Moloney[*][11]
Social Democrats Alan Moynihan[12]
Fine Gael Marie Murphy[*][13]
Sinn Féin Cathal Ó hÉanna[14]
Quota:  

Carrick-on-Suir[edit]

Carrick-on-Suir: 5 Seats
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1
Fianna Fáil Kieran Bourke[*][8]
Labour Michael Brennan[15]
Sinn Féin David Dunne[14]
Fine Gael Mark Fitzgerald[*][13]
Fianna Fáil Imelda M. Goldsboro[*][8]
Irish Freedom Martin Murphy[16]
Independent Kevin O'Meara[*][17]
Quota:  

Cashel–Tipperary[edit]

CashelTipperary: 7 seats
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1
Sinn Féin Tony Black[14]
Independent Liam Browne[18]
Fine Gael Declan Burgess[*][13]
Fine Gael John Crosse[*][13]
Fianna Fáil Jacqui Finnan[8]
Fine Gael Matthew Fogarty[13]
Fine Gael Mary Hanna Hourigan[*][13]
Fianna Fáil Roger Kennedy[*][8]
National Party John McGrath[19]
Independent Peadar O'Donnell[20]
Independent John O’Heney[20]
Sinn Féin Annemarie Ryan[14]
Quota:  

Clonmel[edit]

Clonmel: 6 Seats
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1
Fianna Fáil Siobhán Ambrose[*][8]
Sinn Féin Natasha C Dingivan[14]
WUA Pat English[*][21]
Fine Gael John FitzGerald[*][13]
WUA Teresa Johnson[21]
Independent Richie Molloy[22]
Sinn Féin Dean McGrath[14]
Fine Gael Michael Murphy[*][13]
Independent Thomas Ryan[23]
Quota:  

Nenagh[edit]

Nenagh: 5 Seats
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1
Independent Joe Hannigan[*][24]
Sinn Féin Damian O’Donoghue[14]
Fine Gael Eleanor Maher[13]
Labour Louise Morgan Walsh[25]
Independent Séamus Morris[*][26]
Fianna Fáil Ryan O’Meara[8]
Green Iva Pocock[27]
Quota:  

Newport[edit]

Newport: 4 seats
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1
Labour Fiona Bonfield[*][28]
Fine Gael Phyll Bugler[*][13]
Fianna Fáil John Carroll[*][8]
Independent Ireland Eddie O'Gorman[29]
Independent Pamela Quirke O’Meara[30]
Sinn Féin Gavin Ryan[14]
Quota:  

Roscrea–Templemore[edit]

RoscreaTemplemore: 4 seats
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1
Fine Gael Willie Kennedy[13]
Labour Jordan Lewis[31]
Independent Shane Lee[*][30][32]
Green Aisling Maloney[33]
Independent Eddie Moran[*][30]
Sinn Féin Breandán Ó Conchúir[14]
Fianna Fáil Deirdre Ryan[8]
Fianna Fáil Michael Smith[*][8]
Quota:  

Thurles[edit]

Thurles: 5 Seats
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1
Fianna Fáil Kay Cahill Skehan[8]
Sinn Féin Dan Harty[14]
Independent Micheál Lowry[30]
Fine Gael Peggy Ryan[†][13]
Independent Jim Ryan[*][34]
Fianna Fáil Sean Ryan[*][8]
Quota:  

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