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

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

Retiring incumbents

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

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

Athy

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

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 Claire O’Rourke
Independent Zhyan Phelan
The Irish People Darragh Toner
Fianna Fáil David Trost
Independent Francis Dempsey
Quota:  

Clane

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

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

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

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

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

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:  

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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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