Part of the 2024 Irish local elections
2024 Westmeath County Council election
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← 2019 | 7 June 2024 | 2029 → |
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All 20 seats on Westmeath County Council 11 seats needed for a majority |
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| First party | Second party | Third party | | | | | Party | Fianna Fáil | Fine Gael | Green | Last election | 9 | 5 | 2 | Seats before | 9 | 5 | 2 | | | Fourth party | Fifth party | Sixth party | | | | | Party | Labour | Independent Ireland | Independent | Last election | 2 | N/A | 2 | Seats before | 2 | 1 | 1 | |
Area of Westmeath County Council |
An election to all 20 seats on Westmeath County Council will be held on 7 June 2024 as part of the 2024 Irish local elections.[1] County Westmeath is divided into 4 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 | Candidates | Seats | ± | 1st pref | FPv% | ±% |
| Fianna Fáil | | | | | | |
| Fine Gael | | | | | | |
| Sinn Féin | | | | | | |
| Aontú | | | | | | |
| Social Democrats | | | | | | |
| Green | | | | | | |
| Labour | | | | | | |
| Independent Ireland | | | New | | | New |
| Irish Freedom | | | New | | | New |
| Ireland First | | | New | | | New |
| The Irish People | | | New | | | New |
| Independent | | | | | | |
Total | | 20 | | | 100.00 | |
Retiring incumbents
The following councillors are not seeking re-election:
Results by local electoral area
^ *: Outgoing councillor elected in 2019.
^ **: Outgoing councillor elected in 2019 in another LEA.
^ †: Outgoing councillor coopted subsequent to the 2019 election.
^ ††: Outgoing councillor coopted subsequent to the 2019 election in another LEA
Athlone
Kinnegad
Moate
Mullingar
References
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- ^ "Local elections in Ireland". Citizens Information Board. Retrieved 20 April 2024.
- ^ "John Shaw to bow out of politics". Westmeath Examiner. 21 July 2023. Retrieved 11 May 2024.
- ^ "FF selects Kinnegad area candidates". Westmeath Examiner. 15 December 2023. Retrieved 11 May 2024.
- ^ a b c d "Fine Gael 2024 Local Election Candidates for Westmeath". Fine Gael. Archived from the original on 11 May 2024. Retrieved 11 May 2024.
- ^ Cusack, Adrian (22 September 2023). "Athlone man selected as Sinn Féin candidate". Westmeath Independent. Retrieved 11 May 2024.
- ^ a b c "Our People | Green Party". Green Party. Retrieved 11 May 2024.
- ^ a b c "Leinster Candidates". Independent Ireland. Retrieved 11 May 2024.
- ^ a b c d "Our People". www.fiannafail.ie. Archived from the original on 11 May 2024. Retrieved 11 May 2024.
- ^ Verney, Deirdre (28 April 2024). "Former Labour councillor bidding to make a comeback". Westmeath Independent. Retrieved 11 May 2024.
- ^ "Aontú - We are delighted to announce that Noel McKervey was selected last night as an Aontú candidate in the Athlone electoral area". www.facebook.com. Retrieved 11 May 2024.
- ^ Verney, Deirdre (23 February 2024). "Boxer confirms bid to return to council chambers". Westmeath Independent. Retrieved 11 May 2024.
- ^ a b c d "'Westmeath Nationalist Alliance' enters the political fray". Westmeath Examiner. 22 April 2024. Retrieved 11 May 2024.
- ^ "Sinn Féin seek 'political power' in Kinnegad". Westmeath Examiner. 9 January 2024. Retrieved 11 May 2024.
- ^ a b c "Labour Party select three local election hopefuls". Westmeath Examiner. 14 December 2023. Retrieved 11 May 2024.
- ^ "candidates". The Irish People. Retrieved 11 May 2024.
- ^ "Learner drivers waiting times unacceptable, says Aontú candidate". Westmeath Examiner. 1 May 2024. Retrieved 11 May 2024.
- ^ Another great canvas in Castletown Geoghegan at the weekend with Local election candidate John Lawlor. John is contesting the election in Moate, and is... | By Mullingar Sinn Féin. Retrieved 11 May 2024 – via facebook.com.
- ^ "Local Independent candidate calls for additional bus service for Moate". Westmeath Independent. 7 May 2024. Retrieved 11 May 2024.
- ^ "Long serving Dollard says 'I'm more community activist than politician'". Westmeath Examiner. 30 October 2023. Retrieved 11 May 2024.
- ^ "'Lot of complacency in local politics' – Sinn Féin candidate". Westmeath Examiner. 28 November 2023. Retrieved 11 May 2024.
- ^ Kindregan, Robert (10 April 2024). "'Give us a chance': Social Democrats party leader joins local candidate". Westmeath Examiner. Retrieved 11 May 2024.