Part of the 2024 Irish local elections
2024 Wicklow County Council election
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All 32 seats on Wicklow County Council 17 seats needed for a majority |
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Area of Wicklow County Council |
An election to all 32 seats on Wicklow County Council will be held on 7 June 2024 as part of the 2024 Irish local elections.[1] County Wicklow is divided into 6 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]
The period for nominations opened at 10 a.m. on Saturday 11 May and will close at 12 p.m. on Saturday 18 May 2024.[3]
Retiring incumbents
The following councillors are not seeking re-election:
Constituency | Departing Councillor | Party |
Baltinglass | Vincent Blake | | Fine Gael |
Wicklow | Shay Cullen | | Fine Gael |
Greystones | Derek Mitchell | | Fine Gael |
Bray West | Rory O'Connor | | Independent |
Wicklow | Irene Winters | | Fine Gael |
Results by party
Party | Candidates | Seats | ± | 1st pref | FPv% | ±% |
| Fianna Fáil | 10 | | | | | |
| Fine Gael | 11 | | | | | |
| Sinn Féin | 11 | | | | | |
| Aontú | 1 | | | | | |
| Social Democrats | 5 | | | | | |
| Green | 4 | | | | | |
| Labour | 4 | | | | | |
| Independent Ireland | 3 | | New | | | New |
| People Before Profit | 4 | | | | | |
| Irish Freedom | 1 | | New | | | New |
| The Irish People | 1 | | New | | | New |
| Independent | 19 | | | | | |
Total | 74 | 32 | | | 100.00 | — |
Candidates by LEA
^ *: Outgoing councillor elected in 2019.
^ †: Outgoing councillor coopted subsequent to the 2019 election.
^ ‡: Outgoing councillor co-opted in 2024 for Bray East now contesting in Bray West.
Arklow
Baltinglass
Bray East
Bray West
Bray West: 4 seats[4] Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count |
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| Independent | Joe Behan[*] | | |
| Independent | Rob Carry | | |
| Fine Gael | Melanie Corrigan[*] | | |
| Independent | Colm Flood | | |
| Labour | Bryan Kenna | | |
| Independent | Keith Manning | | |
| Sinn Féin | Dermot O’Brien[*] | | |
| Green | Alex Pigot | | |
| Sinn Féin | Mick Ryan[‡] | | |
| Social Democrats | Caroline Winstanley | | |
Quota: |
Greystones
Wicklow
References
- ^ "Polling Day Orders made for European, local and Limerick mayoral elections". Gov.ie (Press release). Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage. 6 April 2024. Archived from the original on 10 April 2024. Retrieved 20 April 2024.
- ^ "Local elections in Ireland". Citizens Information Board. Archived from the original on 6 April 2024. Retrieved 20 April 2024.
- ^ "Local Elections". Wicklow County Council. Archived from the original on 11 May 2024. Retrieved 11 May 2024.
- ^ a b c d e f "NOTICE OF POLL" (PDF). Wicklow County Council. 20 May 2024. Archived (PDF) from the original on 25 May 2024. Retrieved 24 May 2024.
Sources
- Buchanan, Myles; Galvin, Tom; Mac Raghnaill, Eoin (29 March 2024). "Wicklow Local Elections 2024 candidates: get the latest running news". Wicklow People. Retrieved 1 April 2024 – via Irish Independent.
- "Wicklow Local Election 2024". Irish Freedom Party. 27 February 2024. Retrieved 1 April 2024.
- "Local Election Candidates 2024 - Leinster". Independent Ireland. Retrieved 1 April 2024.