An election to all 18 seats on Roscommon County Council was held on 7 June 2024 as part of the 2024 Irish local elections.[1] County Roscommon is divided into 3 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]

Retiring incumbents

The following councillors are not seeking re-election:

Constituency Departing Councillor Party First elected Date announced
Athlone Donal Kilduff Independent 2019 4 April 2024[3]
Boyle Joe Murphy Fianna Fáil 2019 26 October 2023[4]
Boyle John Cummins Fianna Fáil 1999 18 May 2023[5]
Roscommon Orla Leyden Fianna Fáil 2004 21 March 2023[6]
Roscommon Kathleen Shanagher Independent 2014 17 November 2023[7]

Results by party

Party Candidates Seats ± 1st pref FPv% ±%
Fianna Fáil 7 5 Decrease 1 7,840 24.64% Decrease 8.49
Fine Gael 6 4 Increase 2 5,763 18.11% Increase 1.88
Sinn Féin 6 1 Steady 3,999 12.56% Increase 5.06
Independent Ireland 2 1 New 2,150 6.75% New
Irish Freedom 1 0 New 274 0.86% New
The Irish People 2 0 New 201 0.63% New
Green 1 0 New 147 0.46% New
Aontú 1 0 New 139 0.43% New
Independent 11 7 Decrease 2 11,131 34.97% Decrease 8.24
Total 37 18 Steady 31,822 100.00

Results by LEA

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

Athlone

Athlone: 6 Seats[8][9]
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9
Independent Emer Kelly[†] 19.82 1,946                
Independent Tony Ward[*] 18.19 1,786                
Fine Gael John Naughten[*] 17.82 1,750                
Independent Laurence Fallon[*] 12.24 1,202 1,370 1,497            
Fianna Fáil John Keogh[*] 9.48 931 1,007 1,096 1,248 1,267 1,339 1,442    
Fianna Fáil James Murray 5.57 547 621 653 660 683 701 710 728  
Sinn Féin Sam Brooks 5.25 515 579 609 642 647 712 987 1,002 1,078
Fine Gael Domnick Connolly 4.91 482 547 581 654 683 721 737 743 1,116
Sinn Féin Joe Harney 4.13 405 430 458 486 493 536      
Independent Dominic Naughton 2.59 254 325 368 422 433        
Electorate: 15,862   Valid: 9,818   Spoilt: 85   Quota: 1,403   Turnout: 9,903 (62.43%)  

Boyle

Boyle: 6 Seats[8][9]
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
Independent Valerie Byrne[*] 13.74% 1,565 1,612 1,663              
Sinn Féin Leah Cull 12.43% 1,416 1,446 1,609 1,614 1,638          
Independent Micheál Frain 11.89% 1,355 1,386 1,391 1,392 1,483 1,547 1,837      
Fianna Fáil Sean Moylan 11.22% 1,278 1,291 1,336 1,342 1,490 1,504 1,557 1,577 1,581 1,758
Independent Tom Crosby[*] 9.35 1,065 1,088 1,156 1,164 1,181 1,202 1,235 1,254 1,256 1,338
Fine Gael Dympna Daly Finn 7.70 875 888 896 896 920 954 975 989 990
Independent Ireland Paul Forde 7.29 830 920 924 925 948 969 1,019 1,051 1,053 1,196
Fine Gael Liam Callaghan[*] 6.57 746 762 769 774 817 843 932 992 993 1,377
Sinn Féin Angela Beirne 5.17% 589 604 648 653 691 745        
Fianna Fáil Aidan Sampey 3.77% 429 435 440 440            
Sinn Féin Rory Williams Doyle 3.74% 426 432                
Independent Sajjid Hussain 3.61% 411 460 471 475 480          
Aontú Fayiz Alsani 1.23% 140                  
The Irish People Edmund Shanahan 1.08% 123                  
Independent Majid Ali 0.83% 95                  
Independent Caoimhín Ó Miadh 0.40% 46                  
Electorate: 19,159   Valid: 11,393   Spoilt: 135   Quota: 1,628   Turnout: 11,528 (60.17%)  

Roscommon

Roscommon: 6 Seats[8][9]
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4 5 6
Fianna Fáil Paschal Fitzmaurice[*] 17.76% 1,853          
Fianna Fáil Marty McDermott[*] 15.58% 1,626          
Independent Anthony Waldron[*] 13.32% 1,390 1,462 1,485 1,645    
Independent Ireland Nigel Dineen[*] 12.44% 1,298 1,361 1,381 1,492    
Fianna Fáil Larry Brennan 11.48% 1,198 1,223 1,279 1,305 1,312 1,393
Fine Gael Gareth Scahill 11.19% 1,168 1,332 1,337 1,385 1,410 1,625
Fine Gael Robbie McConn 7.12% 743 747 769 799 806 842
Sinn Féin Christine McDonagh 6.32% 659 684 689 741 768  
Irish Freedom Justin Slamen 2.61% 272 276 277      
Green Paul Hester[*] 1.45% 151 154 155      
The Irish People Cathal Finnegan 0.73% 76 78 80      
Electorate: 17,969   Valid: 10,434   Spoilt: 102   Quota: 1,491   Turnout: 10,536 (58.63%)  

Changes after 2024

Co-option

Party Outgoing LEA Reason Date Co-optee
Fine Gael John Naughten Athlone Death[10] October 2024 Valerie Duffy[11]

References

  1. ^ "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.
  2. ^ "Local elections in Ireland". Citizens Information Board. Archived from the original on 6 April 2024. Retrieved 20 April 2024.
  3. ^ "South Roscommon councillor confirms he won't seek re-election". Westmeath Independent. 4 April 2024. Archived from the original on 27 May 2024. Retrieved 10 April 2024.
  4. ^ "Councillor Joe Murphy opts out 'for personal reasons'". Roscommon People. 26 October 2023. Archived from the original on 27 May 2024. Retrieved 7 March 2024.
  5. ^ "Fianna Fáil gears up for selection conventions". Roscommon People. 18 May 2023. Archived from the original on 27 May 2024. Retrieved 7 March 2024.
  6. ^ "Orla Leyden opts out of local politics". Roscommon People. 21 March 2023. Archived from the original on 27 May 2024. Retrieved 7 March 2024.
  7. ^ "Orla Leyden opts out of local politics". Roscommon People. 17 November 2023. Archived from the original on 27 May 2024. Retrieved 7 March 2024.
  8. ^ a b c "Roscommon ElectionsElection Information for 2024". Roscommon County Council. Archived from the original on 27 May 2024. Retrieved 21 May 2024.
  9. ^ a b c "Roscommon LEA Results". Retrieved 14 June 2024.
  10. ^ "The late John Naughten 'was a true gentleman, who always had a smile on his face'". Roscommon Herald. 5 October 2025. Retrieved 21 February 2025.
  11. ^ Canny, Richard (20 February 2025). "Fine Gael select community activist to replace late John Naughten on county council". Roscommon Herald. Retrieved 21 February 2025.
Allikas: Https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2024_Roscommon_County_Council_election
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