Part of the 2024 Irish local elections
2024 Westmeath County Council election Area of Westmeath County Council
An election to all 20 seats on Westmeath County Council was 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]
Retiring incumbents [ edit ] The following councillors are not seeking re-election:
Candidates by local electoral area [ edit ] ^ *: 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 : 5 Seats[ 5] Party Candidate FPv% Count 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Independent Kevin "Boxer" Moran 39.64% 3,782 Fianna Fáil Frankie Keena[*] 14.37% 1,371 1,780 Fine Gael John Dolan[*] 12.72% 1,214 1,568 1,639 Fianna Fáil Aengus O'Rourke[*] 11.77% 1,123 1,686 Sinn Féin Conor Dowling-Linehan 4.66% 445 563 571 579 579 599 628 644 Green Louise Heavin[*] 3.82% 364 477 489 508 517 553 629 654 760 Independent Tom Cleary 3.31% 316 507 530 546 554 598 642 739 858 1,034 Independent Ireland Paul Hogan[†] 3.25% 310 530 565 590 601 632 684 814 965 1,120 Irish Freedom Catrina O'Donohoe 2.91% 278 363 372 377 381 388 399 Fine Gael Ruairí Keyes 1.98% 189 260 271 284 296 329 Labour Ray Lennon 1.56% 149 216 236 245 249 Electorate: 20,464 Valid: 9,541 Spoilt: 70 Quota: 1,591 Turnout: 9,661 (47.21%)
Kinnegad : 5 Seats[ 6] [ 7] Party Candidate FPv% Count 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 Labour Denis Leonard[*] 14.91% 1,457 1,632 Fianna Fáil Alfie Devine 12.64% 1,236 1,364 1,533 1,689 [ 8] Sinn Féin David Jones 11.61% 1,135 1,553 1,582 1,690 Fianna Fáil Niall Gaffney 10.69% 1,045 1,125 1,225 1,287 Fine Gael Seamus MacDermott 10.04% 981 1,089 1,101 1,181 Fine Gael Emily Wallace 9.73% 951 1,072 1,252 1,421 Independent Ireland Brian Crum 6.05% 591 1,015 Fianna Fáil Shauna Coyne 5.86% 573 635 Independent Noleen Fanning 4.38% 428 548 Sinn Féin Maureen Piggot 3.87% 378 501 Aontú Laura O’Neill 3.57% 349 397 Fine Gael Anthonia Izekor 1.79% 175 196 Sinn Féin Frances Monahan 1.53% 150 161 Green Carol Okeke 1.24% 121 122 Ireland First Sarah Heraty 1.16% 113 133 The Irish People Ian McGauley 0.94% 92 Electorate: 18,090 Valid: 9,775 Spoilt: 123 Quota: 1,630 Turnout: 9,898 (54.72%)
Moate : 4 Seats[ 9] Party Candidate FPv% Count 1 2 3 4 5 Fine Gael Tom Farrell[*] 23.96% 2,185 Fianna Fáil Vinny McCormack[*] 17.87% 1,630 1,777 1,797 1,833 Fianna Fáil Liam McDaniel[*] 16.23% 1,480 1,512 1,522 1,558 1,826 Labour Johnnie Penrose[*] 15.80% 1,441 1,516 1,537 1,663 1,851 Independent Michael O’Brien 11.24% 1,025 1,093 1,174 1,253 1,465 Independent Ireland Paul Hogan[††] 7.39% 674 697 779 873 Sinn Féin John Lawlor 4.56% 416 424 445 Irish Freedom Shane Lynam 2.96% 270 277 Electorate: 16,297 Valid: 9,121 Spoilt: 72 Quota: 1,825 Turnout: 9,193 (56.41%)
Mullingar : 6 Seats[ 10] Party Candidate FPv% Count 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Independent Mick Dollard[*] 18.31% 1,696 Fianna Fáil Ken Glynn[*] 14.27% 1,322 1,387 Fianna Fáil Aoife Davitt[*] 10.54% 976 1,009 1,048 1,258 Fine Gael Andrew Duncan[*] 10.43% 966 1,001 1,029 1,266 Fianna Fáil Bill Collentine[*] 10.14% 939 981 1,017 1,222 Fine Gael Gerry Heery 8.19% 759 784 821 1,048 Sinn Féin Julie McCourt 6.18% 572 607 830 1,053 Labour Fidelma Bennett 5.80% 537 580 658 877 Green Hazel Smyth[*] 4.65% 431 442 560 577 Ireland First Margaret Maguire 3.98% 369 392 537 Social Democrats Ali Morris 3.43% 318 325 347 Sinn Féin Damien Rooney 2.15% 199 209 210 Independent Patrick Hussey 1.93% 179 222 229 Electorate: 20,673 Valid: 9,263 Spoilt: 133 Quota: 1,324 Turnout: 9,396 (45.45%)