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2019 Cavan County Council election

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18 seats on Cavan County Council
First party Second party Third party   Party Fianna Fáil Fine Gael Sinn Féin Seats won 8 7 1 Seat change 1 3   Fourth party Fifth party   Party Aontú Independent Seats won 1 1 Seat change 1 1
Results by Local Electoral Area

An election to all 18 seats on Cavan County Council took place on 24 May 2019 as part of the 2019 Irish local elections. Councillors were elected for a five-year term of office from three local electoral areas (LEAs) by single transferable vote. The 2018 boundary review committee did not recommend any alteration to the LEAs which had been in place in County Cavan at the 2014 election.

Overview

Sinn Féin lost all but one of its seats. Fianna Fáil gained a seat, to give a total of eight seats. Independent candidate Brendan Fay was elected and became the first Independent councillor in the county since 1999. Fine Gael returned with the same number of seats as at the previous election.

Results by party

Party		Seats	±	1st pref	FPv%	±%
	Fianna Fáil	8	1	12,492	38.92	1.56
	Fine Gael	7		10,712	33.37	3.29
	Sinn Féin	1	3	3,974	12.38	5.79
	Aontú	1	1	2,482	7.73	New
	Labour	0		705	2.20	1.61
	People Before Profit	0		498	1.55	New
	Independent	1	1	1,236	3.85	0.21
Total		18		32,099	100.00

Results by local electoral area

 *: Outgoing councillor elected in 2014.
 †: Outgoing councillor coopted subsequent to the 2014 election.

Bailieborough–Cootehill

Ballyjamesduff

Cavan–Belturbet

Footnotes

1. Change in affiliation after 2019; see below.

Results by gender

Changes

Co-options

Changes in Affiliation

References

1. Local Electoral Area Boundary Committee No. 1 (13 June 2018). Report 2018 (PDF). Government Publications. pp. 24–27, 142. ISBN 978-1-4064-2990-9. Archived (PDF) from the original on 30 April 2023. Retrieved 8 May 2019.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
2. County of Cavan Local Electoral Areas Order 2018 (S.I. No. 611 of 2018). Signed on 19 December 2018 by John Paul Phelan, Minister of State at the Department of Housing, Planning and Local Government. Statutory Instrument of the Government of Ireland. Archived from the original on 23 January 2020. Retrieved from Irish Statute Book.
3. "Local Election 2019 — Bailieborough-Cootehill LEA" (PDF). Cavan County Council. Archived (PDF) from the original on 5 September 2020. Retrieved 19 June 2019.
4. "Local Election 2019 — Ballyjamesduff LEA" (PDF). Cavan County Council. Archived (PDF) from the original on 5 September 2020. Retrieved 19 June 2019.
5. "Local Election 2019 — Cavan–Belturbet LEA" (PDF). Cavan County Council. Archived (PDF) from the original on 5 September 2020. Retrieved 19 June 2019.
6. "Cavan County Council: Sinn Féin prevent wipeout but lose three seats". The Irish Times. Dublin. 26 May 2019 . Archived from the original on 10 June 2021.
7. DHPLG 2019, p. 247.
8. "Councillor Smith passed away in mid-January". Northern Sound. 2 March 2023. Retrieved 2 December 2024.
9. "'I want to thank my family also for their continued support'". Northern Sound. 14 March 2023. Retrieved 2 December 2024.
10. "Reaction to FF Cllr's resignation". The Anglo-Celt. 18 June 2020. Archived from the original on 22 June 2020.
11. Meehan, Stella (28 February 2024). "New rural party announces first candidate for local elections". Agriland.

Sources

• "Local Elections 2019: Results, Transfer of Votes and Statistics" (PDF). Government of Ireland. Department of Housing, Planning and Local Government (DHPLG). pp. 69–71. Archived from the original (PDF) on 10 June 2020. Retrieved 10 June 2020.
• "Cavan County Council – Local Election candidates". RTÉ. 13 May 2019. Archived from the original on 6 June 2019. Retrieved 15 May 2019.
• "Local Election Count - News - Cavan County Council". Cavan County Council. 26 May 2019. Archived from the original on 4 June 2021. Retrieved 26 May 2019.

• 2019 Irish local elections
• Cavan County Council elections