2019 Laois County Council election explained
| Election Name: | 2019 Laois County Council election |
| Country: | Ireland |
| Map Size: | 300px |
| Type: | Parliamentary |
| Ongoing: | no |
| Party Colour: | yes |
| Previous Election: | 2014 Laois County Council election |
| Previous Year: | 2014 |
| Next Election: | 2024 Laois County Council election |
| Next Year: | 2024 |
| Seats For Election: | All 19 seats on Laois County Council |
| Majority Seats: | 10 |
| Election Date: | 24 May 2019 |
| Party1: | Fine Gael |
| Seats1: | 7 |
| Seat Change1: | 1 |
| Party2: | Fianna Fáil |
| Seats2: | 6 |
| Seat Change2: | 1 |
| Party3: | Sinn Féin |
| Seats3: | 2 |
| Party4: | Labour Party (Ireland) |
| Seats4: | 1 |
| Party5: | Independent politician (Ireland) |
| Seats5: | 3 |
An election to all 19 seats on Laois County Council was held on 24 May 2019 as part of the 2019 Irish local elections. County Laois was 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).
Boundary review
Following a recommendation of the 2018 LEA boundary review committee, the electoral division of Clash mas moved from Portlaoise LEA to Borris-in-Ossory–Mountmellick LEA, to take account of population changes revealed by the 2016 census.[1] [2]
Results by party
| Party | Seats | ± | | | ±% |
|---|
| 7 | 1 | 9,578 | 29.64 | 0.56 |
| 6 | 1 | 10,355 | 32.05 | 0.75 |
| 2 | | 3,604 | 11.15 | 1.55 |
| 1 | | 1,797 | 5.56 | 0.86 |
| 0 | | 514 | 1.59 | New |
| 3 | | 6,461 | 20.00 | 1.20 |
| Total | align=right | 19 | | align=right | 32,309 | 100.00 | | |
Results by local electoral area
Footnotes
Changes
Changes in affiliation
References
Sources
- Web site: Laois County Council - Local Election candidates . 14 May 2019 . RTÉ . 15 May 2019 . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20210607201832/https://www.rte.ie/news/elections-2019/2019/0507/1047994-laois-county-council/ . 7 June 2021.
- Web site: Local Elections 2019 – Election Results . Laois County Council . 19 June 2019 . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20200921122936/https://laois.ie/local-elections-2019-election-results/ . 21 September 2020.
- Web site: Local Elections 2019: Results, Transfer of Votes and Statistics. Department of Housing, Planning and Local Government (DHPLG) . 140–143 . 10 June 2020 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20200610103909/http://www.housing.gov.ie/sites/default/files/publications/files/updated_24mar20_local_election_2019_results_book_final.pdf . 10 June 2020 . .
Citations
Notes and References
- Book: Report 2018 . 978-1-4064-2990-9 . Local Electoral Area Boundary Committee No. 1 . 13 June 2018 . Government Publications . 15 October 2023 . 58–61, 150 . 30 April 2023 . https://web.archive.org/web/20230430065024/https://www.boundarycommittee.ie/reports/Local%20Electoral%20Area%20Boundary%20Committee%20No.1%20Report%20-%202018.pdf#62 . live .
- . County of Laois Local Electoral Areas Order 2018 . 2018. si. 622 . 15 October 2023 . 19 December 2018 .
