| Election Name: | 2019 Wexford by-election |
| Country: | Ireland |
| Type: | by-election |
| Ongoing: | no |
| Previous Year: | 2016 general election |
| Election Date: | 29 November 2019 |
| Next Year: | 2020 general election |
| Turnout: | 40,382 (35.3%) |
| 2Blank: | Percentage |
| 3Blank: | Final count |
| Nominee1: | Malcolm Byrne |
| Party1: | Fianna Fáil |
| 1Data1: | 12,506 |
| 2Data1: | 31.2% |
| 3Data1: | 18,830 |
| Nominee2: | George Lawlor |
| Party2: | Labour Party (Ireland) |
| 1Data2: | 8,024 |
| 2Data2: | 20.0% |
| 3Data2: | 14,476 |
| Nominee3: | Verona Murphy |
| Party3: | Fine Gael |
| 1Data3: | 9,543 |
| 2Data3: | 23.8% |
| 3Data3: | - |
| Nominee4: | Johnny Mythen |
| Party4: | Sinn Féin |
| 1Data4: | 4,125 |
| 2Data4: | 10.3% |
| 3Data4: | - |
| Nominee5: | Karin Dubsky |
| Party5: | Green Party (Ireland) |
| 1Data5: | 2,490 |
| 2Data5: | 6.2% |
| 3Data5: | - |
| Image6: | Codd |
| Nominee6: | Jim Codd |
| Party6: | Aontú |
| 1Data6: | 2,102 |
| 2Data6: | 5.2% |
| 3Data6: | - |
| Map Size: | 200px |
| TD | |
| Before Election: | Mick Wallace |
| Before Party: | Independents 4 Change |
| Posttitle: | TD |
| After Election: | Malcolm Byrne |
| After Party: | Fianna Fáil |
A by-election was held in the Dáil Éireann Wexford constituency in Ireland on Friday, 29 November 2019, to fill the vacancy left by the election of Independents 4 Change TD Mick Wallace to the European Parliament.
It was held on the same day as three other by-elections in Cork North-Central, Dublin Fingal and Dublin Mid-West.[1] The Electoral (Amendment) Act 2011 stipulates that a by-election in Ireland must be held within six months of a vacancy occurring.[2] The by-election writ was moved in the Dáil on 7 November 2019.[3] [4]
At the 2016 general election, the electorate of Wexford was 109,861, and the constituency elected one Labour Party TD, one Fianna Fáil TD, one I4C TD and two Fine Gael TDs.[5]
The election was won by Wexford County Councillor Malcolm Byrne of Fianna Fáil.[6] Andrew Bolger was co-opted to Byrne's seat on Wexford County Council following his election to the Dáil.
Three of the candidates were sitting Wexford County Councillors; Malcolm Byrne, Jim Codd and George Lawlor. Johnny Mythen was a former Wexford County Councillor while Melissa O'Neill was a former Kilkenny County Councillor.
This was the first occasion the Irish Freedom Party contested any national election as a registered political party and, alongside Cork North-Central, the first time Aontú contested by-elections.
Byrne subsequently lost his seat at the February 2020 general election. His defeat after only 71 days made him the TD with the second-shortest term of service.[7] Byrne was subsequently elected to the Seanad in April 2020, with Mythen and Murphy being elected to the Dáil in the 2020 general election.[8]