An election to all 40 seats on Kildare County Council was held on 24 May 2019 as part of the 2019 Irish local elections. County Kildare was divided into eight 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 Boundary Committee, the boundaries of the LEAs were altered from those used in the 2014 elections. Its terms of reference required no change in the total number of councillors but set a lower maximum LEA size of seven councillors, exceeded by three of the five 2014 LEAs. Other changes were necessitated by population shifts revealed by the 2016 census.
Overview Fianna Fáil remained the largest party with 12 seats although they saw a slight reduction in vote share. Fine Gael increased their vote share by over 2% and also gained an extra two seats to have a total of 11. Labour retained their five seats on the council. The Social Democrats benefitted from the presence of Catherine Murphy in the county and saw four gains, with the party winning seats in Clane, Leixlip, Naas and Newbridge. The Green Party returned to the council with three seats, its three gains coming from Celbridge, Maynooth and Naas.
Sinn Féin lost four seats overall as its vote share fell by 67% and the party only came home with one seat. Partly due to retirements Independents saw a net loss of five seats.
Results by party Party Seats ± ±% 1217,61425.670.73 11 216,96424.723.82 58,77412.790.61 4 44,6006.70New 3 34,9457.216.09 1 43,0604.467.44 06360.93New 03140.460.55 01900.28New 4 511,52216.795.91Total4068,619100.00
Results by local electoral area
Athy
Celbridge
Clane
Kildare
Leixlip
Maynooth
Naas
Newbridge
Footnotes
Results by gender
Changes after 2019 Co-options
Changes in affiliation
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