An election to all 29 seats on Louth County Council was held on 7 June 2024 as part of the 2024 Irish local elections. County Louth is divided into 5 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).

Retiring incumbents The following councillors are not seeking re-election: Constituency Departing CouncillorParty Date announced Dundalk–Carlingford Edel Corrigan Dundalk South Liam Reilly Dundalk South Tomás Sharkey

Results by party Party Candidates Seats ± ±% 17711,22223.590.51 11618,66518.211.91 8618,07216.962.55 5213,6487.670.25 511,5703.303.10 40 New1,7883.76 New 20New6361.34New 10 New5081.07 New 103440.720.49 30New3340.70New 10New3100.65New 197110,48422.034.26Total 7729 47,581100.00

Analysis of Results In the Ardee LEA all 6 sitting Councillors retained their seats though Fine Gael ran close for a third seat and geography was a factor as sitting Councillor Bernie Conlon prevailed on the last count. In Drogheda Rural there was no change in party representation though International Boxing Champion, Eric Donovan, outpolled and unseated his fellow running-mate Clogherhead based Cllr Tom Cunningham. In Drogheda Urban Fine Gael regained the seat that they lost at the 2019 Locals at the expense of the Labour Party as co-opted Cllr Emma Cutlip was defeated. In Dundalk South all seats were retained though Independent Ireland pushed hard, following transfers from the Irish Freedom Party, to challenge for the final seat as Cllr Marianne Butler of the Green Party prevailed with transfers. In the Dundalk-Carlingford LEA, Sinn Féin retained their two seats through good internal party transfers after eliminations but there was considerable leakage in the Fianna Fáil vote which was also not well managed among the three sitting Councillors. First time candidate, Independent Ciarán Fisher, was elected at the expense of incumbent Councillor Conor Keelan. This resulted in Fianna Fáil returning with a net loss of one seat and the loss of their then Party Whip on the council.

Results by LEA

Ardee

Drogheda Rural

Drogheda Urban

Dundalk–Carlingford

Dundalk South

Changes after 2024

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