An election to all 34 seats on Wexford County Council was held on 7 June 2024 as part of the 2024 Irish local elections. County Wexford is divided into 6 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).
Voting took place in 197 polling booths across 6 local electoral areas on 7th June, which coincided with voting for the 2024 European elections in the constituency of Ireland South.
Counting of votes took place from 8th-10th of June in St. Joseph's Community Centre in Wexford town. Counting of votes was suspended 10pm on Sunday 9th after the Sixth count in the Enniscorthy electoral area, due to a request for a recount from Wexford Independent Alliance candidate Cyril Wheelock following the discovery of a vote with two first preferences indicated on it, which should have been deemed a spoiled vote, which would have reduced the number of votes separating the two lowest remaining candidates to just 4 votes.
Counting resumed 11am Monday following a review of the 2nd preference votes of the candidate with the next lowest votes, Sinn Fein's Colette Nolan, determined there would not be any effect on the outcome of the election.
A recount was also called in the Rosslare area.
Retiring incumbents The following councillors did not seek re-election: Constituency Departing CouncillorParty Enniscorthy Kathleen Codd-Nolan Gorey Diarmuid Devereux Rosslare Jim Moore Wexford Maura Bell Wexford John Hegarty
Results by party Party Candidates Seats ± ±% 149316,50025.724.31 108111,82618.436.66 125New10,22315.93New 11317,03910.973.42 624,4216.891.99 112,4553.832.14 20New5860.92New 10 New3890.61 New 10New1450.23New 101330.211.58 10 New1250.19 New 126210,31216.075.42Total7234 64,154100.00
The Wexford Independent Alliance is a team of candidates associated with the Independent politician TD Verona Murphy
Results by local electoral area
Enniscorthy *Note a recount was called following the discovery of an invalid ballot paper in the transfers following count 6. The request for recount was repealed after review of the transfer pattern for the next proposed elimination revealed there would be no change to the election outcome.
Gorey
Kilmuckridge
New Ross
Rosslare
Wexford
Changes Co-options
Changes in affiliation
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