New faces as 23/30 seats filled on Mayo County Council

There have now been 23 seats filled on Mayo County Council following the first count in the Ballina Local Electoral Area.

The recount in the Swinford LEA is taking place later today.

So far, there are four new councillors on Mayo County Council.

They are Alma Gallagher FG, Paul Lawless AON, Harry Barrett IND and Chris Maxwell II.

Those who failed to retain their seat include Martin McLoughlin FF and Christy Hyland IND. 

Here is the current make up as it stands for the forthcoming Mayo County Council:

Castlebar LEA – 7 seats filled:

Harry Barrett IND – elected on the 14^th count

Cyril Burke FG – elected on 14^th count

Ger Deere FG – elected on the 1^st count

Blackie Gavin FF – elected on the 11^th count

Donna Sheridan FG – elected on the 13^th count

Michael Kilcoyne IND – elected on the 1^st count

Al McDonnell FF – elected on the 14^th count

Claremorris LEA – 6 seats filled:

Michael Burke FF – elected on 7^th count

Richard Finn IND – elected on 3^rd count

Alma Gallagher FG – elected on 6^th count

Paul Lawless AON – elected on 7^th count

Patsy O’Brien IND – elected on 1^st count

Damien Ryan FF – elected on 6^th count

Belmullet LEA – 3 seats filled:

Sean Carey FF – elected on 5^th count

Gerry Coyle FG – elected on 4^th count

Paul McNamara FF – elected on the 4^th count

Westport LEA – 4 seats filled:

Peter Flynn FG – elected on 4^th count

Chris Maxwell II – elected on 2^nd count

Brendan Mulroy FF – elected on 5^th count

Johno O’Malley IND – elected on 5^th count

Swinford LEA – 1 seat of 4 filled:

Gerry Murray SF – elected on 3^rd count

Ballina LEA – 2 seats of 6 filled:

John O’Hara FG – elected on 1^st count

Mark Duffy IND – elected on 1^st count

With this information, and seven seats remaining, here are how the seats are distributed by party:

Fianna Fáil – 7 seats

Fine Gael – 6 seats

Independents – 6 seats

Sinn Féin – 2 seats

Aontú – 1 seat

Independent Ireland – 1 seat