Five new faces and all seats filled on Mayo County Council

All 30 seats have been filled on Mayo County Council for the forthcoming term.

This comes following the conclusions of the Swinford and Ballina counts in the early hours of this morning.

There are five new councillors on Mayo County Council.

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

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

Outgoing cllrs Seamus Weir IND and John Cribbin FG did not run in this most recent election.

Here is the make up 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 FG – 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 – 4 seats filled:

Gerry Murray SF – elected on 3^rd count

Adrian Forkan FF – elected following 2^nd recount after 5^th count

John Caulfield FF – elected following 2^nd recount after 5^th count

Neil Cruise FG – elected following 2^nd recount after 5^th count

Ballina LEA – 6 seats filled:

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

Mark Duffy IND – elected on 1^st count

Annie May Reape FF – elected on 9^th count

Joe Faughnan IND – elected on 11^th count

Michael Loftus FF – elected on 11^th count

Jarlath Munnelly FG – elected on 11^th count

With the Local Election complete, here’s how the seats are distributed by party:

Fianna Fáil – 10 seats

Fine Gael – 10 seats

Independents – 7 seats

Sinn Féin – 1 seat

Aontú – 1 seat

Independent Ireland – 1 seat