An election to all 18 seats on

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took place on 24 May 2019 as part of the

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. Councillors were elected for a five-year term of office from three

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s (LEAs) by

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. The 2018 boundary review committee did not recommend any alteration to the LEAs which had been in place in

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at the 2014 election.

Overview

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lost all but one of its seats.

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gained a seat, to give a total of eight seats.

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candidate Brendan Fay was elected and became the first Independent councillor in the county since 1999.

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returned with the same number of seats as at the previous election.

Results by party

Results by local electoral area

Bailieborough–Cootehill

Ballyjamesduff

Cavan–Belturbet

Footnotes

Results by gender

Changes

Co-options

Changes in Affiliation

References

Sources

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