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Cork City Council election was held in
Cork city in Ireland on 24 May 2019 as part of
that year's local elections. Thirty-one councillors were elected from five
local electoral areas (LEAs) by
single transferable vote. This election broadly coincided with
an increase in the city council area, and several outgoing members of
Cork County Council, based in areas transferred to the city, stood for election to the city council. Besides extending all LEAs into the former county area, the former LEA of North Central was abolished and its area divided between North West and North East.
Under the
Local Government Act 2019, voters in the city were also asked to contribute to a
plebiscite on whether to have a directly-elected executive mayor. Voters rejected the proposal in favour of retaining the existing ceremonial
Lord Mayor of Cork, who is chosen annually by the councillors from among their number.
Results by party
Results by local electoral area
Cork City North East
Cork City North West
Cork City South Central
Cork City South East
Cork City South West
Results by gender
Plebiscite
Changes since 2019 local elections
Cork City North-East Fianna Fáil Cllr Kenneth O'Flynn quit the party and became an
Independent after being refused a place on the party ticket for
Cork North-Central in the
2020 general election
The following elections were scheduled to occur in 2020. The International Foundation for Electoral Systems maintains a comprehensive list of upcoming elections on its E-Guide Platform. The National Democratic Institute also maintains a calend ...
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Cork City South East Green Party Cllr Lorna Bogue quit the Green Party and became an Independent on 27 October 2020 in opposition to the passage of the Mother and Baby Homes Legislation through the Dáil.
See also
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2019 Cork North-Central by-election
A by-election was held in the Cork North-Central constituency of Dáil Éireann on Friday, 29 November 2019, to fill the vacancy left by the election to the European Parliament of outgoing TD Billy Kelleher of Fianna Fáil.
The election wa ...
, on 28 November; seven of the candidates had run in the city council elections
Footnotes
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References
External links
Cork City Council website
{{2019 Irish local elections
2019 Irish local elections
2019
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