2019 Meath County Council election


A Meath County Council election was held in County Meath in Ireland on 24 May 2019 as part of that year's local elections. All 40 councillors were elected for a five-year term of office from 6 local electoral areas by single transferable vote.
The 2018 LEA boundary review committee kept the LEAs used in the 2014 elections, with some boundary adjustments necessitated by population shifts revealed by the 2016 census.
Fine Gael lost 1 seat but remained the largest party with 12 seats overall but with an increased vote share. Fianna Fáil gained 2 seats overall to return with 12 seats also but their vote share reduced compared to 2014. Sinn Féin had a very poor election losing 5 seats overall and being reduced to having representation solely in Ashbourne, Kells and Navan. One of the Sinn Féin losses in Navan was to Emma Tóibín, a sister of Peadar Tóibín. Through Annie Hoey, Labour regained a seat on the Council in Laytown-Bettystown and in Trim Ronan Moore won a seat for the Social Democrats. Independents increased their seat numbers to 10.
Sharon Keogan secured election in both Ashbourne and in Laytown-Bettystown.

Results by party

Candidates by LEA

Ashbourne

Kells

Laytown–Bettystown

Navan

Ratoath

Trim

Changes Since 2019