4th Count City Central: Lohan loses seat
Sitting Sinn Féin councillor Mark Lohan has lost his seat on Galway City Council. The SIPTU Organiser was co-opted to the Council in 2016 following the resignation of Anna Marley, who was elected to the City Central electoral area five years ago. Mr Lohan failed to secure enough votes to get him beyond the fourth count and was eliminated - with his 345 votes to be transferred. Cllr Mike Cubbard was the first City Central candidate to be elected late last night - and sitting councillor Ollie Crowe remains the most likely to take the second of six seats, with his 1,053 votes leaving him just 91 short of a quota.
Galway City Central: Electorate: 16,241 Total Poll: 8,146 Spoiled Votes: 144 Total Valid poll: 8,002 Quota: 1,144
First Count:
Byrne, Imelda FF 490 Connolly, Colette Ind 493 Corcoráin, Cormac Ó Aontú 429 Crowe, Ollie FF 1,008 Cubbard, Mike Ind 1,292 ELECTED Fahy, Frank FG 694 Feeney, Patrick Ind 1 Geraghty, Mike Ind 243 Hoare, Eddie FG 854 Lohan, Mark SF 328 Loughnane, Joe PBP 377 McDonagh, John Lab 527 Nolan, Sharon SocDems 515 O’Connor, Martina Greens 544 O’Flaherty, Darragh Ind 83 O’Toole, James Ind 124 Cubbard elected
SECOND COUNT: Distribution of Cubbard’s surplus: Byrne, Imelda FF (+7) 497 Connolly, Colette Ind (+17) 510 Corcoráin, Cormac Ó Aontú (+5) 434 Crowe, Ollie FF (+16) 1,024 Cubbard, Mike Ind ELECTED Fahy, Frank FG (+15) 709 Feeney, Patrick Ind (+1) 2 Geraghty, Mike Ind (+13) 256 Hoare, Eddie FG (+12) 866 Lohan, Mark SF (+8) 336 Loughnane, Joe PBP (+9) 386 McDonagh, John Lab (+20) 547 Nolan, Sharon SocDems (+10) 525 O’Connor, Martina Greens (+8) 552 O’Flaherty, Darragh Ind (+3) 86 O’Toole, James Ind (+4) 128
Non-transferable: 0 Patrick Feeney (Ind), Daragh O’Flaherty (Ind) and James O’Toole (Ind) eliminated.
THIRD COUNT: Distribution of Feeney’s, O’Flaherty’s and O’Toole’s votes: Byrne, Imelda FF (+19) 516 Connolly, Colette Ind (+16) 526 Corcoráin, Cormac Ó Aontú (+19) 453 Crowe, Ollie FF (+12) 1,036 Cubbard, Mike Ind ELECTED Fahy, Frank FG (+12) 721 Geraghty, Mike Ind (+17) 273 Hoare, Eddie FG (+15) 881 Lohan, Mark SF (+6) 342 Loughnane, Joe PBP (+10) 396 McDonagh, John Lab (+32) 579 Nolan, Sharon SocDems (+9) 534 O’Connor, Martina Greens (+19) 571
Non-transferable: 30 Eliminated: Mike Geraghty
Geraghty’s 273 votes to be transferred
FOURTH COUNT: Distribution Geraghty’s votes: Byrne, Imelda FF (+19) 535 Connolly, Colette Ind (+25) 551 Corcoráin, Cormac Ó Aontú (+28) 481 Crowe, Ollie FF (+17) 1,053 Cubbard, Mike Ind ELECTED Fahy, Frank FG (+36) 757 Hoare, Eddie FG (+56) 937 Lohan, Mark SF (3) 345 Loughnane, Joe PBP (+17) 413 McDonagh, John Lab (+23) 602 Nolan, Sharon SocDems (+5) 539 O’Connor, Martina Greens (+19) 590
Non-transferable: 25 Eliminated: Mark Lohan
Lohan’s 345 votes to be transferred