5th Count City West: Roddy eliminated
Independent candidate Tommy Roddy has been eliminated on the fifth count in Galway City West, with his 166 votes to be redistributed among the remaining candidates. The Mayor, Cllr Niall McNelis, is still 97 votes shy of the 1,182 quota, having received 25 transfers from eliminated Marc Anderson. Cllr Peter Keane (FF) is on 946, closely followed by Fine Gael’s Clodagh Higgins on 878 votes. Cllr Pearce Flannery is on 769, behind Fianna Fáil’s John Connolly who is 10 votes ahead on 779. Just four seats remain in City West, following the election of Cllr Donal Lyons (Ind) and Pauline O’Reilly (Grn) earlier today.
Galway City West Number of seats: 6 Electorate: 8,398 Spoiled votes: 125 Total valid poll: 8,273 Quota: 1,182
FIRST COUNT
Anderson, Marc Ind 91 Conchúir, Cathal Ó SF 422 Connolly, John FF 734 Crowley, John SocDem 491 Feeney, Patrick Ind 15 Flannery, Pearce FG 721 Higgins, Clodagh FG 811 Ivan, Darius Ind 30 Keane, Peter FF 900 Keegan, Claire Ind 30 Lyons, Donal Ind 1,463 ELECTED Maloney, Marian Ind 183 McNelis, Niall Lab 941 O’Reilly, Pauline Grn 1,304 ELECTED Roddy, Tommy Ind 137
Cllr Donal Lyons (Ind) re-elected and Pauline O’Reilly elected on the first count.
Lyons’ surplus of 281 to be distributed.
SECOND COUNT Anderson, Marc Ind (+4) 95 Conchúir, Cathal Ó SF (+12) 434 Connolly, John FF (+30) 764 Crowley, John SocDem (+12) 503 Feeney, Patrick Ind (+1) 16 Flannery, Pearce FG (+31) 752 Higgins, Clodagh FG (+40) 851 Ivan, Darius Ind (+3) 33 Keane, Peter FF (+35) 935 Keegan, Claire Ind (+1) 31 Lyons, Donal Ind 1,463 ELECTED Maloney, Marian Ind (+15) 198 McNelis, Niall Lab (+89) 1,030 O’Reilly, Pauline Grn 1,304 ELECTED Roddy, Tommy Ind (+8) 145
Pauline O’Reilly’s surplus of 122 to be redistributed
THIRD COUNT Anderson, Marc Ind (+3) 98 Conchúir, Cathal Ó SF (+6) 440 Connolly, John FF (+5) 769 Crowley, John SocDem (+37) 540 Feeney, Patrick Ind (-) 16 ELIMINATED Flannery, Pearce FG (+7) 759 Higgins, Clodagh FG (+16) 867 Ivan, Darius Ind (+1) 34 ELIMINATED Keane, Peter FF (+5) 940 Keegan, Claire Ind (+2) 33 ELIMINATED Lyons, Donal Ind ELECTED Maloney, Marian Ind (+6) 204 McNelis, Niall Lab (+32) 1,062 O’Reilly, Pauline Grn ELECTED Roddy, Tommy Ind (+2) 147
Feeney, Keegan and Ivan eliminated.
FOURTH COUNT Anderson, Marc Ind (+13) 111 ELIMINATED Conchúir, Cathal Ó SF (+4) 444 Connolly, John FF (+6) 775 Crowley, John SocDem (+8) 548 Flannery, Pearce FG (+2) 761 Higgins, Clodagh FG (+4) 871 Keane, Peter FF (+4) 944 Lyons, Donal Ind ELECTED Maloney, Marian Ind (+6) 210 McNelis, Niall Lab (+8) 1,070 O’Reilly, Pauline Grn ELECTED Roddy, Tommy Ind (+13) 160
Non Transferable: 15
Anderson eliminated.
FIFTH COUNT
Conchúir, Cathal Ó SF (+11) 455 Connolly, John FF (+4) 779 Crowley, John SocDem (+18) 566 Flannery, Pearce FG (+8) 769 Higgins, Clodagh FG (+7) 878 Keane, Peter FF (+2) 946 Lyons, Donal Ind ELECTED Maloney, Marian Ind (+12) 222 McNelis, Niall Lab (+15) 1,085 O’Reilly, Pauline Green ELECTED Roddy, Tommy Ind (+6) 166
Non Transferable: 28
Eliminated: Roddy