City Central Recount: McDonagh eliminated

McDonagh, who called the re-count, and Green Party candidate Martina O’Connor, both were level on 768 votes after the ninth count, a recount.

The Labour man was behind by eight votes going into the recount, but the adjustment – increasing his tally by five votes – brought him up level with O’Connor.

When candidates are tied, it goes down to who had the higher first preference, which was O’Connor.

There were 21 adjustments to be made following the recount, among them were the discovery of six additional spoiled votes.

Ollie Crowe’s surplus to be distributed increased by one vote to 17.

Following the adjusted vote, Colette Connolly has 804; Frank Fahy has 931; Eddie Hoare has 1,109; O’Connor has 768, a downward adjustment of three votes; and Sharon Nolan has 788, a downward adjustment of six votes.

The quota has changed downwards by one, to 1,143 following the adjustment.

The recount began at 10.30am and the result was announced by Returning Officer Gary McMahon around 8.15pm.

McDonagh’s votes will now be distributed.

Galway City Central: Electorate: 16,241 Total Poll: 8,146 Spoiled Votes: 150 (Revised up by 6 on recount) Total Valid poll: 7,996 (Revised down by 6 on recount) Quota: 1,143 (Revised down by 1 on recount)

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

FIFTH COUNT: Distribution of Lohan’s votes: Byrne, Imelda FF (+16) 551 Connolly, Colette Ind (+39) 590 Corcoráin, Cormac Ó Aontú (+12) 493 Crowe, Ollie FF (+12) 1,065 Cubbard, Mike Ind ELECTED Fahy, Frank FG (+23) 780 Hoare, Eddie FG (+14) 951 Loughnane, Joe PBP (+55) 468 McDonagh, John Lab (+34) 636 Nolan, Sharon SocDems (+37) 576 O’Connor, Martina Greens (+28) 618 Non-transferable: 75 Eliminated: Joe Loughnane

SIXTH COUNT: Distribution of Loughnane’s 468 votes: Byrne, Imelda FF (+17) 568 Connolly, Colette Ind (+58) 648 Corcoráin, Cormac Ó Aontú (+24) 517 Crowe, Ollie FF (+7) 1,072 Cubbard, Mike Ind ELECTED Fahy, Frank FG (+10) 790 Hoare, Eddie FG (+16) 967 McDonagh, John Lab (+20) 656 Nolan, Sharon SocDems (+165) 741 O’Connor, Martina Greens (+66) 684 Non-transferable: 85 Eliminated: Ó Corcoráin

SEVENTH COUNT: Distribution of ó Corcoráin’s 517 votes: Byrne, Imelda FF (+41) 609 eliminated Connolly, Colette Ind (+53) 701 Crowe, Ollie FF (+88) 1,160 ELECTED Cubbard, Mike Ind ELECTED Fahy, Frank FG (+43) 833 Hoare, Eddie FG (+56) 1,023 McDonagh, John Lab (+38) 694 Nolan, Sharon SocDems (+21) 762 O’Connor, Martina Greens (+36) 720 Non-transferable: 141 Eliminated: Byrne

Eighth COUNT: Distribution of Byrne’s 609 votes: Connolly, Colette Ind (+99) 800 Crowe, Ollie FF (+88) 1,160 ELECTED Cubbard, Mike Ind ELECTED Fahy, Frank FG (+94) 927 Hoare, Eddie FG (+85) 1,108 McDonagh, John Lab (+65) 759 Nolan, Sharon SocDems (+31) 793 O’Connor, Martina Greens (+49) 769 Non-transferable: 186 Ollie Crowe’s surplus of 16 to be distributed

NINTH COUNT: Distribution of Crowe’s surplus of 16 votes: Connolly, Colette Ind (+3) 803 Crowe, Ollie FF ELECTED Cubbard, Mike Ind ELECTED Fahy, Frank FG (+4) 931 Hoare, Eddie FG (+2) 1,110 McDonagh, John Lab (+4) 763 Nolan, Sharon SocDems (+1) 794 O’Connor, Martina Greens (+2) 771 Non-transferable: 0 Eliminated: John McDonagh McDonagh has called for a full recount

NINTH COUNT (Recount) Connolly, Colette Ind (+3) 804 Crowe, Ollie FF ELECTED Cubbard, Mike Ind ELECTED Fahy, Frank FG (+5) 931 Hoare, Eddie FG (+2) 1,109 McDonagh, John Lab (+4) 768 Nolan, Sharon SocDems (+1) 788 O’Connor, Martina Greens (+2) 768 Non-transferable: 0 Eliminated: John McDonagh LAB