General Election 8 February 2020.

The Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government signed the Polling Day Order fixing 8 February 2020 as the day for taking the poll at the General Election.

The closing date for the Supplement to the Register of Electors was Wednesday 22 January 2020.

The closing date for the Supplement to the Postal Voters and Special Voters Lists was Thursday 16 January 2020.

 

2019 Local Elections

The 2019 Local Elections took place on Friday, 24 May 2019. 

Signed Counts Mullingar LEA

Signed Counts Athlone LEA

Signed Counts Kinnegad LEA

Signed Counts Moate LEA

 

Signed Declaration of Result Mullingar LEA

Signed Declaration of Result Athlone LEA

Signed Declaration of Result Kinnegad LEA

Signed Declaration of Result Moate LEA

 

Candidates

A freephone number (1800 805 816) was available until close of poll on Friday 24 May to allow visually impaired voters to familiarise themselves with the candidates on the ballot paper in each Local Electoral Area.

For a list of candidates for each Local Electoral Area, see Notice of Poll for 2019 Local Elections.

Mullingar LEA
Candidate	Political Party (if any)
Burke, Séamus	Aontú
Clarke, Sorca	Sinn Féin
Collentine, William Patrick	Fianna Fáil
Davitt, Aoife	Fianna Fáil
Dollard, Mick	Non-Party
Duncan, Andrew Joseph	Fine Gael
Glynn, Ken	Fianna Fáil
Heery, Gerard Joseph	Fine Gael
Lynam Sweeney, Margaret	Labour Party
Lynch, Sean	Non-Party
McDonnell, Alice	Non-Party
Murtagh, Chris	Non-Party
Scally, Mark	Labour Party
Smyth, Hazel	Green Party

 

Athlone LEA
Candidate	Political party (if any)
Coghill, P.J.	Non-Party
Dolan, John	Fine Gael
Geraghty, Imelda	Non-Party
Heavin, Louise	Green Party
Hegarty, Pádraig	Sinn Féin
Hogan, Paul	Non-Party
Jackson, Donal	Non-Party
Keena, Frankie	Fianna Fáil
Lynam, Fiona	Social Democrats
McKervey, Noel Peter	Aontú
Moran, Antony	Renua Ireland
Moran, Jamie	Non-Party
O’Brien, Michael	Non-Party
O’Rourke, Aengus	Fianna Fáil
Shaw, Alan	Fine Gael

 

Kinnegad LEA
Candidate	Political Party (if any)
Behan, Hazel	Sinn Féin
Boyhan, Patrick Joseph	Non-Party
Coyne, Shauna	Fianna Fáil
D’Arcy, Úna	Non-Party
Hill, Paddy	Fianna Fáil
Leonard, Denis	Labour Party
Loftus Dore, Becky	Fine Gael
McDermott, Frank	Fine Gael
Scally, Lorraine	Labour Party
Shaw, John	Fianna Fáil
Wallace, Emily	Fine Gael

 

Moate LEA
Candidate	Political Party (if any)
Cabdi Ní Chianáin, Searlait	Non-Party
Clear, Damien	Fine Gael
Crum, Brian	Fianna Fáil
Farrell, Thomas	Fine Gael
Judge, Peter	Sinn Féin
McCormack, Vinny	Fianna Fáil
McDaniel, Liam	Fianna Fáil
O’Brien, Michael	Non-Party
Penrose, Johnnie	Labour Party

Local Electoral Areas

A Local Electoral Area boundary commission report was published in 2018. This was adopted by Westmeath County Council in March 2019 and resulted in changes to Westmeath’s Local Electoral Area boundaries. Westmeath now has four Local Electoral Areas, listed as follows:

• Mullingar - 6 Councillors
• Athlone - 5 Councillors
• Kinnegad - 5 Councillors
• Moate - 4 Councillors

Map of County Westmeath with Local Electoral Areas and Polling Stations

Electoral Area	No. of Members	Map Link
Mullingar	6	View Map
Athlone	5	View Map
Kinnegad	5	View Map
Moate	4	View Map
Total	20

Voting

The deadline to register to vote for the 2019 Local Elections was Tuesday, 7 May 2019.

All residents can vote in Local Elections, regardless of nationality. You are eligible to vote in a Local Election once you are 18 years of age, or will reach 18 on or before Polling Day (Friday, 24 May 2019). You can check the register to make sure you are registered to vote. You can also visit our page on voting and elections to find out more information and download any forms you need to register to vote or update your details.

Forms can be delivered in person to Westmeath County Council offices in Mullingar, Athlone or Castlepollard or can be posted to:

Franchise Section,

Westmeath County Council,

Áras an Chontae,

Mount Street,

Mullingar,

N91 FH4N