Local and European Elections were held on 7 June 2024 across Ireland, with Co. Galway going to the polls to elect 39 Members representing seven Local Electoral Areas on Galway County Council.
The voters of Tuam LEA chose their seven councillors from the ballot of seventeen candidates, making it one of the mostly hotly contested races in the county, and the country at large. Quota in Tuam was 1,920 and Fine Gael’s Cllr. Andrew Reddington passed the quota with 2,784 votes on the first count. Cllr. Pete Roche (FG) also passed the quota with 2,553 on the first count.
Average turnout for Galway county and city was just under 50% at 47 percent with Moycullen the best at turning out with 61%.
Second was Spiddal at 54% followed by Kinvara at 53% and Athenry and Salthill at 52%. The rest were: Tuam 50%, Knocknacarra 48%, Bushypark 48%, Ballybane 47% Oranmore 47%, Gort 47%, Clifden 46%, Claregalway 46%, Loughrea 45%, Westside 45%, Ballinasloe 45% and Renmore 43%.
More than 2,100 people ran in the local elections.
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365 for FF, 339 for FG, 335 for Sinn Fein, 129 for Greens and 109 for Labour as well as 532 for Independent and others.
Social Democrats 77; Aontú 66; Independent Ireland 60; The Irish People 55; People Before Profit-Solidarity 53; Irish Freedom Party 28; National Party 15
Tuam was one of seven Local Electoral Areas for the 2024 Galway County Council election, with a total of 39 seats up for grabs across the county.
Tuam was joined by Ballinasloe, Connemara North, Connemara South, Athenry-Oranmore, Loughrea, and Gort-Kinvara. 20 seats for one party or coalition of parties is enough for control of the council.
Sitting councillors Cllr. Mary Hoade (FF), Cllr. Donagh Mark Killilea (FF), Cllr. Karey McHugh Farag (Ind.), Cllr. Andrew Reddington (FG), Cllr Peter Roche (FG) and Cllr. Joe Sheridan (FF) ran again in 2024. Cllr. Colm Keaveney did not seek re-election for Tuam in 2024.
They were joined on the ballot by Ross Culligan (National Party), Seán Cunniffe (Ind.), Danann Gaughan (The Irish People), Saudique-Kadejo (Green), Stiofán de Lundres Ó Dálaigh (Sinn Féin), Blessing Oguekwe (Labour), Tom Quirke (FF), Deborah Reynolds (Sinn Féin), Luke Peter Silke (Aontú), Colin Lynch (Ind.) and Ollie Turner (FG).
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