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Wicklow County Council
Local authority of County Wicklow, Ireland
Local authority of County Wicklow, Ireland
| Field | Value | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| name | Wicklow County Council | ||
| native_name | Comhairle Chontae Chill Mhantáin | ||
| jurisdiction | County Wicklow | ||
| foundation | 1 April 1899 | ||
| coa_pic | Wicklow county arms.png | ||
| coa_res | 90px | ||
| logo_pic | Wicklow County Council.svg | ||
| logo_res | 240px | ||
| house_type | County council | ||
| motto | |||
| "Free Spirits" | |||
| leader1_type | Cathaoirleach | ||
| leader1 | Melanie Corrigan | ||
| party1 | FG | ||
| members | 32 | ||
| structure1 | Wicklow County Council composition.svg | ||
| structure1_res | 260px | ||
| :{{Party index link | Fine Gael | border | darkgray}} (9) |
| :{{Party index link | Fianna Fáil | border | darkgray}} (4) |
| :{{Party index link | Social Democrats (Ireland) | border | darkgray}} (3) |
| :{{Party index link | Green Party (Ireland) | border | darkgray}} (2) |
| :{{Party index link | Sinn Féin | border | darkgray}} (2) |
| :{{Party index link | Labour Party (Ireland) | border | darkgray}} (1) |
| :{{Party index link | Independent Ireland | border | darkgray}} (1) |
| :{{Party index link | Independent politician (Ireland) | border | darkgray}} (10) |
| last_election1 | 7 June 2024 | ||
| session_room | County Buildings, Wicklow - 2025-03-09 02.jpg | ||
| meeting_place | County Buildings, Wicklow | ||
| website |
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Wicklow County Council () is the local authority of County Wicklow, Ireland. As a county council, it is governed by the Local Government Act 2001. The council is responsible for housing and community, roads and transportation, urban planning and development, amenity and culture, and environment. The council has 32 elected members. Elections are held every five years and are by single transferable vote. The head of the council has the title of Cathaoirleach (chairperson). The county administration is headed by chief executive, Emer O'Gorman. The county town is Wicklow.
History
Wicklow County Council was established on 1 April 1899 under the Local Government (Ireland) Act 1898 for the administrative county of County Wicklow. It succeeded the judicial county of Wicklow, with the addition of the part of the town of Bray which was formerly in County Dublin.
Originally Wicklow County Council held its meetings in Wicklow Courthouse. The county council moved to a new facility, known as County Buildings, in 1977.
Regional Assembly
Wicklow County Council has three representatives on the Eastern and Midland Regional Assembly who are part of the Eastern Strategic Planning Area Committee.
Elections
The Local Government (Ireland) Act 1919 introduced the electoral system of proportional representation by means of the single transferable vote (PR-STV) for the 1920 Irish local elections. County Wicklow was divided into 4 county electoral areas to elect the 20 members of the council. This electoral system has been retained, with 34 members of Wicklow County Council now elected for a five-year term of office from 6 multi-member local electoral areas (LEAs).
Local electoral areas and municipal districts
County Wicklow is divided into local electoral areas, defined by electoral divisions, for elections to the council, and into municipal districts which exercise powers of the council locally.
| Municipal District | LEA | Definition | Seats |
|---|---|---|---|
| Arklow | Arklow No. 1 Urban, Arklow No. 2 Urban, Arklow Rural, Aughrim, Avoca, Ballinaclash, Ballinacor, Ballinderry, Ballyarthur, Cronebane, Dunganstown South, Dunganstown West, Ennereilly, Kilballyowen, Kilbride (in the former Rural District of Rathdrum), Kilpipe, Knockrath, and Rathdrum | 6 | |
| Baltinglass | Aghowle, Ballingate, Ballinglen, Ballinguile, Ballybeg, Baltinglass, Blessington, Burgage, Carnew, Coolattin, Coolballintaggart, Coolboy, Cronelea, Donaghmore, Donard, Dunlavin, Eadestown, Hartstown, Hollywood, Humewood, Imael North, Imael South, Kilbride (in the former Rural District of Baltinglass No.1), Killinure, Lackan, Lugglass, Money, Rath, Rathdangan, Rathsallagh, Shillelagh, Stratford, Talbotstown, The Grange, Tinahely, Tober, Togher (in the former Rural District of Baltinglass No.1) and Tuckmill | 6 | |
| Bray | Bray East | Bray No. 1 Urban, Bray No. 2 Urban, Bray No. 3 Urban and Rathmichael (Bray) | 4 |
| Bray West | Enniskerry, Kilmacanoge and Powerscourt | 4 | |
| Greystones | Delgany, Greystones, Kilcoole and Newcastle Lower | 6 | |
| Wicklow | Altidore, Ballycullen, Brockagh, Calary, Dunganstown East, Glendalough, Glenealy, Killiskey, Moneystown, Newcastle Upper, Oldtown, Togher (in the former Rural District of Rathdrum), Trooperstown, Wicklow Rural and Wicklow Urban | 6 |
Councillors
The following were elected at the 2024 Wicklow County Council election.
2024 seats summary
| Party | Seats |
|---|---|
| 9 | |
| 4 | |
| 3 | |
| 2 | |
| 2 | |
| 1 | |
| 1 | |
| 10 |
Councillors by electoral area
This list reflects the order in which councillors were elected on 7 June 2024.
;Notes
Co-options
Cathaoirligh
| Year | Name | Party |
|---|---|---|
| 2017–2018 | Edward Timmins | |
| 2018–2019 | ||
| 2019–2020 | ||
| 2020–2021 | ||
| 2021–2022 | ||
| 2022–2023 | ||
| 2023–2024 | Aoife Flynn Kennedy | |
| 2024–2025 | Paul O'Brien |
References
References
- "Local Government (Ireland) Act 1898 (c. 37)". [[The National Archives (United Kingdom).
- (12 August 1898). "[[Local Government (Ireland) Act 1898]]".
- (12 August 1898). "Local Government (Ireland) Act 1898".
- (1900). "27th Report of the Local Government Board for Ireland (Cmd. 9480)". [[Local Government Board for Ireland]].
- (26 May 1982). "Local Authorities". Houses of the Oireachtas.
- (September 2025). "Ordinary meeting of Wicklow County Council held at Wicklow County Buildings, Wicklow Town on Monday 3 December 2018 at 2.00pm". Wicklow County Council.
- {{Cite ISB. (2014). (16 December 2014)
- "EMRA Members".
- "Local Government (Ireland) Act 1919 (c. 19)". [[The National Archives (United Kingdom).
- (1921). "Annual report of the Local Government Board for Ireland for year 1921". [[Local Government Board for Ireland]].
- (19 December 2018). "County of Wicklow Local Electoral Areas and Municipal Districts Order 2018".
- (17 January 2019). "County of Wicklow Local Electoral Areas and Municipal Districts (Amendment) Order 2019".
- "RTÉ Elections 2024: Results".
- Buchanan, Myles. (18 December 2024). "Fine Gael's Pat Mahon replaces new TD Edward Timmins on Wicklow County Council". [[Wicklow People]].
- Galvin, Tom. (8 May 2025). "Fine Gael selects new county councillor for Wicklow". [[Bray People]].
- (27 November 2024). "General election 2024 in Wicklow: Who are the candidates appearing on the ballot?". Wicklow People.
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