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Spálgleann City Council
Comhairle Cathrach Spálgleann
Coat of arms or logo
Leadership
Speaker
Conor Mac Giolla Eoin (PSD)
Structure
Seats120
Spalgleann City Council composition 2020.svg
Political groups
Administration (63)
  •   Social Democrats (63)

Opposition (57)

Length of term
5 years
Elections
Single-transferable vote
Last election
12 June 2020
Next election
12 June 2025
Meeting place
Government Buildings, Dublin.jpg
City Hall, Spálgleann
Website
spálgleanncity.gl

Spálgleann City Council (Ghaillish: Comhairle Cathrach Spálgleann) is the local government authority for the city of Spálgleann. As a city council, it is governed in accordance with the Local Government Act 1966 and the Municipal Government (Spálgleann) Act 2017. It also serves as Spálgleann's county council given the city's status as a metropolitan county. The council is responsible for all matters of local governance within the city of Spálgleann. It has 120 members, making it the largest city and council government in Caldia. 110 of its members are directly elected every five years. The remaining 10 are allocated to the party that received the largest vote share in the last election.

Following the 2020 election, the council is controlled by the Social Democratic Party. The head of the council is the Speaker, currently Conor Mac Giolla Eoin. The Speaker works closely with the Chief Mayor and the Spálgleann City Manager, a civil servant responsible for implementing the decisions of the council. It meets at Spálgleann City Hall.

Elections

120 members elected every five years. Members are elected from multi-member districts using the Ní Dochartaigh method of single-transferable vote. There are 18 electoral areas known as wards that members represent. Since the 2017 Municipal Government (Spálgleann) Act, the party that receives the largest vote share is awarded ten additional seats.

The last election to the council was held on 12 June 2020.

Electoral history

Election Majority Administration
2010 No majority PSD
2015 No majority Liberty-DG-Independents
2020 Yes PSD

Wards

Composition of the city council by ward.

Spálgleann City Council has 110 seats which are divided into the following 18 electoral districts known as wards.

Ward number Neighborhoods Seats
1 Seanchathair 16
2 Cathairnua, Ráitherialtais 14
3 An Laoitaobh 8
4 Baile na hOllscoile 5
5 Rongzhuo Bheag, Baile an Éisc 12
6 Dúiche Éadaigh 9
7 An Ruan 8
8 Dromtairbh 6
9 An Baile Glás 8
10 An Baile Breac 6
11 Ard Caoin 8
12 An Ceann Thiar 10

Current composition

The follow members were elected at the 2020 Spálgleann City Council. 110 of the council's seats were directly elected from wards while 10 were allocated to the party that received the most votes city-wide.

2020 seats summary

Party Seats
Social Democrats 63
Liberty 22
Greens 9
Nationals 9
Future Party 5
Caldish Democrats 4
Democratic Left 3
Vox Caldia 3
Stand Together - The New Party 2
Total 120