2014 Cork City Council election

2014 Cork City Council election
23 May 2014
All 31 seats on Cork City Council
  First party Second party Third party
 
Party Fianna Fáil Sinn Féin Fine Gael
Seats won 10 8 5
  Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party
 
Party Anti-Austerity Alliance Workers' Party Independent
Seats won 3 1 4
Map showing the area of Cork City Council

An election to all 31 seats on Cork City Council was held on 23 May 2014 as part of the 2014 Irish local elections, contested by a field of 65 candidates. The city of Cork was divided into six local electoral areas to elect councillors for a five-year term of office on the electoral system of proportional representation by means of the single transferable vote (PR-STV).[1][2][3]

Having lost several seats in the 2009 local elections within Cork City Fianna Fáil made 4 gains in these local elections. The party gained 1 seat in each of the 3 Cork South Central LEAs, the base of Micheál Martin, and 1 seat in the Cork City North Central LEA on the North Side. Sinn Féin emerged as the second largest party with 8 seats as they made 3 gains on both sides of the river Lee though effectively matched Fianna Fáil in terms of first preference vote share. Fine Gael lost 3 seats to be reduced to 5 seats while their coalition partner, the Labour Party, was obliterated losing all 7 seats. The Anti-Austerity Alliance made 2 gains to return 3 councillors to City Hall and Ted Tynan became the Workers' Party sole elected representative in the State. Independents secured the remaining 4 seats.

Results by party

Party Seats ± 1st pref FPv%
Fianna Fáil 10 +4 9,816 23.99
Sinn Féin 8 +4 9,815 23.99
Fine Gael 5 -3 7,758 18.96
Independent 4 - 6,156 15.05
Anti-Austerity Alliance 3 +3 2,398 5.86
Workers' Party 1 0 1,243 3.04
Labour 0 -7 2,433 5.95
Socialist Party 0 -1 - -
Total 31 0 40,911 100.00

Results by local electoral area

^ *: Outgoing councillor.

Cork City North Central

Cork City North Central: 5 seats[4][5][6]
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4 5 6
Sinn Féin Thomas Gould[*] 26.71 1,828          
Anti-Austerity Alliance Mick Barry[*] 21.36 1,462          
Fianna Fáil Ken O'Flynn[*] 14.57 997 1,072 1,092 1,111 1,136 1,202
Fianna Fáil John Sheehan 11.29 773 853 879 901 932 1,010
Fine Gael Patricia Gosch[*] 7.04 482 510 522 567 583  
Labour Catherine Clancy[*] 7.03 481 532 553 571 603 783
Anti-Austerity Alliance Lil O'Donnell 6.31 432 712 909 924 1,115 1,194
Independent Billy Corcoran 3.70 253 409 451 456    
Fine Gael Donncha Loftus 2.00 137 154 157      
Electorate: 14,280   Valid: 6,845 (47.93%)   Spoilt: 166   Quota: 1,401   Turnout: 7,011 (49.10%)  

Cork City North East

Cork City North East: 4 seats[7][8]
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4 5 6
Sinn Féin Stephen Cunningham 26.71 971          
Workers' Party Ted Tynan[*] 21.36 962          
Fianna Fáil Tim Brosnan[*] 14.57 931 951 954 955 979  
Fine Gael Joe Kavanagh[*] 11.29 655 658 659 659 691 903
Labour John Kelleher[*] 7.04 424 443 446 447 541 662
Fine Gael Sue-Ellen Carroll 7.03 414 420 422 423 461  
Green Oliver Moran 6.31 235 287 291 292    
Independent Philip A. McCarthy 3.70 124 124        
Communist Michael O'Donnell 2.00 72 72        
Electorate: 10,402   Valid: 4,788 (46.63%)   Spoilt: 75   Quota: 958   Turnout: 4,863 (47.36%)  

Cork City North West

Cork City North West: 4 seats[9][10]
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11
Sinn Féin Mick Nugent[*] 22.37 1,206                    
Fianna Fáil Tony Fitzgerald[*] 19.47 1,050 1,058 1,061 1,078 1,109            
Sinn Féin Kenneth Collins 15.0 809 893 896 928 953 954 995 1,060 1,179    
Anti-Austerity Alliance Marion O'Sullivan 9.35 504 513 517 557 576 580 628 672 766 795 969
Labour Michael O'Connell[*] 5.23 282 285 285 295 316 318 336        
Workers' Party James Coughlan 5.21 281 287 289 304 312 313 339 385      
Fine Gael Joe O'Callaghan[*] 5.19 280 282 284 286 373 380 392 455 476 494 535
Independent Maurice Sheehan 4.99 269 273 280 330 340 343 406 425 469 482  
Fine Gael Lyndsey Clarke 4.43 239 240 243 248 248            
Independent Evan Murphy 4.21 227 230 239 265 282 283          
Independent Pat O'Shea 2.21 119 122 123 123              
Independent Barry O'Donovan 1.59 86 89 95 95              
Independent John Murphy 0.74 40 41                  
Electorate: 10,932   Valid: 5,392 (49.32%)   Spoilt: 116   Quota: 1,079   Turnout: 5,508 (50.38%)  

Cork City South Central

Cork City South Central: 5 seats[11][12]
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9
Independent Mick Finn[*] 23.33 1,437                
Sinn Féin Fiona Kerins[*] 23.28 1,434                
Fianna Fáil Tom O'Driscoll 12.40 764 837 885 898 902 905 914 925 1,007
Fianna Fáil Seán Martin[*] 10.39 640 681 717 721 736 742 750 759 834
Independent Paudie Dineen 8.54 526 666 813 850 863 909 945 1,064  
Labour Lorraine Kingston[*] 7.06 435 484 521 525 543 558 602 624 795
Fine Gael Emmet O'Halloran[*] 6.51 401 423 433 434 484 489 498 506  
Green Johnny O'Mahony 2.0 123 130 156 158 164 172 172    
Independent Brian Houlihan 1.93 119 145 187 208 209 248 271 271  
Fine Gael Billy MacGill 1.9 117 124 128 128 128        
Independent Ella Goddin 1.46 90 115 141 154 156 156      
Independent Tom McIntyre 1.19 73 93 124            
Electorate: 13,023   Valid: 6,159 (47.29%)   Spoilt: 123   Quota: 1,027   Turnout: 6,282 (48.24%)  

Cork City South East

Cork City South East: 7 seats[13][14]
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
Independent Kieran McCarthy[*] 15.08 1,534              
Sinn Féin Chris O'Leary[*] 12.73 1,295              
Fine Gael Des Cahill[*] 11.56 1,176 1,199 1,318          
Fine Gael Laura McGonigle[*] 10.89 1,108 1,150 1,276          
Fianna Fáil Terry Shannon[*] 9.74 991 1,014 1,041 1,048 1,049 1,124 1,160 1,275
Fianna Fáil Nicholas O'Keeffe 8.42 856 873 899 904 906 990 1,028 1,096
Fianna Fáil Kate Martin 6.94 706 721 744 747 747 804 835 951
Sinn Féin Shane O'Shea 6.19 630 654 660 662 679 745 905 1,000
Green Dan Boyle 4.97 505 537 557 562 563 671 802  
Independent Diarmaid O Cadhla 4.79 487 550 561 564 565 594    
Labour Denis O'Flynn[*] 4.74 482 496 522 543 544      
Fine Gael Derek Cregan 3.94 401 410            
Electorate: 19,576   Valid: 10,171 (51.96%)   Spoilt: 155   Quota: 1,272   Turnout: 10,326 (52.75%)  

Cork City South West

Cork City South West: 6 seats[4][15][16]
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
Fine Gael John Buttimer[*] 15.08 1,750              
Sinn Féin Henry Cremin[*] 12.73 1,642              
Fianna Fáil Mary Shields[*] 11.56 1,065 1,198            
Fianna Fáil Fergal Dennehy 10.89 1,043 1,121            
Independent Thomas Moloney[*] 9.74 409 425 613 616 617 635 732 798
Independent Thomas Kiely 8.42 363 381 584 589 593 628 715 796
Green Mick Murphy 6.94 357 387 462 470 476 522    
Labour Ger Gibbons[*] 6.19 329 413 463 480 489 574 668  
Fine Gael P.J. Hourican 4.97 301 491 514 556 571 737 809 1,013
Fine Gael Barry Keane 4.79 297 418 441 462 468 468    
Electorate: 14,830   Valid: 7,556 (50.95%)   Spoilt: 138   Quota: 1,080   Turnout: 7,697 (51.90%)  

Changes

Co-options

Party Outgoing LEA Reason Date Co-optee
Anti-Austerity Alliance Mick Barry Cork City North-Central Elected to the 32nd Dáil at the 2016 general election. 25 April 2016 Fiona Ryan

Changes in affiliation

Name LEA Elected as New affiliation Date
Lil O'Donnell Cork City North-Central Anti-Austerity Alliance Independent 13 March 2017[17]

References

  1. ^ Proportional Representation Citizens Information, 2009-09-21.
  2. ^ Cork profile: Fine Gael likely to hold its own in contest Irish Times, 2014-05-12.
  3. ^ Local Election Results for Cork City Council Irish Times. Retrieved: 2014-06-09.
  4. ^ a b Cork City Election Results Archived 2014-05-31 at the Wayback Machine RTÉ News. Retrieved: 2014-06-09.
  5. ^ Cork City North Central ElectionsIreland.org. Retrieved: 2014-06-09.
  6. ^ Cork City North Central Archived 2014-07-14 at the Wayback Machine Irish Independent: Retrieved, 2014-06-15.
  7. ^ Cork City North East ElectionsIreland.org. Retrieved: 2014-06-09.
  8. ^ Cork City North East Irish Independent. Retrieved: 2014-06-15.
  9. ^ Cork City North West ElectionsIreland.org. Retrieved: 2014-06-09.
  10. ^ Cork City North West Irish Independent. Retrieved: 2014-06-15.
  11. ^ Cork City South Central ElectionsIreland.org. Retrieved: 2014-06-09.
  12. ^ Cork City South Central Irish Independent. Retrieved: 2014-06-15.
  13. ^ Cork City South East ElectionsIreland.org. Retrieved: 2014-06-09.
  14. ^ Cork City South East Irish Independent. Retrieved: 2014-06-15.
  15. ^ Cork City South West ElectionsIreland.org. Retrieved: 2014-06-09.
  16. ^ Cork City South West Archived 2014-05-28 at the Wayback Machine Irish Independent. Retrieved: 2014-06-15.
  17. ^ Kane, Darragh (13 March 2017). "City Councillor Lil O'Donnell opts to leave newly named Solidarity party". Echolive. Retrieved 28 October 2024.
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