2014 Fingal County Council election

2014 Fingal County Council election
23 May 2014
All 40 seats on Fingal County Council
21 seats needed for a majority
  First party Second party Third party
 
Party Fianna Fáil Fine Gael Sinn Féin
Seats won 7 6 6
Seat change +3 0 +6
  Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party
 
Party Labour Anti-Austerity Alliance Green
Seats won 4 4 2
Seat change -5 +4 +2
  Seventh party Eighth party Ninth party
 
Party People Before Profit Independent Socialist Party
Seats won 1 10 0
Seat change +1 +8 -3
Map showing the area of Fingal County Council
Council control before election

Labour

 Council control after election

Fianna Fáil

An election to all 40 seats on Fingal County Council was held on 23 May 2014 as part of the 2014 Irish local elections, an increase from 24 seats at the previous election. Fingal was divided into five local electoral areas (LEAs) to elect councillors from a field of 97 candidates 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][4]

Fianna Fáil emerged as the largest party after the elections with 7 seats with 3 net gains and securing 2 seats in each of Castleknock and Swords. Fine Gael retained 6 seats though found themselves without representation in Swords while securing 2 in each of Castleknock and Howth-Malahide. Sinn Féin also secured 6 seats, including 2 seats in Mulhuddart. Labour had a very bad election winning just 4 seats and losing 5 seats as a whole as well as being wiped out in Castleknock. The Anti-Austerity Alliance also made 4 gains, including 2 seats in Mulhuddart, chiefly coming from their former base in the Socialist Party. The Green Party returned to the Council Chamber with 2 seats in each of Castleknock and Howth-Malahide. People Before Profit also secured a seat in the Balbriggan LEA. Independents were however the chief winners in Fingal gaining 8 additional seats to emerge after the elections with a total of 10 seats.

Results by party

Party Seats ± 1st pref FPv%
Fianna Fáil 7 +3 13,248 17.92
Fine Gael 6 0 10,865 14.69
Sinn Féin 6 +6 10,785 14.59
Labour 4 −5 8,363 11.31
Anti-Austerity Alliance 4 +4 5,923 8.01
Green 2 +2 3,780 5.11
People Before Profit 1 +1 1,331 1.80
Independent 10 +8 18,798 25.42
Socialist Party 0 -3 - -
Total 40 +16 73,937 100.00

Results by local electoral area

^ *: Outgoing councillor.

Balbriggan

Balbriggan: 8 seats
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18
Labour Ken Farrell[*] 12.67 2,073                                  
Sinn Féin Malachy Quinn 9.63 1,575 1,591 1,594 1,603 1,604 1,605 1,623 1,649 1,706 1,721 1,762 1,776 1,809 1,812 1,828      
Independent Tony Murphy 8.58 1,404 1,412 1,420 1,421 1,460 1,481 1,538 1,628 1,641 1,663 1,800 1,814 1,863          
Independent David O'Connor[*] 8.11 1,327 1,352 1,357 1,360 1,375 1,384 1,398 1,440 1,464 1,521 1,541 1,577 1,729 1,747 1,859      
Fianna Fáil Brian Dennehy 6.91 1,130 1,152 1,152 1,153 1,155 1,155 1,155 1,156 1,158 1,177 1,306 1,520 1,581 1,581 1,620 1,625 1,645 1,679
Independent Grainne Maguire 5.30 868 872 884 884 897 920 945 999 1,015 1,023 1,080 1,095 1,143 1,144 1,174 1,180 1,276 1,685
People Before Profit Barry Martin 5.13 840 858 860 864 869 874 883 888 928 937 945 1,031 1,070 1,071 1,104 1,107 1,399 1,524
Green Joe O'Brien 4.91 804 818 824 827 831 835 867 888 902 927 942 983 1,030 1,030 1,206 1,212 1,288 1,362
Fine Gael J.P. Browne 4.53 742 755 795 795 796 800 808 816 818 931 940 1,072 1,180 1,182 1,422 1,437 1,463 1,500
Independent Cathal Boland 4.24 694 718 720 721 725 727 738 750 757 780 785 813            
Independent Richard Davis 4.13 676 680 682 683 704 713 735 783 786 792 838 844 955 958 981 984 1,087  
Fine Gael Jeanette McNamara 3.64 596 618 631 631 632 633 634 639 647 719 725              
Labour Ciaran Byrne[*] 3.64 595 629 635 635 638 684 699 710 711 791 797 838 890 894        
Anti-Austerity Alliance Terry Kelleher 3.49 571 582 588 613 619 621 638 646 856 873 890 895 925 927 962 964    
Fianna Fáil Darrell Mooney 2.85 467 470 476 480 491 501 514 540 546 553                
Fine Gael Tom O'Leary[*] 2.75 450 460 467 469 472 477 485 491 493                  
Independent Frank Snowe 2.22 363 365 365 369 383 394 415                      
Anti-Austerity Alliance Denise Parker 1.89 309 315 316 388 394 397 419 435                    
Independent Garrett Mullan 1.75 286 289 290 294 306 314                        
Independent Niall Keady 1.02 167 168 169 169                            
Labour Peadar O'Kelly 0.98 161 171 173 173 176                          
Anti-Austerity Alliance Maurice Sweeney 0.85 139 140 140                              
Fine Gael Jean Fay Brady 0.76 125 128                                
Electorate: 37,451   Valid: 16,362 (43.69%)   Spoilt: 218   Quota: 1,819   Turnout: 16,580 (44.27%)  

Castleknock

Castleknock: 7 seats
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14
Fianna Fáil Jack Chambers 18.61 2,603                          
Sinn Féin Natalie Treacy 13.96 1,953                          
Green Roderic O'Gorman 9.96 1,393 1,457 1,472 1,483 1,499 1,512 1,559 1,618 1,669 1,770        
Fine Gael Eithne Loftus[*] 7.72 1,080 1,144 1,145 1,147 1,149 1,153 1,163 1,215 1,218 1,414 1,451 1,498 1,713 1,719
Fine Gael Ted Leddy 6.95 973 1,066 1,068 1,070 1,075 1,086 1,097 1,120 1,123 1,306 1,376 1,439 1,613 1,624
Labour John Walsh[*] 5.59 782 802 809 812 816 819 837 858 883 925 966 997    
Fianna Fáil Mags Murray[*] 5.15 721 898 908 910 911 919 930 961 975 1,021 1,055 1,473 1,593 1,595
Fine Gael Henry Minogue 4.80 671 695 698 703 706 709 717 739 741          
Independent Mary Martin 4.62 647 694 705 714 726 747 770 848 899 932 1,140 1,215 1,336 1,338
Anti-Austerity Alliance Sandra Kavanagh 4.22 591 611 658 669 687 701 738 777 1,137 1,142 1,243 1,265 1,344 1,344
Fianna Fáil Edward MacManus 3.56 498 728 734 735 744 751 754 793 794 827 870      
Independent T.J. Clare 3.38 473 522 532 551 568 627 650 706 745 764        
Independent Seán Lyons 3.17 444 473 481 499 515 534 549              
Anti-Austerity Alliance Matthew Waine[*] 3.11 435 442 482 489 499 502 593 630            
People Before Profit Memet Uludag 2.19 306 314 338 346 355 357                
Independent Dermot Casey 1.16 162 168 175 184 187                  
Direct Democracy Robert Long 1.04 145 154 159 163                    
Independent John Kidd 0.81 113 120 128                      
Electorate: 30,539   Valid: 13,990 (45.81%)   Spoilt: 164   Quota: 1,749   Turnout: 14,154 (46.35%)  

Howth–Malahide

Howth–Malahide: 8 seats
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9
Independent Cian O'Callaghan[*] 16.12 2,868                
Fianna Fáil Eoghan O'Brien[*] 14.26 2,537                
Sinn Féin Daire Ní Laoi 12.09 2,151                
Independent Jimmy Guerin 10.00 1,779 1,972 2,020            
Fine Gael Anthony Lavin[*] 9.41 1,674 1,696 1,776 1,779 1,784 1,787 1,980    
Green David Healy 6.78 1,206 1,384 1,413 1,454 1,468 1,473 1,510 1,692 1,892
Labour Brian McDonagh 6.57 1,168 1,215 1,246 1,257 1,262 1,263 1,375 1,433 2,039
Fine Gael Keith Redmond 6.45 1,148 1,252 1,270 1,274 1,280 1,281 1,566 1,654 1,768
Labour Judy Dunne[*] 5.18 922 969 981 991 996 996 1,149 1,201  
Fine Gael Marie O'Toole 4.88 868 894 914 918 919 921      
Fianna Fáil Aileen Woods 4.28 761 821 1,124 1,141 1,146 1,158 1,217 1,326 1,401
Independent David O'Connor 3.40 604 800 816 886 949 961 974    
Independent Lech Szczecinski 0.58 104 122 125 139          
Electorate: 42,532   Valid: 17,790 (41.83%)   Spoilt: 237   Quota: 1,977   Turnout: 18,027 (42.38%)  

Mulhuddart

Mulhuddart: 8 seats
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14
Sinn Féin Paul Donnelly 27.26 3,201                          
Anti-Austerity Alliance Ruth Coppinger[*] 21.78 2,568                          
Fianna Fáil David McGuinness[*] 11.58 1,360                          
Fine Gael Kieran Dennison[*] 7.46 876 916 969 970 976 981 1,032 1,036 1,062 1,080 1,083 1,088 1,358  
Labour Mary McCamley[*] 4.96 582 626 686 689 696 699 724 731 749 768 777 782 839 923
Labour Michael O'Donovan[*] 4.31 506 552 602 604 607 611 625 632 655 667 678 683 777 802
Fine Gael Philip O'Callaghan 3.64 428 463 487 488 503 583 593 610 619 625 629    
Independent Lorna Nolan 3.02 355 438 500 509 528 530 544 558 578 677 733 762 779 1,038
Sinn Féin Edmond Lukusa 3.01 353 1,376                        
Independent Freddie Cooper 1.92 226 265 291 295 362 364 368 375 408          
Fine Gael Maria McGrail 1.92 225 251 267 268 273 275                
Anti-Austerity Alliance Annette Hughes††† 1.83 215 427 1,006 1,020 1,028 1,030 1,039 1,196 1,216 1,258 1,490      
Fianna Fáil Margaret Richardson 1.81 213 267 292 296 300 328 337 342            
Anti-Austerity Alliance Bernadette Rynne 1.59 187 276 396 407 409 410 414 460 479 490        
People Before Profit Louise Bayliss 1.58 185 287 382 393 407 409 415 425 439 502 567 638 657  
Independent Dermot Casey 1.27 149 184 200 205                    
Anti-Austerity Alliance Jimmy Keenan 0.98 115 183 320 325 330 331 334              
Electorate: 30,364   Valid: 11,744 (38.68%)   Spoilt: 186   Quota: 1,305   Turnout: 11,930 (39.29%)  

Swords

Swords: 9 seats
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17
Sinn Féin Philip Lynam 11.05 1,552                                
Fianna Fáil Darragh Butler[*] 10.06 1,414                                
Independent Joe Newman 7.09 996 1,003 1,004 1,014 1,030 1,035 1,036 1,149 1,174 1,196 1,207 1,212 1,246 1,311 1,344 1,407  
Anti-Austerity Alliance Eugene Coppinger[*] 5.64 793 826 827 835 843 881 897 931 962 999 1,006 1,015 1,039 1,199 1,285 1,353 1,372
Fianna Fáil Adrian Henchy 5.56 781 784 786 787 794 799 803 807 822 836 839 936 968 972 1,160 1,508  
Independent Justin Sinnott 5.54 779 786 786 801 820 828 941 976 989 1,010 1,038 1,045 1,063 1,116 1,140 1,180 1,190
Fianna Fáil Joe Hennessy 5.43 763 768 771 772 790 791 801 817 838 869 890 905 938 967 994    
Independent Paul Mulville 4.85 682 689 689 696 746 758 766 783 805 842 857 917 948 1,026 1,236 1,274 1,283
Independent Anne Devitt[*] 4.72 663 673 674 677 686 700 746 766 792 855 901 914 995 1,070 1,183 1,273 1,305
Independent Michael Collins 4.73 664 669 669 672 699 706 712 716 734 823 832 898 920 955      
Labour Duncan Smith 4.40 618 622 622 625 630 642 654 662 693 711 775 834 1,037 1,065 1,087 1,143 1,156
Fine Gael Bob Dowling 4.18 588 589 589 589 592 594 599 603 616 628 822 884 957 963 1,074 1,110 1,129
Labour Gerry McGuire[*] 3.45 485 488 488 493 501 502 503 506 524 529 545            
Labour Tom Kelleher[*] 3.35 471 474 474 474 475 478 482 491 536 555 578 677          
United Left Declan McCool 3.05 428 442 442 445 459 591 598 615 646 676 682 688 704        
Fine Gael Dianne Sexton 3.00 421 423 423 428 429 433 439 449 473 489              
Green Ken Duffy 2.68 377 385 385 388 394 400 403 410                  
Independent Duane Browne 2.66 374 381 381 384 395 410 429 440 462                
Independent Joseph O'Neill 2.22 312 317 317 323 349 349 352                    
Independent Ian Croft 1.99 280 285 285 287 289 289                      
United Left Ken Doyle 1.93 271 279 279 281 284                        
Independent Mark Savage 0.92 129 134 134 140                          
Independent Anthony Moore 0.78 110 112 112 116                          
Independent Lech Szczecinski 0.40 56 57 57                            
Independent Fergal O'Connell 0.16 23 23 23                            
Independent Tony O'Byrne 0.15 21 22 22                            
Electorate: 36,807   Valid: 14,051 (38.17%)   Spoilt: 189   Quota: 1,406   Turnout: 14,240 (38.69%)  

References

  1. ^ Proportional Representation Citizens Information, 2009-09-21.
  2. ^ Local Election Results for Fingal County Council Irish Times. Retrieved: 2014-06-05.
  3. ^ fingal Local Election Results for Fingal County Council Fingal County Council. Retrieved: 2015-03-04.
  4. ^ Fingal profile: Rising population sees increase in seats Irish Times, 2014-05-07.

Changes

Co-options

Party Outgoing LEA Reason Date Co-optee
Anti-Austerity Alliance Ruth Coppinger Mulhuddart Elected to the 31st Dáil at the 2014 Dublin West by-election. 18 August 2014 Matthew Waine[1]
Anti-Austerity Alliance Annette Hughes Mulhuddart Health issues. 28 May 2015 Tania Doyle[2]
Fianna Fáil Jack Chambers Castleknock Elected to the 32nd Dáil at the 2016 general election. 26 February 2016 Howard Mahony[3]
Fine Gael J.P. Browne Balbriggan Work Commitments. 26 February 2016 Tom O'Leary[4]
Independent David O'Connor Balbriggan Resigned to take up a position as President of Cricket Ireland. 21 July 2018 Cathal Boland[5]
Labour Ken Farrell Balbriggan Heath issues.[6] 21 July 2018 Robert O'Donoghue[7]
Sinn Féin Philip Lynam Swords Work Commitments[8] 12 January 2019 Ann Graves[9]

Changes in affiliation

Name LEA Elected as New affiliation Date
David McGuinness Mulhuddart Fianna Fáil Independent 9 April 2015[10]
Cian O'Callaghan Howth–Malahide Independent Social Democrats 24 September 2015[11]
Keith Redmond Howth–Malahide Fine Gael Renua 8 October 2015[12]
Keith Redmond Howth–Malahide Renua Independent December 2016[13]
Paul Mulville Swords Independent Social Democrats 24 August 2017[14]
Tania Doyle Mulhuddart Anti-Austerity Alliance Independent October 2017
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  2. ^ O'Connell, Hugh (8 June 2015). "'Politics is a dirty world': AAA activist quits after bitter row over council seat". The Journal.ie. Retrieved 21 December 2024.
  3. ^ McCullagh, Tony (1 July 2022). "New Fingal Mayor Howard Mahony lays out his vision for the county in his first interview". Irish Independent. Retrieved 21 December 2024.
  4. ^ Manning, John (8 October 2016). "New Skerries FG councillor takes his council seat". Irish Independent. Retrieved 21 December 2024.
  5. ^ Manning, John (21 July 2018). "Two new councillors take up seats". Irish Independent. Retrieved 21 December 2024.
  6. ^ Manning, John (3 March 2018). "I just tried to do my best". Irish Independent. Retrieved 21 December 2024.
  7. ^ Manning, John (21 July 2018). "Two new councillors take up seats". Irish Independent. Retrieved 21 December 2024.
  8. ^ Phelan, Ken (1 December 2018). "Swords poll-topper to quit seat on council". Irish Independent. Retrieved 21 December 2024.
  9. ^ Phelan, Ken (12 January 2019). "Ann ready to take her seat". Irish Independent. Retrieved 21 December 2024.
  10. ^ Minihan, Mary (9 April 2015). "Fingal councillor David McGuinness quits Fianna Fáil". The Irish Times. Retrieved 21 December 2024.
  11. ^ O'Connell, Hugh (24 September 2015). "The woman who famously challenged Seán Gallagher is running for the Dáil". The Journal.ie. Retrieved 21 December 2024.
  12. ^ Duffy, Rónán (8 October 2015). "Defection: Renua captures FG councillor because of 'nanny state tendencies'". The Journal.ie. Retrieved 21 December 2024.
  13. ^ Brophy, Daragh (27 December 2016). "Renua's new leader is optimistic about 2017 - just don't mention the flat tax". The Journal.ie. Retrieved 21 December 2024.
  14. ^ "Councillor Paul Mulville joins the Social Democrats". Socialdemocrats.ie. Retrieved 21 December 2024.
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