2014 Dún Laoghaire–Rathdown County Council election

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2014 Dún Laoghaire–Rathdown County Council election
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All 40 seats to Dún Laoghaire–Rathdown County Council
21 seats needed for a majority
  First party Second party Third party
 
Party Fine Gael Fianna Fáil Labour
Seats won 11 8 7
Seat change - +4 -1
  Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party
 
Party Sinn Féin People Before Profit Green
Seats won 3 3 2
Seat change +3 +1 +2
  Seventh party
 
Party Independent
Seats won 6
Seat change +3
Dun Laoghaire-Rathdown in Ireland.svg
Map showing the area of Dún Laoghaire–Rathdown County Council
Council control before election

Fine Gael

 Council control after election

Fine Gael

A Dún Laoghaire–Rathdown County Council election was held in Ireland on 23 May 2014 as part of that year's local elections. Forty councillors were elected from a field of 85 candidates for a five-year term of office from six local electoral areas by proportional representation with a single transferable vote.[1][2]

Again mirroring trends in Dublin the number of councillors was expanded from 28 to 40 between 2009 and 2014. Fine Gael retained their position as the leading party on the authority with 11 seats, including 2 seats in each of Blackrock, Dundrum and Stillorgan and 3 seats in Dún Laoghaire. Fianna Fáil doubled their seats to 8 and won 2 seats in each of Blackrock and Stillorgan. Labour lost 1 seat overall to emerge with 7 seats. The party won 2 seats in each of Glencullen-Sandyford and Killiney-Shankill to compensate from losing a seat in Dún Laoghaire. Sinn Féin gained 3 seats to secure representation on the Council for the first time. People Before Profit gained 2 extra seats to also return with 3 councillors. The Green Party also returned with 2 seats with 2 gains in Dundrum and Dún Laoghaire. Independents doubled their seats to return with 6 seats to the Council chamber.

Results by party[]

Party Seats ± 1st pref FPv%
Fine Gael 11 0 19,518 28.15
Fianna Fáil 8 +4 12,936 18.66
Labour 7 −1 9,108 13.14
Sinn Féin 3 +3 6,690 9.65
People Before Profit 3 +1 5,475 7.90
Green 2 +2 4,829 6.97
Independent 6 +3 10,774 15.54
Totals 40 +12 69,330 100%

Results by Electoral Area[]

Blackrock[]

Blackrock - 6 seats
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4 5 6
Fine Gael Marie Baker* 17.29 1,797          
Fianna Fáil Mary Hanafin 14.45 1,501          
Fianna Fáil Kate Feeney 12.40 1,288 1,322 1,367 1,432 1,521  
Independent Victor Boyhan*†††† 11.27 1,171 1,202 1,272 1,421 1,502  
Fine Gael Barry Ward* 11.06 1,149 1,247 1,272 1,341 1,830  
People Before Profit Lola Hynes 8.09 841 848 1,034 1,201 1,238 1,264
Fine Gael Maurice Dockrell 6.78 704 795 822 863    
Green Celine Moorkens 6.52 677 691 754      
Labour Deirdre Kingston* 6.17 641 664 815 992 1,077 1,335
Sinn Féin Brian McNally 3.64 378 380        
Labour Angela Timlin 2.35 244 256        
Electorate: 22,712   Valid: 10,391 (45.75%)   Spoilt: 83   Quota: 1,485   Turnout: 10,474 (46.12%)

Dundrum[]

Dundrum - 7 seats
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12
Sinn Féin Sorcha Nic Cormaic 8.68 1,161 1,165 1,167 1,184 1,217 1,228 1,351 1,381 1,413 1,420 1,431 1,571
Fianna Fáil Shay Brennan 8.84 1,130 1,144 1,152 1,173 1,322 1,339 1,348 1,385 1,743      
Green Catherine Martin† 7.98 1,068 1,078 1,099 1,160 1,182 1,237 1,289 1,346 1,409 1,423 1,502 1,602
Fine Gael Brian Murphy††††††††† 7.84 1,049 1,059 1,147 1,183 1,221 1,283 1,295 1,343 1,409 1,414 1,678  
Independent Seamus O'Neill 7.50 1,004 1,027 1,038 1,089 1,109 1,130 1,221 1,400 1,445 1,451 1,499 1,630
Labour Grace Tallon* 6.79 908 922 975 1,002 1,012 1,241 1,293 1,356 1,447 1,455 1,584 1,683
Fine Gael Pat Hand* 6.55 877 883 933 957 982 1,029 1,037 1,054 1,081 1,085 1,339 1,422
Independent Anne Colgan 5.73 767 786 801 878 907 934 996 1,095 1,133 1,141 1,184 1,392
Fine Gael Jim O'Dea* 5.50 736 743 821 841 866 901 906 935 976 981    
Independent Tony Fox* 5.43 726 748 752 796 825 836 887 941 979 992 1,045  
Fianna Fáil Sarah Ryan 5.13 686 689 700 721 808 825 837 865        
Independent Stephen O'Shea 4.32 578 593 596 632 650 659 722          
People Before Profit John O'Dowd 4.13 553 557 558 597 613 626            
Fianna Fáil Tony Kelly 4.03 539 542 544 548                
Labour Peter Leonard 3.98 532 536 551 564 576              
Independent Terence Corish 3.71 497 518 523                  
Fine Gael Madeline Spiers 2.83 379 381                    
Independent Donal Fingleton 1.43 192                      
Electorate: 28,094   Valid: 13,382 (47.63%)   Spoilt: 160   Quota: 1,673   Turnout: 13,542 (48.20%)

Dún Laoghaire[]

Dún Laoghaire - 8 seats
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15
Fine Gael John Bailey* 16.19 2,423                            
Fianna Fáil Cormac Devlin* 8.37 1,253 1,341 1,346 1,349 1,361 1,368 1,390 1,404 1,423 1,578 1,624 1,671      
People Before Profit Melissa Halpin* 8.00 1,198 1,210 1,214 1,219 1,226 1,235 1,256 1,275 1,311 1,348 1,412 1,436 1,436 1,670  
Green Ossian Smyth 7.14 1,068 1,096 1,107 1,117 1,128 1,133 1,148 1,212 1,256 1,314 1,403 1,473 1,474 1,534 1,656
People Before Profit Karl Gill†††††††† 6.93 1,037 1,066 1,070 1,071 1,079 1,087 1,105 1,112 1,124 1,153 1,216 1,233 1,233 1,489 1,659
Sinn Féin Jeanette Kavanagh 6.10 913 923 927 930 932 932 938 945 956 972 1,003 1,012 1,012    
Fine Gael Patricia Stewart* 5.06 757 851 852 854 863 865 874 944 981 1,012 1,046 1,321 1,321 1,330 1,377
Fianna Fáil James McCann 4.72 707 736 736 741 748 754 769 772 791 941 991 1,015 1,017 1,086  
Labour Jane Dillon-Byrne* 4.66 697 787 790 793 875 876 886 1,093 1,111 1,137 1,162 1,207 1,208 1,244 1,319
Fine Gael Mary Fayne 4.52 677 866 866 868 876 880 893 940 975 998 1,020 1,227 1,230 1,248 1,337
Independent Michael Merrigan 4.45 666 674 682 693 701 731 765 782 903 936 1,113 1,140 1,140 1,251 1,352
Fianna Fáil Lisa Rogerson 4.01 600 631 631 631 638 646 656 671 696            
Fine Gael Ellen O'Connor 3.93 588 659 662 663 671 678 694 726 766 802 835        
Independent John Paul Kearney 3.59 537 556 557 573 578 608 662 673 749 774          
Labour Donna Pierce* 3.09 462 483 484 485 547 549 556                
Independent Rita O'Brien 2.33 349 355 418 446 453 583 638 646              
Independent Mary MacHale 1.94 291 300 303 310 313 342                  
Labour John Kane 1.64 246 261 261 263                      
Independent Peter Kerrigan 1.40 210 214 233 294 296                    
Independent Anthony Kenny 1.01 151 154 163                        
Independent Alan O'Reilly 0.92 138 141                          
Electorate: 32,795   Valid: 14,968 (45.64%)   Spoilt: 181   Quota: 1,664   Turnout: 15,149 (46.19%)

Glencullen-Sandyford[]

Glencullen-Sandyford - 7 seats
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
Labour Lettie McCarthy* 17.65 1,577                  
Fine Gael Neale Richmond*††††† 13.07 1,168                  
Sinn Féin Chris Curran 10.75 961 976 981 985 1,019 1,020 1,043 1,045 1,246  
Independent Kevin Daly 8.87 793 836 838 856 891 894 943 944 1,080 1,132
Fianna Fáil Tom Murphy* 7.91 707 761 772 802 1,062 1,066 1,140      
Labour Peter O'Brien 7.21 644 790 815 846 879 886 1,009 1,015 1,087 1,104
People Before Profit Nicola Curry 6.76 604 621 626 637 665 666 726 729    
Independent Lynsey McGovern††††††††† 6.15 550 583 606 620 650 655 748 751 929 984
Green Tom Kivlehan 5.77 516 548 558 580 600 604        
Fianna Fáil John Byrne 5.38 481 500 508 516            
Fine Gael Tom Joyce* 4.53 405 443 517 747 777 802 875 882 902 906
Fine Gael Aileen Eglington 3.63 324 361 408              
Fine Gael Stewart Stephens 2.31 206 231                
Electorate: 22,226   Valid: 8,936 (40.21%)   Spoilt: 94   Quota: 1,118   Turnout: 9,030 (40.63%)

Killiney-Shankill[]

Killiney-Shankill - 6 seats
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
People Before Profit Hugh Lewis* 14.03 1,653 1,663 1,758              
Sinn Féin Shane O'Brien 12.77 1,504 1,516 1,541 1,582 1,588 1,600 1,602 1,672 1,672 1,674
Fianna Fáil Jennifer Cuffe 10.92 1,286 1,329 1,366 1,616 1,620 1,708        
Labour Carrie Smyth* 10.36 1,220 1,251 1,271 1,303 1,305 1,409 1,443 1,718    
Fine Gael Maria Bailey*†† 9.23 1,087 1,223 1,252 1,294 1,296 1,789        
Labour Denis O'Callaghan* 8.22 968 995 1,024 1,068 1,072 1,178 1,219 1,405 1,434 1,450
People Before Profit Cillian Doyle 7.73 911 928 1,011 1,048 1,098 1,124 1,130 1,417 1,422 1,428
Green Cara Augustenborg 7.27 857 888 963 998 1,003 1,066 1,088      
Fine Gael Jim Gildea 6.46 761 895 920 942 943          
Fianna Fáil Vinny Duran-Kearns 4.76 561 566 583              
Independent Simon Hall 4.13 487 508                
Fine Gael Garrett McDermott 4.13 486                  
Electorate: 26,266   Valid: 11,781 (44.85%)   Spoilt: 134   Quota: 1,684   Turnout: 11,915 (45.36%)

Stillorgan[]

Stillorgan - 6 seats
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4 5 6 7
Fine Gael Barry Saul* 21.83 2,155            
Fine Gael Josepha Madigan††† 13.68 1,350 1,716          
Fianna Fáil Gerry Horkan*†††††† 11.31 1,117 1,185 1,212 1,232 1,304 1,323 1,405
Independent Deirdre Donnelly 11.16 1,102 1,155 1,172 1,323 1,620    
Fianna Fáil Liam Dockery 10.94 1,080 1,112 1,131 1,163 1,200 1,210 1,277
Labour Richard Humphreys*††††††† 9.82 969 1,036 1,057 1,091 1,162 1,186 1,536
Green Miriam Hennessy 6.51 643 666 678 736 806 893 1,004
Independent Catriona Lawlor 5.72 565 595 606 689      
Sinn Féin Simon Gillespie 4.57 451 460 461        
Fine Gael John Kennedy 4.46 440 536 733 748 802 823  
Electorate: 21,417   Valid: 9,872 (46.09%)   Spoilt: 88   Quota: 1,411   Turnout: 9,960 (46.51%)

References[]

  1. ^ Proportional Representation Citizens Information, 2009-09-21.
  2. ^ Local Election Results for Dún Laoghaire–Rathdown County Council Irish Times. Retrieved: 2014-06-04.

Post-Election Changes[]

  • †Dundrum Green Party Cllr Catherine Martin was elected as a TD for Dublin Rathdown at the Irish general election, 2016. Karen Furlong was co-opted to fill the vacancy on 14 March 2016.[1] She resigned her seat in September 2018 and Daniel Dunne was co-opted to fill the vacancy on 8 October 2018.[2]
  • ††Killiney-Shankill Fine Gael Cllr Maria Bailey was elected as a TD for Dún Laoghaire at the Irish general election, 2016. Jim Gildea was co-opted to fill the vacancy on 14 March 2016.[3]
  • †††Stillorgan Fine Gael Cllr Josepha Madigan was elected as a TD for Dublin Rathdown at the Irish general election, 2016. John Kennedy was co-opted to fill the vacancy on 14 March 2016.[4]
  • ††††Blackrock Independent Cllr Victor Boyhan was elected to Seanad Éireann in April 2016. Anne Colgan was co-opted to fill the vacancy.
  • †††††Glencullen-Sandyford Fine Gael Cllr Neale Richmond was elected to Seanad Éireann in April 2016. Emma Blain was co-opted to fill the vacancy.
  • ††††††Stillorgan Fianna Fáil Cllr Gerry Horkan was elected to Seanad Éireann in April 2016. Donal Smith was co-opted to fill the vacancy.
  • †††††††Stillorgan Labour Cllr Richard Humphreys was appointed a High Court Judge in July 2015 and resigned his council seat in May 2015.[5] Carron McKinney was co-opted to fill the vacancy in May 2015. She resigned her seat due to increased work commitments in the UK on May 8, 2017.[6] In June 2017 Alex White was co-opted to fill the vacancy.
  • ††††††††Dún Laoghaire People Before Profit Alliance Cllr Karl Gill resigned his seat for personal reasons in October 2016. Dave O'Keeffe was co-opted to fill the vacancy on 10 October 2016.[7]
  • ††††††††Glencullen-Sandyford Independent Cllr Lynsey McGovern joined Fine Gael on 25 October 2017.[8]
  • †††††††††Dundrum Fine Gael Cllr Brian Murphy lost the party whip on 31 October 2017 following comments he made on social media regarding sharia law, islam and the need for increased border security.[9]

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