2014 Offaly County Council election

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2014 Offaly County Council election

← 2009 23 May 2014 2019 →
All 19 seats to Offaly County Council 10 seats needed for a majority
First party Second party Third party   Party Fianna Fáil Sinn Féin Fine Gael Seats won 8 3 3 Seat change -1 +3 -3   Fourth party   Party Independent Seats won 5 Seat change -1
Map showing the area of Offaly County Council
Council control after election TBD

An election to Offaly County Council took place on 23 May 2014 as part of that year's Irish local elections. 19 councillors were elected from three electoral divisions by PR-STV voting for a five-year term of office, a reduction of 2 seats from the previous election in 2009. In addition Birr Town Council, Edenderry Town Council and Tullamore Town Council were all abolished.

Fianna Fáil remained the largest party after the elections winning 8 Council seats. Sinn Féin won 3 seats and in terms of vote share also became the second largest party. Fine Gael, by contrast, had a poor set of results and lost half of their Council seats. Independents make up the remainder of the membership of the Council.

Results by party[]

Party		Seats	±	First Pref. votes	FPv%	±%
	Fianna Fáil	8	-1	11,116	34.1
	Sinn Féin	3	+3	5,613	17.2
	Fine Gael	3	-3	5,475	16.8
	Green	0		58	0.18
	Independent	5	-1	9,731	29.9
Totals		19	-2	32,583	100.0	—

Results by Electoral Area[]

• ^[1]

Birr[]

Edenderry[]

Tullamore[]

References[]

Changes since Election[]

• † In March 2015 Birr Independent Cllr John Leahy became a founder of the Renua party.[1]
• †† Sinn Féin's Carol Nolan was elected as a TD for Offaly in the 2016 Irish general election. Sean Maher was co-opted to fill the vacancy.[2]
• ††† Tullamore Fianna Fáil Cllr Sinead Dooley resigned her seat on 3 July 2017 as she had been appointed Asst. CEO of Irish Rural Link.[3] On 19 September 2017 Tony McCormack was co-opted to fill the vacancy.[4]
• †††† Edenderry Independent Cllr Noel Cribbin joined Fine Gael on 8 November 2018.[5]
• ††††† Edenderry Sinn Féin Cllr Martin O'Reilly announced on 10 November 2018 he was resigning his seat following his appointment as a primary school teacher.[6] On 21 January 2019 Alan Daly was co-opted to fill the vacancy.[7]

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