2014 Westmeath County Council election

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2014 Westmeath County Council election
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All 20 seats to Westmeath County Council
11 seats needed for a majority
  First party Second party Third party
 
Party Fianna Fáil Fine Gael Sinn Féin
Seats won 8 5 3
Seat change -1 -3 +3
  Fourth party Fifth party
 
Party Labour Independent
Seats won 2 2
Seat change -4 +2
Westmeath in Ireland.svg
Map showing the area of Westmeath County Council
Council control after election

TBD

An election to Westmeath County Council took place on 23 May 2014 as part of that year's Irish local elections. 20 councillors were elected from three electoral divisions by PR-STV voting for a five-year term of office, a reduction of 3 seats compared to 2009. In addition Athlone Town Council and Mullingar Town Council were both abolished.

Fianna Fáil emerged as the largest party after the elections as both Government parties suffered at the polls. Labour lost 2 thirds of their Councillors being reduced to just 2 seats while Fine Gael also lost 3 seats. Sinn Féin won seats on the Council for the first time, 3 in total, and were joined by 2 Independents.[1][2]

Results by party[]

Party Seats ± First Pref. votes FPv% ±%
Fianna Fáil 8 Decrease1 11,412 32.9 Decrease11.03
Fine Gael 5 Decrease3 8,310 23.9 Decrease14.85
Sinn Féin 3 Increase3 3,837 11.1 Increase6.44
Labour 2 Decrease4 4,766 13.7 Decrease12.38
Independent 2 Increase2 6,391 18.4 Increase13.16
Totals 20 -3 100.0 —

Results by Electoral Area[]

Athlone[]

Athlone - 7 seats
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9
Independent Kevin (Boxer) Moran*† 21.78 2,897                
Fine Gael Tom Farrell 11.29 1,502 1,552 1,561 1,594 1,616 1,648 1,649 1,724  
Sinn Féin Paul Hogan†††††† 10.70 1,423 1,684              
Fine Gael John Dolan* 8.16 1,085 1,139 1,146 1,161 1,193 1,239 1,240 1,345 1,681
Fianna Fáil Aengus O'Rourke 7.88 1,048 1,256 1,267 1,306 1,357 1,387 1,392 1,494 1,636
Fianna Fáil Frankie Keena* 7.77 1,034 1,200 1,213 1,255 1,317 1,373 1,377 1,520 1,648
Fianna Fáil Vinny McCormack 7.27 967 983 985 991 1,001 1,010 1,010 1,080 1,088
Independent Michael O'Brien 6.85 911 1,001 1,054 1,084 1,113 1,203 1,208 1,354 1,418
Fine Gael Alan Shaw 5.43 722 817 829 838 883 899 902 911  
Fianna Fáil Tom Allen* 4.86 647 674 684 716 733 767 769    
Labour Jim Henson 2.37 315 388 410 428          
Independent Joe Devery 2.35 313 394 429 476 527        
Independent P.J. Coghill 2.08 277 312 333            
Independent John McNamara 0.90 120 171              
Independent Donal Jackson 0.31 41 68              
Electorate: 22,759   Valid: 13,302 (52.60%)   Spoilt: 157   Quota: 1,663   Turnout: 13,459 (53.22%)

Mullingar-Coole[]

Mullingar-Coole - 7 seats
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
Fianna Fáil Aidan Davitt*††† 12.90 1,492              
Sinn Féin Una D'arcy††††††† 12.86 1,487              
Fianna Fáil John Shaw* 11.02 1,275 1,287 1,290 1,307 1,331 1,404 1,588  
Fianna Fáil Paddy Hill* 10.44 1,207 1,215 1,220 1,241 1,308 1,326 1,342 1,357
Fine Gael Frank McDermott* 10.06 1,163 1,164 1,167 1,195 1,249 1,372 1,414 1,428
Fine Gael Peter Burke*†† 8.72 1,008 1,015 1,017 1,031 1,135 1,391 1,534  
Labour Mick Dollard* 8.21 950 956 960 992 1,025 1,062 1,268 1,312
Labour Denis Leonard* 6.24 722 723 724 749 835 895    
Independent Brian Fagan 5.86 678 684 695 849 888 951 1,057 1,078
Fine Gael Emily Wallace 5.42 627 630 631 660 731      
Labour Peter Kearney 4.50 520 521 522 563 563      
Labour Rachel Grimes 1.47 170 170 172 172        
Independent Angela Maher 1.23 142 143 146 146        
Independent Pat Holmes 0.72 83 83 86 86        
Independent Rosemary Horan 0.36 42 42 44 44        
Electorate: 22,759   Valid: 11,566 (50.82%)   Spoilt: 205   Quota: 1,446   Turnout: 11,771 (51.72%)

Mullingar-Kilbeggan[]

Mullingar-Kilbeggan - 6 seats
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
Fianna Fáil Paul Daly*†††† 15.25 1,502                  
Fianna Fáil Avril Whitney*††††† 12.86 1,266 1,277 1,288 1,295 1,348 1,376 1,405 1,428    
Fianna Fáil Ken Glynn* 9.89 974 992 1,011 1,023 1,058 1,068 1,114 1,133 1,138 1,207
Labour Johnnie Penrose* 9.58 943 952 968 1,029 1,083 1,169 1,369 1,488    
Sinn Féin Sorca Clarke 9.41 927 932 962 976 987 1,022 1,048 1,073 1,075 1,154
Fine Gael Andrew Duncan 8.04 792 797 805 827 909 937 999 1,144 1,165 1,432
Fine Gael Colm Arthur* 6.05 596 603 609 637 660 669 696 834 857  
Independent Brian Fagan 5.93 584 587 733 744 765 793 876 891 903 974
Fine Gael Michael Newman 4.78 471 487 489 569 622 635 653 653    
Labour Detty Cornally* 4.77 470 471 485 516 535 587 587      
Labour Gerry Sheridan 3.87 381 382 390 398 401 401        
Fine Gael Chris Murtagh 3.49 344 344 350 354            
Labour Ger Corcoran* 3.00 295 312 312              
Independent Chris Burley 1.65 162 163                
Independent Angela Maher 1.43 141 142                
Electorate: 20,021   Valid: 9,848 (49.19%)   Spoilt: 161   Quota: 1,407   Turnout: 10,009 (49.99%)

References[]

  1. ^ "Westmeath: First result in – FF win first seat on Westmeath County Council". Irish Independent. 24 May 2014. Retrieved 24 May 2014.
  2. ^ "Westmeath County Council Local elections". Irish Independent. 24 May 2014. Archived from the original on 17 June 2014. Retrieved 17 June 2014.

Changes since 2014[]

  • † Athlone Independent Cllr Kevin (Boxer) Moran was elected as a TD for Longford-Westmeath at the Irish general election, 2016. Ailish McManus was co-opted to fill the vacancy on 21 March 2016.[1]
  • †† Mullingar-Coole Fine Gael Cllr Peter Burke was elected as TD for Longford-Westmeath at the Irish general election, 2016. Emily Wallace was co-opted to fill the vacancy on 21 March 2016.[2]
  • ††† Mullingar-Coole Fianna Fáil Cllr Aidan Davitt was elected to Seanad Éireann in April 2016. Bill Collentine was co-opted to fill the vacancy on 13 June 2016.[3]
  • †††† Mullingar-Kilbeggan Fianna Fáil Cllr Paul Daly was elected to Seanad Éireann in April 2016. Liam McDaniel was co-opted to fill the vacancy on 13 June 2016.[4]
  • ††††† Mullingar-Kilbeggan Fianna Fáil Cllr Avril Whitney resigned her seat for personal reasons on 31 May 2017.[5] In September 2017 Brian Crum was co-opted to fill the vacancy.[6] Archived 2018-01-22 at the Wayback Machine
  • †††††† Athlone Sinn Féin Cllr Paul Hogan resigned from the party and became an Independent on 30 July 2018 saying the party had isolated and ostracised him since October 2015.[7]
  • ††††††† Mullingar-Coole Sinn Féin Cllr Una D'Arcy resigned from the party and became an Independent on 22 January 2019 saying that she didn't have the support she needed and that she didn't align with its views.[8]

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Preceded by
2009 Westmeath County Council election 		2014 Westmeath County Council election Succeeded by
2019 Westmeath County Council election
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