2014 Monaghan County Council election

2014 Monaghan County Council election

23 May 2014
All 18 seats on Monaghan County Council 10 seats needed for a majority
First party Second party Third party   Party Sinn Féin Fine Gael Fianna Fáil Seats won 7 5 4 Seat change - -1 -1   Fourth party   Party Independent Seats won 2 Seat change -
Map showing the area of Monaghan County Council

An election to all 18 seats on Monaghan County Council took place on 23 May 2014 as part of the 2014 Irish local elections, a decrease from 20 seats at the 2009 election. County Monaghan was divided into three local electoral areas (LEAs) 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). In addition, the town councils of Ballybay, Carrickmacross, Castleblayney, Clones and Monaghan were abolished.

New LEAs were introduced in 2013 and came into effect on 1 January 2014. The election in Ballybay–Clones local electoral area was halted when Fine Gael Councillor Owen Bannigan died suddenly while out canvassing on polling day. The election for this area was cancelled and all the ballots cast were officially destroyed. He had been expected to top the poll. It was re-run on 7 June 2014.

Sinn Féin emerged as the largest party with 7 seats, winning all the seats it contested. Fine Gael lost a seat in the Carrickmacross–Castleblayney LEA while Fianna Fáil lost a seat in Ballybay–Clones. Independents retained their 2 seats on the council.

Results by party

Party		Seats	±	1st pref	FPv%	±%
	Sinn Féin	7	-	9,570	34.29
	Fine Gael	5	-1	8,281	29.67
	Fianna Fáil	4	-1	6,613	23.70
	Green	0	-	113	0.40
	Independent	2	-	3,086	11.06
Total		18	-2	27,906	100.00	—

Results by local electoral area

^ *: Outgoing councillor.

Ballybay–Clones

Ballybay-Clones: 6 seats

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6	7
	Fianna Fáil	Seamus Coyle	16.3%	1,449
	Fine Gael	Ciara McPhillips†††††	15.2%	1,348
	Sinn Féin	Cathy Bennett	14.6%	1,295
	Fine Gael	Eugene Bannigan†††	12.9%	1,153	1,207	1,228	1,229	1,358
	Fine Gael	Hugh McElvaney††	12.1%	1,075	1,086	1,120	1,120	1,142	1,158	1,343
	Sinn Féin	Pat Treanor	11.7%	1,041	1,053	1,059	1,077	1,107	1,113	1,282
	Independent	Paul McPhillips	6.6%	584	608	619	620	691	724
	Fianna Fáil	Deirdre Kelly	5.6%	499	532	535	536	731	752	882
	Fianna Fáil	Michael Smyth	4.5%	398	442	444	445
	Independent	Joseph Duffy	0.3%	27	27	27	27
	Green	Raimonda Leonaviciene	0.3%	22	22	22	22
Electorate: 15,326   Valid: 8,891   Spoilt: 73   Quota: 1,271   Turnout: 8,964 (58.5%)

Carrickmacross–Castleblayney

Carrickmacross-Castleblayney: 6 seats

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8
	Sinn Féin	Matt Carthy†	19.3%	1,970
	Fine Gael	Aidan Campbell	13.3%	1,355	1,365	1,366	1,416	1,554
	Sinn Féin	Noel Keelan	12.8%	1,304	1,545
	Fianna Fáil	P.J. O'Hanlon	10.9%	1,118	1,158	1,166	1,191	1,355	1,479
	Sinn Féin	Jackie Crowe	9.9%	1,019	1,106	1,159	1,214	1,277	1,308	1,349	1,350
	Fianna Fáil	Pádraig McNally	9.3%	948	985	997	1,014	1,263	1,399	1,443	1,455
	Fine Gael	Aidan Murray	9.1%	928	950	953	971	991	1,325	1,334	1,340
	Fianna Fáil	Margaret Conlon	6.8%	691	705	706	717
	Fine Gael	Lorraine Cotter	6.3%	638	682	688	729	771
	Labour	Ciarán Connolly	1.4%	145	151	152
	Labour	Peadar Markey	0.9%	98	107	107
Electorate: 16,958   Valid: 10,214   Spoilt: 165   Quota: 1,460   Turnout: 10,379 (61.2%)

Monaghan

Monaghan: 6 seats

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8
	Sinn Féin	Brian McKenna	15.2%	1,336
	Independent	Seamus Treanor	15.1%	1,332
	Fianna Fáil	Robbie Gallagher††††	14.1%	1,244	1,249	1,259
	Sinn Féin	Seán Conlon	11.2%	988	1,012	1,025	1,044	1,062	1,122	1,159	1,233
	Fine Gael	David Maxwell	8.8%	775	776	780	789	806	828	992	1,318
	Independent	Paudge Connolly	8.3%	727	738	751	787	853	953	1,048	1,198
	Sinn Féin	Siobhán Cheung	7%	617	642	649	668	690	725	765	807
	Fine Gael	Barra Flynn	5.9%	525	527	531	546	579	611	760
	Fine Gael	Garry Keenan	5.5%	484	487	490	511	525	553
	Independent	Thomas Hagan	3.5%	306	307	321	348	369
	Fianna Fáil	John Finn	3%	266	270	272	276
	Green	Grazvydas Vaitekunas	1%	91	92	93
	Independent	Kevin Hamill	0.8%	68	69	71
	Independent	Jimmy Mee	0.5%	42	42	43
Electorate: 16,211   Valid: 8,801   Spoilt: 138   Quota: 1,258   Turnout: 8,939 (55.14%)

Changes 2014–2019

• † Carrickmacross–Castleblayney Sinn Féin Cllr Matt Carty was also elected as an MEP on 23 May 2014. Accordingly, he resigned his council seat in accordance with the rule against a dual mandate. His brother, Colm, was co-opted to fill the vacancy on 8 July 2014. [1]
• †† Ballybay–Clones Fine Gael Cllr Hugh McElvaney resigned from Fine Gael and became an Independent following an RTÉ Investigation into payments to Councillors.[2]
• ††† Ballybay-Clones Fine Gael Cllr Eugene Bannigan resigned to pursue a job opportunity in the United States.[3] Seán Gilliland was co-opted to fill the vacancy on 7 December 2015.[4]
• †††† Monaghan Fianna Fáil Cllr Robbie Gallagher was elected to the 25th Seanad in April 2016. Raymond Aughey was co-opted to fill the vacancy on 4 July 2016.[5]
• ††††† Ballybay-Clones Fine Gael Cllr Ciara McPhillips resigned her seat citing time constraints on 12 June 2017.[6] Eva Humphreys was co-opted to fill the vacancy in October 2017.[7] Eva resigned from the Council in October 2018 citing work pressures. Richard Truell was co-opted to replace her in December 2018.[8]

External links

• Official website