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Fingal County Council election, 2014
Map showing the area of Fingal County Council
A Fingal 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 97 candidates for a five-year term of office from five local electoral areas by proportional representation with a single transferable vote .[ 1] [ 2] [ 3] [ 4]
Fingal County Council was expanded from 24 seats to 40 in recognition of population growth. 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
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Results by Electoral Area
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
Changes since 2014
† Following her victory in the Dublin West by-election, 2014 Ruth Coppinger resigned her seat in accordance with the dual mandate. The vacancy was filled by her colleague, Matthew Waine, on 18 August 2014. [1]
†† Having failed to be selected as a candidate for Fianna Fáil at the Irish general election, 2016 David McGuinness resigned from the party citing class prejudice. [2]
††† On 29 May 2015 Anti-Austerity Alliance Cllr Annette Hughes resigned her seat for health reasons. Tania Doyle was selected to fill the vacancy and was co-opted at the Council's July meeting.[3]
†††† On 24 September 2015 Howth-Malahide Independent Cllr Cian O'Callaghan joined the Social Democrats and was unveiled as a candidate for the party at the 2016 general election in the Dublin Bay-North constituency.[4]
††††† Howth-Malahide Fine Gael Councillor Keith Redmond defected to Renua on 8 October 2015.[5] He quit the party and became an Independent on 14 November 2016.
†††††† Following his election to the Dáil for Dublin West in the Irish general election, 2016, Jack Chambers resigned his seat in accordance with the dual mandate. Howard Mahony was co-opted to fill the vacancy on 15 March 2016.
††††††† Balbriggan Fine Gael Cllr J.P. Browne resigned his seat citing work commitments on 19 July 2016.[6] Tom O'Leary was co-opted to fill the vacancy.[7]
†††††††† Swords Independent Cllr Paul Mulville joined the Social Democrats on 28 August 2017.[8]
††††††††† Balbriggan Independent Cllr David O'Connor resigned his seat to take up a position as President of Cricket Ireland. Cathal Boland was co-opted to fill the vacancy on 21 July 2018.[9]
††††††††† Balbriggan Labour Party Cllr Ken Farrell resigned his seat due to ill health. Robert O'Donoghue was co-opted to fill the vacancy on 21 July 2018.[10]
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