2014 Fingal County Council election

2014 Fingal County Council election

23 May 2014
All 40 seats on Fingal County Council 21 seats needed for a majority
First party Second party Third party   Party Fianna Fáil Fine Gael Sinn Féin Seats won 7 6 6 Seat change +3 0 +6   Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party   Party Labour Anti-Austerity Alliance Green Seats won 4 4 2 Seat change -5 +4 +2   Seventh party Eighth party Ninth party   Party People Before Profit Independent Socialist Party Seats won 1 10 0 Seat change +1 +8 -3
Map showing the area of Fingal County Council
Council control before election Labour Council control after election Fianna Fáil

An election to all 40 seats on Fingal County Council was held on 23 May 2014 as part of the 2014 Irish local elections, an increase from 24 seats at the previous election. Fingal was divided into five local electoral areas (LEAs) to elect councillors from a field of 97 candidates for a five-year term of office on the electoral system of proportional representation by means of the single transferable vote (PR-STV).

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

Party		Seats	±	1st pref	FPv%
	Fianna Fáil	7	+3	13,248	17.92
	Fine Gael	6	0	10,865	14.69
	Sinn Féin	6	+6	10,785	14.59
	Labour	4	−5	8,363	11.31
	Anti-Austerity Alliance	4	+4	5,923	8.01
	Green	2	+2	3,780	5.11
	People Before Profit	1	+1	1,331	1.80
	Independent	10	+8	18,798	25.42
	Socialist Party	0	-3	-	-
Total		40	+16	73,937	100.00

Results by local electoral area

^ *: Outgoing councillor.

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%)

Changes 2014–2019

• † Following her victory in the 2014 Dublin West by-election 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 2016 general election, Jack Chambers vacated his counsil seat in accordance with prohibition against 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]
• ††††††††††† Swords Sinn Féin Cllr Philip Lynam announced on 29 November 2018 that he will resign his seat at the December meeting for work reasons.[11]

External links

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