Kildare County Council
Kildare County Council Comhairle Contae Chill Dara | |
|---|---|
| Type | |
| Type | |
| Leadership | |
Brendan Weld, FG | |
| Structure | |
| Seats | 40 |
 | |
Political groups | Fianna Fáil (12) Fine Gael (9) Labour Party (5) Sinn Féin (5) Independent (9) |
| Elections | |
Last election | 23 May 2014 |
| Meeting place | |
| Áras Chill Dara, Naas | |
| Website | |
| www | |
Kildare County Council (Irish: Comhairle Contae Chill Dara) is the authority responsible for local government in County Kildare, Ireland. As a county council, it is governed by the Local Government Act 2001. The council is responsible for housing and community, roads and transportation, urban planning and development, amenity and culture, and environment. The council has 40 elected members. Elections are held every five years and are by single transferable vote. The head of the council has the title of Mayor. The county administration is headed by a Chief Executive, Peter Carey. The county town is Naas.
Councillors
For the purpose of elections the county is divided into five local electoral areas: Athy (33), Celbridge-Leixlip (7), Kildare-Newbridge (9), Maynooth (9) and Naas (9).[1]
2014 seats summary
| Party | Seats | |
|---|---|---|
| style="background-color: Template:Fianna Fáil/meta/color" | | Fianna Fáil | 12 |
| style="background-color: Template:Fine Gael/meta/color" | | Fine Gael | 9 |
| style="background-color: Template:Labour Party (Ireland)/meta/color" | | Labour Party | 5 |
| style="background-color: Template:Sinn Féin/meta/color" | | Sinn Féin | 5 |
| style="background-color: Template:Independent politician/meta/color" | | Independent | 9 |
Councillors by electoral area
This list reflects the order in which councillors were elected on 23 May 2014.[2]
| Council members from 2014 election | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Local electoral area | Name | Party | |
| Athy | Martin Miley Jnr | Fianna Fáil | |
| Mark Wall | Labour | ||
| Mark Dalton | Fianna Fáil | ||
| Aoife Breslin | Labour | ||
| Ivan Keatley | Fine Gael | ||
| Thomas Redmond | Sinn Féin | ||
| Celbridge-Leixlip | Frank O'Rourke | Fianna Fáil | |
| Anthony Larkin | Independent | ||
| Ida Cussen | Sinn Féin | ||
| Bernard Caldwell | Independent | ||
| Kevin Byrne | Labour | ||
| Joe Neville | Fine Gael | ||
| Brendan Young | Independent | ||
| Kildare-Newbridge | Fiona O'Loughlin | Fianna Fáil | |
| Suzanne Doyle | Fianna Fáil | ||
| Fiona McLoughlin-Healy | Fine Gael | ||
| Mark Lynch | Sinn Féin | ||
| Joanne Pender | Independent | ||
| Paddy Kennedy | Independent | ||
| Seán Power | Fianna Fáil | ||
| Mark Stafford | Fine Gael | ||
| Willie Crowley | Independent | ||
| Maynooth | Brendan Weld | Fine Gael | |
| Pádraig McEvoy | Independent | ||
| Réada Cronin | Sinn Féin | ||
| Teresa Murray | Independent | ||
| John McGinley | Labour | ||
| Naoise Ó Cearúil | Fianna Fáil | ||
| Paul Ward | Fianna Fáil | ||
| Tim Durkan | Fine Gael | ||
| Daragh Fitzpatrick | Fianna Fáil | ||
| Naas | James Lawless | Fianna Fáil | |
| Sorcha O'Neill | Sinn Féin | ||
| Seamie Moore | Independent | ||
| Darren Scully | Fine Gael | ||
| Robert Power | Fianna Fáil | ||
| Willie Callaghan | Fianna Fáil | ||
| Billy Hillis | Fine Gael | ||
| Anne Breen | Labour | ||
| Fintan Brett | Fine Gael | ||
Co-options
| Outgoing | Party | Electoral area | Reason | Date | Co-optee | Party | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Willie Callaghan | style="background-color: Template:Fianna Fáil/meta/color" | | Fianna Fáil | Naas | Death of Willie Callaghan[3] | February 2015 | Deborah Callaghan | style="background-color: Template:Fianna Fáil/meta/color" | | Fianna Fáil |
See also
References
- ^ "2014 Local elections – Kildare County Council". ElectionsIreland.org. Retrieved 1 June 2014.
- ^ "2014 Local elections: Kildare County Council". RTÉ News. Retrieved 5 June 2014.
- ^ "Willie Callaghan Obituary". kildarefiannafail.com. Retrieved 3 February 2015.