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Leitrim County Council election, 2014
Map showing the area of Leitrim County Council
Council control after election
TBD
An election to Leitrim County Council took place on 23 May 2014 as part of that year's Irish local elections . 18 councillors were elected from three electoral divisions by PR-STV voting for a five-year term of office, a reduction of 4 seats compared to 2009.
Fine Gael suffered large seat losses, losing 6 seats, and their previously held overall majority while Fianna Fáil also lost 2 seats. Independents and Sinn Féin both increased their numbers by 2 despite the Council being reduced by 4 seats as a whole.[ 1] [ 2]
Results by party
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Results by Electoral Area
Ballinamore
Ballinamore - 6 seats
Party
Candidate
FPv%
Count
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
Fianna Fáil
Paddy O'Rourke *
13.88
948
958
965
1,006
Fianna Fáil
Caillian Ellis *
11.61
793
821
873
983
Sinn Féin
Martin Kenny *†
10.57
722
737
917
925
929
951
954
Fine Gael
John McCartin *
10.32
705
736
786
792
857
880
884
Sinn Féin
Brendan Barry
10.00
683
691
784
897
1,078
Fine Gael
Gordon Hughes*
9.29
635
674
732
751
823
847
848
Fine Gael
Enda McGloin*
8.43
576
579
580
683
Independent
Gerry Dolan *
8.42
575
597
630
735
998
Fianna Fáil
Francis Gilmartin*
7.71
527
530
534
Sinn Féin
Maureen Martin
6.79
464
498
Independent
Desmond Wisley
2.99
204
Electorate: 9,581 Valid: 6,832 (71.31%) Spoilt: 59 Quota: 977 Turnout: 6,891 (71.92%)
Carrick-on-Shannon
Carrickon-Shannon - 6 seats
Party
Candidate
FPv%
Count
1
2
3
4
5
Independent
Enda Stenson *
15.97
858
Sinn Féin
Séadhna Logan
12.51
672
694
703
734
749
Independent
Des Guckian
12.49
671
714
727
786
Fianna Fáil
Seán McGowan *
12.27
659
695
707
755
862
Fianna Fáil
Sinéad Guckian *
11.30
607
680
696
902
Fianna Fáil
Siobhán Finnegan-McElgunn
9.92
533
560
572
Fine Gael
Finola Armstrong-McGuire
9.55
513
595
607
804
Fine Gael
Thomas Mulligan*
9.29
499
565
581
585
597
Fine Gael
John Ward*
6.68
359
Electorate: 8,872 Valid: 5,371 (60.54%) Spoilt: 40 Quota: 768 Turnout: 5,411 (60.99%)
Manorhamilton
Manorhamilton - 6 seats
Party
Candidate
FPv%
Count
1
2
3
4
5
6
Sinn Féin
Padraig Fallon
15.82
940
Fianna Fáil
Mary Bohan *
13.67
812
836
872
Independent
Felim Gurn
13.16
782
802
840
846
873
Fine Gael
Frank Dolan *
10.30
612
619
636
641
697
838
Fine Gael
Séan McDermott *
10.30
612
617
666
668
760
859
Independent
Thomas Kelly
8.35
496
512
573
574
645
721
Fine Gael
Siobhán McGloin*
7.42
441
445
470
471
Fianna Fáil
Justin Warnock
7.41
440
443
512
513
682
789
Fianna Fáil
Pat Munday
7.39
439
444
492
499
515
Fianna Fáil
Philip Rooney
5.92
352
357
Independent
James Vincent Kelly
0.25
15
17
492
499
515
Electorate: 8,865 Valid: 5,941 (67.02%) Spoilt: 70 Quota: 849 Turnout: 6,011 (67.81%)
References
Post-Election Changes
†Ballinamore Sinn Féin Councillor Martin Kenny was elected a TD for Sligo-Leitrim at the Irish general election, 2016. Caroline Gildea was co-opted to fill the vacancy on 14 March 2016.[1]
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