Longford County Council
Longford County Council Comhairle Contae an Longfoirt | |
|---|---|
| Type | |
| Type | |
| Leadership | |
Luie McEntire, FF | |
| Structure | |
| Seats | 18 |
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Political groups |
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| Elections | |
Last election | 23 May 2014 |
| Motto | |
| Daingean agus Dílis (Irish) "Strong and Loyal" | |
| Meeting place | |
| Áras an Chontae, Longford | |
| Website | |
| longfordcoco.ie | |
Longford County Council (Template:Lang-ga) is the authority responsible for local government in County Longford, 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 18 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, Tim Caffrey. The county town is Longford town.
Councillors
For the purpose of local elections the county is divided into three local electoral areas: Ballymahon (6), Granard (6) and Longford (6).[1]
2014 seats summary
| Party | Seats | |
|---|---|---|
| style="background-color: Template:Fine Gael/meta/color" | | Fine Gael | 8 |
| style="background-color: Template:Fianna Fáil/meta/color" | | Fianna Fáil | 7 |
| style="background-color: Template:Independent politician/meta/color" | | Independent | 3 |
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 | |
| Ballymahon | Colm Murray | Fine Gael | |
| Gerard Farrell | Fine Gael | ||
| Mark Casey | Independent | ||
| Michael Cahill | Fianna Fáil | ||
| Pat O'Toole | Fianna Fáil | ||
| Paul Ross | Fine Gael | ||
| Granard | Micheal Carrigy | Fine Gael | |
| John Duffy | Fine Gael | ||
| Paraic Brady | Fine Gael | ||
| P. J. Reilly | Fianna Fáil | ||
| Martin Mulleady | Fianna Fáil | ||
| Luie McEntire | Fianna Fáil | ||
| Longford | John Browne | Fine Gael | |
| Seamus Butler | Fianna Fáil | ||
| Peggy Nolan | Fine Gael | ||
| Gerry Warnock‡ | Independent | ||
| Padraig Loughrey† | Fianna Fáil | ||
| Mae Sexton | Independent | ||
†Replaced during term, see table below for details.
‡Changed party, see table below for details.
Co-options
| Outgoing | Party | Electoral area | Reason | Date | Co-optee | Party | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Padraig Loughrey | style="background-color: Template:Fianna Fáil/meta/color" | | Fianna Fáil | Longford | Resignation of Councillor | October 2017 | Joe Flaherty | style="background-color: Template:Fianna Fáil/meta/color" | | Fianna Fáil |
Changes in affiliation
| Name | Electoral area | Elected as | New affiliation | Date | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gerry Warnock | Longford | style="background-color: Template:Independent politician/meta/color" | | Independent | style="background-color: Template:Social Democrats (Ireland)/meta/color" | | Social Democrats | October 2015 |
| Longford | style="background-color: Template:Social Democrats (Ireland)/meta/color" | | Social Democrats | style="background-color: Template:Independent politician/meta/color" | | Independent | September 2016 | |
See also
References
- ^ "2014 local elections – Longford County Council". ElectionsIreland.org. Retrieved 2 June 2014.
- ^ "2014 Local elections: Longford County Council". RTÉ News. Archived from the original on 31 May 2014. Retrieved 5 June 2014.
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