2014 Louth County Council election

2014 Louth County Council election

23 May 2014
All 29 seats on Louth County Council
First party Second party Third party   Party Sinn Féin Fine Gael Fianna Fáil Seats won 10 7 5 Seat change +5 -1 -   Fourth party Fifth party   Party Labour Green Seats won 2 2 Seat change - +1   Eighth party   Party Independent Seats won 3 Seat change -2
Map showing the area of Louth County Council
Council control after election TBD

An election to all 29 seats on Louth County Council took place on 23 May 2014 as part of the 2014 Irish local elections, an increase from 26 seats at the 2009 election. County Louth was divided into four local electoral areas (LEAs) to elect councillors for a five-year term of office on the electoral system of proportional representation by means of the single transferable vote (PR-STV).

Administrative changes

Ahead of the 2014 election Louth was redrawn into four electoral areas, a reduction of one from five, and the number of councillors was increased to 29, from a previous total of 26. The borough council of Drogheda and the town councils of Dundalk and Ardee were all abolished.

Results by party

Party		Seats	±	1st pref	FPv%	±%
	Sinn Féin	10	+5	14,159	31.42
	Fine Gael	7	-1	9,319	20.68
	Fianna Fáil	5	-	8,576	19.03
	Labour	2	-	2,238	4.96
	Green	2	+1	1,738	3.85
	Independent	3	-2	7,435	16.50
	Direct Democracy	-	-	860	1.90
	Anti-Austerity Alliance	-	-	456	1.01
	People Before Profit	-	-	277	0.16
Total		29	+3	45,058	100.00	—

Results by local electoral area

^ *: Outgoing councillor.

Ardee

Ardee: 6 seats

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15
	Sinn Féin	Pearse McGeough	14.54	1,569
	Fine Gael	Colm Markey	11.67	1,258	1,259	1,266	1,288	1,304	1,312	1,314	1,369	1,435	1,465	1,645
	Sinn Féin	Tom Cunningham	10.27	1,107	1,122	1,140	1,149	1,154	1,185	1,196	1,210	1,260	1,316	1,410	1,416	1,443	1,506	1,514
	Fianna Fáil	Liam Reilly	8.99	969	972	974	979	986	995	1,001	1,022	1,182	1,218	1,270	1,285	1,441	1,683
	Fine Gael	Jim Lennon	6.22	671	672	674	685	699	706	720	755	763	775	793	807
	Independent	Hugh D. Conlon	5.83	628	629	652	658	679	737	760	771	794	869	1,052	1,097	1,137	1,173	1,193
	Fianna Fáil	Fintan Malone	5.67	611	611	614	616	621	636	662	701	764	809	828	831	878
	Independent	Jim Levins	5.56	599	601	614	624	631	638	646	651	694	737
	Fine Gael	Dolores Minogue	4.88	526	527	528	545	565	581	605	753	771	864	879	895	1,154	1,331	1,353
	Independent	Jim Tenanty	4.84	522	523	527	529	556	587	725	804	807	902	947	952	1,004	1,174	1,216
	Fianna Fáil	Tomás Wilkinson	4.52	487	487	487	496	498	499	500	512
	Fine Gael	Finnan McCoy	4.19	452	453	454	459	470	475	487
	Independent	Berenice McKeever	4.01	431	432	442	451	478	512	527	563	589
	Independent	Michael Farrelly	2.44	263	263	264	269	279	301
	Independent	Kevin Bailey	2.34	252	253	265	269	274
	Independent	Fred Matthews	1.67	180	180	189	191
	Labour	Gavin Kierans	1.22	132	134	134
	Direct Democracy	Pat Greene	1.15	124	124
Electorate: 21,455   Valid: 10,781 (50.25%)   Spoilt: 159   Quota: 1,541   Turnout: 10,940 (50.99%)

Drogheda

Drogheda: 10 seats

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15
	Sinn Féin	Imelda Munster††	16.70	2,317
	Labour	Paul Bell	10.17	1,411
	Sinn Féin	Alan Cassidy†††††	8.56	1,188	1,521
	Fianna Fáil	Tommy Byrne	7.22	1,001	1,026	1,029	1,042	1,045	1,045	1,051	1,060	1,162	1,190	1,201	1,266
	Fine Gael	Kevin Callan†	6.14	852	874	880	896	897	901	909	928	950	1,000	1,006	1,096	1,109	1,111	1,200
	Fine Gael	Oliver Tully	5.29	734	743	745	747	748	750	761	773	792	854	857	982	991	991	1,032
	Independent	Frank Godfrey	5.16	716	764	769	788	806	839	872	890	921	949	994	1,031	1,127	1,150	1,289
	Fine Gael	Richie Culhane	5.03	698	709	710	723	723	727	733	743	761	793	803	903	929	932	1,028
	Labour	Pio Martin Smith	5.01	695	722	725	753	760	764	769	799	810	838	841	870	917	920	987
	Fianna Fáil	Frank Maher	4.59	637	652	653	664	670	677	678	695	804	830	843	876	895	900
	Sinn Féin	Kenneth Flood	3.62	502	890	1,099	1,108	1,110	1,121	1,135	1,150	1,167	1,178	1,227	1,246	1,364
	Anti-Austerity Alliance	Ciaran McKenna	3.29	456	490	493	496	499	511	546	579	595	607	677	689
	Fine Gael	Michael O'Dowd	3.12	433	442	444	449	452	453	455	465	474
	Fine Gael	Garrett O'Dowd	3.04	422	436	438	445	446	447	451	461	477	618	625
	Fianna Fáil	John Govern	3.00	416	427	431	435	435	438	442	449
	Direct Democracy	Anthony Connor	2.76	383	410	418	424	434	444	461	472	483	488
	Direct Democracy	Ronan Mooney	2.54	353	397	400	404	413	420	461	485	502	508	707	722	895	921	953
	Green	Michael McKeon	1.78	244	255	257	260	264	270	285
	People Before Profit	Stephanie Valla-Black	1.29	179	197	199	201	223	244
	Independent	Julia Feely	0.87	120	126	128	131	152
	Independent	Jeff Rudd	0.81	112	118	119	120
Electorate: 30,794   Valid: 13,872 (45.05%)   Spoilt: 273   Quota: 1,262   Turnout: 14,145 (45.93%)

Dundalk Carlingford

Dundalk Carlingford: 6 seats

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9
	Sinn Féin	Edel Corrigan	15.96	1,564
	Sinn Féin	Jim Loughran††††	12.80	1,255	1,326	1,349	1,362	1,387	1,399	1,402
	Fianna Fáil	Peter Savage	12.64	1,239	1,241	1,253	1,273	1,368	1,424
	Sinn Féin	J.J. Quigley	7.93	777	836	870	889	897	974	974	1,101	1,150
	Fine Gael	John McGahon	7.77	762	765	774	799	877	932	936	1,010	1,381
	Fianna Fáil	Conor Keelan	7.52	737	740	743	775	786	952	961	1,074	1,154
	Fine Gael	Colin Goss	7.51	736	738	747	764	860	887	887	931
	Green	Mark Dearey	7.31	717	725	765	821	846	902	906	1,079	1,262
	Independent	Jim Ryan	5.48	537	541	579	690	702	769	772
	Fianna Fáil	Seán Kelly	5.41	530	534	534	558	562
	Fine Gael	Martin Murnaghan	3.88	380	380	385	389
	Independent	Eamonn P. O'Boyle	3.07	301	303	364
	Independent	Luke Martin	1.01	99	101
	People Before Profit	Syd Smith	0.99	98	99
	Independent	Sylwia Golbiewska Jokubas	0.72	71	73
Electorate: 19,299   Valid: 9,806   Spoilt: 178   Quota: 1,401   Turnout: 9,984 (52%)

Dundalk South

Dundalk South: 7 seats

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10
	Sinn Féin	Tomás Sharkey	17.03	1,805
	Fianna Fáil	Declan Breathnach†††	12.87	1,364
	Independent	Meave Anna Yore	11.58	1,228	1,260	1,263	1,309	1,389
	Sinn Féin	Kevin Meenan††††††	10.21	1,082	1,246	1,247	1,270	1,281	1,284	1,288	1,307	1,325	1,369
	Sinn Féin	Jennifer Green†††††††	9.36	992	1,191	1,193	1,212	1,233	1,236	1,247	1,269	1,291	1,350
	Green	Marianne Butler	7.33	777	789	792	814	847	856	882	943	987	1,149
	Fine Gael	Maria Doyle	6.01	637	647	650	655	678	680	785	838	1,103	1,181
	Fianna Fáil	Stephen Egan	5.52	585	600	616	622	644	648	691	766	866	974
	Independent	Seán Bellew	4.46	473	482	485	511	552	569	595	712	740
	Fine Gael	Linus English	3.82	405	413	415	417	431	434	524	574
	Independent	Brian O'Neill	3.54	375	382	383	400	454	464	511
	Fine Gael	Paddy Malone	3.32	352	358	359	359	382	390
	Independent	Eamonn P. O'Boyle	2.87	304	312	314	352
	Independent	Oliver Morgan	1.08	114	119	120
	Independent	Mark Fitzsimons	1.03	109	113	113
Electorate: 21,322   Valid: 10,602 (49.72%)   Spoilt: 160   Quota: 1,326   Turnout: 10,762 (50.47%)

Changes 2014–2019

• † Drogheda Fine Gael Cllr Kevin Callan resigned from the party on 2 November 2014 and became an Independent in opposition to the government's handling of the water charges controversy [1].
• †† Drogheda Sinn Féin Cllr Imelda Munster was elected as a TD for Louth at the Irish general election, 2016. Joanne Byrne was co-opted to fill the vacancy on 21 March 2016.[2]
• ††† Dundalk South Fianna Fáil Cllr Declan Breathnach was elected as a TD for Louth at the 2016 general election. Emma Coffey was co-opted to fill the vacancy on 21 March 2016.[3]
• †††† Dundalk-Carlingford Sinn Féin Councillor Jim Loughran resigned his seat for health reasons in October 2016. Antoin Watters was co-opted to fill the vacancy on 21 November 2016.[4]
• ††††† Drogheda Sinn Féin Councillor Alan Cassidy resigned his seat in May 2017 citing family reasons. Davin Saurin was co-opted to fill the vacancy.[5]
• †††††† Dundalk-South Sinn Féin Councillor Kevin Meenan resigned his seat on 21 July 2017 citing health reasons.[6] Archived 29 October 2017 at the Wayback Machine Ruairí Ó Murchú was co-opted to fill the vacancy on 18 September 2017.[7]
• ††††††† Dundalk-South Sinn Féin Councillor Jennifer Green resigned her seat citing family reasons. Anne Campbell was co-opted to fill the vacancy on 18 September 2017.[8]

External links

• "Local Election: Louth County Council". Irish Independent. Archived from the original on 29 May 2014. Retrieved 28 May 2014.
• Official website