2014 Offaly County Council election

Part of the 2014 Irish local elections June 2024 May 2020 May 2020 2014 Offaly County Council election Ireland Parliamentary no yes 2009 Offaly County Council election 2009 2019 Offaly County Council election 2019 All 19 seats on Offaly County Council 10 23 May 2014 Fianna Fáil 8 -1 Sinn Féin 3 +3 Fine Gael 3 -3 Independent politician (Ireland) 5 -1 Offaly in Ireland.svg 300px Map showing the area of Offaly County Council An election to all 19 seats on Offaly County Council took place on 23 May 2014 as part of the 2014 Irish local elections, a decrease from 21 seats at the 2009 election. County Offaly was divided into three 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). In addition, the town councils of Birr, Edenderry and Tullamore were all abolished. Fianna Fáil remained the largest party after the elections winning 8 seats. Sinn Féin won 3 seats and in terms of vote share also became the second largest party. Fine Gael, by contrast, had a poor set of results and lost half of their seats. Results by party Party Seats ± 1st pref First preference votes FPv% First preference votes percentage ±% Fianna Fáil8-111,11634.1 Sinn Féin3+35,61317.2 Fine Gael3-35,47516.8 Green Party (Ireland)0-580.18 Independent politician (Ireland)5-19,73129.9Total19-232,583100.0— Results by local electoral area * Outgoing councillor. Birr Birr: 6 seats 6 Independent politician (Ireland) John Leahy* 2,686 23.05           Fianna Fáil Peter Ormond* 1,598 13.71 1,678         Fine Gael John Clendennen 1,209 10.37 1,317 1,384 1,574 1,943   Sinn Féin Carol Nolan 1,166 10.01 1,420 1,518 1,636 1,703   Fianna Fáil Eamon Dooley* 1,156 9.92 1,287 1,315 1,516 1,539 1,552 Independent politician (Ireland) John Carroll* 1,056 9.06 1,147 1,325 1,353 1,529 1,618 Fianna Fáil Michael Loughnane 887 7.61 950 991 1,012 1,205 1,271 Fine Gael Denis Sheils 736 6.32 775 873 991     Fine Gael Pat Phelan 651 5.59 760 790       Independent politician (Ireland) Teresa Ryan-Feehan 509 4.37 655         6 20,034 11,654 (58.17%) 116 1,665 11,770 (58.75%) Edenderry Edenderry: 6 seats 9 Sinn Féin Martin O'Reilly††††† 1,669 19.08                 Fianna Fáil Eddie Fitzpatrick* 1,250 14.29                 Independent politician (Ireland) John Foley* 1,078 12.33 1,229 1,254             Fianna Fáil Noel Bourke* 907 10.37 940 945 968 1,031 1,069 1,106 1,239 1,378 Fine Gael Liam Quinn* 668 7.64 697 702 761 787 831 1,040 1,145 1,207 Fianna Fáil Ger Plunkett* 667 7.62 705 707 708 710 722 741 799 818 Independent politician (Ireland) Noel Cribbin 633 7.24 669 676 704 787 848 862 890 1,106 Independent politician (Ireland) Fergus McDonnell 440 5.03 482 501 518 569 618 645 658   Fine Gael William Whittle 336 3.84 344 348 367 374 382       Fianna Fáil Robert Kelleghan 336 3.84 352 353 353 361 391 400     Independent politician (Ireland) Stephen Carroll 241 2.76 266 298 300 304         Labour Party (Ireland) Declan Leddin 241 2.76 254 256 272           Independent politician (Ireland) Patricia Brady 174 1.99 180 183             Independent politician (Ireland) Emmanuel Sweeney 106 1.21 128               9 15,890 8,746 (55.04%) 113 1,250 8,859 (55.75%) Tullamore Tullamore: 7 seats 12 Sinn Féin Brendan Killeavy 2,778 22.8                       Independent politician (Ireland) Dervill Dolan* 1,868 15.33                       Fianna Fáil Sinead Dooley* 1,161 9.53 1,340 1,379 1,384 1,403 1,432 1,493 1,541         Fianna Fáil Frank Moran 1,111 9.12 1,156 1,308 1,311 1,333 1,344 1,359 1,428 1,457 1,482 1,495 1,505 Fianna Fáil Declan Harvey 1,105 9.07 1,307 1,323 1,327 1,342 1,354 1,415 1,434 1,570       Fine Gael Tommy McKeigue* 964 7.91 1,066 1,088 1,091 1,107 1,227 1,300 1,332 1,756       Fianna Fáil Danny Owens* 938 7.70 1,011 1,022 1,025 1,034 1,068 1,095 1,122 1,177 1,217 1,230 1,236 Fine Gael Molly Buckley* 616 5.06 695 713 718 731 808 893 936         Independent politician (Ireland) Seán O'Brien 478 3.92 768 784 796 858 864 907 1,012 1,102 1,209 1,230 1,232 Labour Party (Ireland) Paddy Doheny 349 2.86 393 399 409 418 430             Independent politician (Ireland) John Bracken 321 2.63 425 462 472 509 515 532           Fine Gael Theresa Wrafter 295 2.42 308 316 320 323               Independent politician (Ireland) Seamus Kirwan 141 1.16 239 258 270                 Green Party (Ireland) Richard Brennan 58 0.48 84 85                   12 20,607 12,183 (59.12%) 119 1,523 12,302 (59.70%) Changes Co-options Sinn Féin Carol Nolan Birr Elected to the 32nd Dáil at the 2016 general election. 26 February 2016 Sean Maher Fianna Fáil Sinead Dooley Tullamore Appointed CEO of Irish Rural Link.Doyle Kevin Men only: County council has no women after lone female member steps down https://www.independent.ie/irish-news/men-only-county-council-has-no-women-after-lone-female-member-steps-down/35983070.html 10 December 2025 Irish Independent 31 July 2017 19 September 2017 Tony McCormackVacant seat filled on Offaly County Council as Tullamore business man co-opted in https://www.offalyexpress.ie/news/home/271355/vacant-seat-filled-on-offaly-county-council-as-tullamore-business-man-co-opted-in.html 10 December 2025 Offaly Live 19 September 2017 Sinn Féin Martin O'Reilly Edenderry Resigned to pursue a career in teaching.Kelly Justin Offaly County Councillor announces his resignation https://www.offalyexpress.ie/news/home/347054/offaly-county-councillor-announces-his-resignation.html 10 December 2025 Offaly Live 10 November 2018 22 January 2019 Alan DavyKelly Justin Offaly electrician takes council seat following O'Reilly resignation https://www.offalyexpress.ie/news/home/359114/offaly-electrician-takes-council-seat-following-o-reilly-resignation.html 10 December 2025 Offaly Live 22 January 2019 Changes in affiliation John Leahy Birr Independent politician (Ireland) Renua 13 March 2015Lucinda Creighton officially launches her new political party, Renua Ireland https://www.newstalk.com/the-pat-kenny-show/lucinda-creighton-will-officially-launch-her-new-political-party-in-dublin-this-morning-666358 10 December 2025 Newstalk 13 March 2015 Noel Cribbin Edenderry Independent politician (Ireland) Fine Gael 8 November 2018‘No brainer’ to join FG says Cribbin https://www.offalyindependent.ie/2018/11/08/no-brainer-to-join-fg-says-cribbin/ 10 December 2025 Offaly Independent 8 November 2018 References Sources http://elections.independent.ie/2014/local-election-2014/county/Offaly https://archive.today/20140601113954/http://elections.independent.ie/2014/local-election-2014/county/Offaly dead 2014-06-01 Offaly County Council Irish Independent Offaly Category:Offaly County Council elections