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2014 South Dublin County Council election
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Part of the 2014 Irish local elections
April 2022
2014 South Dublin County Council election Ireland Parliamentary no yes 2009 South Dublin County Council election 2009 2019 South Dublin County Council election 2019 All 40 seats on South Dublin County Council 21 23 May 2014 Sinn Féin 9 6 Fine Gael 7 1 Fianna Fáil 5 1 Labour Party (Ireland) 4 5 People Before Profit Alliance 3 2 Anti-Austerity Alliance 3 3 Green Party (Ireland) 1 1 Independent politician (Ireland) 8 7 South Dublin in Ireland.svg 300px Area of South Dublin County Council
An election to all 40 seats on South Dublin 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. South Dublin was divided into six 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).Proportional Representation Citizens Information, 2009-09-21.Local Election Results for South Dublin County Council Irish Times. Retrieved: 2014-05-29.Local Elections Results for South Dublin County Council Council website. Retrieved: 2015-03-07.
Increase in seats
Under the Local Government Act 2001, South Dublin County Council had been allocated 26 seats. In November 2012, Phil Hogan, the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government, appointed a Local Electoral Area Boundary Committee to review the allocation of seats across local authorities.Local Government Act 2001 2001 37 7 Number of members of local authorities 21 July 2001 In the case of South Dublin County Council, it recommended an increase to 40 seats.Local Electoral Area Boundary Committee Report 2013 https://boundarycommittee.ie/reports/2013-report.pdf Local Electoral Area Boundary Committee 114 29 May 2013 This was implemented by the Local Government Reform Act 2014.Local Government Reform Act 2014 2014 1 15 Number of members of local authorities 27 January 2014
Overview of results
Sinn Féin emerged as the largest party after the local elections with 9 seats and 6 gains in total. The party won 2 seats in each of Clondalkin and the 2 Tallaght LEAs. Fine Gael retained second place but lost 1 seat overall to emerge with 7 seats. While the party won 2 seats in each of Clondalkin, Lucan and Rathfarnham she won no seat in either Tallaght LEA. Fianna Fáil gained 1 seat to win 5 seats overall, in the Lucan LEA, the first time they won a seat there since 2004, but were left without representation in Tallaght South. Labour lost 5 seats, to emerge with 4 overall, and was left without representation in Lucan and Rathfarnham. Both People Before Profit and the Anti-Austerity Alliance secured 3 seats each. The Green Party also gained 1 seat in Rathfarnham. Independents were also among the biggest winners on the council with 8 seats and 7 gains in total.
Results by party
Party Seats ± 1st pref First preference votes FPv% First preference votes percentage Sinn Féin9+618,41123.96 Fine Gael7-113,85318.03 Fianna Fáil5+110,27413.37 Labour Party (Ireland)4-57,84710.21 People Before Profit Alliance3+23,6304.72 Anti-Austerity Alliance3+33,5374.60 Green Party (Ireland)1+11,6672.17 Workers' Party (Ireland)009401.22 Direct Democracy Ireland002800.36 Communist Party of Ireland001430.19 Independent politician (Ireland)8+716,24621.15Total40+1476,828100.00
Results by local electoral area
* Outgoing councillor.
Clondalkin
Clondalkin: 8 seats
8
Sinn Féin
Eoin Ó Broin
2,992
21.19
Sinn Féin
Jonathan Graham
2,306
16.33
Fianna Fáil
Trevor Gilligan*
1,935
13.71
People Before Profit Alliance
Gino Kenny*
1,696
12.01
Independent politician (Ireland)
Francis Timmons
682
4.83
1,122
1,282
1,356
1,387
1,477
1,886
Labour Party (Ireland)
Breeda Bonner*
1,087
7.70
1,203
1,270
1,353
1,361
1,533
1,562
1,590
Fine Gael
Kenny Egan
1,015
7.19
1,157
1,200
1,282
1,291
1,338
1,392
1,407
Fine Gael
Emer Higgins*
1,193
8.45
1,241
1,262
1,327
1,330
1,356
1,366
1,388
Workers' Party (Ireland)
Lorraine Hennessy
433
3.07
693
853
880
910
1,029
1,143
1,309
Independent politician (Ireland)
Matthew McDonagh
398
2.82
637
866
867
903
987
Labour Party (Ireland)
Ken Kinsella
237
1.68
276
291
315
319
Communist Party of Ireland
Paul Doran
143
1.01
282
324
334
340
8
35,616
14,117 (39.64%)
263
1,569
14,380 (40.38%)
Lucan
Lucan: 8 seats
14
Sinn Féin
Danny O'Brien
1,762
12.57
Fine Gael
William Lavelle*
1,751
12.49
Independent politician (Ireland)
Guss O'Connell*
1,471
10.50
1,496
1,503
1,506
1,513
1,522
1,561
Independent politician (Ireland)
Paul Gogarty
1,221
8.71
1,241
1,261
1,272
1,279
1,309
1,320
1,369
1,414
1,488
1,565
People Before Profit Alliance
Ruth Nolan
704
5.02
755
760
763
769
791
798
827
841
999
1,031
1,123
1,285
1,488
Fine Gael
Vicki Casserly
859
6.13
863
923
924
938
948
1,041
1,083
1,101
1,142
1,203
1,242
1,304
1,351
Fianna Fáil
Ed O'Brien
709
5.06
716
725
727
735
743
749
757
1,076
1,101
1,144
1,162
1,250
1,306
Independent politician (Ireland)
Liona O'Toole
772
5.51
786
798
800
804
810
818
836
852
892
918
995
1,137
1,263
Labour Party (Ireland)
Caitriona Jones*
505
3.60
509
527
530
576
581
595
637
649
669
951
994
1,048
1,112
Independent politician (Ireland)
Tony Stafford
661
4.72
672
672
673
676
681
698
705
720
735
745
943
993
Independent politician (Ireland)
Jim Doyle
497
3.55
506
511
534
536
598
602
627
651
738
767
819
Independent politician (Ireland)
Alan Hayes
583
4.16
592
595
596
598
605
618
635
645
665
676
Labour Party (Ireland)
Eamon Tuffy*
507
3.62
512
531
531
548
560
580
597
617
654
Workers' Party (Ireland)
Mick Finnegan
507
3.62
530
533
535
537
567
569
585
594
Fianna Fáil
Caitríona McClean
513
3.66
517
523
524
525
531
537
550
Independent politician (Ireland)
Patrick Akpoveta
275
1.96
281
284
289
326
336
337
Fine Gael
Gerry Kennedy
233
1.66
234
254
254
256
260
Independent politician (Ireland)
Michael Farrelly
239
1.71
243
244
252
253
Independent politician (Ireland)
Hussain Zahid
181
1.29
184
186
187
Independent politician (Ireland)
Ciaran Byrne
65
0.46
69
69
14
33,243
14,015 (41.93%)
168
1,558
14,183 (42.43%)
Rathfarnham
Rathfarnham: 6 seats
6
Fianna Fáil
John Lahart*
1,972
15.95
Fine Gael
Anne-Marie Dermody
1,634
13.22
1,649
1,715
1,788
Sinn Féin
Sarah Holland
1,614
13.06
1,621
1,644
1,740
1,768
Independent politician (Ireland)
Deirdre O'Donovan
1,517
12.27
1,533
1,592
1,731
1,840
Fine Gael
Paula Donovan
1,006
8.14
1,015
1,043
1,102
1,547
1,637
Green Party (Ireland)
Francis Noel Duffy
944
7.64
959
992
1,130
1,198
1,477
People Before Profit Alliance
John Flanagan
806
6.52
809
830
886
907
Labour Party (Ireland)
Paddy Cosgrave*
804
6.50
817
1,129
1,180
1,268
1,370
Fine Gael
Alan Gallagher
774
6.26
787
818
862
Fianna Fáil
Emma Murphy
685
5.54
793
807
Labour Party (Ireland)
Aideen Carberry
607
4.91
613
6
30,375
12,363 (40.70%)
127
1,767
12,490 (41.12%)
Tallaght Central
Tallaght Central: 6 seats
10
Sinn Féin
Máire Devine
2,874
24.45
Fianna Fáil
Charlie O'Connor
1,615
13.74
1,744
Sinn Féin
Brendan Ferron
905
7.70
1,642
1,663
1,678
1,705
Anti-Austerity Alliance
Mick Murphy
1,424
12.11
1,506
1,515
1,533
1,586
1,620
1,625
1,651
1,808
Anti-Austerity Alliance
Kieran Mahon
623
5.30
654
656
661
701
719
720
748
1,189
1,512
Labour Party (Ireland)
Mick Duff*
982
8.35
1,022
1,026
1,168
1,191
1,224
1,225
1,353
1,381
1,495
Fine Gael
Karen Warren
632
5.38
642
647
687
697
754
754
1,065
1,078
1,153
Independent politician (Ireland)
Declan Burke
524
4.46
556
557
581
715
764
772
824
872
Anti-Austerity Alliance
Eddie Ericksson
585
4.98
663
665
675
694
712
713
744
Fine Gael
Gay Kelly
604
5.14
615
619
632
650
693
693
Fianna Fáil
Valerie Gaynor
347
2.95
361
369
382
385
Independent politician (Ireland)
Ray Kelly
339
2.88
354
359
362
Labour Party (Ireland)
Kemi Adenekan
301
2.56
316
319
10
26,285
11,755 (44.72%)
186
1,680
11,941 (45.43%)
Tallaght South
Tallaght South: 6 seats
7
Sinn Féin
Cathal King*
2,449
31.21
Sinn Féin
Louise Dunne
1,573
20.05
Labour Party (Ireland)
Martina Genockey
740
9.43
861
905
1,003
1,096
1,420
Anti-Austerity Alliance
Brian Leech
483
6.16
804
886
911
956
994
1,008
People Before Profit Alliance
Nicky Coules
424
5.40
704
804
828
884
918
958
Independent politician (Ireland)
Dermot Richardson
370
4.72
537
581
707
781
870
927
Anti-Austerity Alliance
Phil Foster
422
5.38
643
740
767
810
850
871
Fine Gael
David Yeates
561
7.15
596
608
656
772
Fianna Fáil
Emmett Hegarty
530
6.76
597
633
654
Labour Party (Ireland)
Eugene Ryan
201
2.56
254
265
Independent politician (Ireland)
Frank O'Gorman
93
1.19
156
182
7
25,653
7,846 (30.59%)
167
1,121
8,013 (31.24%)
Templeogue–Terenure
Templeogue–Terenure: 6 seats
10
Independent politician (Ireland)
Dermot Looney*
2,826
16.89
Independent politician (Ireland)
Ronan McMahon
2,299
13.74
2,386
2,427
Sinn Féin
Fintan Warfield
1,936
11.57
2,016
2,025
2,094
2,121
2,167
2,227
2,292
2,623
Labour Party (Ireland)
Pamela Kearns*
1,426
8.52
1,454
1,472
1,484
1,679
1,796
2,002
2,076
2,248
2,282
Fine Gael
Colm Brophy*
1,552
9.28
1,562
1,567
1,572
1,689
1,895
1,981
2,027
2,115
2,134
Fianna Fáil
Paul Foley
1,155
6.90
1,168
1,180
1,189
1,202
1,232
1,283
1,834
1,951
1,988
Fine Gael
Brian Lawlor*
1,375
8.22
1,380
1,383
1,384
1,438
1,542
1,599
1,636
1,855
1,882
Independent politician (Ireland)
Shane Conneely
1,082
6.47
1,115
1,158
1,257
1,315
1,338
1,485
1,537
Fianna Fáil
Eamonn Walsh*
813
4.86
844
848
862
868
907
992
Green Party (Ireland)
Suzanne McEneaney
723
4.32
750
759
782
812
859
Fine Gael
Siobhán Butler
664
3.97
731
735
745
764
Labour Party (Ireland)
Chris Bond*
450
2.69
467
467
480
Direct Democracy Ireland
Neville Bradley
280
1.67
300
309
Independent politician (Ireland)
Paddy Henegan
151
0.90
168
10
33,746
16,732 (49.58%)
217
2,391
16,949 (50.23%)
Changes
Co-options
Sinn Féin Eoin O'Broin Clondalkin Elected to the 32nd Dáil at the 2016 general election. 14 March 2016 Mark Ward
Fianna Fáil John Lahart Rathfarnham Elected to the 32nd Dáil at the 2016 general election. 14 March 2016 Emma MurphyFlaherty Rachel Rush to fill vacant seats created by councillors elected to Dáil https://www.irishtimes.com/news/politics/rush-to-fill-vacant-seats-created-by-councillors-elected-to-dail-1.2571845 11 December 2025 Irish Times 14 March 2016
Fine Gael Colm Brophy Templeogue-Terenure Elected to the 32nd Dáil at the 2016 general election. 14 March 2016 Brian LawlorFlaherty Rachel Rush to fill vacant seats created by councillors elected to Dáil https://www.irishtimes.com/news/politics/rush-to-fill-vacant-seats-created-by-councillors-elected-to-dail-1.2571845 11 December 2025 Irish Times 14 March 2016
People Before Profit Gino Kenny Clondalkin Elected to the 32nd Dáil at the 2016 general election. 20 April 2016 Madeleine JohanssonLyne Laura PBP election director gets council seat https://www.echo.ie/pbp-election-director-gets-council-seat/ 11 December 2025 Echo.ie 20 April 2016
Sinn Féin Máire Devine Tallaght Central Elected to 25th Seanad at the 2016 Seanad election. 25 April 2016 Cora McCann
Sinn Féin Fintan Warfield Templeogue-Terenure Elected to 25th Seanad at the 2016 Seanad election. May 2016 Enda Fanning
Fine Gael Anne-Marie Dermody Rathfarnham Resigned to prioritise work as a solicitor.McMenamin Aura Two county councillors tender their resignations in one week https://www.echo.ie/two-county-councillors-tender-their-resignations-in-one-week/ 11 December 2025 Echo.ie 12 September 2017 14 November 2017 Conor McMahonGarvey Maurice Bohernabreena native Conor McMahon co-opted onto Dermody’s SDCC seat https://www.echo.ie/bohernabreena-native-conor-mcmahon-co-opted-onto-dermody-s-sdcc-seat/ 11 December 2025 Echo.ie 14 November 2017
People Before Profit Nicky Coules Tallaght South Health Issues.McMenamin Aura Two county councillors tender their resignations in one week https://www.echo.ie/two-county-councillors-tender-their-resignations-in-one-week/ 11 December 2025 Echo.ie 12 September 2017 14 November 2017 Emma Hendrick
Sinn Féin Enda Fanning Templeogue-Terenure Resignation.Dennehy Mary Third elected representative resigns from South Dublin County Council https://www.echo.ie/third-elected-representative-resigns-from-south-dublin-county-council/ 11 December 2025 Echo.ie 10 October 2017 10 October 2017 Robert RussellMcMenamin Aura Russell named to fill vacated Sinn Féin council seat https://www.echo.ie/russell-named-to-fill-vacated-sinn-fein-council-seat/ 11 December 2025 Echo.ie 31 October 2017
Changes in affiliation
Ronan McMahon Templeogue-Terenure Independent politician (Ireland) Renua 13 March 2015O'Connell Hugh Broken promise? Councillor defends joining Renua... despite telling voters he'd stay independent https://www.thejournal.ie/ronan-mcmahon-1991076-Mar2015/ 11 December 2025 TheJournal.ie 14 March 2015
Dermot Richardson Tallaght South Independent politician (Ireland) Sinn Féin 20 April 2016Dennehy Mary Cllr Dermot Richarsdson joins Sinn Fein https://www.echo.ie/cllr-dermot-richarsdson-joins-sinn-fein/ 11 December 2025 Echo.ie 20 April 2016
Dermot Looney Templeogue-Terenure Independent politician (Ireland) Social Democrats (Ireland) 8 June 2017South Dublin County Councillor Dermot Looney joins the Social Democrats https://www.socialdemocrats.ie/south-dublin-county-councillor-dermot-looney-joins-the-social-democrats/ socialdemocrats.ie 11 December 2025
Johnathan Graham Clondalkin Sinn Féin Independent politician (Ireland) 24 January 2018McConnell Daniel Clondalkin councillor Jonathan Graham to quit Sinn Féin https://www.irishexaminer.com/news/arid-20472306.html 11 December 2025 Irish Examiner 25 January 2018
Martina Genockey Tallaght South Labour Party (Ireland) Independent politician (Ireland) 28 September 2018Lehane Mícheál Labour election candidate resigns from party https://www.rte.ie/news/politics/2018/0928/998755-martina-genockey/ 11 December 2025 RTE 28 September 2018
Mick Duff Tallaght Central Labour Party (Ireland) Independent politician (Ireland) 5 October 2018McConnell Daniel Second Labour councillor resigns claiming party is on the 'road to oblivion' https://www.irishexaminer.com/news/arid-30873905.html 11 December 2025 Irish Examiner 5 October 2018
Johnathan Graham Clondalkin Independent politician (Ireland) Fianna Fáil 22 March 2019FF welcomes two new councillors in South Dublin https://www.fiannafail.ie/ff-welcomes-two-new-councillors-in-south-dublin/ 11 December 2025 22 March 2019
Deirdre O'Donovan Rathfarnham Independent politician (Ireland) Fianna Fáil 22 March 2019FF welcomes two new councillors in South Dublin https://www.fiannafail.ie/ff-welcomes-two-new-councillors-in-south-dublin/ 11 December 2025 22 March 2019
References
External links
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