2014 Wicklow County Council election

Part of the 2014 Irish local elections December 2020 December 2020 2014 Wicklow County Council election Ireland Parliamentary no yes 2009 Wicklow County Council election 2009 2019 Wicklow County Council election 2019 All 32 seats on Wicklow County Council 17 23 May 2014 Fine Gael 8 -1 Fianna Fáil 7 +3 Sinn Féin 6 +4 Green Party (Ireland) 1 +1 Independent politician (Ireland) 10 +7 Labour Party (Ireland) 0 -6 Wicklow in Ireland.svg 300px Area of Wicklow County Council Council control Council control after election Fine GaelLabour PartyFianna Fáil Fine GaelFianna FáilIndependent An election to all 32 seats on Wicklow County Council took place on 23 May 2014 as part of the 2014 Irish local elections, an increase from 24 seats at the 2009 election. In addition, the town councils of Arklow, Bray, Greystones and Wicklow were all abolished. County Wicklow was divided into five 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). Independents proved to be the biggest winners in the elections, gaining 7 seats to return to the council with 10 members. Sinn Féin gained 4 additional seats on the council, leaving them with 6 councillors in total. The additional seats helped to insulate Fine Gael from significant seat losses and they remained the largest party despite losing a seat overall. Fianna Fáil gained 3 seats overall to return with 7 members and though they had more first preference votes than Fine Gael, they won 1 less seat overall. Several of the successful Independents such as Joe Behan, Christopher Fox and Jim Ruttle had former Fianna Fáil connections. The Labour Party polled disastrously in the election and were wiped out in what had been one of their former strongholds, losing all 6 seats. Outgoing councillor and outgoing chairman, Jimmy O'Shaughnessy also lost his seat in the election. O'Shaughnessy was a former Labour member. However, 2 former Labour councillors, Tom Fortune and Tommy Cullen, were returned as Independents. It was also notable that none of the mayors of the town councils were elected. Mick Glynn (FG; Bray), Malcolm Earls (FG; Wicklow) and Peter Dempsey (Ind; Arklow) all failed to be elected, while George Jones (FG; Greystones) retired after serving over 40 years as a Town Councillor and County Councillor. Results by party Party Seats ± 1st pref First preference votes FPv% First preference votes percentage ±% Fine Gael8-110,17919.9 Fianna Fáil7+310,19619.9 Sinn Féin6+48,49316.7 Green Party (Ireland)1+11,2172.4 Labour Party (Ireland)0-61,5953.1 People Before Profit0 -1,0542.05 Independent politician (Ireland)10+718,22835.7Total32+851,389100.0— Results by local electoral area * Outgoing councillor. † Outgoing councillor elected in 2009 in the Wicklow LEA for Labour; contesting both Arklow and Wicklow LEAs. Arklow Arklow: 6 seats 10 Fianna Fáil Pat Fitzgerald* 1,937 20.55                   Fianna Fáil Pat Kennedy 1,552 16.46                   Fianna Fáil Tommy Annesley 864 9.16 1,130 1,181 1,186 1,232 1,298 1,380       Fine Gael Sylvester Bourke* 1,087 11.53 1,132 1,156 1,158 1,179 1,243 1,370       Independent politician (Ireland) Miriam Murphy 595 6.31 651 669 691 747 815 933 949 1,233 1,245 Sinn Féin Mary McDonald 746 7.91 776 787 811 853 872 972 976 1,088 1,092 Independent politician (Ireland) Tom Curran 660 7.0 690 703 731 766 807 892 902 1,075 1,082 Independent politician (Ireland) Peter Dempsey 617 6.54 692 695 703 767 813 850 853     Independent politician (Ireland) Jimmy O'Shaughnessy† 618 6.55 629 699 714 743 768         Labour Party (Ireland) Mary Mooty 322 3.42 350 355 359 376           Independent politician (Ireland) Nicky Kelly* 283 3.0 322 329 349             Direct Democracy Ireland Brian Whelan 97 1.03 102 104               Independent politician (Ireland) Charlie Keddy 50 0.53 55 56               10 16,752 9,428 (56.28%) 104 1,347 9,532 (56.90%) Baltinglass Baltinglass: 6 seats 9 Independent politician (Ireland) Tommy Cullen* 1,802 16.90                 Sinn Féin Gerry O'Neill 1,541 14.45                 Independent politician (Ireland) Jim Ruttle* 1,538 14.42                 Fine Gael Edward Timmins* 1,274 11.95 1,374 1,381 1,402 1,405 1,411 1,434 1,513 1,850 Fine Gael Vincent Blake* 1,244 11.66 1,255 1,258 1,285 1,285 1,285 1,389 1,402 1,468 Fianna Fáil Pat Doran* 1,064 9.98 1,086 1,086 1,115 1,115 1,116 1,162 1,305 1,324 Sinn Féin Aidan Kinsella 650 6.09 685 689 716 723 724 792 823 840 Fine Gael Lorcan McMahon 581 5.45 596 603 611 615 618 627 723   Fianna Fáil Joe McCormac 406 3.81 439 446 456 458 460 473     Independent politician (Ireland) Kevin Byrne 268 2.51 287 312 380 381 382       Independent politician (Ireland) Jillian Godsil 193 1.81 214 250             Independent politician (Ireland) Dominic Plant 73 0.68 90               Independent politician (Ireland) Charlie Keddy 31 0.29 36               9 18,501 10,665 (57.65%) 123 1,524 10,788 (58.31%) Bray Bray: 8 seats 16 Sinn Féin John Brady* 2,142 16.95                               Independent politician (Ireland) Joe Behan 1,516 12.11                               Independent politician (Ireland) Christopher Fox* 1,484 11.85                               Sinn Féin Oliver O'Brien 675 5.39 1,163 1,205 1,210 1,214 1,222 1,254 1,271 1,283 1,309 1,314 1,336 1,341 1,541     Independent politician (Ireland) Brendan Thornhill 820 6.55 843 896 903 912 947 964 1,004 1,013 1,102 1,138 1,217 1,298 1,498     Green Party (Ireland) Steven Matthews 752 6.01 768 791 797 799 813 826 847 865 888 953 1,073 1,163 1,302 1,346 1,381 Fine Gael John Ryan* 590 4.71 594 607 617 617 620 624 634 647 656 851 942 1,312 1,339 1,347 1,358 Fianna Fáil Pat Vance* 677 5.41 691 720 729 731 737 743 755 767 786 816 860 942 974 986 998 Fianna Fáil David Grant 641 5.12 665 722 728 729 732 744 760 771 799 814 853 921 970 976 989 People Before Profit Alliance Sharon Briggs 560 4.47 638 667 673 676 703 750 770 783 817 834 881 907       Fine Gael Mick Glynn* 550 4.39 560 580 588 589 592 595 607 615 630 746 842         Labour Party (Ireland) Ronan McManus 448 3.58 461 481 487 490 497 500 513 623 639 677           Fine Gael Sarah Wray 492 3.93 498 505 515 517 519 521 529 554 565             Independent politician (Ireland) Barry Nevin* 207 1.65 224 225 250 254 271 288 318 322               Labour Party (Ireland) Tracy O'Brien 220 1.76 231 240 243 244 244 247 251                 Independent politician (Ireland) Eugene Finnegan 168 1.34 185 211 217 221 232 246                   Independent politician (Ireland) Catherine Hannon-Kennedy 145 1.16 162 179 182 189 198                     Independent politician (Ireland) Seay Ledwidge 126 1.0 133 142 146 154                       Independent politician (Ireland) Charlie Keddy 49 0.39 54 59 61                         16 23,347 12,522 (53.63%) 148 1,392 12,670 (54.27%) Greystones Greystones: 6 seats 11 Independent politician (Ireland) Jennifer Whitmore 2,328 27.44                     Independent politician (Ireland) Tom Fortune* 1,242 14.64                     Fine Gael Derek Mitchell* 811 9.56 931 941 944 975 1,006 1,111 1,145 1,278     Fine Gael Gráinne McLoughlin* 633 7.46 755 771 774 808 851 922 960 1,167 1,215   Fianna Fáil Gerry Walsh 632 7.45 732 747 749 755 806 827 1,043 1,068 1,074 1,110 Sinn Féin Nicola Lawless 686 8.08 757 796 800 823 840 847 882 896 897 1,090 Green Party (Ireland) Niall Byrne 304 3.58 462 480 483 542 555 578 611 668 676 800 People Before Profit Alliance Jacqui Johnston 329 3.88 452 490 495 516 532 547 577 591 593   Fine Gael Liz Dillon 310 3.65 405 411 412 442 454 511 532       Fianna Fáil James Doyle 325 3.83 380 393 395 410 478 505         Fine Gael David O'Reilly 283 3.36 345 349 350 369 383           Fianna Fáil Taragh Hanley 239 2.82 295 302 304 306             Labour Party (Ireland) Ian McGahon 188 2.22 273 283 286               Independent politician (Ireland) Charlie Keddy 178 2.10 243                   11 16,531 8,485 (51.33%) 81 1,213 8,566 (51.82%) Wicklow Wicklow: 6 seats 15 Sinn Féin John Snell* 1,577 15.33                             Independent politician (Ireland) Dáire Nolan 1,159 11.26 1,162 1,169 1,170 1,176 1,180 1,191 1,196 1,266 1,281 1,317 1,370 1,394 1,468 1,475 Fianna Fáil Pat Casey* 1,152 11.20 1,157 1,161 1,162 1,166 1,173 1,176 1,190 1,197 1,218 1,238 1,301 1,320 1,342 1,404 Fine Gael Shay Cullen 1,013 9.85 1,016 1,022 1,024 1,025 1,035 1,039 1,048 1,061 1,076 1,095 1,156 1,212 1,224 1,330 Fine Gael Irene Winters* 769 7.47 772 772 776 777 794 799 830 834 864 888 930 1,024 1,072 1,328 Independent politician (Ireland) Pat Kavanagh 534 5.19 538 543 556 573 587 625 637 655 702 825 880 930 1,109 1,200 Fianna Fáil Gail Dunne 707 6.87 711 712 715 722 724 729 752 757 775 799 824 885 947 1,082 Fine Gael Malcolm Earls 542 5.27 547 550 555 560 569 572 595 598 623 647 685 789 827   Sinn Féin Garrett O'Reilly 476 4.63 519 522 531 542 549 573 580 615 635 666 708 761     Labour Party (Ireland) Paul O'Brien 417 4.05 424 426 428 432 453 460 471 479 498 543 580       Independent politician (Ireland) Jimmy O'Shaughnessy† 409 3.98 422 425 431 437 447 456 471 477 508 539         Independent politician (Ireland) John Goodman 383 3.72 386 387 390 397 404 417 426 435 457           Independent politician (Ireland) Gerry Kinsella 247 2.40 252 258 265 269 281 294 302 307             Éirígí Seán Doyle 184 1.79 186 189 191 195 196 217 219               Independent politician (Ireland) Mervyn Morrison 174 1.69 175 175 176 180 190 193                 People Before Profit Alliance Anna Doyle 165 1.60 167 168 172 174 187                   Green Party (Ireland) Paul Leahy 161 1.56 161 161 166 170                     Independent politician (Ireland) Michael Mulvihill 88 0.86 91 93 94 94                     Direct Democracy Ireland Norman Phillips 73 0.71 74 76                         Independent politician (Ireland) Charlie Keddy 59 0.57 59                           15 18,303 10,289 (56.21%) 91 1,470 10,380 (56.71%) Aftermath Following the elections, the Fine Gael group with 8 councillors, the Fianna Fáil group with 7 councillors and an independent technical group of 4 councillors came together to become the "official/government" side of the council, while the Sinn Féin group with 6 councillors, the Green Party councillor and an independent technical group of 5 councillors formed the "opposition" side of the council. One independent councillor refused to join either side and remained on his own. Following the election, at the first Annual General Meeting of the council, Christopher Fox (Independent) was elected Cathaoirleach (chairman) of the council. John Ryan (Fine Gael) was elected as Leas-Cathaoirleach (Vice-chairman) of the council. The "control" of the council was a rainbow coalition of Fine Gael/Fianna Fáil/Independent. The opposition side consisted of Sinn Féin/Green Party/Independent. Changes Co-options Independent politician (Ireland) Pat Kavanagh Wicklow Death 7 March 2016 Mary Kavanagah Sinn Féin John Brady Bray Elected to the 32nd Dáil at the 2016 general election March 2016 Michael O'Connor Fianna Fáil Pat Casey Wicklow Elected to the 32nd Dáil at the 2016 general election March 2016 Gail Dunne Changes in affiliation Jennifer Whitmore Greystones Independent politician (Ireland) Social Democrats (Ireland) 15 November 2015 Oliver O'Brien Bray Sinn Féin Independent politician (Ireland) August 2017 Gerry O'Neill Greystones Sinn Féin Independent politician (Ireland) August 2017 John Snell Wicklow Sinn Féin Independent politician (Ireland) August 2017 Oliver O'Brien Bray Independent politician (Ireland) Aontú 9 December 2018 Mary McDonald Arklow Sinn Féin Independent politician (Ireland) 10 March 2019 Sources http://elections.independent.ie/2014/local-election-2014/county/Wicklow https://archive.today/20140602190454/http://elections.independent.ie/2014/local-election-2014/county/Wicklow dead 2014-06-02 Wicklow County Council Irish Independent References External links Wicklow County Council Wicklow Category:Wicklow County Council elections