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2014 Monaghan County Council election
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Part of the 2014 Irish local elections
November 2019
June 2019
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An election to all 18 seats on Monaghan County Council took place on 23 May 2014 as part of the 2014 Irish local elections, a decrease from 20 seats at the 2009 election. County Monaghan 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 Ballybay, Carrickmacross, Castleblayney, Clones and Monaghan were abolished.
New LEAs were introduced in 2013 and came into effect on 1 January 2014.http://www.monaghan.ie/en/yourcouncil/localelections2014/ Local Elections 2014 Monaghan County Council 2014-05-24 https://web.archive.org/web/20140512100501/http://www.monaghan.ie/en/yourcouncil/localelections2014/ 2014-05-12 dead The election in Ballybay–Clones local electoral area was halted when Fine Gael Councillor Owen Bannigan died suddenly while out canvassing on polling day.https://www.thejournal.ie/monaghan-councillor-dies-suddenly-while-on-canvass-1481192-May2014/ Monaghan councillor dies while canvassing on election day TheJournal.ie 23 May 2014 23 May 2014https://www.irishtimes.com/news/politics/monaghan-local-election-candidate-dies-suddenly-1.1806978 Monaghan election candidate dies suddenly The Irish Times 23 May 2014 23 May 2014 The election for this area was cancelled and all the ballots cast were officially destroyed.http://www.rte.ie/news/2014/0523/619299-owen-bannigan/ Monaghan candidate dies suddenly RTÉ News 23 May 2014 23 May 2014 He had been expected to top the poll.http://www.independent.ie/irish-news/elections/fine-gael-candidate-bannigan-dies-of-heart-attack-30300423.html Fine Gael candidate Bannigan dies of heart attack Irish Independent 24 May 2014 24 May 2014 It was re-run on 7 June 2014.
Sinn Féin emerged as the largest party with 7 seats, winning all the seats it contested. Fine Gael lost a seat in the Carrickmacross–Castleblayney LEA while Fianna Fáil lost a seat in Ballybay–Clones. Independents retained their 2 seats on the council.http://www.monaghan.ie/en/yourcouncil/localelections2014/results/ Monaghan County Council 2014-05-24 https://web.archive.org/web/20140714175721/http://www.monaghan.ie/en/yourcouncil/localelections2014/results/ 2014-07-14 dead
Results by party
Party Seats ± 1st pref First preference votes FPv% First preference votes percentage ±% Sinn Féin7-9,57034.19 Fine Gael5-18,28129.67 Fianna Fáil4-16,61323.70 Green Party (Ireland)0-1130.40 Independent politician (Ireland)2-3,08611.06Total18-227,906100.00—
Results by local electoral area
* Outgoing councillor.
Ballybay–Clones
Ballybay-Clones: 6 seats
7
Fianna Fáil
Seamus Coyle*
1,449
16.3%
Fine Gael
Ciara McPhillips*
1,348
15.2%
Sinn Féin
Cathy Bennett*
1,295
14.6%
Fine Gael
Eugene Bannigan
1,153
12.9%
1,207
1,228
1,229
1,358
Fine Gael
Hugh McElvaney*
1,075
12.1%
1,086
1,120
1,120
1,142
1,158
1,343
Sinn Féin
Pat Treanor*
1,041
11.7%
1,053
1,059
1,077
1,107
1,113
1,282
Independent politician (Ireland)
Paul McPhillips
584
6.6%
608
619
620
691
724
Fianna Fáil
Deirdre Kelly
499
5.6%
532
535
536
731
752
882
Fianna Fáil
Michael Smyth
398
4.5%
442
444
445
Independent politician (Ireland)
Joseph Duffy
27
0.3%
27
27
27
Green Party (Ireland)
Raimonda Leonaviciene
22
0.3%
22
22
22
7
15,326
8,891
73
1,271
8,964 (58.5%)
Carrickmacross–Castleblayney
Carrickmacross-Castleblayney: 6 seats
8
Sinn Féin
Matt Carthy*
1,970
19.3%
Fine Gael
Aidan Campbell
1,355
13.3%
1,365
1,366
1,416
1,554
Sinn Féin
Noel Keelan*
1,304
12.8%
1,545
Fianna Fáil
P.J. O'Hanlon*
1,118
10.9%
1,158
1,166
1,191
1,355
1,479
Sinn Féin
Jackie Crowe*
1,019
9.9%
1,106
1,159
1,214
1,277
1,308
1,349
1,350
Fianna Fáil
Pádraig McNally*
948
9.3%
985
997
1,014
1,263
1,399
1,443
1,455
Fine Gael
Aidan Murray*
928
9.1%
950
953
971
991
1,325
1,334
1,340
Fianna Fáil
Margaret Conlon
691
6.8%
705
706
717
Fine Gael
Lorraine Cotter
638
6.3%
682
688
729
771
Labour Party (Ireland)
Ciarán Connolly
145
1.4%
151
152
Labour Party (Ireland)
Peadar Markey
98
0.9%
107
107
8
16,958
10,214
165
1,460
10,379 (61.2%)
Monaghan
Monaghan: 6 seats
8
Sinn Féin
Brian McKenna*
1,336
15.2%
Independent politician (Ireland)
Seamus Treanor*
1,332
15.1%
Fianna Fáil
Robbie Gallagher*
1,244
14.1%
1,249
1,259
Sinn Féin
Seán Conlon*
988
11.2%
1,012
1,025
1,044
1,062
1,122
1,159
1,233
Fine Gael
David Maxwell*
775
8.8%
776
780
789
806
828
992
1,318
Independent politician (Ireland)
Paudge Connolly*
727
8.3%
738
751
787
853
953
1,048
1,198
Sinn Féin
Siobhán Cheung
617
7%
642
649
668
690
725
765
807
Fine Gael
Barra Flynn
525
5.9%
527
531
546
579
611
760
Fine Gael
Garry Keenan
484
5.5%
487
490
511
525
553
Independent politician (Ireland)
Thomas Hagan
306
3.5%
307
321
348
369
Fianna Fáil
John Finn
266
3%
270
272
276
Green Party (Ireland)
Grazvydas Vaitekunas
91
1%
92
93
Independent politician (Ireland)
Kevin Hamill
68
0.8%
69
71
Independent politician (Ireland)
Jimmy Mee
42
0.5%
42
43
8
16,211
8,801
138
1,258
8,939 (55.14%)
Changes
Co-options
Sinn Féin Matt Carthy Carrickmacross–Castleblayney Elected for Midlands–North-West at the European Parliament election 8 July 2014 Colm CarthyMcMahon Sean Brother of Matt Carthy co-opted to Monaghan CoCo https://www.anglocelt.ie/2014/07/08/brother-of-matt-carthy-co-opted-to-monaghan-coco/ 10 December 2025 The Anglo-Celt 8 July 2014
Fine Gael Eugene Bannigan Ballybay–Clones Resignation.Cllr who replaced tragic father to step down https://www.anglocelt.ie/2015/09/25/cllr-who-replaced-tragic-father-to-step-down/ 10 December 2025 The Anglo-Celt 25 September 2015 25 September 2015 Seán Gilliland
Fianna Fáil Robbie Gallagher Monaghan Elected to 25th Seanad at the 2016 Seanad election. 1 July 2016 Raymond AugheyMONAGHAN BUSINESSMAN TO REPLACE FF SENATOR ON MONAGHAN CO COUNCIL https://northernstandard.ie/2016/07/01/monaghan-businessman-to-replace-ff-senator-on-monaghan-co-council/ 10 December 2025 Northern Sound 1 July 2016
Fine Gael Ciara McPhillips Ballybay-Clones Resigned to prioritise work as a solicitorMCPHILLIPS RESIGNATION PROMPTS CALLS FOR IMPROVED SUPPORTS FOR LOCAL COUNCILLORS https://northernstandard.ie/2017/06/16/mcphillips-resignation-prompts-calls-for-improved-supports-for-local-councillors/ 10 December 2025 Northern Sound 16 June 2017 16 June 2017 Eva HumphreysMinutes-2-October-2017 https://monaghan.ie/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/Minutes-2-October-2017.pdf Monaghan.ie 10 December 2025
Fine Gael Eva Humphreys Ballybay-Clones Resigned to prioritise work as a solicitorHughes Peter EVA HUMPHREYS RESIGNATION https://northernstandard.ie/2018/11/09/eva-humphreys-resignation/ 10 December 2025 Northern Sound 9 November 2018 December 2018 Richard TruellFisher Michael NEW FG COUNCILLOR WILL START NEXT WEEK https://northernstandard.ie/2018/11/30/new-fg-councillor-will-start-next-week/ 10 December 2025 Northern Sound 30 November 2018
Changes in affiliation
Hugh McElvaney Ballybay–Clones Fine Gael Independent politician (Ireland) 24 November 2015Fine Gael Councillor quits over North-South Pylon Interconnector controversy https://www.irishexaminer.com/news/arid-30707185.html 10 December 2025 Irish Examiner 24 November 2015
References
External links
Official website
Monaghan
Category:Monaghan County Council elections