2014 Clare County Council election

Part of the 2014 Irish local elections August 2020 August 2020 2014 Clare County Council election Ireland Parliamentary no yes 2009 Clare County Council election 2009 2019 Clare County Council election 2019 All 28 seats to Clare County Council 23 May 2014 Fianna Fáil 12 +1 Fine Gael 8 -4 Sinn Féin 1 +1 Independent politician (Ireland) 7 - Labour Party (Ireland) 0 -1 Green Party (Ireland) 0 -1 Clare in Ireland.svg 300px Map showing the area of Clare County Council Cathaoirleach Subsequent Cathaoirleach Joe ArkinsFG John CroweFG An election to all 28 seats on Clare County Council was held on 23 May 2014 as part of the 2014 Irish local elections. County Clare 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).Proportional RepresentationMay 2020 InternetArchiveBot yes Citizens Information, 2009-09-21.Local Election Results for Clare County Council Irish Times. Retrieved: 2014-05-31. This was a reduction in 4 council seats and 2 LEAs compared to the previous elections held in 2009. Fianna Fáil re-emerged as the largest party in County Clare after the elections with 12 seats. In addition Clare Colleran-Molloy, a sister of the journalist Ger Colleran, won a seat for the party in Ennis and became the party's first ever female elected councillor. Brian Meaney, formerly of the Green Party, had defected to Fianna Fáil but failed to be re-elected. Fine Gael lost 4 seats including that of the council's outgoing cathaoirleach, Joe Arkins, in Killaloe. The Labour Party lost their sole representative while Sinn Féin won a seat on the council for the first time since 1974. Despite some retirements Independents retained a share of 7 seats.http://www.clarecoco.ie/your-council/news/clare-local-election-2014-results.html https://web.archive.org/web/20150923204719/http://www.clarecoco.ie/your-council/news/clare-local-election-2014-results.html 2015-09-23 Clare Local Election 2014 results 28 May 2014 Clare County Council 9 August 2020 Results by party Party Seats ± 1st pref First preference votes FPv% First preference votes percentage Fianna Fáil12+118,43235.73 Fine Gael8-416,23931.48 Sinn Féin1+12,1884.24 Independent politician (Ireland)7-11,10021.52 Labour Party (Ireland)0-11,6223.14 Green Party (Ireland)0-14900.95Total28-451,583100.00 Results by local electoral area * Outgoing councillor. Ennis Ennis: 8 seats 20 Independent politician (Ireland) James Breen* 1,134 8.81 1,141 1,157 1,188 1,199 1,218 1,235 1,279 1,339 1,387 1,449                   Fine Gael Johnny Flynn* 1,100 8.55 1,104 1,118 1,138 1,168 1,184 1,210 1,227 1,254 1,322 1,351 1,481                 Fianna Fáil Tom McNamara* 1,049 8.15 1,053 1,055 1,061 1,068 1,075 1,115 1,119 1,128 1,150 1,173 1,221 1,223 1,223 1,265 1,299 1,320 1,360 1,371 1,379 Fianna Fáil Pat Daly* 1,000 7.77 1,003 1,006 1,022 1,027 1,037 1,072 1,086 1,104 1,122 1,138 1,167 1,171 1,173 1,287 1,367 1,418 1,579     Independent politician (Ireland) Ann Norton 821 6.38 1,121 1,125 1,129 1,153 1,224 1,311 1,484                         Fine Gael Paul Murphy* 804 6.25 805 807 807 814 815 826 833 842 871 889 923 928 928 1,061 1,083 1,127 1,167 1,173 1,179 Fine Gael Gerard O'Halloran 804 6.25 805 808 829 839 841 844 848 853 868 872 912 917 918 933 937 958 985 990 996 Fine Gael Mary Howard* 720 5.59 724 729 738 761 771 806 832 848 894 936 1,014 1,033 1,034 1,072 1,137 1,238 1,316 1,343 1,357 Fianna Fáil Claire Colleran-Molloy 584 4.54 586 593 599 608 618 647 658 669 684 708 741 746 747 815 851 892 945 979 999 Fianna Fáil Bernard Hanrahan 501 3.89 502 505 514 516 524 532 534 542 554 569 579 579 579             Independent politician (Ireland) Michael Guilfoyle 466 3.62 468 473 486 493 499 507 518 531 551 579 594 596 603 630           Independent politician (Ireland) Frankie Neylon 440 3.42 443 448 458 460 467 475 486 528 559 588 598 601 603 640 810 881       Fine Gael Cillian Griffey 425 3.30 426 433 440 457 465 479 492 501 529 549                   Fine Gael Tony Mulqueen* 396 3.08 404 404 414 420 424 446 458 472                       Sinn Féin Cathal O'Reilly 392 3.05 396 403 408 413 421 427 442                         Labour Party (Ireland) Dermot Hayes 333 2.59 343 364 376 421 472 481 514 533 564 603 622 624 625 642 671         Independent politician (Ireland) Paula McNamara 330 2.56 343 356 365 383 407 414 452 497 512                     Fianna Fáil Brian Meaney* 302 2.35 304 305 306 317 320                             Independent politician (Ireland) Paul O'Shea 257 2.00 265 276 286 301 326 330                           Independent politician (Ireland) Felix Omorodion 236 1.83 239 292 292 298                               Labour Party (Ireland) Seamus Ryan 229 1.78 252 260 263                                 Independent politician (Ireland) Joe Corbett 208 1.62 211 217                                   Independent politician (Ireland) George Atijohn 197 1.53 209                                     Green Party (Ireland) Gerben Uunk 92 0.71                                       Fís Nua Vera Moloney 30 0.23                                       Independent politician (Ireland) Tommy Kelly 12 0.09                                       Fís Nua Damon Wise 7 0.05                                       20 23,797 12,869 (54.08%) 139 1,430 13,008 (54.66%) Killaloe Killaloe: 6 seats 7 Fine Gael Joe Cooney* 2,843 25.63             Fianna Fáil Pat Hayes* 1,490 13.43 1,767           Independent politician (Ireland) Michael Begley* 1,390 12.53 1,468 1,475 1,529 1,799     Fianna Fáil Tony O'Brien 1,294 11.67 1,391 1,408 1,427 1,465 1,484 1,767 Fine Gael Pat Burke* 825 7.44 1,119 1,148 1,184 1,255 1,270 1,406 Fianna Fáil Alan O'Callaghan 791 7.13 916 936 991 1,100 1,119 1,323 Fine Gael Joe Arkins* 755 6.81 851 870 925 992 1,019 1,116 Fís Nua Niamh O'Brien 731 6.59 817 840 903       Fianna Fáil Liam Wiley 651 5.87 828 886 909 968     Labour Party (Ireland) Donal Higgins 323 2.91 351 360         7 17,593 11,093 (63.05%) 88 1,585 11,181 (63.55%) Shannon Shannon: 6 seats 10 Fianna Fáil Cathal Crowe* 1,929 18.26                   Fine Gael John Crowe* 1,219 11.54 1,261 1,267 1,276 1,280 1,294 1,304 1,401 1,443 1,615 Independent politician (Ireland) Gerry Flynn* 1,040 9.84 1,045 1,103 1,140 1,225 1,290 1,343 1,375 1,471 1,510 Fianna Fáil Pat McMahon* 1,024 9.69 1,053 1,055 1,067 1,072 1,130 1,134 1,161 1,188 1,356 Independent politician (Ireland) P.J. Ryan* 825 7.44 866 894 899 910 949 973 999 1,072 1,389 Sinn Féin Mike McKee 773 7.32 793 801 816 856 889 917 951 1,153 1,192 Fine Gael Sean McLoughlin* 771 7.30 778 793 847 890 939 955 997 1,016 1,060 Fianna Fáil Pat O'Gorman 749 7.09 813 816 819 822 885 889 933 960   Labour Party (Ireland) Pascal Fitzgerald* 506 5.87 644 645 685 691 692 702       Anti-Austerity Alliance David Houlihan 399 3.78 444 455 460 469 476 704 863     Fianna Fáil Louise Roche McNamara 344 3.26 361 366 373 392           Anti-Austerity Alliance Seónaidh Ní Shíomóin 327 3.10 342 358 375 398 423         Independent politician (Ireland) Cathy McCafferty 243 2.30 247 259 279             Labour Party (Ireland) Tony McMahon 231 2.19 234 239               Independent politician (Ireland) Mike Fleming 148 1.40 155                 Fís Nua Karen Wise 18 0.17 19                 10 20,294 10,565 (52.06%) 89 1,510 10,654 (52.50%) West Clare West Clare: 8 seats 11 Independent politician (Ireland) Christy Curtin* 1,938 11.36                     Fianna Fáil Richard Nagle* 1,835 10.76 1,836 1,857 1,860 1,864 2,049           Fine Gael Bill Slattery* 1,769 10.37 1,772 1,788 1,792 1,834 2,046           Fianna Fáil Michael Hillery* 1,408 8.26 1,413 1,427 1,440 1,449 1,551 1,590 1,603 1,722 1,864 1,883 Fianna Fáil P.J. Kelly* 1,383 8.11 1,390 1,395 1,398 1,416 1,442 1,461 1,463 1,560 1,607 1,621 Fine Gael Oliver Garry* 1,224 7.18 1,229 1,236 1,239 1,309 1,392 1,400 1,452 1,464 1,507 1,524 Independent politician (Ireland) Ian Lynch 1,218 7.14 1,270 1,349 1,353 1,579 1,608 1,609 1,612 1,737 2,037   Fianna Fáil Bill Chambers* 1,113 6.53 1,124 1,132 1,136 1,212 1,244 1,252 1,254 1,510 1,594 1,619 Sinn Féin Noeleen Moran 1,023 6.00 1,036 1,117 1,119 1,156 1,253 1,273 1,298 1,350     Fine Gael Gerard Kennedy 1,010 5.92 1,014 1,041 1,042 1,057             Fianna Fáil Patrick Keane* 985 5.78 989 1,024 1,025 1,063 1,120 1,136 1,141       Fine Gael Gabriel Keating* 952 5.58 957 988 991 1,078 1,144 1,155 1,203 1,505 1,569 1,590 Fine Gael Marian McMahon-Jones 622 3.65 644 662 663               Green Party (Ireland) Kevin Heapes 398 2.33 415                   Independent politician (Ireland) Joseph Enright 90 0.53                     Independent politician (Ireland) Jackie Dale 88 0.52                     10 28,936 17,056 (58.94%) 215 1,896 17,271 (59.69%) References External links Official website Clare Category:Clare County Council elections