2014 Carlow County Council election

Part of the 2014 Irish local elections April 2022 2014 Carlow County Council election Ireland Parliamentary no yes 2009 Carlow County Council election 2009 2019 Carlow County Council election 2019 All 18 seats on Carlow County Council 23 May 2014 52.3% 5.5%https://electionsireland.org/results/local/2014local.cfm 2014 Local Elections 23 May 2014 electionsireland.org 16 July 2024 Fine Gael 6 −4 Fianna Fáil 5 +1 Sinn Féin 3 +3 Labour Party (Ireland) 2 −3 Independent politician (Ireland) 2 - Carlow in Ireland.svg 300px Map showing the area of Carlow County Council Cathaoirleach Subsequent Cathaoirleach Des HurleyLab Fergal BrowneFG An election to all 18 seats on Carlow County Council was held on 23 May 2014 as part of the 2014 Irish local elections. County Carlow was divided into two 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). Administrative changes Carlow County Council had been allocated 21 seats under the Local Government Act 2001.Local Government Act 2001 2001 37 7 Number of members of local authorities 21 July 2001 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 and the local electoral areas across local authorities. In the case of Carlow County Council, it recommended a decrease to 18 seats.Local Electoral Area Boundary Committee Report 2013 https://boundarycommittee.ie/reports/2013-report.pdf#page=23 Local Electoral Area Boundary Committee 23 29 May 2013 In addition, the town councils of Carlow and Muinebheag were abolished. 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 County Carlow was redrawn into two electoral areas, a reduction from five.2014 si 40 County of Carlow Local Electoral Areas and Municipal Districts Order 2014 31 January 2014 Phil Hogan, Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government Analysis While Fine Gael remained the largest party after the election, in terms of seats though not in terms of vote share, they lost two-fifths of their councillors. Their colleagues in government, the Labour Party, lost three-fifths of their councillors being reduced to just 2 seats. Fianna Fáil gained a seat to return 5 members and reported a higher vote than Fine Gael but the big winners were Sinn Féin who won 3 seats to supplant Labour as the traditional third-largest party. Results by party Party Seats ± 1st pref First preference votes FPv% First preference votes percentage ±% Fine Gael6−45,80827.0 Fianna Fáil5+16,20728.9 Sinn Féin3+32,72312.7 Labour Party (Ireland)2−32,83013.2 Independent politician (Ireland)2—3,01014.0Total18−3100.0— Results by local electoral area * Outgoing councillor. Carlow Carlow: 10 seats 15 Fianna Fáil Jennifer Murnane O'Connor*change coopt Resigned, see below for changes 1,530 13.04                             Fianna Fáil John Pender* 1,354 11.54                             Sinn Féin John Cassin 1,077 9.18                             Fine Gael Brian O'Donoghue 1,018 8.68 1,025 1,073                         Fianna Fáil Fintan Phelan 1,011 8.62 1,128                           Sinn Féin Jim Deane 842 7.18 878 900 902 908 909 917 940 961 981 1,042 1,174       Fianna Fáil Ann Ahern née Long*change coopt 676 5.76 769 827 852 853 854 858 873 874 916 961 981 987 1,007 1,063 Independent politician (Ireland) Walter Lacey* 632 5.39 680 689 696 697 697 708 738 793 852 894 971 1,013 1,039 1,116 Labour Party (Ireland) William Paton* 610 5.20 617 694 695 695 697 699 704 712 738 794 818 828 1,022 1,046 Fine Gael Fergal Browne* 544 4.64 563 575 578 578 578 579 583 610 621 654 662 664 728 912 Fine Gael Wayne Fennell* 454 3.87 468 472 475 475 475 475 479 494 502 529 537 537 552   Fine Gael Tom O'Neill* 413 3.52 436 439 444 445 445 446 454 461 489 522 532 533 568 686 Fine Gael Kathy Walsh 365 3.11 369 401 401 401 402 404 409 412 415 429 436 439     Anti-Austerity Alliance Ned Costigan 290 2.47 301 306 307 308 309 315 366 385 391 402         Labour Party (Ireland) Caroline Townsend* 281 2.40 309 317 323 323 323 325 331 337 391           Labour Party (Ireland) Des Hurley* 223 1.90 256 258 260 260 260 265 270 282 282           Independent politician (Ireland) Declan Alcock 192 1.64 202 206 209 209 209 216 224               Direct Democracy Ireland Saoire O'Brien 166 1.41 173 175 177 177 177 182                 Independent politician (Ireland) Pat Finnerty 32 0.27 33 33 33 33 33 33                 Independent politician (Ireland) Conor Dowling 22 0.19 27 28 29 29 29 29                 15 23,431 11,732 (50.07%) 139 1,067 11,871 (50.66%) Muinebheag Muinebheag: 8 seats 12 Independent politician (Ireland) Charlie Murphy* 1,377 14.14                       Fine Gael Tommy Kinsella* 1,130 11.60                       Labour Party (Ireland) Willie Quinn* 1,038 10.66 1,066 1,083                   Sinn Féin Andy Gladney 804 8.26 825 827 840 858 885 926 974 1,176       Fianna Fáil Arthur McDonald* 788 8.09 803 806 809 851 863 1,018 1,032 1,081 1,099     Fine Gael Michael Doran* 769 7.90 775 777 790 805 814 838 882 939 949 950 1,107 Fine Gael John Murphy* 564 5.79 610 619 630 634 683 686 751 756 760 760 827 Fine Gael Denis Foley* 551 5.66 564 570 578 620 629 664 683 727 747 752 824 Fianna Fáil P.J. Kavanagh 492 5.05 536 538 566 567 598 634 668 701 711 712 777 Labour Party (Ireland) Jim Townsend* 461 4.73 474 475 486 516 554 586 639 678 698 701   Anti-Austerity Alliance Christy Cormac 437 4.49 447 448 459 481 492 523 586         Fianna Fáil David O'Brien 356 3.66 367 368 376 399 407             Independent politician (Ireland) Matthew English-Hayden 333 3.42 356 357 390 395               Independent politician (Ireland) Billy Nolan 261 2.68 303 304 322 324 324             Labour Party (Ireland) Ken Hickey 217 2.23 220 220 222                 Independent politician (Ireland) Liam Foley 133 1.37 150 151                   Independent politician (Ireland) Pat Finnerty 28 0.29 30 30                   12 17,599 9,739 (55.46%) 139 1,083 9,878 (56.26%) change Changes Co-options Fianna Fáil Jennifer Murnane-O'Connor Carlow Elected to 25th Seanad in April 2016 9 June 2016 Ken MurnaneMaryAnn Vaughan Carlow has a new Councillor and a new Seanad spokesperson today http://kclr96fm.com/carlow-new-councillor-new-seanad-spokesperson-today/ KCLR 96FM 9 June 2016 Fianna Fáil Anne Ahern Carlow Appointed school principalhttp://kclr96fm.com/anne-ahern-announced-resignation-carlow-county-council/ Anne Ahern has announced her resignation from Carlow County Council 11 September 2017 KCLR 96FM 9 October 2017 Andrea Daltonhttp://kclr96fm.com/carlows-newest-councillor-take-seat-first-time-today/ Carlow's newest councillor to take seat for the first time today KCLR 96FM 9 October 2017 Changes in affiliation John Cassin Carlow Sinn Féin Independent politician (Ireland) February 2019Pender Suzanne Cassin Quits Sinn Féin After Row With Party Boss https://carlow-nationalist.ie/2019/02/14/cassin-quits-sf-after-row-with-party-bosses/ 1 July 2024 Carlow Nationalist The Nationalist 13 February 2019 August 2026 InternetArchiveBot Local electoral areas Carlow County Council was divided into the two local electoral areas (LEAs), defined by electoral divisions. LEAElectoral divisionsSeatsCarlowBallinacarrig, Burton Hall, Carlow Rural, Carlow Urban, Graigue Urban and Johnstown.10MuinebeagAgha, Ballintemple, Ballon, Ballyellin, Ballymoon, Ballymurphy, Borris, Clogrenan, Clonegall, Coonogue, Corries, Cranemore, Fennagh, Garryhill, Glynn, Kilbride, Killedmond, Kyle, Leighlinbridge, Marley, Muinebeag (Bagenalstown) Rural, Muinebeag (Bagenalstown) Urban, Myshall, Nurney, Oldleighlin, Rathanna, Rathornan, Rathrush, Ridge, Shangarry, Sliguff, Templepeter, Tinnahinch8 References Sources http://elections.independent.ie/2014/local-election-2014/county/Carlow Local Election: Carlow County Council RTÉ 2014-06-01 https://web.archive.org/web/20140602200452/http://elections.independent.ie/2014/local-election-2014/county/Carlow 2014-06-02 dead http://elections.independent.ie/2014/local-election-2014/county/Carlow Carlow County Council Local Election Irish Independent 2014-06-01 https://web.archive.org/web/20140602200452/http://elections.independent.ie/2014/local-election-2014/county/Carlow 2014-06-02 dead Category:2014 Irish local elections 2014