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2014 Fingal County Council election
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Part of the 2014 Irish local elections
April 2022
2014 Fingal County Council election Ireland Parliamentary no yes 2009 Fingal County Council election 2009 2019 Fingal County Council election 2019 All 40 seats on Fingal County Council 21 23 May 2014 Fianna Fáil 7 +3 Fine Gael 6 0 Sinn Féin 6 +6 Labour Party (Ireland) 4 -5 Anti-Austerity Alliance 4 +4 Green Party (Ireland) 2 +2 People Before Profit Alliance 1 +1 Independent politician (Ireland) 10 +8 Socialist Party (Ireland) 0 -3 Fingal in Ireland.svg 300px Map showing the area of Fingal County Council Council control Council control after election Labour Fianna Fáil
An election to all 40 seats on Fingal County Council was held on 23 May 2014 as part of the 2014 Irish local elections, an increase from 24 seats at the previous election. Fingal was divided into five local electoral areas (LEAs) to elect councillors from a field of 97 candidates 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 Fingal County Council Irish Times. Retrieved: 2014-06-05.fingal Local Election Results for Fingal County Council Fingal County Council. Retrieved: 2015-03-04.Fingal profile: Rising population sees increase in seats Irish Times, 2014-05-07.
Fianna Fáil emerged as the largest party after the elections with 7 seats with 3 net gains and securing 2 seats in each of Castleknock and Swords. Fine Gael retained 6 seats though found themselves without representation in Swords while securing 2 in each of Castleknock and Howth-Malahide. Sinn Féin also secured 6 seats, including 2 seats in Mulhuddart. Labour had a very bad election winning just 4 seats and losing 5 seats as a whole as well as being wiped out in Castleknock. The Anti-Austerity Alliance also made 4 gains, including 2 seats in Mulhuddart, chiefly coming from their former base in the Socialist Party. The Green Party returned to the Council Chamber with 2 seats in each of Castleknock and Howth-Malahide. People Before Profit also secured a seat in the Balbriggan LEA. Independents were however the chief winners in Fingal gaining 8 additional seats to emerge after the elections with a total of 10 seats.
Results by party
Party Seats ± 1st pref First preference votes FPv% First preference votes percentage Fianna Fáil7+313,24817.92 Fine Gael6010,86514.69 Sinn Féin6+610,78514.59 Labour Party (Ireland)4−58,36311.31 Anti-Austerity Alliance4+45,9238.01 Green Party (Ireland)2+23,7805.11 People Before Profit Alliance1+11,3311.80 Independent politician (Ireland)10+818,79825.42 Socialist Party (Ireland)0-3--Total40+1673,937100.00
Results by local electoral area
* Outgoing councillor.
Balbriggan
Balbriggan: 8 seats
18
Labour Party (Ireland)
Ken Farrell*
2,073
12.67
Sinn Féin
Malachy Quinn
1,575
9.63
1,591
1,594
1,603
1,604
1,605
1,623
1,649
1,706 1,721
1,762
1,776
1,809
1,812 1,828
Independent politician (Ireland)
Tony Murphy
1,404
8.58
1,412
1,420
1,421
1,460
1,481
1,538
1,628
1,641 1,663
1,800
1,814
1,863
Independent politician (Ireland)
David O'Connor*
1,327
8.11
1,352
1,357
1,360
1,375
1,384
1,398
1,440
1,464 1,521
1,541
1,577
1,729 1,747
1,859
Fianna Fáil
Brian Dennehy
1,130
6.91
1,152
1,152
1,153
1,155
1,155
1,155
1,156
1,158 1,177
1,306
1,520
1,581 1,581
1,620
1,625
1,645
1,679
Independent politician (Ireland)
Grainne Maguire
868
5.30
872
884
884
897
920
945
999
1,015 1,023
1,080
1,095
1,143 1,144
1,174
1,180
1,276
1,685
People Before Profit Alliance
Barry Martin
840
5.13
858
860
864
869
874
883
888
928 937
945
1,031
1,070 1,071
1,104
1,107
1,399
1,524
Green Party (Ireland)
Joe O'Brien
804
4.91
818
824
827
831
835
867
888
902 927
942
983
1,030 1,030
1,206
1,212
1,288
1,362
Fine Gael
J.P. Browne
742
4.53
755
795
795
796
800
808
816
818 931
940
1,072
1,180 1,182
1,422
1,437
1,463
1,500
Independent politician (Ireland)
Cathal Boland
694
4.24
718
720
721
725
727
738
750
757 780
785
813
Independent politician (Ireland)
Richard Davis
676
4.13
680
682
683
704
713
735
783
786 792
838
844
955 958
981
984
1,087
Fine Gael
Jeanette McNamara
596
3.64
618
631
631
632
633
634
639
647 719
725
Labour Party (Ireland)
Ciaran Byrne*
595
3.64
629
635
635
638
684
699
710
711 791
797
838
890 894
Anti-Austerity Alliance
Terry Kelleher
571
3.49
582
588
613
619
621
638
646
856 873
890
895
925 927
962
964
Fianna Fáil
Darrell Mooney
467
2.85
470
476
480
491
501
514
540
546 553
Fine Gael
Tom O'Leary*
450
2.75
460
467
469
472
477
485
491
493
Independent politician (Ireland)
Frank Snowe
363
2.22
365
365
369
383
394
415
Anti-Austerity Alliance
Denise Parker
309
1.89
315
316
388
394
397
419
435
Independent politician (Ireland)
Garrett Mullan
286
1.75
289
290
294
306
314
Independent politician (Ireland)
Niall Keady
167
1.02
168
169
169
Labour Party (Ireland)
Peadar O'Kelly
161
0.98
171
173
173
176
Anti-Austerity Alliance
Maurice Sweeney
139
0.85
140
140
Fine Gael
Jean Fay Brady
125
0.76
128
18
37,451
16,362 (43.69%)
218
1,819
16,580 (44.27%)
Castleknock
Castleknock: 7 seats
14
Fianna Fáil
Jack Chambers
2,603
18.61
Sinn Féin
Natalie Treacy
1,953
13.96
Green Party (Ireland)
Roderic O'Gorman
1,393
9.96
1,457
1,472
1,483
1,499
1,512
1,559
1,618
1,669 1,770
Fine Gael
Eithne Loftus*
1,080
7.72
1,144
1,145
1,147
1,149
1,153
1,163
1,215
1,218 1,414
1,451
1,498
1,713 1,719
Fine Gael
Ted Leddy
973
6.95
1,066
1,068
1,070
1,075
1,086
1,097
1,120
1,123 1,306
1,376
1,439
1,613 1,624
Labour Party (Ireland)
John Walsh*
782
5.59
802
809
812
816
819
837
858
883 925
966
997
Fianna Fáil
Mags Murray*
721
5.15
898
908
910
911
919
930
961
975 1,021
1,055
1,473
1,593 1,595
Fine Gael
Henry Minogue
671
4.80
695
698
703
706
709
717
739
741
Independent politician (Ireland)
Mary Martin
647
4.62
694
705
714
726
747
770
848
899 932
1,140
1,215
1,336 1,338
Anti-Austerity Alliance
Sandra Kavanagh
591
4.22
611
658
669
687
701
738
777
1,137 1,142
1,243
1,265
1,344 1,344
Fianna Fáil
Edward MacManus
498
3.56
728
734
735
744
751
754
793
794 827
870
Independent politician (Ireland)
T.J. Clare
473
3.38
522
532
551
568
627
650
706
745 764
Independent politician (Ireland)
Seán Lyons
444
3.17
473
481
499
515
534
549
Anti-Austerity Alliance
Matthew Waine*
435
3.11
442
482
489
499
502
593
630
People Before Profit Alliance
Memet Uludag
306
2.19
314
338
346
355
357
Independent politician (Ireland)
Dermot Casey
162
1.16
168
175
184
187
Direct Democracy Ireland
Robert Long
145
1.04
154
159
163
Independent politician (Ireland)
John Kidd
113
0.81
120
128
14
30,539
13,990 (45.81%)
164
1,749
14,154 (46.35%)
Howth–Malahide
Howth–Malahide: 8 seats
9
Independent politician (Ireland)
Cian O'Callaghan*
2,868
16.12
Fianna Fáil
Eoghan O'Brien*
2,537
14.26
Sinn Féin
Daire Ní Laoi
2,151
12.09
Independent politician (Ireland)
Jimmy Guerin
1,779
10.00
1,972
2,020
Fine Gael
Anthony Lavin*
1,674
9.41
1,696
1,776
1,779
1,784
1,787
1,980
Green Party (Ireland)
David Healy
1,206
6.78
1,384
1,413
1,454
1,468
1,473
1,510
1,692
1,892
Labour Party (Ireland)
Brian McDonagh
1,168
6.57
1,215
1,246
1,257
1,262
1,263
1,375
1,433
2,039
Fine Gael
Keith Redmond
1,148
6.45
1,252
1,270
1,274
1,280
1,281
1,566
1,654
1,768
Labour Party (Ireland)
Judy Dunne*
922
5.18
969
981
991
996
996
1,149
1,201
Fine Gael
Marie O'Toole
868
4.88
894
914
918
919
921
Fianna Fáil
Aileen Woods
761
4.28
821
1,124
1,141
1,146
1,158
1,217
1,326
1,401
Independent politician (Ireland)
David O'Connor
604
3.40
800
816
886
949
961
974
Independent politician (Ireland)
Lech Szczecinski
104
0.58
122
125
139
9
42,532
17,790 (41.83%)
237
1,977
18,027 (42.38%)
Mulhuddart
Mulhuddart: 8 seats
14
Sinn Féin
Paul Donnelly
3,201
27.26
Anti-Austerity Alliance
Ruth Coppinger*
2,568
21.78
Fianna Fáil
David McGuinness*
1,360
11.58
Fine Gael
Kieran Dennison*
876
7.46
916
969
970
976
981
1,032
1,036
1,062 1,080
1,083
1,088
1,358
Labour Party (Ireland)
Mary McCamley*
582
4.96
626
686
689
696
699
724
731
749 768
777
782
839 923
Labour Party (Ireland)
Michael O'Donovan*
506
4.31
552
602
604
607
611
625
632
655 667
678
683
777 802
Fine Gael
Philip O'Callaghan
428
3.64
463
487
488
503
583
593
610 619
625
629
Independent politician (Ireland)
Lorna Nolan
355
3.02
438
500
509
528
530
544
558
578 677
733
762
779 1,038
Sinn Féin
Edmond Lukusa
353
3.01
1,376
Independent politician (Ireland)
Freddie Cooper
226
1.92
265
291
295
362
364
368
375
408
Fine Gael
Maria McGrail
225
1.92
251
267
268
273
275
Anti-Austerity Alliance
Annette Hughes†††
215
1.83
427
1,006
1,020
1,028
1,030
1,039
1,196
1,216 1,258
1,490
Fianna Fáil
Margaret Richardson
213
1.81
267
292
296
300
328
337
342
Anti-Austerity Alliance
Bernadette Rynne
187
1.59
276
396
407
409
410
414
460
479 490
People Before Profit Alliance
Louise Bayliss
185
1.58
287
382
393
407
409
415
425
439 502
567
638
657
Independent politician (Ireland)
Dermot Casey
149
1.27
184
200
205
Anti-Austerity Alliance
Jimmy Keenan
115
0.98
183
320
325
330
331
334
14
30,364
11,744 (38.68%)
186
1,305
11,930 (39.29%)
Swords
Swords: 9 seats
17
Sinn Féin
Philip Lynam
1,552
11.05
Fianna Fáil
Darragh Butler*
1,414
10.06
Independent politician (Ireland)
Joe Newman
996
7.09
1,003
1,004
1,014
1,030
1,035
1,036
1,149
1,174 1,196
1,207
1,212
1,246 1,311
1,344
1,407
Anti-Austerity Alliance
Eugene Coppinger*
793
5.64
826
827
835
843
881
897
931
962 999
1,006
1,015
1,039 1,199
1,285
1,353
1,372
Fianna Fáil
Adrian Henchy
781
5.56
784
786
787
794
799
803
807
822 836
839
936
968 972
1,160
1,508
Independent politician (Ireland)
Justin Sinnott
779
5.54
786
786
801
820
828
941
976
989 1,010
1,038
1,045
1,063 1,116
1,140
1,180
1,190
Fianna Fáil
Joe Hennessy
763
5.43
768
771
772
790
791
801
817
838 869
890
905
938 967
994
Independent politician (Ireland)
Paul Mulville
682
4.85
689
689
696
746
758
766
783
805 842
857
917
948 1,026
1,236
1,274
1,283
Independent politician (Ireland)
Anne Devitt*
663
4.72
673
674
677
686
700
746
766
792 855
901
914
995 1,070
1,183
1,273
1,305
Independent politician (Ireland)
Michael Collins
664
4.73
669
669
672
699
706
712
716
734 823
832
898
920 955
Labour Party (Ireland)
Duncan Smith
618
4.40
622
622
625
630
642
654
662
693
711
775
834
1,037
1,065
1,087
1,143
1,156
Fine Gael
Bob Dowling
588
4.18
589
589
589
592
594
599
603
616 628
822
884
957 963
1,074
1,110
1,129
Labour Party (Ireland)
Gerry McGuire*
485
3.45
488
488
493
501
502
503
506
524 529
545
Labour Party (Ireland)
Tom Kelleher*
471
3.35
474
474
474
475
478
482
491
536 555
578
677
United Left (Ireland)
Declan McCool
428
3.05
442
442
445
459
591
598
615
646 676
682
688
704
Fine Gael
Dianne Sexton
421
3.00
423
423
428
429
433
439
449
473 489
Green Party (Ireland)
Ken Duffy
377
2.68
385
385
388
394
400
403
410
Independent politician (Ireland)
Duane Browne
374
2.66
381
381
384
395
410
429
440
462
Independent politician (Ireland)
Joseph O'Neill
312
2.22
317
317
323
349
349
352
Independent politician (Ireland)
Ian Croft
280
1.99
285
285
287
289
289
United Left (Ireland)
Ken Doyle
271
1.93
279
279
281
284
Independent politician (Ireland)
Mark Savage
129
0.92
134
134
140
Independent politician (Ireland)
Anthony Moore
110
0.78
112
112
116
Independent politician (Ireland)
Lech Szczecinski
56
0.40
57
57
Independent politician (Ireland)
Fergal O'Connell
23
0.16
23
23
Independent politician (Ireland)
Tony O'Byrne
21
0.15
22
22
17
36,807
14,051 (38.17%)
189
1,406
14,240 (38.69%)
References
Changes
Co-options
Anti-Austerity Alliance Ruth Coppinger Mulhuddart Elected to the 31st Dáil at the 2014 Dublin West by-election. 18 August 2014 Matthew WaineCounty Council Meeting, County Council - Monday, 14th July, 2014 3.45 pm https://meetings.fingal.ie/ieListDocuments.aspx?CId=129&MID=4081 Fingal County Council 21 December 2024
Anti-Austerity Alliance Annette Hughes Mulhuddart Health issues. 28 May 2015 Tania DoyleO'Connell Hugh ‘Politics is a dirty world’: AAA activist quits after bitter row over council seat https://www.thejournal.ie/aaa-activist-quits-row-dublin-west-2149394-Jun2015/ 21 December 2024 The Journal.ie 8 June 2015
Fianna Fáil Jack Chambers Castleknock Elected to the 32nd Dáil at the 2016 general election. 26 February 2016 Howard MahonyMcCullagh Tony New Fingal Mayor Howard Mahony lays out his vision for the county in his first interview https://www.independent.ie/regionals/dublin/fingal/new-fingal-mayor-howard-mahony-lays-out-his-vision-for-the-county-in-his-first-interview/41805953.html 21 December 2024 Irish Independent 1 July 2022
Fine Gael J.P. Browne Balbriggan Work Commitments. 26 February 2016 Tom O'LearyManning John New Skerries FG councillor takes his council seat https://www.independent.ie/regionals/dublin/fingal/new-skerries-fg-councillor-takes-his-council-seat/35101608.html 21 December 2024 Irish Independent 8 October 2016
Independent politician (Ireland) David O'Connor Balbriggan Resigned to take up a position as President of Cricket Ireland. 21 July 2018 Cathal BolandManning John Two new councillors take up seats https://www.independent.ie/regionals/dublin/fingal/two-new-councillors-take-up-seats/37123813.html 21 December 2024 Irish Independent 21 July 2018
Labour Party (Ireland) Ken Farrell Balbriggan Heath issues.Manning John I just tried to do my best https://www.independent.ie/regionals/dublin/fingal/i-just-tried-to-do-my-best/36646240.html 21 December 2024 Irish Independent 3 March 2018 21 July 2018 Robert O'DonoghueManning John Two new councillors take up seats https://www.independent.ie/regionals/dublin/fingal/two-new-councillors-take-up-seats/37123813.html 21 December 2024 Irish Independent 21 July 2018
Sinn Féin Philip Lynam Swords Work CommitmentsPhelan Ken Swords poll-topper to quit seat on council https://www.independent.ie/regionals/dublin/fingal/swords-poll-topper-to-quit-seat-on-council/37566732.html 21 December 2024 Irish Independent 1 December 2018 12 January 2019 Ann GravesPhelan Ken Ann ready to take her seat https://www.independent.ie/regionals/dublin/fingal/ann-ready-to-take-her-seat/37690923.html 21 December 2024 Irish Independent 12 January 2019
Changes in affiliation
David McGuinness Mulhuddart Fianna Fáil Independent politician (Ireland) 9 April 2015Minihan Mary Fingal councillor David McGuinness quits Fianna Fáil https://www.irishtimes.com/news/politics/fingal-councillor-david-mcguinness-quits-fianna-fail-1.2170020 21 December 2024 The Irish Times 9 April 2015
Cian O'Callaghan Howth–Malahide Independent politician (Ireland) Social Democrats (Ireland) 24 September 2015O'Connell Hugh The woman who famously challenged Seán Gallagher is running for the Dáil https://www.thejournal.ie/glenna-lynch-sean-gallagher-2347015-Sep2015/ 21 December 2024 The Journal.ie 24 September 2015
Keith Redmond Howth–Malahide Fine Gael Renua 8 October 2015Duffy Rónán Defection: Renua captures FG councillor because of 'nanny state tendencies' https://www.thejournal.ie/keith-redmond-renua-2374640-Oct2015/ 21 December 2024 The Journal.ie 8 October 2015
Keith Redmond Howth–Malahide Renua Independent politician (Ireland) December 2016Brophy Daragh Renua's new leader is optimistic about 2017 - just don't mention the flat tax https://www.thejournal.ie/renua-new-leader-2017-3157249-Dec2016/ 21 December 2024 The Journal.ie 27 December 2016
Paul Mulville Swords Independent politician (Ireland) Social Democrats (Ireland) 24 August 2017Councillor Paul Mulville joins the Social Democrats https://www.socialdemocrats.ie/councillor-paul-mulville-joins-the-social-democrats/ Socialdemocrats.ie 21 December 2024
Tania Doyle Mulhuddart Anti-Austerity Alliance Independent politician (Ireland) October 2017
References
External links
http://www.fingalcoco.ie/your-council/voting-and-elections/local-elections-2014/
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