2014 Limerick City and County Council election

Part of the 2014 Irish local elections January 2022 January 2022 2014 Limerick City and County Council election Ireland Parliamentary no yes 2009 City 2009 County 2019 Limerick City and County Council election 2019 All 40 seats on Limerick City and County Council 23 May 2014 Fianna Fáil 13 Fine Gael 12 Sinn Féin 6 Labour Party (Ireland) 3 Anti-Austerity Alliance 3 Independent politician (Ireland) 3 Limerick in Ireland.svg 300px Map showing the area of Limerick City and County Council Council control Council control after election Fine GaelLabour Party Fine GaelLabour Party An election to all 40 seats on Limerick City and County Council took place on 23 May 2014 as part of the 2014 Irish local elections, a reduction from an overall total of 45 seats at the previous elections (17 at the 2009 City Council election) and 28 at the 2009 County Council election). It was a new local authority replacing the abolished Limerick City Council and Limerick County Council. Limerick City and County was divided into 6 local electoral areas (LEAs) to elect 40 councillors for a five-year term of office on the electoral system of proportional representation by means of the single transferable vote (PR-STV). Significantly Fianna Fáil emerged as the largest party on the council despite being 3,838 first preference votes behind Fine Gael. The party won seats in Limerick city, historically a weak area for them in local elections. Its best results were in Cappaghmore–Kilmallock and Limerick City East where they secured 3 seats in each LEA. Fine Gael were disadvantaged by the merger of the 2 local authorities as they held many councillors on the old City Council and several of these Councillors were defeated under the new boundaries. However, the party won 3 seats in Newcastle West. It was a very poor election for Labour as they just returned 1 seat in each of the 3 city LEAs just as did the Anti-Austerity Alliance. Sinn Féin won 6 seats, to join their existing member Maurice Quinlivan. Independents secured the remaining 3 seats, 1 of which was Emmett O'Brien a former member of the Fianna Fáil National Executive.http://www.limerickleader.ie/news/local-news/formation-of-new-limerick-city-and-county-council-is-finalised-1-6082056 Limerick City and County Council finalised Limerick Leader 26 May 2014 8 June 2014 2 June 2014 https://web.archive.org/web/20140602032157/http://www.limerickleader.ie/news/local-news/formation-of-new-limerick-city-and-county-council-is-finalised-1-6082056 deadhttp://elections.independent.ie/2014/local-election-2014/county/Limerick Limerick City and County Council results Irish Independent 24 June 2014 15 June 2014 https://web.archive.org/web/20140528232650/http://elections.independent.ie/2014/local-election-2014/county/Limerick 28 May 2014 dead dmy-all. After the elections 4 of the Fianna Fáil members broke away to form an independent block over an internal disagreement over who should secure the Chairmanship of the council. This was later resolved after intercession by Party Headquarters and they rejoined the Fianna Fáil grouping.http://www.irishtimes.com/news/politics/split-in-fianna-f%C3%A1il-on-new-limerick-council-resolved-1.1816821 Limerick City and County Council dispute resolved Irish Times 1 June 2014 15 June 2014. Results by party Party Seats ± 1st pref First preference votes FPv% First preference votes percentage ±% Fianna Fáil1319,68027.4 Fine Gael1223,51832.7 Sinn Féin69,29812.9 Labour Party (Ireland)34,7606.6 Anti-Austerity Alliance33,1364.4 Independent politician (Ireland)311,45615.9Total4071,848100.0— Results by local electoral area * Outgoing councillor. Adare–Rathkeale Adare-Rathkeale: 6 seats 8 Independent politician (Ireland) Emmett O'Brien 2,270 18.4%               Fine Gael Tom Neville 1,873 15.2%               Fine Gael Stephen Keary* 1,688 13.7% 1,761 1,800           Fianna Fáil Kevin Sheahan* 1,229 9.9% 1,334 1,343 1,366 1,444 1,618 1,621 1,749 Sinn Féin Ciara McMahon 1,027 8.3% 1,110 1,118 1,247 1,302 1,360 1,361 1,527 Fianna Fáil Richard O'Donoghue 912 7.4% 942 949 963 1,224 1,445 1,449 1,718 Fianna Fáil James Cavanagh 777 6.3% 813 819 831 891       Fine Gael Rose Brennan* 766 6.2% 811 840 867 940 1,138 1,156 1,375 Fianna Fáil Séamus Sheahan 736 5.9% 749 753 772         Independent politician (Ireland) Patrick Fitzgerald* 704 5.7% 783 789 888 1,055 1,144 1,146   Anti-Austerity Alliance Kathleen Enright 350 2.8% 394 397           8 23,045 12,332 118 1,762 12,450 (54.02%) Cappamore–Kilmallock Cappamore–Kilmallock: 7 seats 6 Independent politician (Ireland) Brigid Teefy* 2,369 16.04%           Fianna Fáil Eddie Ryan* 2,178 14.7%           Sinn Féin Lisa-Marie Sheehy 1,889 12.8%           Fianna Fáil Noel Gleeson* 1,399 9.5% 1,488 1,554 1,559 1,893   Fianna Fáil Mike Donegan* 1,339 9.1% 1,374 1,467 1,474 1,548 1,825 Fine Gael Gerard Mitchell 1,272 8.6% 1,367 1,426 1,430 1,525 1,713 Fine Gael John Egan* 1,165 7.9% 1,242 1,251 1,254 1,355 1,509 Fine Gael William O'Donnell* 1,108 7.5% 1,186 1,224 1,227 1,271 1,669 Fine Gael Mike Houlihan* 1,071 7.3% 1,101 1,141 1,148 1,208   Independent politician (Ireland) Joe Meagher 982 6.7% 1,100 1,125 1,139     6 27,485 14,772 187 1,847 14,959 (54.4%) Limerick City East Limerick City East: 8 seats 15 Sinn Féin Seighin O Ceallaigh 1,703 14.3%                             Fianna Fáil Shane Clifford 1,338 11.2%                             Fianna Fáil Kieran O'Hanlon* 975 8.2% 995 999 1,020 1,047 1,073 1,132 1,196 1,257 1,350           Fine Gael Michael Sheahan* 924 7.7% 929 930 930 932 941 1,009 1,015 1,024 1,108 1,109 1,113 1,113 1,115 1,312 Labour Party (Ireland) Elena Secas 867 7.3% 878 878 938 943 972 1,020 1,029 1,064 1,139 1,143 1,162 1,164 1,165 1,229 Fine Gael Marian Hurley 772 6.5% 775 775 777 781 788 866 874 916 990 992 994 995 996 1,200 Fine Gael Leo Walsh* 709 5.9% 713 721 723 725 733 745 758 782 851 851 860 860 861   Fianna Fáil Jerry O'Dea 619 5.2% 636 641 658 669 691 760 792 862 917 925 953 955 959 1,113 Anti-Austerity Alliance Paul Keller 540 4.5% 614 618 631 676 707 718 781 823 846 847 1,345       Fine Gael Diarmuid Scully* 499 4.2% 506 506 514 519 533 542 583 659             Independent politician (Ireland) Sarah Jane Hennelly 467 3.9% 484 487 492 543 629 651 714 752 789 791 856 868 869 911 Fianna Fáil Joe Pond 455 3.8% 463 464 467 469 469                   Anti-Austerity Alliance Derek Towell 442 3.7% 536 538 552 587 624 637 673 716 758 762         Fine Gael Sarah Lee Kiely 427 3.6% 445 449 472 495 529 535 554               Independent politician (Ireland) Jim Hickey 384 3.2% 400 400 409 447 482 491                 Independent politician (Ireland) Orla McLoughlin* 313 2.6% 345 350 370 388                     Independent politician (Ireland) Noel Hannon 236 1.9% 268 274 295                       Labour Party (Ireland) Derek Mulcahy 234 1.9% 243 243                         Independent politician (Ireland) Richie Smith 43 0.4% 51                           15 27,654 11,947 167 1,328 12,114 (43.8%) Limerick City North Limerick City North- 6 seats 11 Sinn Féin Maurice Quinlivan* 2,456 24.5%                     Fine Gael Michael Hourigan* 1,249 12.4% 1,278 1,281 1,294 1,301 1,341 1,348 1,426 1,628     Labour Party (Ireland) Frankie Daly 1,014 10.1% 1,179 1,195 1,201 1,225 1,289 1,303 1,336 1,398 1,454   Fianna Fáil Joe Crowley 1,014 10.1% 1,053 1,057 1,065 1,075 1,085 1,200 1,251 1,284 1,296 1,362 Anti-Austerity Alliance Cian Prendeville 964 9.6% 1,277 1,288 1,312 1,350 1,368 1,393 1,423 1,448     Independent politician (Ireland) John Gilligan* 831 8.3% 1,036 1,045 1,060 1,100 1,116 1,156 1,207 1,265 1,288 1,446 Independent politician (Ireland) Gerry McLoughlin* 501 4.99% 569 584 600 623 644 664 703 740 753 880 Fine Gael Denis McCarthy* 430 4.3% 440 445 446 457 488 512 525       Labour Party (Ireland) Tom Shortt* 426 4.2% 456 456 462 472 489 504 535 578 618   Independent politician (Ireland) Desmond Hayes 334 3.3% 349 354 368 383 391 397         Fianna Fáil Christy McInerney 268 2.7% 289 289 289 293 297           Fine Gael Tina O'Gorman 195 1.9% 233 242 243 258             Independent politician (Ireland) Frank Ryan 169 1.7% 213 214 235               Independent politician (Ireland) Denis Riordan 125 1.2% 139 139                 Independent politician (Ireland) Patrick McCarthy 65 0.7% 93                   11 20,980 10,041 150 1,435 10,191 (48.6%) Limerick City West Limerick City West: 7 seats 13 Fianna Fáil James Collins* 1,445 14.9%                         Fine Gael Maria Byrne* 1,370 14.1%                         Labour Party (Ireland) Joe Leddin* 1,154 14.1% 1,176 1,208 1,213                   Sinn Féin Malachy McCreesh 952 9.8% 960 963 963 968 982 992 1,029 1,043 1,073 1,097 1,149 1,191 Fine Gael Daniel Butler* 721 7.4% 748 790 809 824 827 841 860 974 1,036 1,179 1,247   Anti-Austerity Alliance John Loftus 642 6.6% 650 654 656 670 698 722 761 770 800 821 938 991 Fianna Fáil Seán Lynch 519 5.4% 576 581 583 586 599 605 614 630 653 669 701 919 Fine Gael Fergus Kilcoyne 516 5.3% 526 541 548 550 569 575 579 628 654 692 713 771 Fianna Fáil Geraldine Leddin 394 4.1% 458 469 473 481 483 492 500 515 554 592 619   Labour Party (Ireland) Tomás Hannon* 369 3.8% 382 388 390 394 394 408 416 440 461       Independent politician (Ireland) Richie Ryan 319 3.3% 325 328 338 351 371 393 469 477 502 541     Fine Gael Jim Long* 300 3.1% 303 315 320 325 330 332 341 364         Fine Gael Felim Cronin 275 2.8% 279 290 295 297 299 300 302           Independent politician (Ireland) Cathal McCarthy 196 2.02% 198 199 200 211 236 265             Independent politician (Ireland) Sunny Martins Duruagwu 183 1.9% 186 188 190 205 215               Independent politician (Ireland) Jason Griffin 144 1.5% 145 146 161 161                 Independent politician (Ireland) Gerry Casey 124 1.3% 127 131 131                   Fine Gael Frank Mulqueen 63 0.7% 66 73                     13 20,242 9,686 98 1,211 9,784 (48.3%) Newcastle West Newcastle West: 6 seats 7 Fine Gael Jerome Scanlan* 2,396 18.3%             Fine Gael Liam Galvin* 1,795 13.7% 1,860 1,888         Fianna Fáil Michael J. Collins* 1,682 12.9% 1,772 1,905         Sinn Féin Séamus Browne 1,271 9.7% 1,296 1,390 1,394 1,467 1,674 1,814 Fianna Fáil Francis Foley* 1,112 8.5% 1,144 1,188 1,201 1,279 1,400 1,772 Fine Gael John Sheahan* 1,027 7.9% 1,077 1,096 1,097 1,192 1,263 1,556 Fianna Fáil Seamus Ahern 941 7.2% 947 987 997 1,090 1,148   Fine Gael Damien Riedy* 907 6.9% 1,057 1,094 1,098 1,277 1,366 1,429 Labour Party (Ireland) Stephen Goulding 696 5.3% 729 756 759       Independent politician (Ireland) Christy Kelly 652 4.99% 677 793 795 884     Fianna Fáil John Leahy 348 2.7% 391           Anti-Austerity Alliance Joe Harrington 198 1.5% 205           Independent politician (Ireland) Seán O'Mahony 45 0.3% 47           7 21,891 13,070 143 1,868 13,213 (60.4%) Changes Co-options Fianna Fáil Shane Clifford Limerick City East Personal reasons.O'Regen Donal Limerick councillor resigns for ‘personal reasons’ https://www.limerickleader.ie/news/local-news/201009/Limerick-councillor-resigns-for--personal.html 24 March 2025 Limerick Leader 24 December 2015 31 December 2015 Joe PondThree new councillors have been co-opted on to Limerick City and County Council at a special meeting of the Council held this afternoon. https://www.limerick.ie/council/newsroom/news/three-new-councillors-co-opted-limerick-city-and-county-council Limerick.ie 24 March 2025 Fianna Fáil Joe Crowley Limerick City North Death.Hayes Kathryn Fianna Fail Cllr Joe Crowley dies while election canvassing https://www.irishtimes.com/news/politics/fianna-fail-cllr-joe-crowley-dies-while-election-canvassing-1.2535925 24 March 2025 Irish Times 15 February 2016 15 February 2016 Vivienne CrowleyThree new councillors have been co-opted on to Limerick City and County Council at a special meeting of the Council held this afternoon. https://www.limerick.ie/council/newsroom/news/three-new-councillors-co-opted-limerick-city-and-county-council Limerick.ie 24 March 2025 Fine Gael Tom Neville Adare–Rathkeale Elected to the 32nd Dáil at the 2016 general election. 14 March 2016 Adam TeskeyThree new councillors have been co-opted on to Limerick City and County Council at a special meeting of the Council held this afternoon. https://www.limerick.ie/council/newsroom/news/three-new-councillors-co-opted-limerick-city-and-county-council Limerick.ie 24 March 2025 Sinn Féin Maurice Quinlivan Limerick City North Elected to the 32nd Dáil at the 2016 general election. 23 March 2016 Joe CostelloeSheridan Anne New Sinn Fein councillor 'humbled' to take seat in Limerick city https://www.limerickleader.ie/news/home/204715/New-Sinn-Fein-councillor--humbled.html 24 March 2025 Limerick Leader 23 March 2016 Fine Gael Maria Byrne Limerick City West Elected to 25th Seanad at the 2016 Seanad election. 22 October 2016 Elenora HoganRabbitts Nick Fine Gael's Elenora Hogan formally co-opted onto Limerick City and County Council https://www.limerickleader.ie/news/home/220883/fine-gael-s-elenora-hogan-formally-co-opted-onto-limerick-city-and-county-council.html 24 March 2025 Limerick Live 22 October 2016 Anti-Austerity Alliance Cian Prendeville Limerick City North Personal reasons. 27 October 2018 Mary CahillaneRabbitts Nick Limerick Solidarity councillor Cian Prendiville to step down for 'personal reasons' https://www.limerickleader.ie/news/home/344523/limerick-solidarity-councillor-cian-prendiville-to-step-down-for-personal-reasons.html 24 March 2025 Limerick Live 27 October 2018 Changes in affiliation John Loftus Limerick City West Anti-Austerity Alliance Independent politician (Ireland) 27 August 2015Ó'Cionnaith Fiachra John Loftus expelled from AAA over threatening comments https://www.irishexaminer.com/news/arid-20350686.html 24 March 2025 Irish Examiner 28 August 2015 Richard O'Donoghue Adare–Rathkeale Fianna Fáil Independent politician (Ireland) 14 December 2015Ward Colm Limerick councillor resigns from Fianna Fail https://www.limerickleader.ie/news/local-news/191394/Limerick-councillor-resigns-from-Fianna-Fail.html 24 March 2025 Limerick Leader 14 December 2015 Lisa-Marie Sheehy Cappamore-Kilmallock Sinn Féin Independent politician (Ireland) 5 September 2017Kelly Fiach Raleigh David Sinn Féin councillor resigns over alleged ‘toxic’ bullying https://www.irishtimes.com/news/politics/sinn-fein-councillor-resigns-over-alleged-toxic-bullying-1.3210103 24 March 2025 Irish Times 5 September 2017 References External links Official website Limerick City Category:Limerick City and County Council elections