2014 European Parliament election in Ireland

none November 2021 November 2021 2014 European Parliament election in Ireland Ireland parliamentary no 2009 European Parliament election in Ireland 2009 23 May 2014 2019 European Parliament election in Ireland 2019 List of members of the European Parliament for Ireland, 2009–2014 All 11 Irish seats to the European Parliament 1,701,942 (52.4% 5.2 pp)http://www.europarl.europa.eu/elections2014-results/en/country-results-ie-2014.html Results of the 2014 European elections Results of the 2014 European elections - Results by country - Ireland - European Parliament Enda Kenny EPP 2014 (cropped).jpg 120 120 160 0 0 Enda Kenny Fine Gael European People's Party Group 29.1%, 4 seats 4 11 Fine Gael 369,120 22.3% 6.8 pp Gerry Adams 2015.jpg 120 120 160 0 0 Gerry Adams Sinn Féin European United Left–Nordic Green Left 11.2%, 0 seats 3 11 Sinn Féin 3 323,300 19.5% 8.3 pp Micheal Martin (official portrait) (cropped).jpg 120 120 160 0 0 Micheál Martin Fianna Fáil Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe group 24.1%, 3 seats 1 11 Fianna Fáil 2 369,545 22.3% 1.8 pp Eamon Gilmore TD 2014 (cropped).jpg 120 120 160 0 0 Eamon Gilmore Labour Party (Ireland) Progressive Alliance of Socialists and Democrats 13.9%, 3 seats 0 11 Labour Party (Ireland) 3 88,229 5.3% 8.6 pp Eamon Ryan 2020 (cropped).jpg 120 120 160 0 0 Eamon Ryan Green Party (Ireland) Greens–European Free Alliance 1.9%, 0 seats 0 11 Green Party (Ireland) 81,458 4.9% 3.0 pp Socialist Party (Ireland) logo infobox.png 115 120 160 0 0 — Socialist Party (Ireland) European United Left–Nordic Green Left 2.7%, 1 seat 0 11 Socialist Party (Ireland) 1 29,953 1.8% 0.9 pp Irish Euros 2014 3.png 210px elected members The 2014 European Parliament election in Ireland was the Irish component of the 2014 European Parliament election and was held on Friday, 23 May 2014, on the same day as the 2014 local elections and two by-elections (Dublin West and Longford–Westmeath).Local and European elections to be held on 23 May http://www.rte.ie/news/2014/0122/499422-local-and-european-elections-to-be-held-on-23-may/ 22 January 2014 Raidió Teilifís Éireann 22 January 2014 The election was conducted under the single transferable vote. Counting of the votes began on Sunday, 25 MayVoter turnout of close to 50% reported in some areas http://www.rte.ie/news/2014/0523/619102-election-2014/ 23 May 2014 RTÉ News 23 May 2014 and continued until Tuesday, 27 May. National and regional summaries In contrast to a poor local election result, Fine Gael retained 4 seats, remaining the largest Irish party at a European level. Despite winning the largest number of first preference votes, Fianna Fáil lost 2 seats – a result of poor candidate selection and a reduction in the number of seats. The Labour Party, bearing the brunt of voter anger with the Coalition government, suffered a meltdown, losing all three of its seats, including its seat in Dublin which it had held since 1989. The Socialist Party also lost its sole seat. The big winners were Sinn Féin and Independents who won three seats each. In Dublin, Lynn Boylan of Sinn Féin topped the poll and a tight four-way battle for the remaining two seats ensued between Brian Hayes of Fine Gael, ex-Labour MEP turned independent Nessa Childers, Fianna Fáil's Mary Fitzpatrick and the Green Party's Eamon Ryan. Hayes and Childers won with Hayes ahead of Ryan at the final count by a margin of 1,200 votes. In South, both Brian Crowley of Fianna Fáil and Seán Kelly of Fine Gael were re-elected while first time candidate Liadh Ní Riada of Sinn Féin won a seat. The last seat was taken by Fine Gael Senator Deirdre Clune ahead of her party colleague Simon Harris. In the new Midlands–North-West constituency, independent TD Luke 'Ming' Flanagan topped the poll while Mairead McGuinness of Fine Gael and Sinn Féin's Matt Carthy took the next two seats. Fianna Fáil's two-candidate strategy in the constituency backfired, with sitting MEP Pat "the Cope" Gallagher narrowly losing to independent Marian Harkin. For the first time, Ireland's delegation to the European Parliament had more women than men. Constituency changes The Constituency Commission made changes to the constituencies of Ireland so as to reduce the total number of MEPs from 12 to 11, due to the accession of Croatia to the European Union.http://www.rte.ie/news/2013/0925/476431-european-parliament/ New Irish MEP constituencies announced RTÉ News 25 September 2013 25 September 2013 The North-West and East constituencies were abolished. A new 4-seat constituency called Midlands–North-West was created. It comprised all the area of the previous North-West constituency, with the exception of County Clare which was moved to the South constituency; as well as the north Leinster part of the East constituency.http://www.constituency-commission.ie/ep/docs/report-on-european-parliament-constituencies-2013.pdf Report on European Parliament Constituencies 2013 Constituency Commission 25 September 2013 25 September 2013 The South constituency was increased in size by the addition of counties Carlow, Clare, Kilkenny, Wexford and Wicklow. and the number of seats increased from 3 to 4. There were no changes to the Dublin constituency. Opinion polls Candidate polling Dublin DatePolling agency Sample sizeBoylan (SF) Hayes (FG) Childers (Ind) Fitzpatrick (FF)Costello (Lab) Ryan (GP)Smith (PBPA) Murphy (SP) Tallon (Ind) Darcy (DDI) Whitehead (DDI) Wise (FN) 26–28 April MillwardBrown/Sunday Independenthttp://www.independent.ie/irish-news/hayes-faces-defeat-in-european-elections-poll-shows-30221043.html Hayes faces defeat in European elections, poll shows 500 20% 15% 19% 13% 12% 11% 5% 4% – 1% – – 1–2 May RedC/Sunday Business Posthttp://www.aertv.ie/live/eu-elections-sunday-business-post-red-c-poll-results/ Aertv Aertv.ie 500 15% 18% 10% 13% 13% 12% 9% 7% 2% 1% 1% 0% 13–14 May MillwardBrown/Sunday Independenthttp://www.independent.ie/irish-news/politics/exclusive-poll-shows-sf-and-fg-to-top-euro-elections-in-dublin-30282458.html EXCLUSIVE: Poll shows SF and FG to top Euro elections in Dublin - Independent.ie 500 23% 22% 13% 11% 10% 7% 6% 7% – 1% – – 3–15 May Behaviour & Attitudes/Sunday TimesSunday Times/Behaviour & Attitudes European Elections https://web.archive.org/web/20140519145653/http://www.banda.ie/assets/files/pdf/J.5607%20Sunday%20Times%20Report%20May%202014.pdf 19 May 2014 Behaviour & Attitudes, May 2014.500 19% 16% 11% 12% 7% 11% 10% 9% 3% 0% 1% 1% 23 May Behaviour & Attitudes/RTÉ Exit Poll Behaviour & Attitudes, May 2014.1000 24% 14% 11% 12% 8% 14% 6% 7% 1% 1% 1% 0% Midlands–North-West DatePolling agency Sample sizeCarthy (SF)Byrne (FF) Flanagan (Ind) Gallagher (FF) Harkin (Ind) Higgins J. (FG) McGuinness (FG)Higgins L. (Lab) Mullen (Ind) Dearey (GP) Fitzsimons (Ind) Gilroy (DDI)Nic Fhearra (FN) Fay (Ind) 26–28 April MillwardBrown/Sunday Independent 500 17% 16% 12% 9% 12% 11% 11% 4% 3% 2% 3% 1% – – 1–2 May RedC/Sunday Business Post 500 14% 8% 14% 9% 16% 10% 16% 5% 6% 2% 0% 0% 0% – 13–14 May MillwardBrown/Irish Independenthttp://www.independent.ie/irish-news/elections/opinion-polls/flanagan-on-course-to-win-seat-as-martin-faces-key-test-30281382.html Flanagan on Course to Win Seat as Martin faces Key Test Irish Independent 17 May 2014 Fionnan Sheehan Niall O'Connor 500 19% 9% 15% 10% 12% 6% 13% 5% 5% 3% 1% 1% 0% 0% 3–15 May Behaviour & Attitudes/Sunday Timeshttp://www.rte.ie/news/2014/0517/618030-poll-suggests-sf-independents-gain-support/ Poll suggests SF & Independents' support has increased RTÉ News 17 May 2014 17 May 2014 500 14% 9% 17% 8% 12% 7% 21% 5% 5% 1% 0% 1% 0% 0% 23 May Behaviour & Attitudes/RTÉ Exit Poll1000 13% 10% 20% 11% 11% 7% 16% 4% 4% 2% 0% 1% 0% 1% South DatePolling agency Sample size Crowley (FF)Ní Riada (SF) Kelly (FG) Clune (FG) Harris (FG) Prendergast (Lab) O'Flynn (Ind) Godsil (Ind) Hartley (FF) O'Sullivan (GP) Van De Ven (DDI) O'Riordan (FN) Cahill (Ind) Heaney (CD) 26–28 April MillwardBrown/Sunday Independenthttp://www.independent.ie/irish-news/hayes-faces-defeat-in-european-elections-poll-shows-30221043.html Hayes faces defeat in European elections, poll shows - Independent.ie 500 36% 15% 12% 12% 7% 4% 7% 3% 2% 1% 1% – 0% 0% 1–2 May RedC/Sunday Business Post 500 28% 14% 18% 8% 7% 9% 4% 3% 3% 6% 1% 0% – – 13–14 May MillwardBrown/Irish Independent 500 32% 16% 15% 10% 9% 6% 4% 2% 2% 4% 0% 0% 0% 0% 3–15 May Behaviour & Attitudes/Sunday Times 500 35% 14% 17% 10% 8% 5% 2% 2% 1% 3% 1% 0% 2% 1% 23 May Behaviour & Attitudes/RTÉ Exit Poll1000 26% 17% 12% 9% 7% 5% 5% 1% 5% 5% 1% 1% 3% 1% Party polling The figures are for first-preference votes, as STV is a ranked voting system. Dublin DateSourcePolling agencyFine GaelLabourFianna FáilSinn FéinSocialistGreenPeople Before Profit AllianceOthersdmy 2014 04 28Sunday Independenthttp://www.independent.ie/irish-news/hayes-faces-defeat-in-european-elections-poll-shows-30221043.html Hayes faces defeat in European elections, poll shows 27 April 2014 Irish Independent 29 April 2014MillwardBrown15%12%13%20%4%11%5%20%dmy 2014 05 2Sunday Business Posthttp://www.aertv.ie/live/eu-elections-sunday-business-post-red-c-poll-results Aertv Aertv.ieRedC18%13%13%15%7%12%9%14%dmy 2014 05 14Sunday IndependentMillwardBrown22%10%11%23%7%7%6%14%dmy 2014 05 14The Sunday Timeshttp://www.banda.ie/ Ireland's largest independent Market Research company - Market Research agency in Dublin, Quantitative and Qualitative research - Behaviour & Attitudes Behaviour & AttitudesBehaviour & Attitudes16%7%12%19%9%11%10%16% Midlands–North-West DateSourcePolling agencyFine GaelLabourFianna FáilSinn FéinGreenOthersdmy 2014 04 28Sunday Independenthttp://www.independent.ie/irish-news/politics/article30220401.ece SF on course for Euro election victories but FG's Kelly faces defeat 26 April 2014 Irish Independent 29 April 2014MillwardBrown22%4%25%17%2%30%dmy 2014 05 2Sunday Business PostRedC26%5%17%14%2%36%dmy 2014 05 14Sunday Independenthttp://www.independent.ie/irish-news/elections/opinion-polls/flanagan-on-course-to-win-seat-as-martin-faces-key-test-30281382.html Flanagan on course to win seat as Martin faces key test - Independent.ieMillwardBrown19%5%19%19%3%34%dmy 2014 05 14The Sunday TimesBehaviour & Attitudes28%5%17%14%4%35% South DateSourcePolling agencyFine GaelLabourFianna FáilSinn FéinGreenOthersdmy 2014 04 28Sunday IndependentMillwardBrown30%4%39%15%1%11%dmy 2014 05 2Sunday Business PostRedC33%9%31%14%6%8%dmy 2014 05 14Sunday IndependentMillwardBrown34%6%34%16%4%6%dmy 2014 05 14The Sunday TimesBehaviour & Attitudes35%5%36%14%3%8% Results thumb|2014–2019 European Parliament Ireland constituencies Fianna Fáil 369545 +1.8 1 −2 Fine Gael 369120 −6.8 4 0 Sinn Féin 323300 +8.3 3 +3 Labour Party 88229 −8.6 0 −3 Green Party 81458 +3.0 0 0 Socialist Party 29953 −0.9 0 −1 Direct Democracy Ireland 24093 New 0 New People Before Profit Alliance 23875 New 0 New Catholic Democrats 13569 New 0 New Fís Nua 4610 New 0 New Independent 328766 +8.3 3 +2 −1 45424 3245348 ElectionsIreland.org Post-Poll Alliance EPPS&DECRALDEGUE/NGLG-EFAEFDDNIIrelandTotal4 (FG)1 (Childers)1 (FF/Crowley)1 (Harkin)3 (SF)1 (Flanagan)11 Voting details ConstituencyElectorateTurnoutSpoiltValid PollQuotaSeatsElectorate per SeatCandidatesDublin 820,668 358,943 6,368 352,575 88,144 3 273,556 12Midlands–North-West 1,202,997 663,703 17,258 646,445 129,290 4 300,749 14South 1,221,683 679,296 21,798 657,498 131,500 4 305,420 15Total 3,245,348 1,701,942 45,424 1,656,518 —11 31 See also 2014 Northern Ireland constituency result Notes References Category:2014 elections in the Republic of Ireland Category:2014 in Irish politics Ireland Category:European Parliament elections in the Republic of Ireland Category:May 2014 in Ireland