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2014 Laois County Council election
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Part of the 2014 Irish local elections
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2014 Laois County Council election Ireland Parliamentary no yes 2009 Laois County Council election 2009 2019 Laois County Council election 2019 All 19 seats to Laois County Council 23 May 2014 Fianna Fáil 7 -1 Fine Gael 6 -6 Sinn Féin 2 +1 Labour Party (Ireland) 1 - Independent politician (Ireland) 3 - Laois in Ireland.svg 300px Map showing the area of Laois County Council Council control Council control after election
An election to all 19 seats on Laois County Council took place on 23 May 2014 as part of the 2014 Irish local elections, a reduction from 21 seats at the 2009 election. County Laois was divided into three local electoral areas 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). In addition, the town councils of Mountmellick and Portlaoise were both abolished.
Fianna Fáil became the largest party after the elections securing 7 seats. Fine Gael, by contrast, had a very poor set of results and lost half of their seats returning with just 6 seats in all. Sinn Féin doubled their representation to 2 seats and Labour retained a seat on the council in the Portlaoise LEA. Independents make up the remainder of the Council membership.
Results by party
Party Seats ± 1st pref First preference votes FPv% First preference votes percentage ±% Fianna Fáil7110,83732.8 Fine Gael669,95930.2 Sinn Féin214,20412.7 Labour Party (Ireland)11,5444.7 Independent politician (Ireland)36,20818.8Total19632,752100.0
Results by local electoral area
* Outgoing councillor.
Borris-in-Ossory–Mountmellick
Bossis-in-Ossory–Mountmellick: 6 seats
10
Fine Gael
John King*
1,189
9.87
1,190
1,195
1,199
1,199
1,204
1,414
1,454
1,689
1,694
Independent politician (Ireland)
James Kelly
1,166
9.68
1,242
1,250
1,396
1,424
1,450
1,511
1,759
Independent politician (Ireland)
Brendan Phelan*
1,097
9.11
1,129
1,130
1,172
1,198
1,213
1,285
1,432
1,781
Fianna Fáil
Paddy Bracken*
1,051
9.11
1,086
1,203
1,223
1,311
1,542
1,560
1,680
1,807
Fianna Fáil
Séamus McDonald*
920
7.64
935
955
978
1,259
1,368
1,382
1,448
1,531
1,604
Sinn Féin
Rhoda Dooley-Brogan
871
7.23
921
942
962
1,006
1,051
1,071
1,071
Fine Gael
Michael Lalor*
864
7.17
903
911
984
1,002
1,028
1,130
1,186
1,218
1,219
Fianna Fáil
Michael Phelan
863
7.16
866
868
950
965
972
1,078
1,121
1,121
Fine Gael
David Goodwin*
847
7.03
866
968
982
1,068
1,164
1,297
1,331
1,381
1,387
Fine Gael
John Finlay
656
5.44
663
691
738
751
793
793
Fianna Fáil
Joe Digan
652
5.41
657
660
685
685
Fianna Fáil
Gerard Phelan
533
4.42
537
537
537
Labour Party (Ireland)
Lisa Delaney
526
4.37
559
678
686
709
709
Fine Gael
Bobby Delaney
439
3.64
459
459
Independent politician (Ireland)
Pat Cooper
197
1.64
Independent politician (Ireland)
Donal Keenan
177
1.47
10
19,840
12,048 (60.73%)
125
1,722
12,173 (61.36%)
Graiguecullen–Portarlington
Graiguecullen–Portarlington: 6 seats
8
Sinn Féin
Aidan Mullins
1,547
14.64
Fianna Fáil
Padraig Fleming*
1,246
11.79
1,290
1,309
1,369
1,391
1,393
1,522
Independent politician (Ireland)
Ben Brennan*
1,112
10.53
1,198
1,218
1,303
1,410
1,420
1,493
1,560
Fine Gael
Tom Mulhall*
1,034
9.79
1,036
1,073
1,131
1,204
1,208
1,327
1,435
Fine Gael
John Moran*
906
8.58
923
942
955
973
974
1,260
1,432
Fianna Fáil
Paschal McEvoy
883
8.36
885
897
924
948
950
994
1,319
Fianna Fáil
Willie Murphy
804
7.61
806
858
897
1,116
1,131
1,137
1,209
Fianna Fáil
Dick Miller
726
6.87
733
742
789
827
828
900
Fine Gael
James Daly*
698
6.61
714
752
791
808
810
Independent politician (Ireland)
Ray Cribbin*
529
5.01
546
592
672
Independent politician (Ireland)
Kevin Scully
480
4.54
505
541
Labour Party (Ireland)
Gráinne Corcoran
333
3.15
343
Independent politician (Ireland)
Keith Lennon
267
2.53
8
19,295
10,565 (54.76%)
100
1,510
10,665 (55.27%)
Portlaoise
Portlaoise: 7 seats
12
Fine Gael
William Aird*
1,450
13.95
Fianna Fáil
John Joe Fennelly*
1,374
13.22
Sinn Féin
Caroline Dwane-Stanley*
1,348
12.97
Fine Gael
Mary Sweeney*
1,037
9.98
1,075
1,088
1,094
1,095
1,117
1,131
1,263
1,305
Fianna Fáil
Catherine Fitzgerald*
821
7.90
841
856
856
858
923
932
984
1,012
1,051
1,119
Fianna Fáil
Jerry Lodge*
722
6.95
738
749
754
757
796
812
876
912
949
1,036
Labour Party (Ireland)
Noel Tuohy
685
6.59
698
699
707
709
746
770
835
877
1,009
1,146
Independent politician (Ireland)
Rotimi Adebari*
581
5.59
585
587
637
639
660
690
713
777
818
948
Fine Gael
Jim Ring
477
4.59
487
508
509
510
513
518
559
597
597
Independent politician (Ireland)
Stephen Greene
459
4.42
463
464
487
494
505
570
586
693
708
708
Sinn Féin
Sharon Bailey
438
4.22
441
445
447
474
485
548
552
552
Fine Gael
Kathleen O'Brien*
362
3.48
398
398
402
404
422
434
434
Anti-Austerity Alliance
Ray Fitzpatrick
252
2.43
254
256
269
271
281
281
Fianna Fáil
David Ryan
242
2.33
245
250
255
255
255
Independent politician (Ireland)
Osaro Fajimiyo
108
1.04
109
109
109
Independent politician (Ireland)
Joseph McCormack
35
0.34
36
36
36
11
20,568
10,391
104
1,299
10,495 (51%)
Changes
Co-options
Fianna Fáil Jerry Lodge Portlaoise Death.PICTURES - A look back at the life of the late Cllr Jerry Lodge https://www.leinsterexpress.ie/gallery/multimedia/306067/pictures-a-look-back-at-the-life-of-the-late-cllr-jerry-lodge.html 23 March 2025 Laois Live 4 April 2018 4 April 2018 Pauline MadiganMiller Steven Warm council welcome as Pauline Madigan takes her seat https://www.laoistoday.ie/2018/07/30/warm-council-welcome-as-pauline-madigan-takes-her-seat/ 23 March 2025 Laois Today 30 July 2018
References
Sources
http://elections.independent.ie/2014/local-election-2014/county/Laois Laois County Council Irish Independent 2014-06-01 https://web.archive.org/web/20140529185614/http://elections.independent.ie/2014/local-election-2014/county/Laois 2014-05-29 dead
Citations
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