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2014 Dún Laoghaire–Rathdown County Council election
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Part of the 2014 Irish local elections
April 2022
2014 Dún Laoghaire–Rathdown County Council election Ireland Parliamentary no yes 2009 Dún Laoghaire–Rathdown County Council election 2009 2019 Dún Laoghaire–Rathdown County Council election 2019 All 40 seats on Dún Laoghaire–Rathdown County Council 21 23 May 2014 Fine Gael 11 0 Fianna Fáil 8 +4 Labour Party (Ireland) 7 -1 Sinn Féin 3 +3 People Before Profit Alliance 3 +1 Green Party (Ireland) 2 +2 Independent politician (Ireland) 6 +3 Dun Laoghaire-Rathdown in Ireland.svg 300px Map showing the area of Dún Laoghaire–Rathdown County Council Council control Council control after election Fine Gael Fine Gael
An election to all 40 seats on Dún Laoghaire–Rathdown County Council was held on 23 May 2014 as part of the 2014 Irish local elections, an increase from 28 at the previous election. Dún Laoghaire–Rathdown was divided into six local electoral areas (LEAs) to elect councillors from a field of 85 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 Dún Laoghaire–Rathdown County Council Irish Times. Retrieved: 2014-06-04.
Fine Gael retained their position as the leading party on the authority with 11 seats, including 2 seats in each of Blackrock, Dundrum and Stillorgan and 3 seats in Dún Laoghaire. Fianna Fáil doubled their seats to 8 and won 2 seats in each of Blackrock and Stillorgan. Labour lost 1 seat overall to emerge with 7 seats. The party won 2 seats in each of Glencullen–Sandyford and Killiney–Shankill to compensate from losing a seat in Dún Laoghaire. Sinn Féin gained 3 seats to secure representation on the council for the first time. People Before Profit gained 2 extra seats to also return with 3 councillors. The Green Party also returned with 2 seats with 2 gains in Dundrum and Dún Laoghaire. Independents doubled their seats to return with 6 seats to the Council chamber.
Results by party
Party Seats ± 1st pref First preference votes FPv% First preference votes percentage Fine Gael11019,51828.15 Fianna Fáil8+412,93618.66 Labour Party (Ireland)7−19,10813.14 Sinn Féin3+36,6909.65 People Before Profit Alliance3+15,4757.90 Green Party (Ireland)2+24,8296.97 Independent politician (Ireland)6+310,77415.54Total40+1269,330100.00
Results by local electoral area
* Outgoing councillor.
Blackrock
Blackrock: 6 seats
6
Fine Gael
Marie Baker*
1,797
17.29
Fianna Fáil
Mary Hanafin
1,501
14.45
Fianna Fáil
Kate Feeney
1,288
12.40
1,322
1,367
1,432
1,521
Independent politician (Ireland)
Victor Boyhan*††††
1,171
11.27
1,202
1,272
1,421
1,502
Fine Gael
Barry Ward*
1,149
11.06
1,247
1,272
1,341
1,830
People Before Profit Alliance
Lola Hynes
841
8.09
848
1,034
1,201
1,238
1,264
Fine Gael
Maurice Dockrell
704
6.78
795
822
863
Green Party (Ireland)
Celine Moorkens
677
6.52
691
754
Labour Party (Ireland)
Deirdre Kingston*
641
6.17
664
815
992
1,077
1,335
Sinn Féin
Brian McNally
378
3.64
380
Labour Party (Ireland)
Angela Timlin
244
2.35
256
6
22,712
10,391 (45.75%)
83
1,485
10,474 (46.12%)
Dundrum
Dundrum: 7 seats
12
Sinn Féin
Sorcha Nic Cormaic
1,161
8.68
1,165
1,167
1,184
1,217
1,228
1,351
1,381
1,413
1,420
1,431
1,571
Fianna Fáil
Shay Brennan
1,130
8.84
1,144
1,152
1,173
1,322
1,339
1,348
1,385
1,743
Green Party (Ireland)
Catherine Martin†
1,068
7.98
1,078
1,099
1,160
1,182
1,237
1,289
1,346
1,409
1,423
1,502
1,602
Fine Gael
Brian Murphy†††††††††
1,049
7.84
1,059
1,147
1,183
1,221
1,283
1,295
1,343
1,409
1,414
1,678
Independent politician (Ireland)
Seamus O'Neill
1,004
7.50
1,027
1,038
1,089
1,109
1,130
1,221
1,400
1,445
1,451
1,499
1,630
Labour Party (Ireland)
Grace Tallon*
908
6.79
922
975
1,002
1,012
1,241
1,293
1,356
1,447
1,455
1,584
1,683
Fine Gael
Pat Hand*
877
6.55
883
933
957
982
1,029
1,037
1,054
1,081
1,085
1,339
1,422
Independent politician (Ireland)
Anne Colgan
767
5.73
786
801
878
907
934
996
1,095
1,133
1,141
1,184
1,392
Fine Gael
Jim O'Dea*
736
5.50
743
821
841
866
901
906
935
976
981
Independent politician (Ireland)
Tony Fox*
726
5.43
748
752
796
825
836
887
941
979
992
1,045
Fianna Fáil
Sarah Ryan
686
5.13
689
700
721
808
825
837
865
Independent politician (Ireland)
Stephen O'Shea
578
4.32
593
596
632
650
659
722
People Before Profit Alliance
John O'Dowd
553
4.13
557
558
597
613
626
Fianna Fáil
Tony Kelly
539
4.03
542
544
548
Labour Party (Ireland)
Peter Leonard
532
3.98
536
551
564
576
Independent politician (Ireland)
Terence Corish
497
3.71
518
523
Fine Gael
Madeline Spiers
379
2.83
381
Independent politician (Ireland)
Donal Fingleton
192
1.43
12
28,094
13,382 (47.63%)
160
1,673
13,542 (48.20%)
Dún Laoghaire
Dún Laoghaire: 8 seats
15
Fine Gael
John Bailey*
2,423
16.19
Fianna Fáil
Cormac Devlin*
1,253
8.37
1,341
1,346
1,349
1,361
1,368
1,390
1,404
1,423
1,578
1,624
1,671
People Before Profit Alliance
Melissa Halpin*
1,198
8.00
1,210
1,214
1,219
1,226
1,235
1,256
1,275
1,311
1,348
1,412
1,436
1,436
1,670
Green Party (Ireland)
Ossian Smyth
1,068
7.14
1,096
1,107
1,117
1,128
1,133
1,148
1,212
1,256
1,314
1,403
1,473
1,474
1,534
1,656
People Before Profit Alliance
Karl Gill††††††††
1,037
6.93
1,066
1,070
1,071
1,079
1,087
1,105
1,112
1,124
1,153
1,216
1,233
1,233
1,489
1,659
Sinn Féin
Jeanette Kavanagh
913
6.10
923
927
930
932
932
938
945
956
972
1,003
1,012
1,012
Fine Gael
Patricia Stewart*
757
5.06
851
852
854
863
865
874
944
981
1,012
1,046
1,321
1,321
1,330
1,377
Fianna Fáil
James McCann
707
4.72
736
736
741
748
754
769
772
791
941
991
1,015
1,017
1,086
Labour Party (Ireland)
Jane Dillon-Byrne*
697
4.66
787
790
793
875
876
886
1,093
1,111
1,137
1,162
1,207
1,208
1,244
1,319
Fine Gael
Mary Fayne
677
4.52
866
866
868
876
880
893
940
975
998
1,020
1,227
1,230
1,248
1,337
Independent politician (Ireland)
Michael Merrigan
666
4.45
674
682
693
701
731
765
782
903
936
1,113
1,140
1,140
1,251
1,352
Fianna Fáil
Lisa Rogerson
600
4.01
631
631
631
638
646
656
671
696
Fine Gael
Ellen O'Connor
588
3.93
659
662
663
671
678
694
726
766
802
835
Independent politician (Ireland)
John Paul Kearney
537
3.59
556
557
573
578
608
662
673
749
774
Labour Party (Ireland)
Donna Pierce*
462
3.09
483
484
485
547
549
556
Independent politician (Ireland)
Rita O'Brien
349
2.33
355
418
446
453
583
638
646
Independent politician (Ireland)
Mary MacHale
291
1.94
300
303
310
313
342
Labour Party (Ireland)
John Kane
246
1.64
261
261
263
Independent politician (Ireland)
Peter Kerrigan
210
1.40
214
233
294
296
Independent politician (Ireland)
Anthony Kenny
151
1.01
154
163
Independent politician (Ireland)
Alan O'Reilly
138
0.92
141
15
32,795
14,968 (45.64%)
181
1,664
15,149 (46.19%)
Glencullen–Sandyford
Glencullen–Sandyford: 7 seats
10
Labour Party (Ireland)
Lettie McCarthy*
1,577
17.65
Fine Gael
Neale Richmond*†††††
1,168
13.07
Sinn Féin
Chris Curran
961
10.75
976
981
985
1,019
1,020
1,043
1,045
1,246
Independent politician (Ireland)
Kevin Daly
793
8.87
836
838
856
891
894
943
944
1,080
1,132
Fianna Fáil
Tom Murphy*
707
7.91
761
772
802
1,062
1,066
1,140
Labour Party (Ireland)
Peter O'Brien
644
7.21
790
815
846
879
886
1,009
1,015
1,087
1,104
People Before Profit Alliance
Nicola Curry
604
6.76
621
626
637
665
666
726
729
Independent politician (Ireland)
Lynsey McGovern†††††††††
550
6.15
583
606
620
650
655
748
751
929
984
Green Party (Ireland)
Tom Kivlehan
516
5.77
548
558
580
600
604
Fianna Fáil
John Byrne
481
5.38
500
508
516
Fine Gael
Tom Joyce*
405
4.53
443
517
747
777
802
875
882
902
906
Fine Gael
Aileen Eglington
324
3.63
361
408
Fine Gael
Stewart Stephens
206
2.31
231
10
22,226
8,936 (40.21%)
94
1,118
9,030 (40.63%)
Killiney–Shankill
Killiney–Shankill: 6 seats
10
People Before Profit Alliance
Hugh Lewis*
1,653
14.03
1,663
1,758
Sinn Féin
Shane O'Brien
1,504
12.77
1,516
1,541
1,582
1,588
1,600
1,602
1,672
1,672
1,674
Fianna Fáil
Jennifer Cuffe
1,286
10.92
1,329
1,366
1,616
1,620
1,708
Labour Party (Ireland)
Carrie Smyth*
1,220
10.36
1,251
1,271
1,303
1,305
1,409
1,443
1,718
Fine Gael
Maria Bailey*††
1,087
9.23
1,223
1,252
1,294
1,296
1,789
Labour Party (Ireland)
Denis O'Callaghan*
968
8.22
995
1,024
1,068
1,072
1,178
1,219
1,405
1,434
1,450
People Before Profit Alliance
Cillian Doyle
911
7.73
928
1,011
1,048
1,098
1,124
1,130
1,417
1,422
1,428
Green Party (Ireland)
Cara Augustenborg
857
7.27
888
963
998
1,003
1,066
1,088
Fine Gael
Jim Gildea
761
6.46
895
920
942
943
Fianna Fáil
Vinny Duran-Kearns
561
4.76
566
583
Independent politician (Ireland)
Simon Hall
487
4.13
508
Fine Gael
Garrett McDermott
486
4.13
10
26,266
11,781 (44.85%)
134
1,684
11,915 (45.36%)
Stillorgan
Stillorgan: 6 seats
7
Fine Gael
Barry Saul*
2,155
21.83
Fine Gael
Josepha Madigan†††
1,350
13.68
1,716
Fianna Fáil
Gerry Horkan*††††††
1,117
11.31
1,185
1,212
1,232
1,304
1,323
1,405
Independent politician (Ireland)
Deirdre Donnelly
1,102
11.16
1,155
1,172
1,323
1,620
Fianna Fáil
Liam Dockery
1,080
10.94
1,112
1,131
1,163
1,200
1,210
1,277
Labour Party (Ireland)
Richard Humphreys*†††††††
969
9.82
1,036
1,057
1,091
1,162
1,186
1,536
Green Party (Ireland)
Miriam Hennessy
643
6.51
666
678
736
806
893
1,004
Independent politician (Ireland)
Catriona Lawlor
565
5.72
595
606
689
Sinn Féin
Simon Gillespie
451
4.57
460
461
Fine Gael
John Kennedy
440
4.46
536
733
748
802
823
7
21,417
9,872 (46.09%)
88
1,411
9,960 (46.51%)
Changes
Co-options
Labour Party (Ireland) Richard Humphreys Stillorgan Was appointed as a High Court Judge.McDonald Dearbhail Former legal adviser to Labour called to High Court https://www.independent.ie/irish-news/courts/former-legal-adviser-to-labour-called-to-high-court/31397698.html 28 November 2024 Irish Independent 23 July 2015 23 July 2015 Carron McKinney
Green Party (Ireland) Catherine Martin Dundrum Elected to the 32nd Dáil at the 2016 general election. 26 February 2016 Karen FurlongCongratulations to Karen Furlong, who was co-opted to Dún Laoghaire Rathdown County Council, following Catherine Martin T.D.'s election to Dáil Éireann. https://www.facebook.com/GreenPartyIreland/posts/congratulations-to-karen-furlong-who-was-co-opted-to-dún-laoghaire-rathdown-coun/10154612287073066/ facebook.com 28 November 2024
Fine Gael Maria Bailey Killiney–Shankill Elected to the 32nd Dáil at the 2016 general election. 26 February 2016 Jim GildeaNolan Emma Councillors nominated to replace new TDs https://dublingazette.com/dublinlocalmatters/news/councillors-nominated-to-replace-new-tds/ 28 November 2024 Dublin Gazette 17 March 2016
Fine Gael Josepha Madigan Stillorgan Elected to the 32nd Dáil at the 2016 general election. 26 February 2016 John Kennedy
Independent politician (Ireland) Victor Boyhan Blackrock Elected to 25th Seanad at the 2016 Seanad election. 26 April 2016 Anne Colgan
Fine Gael Neale Richmond Glencullen–Sandyford Elected to 25th Seanad at the 2016 Seanad election. 3rd June 2016 Emma BlainPress Office Fine Gael Emma Blain to replace Neale Richmond on County Council https://www.finegael.ie/emma-blain-to-replace-neale-richmond-on-county-council/ Finegael.ie 28 November 2024
Fianna Fáil Gerry Horkan Stillorgan Elected to 25th Seanad at the 2016 Seanad election. 26 April 2016 Donal Smith
People Before Profit Karl Gill Dún Laoghaire Resignation. 10 October 2016 Dave O'Keeffe
Labour Party (Ireland) Carron McKinney Stillorgan Work commitiments in the UK.Minihan Mary Labour’s Alex White hoping to resurrect political career https://www.irishtimes.com/news/politics/labour-s-alex-white-hoping-to-resurrect-political-career-1.3070141 28 November 2024 The Irish Times 3 May 2017 3 May 2017 Alex White
Green Party (Ireland) Karen Furlong Dundrum Resignation. 8 October 2018 Daniel DunneMartin Catherine Congratulations to Daniel Dunne our new Green Party Councillor for #Dundrum on DLR County Council. https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=2396591880357153&id=838467822836241&set=a.853242141358809 facebook.com 28 November 2024
Changes in affiliation
Lynsey McGovern Glencullen–Sandyford Independent politician (Ireland) Fine Gael 25 October 2017Nolan Emma Mixed reaction as Cllr joins Fine Gael party https://dublingazette.com/dublinlocalmatters/news/mixed-reaction-cllr-joins-fine-gael-party/ 28 November 2024 Dublin Gazette 2 November 2017
Brian Murphy Dundrum Fine Gael Independent politician (Ireland) 30 October 2017McMahon Aine FG councillor loses party whip after ‘Sharia law’ comment https://www.irishtimes.com/news/politics/fg-councillor-loses-party-whip-after-sharia-law-comment-1.3279491 28 November 2024 The Irish Times 3 November 2017
References
External links
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