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2014 Westmeath County Council election
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Part of the 2014 Irish local elections
April 2022
2014 Westmeath County Council election Ireland Parliamentary no yes 2009 Westmeath County Council election 2009 2019 Westmeath County Council election 2019 All 20 seats on Westmeath County Council 11 23 May 2014 Fianna Fáil 9 8 1 Fine Gael 8 5 3 Sinn Féin 0 3 3 Labour Party (Ireland) 6 2 4 Independent politician (Ireland) 0 2 2 Westmeath in Ireland.svg 300px Area of Westmeath County Council
An election to all 20 seats on Westmeath County Council took place on 23 May 2014 as part of the 2014 Irish local elections, a reduction from 23 seats at the 2009 election. The town councils of Athlone and Mullingar were also abolished. County Westmeath was divided into three local electoral areas (LEAs) 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).
Fianna Fáil emerged as the largest party after the elections as both government parties suffered at the polls. Labour lost two-thirds of their Councillors being reduced to just 2 seats while Fine Gael also lost 3 seats. Sinn Féin won seats on the council for the first time, 3 in total, and were joined by 2 Independents.http://www.independent.ie/irish-news/elections/results/westmeath-first-result-in-ff-win-first-seat-on-westmeath-county-council-30301713.html Westmeath: First result in – FF win first seat on Westmeath County Council Irish Independent 24 May 2014 24 May 2014http://elections.independent.ie/2014/local-election-2014/county/Westmeath https://archive.today/20140617231809/http://elections.independent.ie/2014/local-election-2014/county/Westmeath dead 17 June 2014 Westmeath County Council Local elections Irish Independent 24 May 2014 17 June 2014
Results by party
Party Seats ± 1st pref First preference votes FPv% First preference votes percentage ±% Fianna Fáil8111,41232.911.03 Fine Gael538,31023.914.85 Sinn Féin333,83711.16.44 Labour Party (Ireland)244,76613.712.38 Independent politician (Ireland)226,39118.413.16Total20334,716100.0—
Results by local electoral area
* Outgoing councillor.
Athlone
Athlone: 7 seats
9
Independent politician (Ireland)
Kevin "Boxer" Moran*
2,897
21.78
Fine Gael
Tom Farrell
1,502
11.29
1,552
1,561
1,594
1,616
1,648
1,649
1,724
Sinn Féin
Paul Hogan
1,423
10.70
1,684
Fine Gael
John Dolan*
1,085
8.16
1,139
1,146
1,161
1,193
1,239
1,240
1,345
1,681
Fianna Fáil
Aengus O'Rourke
1,048
7.88
1,256
1,267
1,306
1,357
1,387
1,392
1,494
1,636
Fianna Fáil
Frankie Keena*
1,034
7.77
1,200
1,213
1,255
1,317
1,373
1,377
1,520
1,648
Fianna Fáil
Vinny McCormack
967
7.27
983
985
991
1,001
1,010
1,010
1,080
1,088
Independent politician (Ireland)
Michael O'Brien
911
6.85
1,001
1,054
1,084
1,113
1,203
1,208
1,354
1,418
Fine Gael
Alan Shaw
722
5.43
817
829
838
883
899
902
911
Fianna Fáil
Tom Allen*
647
4.86
674
684
716
733
767
769
Labour Party (Ireland)
Jim Henson
315
2.37
388
410
428
Independent politician (Ireland)
Joe Devery
313
2.35
394
429
476
527
Independent politician (Ireland)
P.J. Coghill
277
2.08
312
333
Independent politician (Ireland)
John McNamara
120
0.90
171
Independent politician (Ireland)
Donal Jackson
41
0.31
68
9
22,759
13,302 (52.60%)
157
1,663
13,459 (53.22%)
Mullingar–Coole
Mullingar-Coole: 7 seats
8
Fianna Fáil
Aidan Davitt*
1,492
12.90
Sinn Féin
Una D'arcy
1,487
12.86
Fianna Fáil
John Shaw*
1,275
11.02
1,287
1,290
1,307
1,331
1,404
1,588
Fianna Fáil
Paddy Hill*
1,207
10.44
1,215
1,220
1,241
1,308
1,326
1,342
1,357
Fine Gael
Frank McDermott*
1,163
10.06
1,164
1,167
1,195
1,249
1,372
1,414
1,428
Fine Gael
Peter Burke*
1,008
8.72
1,015
1,017
1,031
1,135
1,391
1,534
Labour Party (Ireland)
Mick Dollard*
950
8.21
956
960
992
1,025
1,062
1,268
1,312
Labour Party (Ireland)
Denis Leonard*
722
6.24
723
724
749
835
895
Independent politician (Ireland)
Brian Fagan
678
5.86
684
695
849
888
951
1,057
1,078
Fine Gael
Emily Wallace
627
5.42
630
631
660
731
Labour Party (Ireland)
Peter Kearney
520
4.50
521
522
563
563
Labour Party (Ireland)
Rachel Grimes
170
1.47
170
172
172
Independent politician (Ireland)
Angela Maher
142
1.23
143
146
146
Independent politician (Ireland)
Pat Holmes
83
0.72
83
86
86
Independent politician (Ireland)
Rosemary Horan
42
0.36
42
44
44
8
22,759
11,566 (50.82%)
205
1,446
11,771 (51.72%)
Mullingar-Kilbeggan
Mullingar–Kilbeggan: 6 seats
10
Fianna Fáil
Paul Daly*
1,502
15.25
Fianna Fáil
Avril Whitney*
1,266
12.86
1,277
1,288
1,295
1,348
1,376
1,405
1,428
Fianna Fáil
Ken Glynn*
974
9.89
992
1,011
1,023
1,058
1,068
1,114
1,133
1,138
1,207
Labour Party (Ireland)
Johnnie Penrose*
943
9.58
952
968
1,029
1,083
1,169
1,369
1,488
Sinn Féin
Sorca Clarke
927
9.41
932
962
976
987
1,022
1,048
1,073
1,075
1,154
Fine Gael
Andrew Duncan
792
8.04
797
805
827
909
937
999
1,144
1,165
1,432
Fine Gael
Colm Arthur*
596
6.05
603
609
637
660
669
696
834
857
Independent politician (Ireland)
Brian Fagan
584
5.93
587
733
744
765
793
876
891
903
974
Fine Gael
Michael Newman
471
4.78
487
489
569
622
635
653
653
Labour Party (Ireland)
Detty Cornally*
470
4.77
471
485
516
535
587
587
Labour Party (Ireland)
Gerry Sheridan
381
3.87
382
390
398
401
401
Fine Gael
Chris Murtagh
344
3.49
344
350
354
Labour Party (Ireland)
Ger Corcoran*
295
3.00
312
312
Independent politician (Ireland)
Chris Burley
162
1.65
163
Independent politician (Ireland)
Angela Maher
141
1.43
142
10
20,021
9,848 (49.19%)
161
1,407
10,009 (49.99%)
Changes
Co-options
Independent politician (Ireland) Kevin "Boxer" Moran Athlone Elected to the 32nd Dáil at the 2016 general election. 21 March 2016 Ailish McManus
Fine Gael Peter Burke Mullingar–Coole Elected to the 32nd Dáil at the 2016 general election. 21 March 2016 Emily Wallace
Fianna Fáil Paul Daly Mullingar–Kilbeggan Elected to 25th Seanad at the 2016 Seanad election. 13 June 2016 Liam McDanielDoherty Tríona McDaniel and Collentine co-opted to council https://www.advertiser.ie/athlone/article/85487/mcdaniel-and-collentine-co-opted-to-council 19 December 2025 Athlone Advertiser 16 June 2016
Fianna Fáil Aidan Davitt Mullingar–Coole Elected to 25th Seanad at the 2016 Seanad election. 13 June 2016 Bill CollentineDoherty Tríona McDaniel and Collentine co-opted to council https://www.advertiser.ie/athlone/article/85487/mcdaniel-and-collentine-co-opted-to-council 19 December 2025 Athlone Advertiser 16 June 2016
Fianna Fáil Avril Whitney Mullingar–Kilbeggan Resigned for personal reasons.Cllr Avril Whitney steps down from role as councillor https://www.westmeathexaminer.ie/2017/05/31/cllr-avril-whitney-steps-down-from-role-as-councillor/ 19 December 2025 Westmeath Examiner 31 May 2017 22 January 2018 Brian Crum
Changes in affiliation
Paul Hogan Athlone Sinn Féin Independent politician (Ireland) 2 August 2018Local Sinn Fein councillor resigns from political party https://www.advertiser.ie/athlone/article/102205/local-sinn-fein-councillor-resigns-from-political-party 19 December 2025 Athlone Advertiser 2 August 2018
Una D'Arcy Mullingar–Coole Sinn Féin Independent politician (Ireland) 22 January 2019McGee Harry Sinn Féin councillor Úna D’Arcy resigns from party https://www.irishtimes.com/news/politics/sinn-fein-councillor-una-d-arcy-resigns-from-party-1.3767254 19 December 2025 Irish Times 22 January 2019
References
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