2014 Waterford City and County Council election

Part of the 2014 Irish local elections January 2021 January 2021 2014 Waterford City and County Council election Ireland Parliamentary no yes 2009 City & 2009 County 2019 Waterford City and County Council election 2019 All 32 seats on Waterford City and County Council 17 23 May 2014 Fine Gael 8 Fianna Fáil 8 Sinn Féin 6 Labour Party (Ireland) 1 Independent politician (Ireland) 9 Waterford in Ireland.svg 300px Area of Waterford City and County Council An election to all 32 seats on Waterford City and County Council took place on 23 May 2014 as part of the 2014 Irish local elections. The City and County of Waterford was divided into five local electoral areas (LEAs) to elect councillors for a five-year term of office on the system of proportional representation by means of the single transferable vote (PR-STV). This was a new local authority formed as a successor to both Waterford City Council (15 seats at the 2009 election) and Waterford County Council (23 seats at the 2009 election). The town councils of Dungarvan, Lismore and Tramore were also abolished. Although it was behind Fine Gael in first preference vote share, Fianna Fáil emerged as the joint largest party on the council after the elections winning 8 seats in all. The party secured 3 seats in Comeragh, 2 in Dungarvan–Lismore and 1 in each of the Waterford city LEAs where the party had been traditionally weak after 2004 and 2009. Fine Gael's best result was in Dungarvan-Lismore where the party returned 3 seats. As the results indicate several of the party's sitting councillors lost their seats across the City and County. It was also a poor election for Labour who were reduced to just 1 seat on the new council and no city representation. The Workers' Party lost its sole seat; the first time since 1974 where it had no representation in Waterford local politics. Sinn Féin had a very successful election increasing their numbers to 6 across the City and County and winning a seat in each LEA. Independents secured the remaining 9 seats.http://www.waterfordcouncil.ie/en/Council/Your,Councillors/ Council - Your Councillors: Waterford City & County Council 2014-06-09 https://web.archive.org/web/20140714200923/http://www.waterfordcouncil.ie/en/Council/Your,Councillors/ 2014-07-14 dead Results by party Party Seats ± 1st pref First preference votes FPv% First preference votes percentage ±% Fine Gael811,09525.1 Fianna Fáil88,61219.5 Sinn Féin67,09016.0 Labour Party (Ireland)13,5368.0 People Before Profit01790.40 Independent politician (Ireland)912,10027.3Total32644,248100.0— Results by local electoral area * Outgoing councillor. Comeragh Comeragh: 6 seats 9 Fianna Fáil Michael J. O'Ryan* 1,484 16.4%                 Fine Gael Liam Brazil* 1,445 16.0%                 Fianna Fáil John O'Leary* 1,002 11.1% 1,040 1,054 1,065 1,084 1,129 1,245 1,297   Sinn Féin Declan Clune 974 10.8% 987 995 1,013 1,041 1,147 1,211 1,386   Fine Gael Seanie Power 907 10.1% 954 984 1,000 1,127 1,198 1,245 1,275 1,281 Fianna Fáil Mary Butler 639 7.1% 677 689 706 730 775 868 989 1,037 Fine Gael Brendan Coffey* 577 6.4% 584 627 645 658 688 799 895 918 Independent politician (Ireland) Seanie Walsh 491 5.4% 494 496 525 596 683 736     Labour Party (Ireland) Ger Barron* 484 5.4% 487 514 557 563 615       Direct Democracy Ireland Dr. David James 474 5.3% 505 510 539 562         Independent politician (Ireland) Michael Flynn 311 3.4% 321 325 360           Independent politician (Ireland) Dermot Kirwan 240 2.7% 243 254             9 15,534 9,028 97 1,290 9,125 (58.7%) Dungarvan–Lismore Dungarvan–Lismore: 8 seats 8 Fine Gael Damien Geoghegan* 1,337 11.3%               Fine Gael Pat Nugent* 1,252 10.6% 1,277 1,310 1,315         Fianna Fáil James Tobin* 1,171 9.9% 1,177 1,281 1,282 1,315       Sinn Féin Siobhán Whelan 1,048 8.9% 1,109 1,159 1,162 1,218 1,245 1,729   Labour Party (Ireland) John Pratt* 1,040 8.8% 1,053 1,069 1,070 1,113 1,159 1,222 1,271 Fianna Fáil Tom Cronin* 920 7.8% 936 1,041 1,042 1,098 1,167 1,203 1,240 Fine Gael Declan Doocey* 823 6.9% 829 841 842 872 1,113 1,166 1,200 Independent politician (Ireland) Seamus O'Donnell 704 5.9% 771 800 801 995 1,041 1,096 1,197 Sinn Féin Louise Brierley 697 5.9% 714 723 724 773 790     Labour Party (Ireland) Nicky Sheehan 666 5.6% 733 826 832 855 990 1,004 1,026 Fine Gael Micheál Cosgrave 628 5.3% 644 686 690 725       Independent politician (Ireland) Midí de Paor Walsh 592 5.0% 623 648 649         Fianna Fáil Ann Marie Rossiter 537 4.6% 566             Independent politician (Ireland) Michael Wright 392 3.3%               8 22,774 11,807 148 1,312 11,955 (52.5%) Tramore–Waterford City West Tramore–Waterford City West: 6 seats 12 Independent politician (Ireland) Joe Conway* 960 11.5% 966 977 1,018 1,124 1,136 1,176 1,230         Independent politician (Ireland) Joe Kelly 716 8.6% 732 753 755 765 840 891 900 901 978 1,042 1,155 Independent politician (Ireland) Blaise Hannigan 664 7.9% 666 675 706 777 801 822 867 877 919 949 995 Sinn Féin Jim Griffin 631 7.5% 649 661 672 686 718 738 775 779 848 1,212   Independent politician (Ireland) Ann Marie Power* 623 7.5% 633 647 696 736 750 792 818 824 856 871 903 Fine Gael Lola O'Sullivan* 577 6.9% 580 582 694 730 733 792 857 864 883 895 1,143 Fine Gael Hilary Quinlan* 566 6.8% 571 577 598 605 638 705 734 736 783 801   Fianna Fáil Pat Daly* 505 6.0% 505 506 517 526 530 538           Fianna Fáil Eamon Quinlan 504 6.0% 507 517 523 547 564 601 795 799 843 876 983 Sinn Féin David Lane 472 5.6% 476 486 492 499 540 555 567 567 666     Workers' Party (Ireland) Davy Walsh* 409 4.9% 432 437 442 445 509 551 567 567       Labour Party (Ireland) Dee Jacques* 392 4.7% 404 416 431 445 473             Independent politician (Ireland) Pat Finnerty 359 4.3% 361 365 380                 Independent politician (Ireland) Dick Roche* 346 4.1% 365 384 385 391               Fine Gael Maxine Keoghan 341 4.1% 348 350                   Independent politician (Ireland) Jenna Keane 145 1.7% 157                     Independent politician (Ireland) Monica Melay 103 1.2%                       Workers' Party (Ireland) Brian Hearne 55 0.7%                       12 16,028 8,368 130 1,196 8,498 (53%) Waterford City East Waterford City East: 6 seats 12 Sinn Féin Pat Fitzgerald* 1,221 15.6%                       Independent politician (Ireland) Davy Daniels* 1,130 14.4%                       Fine Gael John Carey* 869 11.1% 888 892 895 923 925 941 975 976 1,109 1,138   Fianna Fáil Adam Wyse* 732 9.4% 745 751 761 822 834 971 1,028 1,030 1,084 1,165   Independent politician (Ireland) Mary Roche* 668 8.5% 680 694 731 740 792 834 949 952 1,025 1,167   Independent politician (Ireland) Eddie Mulligan 601 7.7% 614 632 650 660 690 712 743 745 798 925 958 Fine Gael Jim D'Arcy* 509 6.5% 512 515 526 527 534 544 608 610 777 831 847 Independent politician (Ireland) Neil White 405 5.1% 411 418 440 447 493 512 550 551 569     Fine Gael Tom Cunningham* 484 6.1% 484 487 489 494 497 509 545 546       Labour Party (Ireland) Jack Walsh* 376 3.3% 380 384 390 391 406 423           Fianna Fáil Liz Murphy 241 3.1% 245 247 251 304 312             Fianna Fáil Eamon McGrath 181 2.3% 185 185 190                 People Before Profit Alliance Joan Quirke 179 2.3% 195 211 220 222               Independent politician (Ireland) John Walsh 141 1.8% 143 149                   Direct Democracy Ireland Larry McCarthy 81 1.1% 91                     12 19,090 7,824 94 1,118 7,918 (41.5%) Waterford City South Waterford City South: 6 seats 10 Sinn Féin John Hearne* 1,347 18.7%                   Fine Gael John Cummins* 780 10.8% 788 797 802 807 824 862 908 911 1,089 Sinn Féin Breda Brennan 700 9.7% 871 877 902 932 970 1,028 1,085     Fianna Fáil Jason Murphy 696 9.6% 712 719 721 725 737 763 827 833 889 Independent politician (Ireland) Seán Reinhardt* 637 8.8% 671 683 692 722 761 811 882 887 972 Independent politician (Ireland) Laurence (Cha) O'Neill* 615 8.5% 625 630 637 654 699 753 875 881 1,005 Labour Party (Ireland) Seamus Ryan* 578 8.0% 587 591 593 603 618 636 659 661   Workers' Party (Ireland) Willy Moore 500 6.9% 530 535 549 576 593 618 700 709 792 Independent politician (Ireland) Tom Murphy 467 6.5% 477 481 485 499 535 591       Independent politician (Ireland) Donal Barry 308 4.3% 316 317 326 344 370         Independent politician (Ireland) David O'Brien 237 3.3% 244 247 256 281           Independent politician (Ireland) Keith Nolan 175 2.4% 183 187 199             Direct Democracy Ireland Gary Hogan 111 1.5% 114 114               Independent politician (Ireland) Eddie Walsh 70 1.0% 71                 10 12,181 7,221 139 1,032 7,360 (59.3%) Changes Co-options Fianna Fáil Mary Butler Comeragh Elected to the 32nd Dáil at the 2016 general election. 15 March 2016 Ray MurphyCarrick-on-Suir man co-opted to Waterford council https://www.tipperarylive.ie/news/home/204739/Carrick-on-Suir-man-co-opted.html 13 December 2025 Tipperary Live 23 March 2016 Fine Gael John Carey Waterford City East Death.Tributes to the Late John Carey https://www.munster-express.ie/tributes-to-the-late-john-carey/ 13 December 2025 Munster Express 12 September 2018 8 November 2018 Sharon Carey Independent politician (Ireland) Mary Roche Waterford City East Resigned due to personal reasons. 30 November 2018 Matt Shanahan Changes in affiliation Eddie Mulligan Waterford City East Independent politician (Ireland) Fianna Fáil 12 November 2014Mulligan joins FF https://www.munster-express.ie/mulligan-joins-ff/ 13 December 2025 Munster Express 12 November 2014 References External links Official website Waterford City Category:Waterford City and County Council elections