2014 Cork City Council election

Part of the 2014 Irish local elections July 2021 July 2021 2014 Cork City Council election Ireland Parliamentary no yes 2009 Cork City Council election 2009 2019 Cork City Council election 2019 All 31 seats on Cork City Council 23 May 2014 Fianna Fáil 10 Sinn Féin 8 Fine Gael 5 Anti-Austerity Alliance 3 Workers' Party (Ireland) 1 Independent politician (Ireland) 4 Cork City in Ireland.svg 300px Map showing the area of Cork City Council An election to all 31 seats on Cork City Council was held on 23 May 2014 as part of the 2014 Irish local elections, contested by a field of 65 candidates. The city of Cork was divided into six 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).Proportional Representation Citizens Information, 2009-09-21.Cork profile: Fine Gael likely to hold its own in contest Irish Times, 2014-05-12.Local Election Results for Cork City Council Irish Times. Retrieved: 2014-06-09. Having lost several seats in the 2009 local elections within Cork City Fianna Fáil made 4 gains in these local elections. The party gained 1 seat in each of the 3 Cork South Central LEAs, the base of Micheál Martin, and 1 seat in the Cork City North Central LEA on the North Side. Sinn Féin emerged as the second largest party with 8 seats as they made 3 gains on both sides of the river Lee though effectively matched Fianna Fáil in terms of first preference vote share. Fine Gael lost 3 seats to be reduced to 5 seats while their coalition partner, the Labour Party, was obliterated losing all 7 seats. The Anti-Austerity Alliance made 2 gains to return 3 councillors to City Hall and Ted Tynan became the Workers' Party sole elected representative in the State. Independents secured the remaining 4 seats. Results by party Party Seats ± 1st pref First preference votes FPv% First preference votes percentage Fianna Fáil10+49,81623.99 Sinn Féin8+49,81523.99 Fine Gael5-37,75818.96 Independent politician (Ireland)4-6,15615.05 Anti-Austerity Alliance3+32,3985.86 Workers' Party (Ireland)101,2433.04 Labour Party (Ireland)0-72,4335.95 Socialist Party of Ireland0-1--Total31040,911100.00 Results by local electoral area * Outgoing councillor. Cork City North Central Cork City North Central: 5 seatsCork City Election Results https://web.archive.org/web/20140531170504/http://www.rte.ie/news/election2014/ 2014-05-31 RTÉ News. Retrieved: 2014-06-09.Cork City North Central ElectionsIreland.org. Retrieved: 2014-06-09.Cork City North Central https://web.archive.org/web/20140714200715/http://elections.independent.ie/2014/local-election-2014/area/cork-north-central-cork-city 2014-07-14 Irish Independent: Retrieved, 2014-06-15. 6 Sinn Féin Thomas Gould* 1,828 26.71           Anti-Austerity Alliance Mick Barry* 1,462 21.36           Fianna Fáil Ken O'Flynn* 997 14.57 1,072 1,092 1,111 1,136 1,202 Fianna Fáil John Sheehan 773 11.29 853 879 901 932 1,010 Fine Gael Patricia Gosch* 482 7.04 510 522 567 583   Labour Party (Ireland) Catherine Clancy* 481 7.03 532 553 571 603 783 Anti-Austerity Alliance Lil O'Donnell 432 6.31 712 909 924 1,115 1,194 Independent politician (Ireland) Billy Corcoran 253 3.70 409 451 456     Fine Gael Donncha Loftus 137 2.00 154 157       6 14,280 6,845 (47.93%) 166 1,401 7,011 (49.10%) Cork City North East Cork City North East: 4 seatsCork City North East ElectionsIreland.org. Retrieved: 2014-06-09.https://archive.today/20140615182928/http://elections.independent.ie/2014/local-election-2014/area/cork-north-east-cork-city Cork City North East Irish Independent. Retrieved: 2014-06-15. 6 Sinn Féin Stephen Cunningham 971 26.71           Workers' Party (Ireland) Ted Tynan* 962 21.36           Fianna Fáil Tim Brosnan* 931 14.57 951 954 955 979   Fine Gael Joe Kavanagh* 655 11.29 658 659 659 691 903 Labour Party (Ireland) John Kelleher* 424 7.04 443 446 447 541 662 Fine Gael Sue-Ellen Carroll 414 7.03 420 422 423 461   Green Party (Ireland) Oliver Moran 235 6.31 287 291 292     Independent politician (Ireland) Philip A. McCarthy 124 3.70 124         Communist Party of Ireland Michael O'Donnell 72 2.00 72         6 10,402 4,788 (46.63%) 75 958 4,863 (47.36%) Cork City North West Cork City North West: 4 seatsCork City North West ElectionsIreland.org. Retrieved: 2014-06-09.https://archive.today/20140615193332/http://elections.independent.ie/2014/local-election-2014/area/cork-north-west-cork-city Cork City North West Irish Independent. Retrieved: 2014-06-15. 11 Sinn Féin Mick Nugent* 1,206 22.37                     Fianna Fáil Tony Fitzgerald* 1,050 19.47 1,058 1,061 1,078 1,109             Sinn Féin Kenneth Collins 809 15.0 893 896 928 953 954 995 1,060 1,179     Anti-Austerity Alliance Marion O'Sullivan 504 9.35 513 517 557 576 580 628 672 766 795 969 Labour Party (Ireland) Michael O'Connell* 282 5.23 285 285 295 316 318 336         Workers' Party (Ireland) James Coughlan 281 5.21 287 289 304 312 313 339 385       Fine Gael Joe O'Callaghan* 280 5.19 282 284 286 373 380 392 455 476 494 535 Independent politician (Ireland) Maurice Sheehan 269 4.99 273 280 330 340 343 406 425 469 482   Fine Gael Lyndsey Clarke 239 4.43 240 243 248 248             Independent politician (Ireland) Evan Murphy 227 4.21 230 239 265 282 283           Independent politician (Ireland) Pat O'Shea 119 2.21 122 123 123               Independent politician (Ireland) Barry O'Donovan 86 1.59 89 95 95               Independent politician (Ireland) John Murphy 40 0.74 41                   11 10,932 5,392 (49.32%) 116 1,079 5,508 (50.38%) Cork City South Central Cork City South Central: 5 seatsCork City South Central ElectionsIreland.org. Retrieved: 2014-06-09.https://archive.today/20140615204941/http://elections.independent.ie/2014/local-election-2014/area/cork-south-central-cork-city Cork City South Central Irish Independent. Retrieved: 2014-06-15. 9 Independent politician (Ireland) Mick Finn* 1,437 23.33                 Sinn Féin Fiona Kerins* 1,434 23.28                 Fianna Fáil Tom O'Driscoll 764 12.40 837 885 898 902 905 914 925 1,007 Fianna Fáil Seán Martin* 640 10.39 681 717 721 736 742 750 759 834 Independent politician (Ireland) Paudie Dineen 526 8.54 666 813 850 863 909 945 1,064   Labour Party (Ireland) Lorraine Kingston* 435 7.06 484 521 525 543 558 602 624 795 Fine Gael Emmet O'Halloran* 401 6.51 423 433 434 484 489 498 506   Green Party (Ireland) Johnny O'Mahony 123 2.0 130 156 158 164 172 172     Independent politician (Ireland) Brian Houlihan 119 1.93 145 187 208 209 248 271 271   Fine Gael Billy MacGill 117 1.9 124 128 128 128         Independent politician (Ireland) Ella Goddin 90 1.46 115 141 154 156 156       Independent politician (Ireland) Tom McIntyre 73 1.19 93 124             9 13,023 6,159 (47.29%) 123 1,027 6,282 (48.24%) Cork City South East Cork City South East: 7 seatsCork City South East ElectionsIreland.org. Retrieved: 2014-06-09.https://archive.today/20140615214459/http://elections.independent.ie/2014/local-election-2014/area/cork-south-east-cork-city Cork City South East Irish Independent. Retrieved: 2014-06-15. 8 Independent politician (Ireland) Kieran McCarthy* 1,534 15.08               Sinn Féin Chris O'Leary* 1,295 12.73               Fine Gael Des Cahill* 1,176 11.56 1,199 1,318           Fine Gael Laura McGonigle* 1,108 10.89 1,150 1,276           Fianna Fáil Terry Shannon* 991 9.74 1,014 1,041 1,048 1,049 1,124 1,160 1,275 Fianna Fáil Nicholas O'Keeffe 856 8.42 873 899 904 906 990 1,028 1,096 Fianna Fáil Kate Martin 706 6.94 721 744 747 747 804 835 951 Sinn Féin Shane O'Shea 630 6.19 654 660 662 679 745 905 1,000 Green Party (Ireland) Dan Boyle 505 4.97 537 557 562 563 671 802   Independent politician (Ireland) Diarmaid O Cadhla 487 4.79 550 561 564 565 594     Labour Party (Ireland) Denis O'Flynn* 482 4.74 496 522 543 544       Fine Gael Derek Cregan 401 3.94 410             8 19,576 10,171 (51.96%) 155 1,272 10,326 (52.75%) Cork City South West Cork City South West: 6 seatsCork City South West ElectionsIreland.org. Retrieved: 2014-06-09.Cork City South West https://web.archive.org/web/20140528232636/http://elections.independent.ie/2014/local-election-2014/area/cork-south-west-cork-city 2014-05-28 Irish Independent. Retrieved: 2014-06-15. 8 Fine Gael John Buttimer* 1,750 15.08               Sinn Féin Henry Cremin* 1,642 12.73               Fianna Fáil Mary Shields* 1,065 11.56 1,198             Fianna Fáil Fergal Dennehy 1,043 10.89 1,121             Independent politician (Ireland) Thomas Moloney* 409 9.74 425 613 616 617 635 732 798 Independent politician (Ireland) Thomas Kiely 363 8.42 381 584 589 593 628 715 796 Green Party (Ireland) Mick Murphy 357 6.94 387 462 470 476 522     Labour Party (Ireland) Ger Gibbons* 329 6.19 413 463 480 489 574 668   Fine Gael P.J. Hourican 301 4.97 491 514 556 571 737 809 1,013 Fine Gael Barry Keane 297 4.79 418 441 462 468 468     8 14,830 7,556 (50.95%) 138 1,080 7,697 (51.90%) Changes Co-options Anti-Austerity Alliance Mick Barry Cork City North-Central Elected to the 32nd Dáil at the 2016 general election. 25 April 2016 Fiona Ryan Changes in affiliation Lil O'Donnell Cork City North-Central Anti-Austerity Alliance Independent politician (Ireland) 13 March 2017Kane Darragh City Councillor Lil O’Donnell opts to leave newly named Solidarity party https://www.echolive.ie/corknews/arid-40185657.html 28 October 2024 Echolive 13 March 2017 References Cork City Category:Cork City Council elections