Part of the 2014 Irish local elections
2014 Fingal County Council election Map showing the area of Fingal County Council
An election to all 40 seats on Fingal County Council was held on 23 May 2014 as part of the 2014 Irish local elections , an increase from 24 seats at the previous election. Fingal was divided into five local electoral areas (LEAs) to elect councillors from a field of 97 candidates for a five-year term of office on the electoral system of proportional representation by means of the single transferable vote (PR-STV).[1] [2] [3] [4]
Fianna Fáil emerged as the largest party after the elections with 7 seats with 3 net gains and securing 2 seats in each of Castleknock and Swords. Fine Gael retained 6 seats though found themselves without representation in Swords while securing 2 in each of Castleknock and Howth-Malahide. Sinn Féin also secured 6 seats, including 2 seats in Mulhuddart. Labour had a very bad election winning just 4 seats and losing 5 seats as a whole as well as being wiped out in Castleknock. The Anti-Austerity Alliance also made 4 gains, including 2 seats in Mulhuddart, chiefly coming from their former base in the Socialist Party. The Green Party returned to the Council Chamber with 2 seats in each of Castleknock and Howth-Malahide. People Before Profit also secured a seat in the Balbriggan LEA. Independents were however the chief winners in Fingal gaining 8 additional seats to emerge after the elections with a total of 10 seats.
Results by party [ edit ] Results by local electoral area [ edit ] ^ *: Outgoing councillor.
Balbriggan [ edit ] Balbriggan: 8 seats Party Candidate FPv% Count 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 Labour Ken Farrell [*] †††††††††† 12.67 2,073 Sinn Féin Malachy Quinn 9.63 1,575 1,591 1,594 1,603 1,604 1,605 1,623 1,649 1,706 1,721 1,762 1,776 1,809 1,812 1,828 Independent Tony Murphy 8.58 1,404 1,412 1,420 1,421 1,460 1,481 1,538 1,628 1,641 1,663 1,800 1,814 1,863 Independent David O'Connor [*] ††††††††† 8.11 1,327 1,352 1,357 1,360 1,375 1,384 1,398 1,440 1,464 1,521 1,541 1,577 1,729 1,747 1,859 Fianna Fáil Brian Dennehy 6.91 1,130 1,152 1,152 1,153 1,155 1,155 1,155 1,156 1,158 1,177 1,306 1,520 1,581 1,581 1,620 1,625 1,645 1,679 Independent Grainne Maguire 5.30 868 872 884 884 897 920 945 999 1,015 1,023 1,080 1,095 1,143 1,144 1,174 1,180 1,276 1,685 People Before Profit Barry Martin 5.13 840 858 860 864 869 874 883 888 928 937 945 1,031 1,070 1,071 1,104 1,107 1,399 1,524 Green Joe O'Brien 4.91 804 818 824 827 831 835 867 888 902 927 942 983 1,030 1,030 1,206 1,212 1,288 1,362 Fine Gael J.P. Browne ††††††† 4.53 742 755 795 795 796 800 808 816 818 931 940 1,072 1,180 1,182 1,422 1,437 1,463 1,500 Independent Cathal Boland 4.24 694 718 720 721 725 727 738 750 757 780 785 813 Independent Richard Davis 4.13 676 680 682 683 704 713 735 783 786 792 838 844 955 958 981 984 1,087 Fine Gael Jeanette McNamara 3.64 596 618 631 631 632 633 634 639 647 719 725 Labour Ciaran Byrne[*] 3.64 595 629 635 635 638 684 699 710 711 791 797 838 890 894 Anti-Austerity Alliance Terry Kelleher 3.49 571 582 588 613 619 621 638 646 856 873 890 895 925 927 962 964 Fianna Fáil Darrell Mooney 2.85 467 470 476 480 491 501 514 540 546 553 Fine Gael Tom O'Leary[*] 2.75 450 460 467 469 472 477 485 491 493 Independent Frank Snowe 2.22 363 365 365 369 383 394 415 Anti-Austerity Alliance Denise Parker 1.89 309 315 316 388 394 397 419 435 Independent Garrett Mullan 1.75 286 289 290 294 306 314 Independent Niall Keady 1.02 167 168 169 169 Labour Peadar O'Kelly 0.98 161 171 173 173 176 Anti-Austerity Alliance Maurice Sweeney 0.85 139 140 140 Fine Gael Jean Fay Brady 0.76 125 128 Electorate: 37,451 Valid: 16,362 (43.69%) Spoilt: 218 Quota: 1,819 Turnout: 16,580 (44.27%)
Castleknock [ edit ] Castleknock: 7 seats Party Candidate FPv% Count 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 Fianna Fáil Jack Chambers †††††† 18.61 2,603 Sinn Féin Natalie Treacy 13.96 1,953 Green Roderic O'Gorman 9.96 1,393 1,457 1,472 1,483 1,499 1,512 1,559 1,618 1,669 1,770 Fine Gael Eithne Loftus [*] 7.72 1,080 1,144 1,145 1,147 1,149 1,153 1,163 1,215 1,218 1,414 1,451 1,498 1,713 1,719 Fine Gael Ted Leddy 6.95 973 1,066 1,068 1,070 1,075 1,086 1,097 1,120 1,123 1,306 1,376 1,439 1,613 1,624 Labour John Walsh[*] 5.59 782 802 809 812 816 819 837 858 883 925 966 997 Fianna Fáil Mags Murray [*] 5.15 721 898 908 910 911 919 930 961 975 1,021 1,055 1,473 1,593 1,595 Fine Gael Henry Minogue 4.80 671 695 698 703 706 709 717 739 741 Independent Mary Martin 4.62 647 694 705 714 726 747 770 848 899 932 1,140 1,215 1,336 1,338 Anti-Austerity Alliance Sandra Kavanagh 4.22 591 611 658 669 687 701 738 777 1,137 1,142 1,243 1,265 1,344 1,344 Fianna Fáil Edward MacManus 3.56 498 728 734 735 744 751 754 793 794 827 870 Independent T.J. Clare 3.38 473 522 532 551 568 627 650 706 745 764 Independent Seán Lyons 3.17 444 473 481 499 515 534 549 Anti-Austerity Alliance Matthew Waine[*] 3.11 435 442 482 489 499 502 593 630 People Before Profit Memet Uludag 2.19 306 314 338 346 355 357 Independent Dermot Casey 1.16 162 168 175 184 187 Direct Democracy Robert Long 1.04 145 154 159 163 Independent John Kidd 0.81 113 120 128 Electorate: 30,539 Valid: 13,990 (45.81%) Spoilt: 164 Quota: 1,749 Turnout: 14,154 (46.35%)
Howth–Malahide [ edit ] Howth–Malahide: 8 seats Party Candidate FPv% Count 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Independent Cian O'Callaghan [*] †††† 16.12 2,868 Fianna Fáil Eoghan O'Brien [*] 14.26 2,537 Sinn Féin Daire Ní Laoi 12.09 2,151 Independent Jimmy Guerin 10.00 1,779 1,972 2,020 Fine Gael Anthony Lavin [*] 9.41 1,674 1,696 1,776 1,779 1,784 1,787 1,980 Green David Healy 6.78 1,206 1,384 1,413 1,454 1,468 1,473 1,510 1,692 1,892 Labour Brian McDonagh 6.57 1,168 1,215 1,246 1,257 1,262 1,263 1,375 1,433 2,039 Fine Gael Keith Redmond ††††† 6.45 1,148 1,252 1,270 1,274 1,280 1,281 1,566 1,654 1,768 Labour Judy Dunne[*] 5.18 922 969 981 991 996 996 1,149 1,201 Fine Gael Marie O'Toole 4.88 868 894 914 918 919 921 Fianna Fáil Aileen Woods 4.28 761 821 1,124 1,141 1,146 1,158 1,217 1,326 1,401 Independent David O'Connor 3.40 604 800 816 886 949 961 974 Independent Lech Szczecinski 0.58 104 122 125 139 Electorate: 42,532 Valid: 17,790 (41.83%) Spoilt: 237 Quota: 1,977 Turnout: 18,027 (42.38%)
Mulhuddart [ edit ] Mulhuddart: 8 seats Party Candidate FPv% Count 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 Sinn Féin Paul Donnelly 27.26 3,201 Anti-Austerity Alliance Ruth Coppinger [*] † 21.78 2,568 Fianna Fáil David McGuinness [*] †† 11.58 1,360 Fine Gael Kieran Dennison [*] 7.46 876 916 969 970 976 981 1,032 1,036 1,062 1,080 1,083 1,088 1,358 Labour Mary McCamley [*] 4.96 582 626 686 689 696 699 724 731 749 768 777 782 839 923 Labour Michael O'Donovan[*] 4.31 506 552 602 604 607 611 625 632 655 667 678 683 777 802 Fine Gael Philip O'Callaghan 3.64 428 463 487 488 503 583 593 610 619 625 629 Independent Lorna Nolan 3.02 355 438 500 509 528 530 544 558 578 677 733 762 779 1,038 Sinn Féin Edmond Lukusa 3.01 353 1,376 Independent Freddie Cooper 1.92 226 265 291 295 362 364 368 375 408 Fine Gael Maria McGrail 1.92 225 251 267 268 273 275 Anti-Austerity Alliance Annette Hughes ††† 1.83 215 427 1,006 1,020 1,028 1,030 1,039 1,196 1,216 1,258 1,490 Fianna Fáil Margaret Richardson 1.81 213 267 292 296 300 328 337 342 Anti-Austerity Alliance Bernadette Rynne 1.59 187 276 396 407 409 410 414 460 479 490 People Before Profit Louise Bayliss 1.58 185 287 382 393 407 409 415 425 439 502 567 638 657 Independent Dermot Casey 1.27 149 184 200 205 Anti-Austerity Alliance Jimmy Keenan 0.98 115 183 320 325 330 331 334 Electorate: 30,364 Valid: 11,744 (38.68%) Spoilt: 186 Quota: 1,305 Turnout: 11,930 (39.29%)
Swords: 9 seats Party Candidate FPv% Count 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 Sinn Féin Philip Lynam ††††††††††† 11.05 1,552 Fianna Fáil Darragh Butler [*] 10.06 1,414 Independent Joe Newman 7.09 996 1,003 1,004 1,014 1,030 1,035 1,036 1,149 1,174 1,196 1,207 1,212 1,246 1,311 1,344 1,407 Anti-Austerity Alliance Eugene Coppinger [*] 5.64 793 826 827 835 843 881 897 931 962 999 1,006 1,015 1,039 1,199 1,285 1,353 1,372 Fianna Fáil Adrian Henchy 5.56 781 784 786 787 794 799 803 807 822 836 839 936 968 972 1,160 1,508 Independent Justin Sinnott 5.54 779 786 786 801 820 828 941 976 989 1,010 1,038 1,045 1,063 1,116 1,140 1,180 1,190 Fianna Fáil Joe Hennessy 5.43 763 768 771 772 790 791 801 817 838 869 890 905 938 967 994 Independent Paul Mulville †††††††† 4.85 682 689 689 696 746 758 766 783 805 842 857 917 948 1,026 1,236 1,274 1,283 Independent Anne Devitt [*] 4.72 663 673 674 677 686 700 746 766 792 855 901 914 995 1,070 1,183 1,273 1,305 Independent Michael Collins 4.73 664 669 669 672 699 706 712 716 734 823 832 898 920 955 Labour Duncan Smith 4.40 618 622 622 625 630 642 654 662 693 711 775 834 1,037 1,065 1,087 1,143 1,156 Fine Gael Bob Dowling 4.18 588 589 589 589 592 594 599 603 616 628 822 884 957 963 1,074 1,110 1,129 Labour Gerry McGuire[*] 3.45 485 488 488 493 501 502 503 506 524 529 545 Labour Tom Kelleher[*] 3.35 471 474 474 474 475 478 482 491 536 555 578 677 United Left Declan McCool 3.05 428 442 442 445 459 591 598 615 646 676 682 688 704 Fine Gael Dianne Sexton 3.00 421 423 423 428 429 433 439 449 473 489 Green Ken Duffy 2.68 377 385 385 388 394 400 403 410 Independent Duane Browne 2.66 374 381 381 384 395 410 429 440 462 Independent Joseph O'Neill 2.22 312 317 317 323 349 349 352 Independent Ian Croft 1.99 280 285 285 287 289 289 United Left Ken Doyle 1.93 271 279 279 281 284 Independent Mark Savage 0.92 129 134 134 140 Independent Anthony Moore 0.78 110 112 112 116 Independent Lech Szczecinski 0.40 56 57 57 Independent Fergal O'Connell 0.16 23 23 23 Independent Tony O'Byrne 0.15 21 22 22 Electorate: 36,807 Valid: 14,051 (38.17%) Spoilt: 189 Quota: 1,406 Turnout: 14,240 (38.69%)
References [ edit ] Changes 2014–2019 [ edit ] † Following her victory in the 2014 Dublin West by-election Ruth Coppinger resigned her seat in accordance with the dual mandate. The vacancy was filled by her colleague, Matthew Waine, on 18 August 2014. [1] †† Having failed to be selected as a candidate for Fianna Fáil at the Irish general election, 2016 David McGuinness resigned from the party citing class prejudice. [2] ††† On 29 May 2015 Anti-Austerity Alliance Cllr Annette Hughes resigned her seat for health reasons. Tania Doyle was selected to fill the vacancy and was co-opted at the council's July meeting.[3] †††† On 24 September 2015 Howth-Malahide Independent Cllr Cian O'Callaghan joined the Social Democrats and was unveiled as a candidate for the party at the 2016 general election in the Dublin Bay-North constituency.[4] ††††† Howth-Malahide Fine Gael Councillor Keith Redmond defected to Renua on 8 October 2015.[5] He quit the party and became an Independent on 14 November 2016. †††††† Following his election to the Dáil for Dublin West in the 2016 general election, Jack Chambers vacated his counsil seat in accordance with prohibition against the dual mandate. Howard Mahony was co-opted to fill the vacancy on 15 March 2016. ††††††† Balbriggan Fine Gael Cllr J.P. Browne resigned his seat citing work commitments on 19 July 2016.[6] Tom O'Leary was co-opted to fill the vacancy.[7] †††††††† Swords Independent Cllr Paul Mulville joined the Social Democrats on 28 August 2017.[8] ††††††††† Balbriggan Independent Cllr David O'Connor resigned his seat to take up a position as President of Cricket Ireland. Cathal Boland was co-opted to fill the vacancy on 21 July 2018.[9] †††††††††† Balbriggan Labour Party Cllr Ken Farrell resigned his seat due to ill health. Robert O'Donoghue was co-opted to fill the vacancy on 21 July 2018.[10] ††††††††††† Swords Sinn Féin Cllr Philip Lynam announced on 29 November 2018 that he will resign his seat at the December meeting for work reasons.[11] External links [ edit ]