2014 Sligo County Council election

2014 Sligo County Council election
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All 18 seats on Sligo County Council
10 seats needed for a majority
  First party Second party Third party
 
Party Fianna Fáil Fine Gael Sinn Féin
Seats won 8 3 2
Seat change +1 -9 +1
  Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party
 
Party People Before Profit United Left Independent
Seats won 1 1 3
Seat change +1 +1 -
Area of Sligo County Council

An election to all 18 seats on Sligo County Council took place on 23 May 2014 as part of the 2014 Irish local elections, a reduction from 25 seats at the 2009 election. County Sligo was divided into two local electoral areas (LEAs) to elect councilors for a five-year term of officeon the electoral system of proportional representation by means of the single transferable vote (PR-STV). In addition, the borough council of Sligo was abolished.

Fianna Fáil increased their seats by 1 to 8 seats. Sinn Féin gained 1 seat, as did People Before Profit, and Independents increased their numbers by 1 seat to 4. In contrast, Fine Gael lost 9 seats, being reduced to just 3 councillors, while the Labour Party lost representation on the council for the first time since 1912.[1][2][3]

Results by party

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Party Seats ± 1st pref FPv% ±%
Fianna Fáil 8 +1 9,454 29.7
Fine Gael 3 -9 7,958 24.9
Sinn Féin 2 +1 3,290 10.3
People Before Profit 1 +1 842 2.6
United Left 1 +1 1,848 5.80
Labour 0 -2 1,312 4.1
Independent 3 - 7,142 22.40
Total 18 -7 31,884 100.00 —

Results by local electoral area

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^ *: Outgoing councillor.

Ballymote–Tubbercurry

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Ballymote–Tubbercurry: 8 seats
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9
Independent Margaret Gormley[*]†††† 17.84 2,701                
Independent Michael Clarke[*] 9.92 1,502 1,541 1,644 1,654 1,781        
Fianna Fáil Martin Baker[*] 9.60 1,454 1,485 1,491 1,521 1,563 1,574 1,585 1,620 1,634
Fianna Fáil Joe Queenan[*] 7.37 1,116 1,119 1,236 1,238 1,269 1,276 1,281 1,805  
Fine Gael Gerard Mullaney[*] 7.32 1,108 1,133 1,141 1,204 1,205 1,304 1,304 1,424 1,438
Fianna Fáil Paul Taylor 7.31 1,107 1,303 1,312 1,344 1,395 1,499 1,502 1,535 1,556
Fianna Fáil Eamon Scanlon†† 7.31 1,106 1,260 1,267 1,429 1,506 1,532 1,538 1,595 1,621
Fine Gael Blair Feeney 7.06 1,069 1,076 1,159 1,171 1,213 1,262 1,280    
Fianna Fáil Jerry Lundy[*] 6.82 1,032 1,230 1,233 1,255 1,299 1,569 1,575 1,599 1,607
Fine Gael Dara Mulvey[*] 5.83 883 967 1,001 1,118 1,150 1,284 1,289 1,505 1,544
Sinn Féin Stephen Edward McCarrick 4.06 614 680 709 717          
Fine Gael Michael Fleming[*] 3.78 573 691 698 736 753        
Fine Gael Pat McGrath[*] 2.97 450 510 515            
Independent Mary Tuffy 2.80 424 461              
Electorate: 22,833   Valid: 15,139 (66.30%)   Spoilt: 158   Quota: 1,683   Turnout: 15,297 (67.0%)  

Sligo

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Sligo: 10 seats
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17
United Left Declan Bree[*] 11.04 1,848                                
Sinn Féin Seán MacManus[*]††† 9.23 1,545                                
Independent Marie Casserly 7.14 1,195 1,223 1,227 1,228 1,269 1,306 1,371 1,441 1,458 1,563              
Fine Gael Sinéad Maguire 6.88 1,152 1,163 1,164 1,165 1,176 1,196 1,226 1,278 1,368 1,401 1,549            
Sinn Féin Tomas Healy 6.75 1,131 1,168 1,170 1,180 1,183 1,195 1,212 1,242 1,245 1,278 1,287 1,325 1,332 1,390 1,394 1,697  
Fianna Fáil Rosaleen O'Grady[*] 6.50 1,089 1,101 1,102 1,103 1,105 1,114 1,122 1,164 1,216 1,268 1,332 1,463 1,469 1,587      
Fianna Fáil Tom MacSharry 5.80 971 992 994 995 1,001 1,019 1,032 1,068 1,094 1,122 1,175 1,250 1,255 1,408 1,433 1,519 1,561
People Before Profit Seamie O'Boyle† 5.03 842 907 913 916 922 950 959 1,008 1,015 1,087 1,116 1,205 1,210 1,238 1,240 1,271 1,284
Fianna Fáil Seamus Kilgannon 4.91 823 829 830 830 836 841 855 869 876 915 954 998 1,001 1,172 1,188 1,237 1,263
Fianna Fáil Dónal Gilroy 4.51 756 761 762 762 762 767 820 832 842 851 864 885 885        
Fine Gael Thomas Collery[*] 4.50 753 759 760 760 763 765 786 792 859 873 939 971 976 1,004 1,006    
Labour Jim McGarry[*] 4.34 726 745 747 749 750 778 785 805 825 857 922 1,049 1,052 1,082 1,086 1,134 1,151
Fine Gael Hubert Keaney[*] 3.69 618 623 623 623 623 627 709 716 746 771 884 939 945 1,045 1,055 1,273 1,301
Labour Marcella McGarry 3.50 586 607 609 610 612 659 665 695 726 767 796            
Fine Gael Matt Lyons[*] 3.19 535 545 545 545 547 553 567 578 663 701              
Independent Veronica Cawley[*] 2.87 481 507 507 508 516 549 557 587 614                
Fine Gael David Cawley[*] 2.67 447 460 460 460 463 473 483 498                  
Independent Francis Cadden 2.54 426 443 445 446 459 478 479                    
Fine Gael James Gilmartin 2.21 370 373 373 373 374 377                      
Independent Patricia Gardiner 0.95 159 166 166 166 176                        
Independent Kebba Cham 0.80 134 136 141 141 146                        
Independent Martina Butler 0.72 120 130 133 133                          
Fís Nua James Higgins 0.23 38 39                              
Electorate: 30,180   Valid: 16,745 (55.48%)   Spoilt: 225   Quota: 1,523   Turnout: 16,970 (56.23%)  

Changes

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† Co-options

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Outgoing Party Electoral area Reason Date Co-optee Party
Seamie O'Boyle People Before Profit Sligo Death of Councillor [4] August 2015 Gino O'Boyle People Before Profit

†† Co-options

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Outgoing Party Electoral area Reason Date Co-optee Party
Eamon Scanlon Fianna Fáil Ballymote–Tubbercurry Election to Dáil Éireann[5] 14 March 2016 Keith Henry Fianna Fáil

††† Co-options

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Outgoing Party Electoral area Reason Date Co-optee Party
Seán MacManus Sinn Féin Sligo Resignation[6] 6 March 2017 Chris MacManus Sinn Féin

†††† Co-options

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Outgoing Party Electoral area Reason Date Co-optee Party
Margaret Gormley Independent Ballymote–Tubbercurry Death[7] Independent

References

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  1. ^ "Sligo profile: Focus on bread-and-butter issues". The Irish Times. 15 May 2014. Retrieved 15 May 2014.
  2. ^ "Sligo County Council Elections". Irish Independent. 24 May 2014. Archived from the original on 30 May 2014. Retrieved 18 June 2014.
  3. ^ "O'Boyle stormer laid its roots in Sligo town support" Archived 2015-04-02 at the Wayback Machine, Sligo Today; accessed 30 March 2015.
  4. ^ "Sligo councillor Seamie O'Boyle has died". Ocean FM. [permanent dead link]
  5. ^ McGreevy, Ronan (28 February 2016) [27 February 2016]. "Sligo-Leitrim: Fianna Fáil takes two seats as Eamon Scanlon returns". The Irish Times. Dublin. ISSN 0791-5144.
  6. ^ "Long-serving Sligo Councillor surprises colleagues announcing his retirement". Ocean FM. 9 January 2017.
  7. ^ "The death has occurred of Sligo Independent councillor Margaret Gormley". Midwest Radio. 5 April 2019.
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