Part of the 2014 Irish local elections
2014 Meath County Council election Map showing the area of Meath County Council
An election to all 40 seats on Meath County Council took place on 23 May 2014 as part of the 2014 Irish local elections , an increase from 29 seats at the 2009 election .[1] County Meath was divided into six 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). In addition, the town councils of Kells , Navan and Trim were abolished.
Fine Gael remained the largest party, and gained 2 seats when compared to 2009, despite having a lower first preference vote than Fianna Fáil. The party was somewhat insulated by the additional seats allocated to Meath. While Fianna Fáil was the largest party in terms of vote share running too many candidates and transfer leakage, in LEAs like Kells, Ratoath and Trim in particular, saw the party miss out on potential additional seats. By contrast Sinn Féin were the major winners in the elections as the party returned a team of 8 to the new Council. Independents gained 4 additional seats, including Nick Killian, a former Fianna Fáil councillor. Labour lost all of their 4 Council seats in a testament to the anti-Government sentiment.[2]
Results by party [ edit ]
Results by local electoral area [ edit ] ^ *: Outgoing councillor.
Ashbourne [ edit ] Ashbourne: 6 seats Party Candidate FPv% Count 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Independent Joe Bonner [*] 21.41 1,907 Sinn Féin Darren O'Rourke 15.79 1,407 Fianna Fáil Dr. Claire O'Driscoll 14.35 1,278 Fine Gael Suzanne Jamal [*] 8.28 738 765 771 774 775 778 790 855 1,057 1,183 Fine Gael Alan Tobin 7.05 628 732 738 747 755 783 805 816 922 1,126 Fine Gael David Harford 5.95 530 552 556 557 560 562 572 616 Labour Niamh McGowan[*] 5.35 477 591 601 608 620 649 689 703 755 Fianna Fáil Joe Sheridan 5.34 476 495 506 511 512 515 525 Independent Sharon Keogan 5.07 452 497 524 530 538 577 759 820 910 990 Fianna Fáil Seán Smith ††† 5.06 451 555 563 576 584 599 629 840 881 1,001 Independent Aisling O'Neill 2.80 249 322 349 367 398 498 Independent John King 1.55 138 206 219 229 288 Independent Paul Nolan 1.34 101 137 153 168 Independent Cathal Loftus 0.85 76 98 104 Electorate: 19,845 (44.89%) Valid: 8908 Spoilt: 93 Quota: 1,273 Turnout: 9,001 (45.36%)
Kells: 7 seats Party Candidate FPv% Count 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 Fianna Fáil Seán Drew 12.03 1,634 1,638 1,650 1,658 1,727 Sinn Féin Michael Gallagher 11.77 1,599 1,607 1,649 1,653 1,686 1,687 1,843 Sinn Féin Johnny Guirke 11.50 1,562 1,572 1,607 1,619 1,633 1,633 1,643 1,656 2,068 Independent David Gilroy 11.18 1,519 1,551 1,597 1,683 1,706 Fianna Fáil Oliver Fox[*] 8.52 1,158 1,161 1,163 1,173 1,178 1,179 1,237 1,246 Fine Gael Sarah Reilly 8.27 1,124 1,147 1,167 1,240 1,338 1,347 1,362 1,363 1,490 1,568 1,598 Fine Gael Eugene Cassidy [*] 8.10 1,100 1,104 1,115 1,188 1,210 1,212 1,301 1,347 1,378 1,394 1,399 Fine Gael John V. Farrelly [*] 8.06 1,095 1,099 1,102 1,158 1,207 1,211 1,245 1,261 1,334 1,373 1,377 Fianna Fáil Bryan Reilly [*] 7.42 1,008 1,010 1,019 1,021 1,079 1,090 1,313 1,327 1,698 1,785 Fianna Fáil Ronan Murtagh 4.95 673 674 680 681 686 686 Labour Brian Collins 2.91 395 420 435 448 Fine Gael Aideen Andrews 2.48 337 360 361 Workers' Party Seamus McDonagh 1.70 231 234 Labour Sandy Gallagher 1.10 150 Electorate: 25,923 Valid: 13,585 (52.41%) Spoilt: 205 Quota: 1,699 Turnout: 13,790 (53.20%)
Laytown-Bettystown [ edit ] Laytown-Bettystown: 7 seats Party Candidate FPv% Count 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Sinn Féin Eimear Ferguson 18.14 1,785 Fianna Fáil Wayne Harding [*] 15.60 1,535 Independent Sharon Keogan 11.69 1,150 1,265 Fine Gael Sharon Tolan 8.51 837 860 868 874 891 1,068 1,090 1,270 Fine Gael Paddy Meade 8.01 788 809 888 906 911 1,076 1,099 1,189 Fianna Fáil Stephen McKee 7.98 785 811 871 875 880 925 1,015 1,086 Fianna Fáil Patricia Heritage 6.36 626 675 760 775 796 813 841 916 Labour Eoin Holmes[*] 5.64 555 581 604 622 642 686 722 Fine Gael Dermot McCullen 5.16 508 521 529 536 545 Independent Tom Kelly 4.81 473 547 553 596 687 710 901 997 Independent David Keaveney 3.44 339 433 448 497 592 609 Direct Democracy William Lacey 2.57 253 328 331 356 Independent Mick Martin 1.48 146 170 178 Independent Denis Proctor 0.62 61 75 84 Electorate: 22,959 Valid: 9,841 (42.86%) Spoilt: 114 Quota: 1,231 Turnout: 9,955 (43.36%)
Navan: 7 seats Party Candidate FPv% Count 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Sinn Féin Joe Reilly [*] †† 14.02 1,360 Independent Francis Deane [*] 12.30 1,193 1,199 1,210 1,225 Fianna Fáil Shane Cassells [*] † 10.83 1,051 1,056 1,058 1,107 1,136 1,145 1,181 1,183 1,251 Sinn Féin Sinead Burke 10.14 984 1,070 1,077 1,122 1,166 1,256 Fianna Fáil Tommy Reilly [*] 9.41 913 924 926 950 981 989 1,003 1,005 1,046 1,110 Independent Wayne Forde 7.70 747 756 773 779 838 909 921 939 1,025 1,265 Fianna Fáil Padraig Fitzsimons 6.77 657 661 662 685 701 717 732 734 759 810 Fine Gael Jim Holloway [*] 6.44 625 629 634 650 662 674 914 916 1,017 1,106 Independent Paddy Pryle 4.62 448 454 470 482 506 573 589 604 667 Labour Anton McCabe 4.56 442 446 452 465 476 501 526 528 Fine Gael John Duffy 3.77 366 367 370 373 384 390 People Before Profit Alan Lawes 3.43 333 336 346 353 364 Independent Stephen Ball 2.75 267 271 275 278 Fianna Fáil Jenny McHugh[*] 2.31 224 226 229 Independent Paul Hagan 0.61 59 60 Independent Gerry O'Brien 0.35 34 35 Electorate: 22,088 Valid: 9,703 (43.93%) Spoilt: 122 Quota: 1,213 Turnout: 9,825 (44.48%)
Ratoath [ edit ] Ratoath: 7 seats Party Candidate FPv% Count 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Independent Brian Fitzgerald [*] 18.84 2,054 Independent Nick Killian [*] 14.88 1,622 Sinn Féin Maria O'Kane 9.81 1,070 1,145 1,184 1,221 1,276 1,364 Fine Gael Maria Murphy [*] 8.56 933 1,000 1,004 1,077 1,093 1,191 1,191 Fianna Fáil Damien O'Reilly 8.50 927 1,016 1,024 1,040 1,144 1,375 Fine Gael Gerry O'Connor 7.90 861 937 944 989 1,002 1,018 1,018 Fine Gael Gillian Toole 7.27 793 848 914 928 1,087 1,107 1,107 Independent Seán Henry 5.77 629 770 809 874 901 982 982 Fianna Fáil Noel Leonard[*] 5.45 594 669 677 688 728 Fianna Fáil P.J. White 5.37 585 625 633 692 764 836 Fianna Fáil Deirdre Smith 4.31 470 491 552 578 Labour William Lacey 1.90 207 236 245 Green Seán O Buachalla 1.44 157 180 190 Electorate: 24,916 Valid: 10,902 (43.76%) Spoilt: 110 Quota: 1,363 Turnout: 11,012 (44.20%)
Trim: 6 seats Party Candidate FPv% Count 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Sinn Féin Caroline Lynch 16.69 1,635 Fine Gael Joe Fox [*] 12.43 1,218 1,227 1,234 1,239 1,264 1,271 1,367 1,421 Independent Trevor Golden 10.74 1,052 1,104 1,190 1,307 1,531 Fine Gael Enda Flynn 9.84 964 971 975 992 1,006 1,017 1,060 1,066 1,131 1,134 Fianna Fáil Vera Flynn 9.46 927 942 946 956 969 982 1,009 1,082 1,125 1,127 Fianna Fáil Ronan McKenna 9.0 882 897 905 911 918 923 961 1,182 1,336 1,345 Fine Gael Noel French 8.88 870 878 896 901 915 924 959 1,006 1,313 1,320 Labour James O'Shea 5.77 565 582 603 609 619 634 786 838 Fianna Fáil Vincent McHugh 5.23 512 523 529 531 536 545 558 Labour Tracey McElhinney[*] 4.43 434 447 453 457 470 494 Independent Keith Ellis 2.96 290 316 346 419 Independent Dennis O'Rourke 2.30 225 265 282 Independent David Keane 2.30 225 247 Electorate: 24,531 Valid: 9,799 (39.95%) Spoilt: 162 Quota: 1,400 Turnout: 9,961 (40.61%)
References [ edit ] Changes 2014–2019 [ edit ] † Navan Fianna Fáil Cllr Shane Cassells was elected to the 32nd Dáil for Meath West in the 2016 general election. Padraig Fitzsimons was co-opted to fill the vacancy on 14 March 2016.[1] †† Navan Sinn Féin Cllr Joe Reilly died of cancer on 1 June 2018.[2] Edward Fennessy was co-opted to fill the vacancy in September 2018.[3] ††† Ashbourne Fianna Fáil Councillor Seán Smith resigned his seat on 12 September 2018 explaining that he and his family were moving to the US.[4] On 29 November 2018 Conor Tormey was selected to fill the vacancy. External links [ edit ]