South Dublin County Council election, 2014

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South Dublin County Council election, 2014
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All 40 seats to South Dublin County Council
21 seats needed for a majority
  First party Second party Third party
 
Party Sinn Féin Fine Gael Fianna Fáil
Seats won 9 7 5
Seat change +6 -1 +1
  Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party
 
Party Labour Party People Before Profit Anti-Austerity Alliance
Seats won 4 3 3
Seat change -5 +2 +3
  Seventh party Eighth party
 
Party Green Party Independent
Seats won 1 8
Seat change +1 +7
South Dublin in Ireland.svg
Map showing the area of South Dublin County Council
Council control after election

TBD


An election to South Dublin County Council took place on 23 May 2014 as part of that year's Irish local elections. Forty councillors were elected from six local electoral areas by proportional representation with a single transferable vote for a five-year term of office.[1][2][3]

Recognising population growth South Dublin County Council gained 14 seats since 2009. Sinn Féin emerged as the largest party after the local elections with 9 seats and 6 gains in total. The party won 2 seats in each of Clondalkin and the 2 Tallaght LEAs. Fine Gael retained second place but lost 1 seat overall to emerge with 7 seats. While the party won 2 seats in each of Clondalkin, Lucan and Rathfarnam she won no seat in either Tallaght LEA. Fianna Fáil gained 1 seat to win 5 seats overall, in the Lucan LEA, the first time they won a seat there since 2004, but were left without representation in Tallaght South. Labour were the big losers, losing 5 seats to emerge with 4 overall and were left without representation in Lucan and Rathfarnam. Both People Before Profit and the Anti-Austerity Alliance secured 3 seats each. The Green Party also gained 1 seat in Rathfarnam. Independents were also among the biggest winners on the Council with 8 seats and 7 gains in total.

Results by party

Party Seats ± 1st pref FPv%
Sinn Féin 9 +6 18,411 23.96
Fine Gael 7 -1 13,853 18.03
Fianna Fáil 5 +1 10,274 13.37
Labour Party 4 -5 7,847 10.21
People Before Profit 3 +2 3,630 4.72
Anti-Austerity Alliance 3 +3 3,537 4.60
Green Party 1 +1 1,667 2.17
Independent 8 +7 16,246 21.15
Totals 40 +14 76,828 100%

Results by Electoral Area

Clondalkin

Clondalkin - 8 seats
Party Candidate  % 1st Pref Count 1 Count 2 Count 3 Count 4 Count 5 Count 6 Count 7 Count 8
Sinn Féin Eoin Ó Broin*†† 21.19 2,992              
Sinn Féin Jonathan Graham 16.33 2,306              
Fianna Fáil Trevor Gilligan* 13.71 1,935              
People Before Profit Gino Kenny*††††† 12.01 1,696              
Fine Gael Emer Higgins* 8.45 1,193 1,241 1,262 1,327 1,330 1,356 1,366 1,388
Labour Party Breeda Bonner* 7.70 1,087 1,203 1,270 1,353 1,361 1,533 1,562 1,590
Fine Gael Kenny Egan 7.19 1,015 1,157 1,200 1,282 1,291 1,338 1,392 1,407
Independent Francis Timmons 4.83 682 1,122 1,282 1,356 1,387 1,477 1,886  
Workers' Party Lorraine Hennessy 3.07 433 693 853 880 910 1,029 1,143 1,309
Independent Matthew McDonagh 2.82 398 637 866 867 903 987    
Labour Party Ken Kinsella 1.68 237 276 291 315 319      
Communist Party Paul Doran 1.01 143 282 324 334 340      
Electorate: 35,616   Valid: 14,117 (39.64%)   Spoilt: 263   Quota: 1,569   Turnout: 14,380 (40.38%)

Lucan

Lucan - 8 seats
Party Candidate  % 1st Pref Count 1 Count 2 Count 3 Count 4 Count 5 Count 6 Count 7 Count 8 Count 9 Count 10 Count 11 Count 12 Count 13 Count 14
Sinn Féin Danny O'Brien 12.57 1,762                          
Fine Gael William Lavelle* 12.49 1,751                          
Independent Guss O'Connell* 10.50 1,471 1,496 1,503 1,506 1,513 1,522 1,561              
Independent Paul Gogarty 8.71 1,221 1,241 1,261 1,272 1,279 1,309 1,320 1,369 1,414 1,488 1,565      
Fine Gael Vicki Casserly 6.13 859 863 923 924 938 948 1,041 1,083 1,101 1,142 1,203 1,242 1,304 1,351
Independent Liona O'Toole 5.51 772 786 798 800 804 810 818 836 852 892 918 995 1,137 1,263
Fianna Fáil Ed O'Brien 5.06 709 716 725 727 735 743 749 757 1,076 1,101 1,144 1,162 1,250 1,306
People Before Profit Ruth Nolan 5.02 704 755 760 763 769 791 798 827 841 999 1,031 1,123 1,285 1,488
Independent Tony Stafford 4.72 661 672 672 673 676 681 698 705 720 735 745 943 993  
Independent Alan Hayes 4.16 583 592 595 596 598 605 618 635 645 665 676      
Fianna Fáil Caitríona McClean 3.66 513 517 523 524 525 531 537 550            
Workers' Party Mick Finnegan 3.62 507 530 533 535 537 567 569 585 594          
Labour Party Eamon Tuffy* 3.62 507 512 531 531 548 560 580 597 617 654        
Labour Party Caitriona Jones* 3.60 505 509 527 530 576 581 595 637 649 669 951 994 1,048 1,112
Independent Jim Doyle 3.55 497 506 511 534 536 598 602 627 651 738 767 819    
Independent Patrick Akpoveta 1.96 275 281 284 289 326 336 337              
Independent Michael Farrelly 1.71 239 243 244 252 253                  
Fine Gael Gerry Kennedy 1.66 233 234 254 254 256 260                
Independent Hussain Zahid 1.29 181 184 186 187                    
Independent Ciaran Byrne 0.46 65 69 69                      
Electorate: 33,243   Valid: 14,015 (41.93%)   Spoilt: 168   Quota: 1,558   Turnout: 14,183 (42.43%)

Rathfarnham

Rathfarnham - 6 seats
Party Candidate  % 1st Pref Count 1 Count 2 Count 3 Count 4 Count 5 Count 6
Fianna Fáil John Lahart*††† 15.95 1,972          
Fine Gael Anne-Marie Dermody* 13.22 1,634 1,649 1,715 1,788    
Sinn Féin Sarah Holland 13.06 1,614 1,621 1,644 1,740 1,768  
Independent Deirdre O'Donovan 12.27 1,517 1,533 1,592 1,731 1,840  
Fine Gael Paula Donovan 8.14 1,006 1,015 1,043 1,102 1,547 1,637
Green Party Francis Duffy 7.64 944 959 992 1,130 1,198 1,477
People Before Profit John Flanagan 6.52 806 809 830 886 907  
Labour Party Paddy Cosgrave* 6.50 804 817 1,129 1,180 1,268 1,370
Fine Gael Alan Gallagher 6.26 774 787 818 862    
Fianna Fáil Emma Murphy 5.54 685 793 807      
Labour Party Aideen Carberry 4.91 607 613        
Electorate: 30,375   Valid: 12,363 (40.70%)   Spoilt: 127   Quota: 1,767   Turnout: 12,490 (41.12%)

Tallaght Central

Tallaght Central - 6 seats
Party Candidate  % 1st Pref Count 1 Count 2 Count 3 Count 4 Count 5 Count 6 Count 7 Count 8 Count 9 Count 10
Sinn Féin Máire Devine* 24.45 2,874                  
Fianna Fáil Charlie O'Connor 13.74 1,615 1,744                
Anti-Austerity Alliance Mick Murphy 12.11 1,424 1,506 1,515 1,533 1,586 1,620 1,625 1,651 1,808  
Labour Party Mick Duff* 8.35 982 1,022 1,026 1,168 1,191 1,224 1,225 1,353 1,381 1,495
Sinn Féin Brendan Ferron 7.70 905 1,642 1,663 1,678 1,705          
Fine Gael Karen Warren 5.38 632 642 647 687 697 754 754 1,065 1,078 1,153
Anti-Austerity Alliance Kieran Mahon 5.30 623 654 656 661 701 719 720 748 1,189 1,512
Fine Gael Gay Kelly 5.14 604 615 619 632 650 693 693      
Anti-Austerity Alliance Eddie Ericksson 4.98 585 663 665 675 694 712 713 744    
Independent Declan Burke 4.46 524 556 557 581 715 764 772 824 872  
Fianna Fáil Valerie Gaynor 2.95 347 361 369 382 385          
Independent Ray Kelly 2.88 339 354 359 362            
Labour Party Kemi Adenekan 2.56 301 316 319              
Electorate: 26,285   Valid: 11,755 (44.72%)   Spoilt: 186   Quota: 1,680   Turnout: 11,941 (45.43%)

Tallaght South

Tallaght South - 6 seats
Party Candidate  % 1st Pref Count 1 Count 2 Count 3 Count 4 Count 5 Count 6 Count 7
Sinn Féin Cathal King* 31.21 2,449            
Sinn Féin Louise Dunne 20.05 1,573            
Labour Party Martina Genockey 9.43 740 861 905 1,003 1,096 1,420  
Fine Gael David Yeates 7.15 561 596 608 656 772    
Fianna Fáil Emmett Hegarty 6.76 530 597 633 654      
Anti-Austerity Alliance Brian Leech 6.16 483 804 886 911 956 994 1,008
People Before Profit Nicky Coules 5.40 424 704 804 828 884 918 958
Anti-Austerity Alliance Phil Foster 5.38 422 643 740 767 810 850 871
Independent Dermot Richardson 4.72 370 537 581 707 781 870 927
Labour Party Eugene Ryan 2.56 201 254 265        
Independent Frank O'Gorman 1.19 93 156 182        
Electorate: 25,653   Valid: 7,846 (30.59%)   Spoilt: 167   Quota: 1,121   Turnout: 8,013 (31.24%)

Templeogue-Terenure

Templeogue-Terenure - 6 seats
Party Candidate  % 1st Pref Count 1 Count 2 Count 3 Count 4 Count 5 Count 6 Count 7 Count 8 Count 9 Count 10
Independent Dermot Looney* 16.89 2,826                  
Independent Ronan McMahon† 13.74 2,299 2,386 2,427              
Sinn Féin Fintan Warfield†††††† 11.57 1,936 2,016 2,025 2,094 2,121 2,167 2,227 2,292 2,623  
Fine Gael Colm Brophy*†††† 9.28 1,552 1,562 1,567 1,572 1,689 1,895 1,981 2,027 2,115 2,134
Labour Party Pamela Kearns* 8.52 1,426 1,454 1,472 1,484 1,679 1,796 2,002 2,076 2,248 2,282
Fine Gael Brian Lawlor* 8.22 1,375 1,380 1,383 1,384 1,438 1,542 1,599 1,636 1,855 1,882
Fianna Fáil Paul Foley 6.90 1,155 1,168 1,180 1,189 1,202 1,232 1,283 1,834 1,951 1,988
Independent Shane Conneely 6.47 1,082 1,115 1,158 1,257 1,315 1,338 1,485 1,537    
Fianna Fáil Eamonn Walsh* 4.86 813 844 848 862 868 907 992      
Green Party Suzanne McEneaney 4.32 723 750 759 782 812 859        
Fine Gael Siobhán Butler 3.97 664 731 735 745 764          
Labour Party Chris Bond* 2.69 450 467 467 480            
Direct Democracy Neville Bradley 1.67 280 300 309              
Independent Paddy Henegan 0.90 151 168                
Electorate: 33,746   Valid: 16,732 (49.58%)   Spoilt: 217   Quota: 2,391   Turnout: 16,949 (50.23%)

References

  1. ↑ Proportional Representation Citizens Information, 2009-09-21.
  2. ↑ Local Election Results for South Dublin County Council Irish Times. Retrieved: 2014-05-29.
  3. ↑ Local Elections Results for South Dublin County Council Council website. Retrieved: 2015-03-07.

Changes since Election

  • † On 13 March 2015 Templeogue-Terenure Independent Cllr Ronan McMaon became a founder member of the Renua party.[1]
  • †† Clondalkin Sinn Féin Cllr Eoin O Broin was elected as a TD for Dublin Mid-West at the Irish general election, 2016. Mark Ward was co-opted to fill the vacancy on 14 March 2016.[2]
  • ††† Rathfarnam Fianna Fáil Cllr John Lahart was elected as a TD for Dublin South-West at the Irish general election, 2016. Emma Murphy was co-opted to fill the vacancy on 14 March 2016.[3]
  • †††† Templeogue-Terenure Fine Gael Cllr Colm Brophy was elected as a TD for Dublin South-West at the Irish general election, 2016. Brian Lawlor was co-opted to fill the vacancy on 14 March 2016.[4]
  • ††††† Clondalkin People Before Profir Alliance Cllr Gino Kenny was elected as a TD for Dublin Mid-West at the Irish general election, 2014. Madeleine Johansson was co-opted to fill the vacancy on 3 April 2016.[5]
  • †††††† Templeogue-Terenure Sinn Féin Cllr Fintan Warfield was elected as a Senator on 25 April 2016.

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