2014 Dún Laoghaire–Rathdown County Council election

A Dún Laoghaire–Rathdown County Council election was held in Ireland on 23 May 2014 as part of that year's local elections. Forty councillors were elected from a field of 85 candidates for a five-year term of office from six local electoral areas by proportional representation with a single transferable vote (PR-STV).[1][2]

2014 Dún Laoghaire–Rathdown County Council election
23 May 2014
All 40 seats on Dún Laoghaire–Rathdown County Council
21 seats needed for a majority
  First party Second party Third party
 
Party Fine Gael Fianna Fáil Labour
Seats won 11 8 7
Seat change - +4 -1
  Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party
 
Party Sinn Féin People Before Profit Green
Seats won 3 3 2
Seat change +3 +1 +2
  Seventh party
 
Party Independent
Seats won 6
Seat change +3
Map showing the area of Dún Laoghaire–Rathdown County Council
Council control before election

Fine Gael

 Council control after election

Fine Gael

Again mirroring trends in Dublin, the number of councillors was expanded from 28 to 40 between 2009 and 2014. Fine Gael retained their position as the leading party on the authority with 11 seats, including 2 seats in each of Blackrock, Dundrum and Stillorgan and 3 seats in Dún Laoghaire. Fianna Fáil doubled their seats to 8 and won 2 seats in each of Blackrock and Stillorgan. Labour lost 1 seat overall to emerge with 7 seats. The party won 2 seats in each of Glencullen–Sandyford and Killiney–Shankill to compensate from losing a seat in Dún Laoghaire. Sinn Féin gained 3 seats to secure representation on the council for the first time. People Before Profit gained 2 extra seats to also return with 3 councillors. The Green Party also returned with 2 seats with 2 gains in Dundrum and Dún Laoghaire. Independents doubled their seats to return with 6 seats to the Council chamber.

Results by party
Party Seats ± 1st pref FPv%
Fine Gael 11 0 19,518 28.15
Fianna Fáil 8 +4 12,936 18.66
Labour 7 −1 9,108 13.14
Sinn Féin 3 +3 6,690 9.65
People Before Profit 3 +1 5,475 7.90
Green 2 +2 4,829 6.97
Independent 6 +3 10,774 15.54
Totals 40 +12 69,330 100%

Results by local electoral area

Blackrock
Blackrock - 6 seats
PartyCandidateFPv%Count
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Fine Gael Marie Baker* 17.29 1,797          
Fianna Fáil Mary Hanafin 14.45 1,501          
Fianna Fáil Kate Feeney 12.40 1,288 1,322 1,367 1,432 1,521  
Independent Victor Boyhan*†††† 11.27 1,171 1,202 1,272 1,421 1,502  
Fine Gael Barry Ward* 11.06 1,149 1,247 1,272 1,341 1,830  
People Before Profit Lola Hynes 8.09 841 848 1,034 1,201 1,238 1,264
Fine Gael Maurice Dockrell 6.78 704 795 822 863    
Green Celine Moorkens 6.52 677 691 754      
Labour Deirdre Kingston* 6.17 641 664 815 992 1,077 1,335
Sinn Féin Brian McNally 3.64 378 380        
Labour Angela Timlin 2.35 244 256        
Electorate: 22,712   Valid: 10,391 (45.75%)   Spoilt: 83   Quota: 1,485   Turnout: 10,474 (46.12%)  

    Dundrum
    Dundrum - 7 seats
    PartyCandidateFPv%Count
    123456789101112
    Sinn Féin Sorcha Nic Cormaic 8.68 1,161 1,165 1,167 1,184 1,217 1,228 1,351 1,381 1,413 1,420 1,431 1,571
    Fianna Fáil Shay Brennan 8.84 1,130 1,144 1,152 1,173 1,322 1,339 1,348 1,385 1,743      
    Green Catherine Martin† 7.98 1,068 1,078 1,099 1,160 1,182 1,237 1,289 1,346 1,409 1,423 1,502 1,602
    Fine Gael Brian Murphy††††††††† 7.84 1,049 1,059 1,147 1,183 1,221 1,283 1,295 1,343 1,409 1,414 1,678  
    Independent Seamus O'Neill 7.50 1,004 1,027 1,038 1,089 1,109 1,130 1,221 1,400 1,445 1,451 1,499 1,630
    Labour Grace Tallon* 6.79 908 922 975 1,002 1,012 1,241 1,293 1,356 1,447 1,455 1,584 1,683
    Fine Gael Pat Hand* 6.55 877 883 933 957 982 1,029 1,037 1,054 1,081 1,085 1,339 1,422
    Independent Anne Colgan 5.73 767 786 801 878 907 934 996 1,095 1,133 1,141 1,184 1,392
    Fine Gael Jim O'Dea* 5.50 736 743 821 841 866 901 906 935 976 981    
    Independent Tony Fox* 5.43 726 748 752 796 825 836 887 941 979 992 1,045  
    Fianna Fáil Sarah Ryan 5.13 686 689 700 721 808 825 837 865        
    Independent Stephen O'Shea 4.32 578 593 596 632 650 659 722          
    People Before Profit John O'Dowd 4.13 553 557 558 597 613 626            
    Fianna Fáil Tony Kelly 4.03 539 542 544 548                
    Labour Peter Leonard 3.98 532 536 551 564 576              
    Independent Terence Corish 3.71 497 518 523                  
    Fine Gael Madeline Spiers 2.83 379 381                    
    Independent Donal Fingleton 1.43 192                      
    Electorate: 28,094   Valid: 13,382 (47.63%)   Spoilt: 160   Quota: 1,673   Turnout: 13,542 (48.20%)  

      Dún Laoghaire
      Dún Laoghaire - 8 seats
      PartyCandidateFPv%Count
      123456789101112131415
      Fine Gael John Bailey* 16.19 2,423                            
      Fianna Fáil Cormac Devlin* 8.37 1,253 1,341 1,346 1,349 1,361 1,368 1,390 1,404 1,423 1,578 1,624 1,671      
      People Before Profit Melissa Halpin* 8.00 1,198 1,210 1,214 1,219 1,226 1,235 1,256 1,275 1,311 1,348 1,412 1,436 1,436 1,670  
      Green Ossian Smyth 7.14 1,068 1,096 1,107 1,117 1,128 1,133 1,148 1,212 1,256 1,314 1,403 1,473 1,474 1,534 1,656
      People Before Profit Karl Gill†††††††† 6.93 1,037 1,066 1,070 1,071 1,079 1,087 1,105 1,112 1,124 1,153 1,216 1,233 1,233 1,489 1,659
      Sinn Féin Jeanette Kavanagh 6.10 913 923 927 930 932 932 938 945 956 972 1,003 1,012 1,012    
      Fine Gael Patricia Stewart* 5.06 757 851 852 854 863 865 874 944 981 1,012 1,046 1,321 1,321 1,330 1,377
      Fianna Fáil James McCann 4.72 707 736 736 741 748 754 769 772 791 941 991 1,015 1,017 1,086  
      Labour Jane Dillon-Byrne* 4.66 697 787 790 793 875 876 886 1,093 1,111 1,137 1,162 1,207 1,208 1,244 1,319
      Fine Gael Mary Fayne 4.52 677 866 866 868 876 880 893 940 975 998 1,020 1,227 1,230 1,248 1,337
      Independent Michael Merrigan 4.45 666 674 682 693 701 731 765 782 903 936 1,113 1,140 1,140 1,251 1,352
      Fianna Fáil Lisa Rogerson 4.01 600 631 631 631 638 646 656 671 696            
      Fine Gael Ellen O'Connor 3.93 588 659 662 663 671 678 694 726 766 802 835        
      Independent John Paul Kearney 3.59 537 556 557 573 578 608 662 673 749 774          
      Labour Donna Pierce* 3.09 462 483 484 485 547 549 556                
      Independent Rita O'Brien 2.33 349 355 418 446 453 583 638 646              
      Independent Mary MacHale 1.94 291 300 303 310 313 342                  
      Labour John Kane 1.64 246 261 261 263                      
      Independent Peter Kerrigan 1.40 210 214 233 294 296                    
      Independent Anthony Kenny 1.01 151 154 163                        
      Independent Alan O'Reilly 0.92 138 141                          
      Electorate: 32,795   Valid: 14,968 (45.64%)   Spoilt: 181   Quota: 1,664   Turnout: 15,149 (46.19%)  

        Glencullen-Sandyford
        Glencullen-Sandyford - 7 seats
        PartyCandidateFPv%Count
        12345678910
        Labour Lettie McCarthy* 17.65 1,577                  
        Fine Gael Neale Richmond*††††† 13.07 1,168                  
        Sinn Féin Chris Curran 10.75 961 976 981 985 1,019 1,020 1,043 1,045 1,246  
        Independent Kevin Daly 8.87 793 836 838 856 891 894 943 944 1,080 1,132
        Fianna Fáil Tom Murphy* 7.91 707 761 772 802 1,062 1,066 1,140      
        Labour Peter O'Brien 7.21 644 790 815 846 879 886 1,009 1,015 1,087 1,104
        People Before Profit Nicola Curry 6.76 604 621 626 637 665 666 726 729    
        Independent Lynsey McGovern††††††††† 6.15 550 583 606 620 650 655 748 751 929 984
        Green Tom Kivlehan 5.77 516 548 558 580 600 604        
        Fianna Fáil John Byrne 5.38 481 500 508 516            
        Fine Gael Tom Joyce* 4.53 405 443 517 747 777 802 875 882 902 906
        Fine Gael Aileen Eglington 3.63 324 361 408              
        Fine Gael Stewart Stephens 2.31 206 231                
        Electorate: 22,226   Valid: 8,936 (40.21%)   Spoilt: 94   Quota: 1,118   Turnout: 9,030 (40.63%)  

          Killiney-Shankill
          Killiney-Shankill - 6 seats
          PartyCandidateFPv%Count
          12345678910
          People Before Profit Hugh Lewis* 14.03 1,653 1,663 1,758              
          Sinn Féin Shane O'Brien 12.77 1,504 1,516 1,541 1,582 1,588 1,600 1,602 1,672 1,672 1,674
          Fianna Fáil Jennifer Cuffe 10.92 1,286 1,329 1,366 1,616 1,620 1,708        
          Labour Carrie Smyth* 10.36 1,220 1,251 1,271 1,303 1,305 1,409 1,443 1,718    
          Fine Gael Maria Bailey*†† 9.23 1,087 1,223 1,252 1,294 1,296 1,789        
          Labour Denis O'Callaghan* 8.22 968 995 1,024 1,068 1,072 1,178 1,219 1,405 1,434 1,450
          People Before Profit Cillian Doyle 7.73 911 928 1,011 1,048 1,098 1,124 1,130 1,417 1,422 1,428
          Green Cara Augustenborg 7.27 857 888 963 998 1,003 1,066 1,088      
          Fine Gael Jim Gildea 6.46 761 895 920 942 943          
          Fianna Fáil Vinny Duran-Kearns 4.76 561 566 583              
          Independent Simon Hall 4.13 487 508                
          Fine Gael Garrett McDermott 4.13 486                  
          Electorate: 26,266   Valid: 11,781 (44.85%)   Spoilt: 134   Quota: 1,684   Turnout: 11,915 (45.36%)  

            Stillorgan
            Stillorgan - 6 seats
            PartyCandidateFPv%Count
            1234567
            Fine Gael Barry Saul* 21.83 2,155            
            Fine Gael Josepha Madigan††† 13.68 1,350 1,716          
            Fianna Fáil Gerry Horkan*†††††† 11.31 1,117 1,185 1,212 1,232 1,304 1,323 1,405
            Independent Deirdre Donnelly 11.16 1,102 1,155 1,172 1,323 1,620    
            Fianna Fáil Liam Dockery 10.94 1,080 1,112 1,131 1,163 1,200 1,210 1,277
            Labour Richard Humphreys*††††††† 9.82 969 1,036 1,057 1,091 1,162 1,186 1,536
            Green Miriam Hennessy 6.51 643 666 678 736 806 893 1,004
            Independent Catriona Lawlor 5.72 565 595 606 689      
            Sinn Féin Simon Gillespie 4.57 451 460 461        
            Fine Gael John Kennedy 4.46 440 536 733 748 802 823  
            Electorate: 21,417   Valid: 9,872 (46.09%)   Spoilt: 88   Quota: 1,411   Turnout: 9,960 (46.51%)  

              References
              1. Proportional Representation Citizens Information, 2009-09-21.
              2. Local Election Results for Dún Laoghaire–Rathdown County Council Irish Times. Retrieved: 2014-06-04.

              Post-Election Changes
              • †Dundrum Green Party Cllr Catherine Martin was elected as a TD for Dublin Rathdown at the Irish general election, 2016. Karen Furlong was co-opted to fill the vacancy on 14 March 2016. She resigned her seat in September 2018 and Daniel Dunne was co-opted to fill the vacancy on 8 October 2018.
              • ††Killiney-Shankill Fine Gael Cllr Maria Bailey was elected as a TD for Dún Laoghaire at the Irish general election, 2016. Jim Gildea was co-opted to fill the vacancy on 14 March 2016.
              • †††Stillorgan Fine Gael Cllr Josepha Madigan was elected as a TD for Dublin Rathdown at the Irish general election, 2016. John Kennedy was co-opted to fill the vacancy on 14 March 2016.
              • ††††Blackrock Independent Cllr Victor Boyhan was elected to Seanad Éireann in April 2016. Anne Colgan was co-opted to fill the vacancy.
              • †††††Glencullen-Sandyford Fine Gael Cllr Neale Richmond was elected to Seanad Éireann in April 2016. Emma Blain was co-opted to fill the vacancy.
              • ††††††Stillorgan Fianna Fáil Cllr Gerry Horkan was elected to Seanad Éireann in April 2016. Donal Smith was co-opted to fill the vacancy.
              • †††††††Stillorgan Labour Cllr Richard Humphreys was appointed a High Court Judge in July 2015 and resigned his council seat in May 2015. Carron McKinney was co-opted to fill the vacancy in May 2015. She resigned her seat due to increased work commitments in the UK on May 8, 2017. In June 2017 Alex White was co-opted to fill the vacancy.
              • ††††††††Dún Laoghaire People Before Profit Alliance Cllr Karl Gill resigned his seat in October 2016. Dave O'Keeffe was co-opted to fill the vacancy on 10 October 2016.
              • ††††††††Glencullen-Sandyford Independent Cllr Lynsey McGovern joined Fine Gael on 25 October 2017.
              • †††††††††Dundrum Fine Gael Cllr Brian Murphy lost the party whip on 31 October 2017 following comments he made on social media regarding sharia law, Islam and the need for increased border security.
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