2014 Fingal County Council election

A Fingal 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 97 candidates for a five-year term of office from five local electoral areas by proportional representation with a single transferable vote.[1][2][3][4]

2014 Fingal County Council election
23 May 2014
All 40 seats on Fingal County Council
21 seats needed for a majority
  First party Second party Third party
 
Party Fianna Fáil Fine Gael Sinn Féin
Seats won 7 6 6
Seat change +3 - +6
  Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party
 
Party Labour Anti-Austerity Alliance Green
Seats won 4 4 2
Seat change -5 +4 +2
  Seventh party Eighth party Ninth party
 
Party People Before Profit Independent Socialist Party
Seats won 1 10 0
Seat change +1 +8 -3
Map showing the area of Fingal County Council
Council control before election

Labour

 Council control after election

Fianna Fáil

Fingal County Council was expanded from 24 seats to 40 in recognition of population growth. 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
Party Seats ± 1st pref FPv%
Fianna Fáil 7 +3 13,248 17.92
Fine Gael 6 0 10,865 14.69
Sinn Féin 6 +6 10,785 14.59
Labour 4 −5 8,363 11.31
Anti-Austerity Alliance 4 +4 5,923 8.01
Green 2 +2 3,780 5.11
People Before Profit 1 +1 1,331 1.80
Independent 10 +8 18,798 25.42
Socialist Party 0 -3 - -
Totals 40 +16 73,937 100%

Results by local electoral area

Balbriggan
Balbriggan - 8 seats
PartyCandidateFPv%Count
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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
    Castleknock - 7 seats
    PartyCandidateFPv%Count
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    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
      Howth-Malahide - 8 seats
      PartyCandidateFPv%Count
      123456789
      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
        Mulhuddart - 8 seats
        PartyCandidateFPv%Count
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        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
          Swords - 9 seats
          PartyCandidateFPv%Count
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          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
            1. Proportional Representation Citizens Information, 2009-09-21.
            2. Local Election Results for Fingal County Council Irish Times. Retrieved: 2014-06-05.
            3. fingal Local Election Results for Fingal County Council Fingal County Council. Retrieved: 2015-03-04.
            4. Fingal profile: Rising population sees increase in seats Irish Times, 2014-05-07.

            Changes since 2014
            • † 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.
            • †† 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.
            • ††† 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.
            • †††† 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.
            • ††††† Howth-Malahide Fine Gael Councillor Keith Redmond defected to Renua on 8 October 2015. 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. Tom O'Leary was co-opted to fill the vacancy.
            • †††††††† Swords Independent Cllr Paul Mulville joined the Social Democrats on 28 August 2017.
            • ††††††††† 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.
            • †††††††††† 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.
            • ††††††††††† Swords Sinn Féin Cllr Philip Lynam announced on 29 November 2018 that he will resign his seat at the December meeting for work reasons.
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