2014 Kildare County Council election

An election to Kildare County Council took place on 23 May 2014 as part of that year's Irish local elections. 40 councillors were elected from five electoral divisions by PR-STV voting for a five-year term of office, an increase in 15 seats compared to 2009.[1] In addition Athy Town Council, Leixlip Town Council, Naas Town Council and Newbridge Town Council were all abolished.

2014 Kildare County Council election
23 May 2014
All 40 seats to Kildare County Council
21 seats needed for a majority
  First party Second party Third party
 
Party Fianna Fáil Fine Gael Labour
Seats won 12 9 5
Seat change +6 - -1
  Fourth party Fifth party
 
Party Sinn Féin Independent
Seats won 5 9
Seat change +5 +5
Map showing the area of Kildare County Council
Council control after election

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In recognition of its major population growth in recent times Kildare was allocated 15 additional council seats. This helped to insulate both Government parties somewhat from anti-Government hostility that lead to seat losses in other counties. Fine Gael returned 9 seats, as they did in 2009 and Labour returned with 5 councillors, a loss of 1 seat in the Kildare-Newbridge LEA. Fianna Fáil emerged as the big winners doubling their seats to 12 and becoming the largest party. The party won 3 seats in each of Kildare-Newbridge, Maynooth and in Naas. Sinn Féin won a seat in each LEA, returning to County Hall for the first time since 1999.[2] Independents also gained 5 seats to have a total membership of 9.[3]

Results by party
Party Seats ± First Pref. votes FPv% ±%
Fianna Fáil 12 +6 16,530 26.4
Fine Gael 9 - 13,111 20.9
Labour 5 -1 8,359 13.4
Sinn Féin 5 +5 7,494 11.9
Independent 9 +5 14,207 22.7
Totals 40 +15 61,837 100.0 —

Results by local electoral area

Athy
Athy - 6 seats
PartyCandidateFPv%Count
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Fianna Fáil Martin Miley, Jnr* 17.12 1,747            
Labour Mark Wall* 15.01 1,531            
Fianna Fáil Mark Dalton† 13.47 1,374 1,499          
Labour Aoife Breslin 11.95 1,219 1,241 1,377 1,434 1,449 1,470  
Fine Gael Ivan Keatley* 11.61 1,184 1,274 1,521        
Fine Gael Richard O'Rourke 8.92 910 918 980 984 1,030 1,033 1,079
Sinn Féin Thomas Redmond 8.27 844 859 895 902 904 910 1,563
Sinn Féin Ger Kelly 7.97 813 828 863 868 868 879  
Fine Gael Richard Daly* 5.69 580 594          
Electorate: 22,014   Valid: 10,202 (46.34%)   Spoilt: 196   Quota: 1,458   Turnout: 10,398 (47.23%)  

    Celbridge-Leixlip
    Celbridge-Leixlip - 7 seats
    PartyCandidateFPv%Count
    123456789101112
    Fianna Fáil Frank O'Rourke*††††† 15.31 1,814                      
    Independent Anthony Larkin* 12.16 1,441                      
    Sinn Féin Ide Cussen††††††††† 8.01 949 969 990 1,013 1,025 1,026 1,073 1,099 1,135 1,183 1,238 1,244
    Independent Bernard Caldwell 7.93 940 945 977 989 991 992 1,065 1,183 1,288 1,485    
    Labour Kevin Byrne* 7.11 842 893 903 918 974 974 1,024 1,104 1,123 1,133 1,198 1,231
    Fine Gael Joe Neville 6.52 773 781 793 797 981 982 1,008 1,093 1,194 1,347 1,674  
    Independent Brendan Young 6.23 738 763 783 849 872 875 997 1,026 1,062 1,184 1,340 1,387
    Labour Shane Griffin 6.14 727 768 771 805 868 868 913 984 1,018 1,032 1,139 1,178
    Green Shane Fitzgerald 5.84 692 701 719 732 743 745 768 803 885 995    
    Independent Denis McCarthy 5.20 616 619 645 688 690 693 728 762 819      
    Labour Colm Purcell* 4.32 512 518 528 528 545 545 550          
    Independent Michael Beirne 3.63 430 446 475 519 541 541            
    Fianna Fáil Gráinne Whelan 3.61 428 524 538 543 555 555 571 604        
    Fine Gael Philip Slattery 3.38 401 425 428 439                
    Independent Peter Kavanagh 2.37 281 291 308                  
    Independent James Devaney 1.57 186 189                    
    Independent Jean Berry 0.65 77 80                    
    Electorate: 27,070   Valid: 11,847 (43.76%)   Spoilt: 111   Quota: 1,481   Turnout: 11,958 (44.17%)  

      Kildare-Newbridge
      Kildare-Newbridge - 9 seats
      PartyCandidateFPv%Count
      1234567891011121314151617
      Fianna Fáil Fiona O'Loughlin*†††††† 12.45 1,786                                
      Fianna Fáil Suzanne Doyle* 10.47 1,502                                
      Fine Gael Fiona McLoughlin-Healy†††††††† 9.87 1,415 1,445                              
      Sinn Féin Mark Lynch 9.02 1,293 1,308 1,315 1,318 1,319 1,325 1,336 1,351 1,360 1,378 1,412 1,440          
      Independent Joanne Pender 7.15 1,026 1,042 1,067 1,073 1,073 1,084 1,112 1,138 1,183 1,203 1,263 1,315 1,442        
      Independent Paddy Kennedy* 6.67 957 981 988 991 993 1,017 1,043 1,070 1,111 1,132 1,165 1,243 1,295 1,341 1,343 1,482  
      Fianna Fáil Seán Power 6.19 888 1,003 1,009 1,026 1,027 1,030 1,050 1,060 1,081 1,1103 1,127 1,163 1,187 1,239 1,240 1,315 1,321
      Fine Gael Mark Stafford 5.68 814 887 890 895 896 899 909 913 916 942 957 1,533          
      Sinn Féin Damian Molyneaux 4.76 682 693 698 699 699 706 711 738 746 756 772 796 846 866 867    
      Fine Gael Michael Nolan, Jnr* 4.64 666 678 681 682 682 693 709 720 736 757 765 787 798 920 920 972 977
      Independent Willie Crowley††† 3.85 552 559 563 564 565 571 584 603 666 683 694 753 863 874 876 1,020 1,055
      Fine Gael Mary Donnelly 3.60 516 527 527 535 536 543 546 547 549 592 623 639 677        
      Independent Declan Crowe 2.59 372 376 382 387 387 388 392 397 403 421 492 581          
      Independent Murty Aspell 2.50 359 365 375 376 377 384 402 428 454 472 484            
      Independent John (Gusher) Gleeson 2.32 333 336 338 347 347 351 355 365 372 388              
      Independent Morgan McCabe 1.81 259 266 270 270 270 272 287 296                  
      Labour Francis Browne* 1.48 212 215 217 222 222 304 308 314 316                
      Independent Seamus Finn 1.43 205 208 219 220 220 228 230                    
      Labour Willie Hamilton 1.38 198 200 201 202 203                        
      Independent Ray O'Brien 1.37 196 204 208 208 209 212                      
      Independent Jason Turner 0.76 109 110                              
      Electorate: 32,598   Valid: 14,340 (43.99%)   Spoilt: 197   Quota: 1,435   Turnout: 14,537 (44.59%)  

        Maynooth
        Maynooth - 9 seats
        PartyCandidateFPv%Count
        12345678910
        Fine Gael Brendan Weld* 13.82 1,701                  
        Independent Padraig McEvoy* 13.56 1,668                  
        Sinn Féin Réada Cronin 10.49 1,291                  
        Independent Teresa Murray 7.74 952 984 1,045 1,050 1,136 1,268        
        Labour John McGinley* 7.53 927 936 950 952 956 961 1,142 1,144 1,151 1,188
        Fianna Fáil Naoise O Cearúil 7.48 920 939 963 966 970 980 1,000 1,060 1,065 1,089
        Fianna Fáil Paul Ward 6.93 853 897 921 923 925 961 975 1,015 1,018 1,046
        Fine Gael Tim Durkan 5.83 717 856 889 891 895 911 954 977 981 1,325
        Fianna Fáil Daragh Fitzpatrick 5.38 662 722 771 774 789 796 818 1,113 1,116 1,250
        People Before Profit Martin Grehan 5.08 625 640 688 708 731 797 829 852 866 899
        Fine Gael Seamus Langan* 4.87 599 688 700 702 747 757 781 858 859  
        Fianna Fáil Ben Doyle 4.27 529 539 552 556 583 592 611      
        Labour Julie McNamara 2.64 325 356 437 438 446 458        
        Independent John Paul Gannon 2.32 286 297 340 351 392          
        Independent Joan McGuire 2.06 254 261 296 301            
        Electorate: 28,237   Valid: 12,305 (43.86%)   Spoilt: 163   Quota: 1,232   Turnout: 12,468 (44.44%)  

          Naas
          Naas - 9 seats
          PartyCandidateFPv%Count
          123456789101112
          Fianna Fáil James Lawless†††† 16.15 2,123                      
          Sinn Féin Sorcha O'Neill††††††† 12.34 1,622                      
          Independent Seamie Moore* 9.94 1,307 1,361                    
          Fine Gael Darren Scully* 9.23 1,213 1,291 1,305 1,308 1,321              
          Fianna Fáil Robert Power 7.29 954 1,174 1,198 1,209 1,218 1,231 1,241 1,283 1,344      
          Fianna Fáil Willie Callaghan*†† 7.23 950 1,119 1,137 1,148 1,159 1,185 1,197 1,304 1,361      
          Fine Gael Billy Hillis 6.25 822 839 846 849 850 862 872 893 1,040 1,047 1,053 1,101
          Labour Anne Breen 6.21 816 846 863 866 877 890 906 1,074 1,194 1,208 1,213 1,533
          Fine Gael Fintan Brett 6.09 800 843 848 851 852 863 871 885 1,019 1,027 1,038 1,145
          Fine Gael Jacinta O'Sullivan 4.51 593 623 635 637 640 651 661 694        
          Labour Fergus Carpenter 4.0 526 631 642 643 645 652 665 721 754 757 759  
          Labour Ger Dunne 3.99 524 539 556 556 561 566 575          
          Independent Paddy Horan 2.26 297 308 355 359 415 542 706 739 763 765 770 807
          Direct Democracy Martin Byrne 1.72 226 241 300 301 326 348            
          Independent Francis James O'Rourke 1.40 184 197 234 237 304              
          Independent Cathal Spelman 1.38 182 194 233 234                
          Electorate: 30,335   Valid: 13,143 (43.33%)   Spoilt: 171   Quota: 1,315   Turnout: 13,314 (43.89%)  

            References
            1. "Local elections: Kildare". The Irish Times. Archived from the original on 29 May 2014. Retrieved 28 May 2014.
            2. "Local Elections: 10 June 1999: Athy". ElectionsIreland.org. Archived from the original on 3 June 2021.
            3. "Kildare Local Elections". Irish Independent. Archived from the original on 16 June 2014.

            Post-Election Changes
            • †On 16 October 2014 Athy Fianna Fáil Councillor Mark Dalton resigned from the party and became an Independent after financial irregularities were discovered at a voluntary housing association of which he was a director. He resigned from the Council in September 2018 and Fianna Fáil's Brian Dooley was co-opted to fill the vacancy on 20 November 2018.
            • ††On 30 November 2014 Naas Fianna Fáil Councillor Willie Callaghan died after a short illness. On 26 January 2015 his daughter, Deborah, was co-opted to fill the vacancy.
            • †††On 19 December 2015 Kildare-Newbridge Independent Councillor Willie Crowley died after injuries sustained from a hit and run incident. Independent Morgan McCabe was co-opted to fill the vacancy on 26 January 2016. Archived 10 March 2016 at the Wayback Machine†††
            • ††††Naas Fianna Fáil Councillor James Lawless was elected as a TD for Kildare North at the Irish general election, 2016. Carmel Kelly was co-opted to fill the vacancy on 14 March 2016.
            • †††††Celbridge-Leixlip Fianna Fáil Councillor Frank O'Rourke was elected as a TD for Kildare North at the Irish general election, 2016. Michael Coleman was co-opted to fill the vacancy on 14 March 2016.
            • ††††††Kildare-Newbridge Fianna Fáil Councillor Fiona O'Loughlin was elected as a TD for Kildare South at the Irish general election, 2016. Murty Aspell was co-opted to fill the vacancy on 14 March 2016.
            • †††††††Naas Sinn Féin Councillor Sorcha O'Neill resigned from the party and became an Independent on 21 April 2017 citing allegations of bullying, intimidation and a toxic and hostile environment.7 SF members in Naas quit party
            • ††††††††Kildare-Newbridge Fine Gael Councillor Fiona McLoughlin-Healy resigned from the party and became an Independent on 9 March 2018 citing failure by the party to address in a meaningful way a formal complaint she had made.
            • †††††††††Celbridge-Leixlip Sinn Féin Councillor Ide Cussen resigned from the party on 21 November 2018 saying there was no freedom of conscience in the party on the abortion issue. She then announced she was joining the new party being created by Peadar Tóibín.
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