2014 Kilkenny County Council election
An election to Kilkenny County Council took place on 23 May 2014 as part of that year's Irish local elections. 24 councillors were elected from three electoral divisions by PR-STV voting for a five-year term of office, a reduction of 2 seats from the previous election in 2009. In addition the Kilkenny Borough Council was abolished.
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All 24 seats to Kilkenny County Council 13 seats needed for a majority | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Fianna Fáil became the largest party after the elections securing 10 Council seats, a gain of 3. Fine Gael, by contrast, had a very poor set of results and lost 5 of their Council seats returning with 7 seats in all. Sinn Féin broke through in the county winning 3 seats, while Labour retained just 2 seats on the council. Malcolm Noonan of the Greens was re-elected in Kilkenny city and Independents secured the final seat.
Results by party
Party | Seats | ± | First Pref. votes | FPv% | ±% | |
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Fianna Fáil | 10 | +3 | 14,550 | 37.2 | ||
Fine Gael | 7 | -5 | 11,705 | 29.9 | ||
Sinn Féin | 3 | +3 | 3,853 | 9.9 | ||
Labour | 2 | -3 | 4,362 | 11.2 | ||
Green | 1 | 0 | 1,372 | 3.5 | ||
Independent | 1 | 0 | 2,827 | 7.2 | ||
Totals | 24 | -2 | 38,669 | 100.0 | — |
Results by local electoral area
Castlecomer
Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | |||||||||
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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | ||||
Labour | Maurice Shorthall* | 16.10 | 1,665 | |||||||||
Fine Gael | Mary Hilda Cavanagh* | 13.93 | 1,440 | 1,446 | 1,451 | 1,501 | ||||||
Fianna Fáil | Pat Fitzpatrick | 11.02 | 1,139 | 1,167 | 1,176 | 1,230 | 1,312 | 1,350 | 1,663 | |||
Fianna Fáil | Pat Millea* | 11.02 | 1,139 | 1,147 | 1,150 | 1,168 | 1,189 | 1,266 | 1,405 | 1,463 | 1,464 | |
Fianna Fáil | Michael McCarthy | 10.18 | 1,053 | 1,057 | 1,059 | 1,069 | 1,080 | 1,129 | 1,197 | 1,300 | 1,301 | |
Sinn Féin | Catríona Redmond | 9.16 | 947 | 974 | 1,002 | 1,023 | 1,151 | 1,168 | 1,274 | 1,291 | 1,291 | |
Fianna Fáil | Maria Fenlon-Keating | 6.85 | 708 | 712 | 726 | 826 | 859 | 887 | ||||
Fine Gael | John Brennan | 6.28 | 649 | 708 | 724 | 849 | 947 | 1,242 | 1,316 | 1,323 | 1,344 | |
Fine Gael | Joan Fitzpatrick | 4.88 | 505 | 510 | 512 | 595 | 618 | 618 | ||||
Fine Gael | Thomas Byrne | 4.85 | 501 | 503 | 504 | |||||||
Independent | Gerrard Ferris | 3.98 | 412 | 447 | 525 | 531 | ||||||
Independent | Jamie Dowling | 1.75 | 181 | 190 | ||||||||
Electorate: 17,610 Valid: 10,339 (58.71%) Spoilt: 137 Quota: 1,478 Turnout: 10,476 (59.49%) |
Kilkenny City-East
Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | ||||||||||||
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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | ||||
Fianna Fáil | Andrew McGuinness* | 14.63 | 1,373 | ||||||||||||
Fianna Fáil | Peter (Chap) Clere | 10.46 | 981 | 986 | 989 | 994 | 1,013 | 1,086 | 1,119 | 1,171 | 1,190 | 1,498 | |||
Fine Gael | Patrick O'Neill* | 9.99 | 938 | 939 | 948 | 953 | 974 | 1,009 | 1,041 | 1,071 | 1,114 | 1,173 | 1,191 | 1,241 | |
Fine Gael | Michael Doyle | 9.37 | 879 | 879 | 883 | 885 | 902 | 910 | 923 | 970 | 999 | 1,125 | 1,173 | 1,419 | |
Sinn Féin | David Kennedy | 7.81 | 733 | 735 | 740 | 780 | 795 | 804 | 830 | 885 | 929 | 976 | 994 | 1,056 | |
Labour | Tommy Prendergast* | 7.02 | 659 | 659 | 660 | 663 | 729 | 730 | 806 | 820 | 856 | 879 | 893 | ||
Fine Gael | Jimmy Leahy | 6.85 | 643 | 646 | 653 | 676 | 687 | 756 | 814 | 820 | 876 | 892 | 896 | 941 | |
Fianna Fáil | Seán Treacy* | 5.86 | 550 | 552 | 554 | 558 | 594 | 673 | 692 | 783 | 794 | ||||
Independent | Breda Gardner | 5.32 | 499 | 499 | 529 | 574 | 616 | 633 | 670 | 774 | 898 | 962 | 989 | 1,060 | |
Independent | Dixie Doyle | 4.34 | 407 | 408 | 415 | 424 | 465 | 467 | 476 | ||||||
Green | Rian Coulter | 4.1 | 385 | 386 | 404 | 418 | 423 | 436 | 479 | 487 | |||||
Labour | Marie Fitzpatrick* | 3.64 | 342 | 345 | 351 | 367 | 403 | 425 | |||||||
Fianna Fáil | Joe Reidy | 3.56 | 334 | 344 | 347 | 356 | 361 | 361 | |||||||
Labour | Michael O'Brien* | 3.50 | 328 | 329 | 333 | 335 | |||||||||
Independent | Daithí Holohan | 2.05 | 192 | 194 | 218 | 218 | |||||||||
Independent | Ramie Leahy | 0.76 | 71 | 71 | |||||||||||
Independent | Remi Sikora | 0.43 | 40 | 40 | |||||||||||
Independent | Adam Zagorski | 0.32 | 30 | 30 | |||||||||||
Electorate: 16,618 Valid: 9,383 (56.46%) Spoilt: 119 Quota: 1,341 Turnout: 9,502 (57.18%) |
Kilkenny City-West
Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | ||||||||||
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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | ||||
Fianna Fáil | Matt Doran* | 13.58 | 1,319 | 1,320 | 1,321 | 1,382 | 1,402 | ||||||
Fianna Fáil | Joe Malone | 11.80 | 1,146 | 1,153 | 1,172 | 1,173 | 1,197 | 1,232 | 1,290 | 1,534 | |||
Green | Malcolm Noonan* | 10.16 | 987 | 1,012 | 1,072 | 1,080 | 1,189 | 1,313 | 1,347 | 1,415 | |||
Fianna Fáil | Patrick McKee† | 10.13 | 984 | 994 | 1,004 | 1,009 | 1,043 | 1,073 | 1,123 | 1,330 | 1,436 | ||
Sinn Féin | Kathleen Funchion†† | 9.80 | 952 | 965 | 981 | 992 | 1,014 | 1,146 | 1,188 | 1,260 | 1,271 | 1,283 | |
Fine Gael | David Fitzgerald* | 9.12 | 886 | 894 | 910 | 960 | 1,010 | 1,029 | 1,200 | 1,279 | 1,284 | 1,293 | |
Fianna Fáil | John Coonan* | 7.58 | 736 | 742 | 744 | 751 | 777 | 794 | 866 | ||||
Fine Gael | Martin Brett* | 7.19 | 698 | 706 | 721 | 752 | 810 | 831 | 1,052 | 1,181 | 1,205 | 1,223 | |
Fine Gael | Billy Ireland* | 6.52 | 633 | 634 | 636 | 687 | 705 | 714 | |||||
Anti-Austerity Alliance | Conor MacLiam | 4.20 | 408 | 422 | 448 | 450 | 470 | ||||||
Labour | Seán O hArgáin | 4.05 | 393 | 404 | 412 | 415 | |||||||
Fine Gael | Paul Croke | 2.60 | 252 | 254 | 255 | ||||||||
Independent | Conor Foley | 1.82 | 177 | 195 | |||||||||
Independent | Wladek Hanczar | 1.43 | 139 | ||||||||||
Electorate: 17,274 Valid: 9,710 (56.21%) Spoilt: 98 Quota: 1,388 Turnout: 9,808 (56.78%) |
Piltown
Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | ||||||||||
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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | ||||
Fine Gael | Pat Dunphy* | 12.81 | 1,222 | 1,279 | 1,306 | 1,310 | 1,392 | ||||||
Sinn Féin | Melissa O'Neill††† | 12.80 | 1,221 | 1,265 | 1,301 | 1,346 | 1,469 | ||||||
Labour | Tomás Breathnach* | 10.22 | 975 | 1,034 | 1,051 | 1,066 | 1,132 | 1,149 | 1,183 | 1,197 | 1,320 | 1,349 | |
Fianna Fáil | Eamon Aylward* | 9.65 | 921 | 938 | 1,045 | 1,160 | 1,197 | 1,205 | 1,256 | 1,286 | 1,547 | ||
Fine Gael | Fidelis Doherty* | 9.28 | 885 | 969 | 979 | 1,048 | 1,053 | 1,058 | 1,474 | ||||
Fianna Fáil | Ger Frisby | 7.34 | 700 | 745 | 773 | 840 | 855 | 860 | 891 | 902 | 1,041 | 1,164 | |
Fine Gael | John Maher | 6.41 | 612 | 618 | 666 | 675 | 765 | 771 | 807 | 857 | 969 | 986 | |
Fianna Fáil | Cora Long* | 6.07 | 579 | 598 | 664 | 710 | 785 | 795 | 812 | 817 | |||
Independent | John Burke | 6.04 | 576 | 585 | 611 | 618 | |||||||
Fine Gael | Paddy Gaule | 5.83 | 556 | 572 | 583 | 676 | 681 | 681 | 681 | ||||
Fianna Fáil | Pat Walsh | 4.92 | 469 | 480 | 506 | ||||||||
Fianna Fáil | Brendan Fennelly | 4.39 | 419 | 421 | |||||||||
Fine Gael | Fintan Byrne | 4.26 | 406 | ||||||||||
Electorate: 17,578 Valid: 9,541 (54.28%) Spoilt: 117 Quota: 1,364 Turnout: 9,658 (54.94%) |
References
- "Irish Independent". Archived from the original on 29 May 2014. Retrieved 1 June 2014.
Changes since 2014
- † On 31 March 2015 Kilkenny City-West Fianna Fáil Cllr Patrick McKee defected to the Renua party.
- †† Kilkenny City-West Sinn Féin Cllr Kathleen Funchion was elected to the Dáil as a TD for Carlow-Kilkenny at the Irish general election, 2016. Her partner, Sean Tyrrell, was co-opted to fill the vacancy on 21 March 2016.
- ††† Piltown Sinn Féin Councillor Melissa O'Neill was expelled from the party on 7 December 2016 and now sits as an Independent.