2014 Monaghan County Council election
An election to Monaghan County Council took place on 23 May 2014 as part of that year's Irish local elections. 18 councillors were elected from three local electoral areas (LEAs) for a five-year term of office on the electoral system of proportional representation by means of the single transferable vote (PR-STV), a reduction of 2 seats compared to 2009. Monaghan also saw a further reduction in elected representation as Ballybay Town Council, Carrickmacross Town Council, Castleblayney Town Council, Clones Town Council and Monaghan Town Council were all abolished.
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All 18 seats on Monaghan County Council 10 seats needed for a majority | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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 Map showing the area of Monaghan County Council | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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New electoral areas were introduced in 2013 and came into effect on 1 January 2014.[1] The election in Ballybay–Clones local electoral area was halted when Fine Gael Councillor Owen Bannigan died suddenly while out canvassing on polling day.[2][3] The election for this area was cancelled and all the ballots cast were officially destroyed.[4] He had been expected to top the poll.[5] It was re-run on 7 June 2014. The election in the other two electoral areas of Carrickmacross-Castleblayney and Monaghan went ahead.
Sinn Féin emerged as the largest party after the elections with 7 seats, winning all the seats that the party contested. Fine Gael lost a seat in the Carrickmacross-Castleblayney LEA while Fianna Fáil lost a seat in Ballybay-Clones. Independents retained their 2 seats on the Council.[6]
Results by party
| Party | Seats | ± | First Pref. votes | FPv% | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sinn Féin | 7 | - | 9,570 | 34.29 | ||
| Fine Gael | 5 | -1 | 8,281 | 29.67 | ||
| Fianna Fáil | 4 | -1 | 6,613 | 23.70 | ||
| Green | 0 |  |
113 | 0.40 | ||
| Independent | 2 | - | 3,086 | 11.06 | ||
| Totals | 18 | -2 | 27,906 | 100% | — | |
Results by local electoral area
Ballybay-Clones
| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | ||||
| Fianna Fáil | Seamus Coyle* | 16.3% | 1,449 | |||||||
| Fine Gael | Ciara McPhillips*††††† | 15.2% | 1,348 | |||||||
| Sinn Féin | Cathy Bennett* | 14.6% | 1,295 | |||||||
| Fine Gael | Eugene Bannigan††† | 12.9% | 1,153 | 1,207 | 1,228 | 1,229 | 1,358 | |||
| Fine Gael | Hugh McElvaney*†† | 12.1% | 1,075 | 1,086 | 1,120 | 1,120 | 1,142 | 1,158 | 1,343 | |
| Sinn Féin | Pat Treanor* | 11.7% | 1,041 | 1,053 | 1,059 | 1,077 | 1,107 | 1,113 | 1,282 | |
| Independent | Paul McPhillips | 6.6% | 584 | 608 | 619 | 620 | 691 | 724 | ||
| Fianna Fáil | Deirdre Kelly | 5.6% | 499 | 532 | 535 | 536 | 731 | 752 | 882 | |
| Fianna Fáil | Michael Smyth | 4.5% | 398 | 442 | 444 | 445 | ||||
| Independent | Joseph Duffy | 0.3% | 27 | 27 | 27 | 27 | ||||
| Green | Raimonda Leonaviciene | 0.3% | 22 | 22 | 22 | 22 | ||||
| Electorate: 15,326 Valid: 8,891 Spoilt: 73 Quota: 1,271 Turnout: 8,964 (58.5%) | ||||||||||
Carrickmacross-Castleblayney
| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | ||||
| Sinn Féin | Matt Carthy*† | 19.3% | 1,970 | ||||||||
| Fine Gael | Aidan Campbell | 13.3% | 1,355 | 1,365 | 1,366 | 1,416 | 1,554 | ||||
| Sinn Féin | Noel Keelan* | 12.8% | 1,304 | 1,545 | |||||||
| Fianna Fáil | P.J. O'Hanlon* | 10.9% | 1,118 | 1,158 | 1,166 | 1,191 | 1,355 | 1,479 | |||
| Sinn Féin | Jackie Crowe* | 9.9% | 1,019 | 1,106 | 1,159 | 1,214 | 1,277 | 1,308 | 1,349 | 1,350 | |
| Fianna Fáil | Pádraig McNally* | 9.3% | 948 | 985 | 997 | 1,014 | 1,263 | 1,399 | 1,443 | 1,455 | |
| Fine Gael | Aidan Murray* | 9.1% | 928 | 950 | 953 | 971 | 991 | 1,325 | 1,334 | 1,340 | |
| Fianna Fáil | Margaret Conlon | 6.8% | 691 | 705 | 706 | 717 | |||||
| Fine Gael | Lorraine Cotter | 6.3% | 638 | 682 | 688 | 729 | 771 | ||||
| Labour | Ciarán Connolly | 1.4% | 145 | 151 | 152 | ||||||
| Labour | Peadar Markey | 0.9% | 98 | 107 | 107 | ||||||
| Electorate: 16,958 Valid: 10,214 Spoilt: 165 Quota: 1,460 Turnout: 10,379 (61.2%) | |||||||||||
Monaghan
| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | ||||||||
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| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | ||||
| Sinn Féin | Brian McKenna* | 15.2% | 1,336 | ||||||||
| Independent | Seamus Treanor* | 15.1% | 1,332 | ||||||||
| Fianna Fáil | Robbie Gallagher*†††† | 14.1% | 1,244 | 1,249 | 1,259 | ||||||
| Sinn Féin | Seán Conlon* | 11.2% | 988 | 1,012 | 1,025 | 1,044 | 1,062 | 1,122 | 1,159 | 1,233 | |
| Fine Gael | David Maxwell* | 8.8% | 775 | 776 | 780 | 789 | 806 | 828 | 992 | 1,318 | |
| Independent | Paudge Connolly* | 8.3% | 727 | 738 | 751 | 787 | 853 | 953 | 1,048 | 1,198 | |
| Sinn Féin | Siobhán Cheung | 7% | 617 | 642 | 649 | 668 | 690 | 725 | 765 | 807 | |
| Fine Gael | Barra Flynn | 5.9% | 525 | 527 | 531 | 546 | 579 | 611 | 760 | ||
| Fine Gael | Garry Keenan | 5.5% | 484 | 487 | 490 | 511 | 525 | 553 | |||
| Independent | Thomas Hagan | 3.5% | 306 | 307 | 321 | 348 | 369 | ||||
| Fianna Fáil | John Finn | 3% | 266 | 270 | 272 | 276 | |||||
| Green | Grazvydas Vaitekunas | 1% | 91 | 92 | 93 | ||||||
| Independent | Kevin Hamill | 0.8% | 68 | 69 | 71 | ||||||
| Independent | Jimmy Mee | 0.5% | 42 | 42 | 43 | ||||||
| Electorate: 16,211 Valid: 8,801 Spoilt: 138 Quota: 1,258 Turnout: 8,939 (55.14%) | |||||||||||
References
- "Local Elections 2014". Monaghan County Council. Archived from the original on 12 May 2014. Retrieved 24 May 2014.
- "Monaghan councillor dies while canvassing on election day". TheJournal.ie. 23 May 2014. Retrieved 23 May 2014.
- "Monaghan election candidate dies suddenly". The Irish Times. 23 May 2014. Retrieved 23 May 2014.
- "Monaghan candidate dies suddenly". RTÉ News. 23 May 2014. Retrieved 23 May 2014.
- "Fine Gael candidate Bannigan dies of heart attack". Irish Independent. 24 May 2014. Retrieved 24 May 2014.
- "Monaghan County Council". Archived from the original on 14 July 2014. Retrieved 24 May 2014.
Changes Since 2014
- † Carrickmacross-Castleblayney Sinn Féin Cllr Matt Carty was also elected as an MEP on 23 May 2014. Accordingly, he resigned his Council seat in accordance with the Dual Mandate. His brother, Colm, was co-opted to fill the vacancy on 8 July 2014.
- †† Ballybay-Clones Fine Gael Cllr Hugh McElvaney resigned from Fine Gael and became an Independent following an RTE Investigation into payments to Councillors.
- ††† Ballybay-Clones Fine Gael Cllr Eugene Bannigan resigned to pursue a job opportunity in the United States. Seán Gilliland was co-opted to fill the vacancy on 7 December 2015.
- †††† Monaghan Fianna Fáil Cllr Robbie Gallagher was elected to Seanad Eireann in April 2016. Raymond Aughey was co-opted to fill the vacancy on 4 July 2016.
- ††††† Ballybay-Clones Fine Gael Cllr Ciara McPhillips resigned her seat citing time constraints on 12 June 2017. Eva Humphreys was co-opted to fill the vacancy in October 2017. Eva resigned from the Council in October 2018 citing work pressures. Richard Truell was co-opted to replace her in December 2018.