2014 Sligo County Council election

An election to Sligo County Council took place on 23 May 2014 as part of that year's Irish local elections. 18 councilors were elected from two electoral divisions by PR-STV voting for a five-year term of office.

2014 Sligo County Council election
23 May 2014
All 18 seats on Sligo County Council
10 seats needed for a majority
  First party Second party Third party
 
Party Fianna Fáil Fine Gael Sinn Féin
Seats won 8 3 2
Seat change +1 -9 +1
  Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party
 
Party People Before Profit United Left Independent
Seats won 1 1 3
Seat change +1 +1 -
Map showing the area of Sligo County Council
Council control after election

TBD

Ahead of the 2014 election Sligo was redrawn into two electoral areas, a reduction in three from five, and the number of councilors was reduced to 18, from a previous total of 25. The Sligo Borough Council was also abolished. Fianna Fáil had a very good election, increasing their seat numbers by 1 to 8 seats. Sinn Féin gained 1 seat, as did People Before Profit, and Independents increased their numbers by 1 seat to 4. In contrast, Fine Gael lost 9 seats, being reduced to just 3 Councillors, while the Labour Party suffered a wipe out, losing representation on the council for the first time since 1912.[1][2][3]

Results by party
Party Seats ± First Pref. votes FPv% ±%
Fianna Fáil 8 +1 9,454 29.7
Fine Gael 3 -9 7,958 24.9
Sinn Féin 2 +1 3,290 10.3
People Before Profit 1 +1 842 2.6
United Left 1 +1 1,848 5.80
Labour 0 -2 1,312 4.1
Independent 3 - 7,142 22.40
Totals 18 -7 31,884 100.0 —

Results by local electoral area
  • Sitting in italics[4]

Ballymote-Tubbercurry
Ballymote-Tubbercurry - 8 seats
PartyCandidateFPv%Count
123456789
Independent Margaret Gormley*†††† 17.84 2,701                
Independent Michael Clarke* 9.92 1,502 1,541 1,644 1,654 1,781        
Fianna Fáil Martin Baker* 9.60 1,454 1,485 1,491 1,521 1,563 1,574 1,585 1,620 1,634
Fianna Fáil Joe Queenan* 7.37 1,116 1,119 1,236 1,238 1,269 1,276 1,281 1,805  
Fine Gael Gerard Mullaney* 7.32 1,108 1,133 1,141 1,204 1,205 1,304 1,304 1,424 1,438
Fianna Fáil Paul Taylor 7.31 1,107 1,303 1,312 1,344 1,395 1,499 1,502 1,535 1,556
Fianna Fáil Eamon Scanlon†† 7.31 1,106 1,260 1,267 1,429 1,506 1,532 1,538 1,595 1,621
Fine Gael Blair Feeney 7.06 1,069 1,076 1,159 1,171 1,213 1,262 1,280    
Fianna Fáil Jerry Lundy* 6.82 1,032 1,230 1,233 1,255 1,299 1,569 1,575 1,599 1,607
Fine Gael Dara Mulvey* 5.83 883 967 1,001 1,118 1,150 1,284 1,289 1,505 1,544
Sinn Féin Stephen Edward McCarrick 4.06 614 680 709 717          
Fine Gael Michael Fleming* 3.78 573 691 698 736 753        
Fine Gael Pat McGrath* 2.97 450 510 515            
Independent Mary Tuffy 2.80 424 461              
Electorate: 22,833   Valid: 15,139 (66.30%)   Spoilt: 158   Quota: 1,683   Turnout: 15,297 (67.0%)  

    Sligo
    Sligo - 10 seats
    PartyCandidateFPv%Count
    1234567891011121314151617
    United Left Declan Bree* 11.04 1,848                                
    Sinn Féin Seán MacManus*††† 9.23 1,545                                
    Independent Marie Casserly 7.14 1,195 1,223 1,227 1,228 1,269 1,306 1,371 1,441 1,458 1,563              
    Fine Gael Sinéad Maguire 6.88 1,152 1,163 1,164 1,165 1,176 1,196 1,226 1,278 1,368 1,401 1,549            
    Sinn Féin Tomas Healy 6.75 1,131 1,168 1,170 1,180 1,183 1,195 1,212 1,242 1,245 1,278 1,287 1,325 1,332 1,390 1,394 1,697  
    Fianna Fáil Rosaleen O'Grady* 6.50 1,089 1,101 1,102 1,103 1,105 1,114 1,122 1,164 1,216 1,268 1,332 1,463 1,469 1,587      
    Fianna Fáil Tom MacSharry 5.80 971 992 994 995 1,001 1,019 1,032 1,068 1,094 1,122 1,175 1,250 1,255 1,408 1,433 1,519 1,561
    People Before Profit Seamie O'Boyle† 5.03 842 907 913 916 922 950 959 1,008 1,015 1,087 1,116 1,205 1,210 1,238 1,240 1,271 1,284
    Fianna Fáil Seamus Kilgannon 4.91 823 829 830 830 836 841 855 869 876 915 954 998 1,001 1,172 1,188 1,237 1,263
    Fianna Fáil Dónal Gilroy 4.51 756 761 762 762 762 767 820 832 842 851 864 885 885        
    Fine Gael Thomas Collery* 4.50 753 759 760 760 763 765 786 792 859 873 939 971 976 1,004 1,006    
    Labour Jim McGarry* 4.34 726 745 747 749 750 778 785 805 825 857 922 1,049 1,052 1,082 1,086 1,134 1,151
    Fine Gael Hubert Keaney* 3.69 618 623 623 623 623 627 709 716 746 771 884 939 945 1,045 1,055 1,273 1,301
    Labour Marcella McGarry 3.50 586 607 609 610 612 659 665 695 726 767 796            
    Fine Gael Matt Lyons* 3.19 535 545 545 545 547 553 567 578 663 701              
    Independent Veronica Cawley* 2.87 481 507 507 508 516 549 557 587 614                
    Fine Gael David Cawley* 2.67 447 460 460 460 463 473 483 498                  
    Independent Francis Cadden 2.54 426 443 445 446 459 478 479                    
    Fine Gael James Gilmartin 2.21 370 373 373 373 374 377                      
    Independent Patricia Gardiner 0.95 159 166 166 166 176                        
    Independent Kebba Cham 0.80 134 136 141 141 146                        
    Independent Martina Butler 0.72 120 130 133 133                          
    Fís Nua James Higgins 0.23 38 39                              
    Electorate: 30,180   Valid: 16,745 (55.48%)   Spoilt: 225   Quota: 1,523   Turnout: 16,970 (56.23%)  

      Changes

      † Co-options
      Outgoing Party Electoral area Reason Date Co-optee Party
      Seamie O'Boyle People Before Profit Sligo Death of Councillor [5] August 2015 Gino O'Boyle People Before Profit

      †† Co-options
      Outgoing Party Electoral area Reason Date Co-optee Party
      Eamon Scanlon Fianna Fáil Ballymote-Tubbercurry Election to Dáil Éireann[6] 14 March 2016 Keith Henry Fianna Fáil

      ††† Co-options
      Outgoing Party Electoral area Reason Date Co-optee Party
      Seán MacManus Sinn Féin Sligo Resignation[7] 6 March 2017 Chris MacManus Sinn Féin

      †††† Co-options
      Outgoing Party Electoral area Reason Date Co-optee Party
      Margaret Gormley Independent Ballymote-Tubbercurry Death[8] Independent

      References
      1. "Sligo profile: Focus on bread-and-butter issues". The Irish Times. 15 May 2014. Retrieved 15 May 2014.
      2. "Sligo County Council Elections". Irish Independent. 24 May 2014. Archived from the original on 30 May 2014. Retrieved 18 June 2014.
      3. "O'Boyle stormer laid its roots in Sligo town support" Archived 2015-04-02 at the Wayback Machine, sligotoday.ie; accessed 30 March 2015.
      4. "Local Election: Sligo County Council". RTÉ. Archived from the original on 31 May 2014.
      5. "Sligo councillor Seamie O'Boyle has died". Ocean FM.
      6. McGreevy, Ronan (28 February 2016) [27 February 2016]. "Sligo-Leitrim: Fianna Fáil takes two seats as Eamon Scanlon returns". The Irish Times. Dublin. ISSN 0791-5144.
      7. "Long-serving Sligo Councillor surprises colleagues announcing his retirement". Ocean FM. 9 January 2017.
      8. "The death has occurred of Sligo Independent councillor Margaret Gormley". Midwest Radio. 5 April 2019.
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