2014 South Dublin County Council election

An election to South Dublin County Council took place on 23 May 2014 as part of that year's Irish local elections. Forty councillors were elected for a five-year term of office from six local electoral areas (LEAs) on the electoral system of proportional representation by means of the single transferable vote (PR-STV).[1][2][3]

2014 South Dublin County Council election
23 May 2014
All 40 seats on South Dublin County Council
21 seats needed for a majority
  First party Second party Third party
 
Party Sinn Féin Fine Gael Fianna Fáil
Seats won 9 7 5
Seat change Increase6 Decrease1 Increase1
  Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party
 
Party Labour People Before Profit Anti-Austerity Alliance
Seats won 4 3 3
Seat change Decrease5 Increase2 Increase3
  Seventh party Eighth party
 
Party Green Independent
Seats won 1 8
Seat change Increase1 Increase7
Map showing the area of South Dublin County Council
Council control after election

TBD

Increase in seats

Under the Local Government Act 2001, South Dublin County Council had been allocated 26 seats. In November 2012, Phil Hogan, the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government, appointed a Local Electoral Area Boundary Committee to review the allocation of seats across local authorities.[4] In the case of South Dublin County Council, it recommended an increase to 40 seats.[5] This was implemented by the Local Government Reform Act 2014.[6]

Overview of results

Sinn Féin emerged as the largest party after the local elections with 9 seats and 6 gains in total. The party won 2 seats in each of Clondalkin and the 2 Tallaght LEAs. Fine Gael retained second place but lost 1 seat overall to emerge with 7 seats. While the party won 2 seats in each of Clondalkin, Lucan and Rathfarnham she won no seat in either Tallaght LEA. Fianna Fáil gained 1 seat to win 5 seats overall, in the Lucan LEA, the first time they won a seat there since 2004, but were left without representation in Tallaght South. Labour lost 5 seats, to emerge with 4 overall, and was left without representation in Lucan and Rathfarnham. Both People Before Profit and the Anti-Austerity Alliance secured 3 seats each. The Green Party also gained 1 seat in Rathfarnham. Independents were also among the biggest winners on the council with 8 seats and 7 gains in total.

Results by party
Party Seats ± 1st pref FPv%
Sinn Féin 9 +6 18,411 23.96
Fine Gael 7 -1 13,853 18.03
Fianna Fáil 5 +1 10,274 13.37
Labour 4 -5 7,847 10.21
People Before Profit 3 +2 3,630 4.72
Anti-Austerity Alliance 3 +3 3,537 4.60
Green 1 +1 1,667 2.17
Workers' Party 0 0 940 1.22
Direct Democracy 0 0 280 0.36
Communist 0 0 143 0.19
Independent 8 +7 16,246 21.15
Totals 40 +14 76,828 100.00

Results by local electoral area

Clondalkin
Clondalkin - 8 seats
PartyCandidateFPv%Count
12345678
Sinn Féin Eoin Ó Broin [lower-alpha 1] 21.19 2,992              
Sinn Féin Jonathan Graham [lower-alpha 2] 16.33 2,306              
Fianna Fáil Trevor Gilligan* 13.71 1,935              
People Before Profit Gino Kenny [lower-alpha 3] 12.01 1,696              
Independent Francis Timmons 4.83 682 1,122 1,282 1,356 1,387 1,477 1,886  
Labour Breeda Bonner* 7.70 1,087 1,203 1,270 1,353 1,361 1,533 1,562 1,590
Fine Gael Kenny Egan 7.19 1,015 1,157 1,200 1,282 1,291 1,338 1,392 1,407
Fine Gael Emer Higgins* 8.45 1,193 1,241 1,262 1,327 1,330 1,356 1,366 1,388
Workers' Party Lorraine Hennessy 3.07 433 693 853 880 910 1,029 1,143 1,309
Independent Matthew McDonagh 2.82 398 637 866 867 903 987    
Labour Ken Kinsella 1.68 237 276 291 315 319      
Communist Paul Doran 1.01 143 282 324 334 340      
Electorate: 35,616   Valid: 14,117 (39.64%)   Spoilt: 263   Quota: 1,569   Turnout: 14,380 (40.38%)  

    Lucan
    Lucan - 8 seats
    PartyCandidateFPv%Count
    1234567891011121314
    Sinn Féin Danny O'Brien 12.57 1,762                          
    Fine Gael William Lavelle* 12.49 1,751                          
    Independent Guss O'Connell* 10.50 1,471 1,496 1,503 1,506 1,513 1,522 1,561              
    Independent Paul Gogarty 8.71 1,221 1,241 1,261 1,272 1,279 1,309 1,320 1,369 1,414 1,488 1,565      
    People Before Profit Ruth Nolan 5.02 704 755 760 763 769 791 798 827 841 999 1,031 1,123 1,285 1,488
    Fine Gael Vicki Casserly 6.13 859 863 923 924 938 948 1,041 1,083 1,101 1,142 1,203 1,242 1,304 1,351
    Fianna Fáil Ed O'Brien 5.06 709 716 725 727 735 743 749 757 1,076 1,101 1,144 1,162 1,250 1,306
    Independent Liona O'Toole 5.51 772 786 798 800 804 810 818 836 852 892 918 995 1,137 1,263
    Labour Caitriona Jones* 3.60 505 509 527 530 576 581 595 637 649 669 951 994 1,048 1,112
    Independent Tony Stafford 4.72 661 672 672 673 676 681 698 705 720 735 745 943 993  
    Independent Jim Doyle 3.55 497 506 511 534 536 598 602 627 651 738 767 819    
    Independent Alan Hayes 4.16 583 592 595 596 598 605 618 635 645 665 676      
    Labour Eamon Tuffy* 3.62 507 512 531 531 548 560 580 597 617 654        
    Workers' Party Mick Finnegan 3.62 507 530 533 535 537 567 569 585 594          
    Fianna Fáil Caitríona McClean 3.66 513 517 523 524 525 531 537 550            
    Independent Patrick Akpoveta 1.96 275 281 284 289 326 336 337              
    Fine Gael Gerry Kennedy 1.66 233 234 254 254 256 260                
    Independent Michael Farrelly 1.71 239 243 244 252 253                  
    Independent Hussain Zahid 1.29 181 184 186 187                    
    Independent Ciaran Byrne 0.46 65 69 69                      
    Electorate: 33,243   Valid: 14,015 (41.93%)   Spoilt: 168   Quota: 1,558   Turnout: 14,183 (42.43%)  

      Rathfarnham
      Rathfarnham - 6 seats
      PartyCandidateFPv%Count
      123456
      Fianna Fáil John Lahart [lower-alpha 4] 15.95 1,972          
      Fine Gael Anne-Marie Dermody [lower-alpha 5] 13.22 1,634 1,649 1,715 1,788    
      Sinn Féin Sarah Holland 13.06 1,614 1,621 1,644 1,740 1,768  
      Independent Deirdre O'Donovan [lower-alpha 6] 12.27 1,517 1,533 1,592 1,731 1,840  
      Fine Gael Paula Donovan 8.14 1,006 1,015 1,043 1,102 1,547 1,637
      Green Francis Noel Duffy 7.64 944 959 992 1,130 1,198 1,477
      People Before Profit John Flanagan 6.52 806 809 830 886 907  
      Labour Paddy Cosgrave* 6.50 804 817 1,129 1,180 1,268 1,370
      Fine Gael Alan Gallagher 6.26 774 787 818 862    
      Fianna Fáil Emma Murphy 5.54 685 793 807      
      Labour Aideen Carberry 4.91 607 613        
      Electorate: 30,375   Valid: 12,363 (40.70%)   Spoilt: 127   Quota: 1,767   Turnout: 12,490 (41.12%)  

        Tallaght Central
        Tallaght Central - 6 seats
        PartyCandidateFPv%Count
        12345678910
        Sinn Féin Máire Devine [lower-alpha 7] 24.45 2,874                  
        Fianna Fáil Charlie O'Connor 13.74 1,615 1,744                
        Sinn Féin Brendan Ferron 7.70 905 1,642 1,663 1,678 1,705          
        Anti-Austerity Alliance Mick Murphy 12.11 1,424 1,506 1,515 1,533 1,586 1,620 1,625 1,651 1,808  
        Anti-Austerity Alliance Kieran Mahon 5.30 623 654 656 661 701 719 720 748 1,189 1,512
        Labour Mick Duff [lower-alpha 8] 8.35 982 1,022 1,026 1,168 1,191 1,224 1,225 1,353 1,381 1,495
        Fine Gael Karen Warren 5.38 632 642 647 687 697 754 754 1,065 1,078 1,153
        Independent Declan Burke 4.46 524 556 557 581 715 764 772 824 872  
        Anti-Austerity Alliance Eddie Ericksson 4.98 585 663 665 675 694 712 713 744    
        Fine Gael Gay Kelly 5.14 604 615 619 632 650 693 693      
        Fianna Fáil Valerie Gaynor 2.95 347 361 369 382 385          
        Independent Ray Kelly 2.88 339 354 359 362            
        Labour Kemi Adenekan 2.56 301 316 319              
        Electorate: 26,285   Valid: 11,755 (44.72%)   Spoilt: 186   Quota: 1,680   Turnout: 11,941 (45.43%)  

          Tallaght South
          Tallaght South - 6 seats
          PartyCandidateFPv%Count
          1234567
          Sinn Féin Cathal King* 31.21 2,449            
          Sinn Féin Louise Dunne 20.05 1,573            
          Labour Martina Genockey [lower-alpha 9] 9.43 740 861 905 1,003 1,096 1,420  
          Anti-Austerity Alliance Brian Leech 6.16 483 804 886 911 956 994 1,008
          People Before Profit Nicky Coules [lower-alpha 10] 5.40 424 704 804 828 884 918 958
          Independent Dermot Richardson [lower-alpha 11] 4.72 370 537 581 707 781 870 927
          Anti-Austerity Alliance Phil Foster 5.38 422 643 740 767 810 850 871
          Fine Gael David Yeates 7.15 561 596 608 656 772    
          Fianna Fáil Emmett Hegarty 6.76 530 597 633 654      
          Labour Eugene Ryan 2.56 201 254 265        
          Independent Frank O'Gorman 1.19 93 156 182        
          Electorate: 25,653   Valid: 7,846 (30.59%)   Spoilt: 167   Quota: 1,121   Turnout: 8,013 (31.24%)  

            Templeogue-Terenure
            Templeogue-Terenure - 6 seats
            PartyCandidateFPv%Count
            12345678910
            Independent Dermot Looney [lower-alpha 12] 16.89 2,826                  
            Independent Ronan McMahon [lower-alpha 13] 13.74 2,299 2,386 2,427              
            Sinn Féin Fintan Warfield [lower-alpha 14] 11.57 1,936 2,016 2,025 2,094 2,121 2,167 2,227 2,292 2,623  
            Labour Pamela Kearns* 8.52 1,426 1,454 1,472 1,484 1,679 1,796 2,002 2,076 2,248 2,282
            Fine Gael Colm Brophy [lower-alpha 15] 9.28 1,552 1,562 1,567 1,572 1,689 1,895 1,981 2,027 2,115 2,134
            Fianna Fáil Paul Foley 6.90 1,155 1,168 1,180 1,189 1,202 1,232 1,283 1,834 1,951 1,988
            Fine Gael Brian Lawlor* 8.22 1,375 1,380 1,383 1,384 1,438 1,542 1,599 1,636 1,855 1,882
            Independent Shane Conneely 6.47 1,082 1,115 1,158 1,257 1,315 1,338 1,485 1,537    
            Fianna Fáil Eamonn Walsh* 4.86 813 844 848 862 868 907 992      
            Green Suzanne McEneaney 4.32 723 750 759 782 812 859        
            Fine Gael Siobhán Butler 3.97 664 731 735 745 764          
            Labour Chris Bond* 2.69 450 467 467 480            
            Direct Democracy Neville Bradley 1.67 280 300 309              
            Independent Paddy Henegan 0.90 151 168                
            Electorate: 33,746   Valid: 16,732 (49.58%)   Spoilt: 217   Quota: 2,391   Turnout: 16,949 (50.23%)  

              Changes
              1. Clondalkin Sinn Féin Cllr Eoin O Broin was elected as a TD for Dublin Mid-West at the Irish general election, 2016. Mark Ward was co-opted to fill the vacancy on 14 March 2016.
              2. Clondalkin Sinn Féin Cllr Jonathan Graham resigned from Sinn Féin and became an Independent citing that his time in the party had been a mostly negative experience. He joined Fianna Fáil on 22 March 2019.
              3. Clondalkin People Before Profir Alliance Cllr Gino Kenny was elected as a TD for Dublin Mid-West at the Irish general election, 2014. Madeleine Johansson was co-opted to fill the vacancy on 3 April 2016.
              4. Rathfarnam Fianna Fáil Cllr John Lahart was elected as a TD for Dublin South-West at the Irish general election, 2016. Emma Murphy was co-opted to fill the vacancy on 14 March 2016.
              5. Rathfarnam Fine Gael Cllr Anne-Marie Dermody resigned in September 2017 citing difficulties balancing work and life pressures. Conor McMahon was co-opted to fill the vacancy on 14 November 2017.
              6. Rathfarnam Independent Cllr Deirdre O'Donovan joined Fianna Fáil and ceased to be an Independent on 21 February 2019.
              7. Tallaght Central Sinn Féin Cllr Máire Devine was elected as a Senator on 25 April 2016. Cora McCann was co-opted to fill the vacancy.
              8. Tallaght Central Labour Cllr Mick Duff resigned from the Labour Party and became an Independent saying Labour was struggling for relevance on 5 October 2018.
              9. Tallaght South Labour Cllr Martina Genockey resigned from the Labour party and became an Independent saying Labour was not best placed to eradicate poverty and disadvantage in its present form on 28 September 2018. She will not contest the next local elections.
              10. Tallaght South PBPA Cllr Nicky Coules resigned due to his COPD illness in September 2017. Emma Hendrick was co-opted to fill the vacancy on 25 September 2017.
              11. Tallaght South Independent Cllr Dermot Richardson joined Sinn Féin in April 2016.
              12. Templeogue-Terenure Independent Cllr Dermot Looney joined the Social Democrats on 8 June 2017.
              13. On 13 March 2015 Templeogue-Terenure Independent Cllr Ronan McMahon became a founder member of the Renua party.
              14. Templeogue-Terenure Sinn Féin Cllr Fintan Warfield was elected as a Senator on 25 April 2016. Enda Fanning was co-opted to fill the vacancy. He resigned his seat on 10 October 2017. On 31 October 2017 Robert Russell was co-opted to fill the vacancy.
              15. Templeogue-Terenure Fine Gael Cllr Colm Brophy was elected as a TD for Dublin South-West at the Irish general election, 2016. Brian Lawlor was co-opted to fill the vacancy on 14 March 2016.

              References
              1. Proportional Representation Citizens Information, 2009-09-21.
              2. Local Election Results for South Dublin County Council Irish Times. Retrieved: 2014-05-29.
              3. Local Elections Results for South Dublin County Council Council website. Retrieved: 2015-03-07.
              4. Local Government Act 2001, 7th Sch.: Number of members of local authorities (No. 37 of 2001, 7th Sch.). Enacted on 21 July 2001. Act of the Oireachtas. Retrieved from Irish Statute Book.
              5. "Local Electoral Area Boundary Committee Report 2013" (PDF). Local Electoral Area Boundary Committee. 29 May 2013. p. 114.
              6. Local Government Reform Act 2014, s. 15: Number of members of local authorities (No. 1 of 2014, s. 15). Enacted on 27 January 2014. Act of the Oireachtas. Retrieved from Irish Statute Book.
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