2014 Wexford County Council election

An election to Wexford County Council took place on 23 May 2014 as part of that year's Irish local elections. 34 councillors were elected from three lcoal electoral areas for a five-year term of office on the electoral system of proportional representation by means of the single transferable vote (PR-STV). This was an increase of 13 seats from the previous election in 2009. In addition the Wexford Borough Council, Enniscorthy Town Council, Gorey Town Council and New Ross Town Council were all abolished.

2014 Wexford County Council election
23 May 2014
All 34 seats on Wexford County Council
18 seats needed for a majority
  First party Second party Third party
 
Party Fianna Fáil Fine Gael Sinn Féin
Seats won 11 9 5
Seat change +6 -1 +5
  Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party
 
Party Labour People Before Profit Independent
Seats won 2 1 6
Seat change -2 +1 +4
Map showing the area of Wexford County Council
Council control after election

TBD

The majority of the additional seats went to Fianna Fáil and Sinn Féin who were the big winners in this election. Fianna Fáil also supplanted Fine Gael as the largest party but the additional seats helped to reduce the impact on the party as they only lost 1 seat. Labour lost half of their seats as Independents trebled their membership on the Council and People Before Profit won a seat.

Results by party
Party Seats ± First Pref. votes FPv% ±%
Fianna Fáil 11 +6 15,033 27.4
Fine Gael 9 -1 13,478 24.6
Sinn Féin 5 +5 6,638 12.1
Labour 2 -2 4,613 8.4
People Before Profit 1 +1 981 1.8
Éirígí 0 0 1,231 4.4
Direct Democracy 0 0 114 0.21
Independent 6 +4 12,453 20.5
Totals 34 +13 54,875 100.0 —

Results by local electoral area

Enniscorthy
Enniscorthy- 8 seats
PartyCandidateFPv%Count
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Fianna Fáil James Browne† 14.78 1,969              
Sinn Féin Johnny Mythen 13.60 1,812              
Fianna Fáil Barbara-Anne Murphy 10.60 1,412 1,457 1,466 1,492        
Fine Gael Paddy Kavanagh* 9.88 1,316 1,359 1,383 1,414 1,528      
Fine Gael Kathleen Codd-Nolan* 9.75 1,298 1,335 1,344 1,360 1,400 1,407 1,548  
Fine Gael Oliver Walsh* 8.33 1,110 1,129 1,138 1,158 1,232 1,243 1,527  
Independent John O'Rourke 6.37 848 880 957 1,186 1,224 1,226 1,344 1,358
Labour Martin Storey* 6.24 831 853 878 921 1,031 1,047    
Independent Jackser Owens 6.03 803 832 922 1,022 1,066 1,068 1,181 1,196
Fianna Fáil Willie Kavanagh 5.48 730 768 776 783 783      
Fianna Fáil Keith Doyle* 4.96 660 872 894 931 1,167 1,177 1,302 1,330
Independent Annette Moran 3.98 530 542 601          
Electorate: 27,392   Valid: 13,319   Spoilt: 179   Quota: 1,480   Turnout: 13,498 (49%)  

    Gorey
    Gorey - 8 seats
    PartyCandidateFPv%Count
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    Fianna Fáil Malcolm Byrne* 13.06 1,688                      
    Sinn Féin Fionntán O Súilleabháin 10.26 1,326 1,337 1,348 1,400 1,419 1,447            
    Fianna Fáil Joe Sullivan 7.84 1,013 1,059 1,066 1,079 1,102 1,124 1,166 1,196 1,297 1,322 1,617  
    Labour Bobby Ireton* 7.24 935 969 975 1,005 1,032 1,060 1,110 1,146 1,201 1,255 1,334 1,354
    Fine Gael John Hegarty* 7.07 914 939 940 943 956 968 1,027 1,041 1,064 1,170 1,217 1,227
    Fianna Fáil Pip Breen 6.92 894 920 924 929 936 944 953 969 986 1,037 1,218 1,325
    Independent Mary Farrell 6.88 889 898 917 949 984 1,068 1,086 1,183 1,401 1,452    
    Fine Gael Anthony Donohoe 6.86 886 896 902 908 918 925 966 985 1,007 1,120 1,242 1,277
    Fine Gael Aine Lacy-O'Meara 6.29 813 819 822 825 839 841 859 866 881 1,032 1,035 1,044
    Fianna Fáil Jack Redmond 5.50 711 727 727 729 738 748 760 791 818 960    
    Fine Gael Michael Kinsella* 5.38 695 701 707 710 720 725 752 771 793      
    Éirígí Dominick Gaughan 3.52 455 459 465 491 511 531 551          
    Independent Alan Molloy 2.79 361 370 380 424 483 549 614 715        
    Fine Gael Darren Keegan 2.63 340 360 369 375 388 418            
    Independent Owen Dunbar 2.39 309 323 338 351 374              
    Independent Gavin Nugent 2.23 288 295 305 324                
    Independent Cormac McManus 2.16 279 282 292                  
    Independent Ivan Kelly 0.98 127 133                    
    Electorate: 25,458   Valid: 12,923 (50.76%)   Spoilt: 203   Quota: 1,436   Turnout: 13,126 (52%)  

      New Ross
      New Ross - 8 seats
      PartyCandidateFPv%Count
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      Independent Martin Murphy*†††††† 10.83 1,373 1,386 1,406 1,430                
      Fianna Fáil Michael Sheehan* 7.84 994 1,016 1,041 1,053 1,054 1,099 1,116 1,208 1,236 1,296 1,376 1,388
      Fianna Fáil Michael Whelan 7.44 944 950 959 968 968 978 1,003 1,023 1,040 1,349 1,364 1,369
      Sinn Féin Oisin O'Connell††††† 7.14 906 909 927 993 995 1,024 1,073 1,096 1,111 1,169 1,190 1,194
      Fine Gael Larry O'Brien* 7.03 891 904 943 952 953 980 1,009 1,059 1,274 1,306 1,519  
      Fianna Fáil John Fleming 6.55 831 838 843 850 850 859 916 949 1,119 1,182 1,221 1,225
      Fine Gael Willie Fitzharris 6.38 809 818 857 858 860 869 892 916 995 1,159 1,406 1,471
      Fianna Fáil Brian Wallace 6.20 786 789 812 821 821 823 870 876 888 888    
      Éirígí John Dwyer 6.12 776 786 794 855 855 920 960 1,035 1,053 1,073 1,101 1,102
      Independent Anthony Connick 5.70 723 769 804 838 842 937 994 1,143 1,174 1,213 1,353 1,371
      Fine Gael Denis Kennedy* 5.36 680 691 717 725 725 734 765 795 795      
      Fine Gael Niamh Fitzgibbon 4.71 597 632 655 670 670 721 740 796 932 945 945  
      Independent Victor Furness 3.77 478 514 524 541 545 640 684          
      Independent Paddy Whitty 3.65 463 470 486 515 518 536            
      Independent Bobby Dunphy 3.03 384 431 457 510 513              
      People Before Profit Seamus O'Brien 3.01 382 384 395                  
      Labour Ollie Somers 2.89 366 376                    
      Independent Paul Crowdle 2.37 300                      
      Electorate: 25,137   Valid: 12,683 (50.46%)   Spoilt: 238   Quota: 1,401   Turnout: 12,921 (51.40%)  

        Wexford
        Wexford - 10 seats
        PartyCandidateFPv%Count
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        Independent Ger Carthy 12.11 1,932                              
        Sinn Féin Anthony Kelly†††† 11.48 1,831                              
        Labour George Lawlor* 9.92 1,582                              
        Fianna Fáil Tony Dempsey* 9.05 1,444 1,507                            
        Fine Gael Frank Staples 6.02 960 1,001 1,003 1,007 1,009 1,010 1,017 1,019 1,083 1,089 1,141 1,200 1,234 1,350 1,402 1,451
        Fianna Fáil Fergie Kehoe†† 6.0 957 995 1,016 1,033 1,048 1,094 1,137 1,193 1,220 1,270 1,322 1,352 1,390 1,479    
        Fine Gael Jim Moore* 5.79 923 982 984 992 1,001 1,004 1,017 1,026 1,096 1,104 1,162 1,240 1,293 1,514    
        Sinn Féin Mick Roche 4.83 763 806 1,019 1,022 1,026 1,057 1,078 1,115 1,122 1,143 1,169 1,211 1,270 1,282 1,283 1,344
        Independent David Hynes 3.89 614 642 669 679 681 691 726 783 801 885 932 954 1,028 1,080 1,081 1,258
        People Before Profit Deirdre Wadding††† 3.76 599 617 636 640 641 698 765 798 813 860 880 929 1,025 1,043 1,043 1,195
        Independent Leonard Kelly 3.13 499 517 528 532 533 547 578 599 617 662 691 704 781 811 811  
        Fine Gael Jim Allen 3.0 479 492 495 505 506 509 522 529 586 598 686 710 730      
        Independent Jane Johnstone 2.97 474 501 507 509 510 514 533 552 556 580 602 616        
        Labour Bernie Mullen 2.82 450 484 487 502 508 502 525 537 550 566 583          
        Labour Joe Ryan 2.82 449 457 461 491 491 500 519 533 564 593 628 756 792 853 862 970
        Fine Gael Mark Fenlon 2.42 386 404 415 423 428 430 441 461 509 550            
        Fine Gael Sandra Lacey 2.39 381 389 393 398 398 404 413 418                
        Independent Do Do Lawlor 2.22 354 361 379 381 382 391 396                  
        Green Danny Forde 2.16 344 358 365 369 373 379                    
        Independent Donal Fallon 1.96 313 350 363 368 371 384 399 437 446              
        Direct Democracy David Lloyd 0.71 114 116 120 121 121                      
        Independent Paul O'Hanlon 0.70 112 117 119 119 119                      
        Electorate: 33,028   Valid: 15,950 (48.29%)   Spoilt: 237   Quota: 1,451   Turnout: 16,187 (49.01%)  

          Changes
          • †Enniscorthy Fianna Fáil Councillor James Browne was elected as a TD for Wexford at the Irish general election, 2016. Willie Kavanagh was co-opted to fill the vacancy on 15 March 2016.
          • ††Wexford Fianna Fáil Councillor Fergie Kehoe died on 9 April 2016. Lisa McDonald was co-opted to fill the vacancy on 11 July 2016.
          • †††Wexford PBPA Councillor Deirdre Wadding resigned her seat on 27 October 2017 citing mental health caused by stress. In November 2017 Tony Walsh was co-opted to fill the vacancy.
          • ††††Wexford Sinn Féin Councillor Anthony Kelly resigned his seat on 5 December 2017 due to ill-health. On 2 January Thomas Forde was co-opted to fill the vacancy.
          • †††††New Ross Sinn Féin Councillor Oisin O'Connell resigned his seat on 10 December 2018 citing family and work pressures. Marie Doyle was co-opted to fill the vacancy in January 2019.
          • ††††††New Ross Independent Councillor Martin Murphy announced his resignation on 9 March 2019 in advance of the 2019 Local Elections to enable another person fill the vacancy.

          References
          1. "Wexford County Council". Irish Independent. Archived from the original on 28 May 2014. Retrieved 2 June 2014.
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