2014 Leitrim County Council election

2014 Leitrim County Council election

23 May 2014
All 18 seats to Leitrim County Council
First party Second party Third party   Party Fianna Fáil Fine Gael Sinn Féin Seats won 6 4 4 Seat change -2 -6 +2   Fourth party   Party Independent Seats won 4 Seat change +2
Map showing the area of Leitrim County Council
Council control after election TBD

An election to all 18 seats on Leitrim County Council took place on 23 May 2014 as part of the 2014 Irish local elections, a reduction from 22 seats at the 2009 election. County Leitrim was divided into three local electoral areas (LEAs) to elect councillors for a five-year term of office on the electoral system of proportional representation by means of the single transferable vote (PR-STV).

Fine Gael lost 6 seats, and their previously held overall majority while Fianna Fáil also lost 2 seats. Independents and Sinn Féin both increased their numbers by 2 despite the Council being reduced by 4 seats as a whole.^[1][2]

Results by party

Party		Seats	±	1st pref	FPv%	±%
	Fianna Fáil	6	-2	6,110	33.68
	Fine Gael	4	-6	4,952	27.29
	Sinn Féin	4	+2	3,481	19.19
	Independent	4	+2	3,601	19.84
Total		18	-4	18,144	100.00	—

Results by local electoral area

^ *: Outgoing councillor.

Ballinamore

Ballinamore: 6 seats

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6	7
	Fianna Fáil	Paddy O'Rourke[*]	13.88	948	958	965	1,006
	Fianna Fáil	Caillian Ellis[*]	11.61	793	821	873	983
	Sinn Féin	Martin Kenny[*]†	10.57	722	737	917	925	929	951	954
	Fine Gael	John McCartin[*]	10.32	705	736	786	792	857	880	884
	Sinn Féin	Brendan Barry	10.00	683	691	784	897	1,078
	Fine Gael	Gordon Hughes[*]	9.29	635	674	732	751	823	847	848
	Fine Gael	Enda McGloin[*]	8.43	576	579	580	683
	Independent	Gerry Dolan[*]	8.42	575	597	630	735	998
	Fianna Fáil	Francis Gilmartin[*]	7.71	527	530	534
	Sinn Féin	Maureen Martin	6.79	464	498
	Independent	Desmond Wisley	2.99	204
Electorate: 9,581   Valid: 6,832 (71.31%)   Spoilt: 59   Quota: 977   Turnout: 6,891 (71.92%)

Carrick-on-Shannon

Carrick-on-Shannon: 6 seats

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5
	Independent	Enda Stenson[*]	15.97	858
	Sinn Féin	Séadhna Logan	12.51	672	694	703	734	749
	Independent	Des Guckian	12.49	671	714	727	786
	Fianna Fáil	Seán McGowan[*]	12.27	659	695	707	755	862
	Fianna Fáil	Sinéad Guckian[*]	11.30	607	680	696	902
	Fianna Fáil	Siobhán Finnegan-McElgunn	9.92	533	560	572
	Fine Gael	Finola Armstrong-McGuire	9.55	513	595	607	804
	Fine Gael	Thomas Mulligan[*]	9.29	499	565	581	585	597
	Fine Gael	John Ward[*]	6.68	359
Electorate: 8,872   Valid: 5,371 (60.54%)   Spoilt: 40   Quota: 768   Turnout: 5,411 (60.99%)

Manorhamilton

Manorhamilton: 6 seats

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6
	Sinn Féin	Padraig Fallon	15.82	940
	Fianna Fáil	Mary Bohan[*]	13.67	812	836	872
	Independent	Felim Gurn	13.16	782	802	840	846	873
	Fine Gael	Frank Dolan[*]	10.30	612	619	636	641	697	838
	Fine Gael	Séan McDermott[*]	10.30	612	617	666	668	760	859
	Independent	Thomas Kelly	8.35	496	512	573	574	645	721
	Fine Gael	Siobhán McGloin[*]	7.42	441	445	470	471
	Fianna Fáil	Justin Warnock	7.41	440	443	512	513	682	789
	Fianna Fáil	Pat Munday	7.39	439	444	492	499	515
	Fianna Fáil	Philip Rooney	5.92	352	357
	Independent	James Vincent Kelly	0.25	15	17
Electorate: 8,865   Valid: 5,941 (67.02%)   Spoilt: 70   Quota: 849   Turnout: 6,011 (67.81%)

References

1. McGreevy, Ronan (24 May 2014). "All change in Leitrim as Independents and Sinn Féin surge". The Irish Times. Retrieved 24 May 2014.
2. "Leitrim County Council Election results". Irish Independent. 24 May 2014. Archived from the original on 18 June 2014. Retrieved 17 June 2014.

Changes

• †Ballinamore Sinn Féin Councillor Martin Kenny was elected a TD for Sligo-Leitrim at the 2016 general election. Caroline Gildea was co-opted to fill the vacancy on 14 March 2016.[1]

External links

• Official website