Part of the 2014 Irish local elections
2014 Carlow County Council election![](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/45/Flag_of_Ireland.svg/50px-Flag_of_Ireland.svg.png)
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All 18 seats on Carlow County Council |
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Turnout | 52.3% 5.5%[1] |
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| First party | Second party | Third party | | | | | Party | Fine Gael | Fianna Fáil | Sinn Féin | Seats won | 6 | 5 | 3 | Seat change | −4 | +1 | +3 | | | Fourth party | Fifth party | | | | Party | Labour | Independent | Seats won | 2 | 2 | Seat change | −3 | - | |
![](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9c/Carlow_in_Ireland.svg/300px-Carlow_in_Ireland.svg.png) Map showing the area of Carlow County Council |
Cathaoirleach before election Des Hurley Lab | Subsequent Cathaoirleach Fergal Browne FG | |
An election to all 18 seats on Carlow County Council was held on 23 May 2014 as part of the 2014 Irish local elections. County Carlow was divided into two 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).
Administrative changes
Carlow County Council had been allocated 21 seats under the Local Government Act 2001.[2] 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 and the local electoral areas across local authorities. In the case of Carlow County Council, it recommended an decrease to 18 seats.[3] In addition, the town councils of Carlow and Muinebheag were abolished. This was implemented by the Local Government Reform Act 2014.[4] County Carlow was redrawn into two electoral areas, a reduction from five.[5]
Analysis
While Fine Gael remained the largest party after the election, in terms of seats though not in terms of vote share, they lost two-fifths of their councillors. Their colleagues in government, the Labour Party, lost three-fifths of their councillors being reduced to just 2 seats. Fianna Fáil gained a seat to return 5 members and reported a higher vote than Fine Gael but the big winners were Sinn Féin who won 3 seats to supplant Labour as the traditional third-largest party.
Results by party
Party | Seats | ± | 1st pref | FPv% | ±% |
| Fine Gael | 6 | −4 | 5,808 | 27.0 | |
| Fianna Fáil | 5 | +1 | 6,207 | 28.9 | |
| Sinn Féin | 3 | +3 | 2,723 | 12.7 | |
| Labour | 2 | −3 | 2,830 | 13.2 | |
| Independent | 2 | — | 3,010 | 14.0 | |
Total | 18 | −3 | | 100.0 | — |
Results by local electoral area
^ *: Outgoing councillor.
Carlow
Carlow: 10 seats Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count |
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 |
| Fianna Fáil | Jennifer Murnane O'Connor[*][a] | 13.04 | 1,530 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Fianna Fáil | John Pender[*] | 11.54 | 1,354 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Sinn Féin | John Cassin | 9.18 | 1,077 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Fine Gael | Brian O'Donoghue | 8.68 | 1,018 | 1,025 | 1,073 | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Fianna Fáil | Fintan Phelan | 8.62 | 1,011 | 1,128 | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Sinn Féin | Jim Deane | 7.18 | 842 | 878 | 900 | 902 | 908 | 909 | 917 | 940 | 961 | 981 | 1,042 | 1,174 | | | |
| Fianna Fáil | Ann Ahern née Long[*][a] | 5.76 | 676 | 769 | 827 | 852 | 853 | 854 | 858 | 873 | 874 | 916 | 961 | 981 | 987 | 1,007 | 1,063 |
| Independent | Walter Lacey[*] | 5.39 | 632 | 680 | 689 | 696 | 697 | 697 | 708 | 738 | 793 | 852 | 894 | 971 | 1,013 | 1,039 | 1,116 |
| Labour | William Paton[*] | 5.20 | 610 | 617 | 694 | 695 | 695 | 697 | 699 | 704 | 712 | 738 | 794 | 818 | 828 | 1,022 | 1,046 |
| Fine Gael | Fergal Browne[*] | 4.64 | 544 | 563 | 575 | 578 | 578 | 578 | 579 | 583 | 610 | 621 | 654 | 662 | 664 | 728 | 912 |
| Fine Gael | Wayne Fennell[*] | 3.87 | 454 | 468 | 472 | 475 | 475 | 475 | 475 | 479 | 494 | 502 | 529 | 537 | 537 | 552 | |
| Fine Gael | Tom O'Neill[*] | 3.52 | 413 | 436 | 439 | 444 | 445 | 445 | 446 | 454 | 461 | 489 | 522 | 532 | 533 | 568 | 686 |
| Fine Gael | Kathy Walsh | 3.11 | 365 | 369 | 401 | 401 | 401 | 402 | 404 | 409 | 412 | 415 | 429 | 436 | 439 | | |
| Anti-Austerity Alliance | Ned Costigan | 2.47 | 290 | 301 | 306 | 307 | 308 | 309 | 315 | 366 | 385 | 391 | 402 | | | | |
| Labour | Caroline Townsend[*] | 2.40 | 281 | 309 | 317 | 323 | 323 | 323 | 325 | 331 | 337 | 391 | | | | | |
| Labour | Des Hurley[*] | 1.90 | 223 | 256 | 258 | 260 | 260 | 260 | 265 | 270 | 282 | 282 | | | | | |
| Independent | Declan Alcock | 1.64 | 192 | 202 | 206 | 209 | 209 | 209 | 216 | 224 | | | | | | | |
| Direct Democracy | Saoire O'Brien | 1.41 | 166 | 173 | 175 | 177 | 177 | 177 | 182 | | | | | | | | |
| Independent | Pat Finnerty | 0.27 | 32 | 33 | 33 | 33 | 33 | 33 | 33 | | | | | | | | |
| Independent | Conor Dowling | 0.19 | 22 | 27 | 28 | 29 | 29 | 29 | 29 | | | | | | | | |
Electorate: 23,431 Valid: 11,732 (50.07%) Spoilt: 139 Quota: 1,067 Turnout: 11,871 (50.66%) |
Muinebheag
Muinebheag: 8 seats Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count |
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 |
| Independent | Charlie Murphy[*] | 14.14 | 1,377 | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Fine Gael | Tommy Kinsella[*] | 11.60 | 1,130 | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Labour | Willie Quinn[*] | 10.66 | 1,038 | 1,066 | 1,083 | | | | | | | | | |
| Sinn Féin | Andy Gladney | 8.26 | 804 | 825 | 827 | 840 | 858 | 885 | 926 | 974 | 1,176 | | | |
| Fianna Fáil | Arthur McDonald[*] | 8.09 | 788 | 803 | 806 | 809 | 851 | 863 | 1,018 | 1,032 | 1,081 | 1,099 | | |
| Fine Gael | Michael Doran[*] | 7.90 | 769 | 775 | 777 | 790 | 805 | 814 | 838 | 882 | 939 | 949 | 950 | 1,107 |
| Fine Gael | John Murphy[*] | 5.79 | 564 | 610 | 619 | 630 | 634 | 683 | 686 | 751 | 756 | 760 | 760 | 827 |
| Fine Gael | Denis Foley[*] | 5.66 | 551 | 564 | 570 | 578 | 620 | 629 | 664 | 683 | 727 | 747 | 752 | 824 |
| Fianna Fáil | P.J. Kavanagh | 5.05 | 492 | 536 | 538 | 566 | 567 | 598 | 634 | 668 | 701 | 711 | 712 | 777 |
| Labour | Jim Townsend[*] | 4.73 | 461 | 474 | 475 | 486 | 516 | 554 | 586 | 639 | 678 | 698 | 701 | |
| Anti-Austerity Alliance | Christy Cormac | 4.49 | 437 | 447 | 448 | 459 | 481 | 492 | 523 | 586 | | | | |
| Fianna Fáil | David O'Brien | 3.66 | 356 | 367 | 368 | 376 | 399 | 407 | | | | | | |
| Independent | Matthew English-Hayden | 3.42 | 333 | 356 | 357 | 390 | 395 | | | | | | | |
| Independent | Billy Nolan | 2.68 | 261 | 303 | 304 | 322 | 324 | 324 | | | | | | |
| Labour | Ken Hickey | 2.23 | 217 | 220 | 220 | 222 | | | | | | | | |
| Independent | Liam Foley | 1.37 | 133 | 150 | 151 | | | | | | | | | |
| Independent | Pat Finnerty | 0.29 | 28 | 30 | 30 | | | | | | | | | |
Electorate: 17,599 Valid: 9,739 (55.46%) Spoilt: 139 Quota: 1,083 Turnout: 9,878 (56.26%) |
- ^ a b Resigned, see below for changes
Changes
Co-options
Changes in affiliation
Name | LEA | Elected as | New affiliation | Date |
John Cassin | Carlow | | Sinn Féin | | Independent | February 2019[9] |
Local electoral areas
Carlow County Council was divided into the two local electoral areas (LEAs), defined by electoral divisions.[5]
LEA | Electoral divisions | Seats |
Carlow | Ballinacarrig, Burton Hall, Carlow Rural, Carlow Urban, Graigue Urban and Johnstown. | 10 |
Muinebeag | Agha, Ballintemple, Ballon, Ballyellin, Ballymoon, Ballymurphy, Borris, Clogrenan, Clonegall, Coonogue, Corries, Cranemore, Fennagh, Garryhill, Glynn, Kilbride, Killedmond, Kyle, Leighlinbridge, Marley, Muinebeag (Bagenalstown) Rural, Muinebeag (Bagenalstown) Urban, Myshall, Nurney, Oldleighlin, Rathanna, Rathornan, Rathrush, Ridge, Shangarry, Sliguff, Templepeter, Tinnahinch | 8 |
References
- ^ "2014 Local Elections". electionsireland.org. 23 May 2014. Retrieved 16 July 2024.
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: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ 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.
- ^ "Local Electoral Area Boundary Committee Report 2013" (PDF). Local Electoral Area Boundary Committee. 29 May 2013. p. 23.
- ^ 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.
- ^ a b County of Carlow Local Electoral Areas and Municipal Districts Order 2014 (S.I. No. 40 of 2014). Signed on 31 January 2014 by Phil Hogan, Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government. Statutory Instrument of the Government of Ireland. Retrieved from Irish Statute Book.
- ^ Vaughan, MaryAnn (9 June 2016). "Carlow has a new Councillor and a new Seanad spokesperson today". KCLR 96FM.
- ^ "Anne Ahern has announced her resignation from Carlow County Council". KCLR 96FM. 11 September 2017.
- ^ "Carlow's newest councillor to take seat for the first time today". KCLR 96FM. 9 October 2017.
- ^ Pender, Suzanne (13 February 2019). "Cassin Quits Sinn Féin After Row With Party Boss". The Nationalist. Carlow Nationalist. Retrieved 1 July 2024.
Sources
- "Local Election: Carlow County Council". RTÉ. Archived from the original on 2 June 2014. Retrieved 1 June 2014.
- "Carlow County Council Local Election". Irish Independent. Archived from the original on 2 June 2014. Retrieved 1 June 2014.