Part of the 2014 Irish local elections
2014 Kildare 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 40 seats to Kildare County Council 21 seats needed for a majority |
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| First party | Second party | Third party | | | | | Party | Fianna Fáil | Fine Gael | Labour | Seats won | 12 | 9 | 5 | Seat change | +6 | - | -1 | | | Fourth party | Fifth party | | | | Party | Sinn Féin | Independent | Seats won | 5 | 9 | Seat change | +5 | +5 | |
![](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3c/Kildare_in_Ireland.svg/300px-Kildare_in_Ireland.svg.png) Map showing the area of Kildare County Council |
| Council control after election TBD | |
An election to all 40 seats on Kildare County Council took place on 23 May 2014 as part of the 2014 Irish local elections, an increase from 25 seats from the 2009 election. County Kildare was divided into five 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).[1] In addition, the town councils of Athy, Leixlip, Naas and Newbridge were all abolished.
In recognition of its major population growth in recent times Kildare was allocated 15 additional council seats. This helped to insulate both government parties somewhat from anti-government hostility that lead to seat losses in other counties. Fine Gael returned 9 seats, as they did in 2009 and Labour returned with 5 councillors, a loss of 1 seat in the Kildare-Newbridge LEA. Fianna Fáil emerged as the big winners doubling their seats to 12 and becoming the largest party. The party won 3 seats in each of Kildare-Newbridge, Maynooth and in Naas. Sinn Féin won a seat in each LEA, returning to County Hall for the first time since 1999.[2] Independents also gained 5 seats to have a total membership of 9.[3]
Results by party
Party | Seats | ± | 1st pref | FPv% | ±% |
| Fianna Fáil | 12 | +6 | 16,530 | 26.4 | |
| Fine Gael | 9 | - | 13,111 | 20.9 | |
| Labour | 5 | -1 | 8,359 | 13.4 | |
| Sinn Féin | 5 | +5 | 7,494 | 11.9 | |
| Independent | 9 | +5 | 14,207 | 22.7 | |
Total | 40 | +15 | 61,837 | 100.0 | — |
Results by local electoral area
^ *: Outgoing councillor.
Athy
Athy: 6 seats Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count |
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 |
| Fianna Fáil | Martin Miley, Jnr[*] | 17.12 | 1,747 | | | | | | |
| Labour | Mark Wall[*] | 15.01 | 1,531 | | | | | | |
| Fianna Fáil | Mark Dalton† | 13.47 | 1,374 | 1,499 | | | | | |
| Labour | Aoife Breslin | 11.95 | 1,219 | 1,241 | 1,377 | 1,434 | 1,449 | 1,470 | |
| Fine Gael | Ivan Keatley[*] | 11.61 | 1,184 | 1,274 | 1,521 | | | | |
| Fine Gael | Richard O'Rourke | 8.92 | 910 | 918 | 980 | 984 | 1,030 | 1,033 | 1,079 |
| Sinn Féin | Thomas Redmond | 8.27 | 844 | 859 | 895 | 902 | 904 | 910 | 1,563 |
| Sinn Féin | Ger Kelly | 7.97 | 813 | 828 | 863 | 868 | 868 | 879 | |
| Fine Gael | Richard Daly[*] | 5.69 | 580 | 594 | | | | | |
Electorate: 22,014 Valid: 10,202 (46.34%) Spoilt: 196 Quota: 1,458 Turnout: 10,398 (47.23%) |
Celbridge–Leixlip
Celbridge-Leixlip: 7 seats Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count |
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 |
| Fianna Fáil | Frank O'Rourke[*]††††† | 15.31 | 1,814 | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Independent | Anthony Larkin[*] | 12.16 | 1,441 | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Sinn Féin | Ide Cussen††††††††† | 8.01 | 949 | 969 | 990 | 1,013 | 1,025 | 1,026 | 1,073 | 1,099 | 1,135 | 1,183 | 1,238 | 1,244 |
| Independent | Bernard Caldwell | 7.93 | 940 | 945 | 977 | 989 | 991 | 992 | 1,065 | 1,183 | 1,288 | 1,485 | | |
| Labour | Kevin Byrne[*] | 7.11 | 842 | 893 | 903 | 918 | 974 | 974 | 1,024 | 1,104 | 1,123 | 1,133 | 1,198 | 1,231 |
| Fine Gael | Joe Neville | 6.52 | 773 | 781 | 793 | 797 | 981 | 982 | 1,008 | 1,093 | 1,194 | 1,347 | 1,674 | |
| Independent | Brendan Young | 6.23 | 738 | 763 | 783 | 849 | 872 | 875 | 997 | 1,026 | 1,062 | 1,184 | 1,340 | 1,387 |
| Labour | Shane Griffin | 6.14 | 727 | 768 | 771 | 805 | 868 | 868 | 913 | 984 | 1,018 | 1,032 | 1,139 | 1,178 |
| Green | Shane Fitzgerald | 5.84 | 692 | 701 | 719 | 732 | 743 | 745 | 768 | 803 | 885 | 995 | | |
| Independent | Denis McCarthy | 5.20 | 616 | 619 | 645 | 688 | 690 | 693 | 728 | 762 | 819 | | | |
| Labour | Colm Purcell[*] | 4.32 | 512 | 518 | 528 | 528 | 545 | 545 | 550 | | | | | |
| Independent | Michael Beirne | 3.63 | 430 | 446 | 475 | 519 | 541 | 541 | | | | | | |
| Fianna Fáil | Gráinne Whelan | 3.61 | 428 | 524 | 538 | 543 | 555 | 555 | 571 | 604 | | | | |
| Fine Gael | Philip Slattery | 3.38 | 401 | 425 | 428 | 439 | | | | | | | | |
| Independent | Peter Kavanagh | 2.37 | 281 | 291 | 308 | | | | | | | | | |
| Independent | James Devaney | 1.57 | 186 | 189 | | | | | | | | | | |
| Independent | Jean Berry | 0.65 | 77 | 80 | | | | | | | | | | |
Electorate: 27,070 Valid: 11,847 (43.76%) Spoilt: 111 Quota: 1,481 Turnout: 11,958 (44.17%) |
Kildare-Newbridge
Kildare-Newbridge: 9 seats Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count |
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 |
| Fianna Fáil | Fiona O'Loughlin[*]†††††† | 12.45 | 1,786 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Fianna Fáil | Suzanne Doyle[*] | 10.47 | 1,502 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Fine Gael | Fiona McLoughlin-Healy†††††††† | 9.87 | 1,415 | 1,445 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Sinn Féin | Mark Lynch | 9.02 | 1,293 | 1,308 | 1,315 | 1,318 | 1,319 | 1,325 | 1,336 | 1,351 | 1,360 | 1,378 | 1,412 | 1,440 | | | | | |
| Independent | Joanne Pender | 7.15 | 1,026 | 1,042 | 1,067 | 1,073 | 1,073 | 1,084 | 1,112 | 1,138 | 1,183 | 1,203 | 1,263 | 1,315 | 1,442 | | | | |
| Independent | Paddy Kennedy[*] | 6.67 | 957 | 981 | 988 | 991 | 993 | 1,017 | 1,043 | 1,070 | 1,111 | 1,132 | 1,165 | 1,243 | 1,295 | 1,341 | 1,343 | 1,482 | |
| Fianna Fáil | Seán Power | 6.19 | 888 | 1,003 | 1,009 | 1,026 | 1,027 | 1,030 | 1,050 | 1,060 | 1,081 | 1,1103 | 1,127 | 1,163 | 1,187 | 1,239 | 1,240 | 1,315 | 1,321 |
| Fine Gael | Mark Stafford | 5.68 | 814 | 887 | 890 | 895 | 896 | 899 | 909 | 913 | 916 | 942 | 957 | 1,533 | | | | | |
| Sinn Féin | Damian Molyneaux | 4.76 | 682 | 693 | 698 | 699 | 699 | 706 | 711 | 738 | 746 | 756 | 772 | 796 | 846 | 866 | 867 | | |
| Fine Gael | Michael Nolan, Jnr[*] | 4.64 | 666 | 678 | 681 | 682 | 682 | 693 | 709 | 720 | 736 | 757 | 765 | 787 | 798 | 920 | 920 | 972 | 977 |
| Independent | Willie Crowley††† | 3.85 | 552 | 559 | 563 | 564 | 565 | 571 | 584 | 603 | 666 | 683 | 694 | 753 | 863 | 874 | 876 | 1,020 | 1,055 |
| Fine Gael | Mary Donnelly | 3.60 | 516 | 527 | 527 | 535 | 536 | 543 | 546 | 547 | 549 | 592 | 623 | 639 | 677 | | | | |
| Independent | Declan Crowe | 2.59 | 372 | 376 | 382 | 387 | 387 | 388 | 392 | 397 | 403 | 421 | 492 | 581 | | | | | |
| Independent | Murty Aspell | 2.50 | 359 | 365 | 375 | 376 | 377 | 384 | 402 | 428 | 454 | 472 | 484 | | | | | | |
| Independent | John (Gusher) Gleeson | 2.32 | 333 | 336 | 338 | 347 | 347 | 351 | 355 | 365 | 372 | 388 | | | | | | | |
| Independent | Morgan McCabe | 1.81 | 259 | 266 | 270 | 270 | 270 | 272 | 287 | 296 | | | | | | | | | |
| Labour | Francis Browne[*] | 1.48 | 212 | 215 | 217 | 222 | 222 | 304 | 308 | 314 | 316 | | | | | | | | |
| Independent | Seamus Finn | 1.43 | 205 | 208 | 219 | 220 | 220 | 228 | 230 | | | | | | | | | | |
| Labour | Willie Hamilton | 1.38 | 198 | 200 | 201 | 202 | 203 | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Independent | Ray O'Brien | 1.37 | 196 | 204 | 208 | 208 | 209 | 212 | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Independent | Jason Turner | 0.76 | 109 | 110 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Electorate: 32,598 Valid: 14,340 (43.99%) Spoilt: 197 Quota: 1,435 Turnout: 14,537 (44.59%) |
Maynooth
Maynooth: 9 seats Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count |
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 |
| Fine Gael | Brendan Weld[*] | 13.82 | 1,701 | | | | | | | | | |
| Independent | Padraig McEvoy[*] | 13.56 | 1,668 | | | | | | | | | |
| Sinn Féin | Réada Cronin | 10.49 | 1,291 | | | | | | | | | |
| Independent | Teresa Murray | 7.74 | 952 | 984 | 1,045 | 1,050 | 1,136 | 1,268 | | | | |
| Labour | John McGinley[*] | 7.53 | 927 | 936 | 950 | 952 | 956 | 961 | 1,142 | 1,144 | 1,151 | 1,188 |
| Fianna Fáil | Naoise O Cearúil | 7.48 | 920 | 939 | 963 | 966 | 970 | 980 | 1,000 | 1,060 | 1,065 | 1,089 |
| Fianna Fáil | Paul Ward | 6.93 | 853 | 897 | 921 | 923 | 925 | 961 | 975 | 1,015 | 1,018 | 1,046 |
| Fine Gael | Tim Durkan | 5.83 | 717 | 856 | 889 | 891 | 895 | 911 | 954 | 977 | 981 | 1,325 |
| Fianna Fáil | Daragh Fitzpatrick | 5.38 | 662 | 722 | 771 | 774 | 789 | 796 | 818 | 1,113 | 1,116 | 1,250 |
| People Before Profit | Martin Grehan | 5.08 | 625 | 640 | 688 | 708 | 731 | 797 | 829 | 852 | 866 | 899 |
| Fine Gael | Seamus Langan[*] | 4.87 | 599 | 688 | 700 | 702 | 747 | 757 | 781 | 858 | 859 | |
| Fianna Fáil | Ben Doyle | 4.27 | 529 | 539 | 552 | 556 | 583 | 592 | 611 | | | |
| Labour | Julie McNamara | 2.64 | 325 | 356 | 437 | 438 | 446 | 458 | | | | |
| Independent | John Paul Gannon | 2.32 | 286 | 297 | 340 | 351 | 392 | | | | | |
| Independent | Joan McGuire | 2.06 | 254 | 261 | 296 | 301 | | | | | | |
Electorate: 28,237 Valid: 12,305 (43.86%) Spoilt: 163 Quota: 1,232 Turnout: 12,468 (44.44%) |
Naas
Naas: 9 seats Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count |
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 |
| Fianna Fáil | James Lawless†††† | 16.15 | 2,123 | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Sinn Féin | Sorcha O'Neill††††††† | 12.34 | 1,622 | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Independent | Seamie Moore[*] | 9.94 | 1,307 | 1,361 | | | | | | | | | | |
| Fine Gael | Darren Scully[*] | 9.23 | 1,213 | 1,291 | 1,305 | 1,308 | 1,321 | | | | | | | |
| Fianna Fáil | Robert Power | 7.29 | 954 | 1,174 | 1,198 | 1,209 | 1,218 | 1,231 | 1,241 | 1,283 | 1,344 | | | |
| Fianna Fáil | Willie Callaghan[*]†† | 7.23 | 950 | 1,119 | 1,137 | 1,148 | 1,159 | 1,185 | 1,197 | 1,304 | 1,361 | | | |
| Fine Gael | Billy Hillis | 6.25 | 822 | 839 | 846 | 849 | 850 | 862 | 872 | 893 | 1,040 | 1,047 | 1,053 | 1,101 |
| Labour | Anne Breen | 6.21 | 816 | 846 | 863 | 866 | 877 | 890 | 906 | 1,074 | 1,194 | 1,208 | 1,213 | 1,533 |
| Fine Gael | Fintan Brett | 6.09 | 800 | 843 | 848 | 851 | 852 | 863 | 871 | 885 | 1,019 | 1,027 | 1,038 | 1,145 |
| Fine Gael | Jacinta O'Sullivan | 4.51 | 593 | 623 | 635 | 637 | 640 | 651 | 661 | 694 | | | | |
| Labour | Fergus Carpenter | 4.0 | 526 | 631 | 642 | 643 | 645 | 652 | 665 | 721 | 754 | 757 | 759 | |
| Labour | Ger Dunne | 3.99 | 524 | 539 | 556 | 556 | 561 | 566 | 575 | | | | | |
| Independent | Paddy Horan | 2.26 | 297 | 308 | 355 | 359 | 415 | 542 | 706 | 739 | 763 | 765 | 770 | 807 |
| Direct Democracy | Martin Byrne | 1.72 | 226 | 241 | 300 | 301 | 326 | 348 | | | | | | |
| Independent | Francis James O'Rourke | 1.40 | 184 | 197 | 234 | 237 | 304 | | | | | | | |
| Independent | Cathal Spelman | 1.38 | 182 | 194 | 233 | 234 | | | | | | | | |
Electorate: 30,335 Valid: 13,143 (43.33%) Spoilt: 171 Quota: 1,315 Turnout: 13,314 (43.89%) |
References
- ^ "Local elections: Kildare". The Irish Times. Archived from the original on 29 May 2014. Retrieved 28 May 2014.
- ^ "Local Elections: 10 June 1999: Athy". ElectionsIreland.org. Archived from the original on 3 June 2021.
- ^ "Kildare Local Elections". Irish Independent. Archived from the original on 16 June 2014.
Changes 2014–2019
- †On 16 October 2014 Athy Fianna Fáil Councillor Mark Dalton resigned from the party and became an Independent after financial irregularities were discovered at a voluntary housing association of which he was a director. [1] He resigned from the Council in September 2018 and Fianna Fáil's Brian Dooley was co-opted to fill the vacancy on 20 November 2018.
- ††On 30 November 2014 Naas Fianna Fáil Councillor Willie Callaghan died after a short illness. On 26 January 2015 his daughter, Deborah, was co-opted to fill the vacancy. [2]
- †††On 19 December 2015 Kildare-Newbridge Independent Councillor Willie Crowley died after injuries sustained from a hit and run incident.[3] Independent Morgan McCabe was co-opted to fill the vacancy on 26 January 2016.[4] Archived 10 March 2016 at the Wayback Machine†††
- ††††Naas Fianna Fáil Councillor James Lawless was elected as a TD for Kildare North at the Irish general election, 2016. Carmel Kelly was co-opted to fill the vacancy on 14 March 2016.[5]
- †††††Celbridge-Leixlip Fianna Fáil Councillor Frank O'Rourke was elected as a TD for Kildare North at the Irish general election, 2016. Michael Coleman was co-opted to fill the vacancy on 14 March 2016.[6]
- ††††††Kildare-Newbridge Fianna Fáil Councillor Fiona O'Loughlin was elected as a TD for Kildare South at the Irish general election, 2016. Murty Aspell was co-opted to fill the vacancy on 14 March 2016.[7]
- †††††††Naas Sinn Féin Councillor Sorcha O'Neill resigned from the party and became an Independent on 21 April 2017 citing allegations of bullying, intimidation and a toxic and hostile environment.7 SF members in Naas quit party
- ††††††††Kildare-Newbridge Fine Gael Councillor Fiona McLoughlin-Healy resigned from the party and became an Independent on 9 March 2018 citing failure by the party to address in a meaningful way a formal complaint she had made.[8]
- †††††††††Celbridge-Leixlip Sinn Féin Councillor Ide Cussen resigned from the party on 21 November 2018 saying there was no freedom of conscience in the party on the abortion issue. She then announced she was joining the new party being created by Peadar Tóibín.[9]
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