2014 Cork City Council election

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2014 Cork City Council election
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All 31 seats on Cork City Council
 First partySecond partyThird party
 
Party Fianna Fáil Sinn Féin Fine Gael
Seats won1085
 Fourth partyFifth partySixth party
 
Party Anti-Austerity Alliance Workers' Party Independent
Seats won314
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Map showing the area of Cork City Council

An election to all 31 seats on Cork City Council was held on 23 May 2014 as part of the 2014 Irish local elections, contested by a field of 65 candidates. The city of Cork was divided into six local electoral areas 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] [2] [3]

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Having lost several seats in the 2009 local elections within Cork City Fianna Fáil made 4 gains in these local elections. The party gained 1 seat in each of the 3 Cork South Central LEAs, the base of Micheál Martin, and 1 seat in the Cork City North Central LEA on the North Side. Sinn Féin emerged as the second largest party with 8 seats as they made 3 gains on both sides of the river Lee though effectively matched Fianna Fáil in terms of first preference vote share. Fine Gael lost 3 seats to be reduced to 5 seats while their coalition partner, the Labour Party, was obliterated losing all 7 seats. The Anti-Austerity Alliance made 2 gains to return 3 councillors to City Hall and Ted Tynan became the Workers' Party sole elected representative in the State. Independents secured the remaining 4 seats.

Results by party

PartySeats±1st prefFPv%
Fianna Fáil 10+49,81623.99
Sinn Féin 8+49,81523.99
Fine Gael 5-37,75818.96
Independent 4-6,15615.05
Anti-Austerity Alliance 3+32,3985.86
Workers' Party 101,2433.04
Labour 0-72,4335.95
Socialist Party 0-1--
Total31040,911100%

Results by local electoral area

^  *: Outgoing councillor.

Cork City North Central

Cork City North Central: 5 seats [4] [5] [6]
PartyCandidateFPv%Count
123456
Sinn Féin Thomas Gould [*] 26.711,828     
Anti-Austerity Alliance Mick Barry [*] †21.361,462     
Fianna Fáil Kenneth O'Flynn [*] 14.579971,072 1,092 1,111 1,136 1,202
Fianna Fáil Dr. John Sheehan11.29773853 879 901 932 1,010
Fine Gael Patricia Gosch [*] 7.04482510 522 567 583  
Labour Catherine Clancy [*] 7.03481532 553 571 603 783
Anti-Austerity Alliance Lil O'Donnell††6.31432712 909 924 1,115 1,194
Independent Billy Corcoran3.70253409 451 456   
Fine Gael Donncha Loftus2.00137154 157    
Electorate: 14,280  Valid: 6,845 (47.93%)  Spoilt: 166  Quota: 1,401  Turnout: 7,011 (49.10%)  

    Cork City North East

    Cork City North East: 4 seats [7] [8]
    PartyCandidateFPv%Count
    123456
    Sinn Féin Stephen Cunningham26.71971     
    Workers' Party Ted Tynan [*] 21.36962     
    Fianna Fáil Tim Brosnan [*] 14.57931951 954 955 979 
    Fine Gael Joe Kavanagh [*] 11.29655658 659 659 691 903
    Labour John Kelleher [*] 7.04424443 446 447 541 662
    Fine Gael Sue-Ellen Carroll7.03414420 422 423 461  
    Green Oliver Moran6.31235287 291 292   
    Independent Philip A. McCarthy3.70124124     
    Communist Michael O'Donnell2.007272     
    Electorate: 10,402  Valid: 4,788 (46.63%)  Spoilt: 75  Quota: 958  Turnout: 4,863 (47.36%)  

      Cork City North West

      Cork City North West: 4 seats [9] [10]
      PartyCandidateFPv%Count
      1234567891011
      Sinn Féin Mick Nugent [*] 22.371,206          
      Fianna Fáil Tony Fitzgerald [*] 19.471,0501,058 1,061 1,078 1,109      
      Sinn Féin Kenneth Collins15.0809893 896 928 953 954 995 1,060 1,179  
      Anti-Austerity Alliance Marion O'Sullivan9.35504513 517 557 576 580 628 672 766 795 969
      Labour Michael O'Connell [*] 5.23282285 285 295 316 318 336     
      Workers' Party James Coughlan5.21281287 289 304 312 313 339 385    
      Fine Gael Joe O'Callaghan [*] 5.19280282 284 286 373 380 392 455 476 494 535
      Independent Maurice Sheehan4.99269273 280 330 340 343 406 425 469 482  
      Fine Gael Lyndsey Clarke4.43239240 243 248 248       
      Independent Evan Murphy4.21227230 239 265 282 283      
      Independent Pat O'Shea2.21119122 123 123        
      Independent Barry O'Donovan1.598689 95 95        
      Independent John Murphy0.744041          
      Electorate: 10,932  Valid: 5,392 (49.32%)  Spoilt: 116  Quota: 1,079  Turnout: 5,508 (50.38%)  

        Cork City South Central

        Cork City South Central: 5 seats [11] [12]
        PartyCandidateFPv%Count
        123456789
        Independent Mick Finn [*] 23.331,437        
        Sinn Féin Fiona Kerins [*] 23.281,434        
        Fianna Fáil Tom O'Driscoll 12.40764837 885 898 902 905 914 925 1,007
        Fianna Fáil Seán Martin [*] 10.39640681 717 721 736 742 750 759 834
        Independent Paudie Dineen8.54526666 813 850 863 909 945 1,064 
        Labour Lorraine Kingston [*] 7.06435484 521 525 543 558 602 624 795
        Fine Gael Emmet O'Halloran [*] 6.51401423 433 434 484 489 498 506  
        Green Johnny O'Mahony2.0123130 156 158 164 172 172   
        Independent Brian Houlihan1.93119145 187 208 209 248 271 271  
        Fine Gael Billy MacGill1.9117124 128 128 128     
        Independent Ella Goddin1.4690115 141 154 156 156    
        Independent Tom McIntyre1.197393 124       
        Electorate: 13,023  Valid: 6,159 (47.29%)  Spoilt: 123  Quota: 1,027  Turnout: 6,282 (48.24%)  

          Cork City South East

          Cork City South East: 7 seats [13] [14]
          PartyCandidateFPv%Count
          12345678
          Independent Kieran McCarthy [*] 15.081,534       
          Sinn Féin Chris O'Leary [*] 12.731,295       
          Fine Gael Des Cahill [*] 11.561,1761,199 1,318     
          Fine Gael Laura McGonigle [*] 10.891,1081,150 1,276     
          Fianna Fáil Terry Shannon [*] 9.749911,014 1,041 1,048 1,049 1,124 1,160 1,275
          Fianna Fáil Nicholas O'Keeffe8.42856873 899 904 906 990 1,028 1,096
          Fianna Fáil Kate Martin6.94706721 744 747 747 804 835 951
          Sinn Féin Shane O'Shea6.19630654 660 662 679 745 905 1,000
          Green Dan Boyle 4.97505537 557 562 563 671 802  
          Independent Diarmaid O Cadhla4.79487550 561 564 565 594   
          Labour Denis O'Flynn [*] 4.74482496 522 543 544    
          Fine Gael Derek Cregan3.94401410       
          Electorate: 19,576  Valid: 10,171 (51.96%)  Spoilt: 155  Quota: 1,272  Turnout: 10,326 (52.75%)  

            Cork City South West

            Cork City South West: 6 seats [4] [15] [16]
            PartyCandidateFPv%Count
            12345678
            Fine Gael John Buttimer [*] 15.081,750       
            Sinn Féin Henry Cremin [*] 12.731,642       
            Fianna Fáil Mary Shields [*] 11.561,0651,198      
            Fianna Fáil Fergal Dennehy10.891,0431,121      
            Independent Thomas Moloney [*] 9.74409425 613 616 617 635 732 798
            Independent Thomas Kiely8.42363381 584 589 593 628 715 796
            Green Mick Murphy6.94357387 462 470 476 522   
            Labour Ger Gibbons [*] 6.19329413 463 480 489 574 668  
            Fine Gael P.J. Hourican4.97301491 514 556 571 737 809 1,013
            Fine Gael Barry Keane4.79297418 441 462 468 468   
            Electorate: 14,830  Valid: 7,556 (50.95%)  Spoilt: 138  Quota: 1,080  Turnout: 7,697 (51.90%)  

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              1. ↑ Proportional Representation Citizens Information, 2009-09-21.
              2. ↑ Cork profile: Fine Gael likely to hold its own in contest Irish Times, 2014-05-12.
              3. ↑ Local Election Results for Cork City Council Irish Times. Retrieved: 2014-06-09.
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              6. ↑ Cork City North Central Archived 2014-07-14 at the Wayback Machine Irish Independent: Retrieved, 2014-06-15.
              7. ↑ Cork City North East ElectionsIreland.org. Retrieved: 2014-06-09.
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