2014 Cork County Council election

2014 Cork County Council election

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All 55 seats on Cork County Council 28 seats needed for a majority
First party Second party Third party   Party Fianna Fáil Fine Gael Sinn Féin Seats won 17 16 10 Seat change 5 6 9 Popular vote 44,885 43,350 22,747 Percentage 28.65% 27.67% 14.52% Swing 4.28% 9.52% 8.38%   Fourth party Fifth party   Party Labour Independent Seats won 2 10 Seat change 5 4 Popular vote 11,298 30,336 Percentage 7.21% 19.36% Swing 2.98% 11.4%
Cathaoirleach before election Noel O'Connor Fine Gael Subsequent Cathaoirleach Alan Coleman Fianna Fáil

The area governed by Cork County Council

An election to all 55 seats on Cork County Council was held on 23 May 2014 as part of the 2014 Irish local elections, contested by a field of 114 candidates. County Cork was divided into 8 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] [4]}

Cork County Council was expanded by seven seats to a total of 55 members for the 2014 elections. Fianna Fáil emerged after the local elections as the largest party in Cork for the first time since 1991, having won 17 seats and 5 gains in total. The party won three seats in each of Ballincollig-Carrigaline, Fermoy and West Cork and took two seats in Bandon-Kinsale, Blarney-Macroom and Kanturk-Mallow. Fine Gael lost 6 seats in all to emerge with 16 seats. The party's best results were in Ballincollig-Carrigaline and Bandon-Kinsale where they won 3 seats and Blarney-Macroom, Cobh, East Cork and West Cork where they won 2 seats. Sinn Féin won 10 seats in total, including 9 gains, with the party's best results coming in Ballincollig-Carrigaline and Cobh where they won 2 seats each. Labour had a very bad election losing 5 seats and returning with just 2 seats. Independents gained 4 seats, bringing their total to 10 seats.

Results by party

Party		Seats	±	1st pref	FPv%
	Fianna Fáil	17	5	44,885	28.65
	Fine Gael	16	6	43,350	27.67
	Sinn Féin	10	9	22,747	14.52
	Labour	2	5	11,298	7.21
	Independent	10	4	30,336	19.36
Total		55	7	156,655	100.00

Results by local electoral area

^  *: Outgoing councillor.

Ballincollig–Carrigaline

Ballincollig–Carrigaline: 10 seats

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15
	Fianna Fáil	Seamus McGrath [*]	20.13	4,700
	Sinn Féin	Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire 7	10.99	2,567
	Fine Gael	Derry Canty [*]	6.51	1,521	1,559	1,570	1,570	1,574	1,595	1,603	1,610	1,652	1,671	1,710	1,711	1,831	1,906	1,963
	Fine Gael	Deirdre Forde [*]	6.23	1,455	1,678	1,683	1,685	1,704	1,791	1,801	1,813	1,875	1,887	1,970	1,977	2,073	2,491
	Fianna Fáil	Daithi O Donnabhain	6.04	1,411	1,839	1,852	1,853	1,858	1,861	1,865	1,872	1,896	1,911	1,936	1,938	2,040	2,095	2,103
	Independent	Marcia D'Alton	5.74	1,341	1,557	1,566	1,582	1,630	1,640	1,723	1,806	1,860	1,997	2,220
	Fine Gael	Garret Kelleher	5.48	1,279	1,307	1,313	1,313	1,317	1,342	1,345	1,352	1,386	1,413	1,430	1,431	1,548	1,680	1,727
	Fine Gael	John A. Collins [*]	5.43	1,269	1,520	1,523	1,538	1,543	1,566	1,579	1,593	1,668	1,674	1,708	1,709	1,749	1,846	1,934
	Fine Gael	Shane O'Callaghan	4.37	1,020	1,133	1,141	1,142	1,145	1,194	1,197	1,202	1,243	1,247	1,305	1,308	1,369
	Fianna Fáil	Mary Rose Desmond	4.36	1,019	1,608	1,616	1,617	1,620	1,634	1,640	1,649	1,672	1,679	1,773	1,782	1,828	1,975	2,019
	Sinn Féin	Michael Murphy [*]	3.91	914	1,071	1,357	1,368	1,401	1,403	1,474	1,573	1,604	1,631	1,684	1,697	1,786	1,810	1,811
	Green	Cormac Manning	3.81	890	946	962	965	973	998	1,010	1,056	1,134	1,199	1,237	1,245
	Independent	David Boyle [*]	3.48	813	908	923	931	934	943	971	1,017	1,040	1,105
	Independent	Joe Harris	3.01	702	784	795	828	834	836	901	955	974	1,172	1,359	1,461	1,618	1,712	1,739
	Independent	Shirley Griffin	2.02	472	494	509	557	559	570	629	699	713
	People Before Profit	Rob Galligan Long	1.96	458	494	510	524	532	538	579
	Labour	Liam O'Connor	1.73	403	475	481	485	609	627	635	654
	Independent	Elizabeth Hourihane	1.57	366	432	438	471	483	485
	Fine Gael	Farah Deeba	1.34	312	333	337	339	344
	Labour	Angela Murphy	1.10	258	315	316	316
	Independent	Terry Hume	0.78	181	208	213
Electorate: 51,714  Valid: 23,351 (45.15%)  Spoilt: 341  Quota: 2,123  Turnout: 23,692 (45.81%)

Bandon–Kinsale

Bandon-Kinsale: 6 seats

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8
	Sinn Féin	Rachel McCarthy	14.68	2,344
	Fianna Fáil	Alan Coleman [*] 2	14.33	2,288
	Fine Gael	Tim Lombard [*]	13.87	2,214	2,217	2,224	2,225	2,247	2,392
	Fianna Fáil	Margaret Murphy O'Mahony 8	12.89	2,057	2,069	2,081	2,084	2,173	2,233	2,249	2,349
	Fine Gael	James O'Donovan	12.37	1,975	1,982	1,986	1,986	2,045	2,079	2,089	2,222
	Fine Gael	Kevin Murphy [*]	10.46	1,670	1,675	1,708	1,709	1,738	1,781	1,827	2,368
	Labour	Tomas O'Brien	6.87	1,097	1,101	1,156	1,157	1,188	1,294	1,312
	Independent	Michael Ring	5.96	951	963	1,009	1,010	1,208	1,339	1,352	1,532
	Green	Liz Dunphy	3.63	579	586	599	599	671
	Independent	Denis Boyle	3.47	554	564	596
	Independent	Cormac Hayes	1.47	235	238
Electorate: 31,472  Valid: 15,964 (50.72%)  Spoilt: 201  Quota: 2,281  Turnout: 16,165 (51.36%)

Blarney–Macroom

Blarney–Macroom: 6 seats

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9
	Fianna Fáil	Aindrias Moynihan [*] 9	20.19	3,816
	Fine Gael	Michael Creed [*]	18.02	3,406
	Sinn Féin	Des O'Grady	13.97	2,639	2,777
	Fine Gael	Damian Boylan	8.83	1,584	1,621	1,732	1,743	1,773	1,776	1,811	1,847	2,043
	Fianna Fáil	Bob Ryan	7.99	1,509	1,961	1,989	2,011	2,036	2,062	2,110	2,214	2,336
	Independent	Kevin Conway	7.20	1,361	1,383	1,389	1,415	1,541	1,548	1,686	2,018	2,154
	Fine Gael	Ted Lucey	6.52	1,233	1,314	1,628	1,651	1,659	1,664	1,751	1,857	2,348
	Labour	Martin Coughlan [*]	5.74	1,085	1,232	1,338	1,372	1,420	1,427	1,646	1,805
	Independent	Connie Foley	3.84	726	795	835	914	1,017	1,025
	Independent	Jerry O'Sullivan	3.70	699	805	867	947	1,036	1,055	1,273
	Anti-Austerity Alliance	Liz Feehan	2.77	524	543	549	588
	Independent	Mary O'Callaghan-Hallissey	1.67	315	360	393
Electorate: 34,079  Valid: 18,897 (55.45%)  Spoilt: 245  Quota: 2,700  Turnout: 19,142 (56.17%)

Cobh

Cobh: 7 seats

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8
	Fianna Fáil	Pádraig O'Sullivan	14.72	2,628
	Sinn Féin	Kieran McCarthy 1	13.84	2,471
	Sinn Féin	Ger Keohane 5	12.40	2,214	2,244
	Fine Gael	Anthony Barry	8.86	1,583	1,605	1,605	1,610	1,620	1,637	1,739	2,010
	Fine Gael	Conor Murphy	8.04	1,436	1,465	1,466	1,469	1,488	1,496	1,618	1,701
	Fine Gael	Sinead Sheppard	7.43	1,327	1,372	1,398	1,422	1,460	1,519	1,869	2,067
	Labour	Cathal Rasmussen [*]	7.08	1,264	1,272	1,309	1,352	1,366	1,485	1,718	1,869
	Labour	Noel Costello [*]	7.06	1,261	1,299	1,301	1,304	1,349	1,356
	Fianna Fáil	Michael Ahern	7.01	1,251	1,434	1,441	1,465	1,477	1,518	1,596
	Independent	Claire Cullinane 14	6.30	947	962	1,026	1,082	1,288	1,687	1,761	1,934
	Independent	Paddy Histon	3.53	631	636	700	765	910
	Independent	Seán O'Sullivan	3.20	572	590	618	636
	Independent	Noel Maguire	1.52	272	274	274
Electorate: 39,323  Valid: 17,857 (45.41%)  Spoilt: 317  Quota: 2,233  Turnout: 18,174 (46.22%)

East Cork

East Cork: 6 seats

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10
	Independent	Noel Collins [*]	15.66	2,267
	Sinn Féin	Pat Buckley 10	12.11	1,753	1,755	1,797	1,828	1,889	1,991	2,019	2,173
	Fine Gael	Michael Hegarty	10.05	1,455	1,458	1,478	1,484	1,553	1,640	1,897	2,041	2,099
	Fianna Fáil	Aaron O'Sullivan 16	9.24	1,337	1,342	1,349	1,368	1,388	1,416	1,658	2,280
	Sinn Féin	Michelle Hennessy [*]	9.33	1,350	1,354	1,365	1,416	1,457	1,516	1,578	1,622	1,662	1,690
	Fianna Fáil	Niall O'Neill	8.68	1,257	1,258	1,287	1,291	1,339	1,444	1,515
	Fine Gael	Barbara Murray [*]	7.86	1,138	1,139	1,146	1,155	1,198	1,234
	Independent	Mary Linehan-Foley	7.83	1,134	1,157	1,169	1,229	1,281	1,455	1,675	1,733	1,797	1,809
	Fine Gael	Susan McCarthy	7.10	1,028	1,035	1,058	1,060	1,202	1,297	1,538	1,766	1,816	1,844
	Independent	Wayne Halloran	5.15	745	756	781	848	906
	Labour	Eric Nolan	2.34	338	339	345	348
	Green	Natasha Harty	1.67	301	305	316	334
	Independent	Paddy Bullman	1.98	287	299	305
	Independent	Aisling Murray	0.59	85
Electorate: 30,579  Valid: 14,475 (47.34%)  Spoilt: 190  Quota: 2,068  Turnout: 14,665 (47.96%)

Fermoy

Fermoy: 6 seats

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9
	Labour	Noel McCarthy [*] 4	20.02	3,511
	Fianna Fáil	Kevin O'Keeffe [*] 11	16.67	2,923
	Fianna Fáil	Frank O'Flynn [*]	14.01	2,457	2,839
	Fianna Fáil	Ian Doyle	12.58	2,206	2,221	2,346	2,367	2,377	2,427	2,450	2,466	2,731
	Sinn Féin	June Murphy	9.55	1,675	1,857	1,909	1,946	1,964	2,076	2,164	2,381	2,408
	Fine Gael	Kay Dawson	9.23	1,618	1,775	1,860	1,909	1,914	1,933	1,985	2,079	2,691
	Fine Gael	Aileen Browne	5.63	988	1,047	1,070	1,083	1,092	1,120	1,154	1,160
	Independent	Frank Roche	4.24	743	803	859	886	928	1,003	1,145	1,240	1,308
	Independent	Tim White	2.71	475	516	550	569	578	617	663
	People Before Profit	Michael McCarthy	2.32	406	446	454	461	470
	Independent	Pat Fouhy	2.26	396	448	478	497	534	573
	Independent	Ross Cannon	0.79	138	155	159	160
Electorate: 32,812  Valid: 17,536 (53.44%)  Spoilt: 284  Quota: 2,506  Turnout: 17,820 (54.31%)

Kanturk–Mallow

Kanturk-Mallow: 6 seats

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8
	Independent	John Paul O'Shea [*] 18	20.53	4,374
	Fianna Fáil	Bernard Moynihan	11.65	2,481	2,568	2,636	2,914	2,935	2,956	3,231
	Fianna Fáil	Dan Joe Fitzgerald [*] 6	10.66	2,271	2,510	2,546	2,915	3,240
	Sinn Féin	Melissa Mullane	10.11	2,154	2,365	2,497	2,610	2,715	2,732	2,840	2,877
	Fine Gael	Gerard Murphy [*]	9.81	2,090	2,156	2,223	2,356	2,631	2,653	3,551
	Independent	Timmy Collins [*]	8.35	1,779	1,961	2,191	2,317	2,354	2,364	2,680	2,862
	Fine Gael	Noel Buckley [*]	7.70	1,641	1,694	1,709	1,742	1,935	1,949
	Labour	Ronan Sheehan [*]	6.25	1,332	1,499	1,537	1,583	1,954	2,066	2,136	2,346
	Fine Gael	Noel O'Connor [*]	6.11	1,302	1,442	1,458	1,474
	Fianna Fáil	Bart Donegan [*]	5.78	1,231	1,258	1,276
	Independent	Dennis O'Brien	2.37	505	610
	Independent	Grzegorz Zalewski	0.66	141	194
Electorate: 37,129  Valid: 21,301 (57.37%)  Spoilt: 303  Quota: 3,044  Turnout: 21,604 (58.19%)

West Cork

West Cork: 8 seats

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12
	Independent	Michael Collins 12	12.50	3,409
	Fine Gael	Noel O'Donovan [*] 17	9.29	2,534	2,535	2,540	2,632	2,657	2,684	2,791	2,884	2,999	3,010	3,256
	Fianna Fáil	Joe Carroll	7.46	2,035	2,038	2,063	2,117	2,120	2,158	2,395	2,486	2,596	2,780	3,272
	Fianna Fáil	Christopher O'Sullivan [*]	7.03	1,916	1,916	1,923	1,953	1,957	1,989	2,183	2,216	2,780	2,833	2,929	3,006
	Fianna Fáil	Patrick Murphy [*]	6.63	1,807	1,809	1,852	1,868	2,172	2,195	2,325	2,417	2,466	2,501	2,519	2,523
	Sinn Féin	Paul Hayes	5.55	1,514	1,516	1,533	1,565	1,572	1,681	1,714	1,733	1,842	2,480	2,513	2,530
	Fine Gael	John O'Sullivan [*]	5.39	1,469	1,469	1,471	1,494	1,521	1,540	1,544	1,649	1,811	1,824	1,936	1,959
	Independent	Declan Hurley [*]	5.25	1,431	1,444	1,467	1,656	1,661	1,782	1,990	2,025	2,059	2,119	2,189	2,220
	Fine Gael	Mary Hegarty [*]	5.22	1,425	1,427	1,470	1,506	1,642	1,700	1,735	2,055	2,066	2,105	2,468	2,541
	Fine Gael	Adrian Healy [*]	5.14	1,401	1,403	1,418	1,434	1,458	1,501	1,511	1,655	1,678	1,779
	Independent	Finbarr Harrington	4.49	1,225	1,241	1,289	1,313	1,502	1,645	1,696	1,788	1,794	1,863	1,910	1,926
	Fianna Fáil	Donal O'Rourke [*]	4.37	1,192	1,194	1,197	1,208	1,208	1,224	1,305	1,311
	Sinn Féin	Donnchadh O Seaghdha	4.22	1,152	1,153	1,178	1,198	1,211	1,314	1,340	1,394	1,402
	Fianna Fáil	Deirdre Kelly	4.01	1,093	1,095	1,105	1,163	1,174	1,192
	Fine Gael	Dermot Sheehan	3.75	1,024	1,027	1,094	1,119	1,262	1,277	1,284
	Fine Gael	Jerry Sullivan [*]	3.49	953	955	958	968
	People Before Profit	Ed Harper	3.23	881	884	920	969	980
	Labour	Norma Thomson	2.75	749	832	838	871	983	985
	Independent	Michael O'Sullivan	0.23	64	64	337	339	344
Electorate: 46,249  Valid: 27,274 (58.97%)  Spoilt: 382  Quota: 3,031  Turnout: 27,656 (59.80%)

Changes since 2014

• ^1 On 22 June 2015 Cobh Sinn Féin Cllr Kieran McCarthy was expelled from the party and became an Independent.
• ^2 Bandon-Kinsale Fianna Fáil Cllr Alan Coleman resigned from the party and became an Independent on 25 June 2015 having declined to contest the Cork South West selection convention for the 2016 Irish general election. He subsequently announced he would be contesting the election as an Independent.
• ^3 On 25 September 2015 Fermoy Sinn Féin Cllr June Murphy resigned from the party citing her time in the party as an increasingly negative experience and became an Independent. She joined the Social Democrats on 20 February 2018.
• ^4 On 8 October 2015 Fermoy Labour Cllr Noel McCarthy resigned from the party citing disillusionment with the party hierarchy. On 28 November 2015 he was selected as a Fine Gael candidate for the 2016 Irish general election in the Cork East constituency..
• ^5 On 13 November 2015 Ger Keohane resigned from Sinn Féin and became an Independent. On 21 November 2018 he joined Peadar Tóibín's organisation.
• ^6 Kanturk-Mallow Fianna Fáil Councillor Dan Joe Fitzgerald died on 8 March 2016. His son, Daniel, was co-opted to fill the vacancy on 13 June 2016. Following his resignation there was a delayed convention to fill the vacancy. This ultimately saw Gearoid Murphy co-opted on 10 April 2017.
• ^7 Ballincollig–Carrigaline Sinn Féin Cllr Donnchadh O Laoghaire was elected as a TD for Cork South-Central at the Irish general election, 2016. Eoghan Jeffers was co-opted to fill the vacancy on 14 March 2016.
• ^8 Bandon–Kinsale Fianna Fáil Cllr Margaret Murphy-O'Mahony was elected as a TD for Cork South-West at the Irish general election, 2016. Gillian Coughlan was co-opted to fill the vacancy on 14 March 2016.
• ^9 Blarney–Macroom Fianna Fáil Cllr Aindrias Moynihan was elected as a TD for Cork North-West at the Irish general election, 2016. His sister, Gobnait, was co-opted to fill the vacancy on 14 March 2016.
• ^10 East Cork Sinn Féin Cllr Pat Buckley was elected as a TD for Cork East at the Irish general election, 2016. Danielle Twomey was co-opted to fill the vacancy on 14 March 2016.
• ^11 Fermoy Fianna Fáil Cllr Kevin O'Keeffe was elected as a TD for Cork East at the Irish general election, 2016. His sister, Deirdre O'Brien, was co-opted to fill the vacancy on 14 March 2016.
• ^12 West Cork Independent Cllr Michael Collins was elected as a TD for Cork South-West at the Irish general election, 2016. His brother, Danny, was co-opted to fill the vacancy on 14 March 2016.
• ^13 Fine Gael Cllr Tim Lombard was elected to Seanad Éireann in April 2016. His brother, Aidan, was co-opted to fill the vacancy on 13 June 2016.
• ^14 Independent Cobh Cllr Claire Cullinane died suddenly on 14 December 2016. Diarmuid O Cadhla was co-opted to fill the vacancy.
• ^15 Ballincollig-Carrigaline Independent Cllr Joe Harris joined the Social Democrats on 28 February 2017.^[ permanent dead link ]
• ^16 East Cork Fianna Fáil Cllr Aaron O'Sullivan resigned his seat on 24 November 2017 citing work pressures. Michael Ahern was co-opted to fill the vacancy on 23 April 2018.
• ^17 West Cork Fine Gael Cllr Noel O'Donovan resigned his seat in 2018 upon being appointed as a Garda. On 31 March 2017 John O'Sullivan was co-opted to fill the vacancy.
• ^18 Kanturk-Mallow Independent Cllr John Paul O'Shea joined Fine Gael and ceased to be an Independent on 2 March 2018.

References

1. Proportional Representation Citizens Information, 2009-09-21.
2. Cork county profile: SF look set to increase representation on Cork County Council Irish Times, 2014-05-15.
3. Local Election Results for Cork County Council Irish Times. Retrieved: 2014-06-09.
4. Archived 2015-04-02 at the Wayback Machine Irish Independent Election Centre

External links

• Official website