2014 Galway City Council election

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2014 Galway City Council election
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All 18 seats on Galway City Council
10 seats needed for a majority
 First partySecond partyThird party
 
Party Fine Gael Fianna Fáil Sinn Féin
Seats won433
Seat change+1-+3
 Fourth partyFifth party
 
Party Labour Independent
Seats won26
Seat change-3+2
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Map showing the area of Galway City Council
Council control before election

Labour

Council control after election

Fine Gael

An election to all 18 seats on Galway City Council took place on 23 May 2014 as part of the 2014 Irish local elections, an increase of 3 seats from 2009 election. The city of Galway 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)

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Twenty-four-year-old Mairéad Farrell, a niece of Mairéad Farrell who was shot dead by the SAS in Gibraltar in 1988, won a seat at the first attempt. [1] She was joined on the council by 2 other councillors as Sinn Féin won 3 seats. Their gains came chiefly at the expense of Labour who lost 3 fifths of their seats to return with just 2 councillors. While Fianna Fáil won the most votes the party did not make any gains in the election and returned just 3 councillors as in 2009. By contrast Fine Gael gained a seat to become the largest party. Independents were the big winners, topping the poll in all LEAs and increasing their existing numbers by 2 seats. [2]

Results by party

PartySeats±1st prefFPv%±%
Fine Gael 4Increase2.svg13,44615.8
Fianna Fáil 3Steady2.svg4,25619.5
Sinn Féin 3Increase2.svg32,0749.5
Labour 2Decrease2.svg32,37010.8
Anti-Austerity Alliance 0Steady2.svg9854.51
Green 0Steady2.svg4792.19
People Before Profit 0Steady2.svg1280.59
Independent 6Increase2.svg28,11637.1
Total18Increase2.svg321,854100.0

Results by local electoral area

^  *: Outgoing councillor.

Galway City Central

Galway City Central: 6 seats
PartyCandidateFPv%Count
123456789
Independent Mike Cubbard 13.36850866 911      
Fianna Fáil Ollie Crowe [*] 12.98826827 831 842 845 862 902 1,123 
Fine Gael Frank Fahy [*] 10.42663663 668 673 674 702 735 764 797
Labour Billy Cameron [*] 9.01573581 606 695 719 819 855 937 
Fine Gael Pádraig Conneely [*] 8.52542545 559 585 594 626 678 748 786
Sinn Féin Anna Marley7.91503524 534 554 631 656 718 782 796
Fianna Fáil Nicola Deacy7.91503504 512 550 563 596 650   
Green Séamus Sheridan7.53479495 516 529 565 618 671 721 751
Independent Cormac O Corcoráin5.26335341 360 364 427 440    
Labour Colette Connolly [*] 4.26271279 281 328 342     
Labour John McDonagh4.15264267 271       
Anti-Austerity Alliance Seán Byrne3.69235285 294 301      
Independent Mike Geraghty2.62167173        
People Before Profit Kiran Emrich2.01128        
Independent Jimmy Horan0.3824        
Electorate: 12,488  Valid: 6,363 (50.95%)  Spoilt: 83  Quota: 910  Turnout: 6,446 (51.62%)  

    Galway City East

    Galway City East: 6 seats
    PartyCandidateFPv%Count
    123456789
    Independent Terry O'Flaherty [*] 20.4%1,405        
    Independent Declan McDonnell [*] 15.7%1,085        
    Fianna Fáil Michael Crowe [*] 12.5%860923 940 950 986    
    Sinn Féin Mairéad Farrell 11.3%782829 842 859 874 897 1,074  
    Independent Noel Larkin7.4%513598 622 634 673 697 779 827 936
    Fianna Fáil Alan Cheevers6.5%451484 491 492 505 557 586 595 654
    Fine Gael John Walsh5.8%398450 463 476 554 694 710 717 855
    Anti-Austerity Alliance Conor Burke5.2%357384 390 400 408 426    
    Labour Monica Coughlan4.7%327367 377 439 475 524 558 577  
    Fine Gael John Rabbitte4.5%311333 338 344 397     
    Fine Gael Margot Kelly3.8%262294 296 312      
    Labour Nuala Nolan [*] 2.1%142161 164       
    Electorate: 14,010  Valid: 6,893  Spoilt: 101  Quota: 985  Turnout: 6,994 (49.2%)  

      Galway City West

      Galway City West: 6 seats
      PartyCandidateFPv%Count
      1234567
      Independent Donal Lyons [*] 21.771,872      
      Independent Catherine Connolly [*] 17.601,513      
      Fianna Fáil Peter Keane [*] 10.51904991 1,011 1,015 1,043 1,064 1,102
      Fine Gael Pearce Flannery9.27797892 910 918 950 977 1,273
      Labour Níall McNelis [*] 9.22793924 989 1,001 1,057 1,123 1,240
      Sinn Féin Cathal O Conchúir9.18789841 888 897 940 1,122 1,147
      Fianna Fáil David Burke8.28712820 838 849 871 910 960
      Fine Gael Michelle Murphy [*] 5.50473529 554 561 593 618  
      Anti-Austerity Alliance Tommy Holohan4.57393432 472 484 540   
      Independent Tommy Roddy3.14270320 353 401    
      Independent Marc Anderson0.9582107 125     
      Electorate: 17,606  Valid: 8,598 (48.84%)  Spoilt: 86  Quota: 1,229  Turnout: 8,684 (49.32%)  

        Changes

        Co-options

        PartyOutgoingLEAReasonDateCo-optee
        Independent Catherine Connolly Galway City WestElected to the 32nd Dáil at the 2016 general election.21 March 2016Colette Connolly [3]
        Sinn Féin Anna MarleyGalway City CentralResigned due to finding it difficult to balance family with council work. [4] 12 September 2016Mark Lohan [5]

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