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All 39 seats on Galway County Council 20 seats needed for a majority | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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An election to all 39 seats on Galway County Council took place on 23 May 2014 as part of the 2014 Irish local elections, an increase from 30 seats at the 2009 election. County Galway was divided into 5 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). In addition, the town councils of Ballinasloe, Loughrea and Tuam were all abolished.
Fine Gael remained the largest party in terms of votes while having the same seats as Fianna Fáil. Fine Gael lost 1 seat overall, in Loughrea, while Fianna Fáil made 5 gains; 1 each in Ballinasloe, Connemara, Athenry-Oranmore and 2 in Loughrea. Independents had another good election winning 4 additional seats while Sinn Féin made gains in Connemara and in Athenry-Oranmore. Republican Sinn Féin retained their solitary seat in Connemara. [1] [2] [3]
Party | Seats | ± | 1st pref | FPv% | ±% | |
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Fine Gael | 12 | -1 | 21,063 | 27.6 | ||
Fianna Fáil | 12 | +5 | 20,902 | 27.4 | ||
Sinn Féin | 3 | +2 | 5,755 | 7.5 | ||
Republican Sinn Féin | 1 | - | 1,072 | 1.4 | ||
Labour | 0 | -1 | 2,668 | 3.5 | ||
Independent | 11 | +4 | 21,258 | 29.4 | ||
Total | 39 | +9 | 72,718 | 100.0 | — |
^ *: Outgoing councillor.
Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | ||||||||||||
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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | ||||
Fine Gael | Peter Feeney [*] | 12.28 | 1,572 | 1,582 | 1,649 | ||||||||||
Independent | Jim Cuddy [*] | 11.51 | 1,473 | 1,527 | 1,534 | 1,535 | 1,603 | ||||||||
Independent | James Charity†† | 11.12 | 1,424 | 1,454 | 1,464 | 1,465 | 1,522 | 1,562 | 1,628 | ||||||
Fianna Fáil | Malachy Noone [*] | 10.38 | 1,329 | 1,333 | 1,337 | 1,338 | 1,405 | 1,529 | 1,689 | ||||||
Fianna Fáil | Cathal Moran | 7.80 | 998 | 1,001 | 1,023 | 1,032 | 1,047 | 1,051 | 1,069 | 1,079 | 1,119 | 1,191 | 1,249 | 1,257 | |
Sinn Féin | Gabriel Cronnelly††††† | 7.25 | 928 | 953 | 990 | 1,001 | 1,028 | 1,041 | 1,075 | 1,078 | 1,112 | 1,252 | 1,298 | 1,304 | |
Fianna Fáil | Martina Kinane | 6.92 | 886 | 918 | 930 | 933 | 948 | 965 | 979 | 985 | 1,195 | 1,249 | 1,270 | 1,276 | |
Fine Gael | Frank Kearney | 6.50 | 832 | 835 | 840 | 844 | 873 | 979 | 1,038 | 1,068 | 1,355 | 1,773 | |||
Independent | David Collins | 6.40 | 820 | 845 | 852 | 856 | 886 | 910 | 953 | 977 | 1,049 | ||||
Fine Gael | Liam Carroll [*] | 5.85 | 749 | 785 | 798 | 799 | 809 | 850 | 893 | 903 | |||||
Fine Gael | Josette Farrell | 3.44 | 441 | 448 | 461 | 466 | 485 | ||||||||
Independent | Michael Ryan | 3.09 | 395 | 422 | 428 | 430 | |||||||||
Labour | Clement Shevlin | 2.76 | 354 | 363 | 452 | 458 | 489 | 556 | |||||||
Labour | Madge Dean | 2.43 | 311 | 317 | |||||||||||
Independent | Roderick O'Driscoll | 1.86 | 238 | ||||||||||||
Fís Nua | Suzanne O'Keeffe | 0.41 | 53 | ||||||||||||
Electorate: 23,659 Valid: 12,803 (54.11%) Spoilt: 111 Quota: 1,601 Turnout: 12,914 (54.58%) |
Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | ||||||
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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | ||||
Independent | Tim Broderick [*] | 27.9% | 3,275 | ||||||
Sinn Féin | Dermot Connolly [*] | 17.5% | 2,059 | ||||||
Fianna Fáil | Michael Connolly [*] | 12.9% | 1,514 | 1,800 | |||||
Fianna Fáil | Donal Burke | 9.8% | 1,154 | 1,389 | 1,463 | 1,489 | 1,554 | 1,616 | |
Fine Gael | Michael Finnerty [*] | 7.2% | 845 | 1,021 | 1,084 | 1,092 | 1,305 | 1,544 | |
Fine Gael | Kevin Ryan [*] | 7.1% | 835 | 970 | 992 | 1,027 | 1,081 | ||
Fine Gael | Aidan Donohue | 6.7% | 785 | 1,164 | 1,206 | 1,227 | 1,312 | 1,702 | |
Labour | Johnny Walsh | 5.7% | 664 | 826 | 919 | 923 | |||
Fianna Fáil | Pat O'Sullivan | 5.7% | 615 | 838 | 924 | 951 | 1,161 | 1,225 | |
Electorate: 20,380 Valid: 11,746 Spoilt: 140 Quota: 1,679 Turnout: 11,886 (58.3%) |
Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | |||||||||||||
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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | ||||
Independent | Thomas Welby [*] | 13.6% | 2,291 | |||||||||||||
Fianna Fáil | Seán Ó Tuairisg [*] | 7.5% | 1,270 | 1,297 | 1,302 | 1,309 | 1,316 | 1,356 | 1,393 | 1,456 | 1,514 | 1,581 | 1,688 | |||
Fine Gael | Eileen Mannion-Mullen [*] | 7.4% | 1,251 | 1,310 | 1,333 | 1,375 | 1,421 | 1,429 | 1,436 | 1,442 | 1,545 | 1,556 | 1,627 | 1,870 | ||
Fianna Fáil | Seamus Walsh [*] | 7.1% | 1,203 | 1,297 | 1,307 | 1,312 | 1,319 | 1,355 | 1,366 | 1,384 | 1,415 | 1,431 | 1,467 | 1,629 | 1,670 | |
Fine Gael | Niamh Byrne | 7.1% | 1,183 | 1,310 | 1,329 | 1,400 | 1,429 | 1,465 | 1,468 | 1,479 | 1,592 | 1,614 | 1,725 | |||
Independent | Seosamh Ó Cualáin | 6.9% | 1,172 | 1,208 | 1,218 | 1,228 | 1,255 | 1,264 | 1,438 | 1,489 | 1,552 | 1,689 | ||||
Fianna Fáil | Noel Thomas | 6.6% | 1,114 | 1,187 | 1,192 | 1,198 | 1,214 | 1,254 | 1,258 | 1,266 | 1,285 | 1,300 | 1,311 | 1,382 | 1,390 | |
Republican Sinn Féin | Tomás Ó Curraoin [*] | 6.4% | 1,072 | 1,109 | 1,112 | 1,144 | 1,160 | 1,240 | 1,297 | 1,360 | 1,433 | 1,526 | 1,602 | 1,620 | 1,623 | |
Fianna Fáil | Máirtín Lee | 5.2% | 882 | 885 | 885 | 887 | 888 | 915 | 934 | 991 | 1,106 | 1,140 | 1,224 | 1,306 | 1,311 | |
Fianna Fáil | Josie Conneely | 4.8% | 800 | 819 | 838 | 839 | 851 | 870 | 887 | 891 | 893 | 894 | 904 | |||
Sinn Féin | Tom Healy | 4.6% | 768 | 805 | 832 | 832 | 867 | 869 | 880 | 889 | 893 | 1,218 | 1,265 | 1,432 | 1,501 | |
Labour | Joe Curran | 3.9% | 667 | 677 | 682 | 692 | 713 | 727 | 744 | 796 | 845 | 891 | ||||
Sinn Féin | Máirín Mhic Lochlainn | 3.7% | 627 | 639 | 648 | 649 | 663 | 669 | 718 | 776 | 814 | |||||
Fine Gael | Seosamh Ó Laoi [*] | 3.6% | 610 | 615 | 619 | 668 | 673 | 686 | 695 | 718 | ||||||
Independent | Dáithí Ó Cualáin | 2.6% | 440 | 446 | 458 | 459 | 471 | 473 | 551 | |||||||
Independent | Pádraic Ó Conghaile | 2.1% | 354 | 359 | 403 | 404 | 411 | 414 | ||||||||
Fianna Fáil | Mac Dara Hosty | 2.1% | 345 | 350 | 351 | 393 | 402 | |||||||||
Fine Gael | Mary McHugh | 1.8% | 302 | 309 | 309 | |||||||||||
Independent | Ronan Garvey | 1.5% | 256 | 288 | 325 | 336 | ||||||||||
Independent | Liam Allen | 1.1% | 185 | 198 | ||||||||||||
Independent | Chris Walsh | 0.3% | 45 | 54 | ||||||||||||
Electorate: 30,734 Valid: 16,847 Spoilt: 244 Quota: 1,685 Turnout: 17,091 (55.6%) |
Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | ||||||||
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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | ||||
Fianna Fáil | Anne Rabbitte ††† | 10.6% | 1,729 | 1,731 | 1,793 | 1,840 | |||||
Fianna Fáil | Gerry Finnerty [*] | 10.5% | 1,706 | 1,799 | 1,812 | ||||||
Fine Gael | Michael 'Moegie' Maher [*] | 10.2% | 1,651 | 1,663 | 1,775 | 1,951 | |||||
Fine Gael | Jimmy McClearn [*] | 10% | 1,630 | 1,636 | 1,719 | 1,770 | 1,785 | 1,793 | 1,841 | ||
Fine Gael | Joe Byrne | 9.6% | 1,560 | 1,602 | 1,626 | 1,642 | 1,647 | 1,647 | 1,693 | 1,699 | |
Independent | Michael (Stroke) Fahy [*] †††††† | 8.8% | 1,437 | 1,525 | 1,542 | 1,543 | 1,588 | 1,593 | 1,736 | 1,790 | |
Independent | Pat Hynes [*] | 8.6% | 1,394 | 1,416 | 1,498 | 1,704 | 1,755 | 1,761 | 1,988 | ||
Fianna Fáil | Shane Donnellan | 7.7% | 1,257 | 1,268 | 1,348 | 1,472 | 1,522 | 1,534 | 1,619 | 1,639 | |
Fine Gael | Bridie Willers [*] | 7.4% | 1,200 | 1,284 | 1,324 | 1,372 | 1,387 | 1,388 | 1,448 | 1,455 | |
Sinn Féin | Eoghan Mac Cormaic | 4.8% | 775 | 814 | 858 | 898 | 902 | 904 | |||
Independent | James Regan | 4.6% | 745 | 766 | 834 | ||||||
Labour | Dessie O'Brien | 4.1% | 672 | 693 | |||||||
Independent | Adrian Feeney | 3% | 495 | ||||||||
Electorate: 28,343 Valid: 16,251 Spoilt: 191 Quota: 1,806 Turnout: 16,442 (58.0%) |
Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | |||||||||||
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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | ||||
Independent | Seán Canney [*] †††† | 17% | 3,171 | |||||||||||
Fine Gael | Pete Roche [*] | 14.6% | 2,708 | |||||||||||
Independent | Michael Fitzmaurice † | 14.1% | 2,621 | |||||||||||
Fianna Fáil | Mary Hoade [*] | 10.1% | 1,886 | |||||||||||
Fine Gael | Tom McHugh [*] | 8.6% | 1,598 | 1,854 | 2,102 | |||||||||
Fianna Fáil | Donagh Mark Killilea | 5.2% | 968 | 1,188 | 1,258 | 1,303 | 1,319 | 1,341 | 1,386 | 1,438 | 1,447 | 1,559 | 1,731 | |
Independent | Karey McHugh | 5.0% | 934 | 1,118 | 1,272 | 1,360 | 1,388 | 1,469 | 1,624 | 1,880 | ||||
Independent | Shaun Cunniffe [*] | 4.8% | 900 | 1,007 | 1,033 | 1,053 | 1,056 | 1,206 | 1,272 | 1,361 | 1,362 | 1,453 | 1,495 | |
Fine Gael | Peter Keaveney | 4.2% | 780 | 809 | 854 | 1,149 | 1,189 | 1,194 | 1,205 | 1,222 | 1,222 | 1,421 | 1,687 | |
Fianna Fáil | Eamonn Kitt | 3.6% | 661 | 819 | 913 | 942 | 969 | 979 | 1,017 | 1,042 | 1,045 | 1,127 | 1,313 | |
Fianna Fáil | Nora Fahy | 3.1% | 585 | 629 | 666 | 853 | 856 | 862 | 876 | 915 | 917 | 935 | ||
Sinn Féin | Maeve O'Brien | 3.2% | 598 | 649 | 686 | 732 | 736 | 766 | 793 | |||||
Fine Gael | Larry Bane | 2.8% | 521 | 667 | 741 | 756 | 806 | 828 | 864 | 885 | 894 | |||
Independent | Teresa Killeen-Kelly | 1.9% | 362 | 430 | 473 | 495 | 501 | 523 | ||||||
Independent | Thomas (T.P.) Niland | 1.7% | 323 | 369 | 387 | 399 | 403 | |||||||
Electorate: 31,525 Valid: 18,616 Spoilt: 175 Quota: 1,862 Turnout: 18,791 (59.6%) |
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