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An election to all 24 seats on Kilkenny County Council took place on 23 May 2014 as part of the 2014 Irish local elections, a reduction from 26 seats at the 2009 election. County Kilkenny was divided into 3 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). In addition, Kilkenny Borough Council was abolished.
Fianna Fáil became the largest party securing 10 seats, a gain of 3. Fine Gael, by contrast, had a very poor set of results and lost 5 of their seats returning with 7 seats in all. Sinn Féin broke through in the county winning 3 seats, while Labour retained just 2 seats on the council. Malcolm Noonan of the Greens was re-elected in Kilkenny city and Independents secured the final seat.
Party | Seats | ± | 1st pref | FPv% | ±% | |
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Fianna Fáil | 10 | +3 | 14,550 | 37.2 | ||
Fine Gael | 7 | -5 | 11,705 | 29.9 | ||
Sinn Féin | 3 | +3 | 3,853 | 9.9 | ||
Labour | 2 | -3 | 4,362 | 11.2 | ||
Green | 1 | 0 | 1,372 | 3.5 | ||
Independent | 1 | 0 | 2,827 | 7.2 | ||
Total | 24 | -2 | 38,669 | 100.0 | — |
^ *: Outgoing councillor.
Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | |||||||||
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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | ||||
Labour | Maurice Shorthall [*] | 16.10 | 1,665 | |||||||||
Fine Gael | Mary Hilda Cavanagh [*] | 13.93 | 1,440 | 1,446 | 1,451 | 1,501 | ||||||
Fianna Fáil | Pat Fitzpatrick | 11.02 | 1,139 | 1,167 | 1,176 | 1,230 | 1,312 | 1,350 | 1,663 | |||
Fianna Fáil | Pat Millea [*] | 11.02 | 1,139 | 1,147 | 1,150 | 1,168 | 1,189 | 1,266 | 1,405 | 1,463 | 1,464 | |
Fianna Fáil | Michael McCarthy | 10.18 | 1,053 | 1,057 | 1,059 | 1,069 | 1,080 | 1,129 | 1,197 | 1,300 | 1,301 | |
Sinn Féin | Catríona Redmond | 9.16 | 947 | 974 | 1,002 | 1,023 | 1,151 | 1,168 | 1,274 | 1,291 | 1,291 | |
Fianna Fáil | Maria Fenlon-Keating | 6.85 | 708 | 712 | 726 | 826 | 859 | 887 | ||||
Fine Gael | John Brennan | 6.28 | 649 | 708 | 724 | 849 | 947 | 1,242 | 1,316 | 1,323 | 1,344 | |
Fine Gael | Joan Fitzpatrick | 4.88 | 505 | 510 | 512 | 595 | 618 | 618 | ||||
Fine Gael | Thomas Byrne | 4.85 | 501 | 503 | 504 | |||||||
Independent | Gerrard Ferris | 3.98 | 412 | 447 | 525 | 531 | ||||||
Independent | Jamie Dowling | 1.75 | 181 | 190 | ||||||||
Electorate: 17,610 Valid: 10,339 (58.71%) Spoilt: 137 Quota: 1,478 Turnout: 10,476 (59.49%) |
Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | ||||||||||||
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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | ||||
Fianna Fáil | Andrew McGuinness [*] | 14.63 | 1,373 | ||||||||||||
Fianna Fáil | Peter Cleere | 10.46 | 981 | 986 | 989 | 994 | 1,013 | 1,086 | 1,119 | 1,171 | 1,190 | 1,498 | |||
Fine Gael | Patrick O'Neill [*] | 9.99 | 938 | 939 | 948 | 953 | 974 | 1,009 | 1,041 | 1,071 | 1,114 | 1,173 | 1,191 | 1,241 | |
Fine Gael | Michael Doyle | 9.37 | 879 | 879 | 883 | 885 | 902 | 910 | 923 | 970 | 999 | 1,125 | 1,173 | 1,419 | |
Sinn Féin | David Kennedy | 7.81 | 733 | 735 | 740 | 780 | 795 | 804 | 830 | 885 | 929 | 976 | 994 | 1,056 | |
Labour | Tommy Prendergast [*] | 7.02 | 659 | 659 | 660 | 663 | 729 | 730 | 806 | 820 | 856 | 879 | 893 | ||
Fine Gael | Jimmy Leahy | 6.85 | 643 | 646 | 653 | 676 | 687 | 756 | 814 | 820 | 876 | 892 | 896 | 941 | |
Fianna Fáil | Seán Treacy [*] | 5.86 | 550 | 552 | 554 | 558 | 594 | 673 | 692 | 783 | 794 | ||||
Independent | Breda Gardner | 5.32 | 499 | 499 | 529 | 574 | 616 | 633 | 670 | 774 | 898 | 962 | 989 | 1,060 | |
Independent | Dixie Doyle | 4.34 | 407 | 408 | 415 | 424 | 465 | 467 | 476 | ||||||
Green | Rian Coulter | 4.1 | 385 | 386 | 404 | 418 | 423 | 436 | 479 | 487 | |||||
Labour | Marie Fitzpatrick [*] | 3.64 | 342 | 345 | 351 | 367 | 403 | 425 | |||||||
Fianna Fáil | Joe Reidy | 3.56 | 334 | 344 | 347 | 356 | 361 | 361 | |||||||
Labour | Michael O'Brien [*] | 3.50 | 328 | 329 | 333 | 335 | |||||||||
Independent | Daithí Holohan | 2.05 | 192 | 194 | 218 | 218 | |||||||||
Independent | Ramie Leahy | 0.76 | 71 | 71 | |||||||||||
Independent | Remi Sikora | 0.43 | 40 | 40 | |||||||||||
Independent | Adam Zagorski | 0.32 | 30 | 30 | |||||||||||
Electorate: 16,618 Valid: 9,383 (56.46%) Spoilt: 119 Quota: 1,341 Turnout: 9,502 (57.18%) |
Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | ||||||||||
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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | ||||
Fianna Fáil | Matt Doran [*] | 13.58 | 1,319 | 1,320 | 1,321 | 1,382 | 1,402 | ||||||
Fianna Fáil | Joe Malone | 11.80 | 1,146 | 1,153 | 1,172 | 1,173 | 1,197 | 1,232 | 1,290 | 1,534 | |||
Green | Malcolm Noonan [*] | 10.16 | 987 | 1,012 | 1,072 | 1,080 | 1,189 | 1,313 | 1,347 | 1,415 | |||
Fianna Fáil | Patrick McKee † | 10.13 | 984 | 994 | 1,004 | 1,009 | 1,043 | 1,073 | 1,123 | 1,330 | 1,436 | ||
Sinn Féin | Kathleen Funchion †† | 9.80 | 952 | 965 | 981 | 992 | 1,014 | 1,146 | 1,188 | 1,260 | 1,271 | 1,283 | |
Fine Gael | David Fitzgerald [*] | 9.12 | 886 | 894 | 910 | 960 | 1,010 | 1,029 | 1,200 | 1,279 | 1,284 | 1,293 | |
Fianna Fáil | John Coonan [*] | 7.58 | 736 | 742 | 744 | 751 | 777 | 794 | 866 | ||||
Fine Gael | Martin Brett [*] | 7.19 | 698 | 706 | 721 | 752 | 810 | 831 | 1,052 | 1,181 | 1,205 | 1,223 | |
Fine Gael | Billy Ireland [*] | 6.52 | 633 | 634 | 636 | 687 | 705 | 714 | |||||
Anti-Austerity Alliance | Conor MacLiam | 4.20 | 408 | 422 | 448 | 450 | 470 | ||||||
Labour | Seán O hArgáin | 4.05 | 393 | 404 | 412 | 415 | |||||||
Fine Gael | Paul Croke | 2.60 | 252 | 254 | 255 | ||||||||
Independent | Conor Foley | 1.82 | 177 | 195 | |||||||||
Independent | Wladek Hanczar | 1.43 | 139 | ||||||||||
Electorate: 17,274 Valid: 9,710 (56.21%) Spoilt: 98 Quota: 1,388 Turnout: 9,808 (56.78%) |
Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | ||||||||||
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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | ||||
Fine Gael | Pat Dunphy [*] | 12.81 | 1,222 | 1,279 | 1,306 | 1,310 | 1,392 | ||||||
Sinn Féin | Melissa O'Neill††† | 12.80 | 1,221 | 1,265 | 1,301 | 1,346 | 1,469 | ||||||
Labour | Tomás Breathnach [*] | 10.22 | 975 | 1,034 | 1,051 | 1,066 | 1,132 | 1,149 | 1,183 | 1,197 | 1,320 | 1,349 | |
Fianna Fáil | Eamon Aylward [*] | 9.65 | 921 | 938 | 1,045 | 1,160 | 1,197 | 1,205 | 1,256 | 1,286 | 1,547 | ||
Fine Gael | Fidelis Doherty [*] | 9.28 | 885 | 969 | 979 | 1,048 | 1,053 | 1,058 | 1,474 | ||||
Fianna Fáil | Ger Frisby | 7.34 | 700 | 745 | 773 | 840 | 855 | 860 | 891 | 902 | 1,041 | 1,164 | |
Fine Gael | John Maher | 6.41 | 612 | 618 | 666 | 675 | 765 | 771 | 807 | 857 | 969 | 986 | |
Fianna Fáil | Cora Long [*] | 6.07 | 579 | 598 | 664 | 710 | 785 | 795 | 812 | 817 | |||
Independent | John Burke | 6.04 | 576 | 585 | 611 | 618 | |||||||
Fine Gael | Paddy Gaule | 5.83 | 556 | 572 | 583 | 676 | 681 | 681 | 681 | ||||
Fianna Fáil | Pat Walsh | 4.92 | 469 | 480 | 506 | ||||||||
Fianna Fáil | Brendan Fennelly | 4.39 | 419 | 421 | |||||||||
Fine Gael | Fintan Byrne | 4.26 | 406 | ||||||||||
Electorate: 17,578 Valid: 9,541 (54.28%) Spoilt: 117 Quota: 1,364 Turnout: 9,658 (54.94%) |
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