2014 Leitrim County Council election

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2014 Leitrim County Council election
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  2009 23 May 2014 2019  

All 18 seats to Leitrim County Council
 First partySecond partyThird party
 
Party Fianna Fáil Fine Gael Sinn Féin
Seats won644
Seat change-2-6+2

 Fourth party
 
Party Independent
Seats won4
Seat change+2

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Map showing the area of Leitrim County Council

Council control after election

TBD

An election to all 18 seats on Leitrim County Council took place on 23 May 2014 as part of the 2014 Irish local elections, a reduction from 22 seats at the 2009 election. County Leitrim 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).

Contents

Fine Gael lost 6 seats, and their previously held overall majority while Fianna Fáil also lost 2 seats. Independents and Sinn Féin both increased their numbers by 2 despite the Council being reduced by 4 seats as a whole. [1] [2]

Results by party

PartySeats±1st prefFPv%±%
Fianna Fáil 6-26,11033.68
Fine Gael 4-64,95227.29
Sinn Féin 4+23,48119.19
Independent 4+23,60119.84
Total18-418,144100.00

Results by local electoral area

^  *: Outgoing councillor.

Ballinamore

Ballinamore: 6 seats
PartyCandidateFPv%Count
1234567
Fianna Fáil Paddy O'Rourke [*] 13.88948958 965 1,006   
Fianna Fáil Caillian Ellis [*] 11.61793821 873 983   
Sinn Féin Martin Kenny [*] 10.57722737 917 925 929 951 954
Fine Gael John McCartin [*] 10.32705736 786 792 857 880 884
Sinn Féin Brendan Barry10.00683691 784 897 1,078  
Fine Gael Gordon Hughes [*] 9.29635674 732 751 823 847 848
Fine Gael Enda McGloin [*] 8.43576579 580 683    
Independent Gerry Dolan [*] 8.42575597 630 735 998  
Fianna Fáil Francis Gilmartin [*] 7.71527530 534     
Sinn Féin Maureen Martin6.79464498      
Independent Desmond Wisley2.99204      
Electorate: 9,581  Valid: 6,832 (71.31%)  Spoilt: 59  Quota: 977  Turnout: 6,891 (71.92%)  

    Carrick-on-Shannon

    Carrick-on-Shannon: 6 seats
    PartyCandidateFPv%Count
    12345
    Independent Enda Stenson [*] 15.97858    
    Sinn Féin Séadhna Logan12.51672694 703 734 749
    Independent Des Guckian12.49671714 727 786 
    Fianna Fáil Seán McGowan [*] 12.27659695 707 755 862
    Fianna Fáil Sinéad Guckian [*] 11.30607680 696 902 
    Fianna Fáil Siobhán Finnegan-McElgunn9.92533560 572   
    Fine Gael Finola Armstrong-McGuire9.55513595 607 804 
    Fine Gael Thomas Mulligan [*] 9.29499565 581 585 597
    Fine Gael John Ward [*] 6.68359    
    Electorate: 8,872  Valid: 5,371 (60.54%)  Spoilt: 40  Quota: 768  Turnout: 5,411 (60.99%)  

      Manorhamilton

      Manorhamilton: 6 seats
      PartyCandidateFPv%Count
      123456
      Sinn Féin Padraig Fallon15.82940     
      Fianna Fáil Mary Bohan [*] 13.67812836 872   
      Independent Felim Gurn13.16782802 840 846 873 
      Fine Gael Frank Dolan [*] 10.30612619 636 641 697 838
      Fine Gael Séan McDermott [*] 10.30612617 666 668 760 859
      Independent Thomas Kelly8.35496512 573 574 645 721
      Fine Gael Siobhán McGloin [*] 7.42441445 470 471   
      Fianna Fáil Justin Warnock7.41440443 512 513 682 789
      Fianna Fáil Pat Munday7.39439444 492 499 515  
      Fianna Fáil Philip Rooney5.92352357     
      Independent James Vincent Kelly0.251517     
      Electorate: 8,865  Valid: 5,941 (67.02%)  Spoilt: 70  Quota: 849  Turnout: 6,011 (67.81%)  

        Changes

        Co-options

        PartyOutgoingLEAReasonDateCo-optee
        Sinn Féin Martin Kenny BallinamoreElected to the 32nd Dáil at the 2016 general election.14 March 2016Caroline Gildea [3]

        References

        1. McGreevy, Ronan (24 May 2014). "All change in Leitrim as Independents and Sinn Féin surge". The Irish Times . Retrieved 24 May 2014.
        2. "Leitrim County Council Election results". Irish Independent. 24 May 2014. Archived from the original on 18 June 2014. Retrieved 17 June 2014.
        3. "A new councillor has been co-opted onto Leitrim County Council". Facebook.com. Retrieved 23 March 2025.