2014 Longford County Council election

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2014 Longford County Council election
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  2009 23 May 2014 2019  

All 18 seats on Longford County Council
 First partySecond partyThird party
 
Party Fine Gael Fianna Fáil Independent
Seats won873
Seat change-2-1-

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Map showing the area of Longford County Council

Council control after election

Fine Gael
Independents

An election to all 18 seats on Longford County Council took place on 23 May 2014 as part of the 2014 Irish local elections, a reduction from 21 seats at the 2009 election. County Longford 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). In addition, the town councils of Granard and Longford were abolished.

Contents

In one of the party's better local election results, Fine Gael remained the largest party with 8 seats. Fianna Fáil took 7 seats and the remainder were filled by Independents. This was the only Council on which Sinn Féin failed to make a breakthrough. [1] [2] [3]

Results by party

PartySeats±1st prefFPv%±%
Fine Gael 8-28,24542.10
Fianna Fáil 7-16,26431.90
Sinn Féin 0-1,2846.55
Independent 3-3,80319.40
Total18-319,596100.00

Results by local electoral area

^  *: Outgoing councillor.

Ballymahon

Ballymahon: 6 seats
PartyCandidateFPv%Count
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Fine Gael Colm Murray [*] 14.09931956     
Fine Gael Gerard Farrell12.79845848 848 856 863 1,066 
Independent Mark Casey [*] 12.50826885 886 1,036   
Fianna Fáil Mick Cahill [*] 11.44756785 786 831 848 899 921
Fianna Fáil Thomas Victory [*] 10.32682687 687 732 743 770 782
Fianna Fáil Pat O'Toole10.15671744 747 768 780 829 841
Fine Gael Paul Ross9.88653674 677 722 726 843 918
Fine Gael Seán Farrell [*] 7.23478496 498 517 519   
Sinn Féin Edel Kelly6.87454489 490     
Independent Niamh Moran4.72312      
Electorate: 10,519  Valid: 6,608 (62.82%)  Spoilt: 88  Quota: 945  Turnout: 6,696 (63.66%)  

    Granard

    Granard: 6 seats
    PartyCandidateFPv%Count
    12345678
    Fine Gael Micheál Carrigy [*] 15.261,111       
    Fine Gael John Duffy [*] 10.47762768 789 828 853 942 1,079 
    Fianna Fáil P.J. Reilly [*] 10.40757762 775 882 994 1,025 1,157 
    Fine Gael Paraic Brady 10.38756766 813 851 869 953 1,081 
    Fianna Fáil Martin Mulleady [*] 8.71634637 691 698 753 832 889 905
    Fianna Fáil Luie McEntire [*] 8.61627631 658 674 727 793 878 902
    Sinn Féin John Reilly7.94578582 606 634 656 724 783 819
    Independent James Keogh7.01510516 585 600 624    
    Fine Gael Frank Kilbride [*] 6.85499513 520 590 651 721   
    Fianna Fáil John Coyle5.32387395 406 428     
    Fine Gael Maura Kilbride-Harkin4.73344350 361      
    Independent Mary Lillis4.33315319       
    Electorate: 11,015  Valid: 7,280 (66.09%)  Spoilt: 83  Quota: 1,041  Turnout: 7,363 (66.85%)  

      Longford

      Longford: 6 seats
      PartyCandidateFPv%Count
      12345678
      Fine Gael John Browne [*] 12.74727734 755 779 831   
      Fianna Fáil Seamus Butler12.25699712 731 747 774 856  
      Fine Gael Peggy Nolan [*] 11.37649657 674 706 745 909  
      Independent Gerry Warnock10.95625646 696 751 820   
      Fianna Fáil Michael Connellan9.25528531 540 556 592 643 671 685
      Fianna Fáil Pádraig Loughrey [*] 9.16523528 549 577 630 715 727 744
      Independent Mae Sexton [*] 8.92509520 547 573 627 708 754 763
      Fine Gael Yvonne Ni Mhurchu8.58490493 504 514 534    
      Independent Paul Connell [*] 6.06346360 382 412     
      Sinn Féin Barbara Smyth4.41252256 256      
      Independent Tony Flaherty4.33247263 277 277     
      Independent Martin Clyne1.98113       
      Electorate: 9,612  Valid: 5,708 (59.38%)  Spoilt: 78  Quota: 816  Turnout: 5,786 (60.20%)  

        Changes

        Co-options

        PartyOutgoingLEAReasonDateCo-optee
        Fianna Fáil Padraig LoughreyLongfordFamily and work commitments [4] 19 January 2018 Joe Flaherty
        Fine Gael John DuffyGranardWork commitments [5] 7 January 2019Gerry Hagan

        Changes in affiliation

        NameLEAElected asNew affiliationDate
        Gerry WarnockLongford Independent Social Democrats 20 October 2015 [6]
        Gerry WarnockLongford Social Democrats Independent 17 September 2016 [7]

        References

        1. Naughton, Gareth (24 May 2014). "The latest from Longford County Council count". Irish Independent . Retrieved 24 May 2014.
        2. Conboy, Patrick (26 May 2014). "Local election update: How it stands". Longford Leader . Retrieved 26 May 2014.
        3. "Irish Independent Local Elections". 24 May 2014. Archived from the original on 4 June 2014. Retrieved 17 June 2014.
        4. Walsh, Alan (22 October 2017). "Fianna Fáil's Padraig Loughrey resigns from Longford County Council with immediate effect". Longford Leader. Retrieved 9 April 2025.
        5. Cosgrove, Liam (22 February 2018). "Fine Gael's John Duffy to resign from Longford County Council". Longford Live. Retrieved 9 April 2025.
        6. Kieran, Aisling (20 October 2015). "Gerry Warnock to run for Social Democrats in General Election 2016". Longford Live. Retrieved 8 April 2025.
        7. "Longford Councillor lifts lid on decision to quit Social Democrats". Longford Leader. 17 September 2016. Retrieved 9 April 2025.