2014 Offaly County Council election

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2014 Offaly County Council election
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  2009 23 May 2014 2019  

All 19 seats on Offaly County Council
10 seats needed for a majority
 First partySecond partyThird party
 
Party Fianna Fáil Sinn Féin Fine Gael
Seats won833
Seat change-1+3-3

 Fourth party
 
Party Independent
Seats won5
Seat change-1

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Map showing the area of Offaly County Council

An election to all 19 seats on Offaly County Council took place on 23 May 2014 as part of the 2014 Irish local elections, a decrease from 21 seats at the 2009 election. County Offaly 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 Birr, Edenderry and Tullamore were all abolished.

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Fianna Fáil remained the largest party after the elections winning 8 seats. Sinn Féin won 3 seats and in terms of vote share also became the second largest party. Fine Gael, by contrast, had a poor set of results and lost half of their seats.

Results by party

PartySeats±1st prefFPv%±%
Fianna Fáil 8-111,11634.1
Sinn Féin 3+35,61317.2
Fine Gael 3-35,47516.8
Green 0-580.18
Independent 5-19,73129.9
Total19-232,583100.0

Results by local electoral area

^  *: Outgoing councillor.

Birr

Birr: 6 seats
PartyCandidateFPv%Count
123456
Independent John Leahy [*] 23.052,686     
Fianna Fáil Peter Ormond [*] 13.711,5981,678    
Fine Gael John Clendennen10.371,2091,317 1,384 1,574 1,943 
Sinn Féin Carol Nolan ††10.011,1661,420 1,518 1,636 1,703 
Fianna Fáil Eamon Dooley [*] 9.921,1561,287 1,315 1,516 1,539 1,552
Independent John Carroll [*] 9.061,0561,147 1,325 1,353 1,529 1,618
Fianna Fáil Michael Loughnane7.61887950 991 1,012 1,205 1,271
Fine Gael Denis Sheils6.32736775 873 991   
Fine Gael Pat Phelan5.59651760 790    
Independent Teresa Ryan-Feehan4.37509655     
Electorate: 20,034  Valid: 11,654 (58.17%)  Spoilt: 116  Quota: 1,665  Turnout: 11,770 (58.75%)  

    Edenderry

    Edenderry: 6 seats
    PartyCandidateFPv%Count
    123456789
    Sinn Féin Martin O'Reilly†††††19.081,669        
    Fianna Fáil Eddie Fitzpatrick [*] 14.291,250        
    Independent John Foley [*] 12.331,0781,229 1,254      
    Fianna Fáil Noel Bourke [*] 10.37907940 945 968 1,031 1,069 1,106 1,239 1,378
    Fine Gael Liam Quinn [*] 7.64668697 702 761 787 831 1,040 1,145 1,207
    Fianna Fáil Ger Plunkett [*] 7.62667705 707 708 710 722 741 799 818
    Independent Noel Cribbin††††7.24633669 676 704 787 848 862 890 1,106
    Independent Fergus McDonnell5.03440482 501 518 569 618 645 658  
    Fine Gael William Whittle3.84336344 348 367 374 382    
    Fianna Fáil Robert Kelleghan3.84336352 353 353 361 391 400   
    Independent Stephen Carroll2.76241266 298 300 304     
    Labour Declan Leddin2.76241254 256 272      
    Independent Patricia Brady1.99174180 183       
    Independent Emmanuel Sweeney1.21106128        
    Electorate: 15,890  Valid: 8,746 (55.04%)  Spoilt: 113  Quota: 1,250  Turnout: 8,859 (55.75%)  

      Tullamore

      Tullamore: 7 seats
      PartyCandidateFPv%Count
      123456789101112
      Sinn Féin Brendan Killeavy22.82,778           
      Independent Dervill Dolan [*] 15.331,868           
      Fianna Fáil Sinead Dooley [*] †††9.531,1611,340 1,379 1,384 1,403 1,432 1,493 1,541    
      Fianna Fáil Frank Moran9.121,1111,156 1,308 1,311 1,333 1,344 1,359 1,428 1,457 1,482 1,495 1,505
      Fianna Fáil Declan Harvey9.071,1051,307 1,323 1,327 1,342 1,354 1,415 1,434 1,570   
      Fine Gael Tommy McKeigue [*] 7.919641,066 1,088 1,091 1,107 1,227 1,300 1,332 1,756   
      Fianna Fáil Danny Owens [*] 7.709381,011 1,022 1,025 1,034 1,068 1,095 1,122 1,177 1,217 1,230 1,236
      Fine Gael Molly Buckley [*] 5.06616695 713 718 731 808 893 936     
      Independent Seán O'Brien3.92478768 784 796 858 864 907 1,012 1,102 1,209 1,230 1,232
      Labour Paddy Doheny2.86349393 399 409 418 430       
      Independent John Bracken2.63321425 462 472 509 515 532      
      Fine Gael Theresa Wrafter2.42295308 316 320 323        
      Independent Seamus Kirwan1.16141239 258 270         
      Green Richard Brennan0.485884 85          
      Electorate: 20,607  Valid: 12,183 (59.12%)  Spoilt: 119  Quota: 1,523  Turnout: 12,302 (59.70%)  

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        References

          Sources

          "Offaly County Council". Irish Independent. Archived from the original on 1 June 2014.