2014 Roscommon County Council election

2014 Roscommon County Council election
All 18 seats to Roscommon County Council ; 10 seats needed for a majority
	Map showing the area of Roscommon County Council
	Council control after election; TBD;

Last updated September 08, 2023

An election to Roscommon County Council took place on 23 May 2014 as part of that year's Irish local elections. 18 councillors were elected from three electoral divisions by PR-STV voting for a five-year term of office, a reduction in 8 seats from the previous election in 2009. Boyle Town Council was also abolished.

Fine Gael imploded in the county, losing 7 seats including those of a number of long serving councillors; due to voter anger over continuous boil water notices and the closure of Roscommon Hospital's Accident and Emergency Department; the latter leading to a split in the party locally. Fianna Fáil and Independents performed well in the election with the former becoming the largest party in Roscommon for the first time since 1985.^[1]^[2]^[3]^[4]

Results by party

Party		Seats	±	First Pref. votes	FPv%	±%
	Fianna Fáil	8	-	10,822	34.53
	Fine Gael	3	-7	7,026	22.42
	Sinn Féin	1	-	2,542	8.11
	Independent	6	-1	10,361	33.06
Totals		18	-8		100%	—

Results by Electoral Area

Athlone

Athlone - 6 seats
Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
Party		Candidate	FPv%	1	2	3	4	5
	Independent	Tony Ward*	17.62	1,712
	Fianna Fáil	Ivan Connaughton††††	14.56	1,414
	Fine Gael	John Naughten*	12.71	1,235	1,298	1,309	1,414
	Fianna Fáil	John Keogh*	11.52	1,119	1,158	1,176	1,271	1,379
	Independent	Laurence Fallon	10.76	1,045	1,102	1,111	1,287	1,458
	Fianna Fáil	Paddy Kilduff*†††	10.13	984	1,026	1,034	1,111	1,183
	Fine Gael	Ollie Moore*	8.73	848	882	892	923	988
	Sinn Féin	David McWeeney	6.64	645	675	703	759
	Independent	Anthony Geraghty	3.78	367	399	426
	Independent	Peadar Doyle	2.11	205	217	237
	Independent	Gordon Hudson	1.44	140	155	155
Electorate: 14,519 Valid: 9,714 (66.91%) Spoilt: 109 Quota: 1,401 Turnout: 9,823 (67.66%)

Boyle

Boyle - 6 seats
Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
Party		Candidate	FPv%	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8
	Fianna Fáil	John Cummins*	13.16	1,513	1,535	1,582	1,628	1,643
	Independent	Valerie Byrne	11.71	1,347	1,442	1,461	1,578	1,619	1,777
	Sinn Féin	Patrick Michael Mulligan*	10.88	1,251	1,283	1,362	1,406	1,614	1,639	1,640	1,727
	Fianna Fáil	Eugene Murphy *†	9.99	1,149	1,163	1,178	1,289	1,310	1,381	1,406	1,463
	Fianna Fáil	Rachel Doherty*	9.28	1,067	1,079	1,131	1,152	1,176	1,296	1,332	1,608
	Independent	Tom Crosby*	9.23	1,062	1,107	1,112	1,144	1,161	1,207	1,230	1,268
	Fine Gael	Maura Hopkins ††	7.30	840	867	916	1,039	1,287	1,400	1,413	1,729
	Fine Gael	Charlie Hopkins	6.36	731	733	734	752	767	929	948
	Fine Gael	Gerry Garvey*	5.86	674	680	682	739	754	754
	Fine Gael	Liam Callaghan*	5.15	592	606	650
	Labour	Micheál Frain	5.10	587	606	652	696	696
	Fianna Fáil	Aidan Sampey	3.17	365	374	374
	Independent	Gertrude Drury-O'Beirne	1.58	182	182
	Independent	Anthony Brendan Coleman	1.22	140	140
Electorate: 17,647 Valid: 11,500 (65.17%) Spoilt: 132 Quota: 1,643 Turnout: 11,632 (65.91%)

Roscommon

Roscommon - 6 seats
Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
Party		Candidate	FPv%	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9
	Fianna Fáil	Paschal Fitzmaurice*	15.03	1,576
	Fianna Fáil	Orla Leyden*	10.04	1,053	1,054	1,063	1,070	1,085	1,134	1,241	1,290	1,334
	Independent	Kathleen Shanagher	9.17	962	965	966	973	992	1,022	1,211	1,314	1,345
	Independent	Dominick Connolly*	9.12	957	959	964	983	1,010	1,128	1,295	1,376	1,443
	Fianna Fáil	Larry Brennan	9.03	947	947	951	956	973	1,009	1,103	1,140	1,161
	Fine Gael	Michael Creaton*	8.34	875	876	885	917	959	1,039	1,060	1,120	1,419
	Independent	Nigel Dineen	7.58	795	803	822	869	993	1,044	1,113	1,322	1,487
	Fine Gael	Michael McGreal*	7.23	758	758	762	830	863	892	905	943
	Independent	Paula McNamara*	6.59	691	693	694	705	727	762
	Sinn Féin	Séamus O'Brien	6.46	646	650	658	712	799	807	831
	Fine Gael	Seán Beirne*	4.51	473	474	474	478	481
	Independent	John Murphy*	3.75	393	397	409	449
	Independent	Padraig Morris	3.06	321	327	332
	Independent	Joe Malone	0.40	42
Electorate: 16,891 Valid: 10,633 (62.10%) Spoilt: 144 Quota: 1,499 Turnout: 10,489 (62.95%)

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References

↑ McDonagh, Marese (17 May 2014). "Roscommon profile: Voters boiling angry over contaminated water". The Irish Times .
↑ McCaughey, Ciara (26 May 2014). "Roscommon Council results: Fine Gael vote implodes in the three electoral areas". The Irish Times . Retrieved 26 May 2014.
↑ "Local Election: Roscommon County Council". RTÉ. Archived from the original on 31 May 2014.
↑ "Roscommon Local Elections". Irish Independent. Archived from the original on 18 June 2014.

Post-Election Changes

† Boyle Fianna Fáil Councillor Eugene Murphy was elected as a TD for Roscommon–Galway at the Irish general election 2016. His brother, Joe, was co-opted to fill the vacancy on 14 March 2016. Archived 22 March 2016 at the Wayback Machine
†† Boyle Fine Gel Councillor Maura Hopkins was elected to Seanad Eireann in April 2016. Liam Callaghan was co-opted to fill the vacancy in July 2016.
††† Athlone Fianna Fáil Councillor Paddy Kilduff resigned from the party and became an Independent on 9 February 2018 citing disillusionment with how the party was run and how its members were treated.
†††† Athlone Fianna Fáil Councillor Ivan Connaughton resigned from the party and became an Independent on 3 January 2019. Archived 7 January 2019 at the Wayback Machine

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[1] McDonagh, Marese (17 May 2014). "Roscommon profile: Voters boiling angry over contaminated water". The Irish Times .

[2] McCaughey, Ciara (26 May 2014). "Roscommon Council results: Fine Gael vote implodes in the three electoral areas". The Irish Times . Retrieved 26 May 2014.

[3] "Local Election: Roscommon County Council". RTÉ. Archived from the original on 31 May 2014.

[4] "Roscommon Local Elections". Irish Independent. Archived from the original on 18 June 2014.

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