2014 Roscommon County Council election

2014 Roscommon County Council election

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All 18 seats on Roscommon County Council 10 seats needed for a majority
First party Second party Third party   Party Fianna Fáil Fine Gael Sinn Féin Seats won 8 3 1 Seat change - -7 -   Fourth party   Party Independent Seats won 6 Seat change -1
Map showing the area of Roscommon County Council

An election for all 18 seats to Roscommon 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 Roscommon 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 council of Boyle was abolished.

Fine Gael lost 7 seats, including a number of long-serving councillors; due to voter anger over continuous boil water notices and the closure of the Accident and Emergency Department at Roscommon University Hospital; 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	±	1st pref	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
Total		18	-8	30,751	100.00	—

Results by local electoral area

^  *: Outgoing councillor.

Athlone

Athlone: 6 seats

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				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
				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
				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%)

Changes

Co-options

Party		Outgoing	LEA	Reason	Date	Co-optee
	Fianna Fáil	Eugene Murphy	Boyle	Elected to the 32nd Dáil at the 2016 general election.	18 March 2016	Joe Murphy [5]
	Fine Gael	Maura Hopkins	Boyle	Elected to 25th Seanad at the 2016 Seanad election.	July 2016	Liam Callaghan

Changes in affiliation

Name	LEA	Elected as		New affiliation		Date
Paddy Kilduff	Athlone		Fianna Fáil		Independent	8 February 2018 [6]
Ivan Connaughton	Athlone		Fianna Fáil		Independent	13 December 2018 [7]

References

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.
5. Healy, Paul (18 March 2016). "Joe Murphy co-opted on to Council after his brother's Dáil win". Roscommon People. Retrieved 10 December 2025.
6. "Paddy Kilduff quits Fianna Fáil". Westmeath Independent. 8 February 2018. Retrieved 10 December 2025.
7. Healy, Paul (13 December 2018). "Connaughton leaves FF and declares as an Independent". Roscommon People. Retrieved 10 December 2025.

External links

• Official website