2014 Westmeath County Council election

2014 Westmeath County Council election

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All 20 seats on Westmeath County Council 11 seats needed for a majority
First party Second party Third party   Party Fianna Fáil Fine Gael Sinn Féin Seats before 9 8 0 Seats won 8 5 3 Seat change 1 3 3   Fourth party Fifth party   Party Labour Independent Seats before 6 0 Seats won 2 2 Seat change 4 2
Area of Westmeath County Council

An election to all 20 seats on Westmeath County Council took place on 23 May 2014 as part of the 2014 Irish local elections, a reduction from 23 seats at the 2009 election. The town councils of Athlone and Mullingar were also abolished. County Westmeath 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).

Fianna Fáil emerged as the largest party after the elections as both government parties suffered at the polls. Labour lost two-thirds of their Councillors being reduced to just 2 seats while Fine Gael also lost 3 seats. Sinn Féin won seats on the council for the first time, 3 in total, and were joined by 2 Independents. ^{[1] [2]}

Results by party

Party		Seats	±	1st pref	FPv%	±%
	Fianna Fáil	8	1	11,412	32.9	11.03
	Fine Gael	5	3	8,310	23.9	14.85
	Sinn Féin	3	3	3,837	11.1	6.44
	Labour	2	4	4,766	13.7	12.38
	Independent	2	2	6,391	18.4	13.16
Total		20	3	34,716	100.0	—

Results by local electoral area

^  *: Outgoing councillor.

Athlone

Athlone: 7 seats

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9
	Independent	Kevin "Boxer" Moran [*]	21.78	2,897
	Fine Gael	Tom Farrell	11.29	1,502	1,552	1,561	1,594	1,616	1,648	1,649	1,724
	Sinn Féin	Paul Hogan	10.70	1,423	1,684
	Fine Gael	John Dolan [*]	8.16	1,085	1,139	1,146	1,161	1,193	1,239	1,240	1,345	1,681
	Fianna Fáil	Aengus O'Rourke	7.88	1,048	1,256	1,267	1,306	1,357	1,387	1,392	1,494	1,636
	Fianna Fáil	Frankie Keena [*]	7.77	1,034	1,200	1,213	1,255	1,317	1,373	1,377	1,520	1,648
	Fianna Fáil	Vinny McCormack	7.27	967	983	985	991	1,001	1,010	1,010	1,080	1,088
	Independent	Michael O'Brien	6.85	911	1,001	1,054	1,084	1,113	1,203	1,208	1,354	1,418
	Fine Gael	Alan Shaw	5.43	722	817	829	838	883	899	902	911
	Fianna Fáil	Tom Allen [*]	4.86	647	674	684	716	733	767	769
	Labour	Jim Henson	2.37	315	388	410	428
	Independent	Joe Devery	2.35	313	394	429	476	527
	Independent	P.J. Coghill	2.08	277	312	333
	Independent	John McNamara	0.90	120	171
	Independent	Donal Jackson	0.31	41	68
Electorate: 22,759  Valid: 13,302 (52.60%)  Spoilt: 157  Quota: 1,663  Turnout: 13,459 (53.22%)

Mullingar–Coole

Mullingar-Coole: 7 seats

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8
	Fianna Fáil	Aidan Davitt [*]	12.90	1,492
	Sinn Féin	Una D'arcy	12.86	1,487
	Fianna Fáil	John Shaw [*]	11.02	1,275	1,287	1,290	1,307	1,331	1,404	1,588
	Fianna Fáil	Paddy Hill [*]	10.44	1,207	1,215	1,220	1,241	1,308	1,326	1,342	1,357
	Fine Gael	Frank McDermott [*]	10.06	1,163	1,164	1,167	1,195	1,249	1,372	1,414	1,428
	Fine Gael	Peter Burke [*]	8.72	1,008	1,015	1,017	1,031	1,135	1,391	1,534
	Labour	Mick Dollard [*]	8.21	950	956	960	992	1,025	1,062	1,268	1,312
	Labour	Denis Leonard [*]	6.24	722	723	724	749	835	895
	Independent	Brian Fagan	5.86	678	684	695	849	888	951	1,057	1,078
	Fine Gael	Emily Wallace	5.42	627	630	631	660	731
	Labour	Peter Kearney	4.50	520	521	522	563	563
	Labour	Rachel Grimes	1.47	170	170	172	172
	Independent	Angela Maher	1.23	142	143	146	146
	Independent	Pat Holmes	0.72	83	83	86	86
	Independent	Rosemary Horan	0.36	42	42	44	44
Electorate: 22,759  Valid: 11,566 (50.82%)  Spoilt: 205  Quota: 1,446  Turnout: 11,771 (51.72%)

Mullingar-Kilbeggan

Mullingar–Kilbeggan: 6 seats

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10
	Fianna Fáil	Paul Daly [*]	15.25	1,502
	Fianna Fáil	Avril Whitney [*]	12.86	1,266	1,277	1,288	1,295	1,348	1,376	1,405	1,428
	Fianna Fáil	Ken Glynn [*]	9.89	974	992	1,011	1,023	1,058	1,068	1,114	1,133	1,138	1,207
	Labour	Johnnie Penrose [*]	9.58	943	952	968	1,029	1,083	1,169	1,369	1,488
	Sinn Féin	Sorca Clarke	9.41	927	932	962	976	987	1,022	1,048	1,073	1,075	1,154
	Fine Gael	Andrew Duncan	8.04	792	797	805	827	909	937	999	1,144	1,165	1,432
	Fine Gael	Colm Arthur [*]	6.05	596	603	609	637	660	669	696	834	857
	Independent	Brian Fagan	5.93	584	587	733	744	765	793	876	891	903	974
	Fine Gael	Michael Newman	4.78	471	487	489	569	622	635	653	653
	Labour	Detty Cornally [*]	4.77	470	471	485	516	535	587	587
	Labour	Gerry Sheridan	3.87	381	382	390	398	401	401
	Fine Gael	Chris Murtagh	3.49	344	344	350	354
	Labour	Ger Corcoran [*]	3.00	295	312	312
	Independent	Chris Burley	1.65	162	163
	Independent	Angela Maher	1.43	141	142
Electorate: 20,021  Valid: 9,848 (49.19%)  Spoilt: 161  Quota: 1,407  Turnout: 10,009 (49.99%)

Changes

Co-options

Party		Outgoing	LEA	Reason	Date	Co-optee
	Independent	Kevin "Boxer" Moran	Athlone	Elected to the 32nd Dáil at the 2016 general election.	21 March 2016	Ailish McManus
	Fine Gael	Peter Burke	Mullingar–Coole	Elected to the 32nd Dáil at the 2016 general election.	21 March 2016	Emily Wallace
	Fianna Fáil	Paul Daly	Mullingar–Kilbeggan	Elected to 25th Seanad at the 2016 Seanad election.	13 June 2016	Liam McDaniel [3]
	Fianna Fáil	Aidan Davitt	Mullingar–Coole	Elected to 25th Seanad at the 2016 Seanad election.	13 June 2016	Bill Collentine [4]
	Fianna Fáil	Avril Whitney	Mullingar–Kilbeggan	Resigned for personal reasons. [5]	22 January 2018	Brian Crum

Changes in affiliation

Name	LEA	Elected as		New affiliation		Date
Paul Hogan	Athlone		Sinn Féin		Independent	2 August 2018 [6]
Una D'Arcy	Mullingar–Coole		Sinn Féin		Independent	22 January 2019 [7]

References

1. "Westmeath: First result in – FF win first seat on Westmeath County Council". Irish Independent . 24 May 2014. Retrieved 24 May 2014.
2. "Westmeath County Council Local elections". Irish Independent. 24 May 2014. Archived from the original on 17 June 2014. Retrieved 17 June 2014.
3. Doherty, Tríona (16 June 2016). "McDaniel and Collentine co-opted to council". Athlone Advertiser. Retrieved 19 December 2025.
4. Doherty, Tríona (16 June 2016). "McDaniel and Collentine co-opted to council". Athlone Advertiser. Retrieved 19 December 2025.
5. "Cllr Avril Whitney steps down from role as councillor". Westmeath Examiner. 31 May 2017. Retrieved 19 December 2025.
6. "Local Sinn Fein councillor resigns from political party". Athlone Advertiser. 2 August 2018. Retrieved 19 December 2025.
7. McGee, Harry (22 January 2019). "Sinn Féin councillor Úna D'Arcy resigns from party". Irish Times. Retrieved 19 December 2025.