Galway City Council election, 2014

Galway City Council election, 2014
All 18 seats to Galway City Council ; 10 seats needed for a majority
	Map showing the area of Galway City Council
Council control before election; Labour ;	Council control after election; Fine Gael ;

Last updated April 03, 2019

An election to Galway City 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, an increase of 3 seats when compared to 2009.

Galway City Council is the authority responsible for local government in the city of Galway in Ireland. As a city council, it is governed by the Local Government Act 2001. The council is responsible for housing and community, roads and transportation, urban planning and development, amenity and culture, and environment. The council has 18 elected members. Elections are held every five years and are by single transferable vote. The head of the council has the title of Mayor. The city administration is headed by a Chief Executive, Brendan McGrath. The council meets at City Hall, College Road, Galway.

Twenty-four-year-old Mairead Farrell, a niece of Mairéad Farrell who was shot dead by the SAS in Gibraltar in 1988, won a seat at the first attempt.^[1] She was joined on the Council by 2 other councillors as Sinn Féin won 3 seats. Their gains came chiefly at the expense of Labour who lost 3 fifths of their seats to return with just 2 councillors. While Fianna Fáil won the most votes the party did not make any gains in the election and returned just 3 councillors as in 2009. By contrast Fine Gael gained a seat to become the largest party. Independents were the big winners, topping the poll in all LEAs and increasing their existing numbers by 2 seats.^[2]

Mairéad Farrell was a member of the Provisional Irish Republican Army (IRA) paramilitary group. She was shot dead by the British Army in Gibraltar on 6 March 1988.

Special Air Service regiment of the British Army

The Special Air Service (SAS) is a special forces unit of the British Army. The SAS was founded in 1941 as a regiment, and later reconstituted as a corps in 1950. The unit undertakes a number of roles including covert reconnaissance, counter-terrorism, direct action and hostage rescue. Much of the information and actions regarding the SAS is highly classified, and is not commented on by the British government or the Ministry of Defence due to the sensitivity of their operations.

Gibraltar is a British Overseas Territory located at the southern tip of the Iberian Peninsula. It has an area of 6.7 km² (2.6 sq mi) and is bordered to the north by Spain. The landscape is dominated by the Rock of Gibraltar at the foot of which is a densely populated town area, home to over 30,000 people, primarily Gibraltarians. It shares a maritime border with Morocco.

Results by party

Party		Seats	±	First Pref. votes	FPv%	±%
	Fine Gael	4	+1	3,446	15.8%
	Fianna Fáil	3	-	4,256	19.5%
	Sinn Féin	3	+3	2,074	9.5%
	Labour Party	2	-3	2,370	10.8%
	Independent	6	+2	8,116	37.1%
Totals		18	+3		100%	—

Results by Electoral Area

Galway City Central

Galway City Central - 6 seats
Party		Candidate	% 1st Pref	Count 1	Count 2	Count 3	Count 4	Count 5	Count 6	Count 7	Count 8	Count 9
	Independent	Mike Cubbard	13.36	850	866	911
	Fianna Fáil	Ollie Crowe*	12.98	826	827	831	842	845	862	902	1,123
	Fine Gael	Frank Fahy*	10.42	663	663	668	673	674	702	735	764	797
	Labour Party	Billy Cameron*	9.01	573	581	606	695	719	819	855	937
	Fine Gael	Pádraig Conneely *	8.52	542	545	559	585	594	626	678	748	786
	Sinn Féin	Anna Marley††	7.91	503	524	534	554	631	656	718	782	796
	Fianna Fáil	Nicola Deacy	7.91	503	504	512	550	563	596	650
	Green Party	Séamus Sheridan	7.53	479	495	516	529	565	618	671	721	751
	Independent	Cormac O Corcoráin	5.26	335	341	360	364	427	440
	Labour Party	Colette Connolly*	4.26	271	279	281	328	342
	Labour Party	John McDonagh	4.15	264	267	271
	Anti-Austerity Alliance	Seán Byrne	3.69	235	285	294	301
	Independent	Mike Geraghty	2.62	167	173
	People Before Profit	Kiran Emrich	2.01	128
	Independent	Jimmy Horan	0.38	24
Electorate: 12,488 Valid: 6,363 (50.95%) Spoilt: 83 Quota: 910 Turnout: 6,446 (51.62%)

Galway City East

Galway City East - 6 seats
Party		Candidate	% 1st Pref	Count 1	Count 2	Count 3	Count 4	Count 5	Count 6	Count 7	Count 8	Count 9
	Independent	Terry O'Flaherty *	20.4%	1,405
	Independent	Declan McDonnell *	15.7%	1,085
	Fianna Fáil	Michael John Crowe *	12.5%	860	923	940	950	986
	Sinn Féin	Mairead Farrell	11.3%	782	829	842	859	874	897	1,074
	Independent	Noel Larkin	7.4%	513	598	622	634	673	697	779	827	936
	Fianna Fáil	Alan Cheevers	6.5%	451	484	491	492	505	557	586	595	654
	Fine Gael	John Walsh	5.8%	398	450	463	476	554	694	710	717	855
	Anti-Austerity Alliance	Conor Burke	5.2%	357	384	390	400	408	426
	Labour Party	Monica Coughlan	4.7%	327	367	377	439	475	524	558	577
	Fine Gael	John Rabbitte	4.5%	311	333	338	344	397
	Fine Gael	Margot Kelly	3.8%	262	294	296	312
	Labour Party	Nuala Nolan*	2.1%	142	161	164
Electorate: 14,010 Valid: 6,893 Spoilt: 101 Quota: 985 Turnout: 6,994 (49.2%)

Galway City West

Galway City West - 6 seats
Party		Candidate	% 1st Pref	Count 1	Count 2	Count 3	Count 4	Count 5	Count 6	Count 7
	Independent	Donal Lyons *	21.77	1,872
	Independent	Catherine Connolly *†	17.60	1,513
	Fianna Fáil	Peter Keane*	10.51	904	991	1,011	1,015	1,043	1,064	1,102
	Fine Gael	Pearce Flannery	9.27	797	892	910	918	950	977	1,273
	Labour Party	Níall McNelis*	9.22	793	924	989	1,001	1,057	1,123	1,240
	Sinn Féin	Cathal O Conchúir	9.18	789	841	888	897	940	1,122	1,147
	Fianna Fáil	David Burke	8.28	712	820	838	849	871	910	960
	Fine Gael	Michelle Murphy*	5.50	473	529	554	561	593	618
	Anti-Austerity Alliance	Tommy Holohan	4.57	393	432	472	484	540
	Independent	Tommy Roddy	3.14	270	320	353	401
	Independent	Marc Anderson	0.95	82	107	125
Electorate: 17,606 Valid: 8,598 (48.84%) Spoilt: 86 Quota: 1,229 Turnout: 8,684 (49.32%)

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References

↑ McDonald, Brian (24 May 2014). "Galway City Council City East: First count". Irish Independent . Retrieved 24 May 2014.
↑ "Irish Independent". 24 May 2014. Archived from Galway City local elections the original Check |url= value (help) on 28 May 2014. Retrieved 18 June 2014.

Changes since 2014

† Galway City West Independent Cllr Catherine Connolly was elected as a TD for Galway West at the Irish general election, 2016. Her sister and now Independent Cllr, Colette, was co-opted to fill the vacancy on 21 March 2016.
†† Galway City Central Sinn Féin Cllr Anna Marley resigned her seat on 15 August 2016 saying she found it challenging to balance family responsibility with her work as a public representative. On 13 October 2016 Mark Lohan was co-opted to fill the vacancy.

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[1] McDonald, Brian (24 May 2014). "Galway City Council City East: First count". Irish Independent . Retrieved 24 May 2014.

[2] "Irish Independent". 24 May 2014. Archived from Galway City local elections the original Check |url= value (help) on 28 May 2014. Retrieved 18 June 2014.