Longford County Council election, 2014

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Longford County Council election, 2014
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  2009 23 May 20142019 

All 18 seats to Longford County Council

  First party Second party Third party
 
Party Fine Gael Fianna Fáil Independent
Seats won873
Seat change -2 -1 -

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Map showing the area of Longford County Council

Council control after election

Fine Gael
Independents

An election to Longford 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 of 3 councillors when compared with 2009. In addition both Granard Town Council and Longford Town Council were abolished.

Longford County Council

Longford County Council is the authority responsible for local government in County Longford, Ireland. As a county 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 county administration is headed by a Chief Executive, Tim Caffrey. The county town is Longford town.

Granard Town in Leinster, Ireland

Granard is a town in the north of County Longford, Ireland, and has a traceable history going back to AD 236. It is situated just south of the boundary between the watersheds of the Shannon and the Erne, at the point where the N55 national secondary road and the R194 regional road meet. The river Shannon is also within reach of the drainage area.

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In one of the party's better local election results, Fine Gael remained the largest party with 8 seats. Fianna Fáil took 7 seats and the remainder were filled by Independents. This was the only Council on which Sinn Féin failed to make a breakthrough. [1] [2] [3]

Results by party

PartySeats±First Pref. votesFPv%±%
Fine Gael 8-28,24542.1%
Fianna Fáil 7-16,26431.9%
Independent 3-3,80319.4
Totals18-3100%

Results by Electoral Area

Ballymahon

Ballymahon - 6 seats
Party Candidate % 1st Pref Count 1 Count 2Count 3Count 4Count 5Count 6Count 7
Fine Gael Colm Murray* 14.09 931956     
Fine Gael Gerard Farrell 12.79 845848 8488568631,066 
Independent Mark Casey* 12.50 826885 8861,036   
Fianna Fáil Mick Cahill* 11.44 756785 786831848899921
Fianna Fáil Thomas Victory* 10.32 682687 687732743770782
Fianna Fáil Pat O'Toole 10.15 671744 747768780829841
Fine Gael Paul Ross 9.88 653674 677722726843918
Fine Gael Seán Farrell* 7.23 478496 498517519  
Sinn Féin Edel Kelly 6.87 454489 490    
Independent Niamh Moran 4.72 312      
Electorate: 10,519  Valid: 6,608 (62.82%)  Spoilt: 88  Quota: 945  Turnout: 6,696 (63.66%)

    Granard

    Granard - 6 seats
    Party Candidate % 1st Pref Count 1 Count 2Count 3Count 4Count 5Count 6Count 7Count 8
    Fine Gael Michael Carrigy* 15.261,111       
    Fine Gael John Duffy* 10.47 762768 7898288539421,079 
    Fianna Fáil P.J. Reilly* 10.40 757762 7758829941,0251,157 
    Fine Gael Paraic Brady 10.38 756766 8138518699531,081 
    Fianna Fáil Martin Mulleady* 8.71 634637 691698753832889905
    Fianna Fáil Luie McEntire* 8.61 627631 658674727793878902
    Sinn Féin John Reilly 7.94 578582 606634656724783819
    Independent James Keogh 7.01 510516 585600624   
    Fine Gael Frank Kilbride* 6.85 499513 520590651721  
    Fianna Fáil John Coyle 5.32 387395 406428    
    Fine Gael Maura Kilbride-Harkin 4.73 344350 361     
    Independent Mary Lillis 4.33 315319       
    Electorate: 11,015  Valid: 7,280 (66.09%)  Spoilt: 83  Quota: 1,041  Turnout: 7,363 (66.85%)

      Longford

      Longford - 6 seats
      Party Candidate % 1st Pref Count 1 Count 2Count 3Count 4Count 5Count 6Count 7Count 8
      Fine Gael John Browne* 12.74 727734 755779831   
      Fianna Fáil Seamus Butler 12.25 699712 731747774856  
      Fine Gael Peggy Nolan* 11.37 649657 674706745909  
      Independent Gerry Warnock 10.95 625646 696751820   
      Fianna Fáil Michael Connellan 9.25 528531 540556592643671685
      Fianna Fáil Pádraig Loughrey*† 9.16 523528 549577630715727744
      Independent Mae Sexton * 8.92 509520 547573627708754763
      Fine Gael Yvonne Ni Mhurchu 8.58 490493 504514534   
      Independent Paul Connell* 6.06 346360 382412    
      Sinn Féin Barbara Smyth 4.41 252256 256     
      Independent Tony Flaherty 4.33 247263 277277    
      Independent Martin Clyne 1.98 113       
      Electorate: 9,612  Valid: 5,708 (59.38%)  Spoilt: 78  Quota: 816  Turnout: 5,786 (60.20%)

        Changes since 2014

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        References

        1. Naughton, Gareth (24 May 2014). "The latest from Longford County Council count". Irish Independent . Retrieved 24 May 2014.
        2. Conboy, Patrick (26 May 2014). "Local election update: How it stands". Longford Leader . Retrieved 26 May 2014.
        3. Longford Local Elections "Irish Independent Local Elections" Check |url= value (help). 24 May 2014. Retrieved 17 June 2014.
        Preceded by
        Longford County Council election, 2009
        Longford County Council elections Succeeded by
        Longford County Council election, 2019