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All 18 seats to Longford County Council | |||||||||||||||||
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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 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 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.
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]
Party | Seats | ± | First Pref. votes | FPv% | ±% | |
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Fine Gael | 8 | -2 | 8,245 | 42.1% | ||
Fianna Fáil | 7 | -1 | 6,264 | 31.9% | ||
Independent | 3 | - | 3,803 | 19.4 | ||
Totals | 18 | -3 | 100% | — |
Ballymahon - 6 seats | ||||||||||
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Party | Candidate | % 1st Pref | Count 1 | Count 2 | Count 3 | Count 4 | Count 5 | Count 6 | Count 7 | |
Fine Gael | Colm Murray* | 14.09 | 931 | 956 | ||||||
Fine Gael | Gerard Farrell | 12.79 | 845 | 848 | 848 | 856 | 863 | 1,066 | ||
Independent | Mark Casey* | 12.50 | 826 | 885 | 886 | 1,036 | ||||
Fianna Fáil | Mick Cahill* | 11.44 | 756 | 785 | 786 | 831 | 848 | 899 | 921 | |
Fianna Fáil | Thomas Victory* | 10.32 | 682 | 687 | 687 | 732 | 743 | 770 | 782 | |
Fianna Fáil | Pat O'Toole | 10.15 | 671 | 744 | 747 | 768 | 780 | 829 | 841 | |
Fine Gael | Paul Ross | 9.88 | 653 | 674 | 677 | 722 | 726 | 843 | 918 | |
Fine Gael | Seán Farrell* | 7.23 | 478 | 496 | 498 | 517 | 519 | |||
Sinn Féin | Edel Kelly | 6.87 | 454 | 489 | 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 - 6 seats | |||||||||||
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Party | Candidate | % 1st Pref | Count 1 | Count 2 | Count 3 | Count 4 | Count 5 | Count 6 | Count 7 | Count 8 | |
Fine Gael | Michael Carrigy* | 15.26 | 1,111 | ||||||||
Fine Gael | John Duffy* | 10.47 | 762 | 768 | 789 | 828 | 853 | 942 | 1,079 | ||
Fianna Fáil | P.J. Reilly* | 10.40 | 757 | 762 | 775 | 882 | 994 | 1,025 | 1,157 | ||
Fine Gael | Paraic Brady | 10.38 | 756 | 766 | 813 | 851 | 869 | 953 | 1,081 | ||
Fianna Fáil | Martin Mulleady* | 8.71 | 634 | 637 | 691 | 698 | 753 | 832 | 889 | 905 | |
Fianna Fáil | Luie McEntire* | 8.61 | 627 | 631 | 658 | 674 | 727 | 793 | 878 | 902 | |
Sinn Féin | John Reilly | 7.94 | 578 | 582 | 606 | 634 | 656 | 724 | 783 | 819 | |
Independent | James Keogh | 7.01 | 510 | 516 | 585 | 600 | 624 | ||||
Fine Gael | Frank Kilbride* | 6.85 | 499 | 513 | 520 | 590 | 651 | 721 | |||
Fianna Fáil | John Coyle | 5.32 | 387 | 395 | 406 | 428 | |||||
Fine Gael | Maura Kilbride-Harkin | 4.73 | 344 | 350 | 361 | ||||||
Independent | Mary Lillis | 4.33 | 315 | 319 | |||||||
Electorate: 11,015 Valid: 7,280 (66.09%) Spoilt: 83 Quota: 1,041 Turnout: 7,363 (66.85%) |
Longford - 6 seats | |||||||||||
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Party | Candidate | % 1st Pref | Count 1 | Count 2 | Count 3 | Count 4 | Count 5 | Count 6 | Count 7 | Count 8 | |
Fine Gael | John Browne* | 12.74 | 727 | 734 | 755 | 779 | 831 | ||||
Fianna Fáil | Seamus Butler | 12.25 | 699 | 712 | 731 | 747 | 774 | 856 | |||
Fine Gael | Peggy Nolan* | 11.37 | 649 | 657 | 674 | 706 | 745 | 909 | |||
Independent | Gerry Warnock | 10.95 | 625 | 646 | 696 | 751 | 820 | ||||
Fianna Fáil | Michael Connellan | 9.25 | 528 | 531 | 540 | 556 | 592 | 643 | 671 | 685 | |
Fianna Fáil | Pádraig Loughrey*† | 9.16 | 523 | 528 | 549 | 577 | 630 | 715 | 727 | 744 | |
Independent | Mae Sexton * | 8.92 | 509 | 520 | 547 | 573 | 627 | 708 | 754 | 763 | |
Fine Gael | Yvonne Ni Mhurchu | 8.58 | 490 | 493 | 504 | 514 | 534 | ||||
Independent | Paul Connell* | 6.06 | 346 | 360 | 382 | 412 | |||||
Sinn Féin | Barbara Smyth | 4.41 | 252 | 256 | 256 | ||||||
Independent | Tony Flaherty | 4.33 | 247 | 263 | 277 | 277 | |||||
Independent | Martin Clyne | 1.98 | 113 | ||||||||
Electorate: 9,612 Valid: 5,708 (59.38%) Spoilt: 78 Quota: 816 Turnout: 5,786 (60.20%) |
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