Louth County Council election, 2014

Louth County Council election, 2014
All 29 seats to Louth County Council
	Map showing the area of Louth County Council
	Council control after election; TBD;

Last updated April 20, 2019

An election to Louth County Council took place on 23 May 2014 as part of that year's Irish local elections. 29 councillors were elected from four electoral divisions by PR-STV voting for a five-year term of office.^[1]^[2] Ahead of the 2014 election Louth was redrawn into four electoral areas, a reduction of one from five, and the number of councillors was increased to 29, from a previous total of 26. Drogheda Borough Council, Dundalk Town Council and Ardee Town Council were all abolished.

Louth County Council is the authority responsible for local government in County Louth, 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 29 elected members. Elections are held every five years and are by single transferable vote. The head of the council has the title of Cathaoirleach (Chairperson). The county administration is headed by a Chief Executive, Joan Martin. The county town is Dundalk.

Dundalk is the county town of County Louth, Ireland. It is on the Castletown River, which flows into Dundalk Bay, and is near the border with Northern Ireland, halfway between Dublin and Belfast. It has associations with the mythical warrior hero Cú Chulainn.

Results by party

Party		Seats	±	First Pref. votes	FPv%	±%
	Sinn Féin	10	+5	14,159	31.424
	Fine Gael	7	-1	9,319	20.682
	Fianna Fáil	5	-	8,576	19.033
	Labour Party	2	-	2,238	4.967
	Green Party	2	+1	1,738	3.857
	Independent	3	-2	7,435	16.501
	Direct Democracy	-	-	860	1.909
	Anti-Austerity Alliance	-	-	456	1.012
	People Before Profit	-	-	277	0.165
Totals		29	+3	45,058	100%	—

Results by Electoral Area

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Ardee

Ardee - 6 seats
Party		Candidate	% 1st Pref	Count 1	Count 2	Count 3	Count 4	Count 5	Count 6	Count 7	Count 8	Count 9	Count 10	Count 11	Count 12	Count 13	Count 14	Count 15
	Sinn Féin	Pearse McGeough*	14.54	1,569
	Fine Gael	Colm Markey*	11.67	1,258	1,259	1,266	1,288	1,304	1,312	1,314	1,369	1,435	1,465	1,645
	Sinn Féin	Tom Cunningham	10.27	1,107	1,122	1,140	1,149	1,154	1,185	1,196	1,210	1,260	1,316	1,410	1,416	1,443	1,506	1,514
	Fianna Fáil	Liam Reilly*	8.99	969	972	974	979	986	995	1,001	1,022	1,182	1,218	1,270	1,285	1,441	1,683
	Fine Gael	Jim Lennon*	6.22	671	672	674	685	699	706	720	755	763	775	793	807
	Independent	Hugh Conlon	5.83	628	629	652	658	679	737	760	771	794	869	1,052	1,097	1,137	1,173	1,193
	Fianna Fáil	Fintan Malone	5.67	611	611	614	616	621	636	662	701	764	809	828	831	878
	Independent	Jim Levins	5.56	599	601	614	624	631	638	646	651	694	737
	Fine Gael	Dolores Minogue	4.88	526	527	528	545	565	581	605	753	771	864	879	895	1,154	1,331	1,353
	Independent	Jim Tenanty	4.84	522	523	527	529	556	587	725	804	807	902	947	952	1,004	1,174	1,216
	Fianna Fáil	Tomás Wilkinson	4.52	487	487	487	496	498	499	500	512
	Fine Gael	Finnan McCoy*	4.19	452	453	454	459	470	475	487
	Independent	Berenice McKeever	4.01	431	432	442	451	478	512	527	563	589
	Independent	Michael Farrelly	2.44	263	263	264	269	279	301
	Independent	Kevin Bailey	2.34	252	253	265	269	274
	Independent	Fred Matthews	1.67	180	180	189	191
	Labour Party	Gavin Kierans	1.22	132	134	134
	Direct Democracy	Pat Greene	1.15	124	124
Electorate: 21,455 Valid: 10,781 (50.25%) Spoilt: 159 Quota: 1,541 Turnout: 10,940 (50.99%)

Drogheda

Drogheda - 10 seats
Party		Candidate	% 1st Pref	Count 1	Count 2	Count 3	Count 4	Count 5	Count 6	Count 7	Count 8	Count 9	Count 10	Count 11	Count 12	Count 13	Count 14	Count 15
	Sinn Féin	Imelda Munster *††	16.70	2,317
	Labour Party	Paul Bell*	10.17	1,411
	Sinn Féin	Alan Cassidy†††††	8.56	1,188	1,521
	Fianna Fáil	Tommy Byrne*	7.22	1,001	1,026	1,029	1,042	1,045	1,045	1,051	1,060	1,162	1,190	1,201	1,266
	Fine Gael	Kevin Callan†	6.14	852	874	880	896	897	901	909	928	950	1,000	1,006	1,096	1,109	1,111	1,200
	Fine Gael	Oliver Tully*	5.29	734	743	745	747	748	750	761	773	792	854	857	982	991	991	1,032
	Independent	Frank Godfrey*	5.16	716	764	769	788	806	839	872	890	921	949	994	1,031	1,127	1,150	1,289
	Fine Gael	Richie Culhane	5.03	698	709	710	723	723	727	733	743	761	793	803	903	929	932	1,028
	Labour Party	Pio Martin Smith*	5.01	695	722	725	753	760	764	769	799	810	838	841	870	917	920	987
	Fianna Fáil	Frank Maher*	4.59	637	652	653	664	670	677	678	695	804	830	843	876	895	900
	Sinn Féin	Kenneth Flood	3.62	502	890	1,099	1,108	1,110	1,121	1,135	1,150	1,167	1,178	1,227	1,246	1,364
	Anti-Austerity Alliance	Ciaran McKenna	3.29	456	490	493	496	499	511	546	579	595	607	677	689
	Fine Gael	Michael O'Dowd*	3.12	433	442	444	449	452	453	455	465	474
	Fine Gael	Garrett O'Dowd	3.04	422	436	438	445	446	447	451	461	477	618	625
	Fianna Fáil	John Govern	3.00	416	427	431	435	435	438	442	449
	Direct Democracy	Anthony Connor	2.76	383	410	418	424	434	444	461	472	483	488
	Direct Democracy	Ronan Mooney	2.54	353	397	400	404	413	420	461	485	502	508	707	722	895	921	953
	Green Party	Michael McKeon	1.78	244	255	257	260	264	270	285
	People Before Profit	Stephanie Valla-Black	1.29	179	197	199	201	223	244
	Independent	Julia Feely	0.87	120	126	128	131	152
	Independent	Jeff Rudd	0.81	112	118	119	120
Electorate: 30,794 Valid: 13,872 (45.05%) Spoilt: 273 Quota: 1,262 Turnout: 14,145 (45.93%)

Dundalk Carlingford

Dundalk Carlingford - 6 seats
Party		Candidate	% 1st Pref	Count 1	Count 2	Count 3	Count 4	Count 5	Count 6	Count 7	Count 8	Count 9
	Sinn Féin	Edel Corrigan*	15.96	1,564
	Sinn Féin	Jim Loughran*††††	12.80	1,255	1,326	1,349	1,362	1,387	1,399	1,402
	Fianna Fáil	Peter Savage*	12.64	1,239	1,241	1,253	1,273	1,368	1,424
	Sinn Féin	J.J. Quigley	7.93	777	836	870	889	897	974	974	1,101	1,150
	Fine Gael	John McGahon	7.77	762	765	774	799	877	932	936	1,010	1,381
	Fianna Fáil	Conor Keelan	7.52	737	740	743	775	786	952	961	1,074	1,154
	Fine Gael	Colin Goss	7.51	736	738	747	764	860	887	887	931
	Green Party	Mark Dearey	7.31	717	725	765	821	846	902	906	1,079	1,262
	Independent	Jim Ryan*	5.48	537	541	579	690	702	769	772
	Fianna Fáil	Seán Kelly	5.41	530	534	534	558	562
	Fine Gael	Martin Murnaghan*	3.88	380	380	385	389
	Independent	Eamonn P. O'Boyle	3.07	301	303	364
	Independent	Luke Martin	1.01	99	101
	People Before Profit	Syd Smith	0.99	98	99
	Independent	Sylwia Golbiewska Jokubas	0.72	71	73
Electorate: 19,299 Valid: 9,806 Spoilt: 178 Quota: 1,401 Turnout: 9,984 (52%)

Dundalk South

Dundalk South - 7 seats
Party		Candidate	% 1st Pref	Count 1	Count 2	Count 3	Count 4	Count 5	Count 6	Count 7	Count 8	Count 9	Count 10
	Sinn Féin	Tomás Sharkey*	17.03	1,805
	Fianna Fáil	Declan Breathnach *†††	12.87	1,364
	Independent	Meave Anna Yore	11.58	1,228	1,260	1,263	1,309	1,389
	Sinn Féin	Kevin Meenan††††††	10.21	1,082	1,246	1,247	1,270	1,281	1,284	1,288	1,307	1,325	1,369
	Sinn Féin	Jennifer Green†††††††	9.36	992	1,191	1,193	1,212	1,233	1,236	1,247	1,269	1,291	1,350
	Green Party	Marianne Butler*	7.33	777	789	792	814	847	856	882	943	987	1,149
	Fine Gael	Maria Doyle	6.01	637	647	650	655	678	680	785	838	1,103	1,181
	Fianna Fáil	Stephen Egan	5.52	585	600	616	622	644	648	691	766	866	974
	Independent	Seán Bellew	4.46	473	482	485	511	552	569	595	712	740
	Fine Gael	Linus English*	3.82	405	413	415	417	431	434	524	574
	Independent	Brian O'Neill	3.54	375	382	383	400	454	464	511
	Fine Gael	Paddy Malone	3.32	352	358	359	359	382	390
	Independent	Eamonn P. O'Boyle	2.87	304	312	314	352
	Independent	Oliver Morgan	1.08	114	119	120
	Independent	Mark Fitzsimons	1.03	109	113	113
Electorate: 21,322 Valid: 10,602 (49.72%) Spoilt: 160 Quota: 1,326 Turnout: 10,762 (50.47%)

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References

↑ Logue, Patrick (22 May 2014). "Louth profile: Battle royal looms in the Wee County". The Irish Times . Retrieved 22 May 2014.
↑ "Louth County Council: Update". Irish Independent . 25 May 2014. Retrieved 25 May 2014.
↑ "Local Election: Louth County Council". Irish Independent .

Changes Since 2014

† Drogheda Fine Gael Cllr Kevin Callan resigned from the party on 2 November 2014 and became an Independent in opposition to the government's handling of the water charges controversy .
†† Drogheda Sinn Féin Cllr Imelda Munster was elected as a TD for Louth at the Irish general election, 2016. Joanne Byrne was co-opted to fill the vacancy on 21 March 2016.
††† Dundalk-South Fianna Fáil Cllr Declan Breathnach was elected as a TD for Louth at the Irish general election, 2016. Emma Coffey was co-opted to fill the vacancy on 21 March 2016.
†††† Dundalk-Carlingford Sinn Féin Councillor Jim Loughran resigned his seat for health reasons in October 2016. Antoin Watters was co-opted to fill the vacancy on 21 November 2016.
††††† Drogheda Sinn Féin Councillor Alan Cassidy resigned his seat in May 2017 citing family reasons. Davin Saurin was co-opted to fill the vacancy.
†††††† Dundalk-South Sinn Féin Councillor Kevin Meenan resigned his seat on 21 July 2017 citing health reasons. Ruairi O Mhurcu was co-opted to fill the vacancy on 18 September 2017.
††††††† Dundalk-South Sinn Féin Councillor Jennifer Green resigned her seat citing family reasons. Anne Campbell was co-opted to fill the vacancy on 18 September 2017.

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[1] Logue, Patrick (22 May 2014). "Louth profile: Battle royal looms in the Wee County". The Irish Times . Retrieved 22 May 2014.

[2] "Louth County Council: Update". Irish Independent . 25 May 2014. Retrieved 25 May 2014.

[3] "Local Election: Louth County Council". Irish Independent .