Roscommon County Council election, 2014

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Roscommon County Council election, 2014
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All 18 seats to Roscommon County Council
10 seats needed for a majority
  First party Second party Third party
 
Party Fianna Fáil Fine Gael Sinn Féin
Seats won 8 3 1
Seat change - -7 -
  Fourth party
 
Party Independent
Seats won 6
Seat change -1
Roscommon in Ireland.svg
Map showing the area of Roscommon County Council
Council control after election

TBD

An election to Roscommon 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 in 8 seats from the previous election in 2009. In addition Boyle Town Council was also abolished.

Fine Gael imploded in the county, losing 7 seats including those of a number of long serving councillors; due to voter anger over continuous boil water notices and the closure of Roscommon Hospital’s Accident and Emergency Department; the latter leading to a split in the party locally. Fianna Fáil and Independents performed well in the election with the former becoming the largest party in Roscommon for the first time since 1985. [1] [2][3][4]

Results by party

Party Seats ± First Pref. votes FPv% ±%
Fianna Fáil 8 - 10,822 34.53
Fine Gael 3 -7 7,026 22.42
Sinn Féin 1 - 2,542 8.11
Independent 6 -1 10,361 33.06
Totals 18 -8 100% —

Results by Electoral Area

Athlone

Athlone - 6 seats
Party Candidate  % 1st Pref Count 1 Count 2 Count 3 Count 4 Count 5
Independent Tony Ward* 17.62 1,712        
Fianna Fáil Ivan Connaughton 14.56 1,414        
Fine Gael John Naughten* 12.71 1,235 1,298 1,309 1,414  
Fianna Fáil John Keogh* 11.52 1,119 1,158 1,176 1,271 1,379
Independent Laurence Fallon 10.76 1,045 1,102 1,111 1,287 1,458
Fianna Fáil Paddy Kilduff* 10.13 984 1,026 1,034 1,111 1,183
Fine Gael Ollie Moore* 8.73 848 882 892 923 988
Sinn Féin David McWeeney 6.64 645 675 703 759  
Independent Anthony Geraghty 3.78 367 399 426    
Independent Peadar Doyle 2.11 205 217 237    
Independent Gordon Hudson 1.44 140 155 155    
Electorate: 14,519   Valid: 9,714 (66.91%)   Spoilt: 109   Quota: 1,401   Turnout: 9,823 (67.66%)

Boyle

Boyle - 6 seats
Party Candidate  % 1st Pref Count 1 Count 2 Count 3 Count 4 Count 5 Count 6 Count 7 Count 8
Fianna Fáil John Cummins* 13.16 1,513 1,535 1,582 1,628 1,643      
Independent Valerie Byrne 11.71 1,347 1,442 1,461 1,578 1,619 1,777    
Sinn Féin Patrick Michael Mulligan* 10.88 1,251 1,283 1,362 1,406 1,614 1,639 1,640 1,727
Fianna Fáil Eugene Murphy*† 9.99 1,149 1,163 1,178 1,289 1,310 1,381 1,406 1,463
Fianna Fáil Rachel Doherty* 9.28 1,067 1,079 1,131 1,152 1,176 1,296 1,332 1,608
Independent Tom Crosby* 9.23 1,062 1,107 1,112 1,144 1,161 1,207 1,230 1,268
Fine Gael Maura Hopkins 7.30 840 867 916 1,039 1,287 1,400 1,413 1,729
Fine Gael Charlie Hopkins 6.36 731 733 734 752 767 929 948  
Fine Gael Gerry Garvey* 5.86 674 680 682 739 754 754    
Fine Gael Liam Callaghan* 5.15 592 606 650          
Labour Party Micheál Frain 5.10 587 606 652 696 696      
Fianna Fáil Aidan Sampey 3.17 365 374 374          
Independent Gertrude Drury-O'Beirne 1.58 182 182            
Independent Anthony Brendan Coleman 1.22 140 140            
Electorate: 17,647   Valid: 11,500 (65.17%)   Spoilt: 132   Quota: 1,643   Turnout: 11,632 (65.91%)

Roscommon

Roscommon - 6 seats
Party Candidate  % 1st Pref Count 1 Count 2 Count 3 Count 4 Count 5 Count 6 Count 7 Count 8 Count 9
Fianna Fáil Paschal Fitzmaurice* 15.03 1,576                
Fianna Fáil Orla Leyden* 10.04 1,053 1,054 1,063 1,070 1,085 1,134 1,241 1,290 1,334
Independent Kathleen Shanagher 9.17 962 965 966 973 992 1,022 1,211 1,314 1,345
Independent Dominick Connolly* 9.12 957 959 964 983 1,010 1,128 1,295 1,376 1,443
Fianna Fáil Larry Brennan 9.03 947 947 951 956 973 1,009 1,103 1,140 1,161
Fine Gael Michael Creaton* 8.34 875 876 885 917 959 1,039 1,060 1,120 1,419
Independent Nigel Dineen 7.58 795 803 822 869 993 1,044 1,113 1,322 1,487
Fine Gael Michael McGreal* 7.23 758 758 762 830 863 892 905 943  
Independent Paula McNamara* 6.59 691 693 694 705 727 762      
Sinn Féin Séamus O'Brien 6.46 646 650 658 712 799 807 831    
Fine Gael Seán Beirne* 4.51 473 474 474 478 481        
Independent John Murphy* 3.75 393 397 409 449          
Independent Padraig Morris 3.06 321 327 332            
Independent Joe Malone 0.40 42                
Electorate: 16,891   Valid: 10,633 (62.10%)   Spoilt: 144   Quota: 1,499   Turnout: 10,489 (62.95%)

References

  1. ↑ http://www.irishtimes.com/news/politics/roscommon-profile-voters-boiling-angry-over-contaminated-water-1.1799197?page=1
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Post-Election Changes

  • † Boyle Fianna Fáil Councillor Eugene Murphy was elected as a TD for Roscommon-Galway at the Irish general election 2016. His brother, Joe, was co-opted to fill the vacancy on 14 March 2016.[1]

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