2014 Donegal County Council election
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All 37 seats on Donegal County Council 19 seats needed for a majority | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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An election to all 37 seats on Donegal County Council took place on 23 May 2014 as part of the 2014 Irish local elections. County Donegal was divided into 5 local electoral areas to elect councillors for a five-year term of office on the electoral system of proportional representation by means of the single transferable vote (PR-STV). In addition, the town councils of Ballyshannon, Bundoran and Letterkenny were all abolished.
The arrest of one candidate was ordered ahead of the election.[2][3]
Gary Doherty of Sinn Féin and independent Frank McBrearty Jnr, a former county mayor and formerly of Labour, were the first candidates to be elected. Both were elected on the first count in the Stranorlar Electoral Area.[4] Another candidate Ian McGarvey, who went into the election as Ireland's oldest Mayor, was re-elected in the Letterkenny Electoral Area.[5] The count concluded in Letterkenny in the early hours of Monday 26 May, when Mick Quinn of Sinn Féin narrowly triumphed over independent Donal Cullen just after 5 am.[6] Independents did well, according to local media in the Donegal LEA at the expense of both Fianna Fáil and Fine Gael and would increase their representation by 5 overall on the council.[7] Overall while Fianna Fáil made gains in Letterkenny and Glenties they lost a seat in Donegal compared to 2009. Michael Farren retained a solitary seat for Labour in Inishowen. Fine Gael lost 2 seats overall in the Donegal and Inishowen LEAs. Sinn Féin won a second seat in each LEA except Donegal.[8]
Results by party
Results published here. (archive link)
Party | Seats | ± | 1st pref | FPv% | ±% | |
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Fianna Fáil | 11 | +1 | 21,069 | 29.1% | ||
Sinn Féin | 9 | +5 | 14,204 | 19.6% | ||
Fine Gael | 6 | -2 | 11,351 | 15.7% | ||
Labour | 1 | -1 | 2,723 | 3.8% | ||
Independent | 10 | +5 | 21,258 | 29.4% | ||
Total | 37 | +8 | 72,306 | 100.0% | — |
Results by local electoral area
^ *: Outgoing councillor.
Donegal
Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | |||||||||||||
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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | ||||
Independent | Niamh Kennedy | 12.52 | 1,738 | 1,742 | 1,755 | 1,790 | 1,838 | 1,886 | 1,940 | 2,174 | ||||||
Fianna Fáil | Sean McEniff[*]†† | 11.83 | 1,642 | 1,643 | 1,671 | 1,686 | 1,739 | 1,748 | 1,890 | 1,896 | 1,897 | 1,906 | 1,913 | 2,244 | ||
Independent | Tom Conaghan | 11.38 | 1,580 | 1,581 | 1,597 | 1,648 | 1,652 | 1,801 | 1,920 | 1,943 | 1,948 | 2,117 | ||||
Independent | John Campbell[*]†††† | 8.78 | 1,219 | 1,221 | 1,237 | 1,259 | 1,272 | 1,320 | 1,370 | 1,441 | 1,475 | 1,671 | 1,706 | 1,744 | 1,752 | |
Fianna Fáil | Brendan Byrne[*] | 7.90 | 1,096 | 1,096 | 1,098 | 1,103 | 1,107 | 1,116 | 1,207 | 1,380 | 1,441 | 1,584 | 1,599 | 1,624 | 1,639 | |
Sinn Féin | Noel Jordan | 7.84 | 1,088 | 1,088 | 1,101 | 1,112 | 1,122 | 1,162 | 1,194 | 1,219 | 1,242 | 1,355 | 1,366 | 1,827 | 1,888 | |
Fine Gael | Barry O'Neill[*] | 7.65 | 1,062 | 1,064 | 1,072 | 1,089 | 1,125 | 1,141 | 1,163 | 1,227 | 1,235 | 1,542 | 1,566 | 1,703 | 1,785 | |
Sinn Féin | Michael McMahon | 6.99 | 970 | 973 | 1,026 | 1,036 | 1,159 | 1,166 | 1,195 | 1,202 | 1,206 | 1,211 | 1,211 | |||
Fine Gael | John Boyle[*] | 6.39 | 887 | 887 | 888 | 897 | 897 | 913 | 931 | 1,125 | 1,178 | |||||
Fine Gael | John McNulty | 5.88 | 816 | 816 | 822 | 827 | 828 | 839 | 845 | |||||||
Fianna Fáil | Michael Naughton | 4.25 | 590 | 591 | 604 | 621 | 628 | 651 | ||||||||
Independent | Jonathan Kennedy | 2.71 | 376 | 376 | 381 | 407 | 412 | |||||||||
Independent | Joseph McNulty | 2.56 | 356 | 364 | 376 | 379 | ||||||||||
Independent | Bernie Mulhern | 1.62 | 225 | 225 | 235 | |||||||||||
Independent | Laurence McManus | 1.51 | 209 | 211 | ||||||||||||
Independent | Patricia McCafferty | 0.19 | 27 | |||||||||||||
Electorate: 22,050 Valid: 13,881 (62.95%) Spoilt: 132 Quota: 1,984 Turnout: 14,014 (63.55%) |
Glenties
Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | ||||||||||
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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | ||||
Fianna Fáil | Seamus O Domhnaill[*] | 14.64 | 1,889 | ||||||||||
Sinn Féin | Marie Therese Gallagher[*] | 13.60 | 1,754 | 1,792 | 1,794 | 1,816 | 1,890 | ||||||
Fianna Fáil | Enda Bonner | 9.64 | 1,244 | 1,266 | 1,270 | 1,280 | 1,310 | 1,422 | 1,476 | 1,478 | 1,518 | 1,669 | |
Sinn Féin | John O Fearraigh | 9.51 | 1,227 | 1,230 | 1,239 | 1,269 | 1,270 | 1,431 | 1,616 | 1,628 | 1,864 | ||
Independent | Micheál Cholm MacGiolla Easbuig | 8.57 | 1,106 | 1,118 | 1,120 | 1,146 | 1,160 | 1,227 | 1,341 | 1,346 | 1,413 | 1,612 | |
Fine Gael | Terence Slowey[*] | 7.17 | 925 | 931 | 931 | 1,025 | 1,104 | 1,106 | 1,163 | 1,169 | 1,211 | 1,399 | |
Fianna Fáil | Ian Molloy | 6.94 | 895 | 901 | 903 | 906 | 1,119 | 1,139 | 1,149 | 1,160 | 1,182 | 1,273 | |
Labour | Seamus Rodgers | 5.75 | 742 | 762 | 764 | 797 | 858 | 886 | 1,009 | 1,019 | 1,096 | ||
Independent | Michael McClafferty | 5.59 | 721 | 726 | 736 | 868 | 888 | 903 | 962 | 963 | |||
Independent | Padraig Doherty[*] | 5.04 | 650 | 661 | 664 | 736 | 745 | 832 | |||||
Independent | Brian Carr | 4.26 | 550 | 555 | 555 | 560 | |||||||
Fianna Fáil | Hughie MacGiolla Bhride | 4.23 | 546 | 548 | 551 | 565 | 567 | ||||||
Fine Gael | John Curran | 3.91 | 504 | 504 | 513 | ||||||||
Direct Democracy | Joe McCarron | 1.13 | 146 | ||||||||||
Electorate: 22,325 Valid: 12,899 (57.78%) Spoilt: 136 Quota: 1,843 Turnout: 13,035 (58.39%) |
Inishowen
Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | ||||||||||||
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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | ||||
Fianna Fáil | Martin McDermott | 12.51 | 2,002 | ||||||||||||
Sinn Féin | Jack Murray[*] | 9.23 | 1,476 | 1,483 | 1,499 | 1,546 | 1,553 | 1,582 | 1,591 | 1,594 | 1,706 | ||||
Sinn Féin | Albert Doherty | 8.75 | 1,399 | 1,459 | 1,463 | 1,483 | 1,486 | 1,511 | 1,636 | ||||||
Fianna Fáil | Paul Canning[*] | 8.24 | 1,318 | 1,334 | 1,336 | 1,342 | 1,346 | 1,406 | 1,422 | 1,423 | 1,436 | 1,436 | 1,462 | 1,466 | |
Independent | Nicholas Crossan | 7.83 | 1,252 | 1,258 | 1,284 | 1,327 | 1,430 | 1,441 | 1,506 | 1,510 | 1,652 | ||||
Fine Gael | Bernard McGuinness[*] | 7.38 | 1,180 | 1,271 | 1,278 | 1,287 | 1,310 | 1,340 | 1,488 | 1,499 | 1,519 | 1,523 | 1,726 | ||
Fianna Fáil | Rena Donaghey[*] | 7.12 | 1,139 | 1,184 | 1,193 | 1,207 | 1,264 | 1,368 | 1,406 | 1,409 | 1,473 | 1,477 | 1,536 | 1,539 | |
Labour | Martin Farren[*] | 6.49 | 1,038 | 1,051 | 1,054 | 1,064 | 1,068 | 1,199 | 1,219 | 1,223 | 1,256 | 1,258 | 1,403 | 1,427 | |
Fine Gael | John Ryan[*]††† | 6.33 | 1,013 | 1,017 | 1,027 | 1,052 | 1,147 | 1,155 | 1,176 | 1,177 | 1,207 | 1,213 | 1,360 | 1,452 | |
Sinn Féin | Ciaran McLaughlin | 6.13 | 980 | 989 | 1,009 | 1,034 | 1,063 | 1,074 | 1,093 | 1,096 | 1,224 | 1,268 | 1,307 | 1,310 | |
Fine Gael | Mickey Doherty[*] | 3.99 | 638 | 652 | 654 | 676 | 686 | 754 | 800 | 803 | 819 | 820 | |||
People Before Profit | Joe Murphy | 3.76 | 601 | 609 | 655 | 711 | 724 | 738 | 785 | 788 | |||||
Independent | Patrick McCarroll | 3.47 | 555 | 595 | 612 | 648 | 654 | 671 | |||||||
Fianna Fáil | Mary McCauley | 3.23 | 516 | 592 | 596 | 602 | 605 | ||||||||
Fine Gael | Peter McLaughlin | 2.24 | 359 | 362 | 369 | 374 | |||||||||
Independent | Ryan Stewart | 2.08 | 332 | 340 | 361 | ||||||||||
Direct Democracy | Eilis Haden | 0.66 | 106 | 107 | |||||||||||
Independent | Paul Ferguson | 0.58 | 93 | ||||||||||||
Electorate: 30,653 Valid: 15,997 (52.19%) Spoilt: 212 Quota: 1,600 Turnout: 16,209 (52.88%) |
Letterkenny
Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | |||||||||||||||||
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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | ||||
Fianna Fáil | Liam Blaney[*] | 9.33 | 1,763 | |||||||||||||||||
Fianna Fáil | Ciaran Brogan[*] | 8.98 | 1,698 | 1,701 | 1,707 | 1,718 | 1,718 | 1,730 | ||||||||||||
Independent | John O'Donnell | 8.95 | 1,692 | 1,697 | 1,708 | 1,721 | ||||||||||||||
Independent | Ian McGarvey[*] | 7.08 | 1,338 | 1,345 | 1,352 | 1,366 | 1,367 | 1,403 | 1,424 | 1,424 | 1,447 | 1,478 | 1,504 | 1,541 | 1,648 | 1,744 | ||||
Fianna Fáil | James Pat McDaid | 6.95 | 1,314 | 1,321 | 1,328 | 1,331 | 1,331 | 1,340 | 1,373 | 1,373 | 1,430 | 1,459 | 1,496 | 1,645 | 1,759 | |||||
Sinn Féin | Gerry McMonagle[*] | 6.42 | 1,213 | 1,214 | 1,232 | 1,249 | 1,249 | 1,272 | 1,280 | 1,280 | 1,307 | 1,312 | 1,372 | 1,414 | 1,441 | 1,530 | 1,533 | 1,546 | 1,552 | |
Independent | Michael McBride | 6.02 | 1,138 | 1,141 | 1,144 | 1,160 | 1,161 | 1,181 | 1,203 | 1,204 | 1,231 | 1,268 | 1,289 | 1,330 | 1,456 | 1,522 | 1,533 | 1,633 | 1,698 | |
Sinn Féin | Mick Quinn† | 5.69 | 1,076 | 1,078 | 1,085 | 1,090 | 1,090 | 1,106 | 1,118 | 1,118 | 1,122 | 1,132 | 1,144 | 1,157 | 1,212 | 1,244 | 1,254 | 1,297 | 1,304 | |
Independent | Dessie Shiels | 5.05 | 955 | 956 | 969 | 993 | 993 | 1,019 | 1,056 | 1,056 | 1,120 | 1,151 | 1,229 | 1,300 | 1,381 | 1,514 | 1,522 | 1,555 | 1,573 | |
Fine Gael | Jimmy Kavanagh | 4.74 | 896 | 896 | 900 | 920 | 920 | 942 | 984 | 985 | 1,050 | 1,177 | 1,224 | 1,283 | 1,347 | 1,587 | 1,590 | 1,977 | ||
Independent | Donal Cullen | 4.67 | 883 | 887 | 903 | 914 | 914 | 928 | 960 | 962 | 973 | 984 | 999 | 1,010 | 1,032 | 1,074 | 1,077 | 1,224 | 1,258 | |
Fine Gael | Noel McBride[*] | 4.38 | 828 | 830 | 833 | 836 | 836 | 847 | 872 | 874 | 879 | 944 | 952 | 972 | 1,012 | 1,038 | 1,040 | |||
Independent | Pascal Blake[*] | 3.43 | 648 | 649 | 658 | 676 | 676 | 698 | 723 | 723 | 767 | 803 | 853 | 913 | 957 | |||||
Independent | Charlie McClafferty | 3.21 | 607 | 608 | 615 | 624 | 624 | 630 | 659 | 661 | 716 | 749 | 772 | 800 | ||||||
Fianna Fáil | John Watson | 2.54 | 480 | 483 | 489 | 495 | 495 | 505 | 526 | 527 | 547 | 570 | 622 | |||||||
Letterkenny Residents Party | Tom Crossan | 2.26 | 428 | 429 | 441 | 457 | 457 | 467 | 487 | 488 | ||||||||||
Independent | David Fisher | 2.20 | 415 | 415 | 429 | 446 | 446 | 465 | 497 | 497 | 522 | 537 | ||||||||
Fine Gael | Grace Boyle | 2.19 | 413 | 414 | 417 | 422 | 422 | 461 | 490 | 491 | 503 | |||||||||
Labour | Christy Galligan | 1.99 | 377 | 378 | 381 | 385 | 385 | 419 | ||||||||||||
Labour | Siobhan McLaughlin | 1.79 | 338 | 338 | 352 | 353 | 353 | |||||||||||||
Independent | Peter Cutliffe | 1.15 | 218 | 219 | 225 | |||||||||||||||
People Before Profit | Billy Banda | 0.97 | 183 | 183 | ||||||||||||||||
Electorate: 31,406 Valid: 18,901 (60.18%) Spoilt: 163 Quota: 1,719 Turnout: 19,064 (60.70%) |
Tom Crossan had been elected for the Letterkenny Residents Party at the 2009 Letterkenny Town Council election. Following his failure to be elected to Donegal County Council, the party dissolved and in December 2014, the acting registrar of political parties proposed to cancel the party's registration.[9] It was not included in the February 2015 register.[10]
Stranorlar
Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | |||||||||
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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | ||||
Sinn Féin | Gary Doherty[*] | 18.51 | 1,967 | |||||||||
Independent | Frank McBrearty Jnr[*] | 14.97 | 1,591 | |||||||||
Fianna Fáil | Patrick McGowan[*] | 13.30 | 1,414 | 1,439 | 1,444 | 1,452 | 1,491 | 1,509 | 1,619 | |||
Fianna Fáil | Gerry Crawford[*] | 11.48 | 1,220 | 1,247 | 1,247 | 1,265 | 1,277 | 1,285 | 1,332 | 1,371 | 1,393 | |
Fine Gael | Martin Harley[*] | 10.69 | 1,136 | 1,153 | 1,159 | 1,165 | 1,222 | 1,250 | 1,315 | 1,334 | 1,421 | |
Sinn Féin | Liam Doherty | 9.92 | 1,054 | 1,356 | 1,357 | 1,372 | 1,390 | 1,447 | 1,474 | 1,482 | 1,559 | |
Fine Gael | Bert Galbraith | 6.53 | 694 | 701 | 705 | 713 | 719 | 720 | 724 | 724 | 730 | |
Independent | Seamus Kee | 4.08 | 430 | 474 | 476 | 482 | 498 | 539 | 549 | 552 | 619 | |
Independent | Alan McMenamin | 2.94 | 312 | 319 | 330 | 335 | 351 | 395 | 419 | 424 | ||
Fianna Fáil | Claudia Kennedy | 2.85 | 303 | 309 | 311 | 313 | 340 | 350 | ||||
People Before Profit | Charlotte (Charlie) McDyer | 2.23 | 237 | 247 | 252 | 255 | 262 | |||||
Labour | Brian McCrea | 2.15 | 228 | 234 | 234 | 235 | ||||||
Independent | Tim Meehan | 0.36 | 38 | 39 | ||||||||
Electorate: 19,396 Valid: 10,628 (54.79%) Spoilt: 147 Quota: 1,519 Turnout: 10,775 (55.55%) |
Changes 2014–2019
- † Letterkenny Sinn Féin Councillor Mick Quinn resigned on health grounds on 27 March 2017.[1] Adrian Glackin was co-opted to fill the vacancy on 29 May 2017.[2]
- †† Donegal Fianna Fáil Councillor Sean McEniff died on 21 April 2017 following injuries sustained in an accident.[3] At a convention on 16 July 2017 Micheál Naughton was selected to fill the vacancy.[4]
- ††† Inishowen Fine Gael Councillor John Ryan resigned his seat on 15 May 2018 citing work commitments.[5] A co-option will be made in due course. On 23 July 2018 Mickey Doherty was co-opted to fill the vacancy.[6]
- †††† Donegal Independent Councillor John Campbell resigned his seat for personal reasons on 8 January 2019.[7] On 28 January 2019 Seamus Maguire was co-opted to fill the vacancy.[8]
References
- ^ "2014 Local Elections". electionsireland.org. 23 May 2014. Retrieved 17 July 2024.
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- ^ "Arrest of Donegal local election candidate ordered". Irish Independent. 16 May 2014. Archived from the original on 4 April 2015. Retrieved 16 May 2014.
- ^ Doherty, Diarmaid (25 May 2014). "Doherty and McBrearty first councillors elected". Donegal Democrat. Archived from the original on 9 March 2015. Retrieved 25 May 2014.
- ^ "More stories to emerge from Local Elections". RTÉ News. 24 May 2014. Archived from the original on 9 March 2015. Retrieved 24 May 2014.
- ^ "Independents Day! Sinn Féin also double seats as Fianna Fáil hold firm – Bad day for Fine Gael". Donegal Daily. 26 May 2014. Archived from the original on 2 April 2015. Retrieved 26 May 2014.
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- ^ "Register of Political Parties" (PDF). Iris Oifigiúil. 2014 (103): 3016. 26 December 2014. Archived (PDF) from the original on 3 April 2023. Retrieved 11 November 2023.
- ^ "Register of Political Parties 9 February 2015" (PDF). Oireachtas. 9 February 2015. Archived (PDF) from the original on 24 January 2022. Retrieved 10 May 2023.
External links
- Official website