2014 Kilkenny County Council election

2014 Kilkenny County Council election
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All 24 seats to Kilkenny County Council
13 seats needed for a majority
  First party Second party Third party
 
Party Fianna Fáil Fine Gael Sinn Féin
Seats won 10 7 3
Seat change +3 -5 +3
  Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party
 
Party Labour Green Independent
Seats won 2 1 1
Seat change -3 0 0
Map showing the area of Kilkenny County Council
Council control before election

Fine Gael
Labour Party

 Council control after election

Fine Gael
Labour Party
Green Party
Independents

An election to all 24 seats on Kilkenny County Council took place on 23 May 2014 as part of the 2014 Irish local elections, a reduction from 26 seats at the 2009 election. County Kilkenny was divided into 3 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, Kilkenny Borough Council was abolished.

Fianna Fáil became the largest party securing 10 seats, a gain of 3. Fine Gael, by contrast, had a very poor set of results and lost 5 of their seats returning with 7 seats in all. Sinn Féin broke through in the county winning 3 seats, while Labour retained just 2 seats on the council. Malcolm Noonan of the Greens was re-elected in Kilkenny city and Independents secured the final seat.

Results by party

Party Seats ± 1st pref FPv% ±%
Fianna Fáil 10 +3 14,550 37.2
Fine Gael 7 -5 11,705 29.9
Sinn Féin 3 +3 3,853 9.9
Labour 2 -3 4,362 11.2
Green 1 0 1,372 3.5
Independent 1 0 2,827 7.2
Total 24 -2 38,669 100.0 —

Results by local electoral area

^ *: Outgoing councillor.

Castlecomer

Castlecomer- 6 seats
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9
Labour Maurice Shorthall[*] 16.10 1,665                
Fine Gael Mary Hilda Cavanagh[*] 13.93 1,440 1,446 1,451 1,501          
Fianna Fáil Pat Fitzpatrick 11.02 1,139 1,167 1,176 1,230 1,312 1,350 1,663    
Fianna Fáil Pat Millea[*] 11.02 1,139 1,147 1,150 1,168 1,189 1,266 1,405 1,463 1,464
Fianna Fáil Michael McCarthy 10.18 1,053 1,057 1,059 1,069 1,080 1,129 1,197 1,300 1,301
Sinn Féin Catríona Redmond 9.16 947 974 1,002 1,023 1,151 1,168 1,274 1,291 1,291
Fianna Fáil Maria Fenlon-Keating 6.85 708 712 726 826 859 887      
Fine Gael John Brennan 6.28 649 708 724 849 947 1,242 1,316 1,323 1,344
Fine Gael Joan Fitzpatrick 4.88 505 510 512 595 618 618      
Fine Gael Thomas Byrne 4.85 501 503 504            
Independent Gerrard Ferris 3.98 412 447 525 531          
Independent Jamie Dowling 1.75 181 190              
Electorate: 17,610   Valid: 10,339 (58.71%)   Spoilt: 137   Quota: 1,478   Turnout: 10,476 (59.49%)  

Kilkenny City-East

Kilkenny City-East: 6 seats
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12
Fianna Fáil Andrew McGuinness[*] 14.63 1,373                      
Fianna Fáil Peter Cleere 10.46 981 986 989 994 1,013 1,086 1,119 1,171 1,190 1,498    
Fine Gael Patrick O'Neill[*] 9.99 938 939 948 953 974 1,009 1,041 1,071 1,114 1,173 1,191 1,241
Fine Gael Michael Doyle 9.37 879 879 883 885 902 910 923 970 999 1,125 1,173 1,419
Sinn Féin David Kennedy 7.81 733 735 740 780 795 804 830 885 929 976 994 1,056
Labour Tommy Prendergast[*] 7.02 659 659 660 663 729 730 806 820 856 879 893  
Fine Gael Jimmy Leahy 6.85 643 646 653 676 687 756 814 820 876 892 896 941
Fianna Fáil Seán Treacy[*] 5.86 550 552 554 558 594 673 692 783 794      
Independent Breda Gardner 5.32 499 499 529 574 616 633 670 774 898 962 989 1,060
Independent Dixie Doyle 4.34 407 408 415 424 465 467 476          
Green Rian Coulter 4.1 385 386 404 418 423 436 479 487        
Labour Marie Fitzpatrick[*] 3.64 342 345 351 367 403 425            
Fianna Fáil Joe Reidy 3.56 334 344 347 356 361 361            
Labour Michael O'Brien[*] 3.50 328 329 333 335                
Independent Daithí Holohan 2.05 192 194 218 218                
Independent Ramie Leahy 0.76 71 71                    
Independent Remi Sikora 0.43 40 40                    
Independent Adam Zagorski 0.32 30 30                    
Electorate: 16,618   Valid: 9,383 (56.46%)   Spoilt: 119   Quota: 1,341   Turnout: 9,502 (57.18%)  

Kilkenny City-West

Kilkenny City-West: 6 seats
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
Fianna Fáil Matt Doran[*] 13.58 1,319 1,320 1,321 1,382 1,402          
Fianna Fáil Joe Malone 11.80 1,146 1,153 1,172 1,173 1,197 1,232 1,290 1,534    
Green Malcolm Noonan[*] 10.16 987 1,012 1,072 1,080 1,189 1,313 1,347 1,415    
Fianna Fáil Patrick McKee† 10.13 984 994 1,004 1,009 1,043 1,073 1,123 1,330 1,436  
Sinn Féin Kathleen Funchion†† 9.80 952 965 981 992 1,014 1,146 1,188 1,260 1,271 1,283
Fine Gael David Fitzgerald[*] 9.12 886 894 910 960 1,010 1,029 1,200 1,279 1,284 1,293
Fianna Fáil John Coonan[*] 7.58 736 742 744 751 777 794 866      
Fine Gael Martin Brett[*] 7.19 698 706 721 752 810 831 1,052 1,181 1,205 1,223
Fine Gael Billy Ireland[*] 6.52 633 634 636 687 705 714        
Anti-Austerity Alliance Conor MacLiam 4.20 408 422 448 450 470          
Labour Seán O hArgáin 4.05 393 404 412 415            
Fine Gael Paul Croke 2.60 252 254 255              
Independent Conor Foley 1.82 177 195                
Independent Wladek Hanczar 1.43 139                  
Electorate: 17,274   Valid: 9,710 (56.21%)   Spoilt: 98   Quota: 1,388   Turnout: 9,808 (56.78%)  

Piltown

Piltown: 6 seats
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
Fine Gael Pat Dunphy[*] 12.81 1,222 1,279 1,306 1,310 1,392          
Sinn Féin Melissa O'Neill††† 12.80 1,221 1,265 1,301 1,346 1,469          
Labour Tomás Breathnach[*] 10.22 975 1,034 1,051 1,066 1,132 1,149 1,183 1,197 1,320 1,349
Fianna Fáil Eamon Aylward[*] 9.65 921 938 1,045 1,160 1,197 1,205 1,256 1,286 1,547  
Fine Gael Fidelis Doherty[*] 9.28 885 969 979 1,048 1,053 1,058 1,474      
Fianna Fáil Ger Frisby 7.34 700 745 773 840 855 860 891 902 1,041 1,164
Fine Gael John Maher 6.41 612 618 666 675 765 771 807 857 969 986
Fianna Fáil Cora Long[*] 6.07 579 598 664 710 785 795 812 817    
Independent John Burke 6.04 576 585 611 618            
Fine Gael Paddy Gaule 5.83 556 572 583 676 681 681 681      
Fianna Fáil Pat Walsh 4.92 469 480 506              
Fianna Fáil Brendan Fennelly 4.39 419 421                
Fine Gael Fintan Byrne 4.26 406                  
Electorate: 17,578   Valid: 9,541 (54.28%)   Spoilt: 117   Quota: 1,364   Turnout: 9,658 (54.94%)  

References

Changes 2014–2019

  • † On 31 March 2015 Kilkenny City-West Fianna Fáil Cllr Patrick McKee defected to the Renua party. [1]
  • †† Kilkenny City-West Sinn Féin Cllr Kathleen Funchion was elected to the Dáil as a TD for Carlow-Kilkenny at the 2016 general election. Her partner, Sean Tyrrell, was co-opted to fill the vacancy on 21 March 2016.[2]
  • ††† Piltown Sinn Féin Councillor Melissa O'Neill was expelled from the party on 7 December 2016 and sat as an Independent.[3]

Sources

"Irish Independent". Archived from the original on 29 May 2014. Retrieved 1 June 2014.