2014 Laois County Council election
An election to Laois County Council took place on 23 May 2014 as part of that year's Irish local elections. 19 councillors were elected from three electoral divisions by PR-STV voting for a five-year term of office, a reduction of 2 seats from the previous election in 2009. In addition Mountmellick Town Council and Portlaoise Town Council were both abolished.
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All 19 seats to Laois County Council | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Map showing the area of Laois County Council | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Fianna Fáil became the largest party after the elections securing 7 Council seats. Fine Gael, by contrast, had a very poor set of results and lost half of their Council seats returning with just 6 seats in all. Sinn Féin doubled their representation to 2 seats and Labour retained a seat on the Council in the Portlaoise LEA. Independents make up the remainder of the Council membership.
Results by party
Party | Seats | ± | First Pref. votes | FPv% | ±% | |
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Fianna Fáil | 7 | -1 | 10,837 | 32.8% | ||
Fine Gael | 6 | -6 | 9,959 | 30.2% | ||
Sinn Féin | 2 | +1 | 4,204 | 12.7% | ||
Labour | 1 | - | 1,544 | 4.7% | ||
Independent | 3 | - | 6,208 | 18.8% | ||
Totals | 19 | -6 | 100% | — |
Results by Electoral Area
Borris-in-Ossory-Mountmellick
Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | ||||||||||
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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | ||||
Fine Gael | John King* | 9.87 | 1,189 | 1,190 | 1,195 | 1,199 | 1,199 | 1,204 | 1,414 | 1,454 | 1,689 | 1,694 | |
Independent | James Kelly | 9.68 | 1,166 | 1,242 | 1,250 | 1,396 | 1,424 | 1,450 | 1,511 | 1,759 | |||
Independent | Brendan Phelan* | 9.11 | 1,097 | 1,129 | 1,130 | 1,172 | 1,198 | 1,213 | 1,285 | 1,432 | 1,781 | ||
Fianna Fáil | Paddy Bracken* | 9.11 | 1,051 | 1,086 | 1,203 | 1,223 | 1,311 | 1,542 | 1,560 | 1,680 | 1,807 | ||
Fianna Fáil | Séamus McDonald* | 7.64 | 920 | 935 | 955 | 978 | 1,259 | 1,368 | 1,382 | 1,448 | 1,531 | 1,604 | |
Sinn Féin | Rhoda Dooley-Brogan | 7.23 | 871 | 921 | 942 | 962 | 1,006 | 1,051 | 1,071 | 1,071 | |||
Fine Gael | Michael Lalor* | 7.17 | 864 | 903 | 911 | 984 | 1,002 | 1,028 | 1,130 | 1,186 | 1,218 | 1,219 | |
Fianna Fáil | Michael Phelan | 7.16 | 863 | 866 | 868 | 950 | 965 | 972 | 1,078 | 1,121 | 1,121 | ||
Fine Gael | David Goodwin* | 7.03 | 847 | 866 | 968 | 982 | 1,068 | 1,164 | 1,297 | 1,331 | 1,381 | 1,387 | |
Fine Gael | John Finlay | 5.44 | 656 | 663 | 691 | 738 | 751 | 793 | 793 | ||||
Fianna Fáil | Joe Digan | 5.41 | 652 | 657 | 660 | 685 | 685 | ||||||
Fianna Fáil | Gerard Phelan | 4.42 | 533 | 537 | 537 | 537 | |||||||
Labour | Lisa Delaney | 4.37 | 526 | 559 | 678 | 686 | 709 | 709 | |||||
Fine Gael | Bobby Delaney | 3.64 | 439 | 459 | 459 | ||||||||
Independent | Pat Cooper | 1.64 | 197 | ||||||||||
Independent | Donal Keenan | 1.47 | 177 | ||||||||||
Electorate: 19,840 Valid: 12,048 (60.73%) Spoilt: 125 Quota: 1,722 Turnout: 12,173 (61.36%) |
Graiguecullen-Portarlington
Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | ||||||||
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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | ||||
Sinn Féin | Aidan Mullins | 14.64 | 1,547 | ||||||||
Fianna Fáil | Padraig Fleming* | 11.79 | 1,246 | 1,290 | 1,309 | 1,369 | 1,391 | 1,393 | 1,522 | ||
Independent | Ben Brennan* | 10.53 | 1,112 | 1,198 | 1,218 | 1,303 | 1,410 | 1,420 | 1,493 | 1,560 | |
Fine Gael | Tom Mulhall* | 9.79 | 1,034 | 1,036 | 1,073 | 1,131 | 1,204 | 1,208 | 1,327 | 1,435 | |
Fine Gael | John Moran* | 8.58 | 906 | 923 | 942 | 955 | 973 | 974 | 1,260 | 1,432 | |
Fianna Fáil | Paschal McEvoy | 8.36 | 883 | 885 | 897 | 924 | 948 | 950 | 994 | 1,319 | |
Fianna Fáil | Willie Murphy | 7.61 | 804 | 806 | 858 | 897 | 1,116 | 1,131 | 1,137 | 1,209 | |
Fianna Fáil | Dick Miller | 6.87 | 726 | 733 | 742 | 789 | 827 | 828 | 900 | ||
Fine Gael | James Daly* | 6.61 | 698 | 714 | 752 | 791 | 808 | 810 | |||
Independent | Ray Cribbin* | 5.01 | 529 | 546 | 592 | 672 | |||||
Independent | Kevin Scully | 4.54 | 480 | 505 | 541 | ||||||
Labour | Gráinne Corcoran | 3.15 | 333 | 343 | |||||||
Independent | Keith Lennon | 2.53 | 267 | ||||||||
Electorate: 19,295 Valid: 10,565 (54.76%) Spoilt: 100 Quota: 1,510 Turnout: 10,665 (55.27%) |
Portlaoise
Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | ||||||||||||
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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | ||||
Fine Gael | William Aird* | 13.95 | 1,450 | ||||||||||||
Fianna Fáil | John Joe Fennelly* | 13.22 | 1,374 | ||||||||||||
Sinn Féin | Caroline Stanley-Dwane* | 12.97 | 1,348 | ||||||||||||
Fine Gael | Mary Sweeney* | 9.98 | 1,037 | 1,075 | 1,088 | 1,094 | 1,095 | 1,117 | 1,131 | 1,263 | 1,305 | ||||
Fianna Fáil | Catherine Fitzgerald* | 7.90 | 821 | 841 | 856 | 856 | 858 | 923 | 932 | 984 | 1,012 | 1,051 | 1,119 | ||
Fianna Fáil | Jerry Lodge* | 6.95 | 722 | 738 | 749 | 754 | 757 | 796 | 812 | 876 | 912 | 949 | 1,036 | ||
Labour | Noel Tuohy | 6.59 | 685 | 698 | 699 | 707 | 709 | 746 | 770 | 835 | 877 | 1,009 | 1,146 | ||
Independent | Rotimi Adebari* | 5.59 | 581 | 585 | 587 | 637 | 639 | 660 | 690 | 713 | 777 | 818 | 948 | ||
Fine Gael | Jim Ring | 4.59 | 477 | 487 | 508 | 509 | 510 | 513 | 518 | 559 | 597 | 597 | |||
Independent | Stephen Greene | 4.42 | 459 | 463 | 464 | 487 | 494 | 505 | 570 | 586 | 693 | 708 | 708 | ||
Sinn Féin | Sharon Bailey | 4.22 | 438 | 441 | 445 | 447 | 474 | 485 | 548 | 552 | 552 | ||||
Fine Gael | Kathleen O'Brien* | 3.48 | 362 | 398 | 398 | 402 | 404 | 422 | 434 | 434 | |||||
Anti-Austerity Alliance | Ray Fitzpatrick | 2.43 | 252 | 254 | 256 | 269 | 271 | 281 | 281 | ||||||
Fianna Fáil | David Ryan | 2.33 | 242 | 245 | 250 | 255 | 255 | 255 | |||||||
Independent | Osaro Fajimiyo | 1.04 | 108 | 109 | 109 | 109 | |||||||||
Independent | Joseph McCormack | 0.34 | 35 | 36 | 36 | 36 | |||||||||
Electorate: 20,568 Valid: 10,391 Spoilt: 104 Quota: 1,299 Turnout: 10,495 (51%) |
References
- "Laois County Council". Irish Independent. Archived from the original on 29 May 2014. Retrieved 1 June 2014.
Changes since Election
External links
Preceded by 2009 Laois County Council election |
Laois County Council elections | Succeeded by 2019 Laois County Council election |