Westmeath County Council election, 2014
From Infogalactic: the planetary knowledge core
|
|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|
|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|
All 20 seats to Westmeath County Council 11 seats needed for a majority |
|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|
300px Map showing the area of Westmeath County Council
|
|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|
|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
An election to Westmeath County Council took place on 23 May 2014 as part of that year's Irish local elections. 20 councillors were elected from three electoral divisions by PR-STV voting for a five-year term of office, a reduction of 3 seats compared to 2009. In addition Athlone Town Council and Mullingar Town Council were both abolished.
Fianna Fáil emerged as the largest party after the elections as both Government parties suffered at the polls. Labour lost 2 thirds of her Councillors being reduced to just 2 seats while Fine Gael also lost 3 seats. Sinn Féin won seats on the Council for the first time, 3 in total, and were joined by 2 Independents.[1][2]
Contents
Results by party
| Party | Seats | ± | First Pref. votes | FPv% | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fianna Fáil | 8 | -1 | 11,412 | 32.9% | ||
| Fine Gael | 5 | -3 | 8,310 | 23.9% | ||
| Sinn Féin | 3 | +3 | 3,837 | 11.1% | ||
| Labour Party | 2 | -4 | 4,766 | 13.7% | ||
| Independent | 2 | +2 | 6,391 | 18.4% | ||
| Totals | 20 | -3 | 100% | — | ||
Results by Electoral Area
Athlone
| Athlone - 7 seats | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | % 1st Pref | Count 1 | Count 2 | Count 3 | Count 4 | Count 5 | Count 6 | Count 7 | Count 8 | Count 9 | |
| Independent | Kevin (Boxer) Moran*† | 21.78 | 2,897 | |||||||||
| Fine Gael | Tom Farrell | 11.29 | 1,502 | 1,552 | 1,561 | 1,594 | 1,616 | 1,648 | 1,649 | 1,724 | ||
| Sinn Féin | Paul Hogan | 10.70 | 1,423 | 1,684 | ||||||||
| Fine Gael | John Dolan* | 8.16 | 1,085 | 1,139 | 1,146 | 1,161 | 1,193 | 1,239 | 1,240 | 1,345 | 1,681 | |
| Fianna Fáil | Aengus O'Rourke | 7.88 | 1,048 | 1,256 | 1,267 | 1,306 | 1,357 | 1,387 | 1,392 | 1,494 | 1,636 | |
| Fianna Fáil | Frankie Keena* | 7.77 | 1,034 | 1,200 | 1,213 | 1,255 | 1,317 | 1,373 | 1,377 | 1,520 | 1,648 | |
| Fianna Fáil | Vinny McCormack | 7.27 | 967 | 983 | 985 | 991 | 1,001 | 1,010 | 1,010 | 1,080 | 1,088 | |
| Independent | Michael O'Brien | 6.85 | 911 | 1,001 | 1,054 | 1,084 | 1,113 | 1,203 | 1,208 | 1,354 | 1,418 | |
| Fine Gael | Alan Shaw | 5.43 | 722 | 817 | 829 | 838 | 883 | 899 | 902 | 911 | ||
| Fianna Fáil | Tom Allen* | 4.86 | 647 | 674 | 684 | 716 | 733 | 767 | 769 | |||
| Labour Party | Jim Henson | 2.37 | 315 | 388 | 410 | 428 | ||||||
| Independent | Joe Devery | 2.35 | 313 | 394 | 429 | 476 | 527 | |||||
| Independent | P.J. Coghill | 2.08 | 277 | 312 | 333 | |||||||
| Independent | John McNamara | 0.90 | 120 | 171 | ||||||||
| Independent | Donal Jackson | 0.31 | 41 | 68 | ||||||||
| Electorate: 22,759 Valid: 13,302 (52.60%) Spoilt: 157 Quota: 1,663 Turnout: 13,459 (53.22%) | ||||||||||||
<templatestyles src="Reflist/styles.css" />
Cite error: Invalid <references> tag; parameter "group" is allowed only.
<references />, or <references group="..." />Mullingar-Coole
| Mullingar-Coole - 7 seats | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | % 1st Pref | Count 1 | Count 2 | Count 3 | Count 4 | Count 5 | Count 6 | Count 7 | Count 8 | |
| Fianna Fáil | Aidan Davitt* | 12.90 | 1,492 | ||||||||
| Sinn Féin | Una D'arcy | 12.86 | 1,487 | ||||||||
| Fianna Fáil | John Shaw* | 11.02 | 1,275 | 1,287 | 1,290 | 1,307 | 1,331 | 1,404 | 1,588 | ||
| Fianna Fáil | Paddy Hill* | 10.44 | 1,207 | 1,215 | 1,220 | 1,241 | 1,308 | 1,326 | 1,342 | 1,357 | |
| Fine Gael | Frank McDermott* | 10.06 | 1,163 | 1,164 | 1,167 | 1,195 | 1,249 | 1,372 | 1,414 | 1,428 | |
| Fine Gael | Peter Burke*†† | 8.72 | 1,008 | 1,015 | 1,017 | 1,031 | 1,135 | 1,391 | 1,534 | ||
| Labour Party | Mick Dollard* | 8.21 | 950 | 956 | 960 | 992 | 1,025 | 1,062 | 1,268 | 1,312 | |
| Labour Party | Denis Leonard* | 6.24 | 722 | 723 | 724 | 749 | 835 | 895 | |||
| Independent | Brian Fagan | 5.86 | 678 | 684 | 695 | 849 | 888 | 951 | 1,057 | 1,078 | |
| Fine Gael | Emily Wallace | 5.42 | 627 | 630 | 631 | 660 | 731 | ||||
| Labour Party | Peter Kearney | 4.50 | 520 | 521 | 522 | 563 | 563 | ||||
| Labour Party | Rachel Grimes | 1.47 | 170 | 170 | 172 | 172 | |||||
| Independent | Angela Maher | 1.23 | 142 | 143 | 146 | 146 | |||||
| Independent | Pat Holmes | 0.72 | 83 | 83 | 86 | 86 | |||||
| Independent | Rosemary Horan | 0.36 | 42 | 42 | 44 | 44 | |||||
| Electorate: 22,759 Valid: 11,566 (50.82%) Spoilt: 205 Quota: 1,446 Turnout: 11,771 (51.72%) | |||||||||||
<templatestyles src="Reflist/styles.css" />
Cite error: Invalid <references> tag; parameter "group" is allowed only.
<references />, or <references group="..." />Mullingar-Kilbeggan
| Mullingar-Kilbeggan - 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 | |
| Fianna Fáil | Paul Daly* | 15.25 | 1,502 | ||||||||||
| Fianna Fáil | Avril Whitney* | 12.86 | 1,266 | 1,277 | 1,288 | 1,295 | 1,348 | 1,376 | 1,405 | 1,428 | |||
| Fianna Fáil | Ken Glynn* | 9.89 | 974 | 992 | 1,011 | 1,023 | 1,058 | 1,068 | 1,114 | 1,133 | 1,138 | 1,207 | |
| Labour Party | Johnnie Penrose* | 9.58 | 943 | 952 | 968 | 1,029 | 1,083 | 1,169 | 1,369 | 1,488 | |||
| Sinn Féin | Sorca Clarke | 9.41 | 927 | 932 | 962 | 976 | 987 | 1,022 | 1,048 | 1,073 | 1,075 | 1,154 | |
| Fine Gael | Andrew Duncan | 8.04 | 792 | 797 | 805 | 827 | 909 | 937 | 999 | 1,144 | 1,165 | 1,432 | |
| Fine Gael | Colm Arthur* | 6.05 | 596 | 603 | 609 | 637 | 660 | 669 | 696 | 834 | 857 | ||
| Independent | Brian Fagan | 5.93 | 584 | 587 | 733 | 744 | 765 | 793 | 876 | 891 | 903 | 974 | |
| Fine Gael | Michael Newman | 4.78 | 471 | 487 | 489 | 569 | 622 | 635 | 653 | 653 | |||
| Labour Party | Detty Cornally* | 4.77 | 470 | 471 | 485 | 516 | 535 | 587 | 587 | ||||
| Labour Party | Gerry Sheridan | 3.87 | 381 | 382 | 390 | 398 | 401 | 401 | |||||
| Fine Gael | Chris Murtagh | 3.49 | 344 | 344 | 350 | 354 | |||||||
| Labour Party | Ger Corcoran* | 3.00 | 295 | 312 | 312 | ||||||||
| Independent | Chris Burley | 1.65 | 162 | 163 | |||||||||
| Independent | Angela Maher | 1.43 | 141 | 142 | |||||||||
| Electorate: 20,021 Valid: 9,848 (49.19%) Spoilt: 161 Quota: 1,407 Turnout: 10,009 (49.99%) | |||||||||||||
<templatestyles src="Reflist/styles.css" />
Cite error: Invalid <references> tag; parameter "group" is allowed only.
<references />, or <references group="..." />References
<templatestyles src="Reflist/styles.css" />
Cite error: Invalid <references> tag; parameter "group" is allowed only.
<references />, or <references group="..." />Changes since 2014
- † Athlone Independent Cllr Kevin (Boxer) Moran was elected as a TD for Longford-Westmeath at the Irish general election, 2016. Ailish McManus was co-opted to fill the vacancy on 21 March 2016.[1]
- †† Mullingar-Coole Fine Gael Cllr Peter Burke was elected as TD for Longford-Westmeath at the Irish general election, 2016. Emily Wallace was co-opted to fill the vacancy on 21 March 2016.[2]
External links
| Preceded by | Westmeath County Council elections | Succeeded by Westmeath County Council election, 2019 |
