South Dublin County Council election, 2014

23 May 2014

All 40 seats to South Dublin County Council 21 seats needed for a majority

	First party	Second party	Third party

Party	Sinn Féin	Fine Gael	Fianna Fáil
Seats won	9	7	5
Seat change	+6	-1	+1

	Fourth party	Fifth party	Sixth party

Party	Labour Party	People Before Profit	Anti-Austerity Alliance
Seats won	4	3	3
Seat change	-5	+2	+3

	Seventh party	Eighth party

Party	Green Party	Independent
Seats won	1	8
Seat change	+1	+7

Map showing the area of South Dublin County Council

Council control after election

TBD

An election to South Dublin County Council took place on 23 May 2014 as part of that year's Irish local elections. Forty councillors were elected from six local electoral areas by proportional representation with a single transferable vote for a five-year term of office.^[1]^[2]^[3]

Recognising population growth South Dublin County Council gained 14 seats since 2009. Sinn Féin emerged as the largest party after the local elections with 9 seats and 6 gains in total. The party won 2 seats in each of Clondalkin and the 2 Tallaght LEAs. Fine Gael retained second place but lost 1 seat overall to emerge with 7 seats. While the party won 2 seats in each of Clondalkin, Lucan and Rathfarnam she won no seat in either Tallaght LEA. Fianna Fáil gained 1 seat to win 5 seats overall, in the Lucan LEA, the first time they won a seat there since 2004, but were left without representation in Tallaght South. Labour were the big losers, losing 5 seats to emerge with 4 overall and were left without representation in Lucan and Rathfarnam. Both People Before Profit and the Anti-Austerity Alliance secured 3 seats each. The Green Party also gained 1 seat in Rathfarnam. Independents were also among the biggest winners on the Council with 8 seats and 7 gains in total.

Results by party

Party		Seats	±	1st pref	FPv%
	Sinn Féin	9	+6	18,411	23.96
	Fine Gael	7	-1	13,853	18.03
	Fianna Fáil	5	+1	10,274	13.37
	Labour Party	4	-5	7,847	10.21
	People Before Profit	3	+2	3,630	4.72
	Anti-Austerity Alliance	3	+3	3,537	4.60
	Green Party	1	+1	1,667	2.17
	Independent	8	+7	16,246	21.15
Totals		40	+14	76,828	100%

Results by Electoral Area

Clondalkin

Clondalkin - 8 seats
Party		Candidate	% 1st Pref	Count 1	Count 2	Count 3	Count 4	Count 5	Count 6	Count 7	Count 8
	Sinn Féin	Eoin Ó Broin*††	21.19	2,992
	Sinn Féin	Jonathan Graham	16.33	2,306
	Fianna Fáil	Trevor Gilligan*	13.71	1,935
	People Before Profit	Gino Kenny*†††††	12.01	1,696
	Fine Gael	Emer Higgins*	8.45	1,193	1,241	1,262	1,327	1,330	1,356	1,366	1,388
	Labour Party	Breeda Bonner*	7.70	1,087	1,203	1,270	1,353	1,361	1,533	1,562	1,590
	Fine Gael	Kenny Egan	7.19	1,015	1,157	1,200	1,282	1,291	1,338	1,392	1,407
	Independent	Francis Timmons	4.83	682	1,122	1,282	1,356	1,387	1,477	1,886
	Workers' Party	Lorraine Hennessy	3.07	433	693	853	880	910	1,029	1,143	1,309
	Independent	Matthew McDonagh	2.82	398	637	866	867	903	987
	Labour Party	Ken Kinsella	1.68	237	276	291	315	319
	Communist Party	Paul Doran	1.01	143	282	324	334	340
Electorate: 35,616 Valid: 14,117 (39.64%) Spoilt: 263 Quota: 1,569 Turnout: 14,380 (40.38%)

Lucan

Lucan - 8 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	Count 11	Count 12	Count 13	Count 14
	Sinn Féin	Danny O'Brien	12.57	1,762
	Fine Gael	William Lavelle*	12.49	1,751
	Independent	Guss O'Connell*	10.50	1,471	1,496	1,503	1,506	1,513	1,522	1,561
	Independent	Paul Gogarty	8.71	1,221	1,241	1,261	1,272	1,279	1,309	1,320	1,369	1,414	1,488	1,565
	Fine Gael	Vicki Casserly	6.13	859	863	923	924	938	948	1,041	1,083	1,101	1,142	1,203	1,242	1,304	1,351
	Independent	Liona O'Toole	5.51	772	786	798	800	804	810	818	836	852	892	918	995	1,137	1,263
	Fianna Fáil	Ed O'Brien	5.06	709	716	725	727	735	743	749	757	1,076	1,101	1,144	1,162	1,250	1,306
	People Before Profit	Ruth Nolan	5.02	704	755	760	763	769	791	798	827	841	999	1,031	1,123	1,285	1,488
	Independent	Tony Stafford	4.72	661	672	672	673	676	681	698	705	720	735	745	943	993
	Independent	Alan Hayes	4.16	583	592	595	596	598	605	618	635	645	665	676
	Fianna Fáil	Caitríona McClean	3.66	513	517	523	524	525	531	537	550
	Workers' Party	Mick Finnegan	3.62	507	530	533	535	537	567	569	585	594
	Labour Party	Eamon Tuffy*	3.62	507	512	531	531	548	560	580	597	617	654
	Labour Party	Caitriona Jones*	3.60	505	509	527	530	576	581	595	637	649	669	951	994	1,048	1,112
	Independent	Jim Doyle	3.55	497	506	511	534	536	598	602	627	651	738	767	819
	Independent	Patrick Akpoveta	1.96	275	281	284	289	326	336	337
	Independent	Michael Farrelly	1.71	239	243	244	252	253
	Fine Gael	Gerry Kennedy	1.66	233	234	254	254	256	260
	Independent	Hussain Zahid	1.29	181	184	186	187
	Independent	Ciaran Byrne	0.46	65	69	69
Electorate: 33,243 Valid: 14,015 (41.93%) Spoilt: 168 Quota: 1,558 Turnout: 14,183 (42.43%)

Rathfarnham

Rathfarnham - 6 seats
Party		Candidate	% 1st Pref	Count 1	Count 2	Count 3	Count 4	Count 5	Count 6
	Fianna Fáil	John Lahart*†††	15.95	1,972
	Fine Gael	Anne-Marie Dermody*	13.22	1,634	1,649	1,715	1,788
	Sinn Féin	Sarah Holland	13.06	1,614	1,621	1,644	1,740	1,768
	Independent	Deirdre O'Donovan	12.27	1,517	1,533	1,592	1,731	1,840
	Fine Gael	Paula Donovan	8.14	1,006	1,015	1,043	1,102	1,547	1,637
	Green Party	Francis Duffy	7.64	944	959	992	1,130	1,198	1,477
	People Before Profit	John Flanagan	6.52	806	809	830	886	907
	Labour Party	Paddy Cosgrave*	6.50	804	817	1,129	1,180	1,268	1,370
	Fine Gael	Alan Gallagher	6.26	774	787	818	862
	Fianna Fáil	Emma Murphy	5.54	685	793	807
	Labour Party	Aideen Carberry	4.91	607	613
Electorate: 30,375 Valid: 12,363 (40.70%) Spoilt: 127 Quota: 1,767 Turnout: 12,490 (41.12%)

Tallaght Central

Tallaght Central - 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
	Sinn Féin	Máire Devine*	24.45	2,874
	Fianna Fáil	Charlie O'Connor	13.74	1,615	1,744
	Anti-Austerity Alliance	Mick Murphy	12.11	1,424	1,506	1,515	1,533	1,586	1,620	1,625	1,651	1,808
	Labour Party	Mick Duff*	8.35	982	1,022	1,026	1,168	1,191	1,224	1,225	1,353	1,381	1,495
	Sinn Féin	Brendan Ferron	7.70	905	1,642	1,663	1,678	1,705
	Fine Gael	Karen Warren	5.38	632	642	647	687	697	754	754	1,065	1,078	1,153
	Anti-Austerity Alliance	Kieran Mahon	5.30	623	654	656	661	701	719	720	748	1,189	1,512
	Fine Gael	Gay Kelly	5.14	604	615	619	632	650	693	693
	Anti-Austerity Alliance	Eddie Ericksson	4.98	585	663	665	675	694	712	713	744
	Independent	Declan Burke	4.46	524	556	557	581	715	764	772	824	872
	Fianna Fáil	Valerie Gaynor	2.95	347	361	369	382	385
	Independent	Ray Kelly	2.88	339	354	359	362
	Labour Party	Kemi Adenekan	2.56	301	316	319
Electorate: 26,285 Valid: 11,755 (44.72%) Spoilt: 186 Quota: 1,680 Turnout: 11,941 (45.43%)

Tallaght South

Tallaght South - 6 seats
Party		Candidate	% 1st Pref	Count 1	Count 2	Count 3	Count 4	Count 5	Count 6	Count 7
	Sinn Féin	Cathal King*	31.21	2,449
	Sinn Féin	Louise Dunne	20.05	1,573
	Labour Party	Martina Genockey	9.43	740	861	905	1,003	1,096	1,420
	Fine Gael	David Yeates	7.15	561	596	608	656	772
	Fianna Fáil	Emmett Hegarty	6.76	530	597	633	654
	Anti-Austerity Alliance	Brian Leech	6.16	483	804	886	911	956	994	1,008
	People Before Profit	Nicky Coules	5.40	424	704	804	828	884	918	958
	Anti-Austerity Alliance	Phil Foster	5.38	422	643	740	767	810	850	871
	Independent	Dermot Richardson	4.72	370	537	581	707	781	870	927
	Labour Party	Eugene Ryan	2.56	201	254	265
	Independent	Frank O'Gorman	1.19	93	156	182
Electorate: 25,653 Valid: 7,846 (30.59%) Spoilt: 167 Quota: 1,121 Turnout: 8,013 (31.24%)

Templeogue-Terenure

Templeogue-Terenure - 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
	Independent	Dermot Looney*	16.89	2,826
	Independent	Ronan McMahon†	13.74	2,299	2,386	2,427
	Sinn Féin	Fintan Warfield††††††	11.57	1,936	2,016	2,025	2,094	2,121	2,167	2,227	2,292	2,623
	Fine Gael	Colm Brophy*††††	9.28	1,552	1,562	1,567	1,572	1,689	1,895	1,981	2,027	2,115	2,134
	Labour Party	Pamela Kearns*	8.52	1,426	1,454	1,472	1,484	1,679	1,796	2,002	2,076	2,248	2,282
	Fine Gael	Brian Lawlor*	8.22	1,375	1,380	1,383	1,384	1,438	1,542	1,599	1,636	1,855	1,882
	Fianna Fáil	Paul Foley	6.90	1,155	1,168	1,180	1,189	1,202	1,232	1,283	1,834	1,951	1,988
	Independent	Shane Conneely	6.47	1,082	1,115	1,158	1,257	1,315	1,338	1,485	1,537
	Fianna Fáil	Eamonn Walsh*	4.86	813	844	848	862	868	907	992
	Green Party	Suzanne McEneaney	4.32	723	750	759	782	812	859
	Fine Gael	Siobhán Butler	3.97	664	731	735	745	764
	Labour Party	Chris Bond*	2.69	450	467	467	480
	Direct Democracy	Neville Bradley	1.67	280	300	309
	Independent	Paddy Henegan	0.90	151	168
Electorate: 33,746 Valid: 16,732 (49.58%) Spoilt: 217 Quota: 2,391 Turnout: 16,949 (50.23%)

References

↑ Proportional Representation Citizens Information, 2009-09-21.
↑ Local Election Results for South Dublin County Council Irish Times. Retrieved: 2014-05-29.
↑ Local Elections Results for South Dublin County Council Council website. Retrieved: 2015-03-07.

Changes since Election

† On 13 March 2015 Templeogue-Terenure Independent Cllr Ronan McMaon became a founder member of the Renua party.
†† Clondalkin Sinn Féin Cllr Eoin O Broin was elected as a TD for Dublin Mid-West at the Irish general election, 2016. Mark Ward was co-opted to fill the vacancy on 14 March 2016.
††† Rathfarnam Fianna Fáil Cllr John Lahart was elected as a TD for Dublin South-West at the Irish general election, 2016. Emma Murphy was co-opted to fill the vacancy on 14 March 2016.
†††† Templeogue-Terenure Fine Gael Cllr Colm Brophy was elected as a TD for Dublin South-West at the Irish general election, 2016. Brian Lawlor was co-opted to fill the vacancy on 14 March 2016.
††††† Clondalkin People Before Profir Alliance Cllr Gino Kenny was elected as a TD for Dublin Mid-West at the Irish general election, 2014. Madeleine Johansson was co-opted to fill the vacancy on 3 April 2016.
†††††† Templeogue-Terenure Sinn Féin Cllr Fintan Warfield was elected as a Senator on 25 April 2016.

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