Westmeath County Council election, 2014

Westmeath County Council election, 2014
Republic of Ireland
23 May 2014
All 20 seats to Westmeath County Council
11 seats needed for a majority
  First party Second party Third party
 
Party Fianna Fáil Fine Gael Sinn Féin
Seats won 8 5 3
Seat change -1 -3 +3
  Fourth party Fifth party
 
Party Labour Party Independent
Seats won 2 2
Seat change -4 +2

Map showing the area of Westmeath County Council
Council control after election

TBD

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]

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 2Count 3Count 4Count 5Count 6Count 7Count 8Count 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%)

    Mullingar-Coole

    Mullingar-Coole - 7 seats
    Party Candidate % 1st Pref Count 1 Count 2Count 3Count 4Count 5Count 6Count 7Count 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%)

      Mullingar-Kilbeggan

      Mullingar-Kilbeggan - 6 seats
      Party Candidate % 1st Pref Count 1 Count 2Count 3Count 4Count 5Count 6Count 7Count 8Count 9Count 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%)

        References

        1. ↑ "Westmeath: First result in – FF win first seat on Westmeath County Council". Irish Independent. 24 May 2014. Retrieved 24 May 2014.
        2. ↑ Westmeath County Council Local elections "Irish Independent" Check |url= value (help). 24 May 2014. Retrieved 17 June 2014.

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        Preceded by
        Westmeath County Council election, 2009        		 Westmeath County Council elections Succeeded by
        Westmeath County Council election, 2019
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