2014 Dún Laoghaire–Rathdown County Council election

A Dún Laoghaire–Rathdown County Council election was held in Ireland on 23 May 2014 as part of that year's local elections. Forty councillors were elected from a field of 85 candidates for a five-year term of office from six local electoral areas by proportional representation with a single transferable vote.[1][2]

2014 Dún Laoghaire–Rathdown County Council election

23 May 2014
All 40 seats to Dún Laoghaire–Rathdown County Council 21 seats needed for a majority
First party Second party Third party   Party Fine Gael Fianna Fáil Labour Party Seats won 11 8 7 Seat change - +4 -1   Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party   Party Sinn Féin People Before Profit Green Party Seats won 3 3 2 Seat change +3 +1 +2   Seventh party   Party Independent Seats won 6 Seat change +3
Map showing the area of Dún Laoghaire–Rathdown County Council
Council control before election Fine Gael Council control after election Fine Gael

Again mirroring trends in Dublin the number of councillors was expanded from 28 to 40 between 2009 and 2014. Fine Gael retained their position as the leading party on the authority with 11 seats, including 2 seats in each of Blackrock, Dundrum and Stillorgan and 3 seats in Dún Laoghaire. Fianna Fáil doubled their seats to 8 and won 2 seats in each of Blackrock and Stillorgan. Labour lost 1 seat overall to emerge with 7 seats. The party won 2 seats in each of Glencullen-Sandyford and Killiney-Shankill to compensate from losing a seat in Dún Laoghaire. Sinn Féin gained 3 seats to secure representation on the Council for the first time. People Before Profit gained 2 extra seats to also return with 3 councillors. The Green Party also returned with 2 seats with 2 gains in Dundrum and Dún Laoghaire. Independents doubled their seats to return with 6 seats to the Council chamber.

Results by party

Party		Seats	±	1st pref	FPv%
	Fine Gael	11	0	19,518	28.15
	Fianna Fáil	8	+4	12,936	18.66
	Labour Party	7	−1	9,108	13.14
	Sinn Féin	3	+3	6,690	9.65
	People Before Profit	3	+1	5,475	7.90
	Green Party	2	+2	4,829	6.97
	Independent	6	+3	10,774	15.54
Totals		40	+12	69,330	100%

Results by Electoral Area

Blackrock

Blackrock - 6 seats
Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count 1	Count 2	Count 3	Count 4	Count 5	Count 6
	Fine Gael	Marie Baker*	17.29	1,797
	Fianna Fáil	Mary Hanafin	14.45	1,501
	Fianna Fáil	Kate Feeney	12.40	1,288	1,322	1,367	1,432	1,521
	Independent	Victor Boyhan*††††	11.27	1,171	1,202	1,272	1,421	1,502
	Fine Gael	Barry Ward*	11.06	1,149	1,247	1,272	1,341	1,830
	People Before Profit	Lola Hynes	8.09	841	848	1,034	1,201	1,238	1,264
	Fine Gael	Maurice Dockrell	6.78	704	795	822	863
	Green Party	Celine Moorkens	6.52	677	691	754
	Labour Party	Deirdre Kingston*	6.17	641	664	815	992	1,077	1,335
	Sinn Féin	Brian McNally	3.64	378	380
	Labour Party	Angela Timlin	2.35	244	256
Electorate: 22,712   Valid: 10,391 (45.75%)   Spoilt: 83   Quota: 1,485   Turnout: 10,474 (46.12%)

Dundrum

Dundrum - 7 seats
Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count 1	Count 2	Count 3	Count 4	Count 5	Count 6	Count 7	Count 8	Count 9	Count 10	Count 11	Count 12
	Sinn Féin	Sorcha Nic Cormaic	8.68	1,161	1,165	1,167	1,184	1,217	1,228	1,351	1,381	1,413	1,420	1,431	1,571
	Fianna Fáil	Shay Brennan	8.84	1,130	1,144	1,152	1,173	1,322	1,339	1,348	1,385	1,743
	Green Party	Catherine Martin†	7.98	1,068	1,078	1,099	1,160	1,182	1,237	1,289	1,346	1,409	1,423	1,502	1,602
	Fine Gael	Brian Murphy†††††††††	7.84	1,049	1,059	1,147	1,183	1,221	1,283	1,295	1,343	1,409	1,414	1,678
	Independent	Seamus O'Neill	7.50	1,004	1,027	1,038	1,089	1,109	1,130	1,221	1,400	1,445	1,451	1,499	1,630
	Labour Party	Grace Tallon*	6.79	908	922	975	1,002	1,012	1,241	1,293	1,356	1,447	1,455	1,584	1,683
	Fine Gael	Pat Hand*	6.55	877	883	933	957	982	1,029	1,037	1,054	1,081	1,085	1,339	1,422
	Independent	Anne Colgan	5.73	767	786	801	878	907	934	996	1,095	1,133	1,141	1,184	1,392
	Fine Gael	Jim O'Dea*	5.50	736	743	821	841	866	901	906	935	976	981
	Independent	Tony Fox*	5.43	726	748	752	796	825	836	887	941	979	992	1,045
	Fianna Fáil	Sarah Ryan	5.13	686	689	700	721	808	825	837	865
	Independent	Stephen O'Shea	4.32	578	593	596	632	650	659	722
	People Before Profit	John O'Dowd	4.13	553	557	558	597	613	626
	Fianna Fáil	Tony Kelly	4.03	539	542	544	548
	Labour Party	Peter Leonard	3.98	532	536	551	564	576
	Independent	Terence Corish	3.71	497	518	523
	Fine Gael	Madeline Spiers	2.83	379	381
	Independent	Donal Fingleton	1.43	192
Electorate: 28,094   Valid: 13,382 (47.63%)   Spoilt: 160   Quota: 1,673   Turnout: 13,542 (48.20%)

Dún Laoghaire

Dún Laoghaire - 8 seats
Party		Candidate	FPv%	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	Count 15
	Fine Gael	John Bailey*	16.19	2,423
	Fianna Fáil	Cormac Devlin*	8.37	1,253	1,341	1,346	1,349	1,361	1,368	1,390	1,404	1,423	1,578	1,624	1,671
	People Before Profit	Melissa Halpin*	8.00	1,198	1,210	1,214	1,219	1,226	1,235	1,256	1,275	1,311	1,348	1,412	1,436	1,436	1,670
	Green Party	Ossian Smyth	7.14	1,068	1,096	1,107	1,117	1,128	1,133	1,148	1,212	1,256	1,314	1,403	1,473	1,474	1,534	1,656
	People Before Profit	Karl Gill††††††††	6.93	1,037	1,066	1,070	1,071	1,079	1,087	1,105	1,112	1,124	1,153	1,216	1,233	1,233	1,489	1,659
	Sinn Féin	Jeanette Kavanagh	6.10	913	923	927	930	932	932	938	945	956	972	1,003	1,012	1,012
	Fine Gael	Patricia Stewart*	5.06	757	851	852	854	863	865	874	944	981	1,012	1,046	1,321	1,321	1,330	1,377
	Fianna Fáil	James McCann	4.72	707	736	736	741	748	754	769	772	791	941	991	1,015	1,017	1,086
	Labour Party	Jane Dillon-Byrne*	4.66	697	787	790	793	875	876	886	1,093	1,111	1,137	1,162	1,207	1,208	1,244	1,319
	Fine Gael	Mary Fayne	4.52	677	866	866	868	876	880	893	940	975	998	1,020	1,227	1,230	1,248	1,337
	Independent	Michael Merrigan	4.45	666	674	682	693	701	731	765	782	903	936	1,113	1,140	1,140	1,251	1,352
	Fianna Fáil	Lisa Rogerson	4.01	600	631	631	631	638	646	656	671	696
	Fine Gael	Ellen O'Connor	3.93	588	659	662	663	671	678	694	726	766	802	835
	Independent	John Paul Kearney	3.59	537	556	557	573	578	608	662	673	749	774
	Labour Party	Donna Pierce*	3.09	462	483	484	485	547	549	556
	Independent	Rita O'Brien	2.33	349	355	418	446	453	583	638	646
	Independent	Mary MacHale	1.94	291	300	303	310	313	342
	Labour Party	John Kane	1.64	246	261	261	263
	Independent	Peter Kerrigan	1.40	210	214	233	294	296
	Independent	Anthony Kenny	1.01	151	154	163
	Independent	Alan O'Reilly	0.92	138	141
Electorate: 32,795   Valid: 14,968 (45.64%)   Spoilt: 181   Quota: 1,664   Turnout: 15,149 (46.19%)

Glencullen-Sandyford

Glencullen-Sandyford - 7 seats
Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count 1	Count 2	Count 3	Count 4	Count 5	Count 6	Count 7	Count 8	Count 9	Count 10
	Labour Party	Lettie McCarthy*	17.65	1,577
	Fine Gael	Neale Richmond*†††††	13.07	1,168
	Sinn Féin	Chris Curran	10.75	961	976	981	985	1,019	1,020	1,043	1,045	1,246
	Independent	Kevin Daly	8.87	793	836	838	856	891	894	943	944	1,080	1,132
	Fianna Fáil	Tom Murphy*	7.91	707	761	772	802	1,062	1,066	1,140
	Labour Party	Peter O'Brien	7.21	644	790	815	846	879	886	1,009	1,015	1,087	1,104
	People Before Profit	Nicola Curry	6.76	604	621	626	637	665	666	726	729
	Independent	Lynsey McGovern†††††††††	6.15	550	583	606	620	650	655	748	751	929	984
	Green Party	Tom Kivlehan	5.77	516	548	558	580	600	604
	Fianna Fáil	John Byrne	5.38	481	500	508	516
	Fine Gael	Tom Joyce*	4.53	405	443	517	747	777	802	875	882	902	906
	Fine Gael	Aileen Eglington	3.63	324	361	408
	Fine Gael	Stewart Stephens	2.31	206	231
Electorate: 22,226   Valid: 8,936 (40.21%)   Spoilt: 94   Quota: 1,118   Turnout: 9,030 (40.63%)

Killiney-Shankill

Killiney-Shankill - 6 seats
Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count 1	Count 2	Count 3	Count 4	Count 5	Count 6	Count 7	Count 8	Count 9	Count 10
	People Before Profit	Hugh Lewis*	14.03	1,653	1,663	1,758
	Sinn Féin	Shane O'Brien	12.77	1,504	1,516	1,541	1,582	1,588	1,600	1,602	1,672	1,672	1,674
	Fianna Fáil	Jennifer Cuffe	10.92	1,286	1,329	1,366	1,616	1,620	1,708
	Labour Party	Carrie Smyth*	10.36	1,220	1,251	1,271	1,303	1,305	1,409	1,443	1,718
	Fine Gael	Maria Bailey*††	9.23	1,087	1,223	1,252	1,294	1,296	1,789
	Labour Party	Denis O'Callaghan*	8.22	968	995	1,024	1,068	1,072	1,178	1,219	1,405	1,434	1,450
	People Before Profit	Cillian Doyle	7.73	911	928	1,011	1,048	1,098	1,124	1,130	1,417	1,422	1,428
	Green Party	Cara Augustenborg	7.27	857	888	963	998	1,003	1,066	1,088
	Fine Gael	Jim Gildea	6.46	761	895	920	942	943
	Fianna Fáil	Vinny Duran-Kearns	4.76	561	566	583
	Independent	Simon Hall	4.13	487	508
	Fine Gael	Garrett McDermott	4.13	486
Electorate: 26,266   Valid: 11,781 (44.85%)   Spoilt: 134   Quota: 1,684   Turnout: 11,915 (45.36%)

Stillorgan

Stillorgan - 6 seats
Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count 1	Count 2	Count 3	Count 4	Count 5	Count 6	Count 7
	Fine Gael	Barry Saul*	21.83	2,155
	Fine Gael	Josepha Madigan†††	13.68	1,350	1,716
	Fianna Fáil	Gerry Horkan*††††††	11.31	1,117	1,185	1,212	1,232	1,304	1,323	1,405
	Independent	Deirdre Donnelly	11.16	1,102	1,155	1,172	1,323	1,620
	Fianna Fáil	Liam Dockery	10.94	1,080	1,112	1,131	1,163	1,200	1,210	1,277
	Labour Party	Richard Humphreys*†††††††	9.82	969	1,036	1,057	1,091	1,162	1,186	1,536
	Green Party	Miriam Hennessy	6.51	643	666	678	736	806	893	1,004
	Independent	Catriona Lawlor	5.72	565	595	606	689
	Sinn Féin	Simon Gillespie	4.57	451	460	461
	Fine Gael	John Kennedy	4.46	440	536	733	748	802	823
Electorate: 21,417   Valid: 9,872 (46.09%)   Spoilt: 88   Quota: 1,411   Turnout: 9,960 (46.51%)

References

1. Proportional Representation Citizens Information, 2009-09-21.
2. Local Election Results for Dún Laoghaire–Rathdown County Council Irish Times. Retrieved: 2014-06-04.

Post-Election Changes

• †Dundrum Green Party Cllr Catherine Martin was elected as a TD for Dublin Rathdown at the Irish general election, 2016. Karen Furlong was co-opted to fill the vacancy on 14 March 2016. She resigned her seat in September 2018 and Daniel Dunne was co-opted to fill the vacancy on 8 October 2018.
• ††Killiney-Shankill Fine Gael Cllr Maria Bailey was elected as a TD for Dún Laoghaire at the Irish general election, 2016. Jim Gildea was co-opted to fill the vacancy on 14 March 2016.
• †††Stillorgan Fine Gael Cllr Josepha Madigan was elected as a TD for Dublin Rathdown at the Irish general election, 2016. John Kennedy was co-opted to fill the vacancy on 14 March 2016.
• ††††Blackrock Independent Cllr Victor Boyhan was elected to Seanad Éireann in April 2016. Anne Colgan was co-opted to fill the vacancy.
• †††††Glencullen-Sandyford Fine Gael Cllr Neale Richmond was elected to Seanad Éireann in April 2016. Emma Blain was co-opted to fill the vacancy.
• ††††††Stillorgan Fianna Fáil Cllr Gerry Horkan was elected to Seanad Éireann in April 2016. Donal Smith was co-opted to fill the vacancy.
• †††††††Stillorgan Labour Cllr Richard Humphreys was appointed a High Court Judge in July 2015 and resigned his council seat in May 2015. Carron McKinney was co-opted to fill the vacancy in May 2015. She resigned her seat due to increased work commitments in the UK on May 8, 2017. In June 2017 Alex White was co-opted to fill the vacancy.
• ††††††††Dún Laoghaire People Before Profit Alliance Cllr Karl Gill resigned his seat for personal reasons in October 2016. Dave O'Keeffe was co-opted to fill the vacancy on 10 October 2016.
• ††††††††Glencullen-Sandyford Independent Cllr Lynsey McGovern joined Fine Gael on 25 October 2017.
• †††††††††Dundrum Fine Gael Cllr Brian Murphy lost the party whip on 31 October 2017 following comments he made on social media regarding sharia law, islam and the need for increased border security.

External links

• Official website