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.

2014 Laois County Council election
23 May 2014
All 19 seats to Laois County Council
  First party Second party Third party
 
Party Fianna Fáil Fine Gael Sinn Féin
Seats won 7 6 2
Seat change -1 -6 +1
  Fourth party Fifth party
 
Party Labour Party Independent
Seats won 1 3
Seat change - -
Map showing the area of Laois County Council
Council control after election

TBD

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% ±%
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 Party 1 - 1,544 4.7%
Independent 3 - 6,208 18.8%
Totals 19 -6 100% —

Results by Electoral Area

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Borris-in-Ossory-Mountmellick
Bossis-in-Ossory - Mountmellick - 6 seats
PartyCandidateFPv%Count 1Count 2Count 3Count 4Count 5Count 6Count 7Count 8Count 9Count 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 Party 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
    Graiguecullen-Portarlington - 6 seats
    PartyCandidateFPv%Count 1Count 2Count 3Count 4Count 5Count 6Count 7Count 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 Party 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
      Portlaoise - 7 seats
      PartyCandidateFPv%Count 1Count 2Count 3Count 4Count 5Count 6Count 7Count 8Count 9Count 10Count 11Count 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 Party 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%)
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        gollark: If they mean approximately the same things as in the calculus I did, then if the gradient was positive/negative on one side and the same sign on the other it would not be a maximum/minimum but just an inflection point. But if the gradient changes sign, then it can be, and this probably requires a different value to on either side. But I don't really get what they're saying either.
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        References
        1. "Laois County Council". Irish Independent. Archived from the original on 2014-05-29. Retrieved 2014-06-01.

        Changes since Election
        • † On 4 April 2018 Portlaoise Fianna Fáil Cllr Jerry Lodge died following a short illness. Pauline Madigan was co-opted to fill the vacancy on 30 July 2018.
        Preceded by
        2009 Laois County Council election        		 Laois County Council elections Succeeded by
        2019 Laois County Council election
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