2014 Offaly County Council election
An election to Offaly 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 Birr Town Council, Edenderry Town Council and Tullamore Town Council were all abolished.
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All 19 seats to Offaly County Council 10 seats needed for a majority | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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 Map showing the area of Offaly County Council | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Fianna Fáil remained the largest party after the elections winning 8 Council seats. Sinn Féin won 3 seats and in terms of vote share also became the second largest party. Fine Gael, by contrast, had a poor set of results and lost half of their Council seats. Independents make up the remainder of the membership of the Council.
Results by party
| Party | Seats | ± | First Pref. votes | FPv% | ±% | |
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| Fianna Fáil | 8 | -1 | 11,116 | 34.1% | ||
| Sinn Féin | 3 | +3 | 5,613 | 17.2% | ||
| Fine Gael | 3 | -3 | 5,475 | 16.8% | ||
| Green Party | 0 |  |
58 | 0.18% | ||
| Independent | 5 | -1 | 9,731 | 29.9% | ||
| Totals | 19 | -2 | 32,583 | 100% | — | |
Results by Electoral Area
Birr
| Birr - 6 seats | ||||||||||
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| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count 1 | Count 2 | Count 3 | Count 4 | Count 5 | Count 6 | ||
| Independent | John Leahy*† | 23.05 | 2,686 | |||||||
| Fianna Fáil | Peter Ormond* | 13.71 | 1,598 | 1,678 | ||||||
| Fine Gael | John Clendennen | 10.37 | 1,209 | 1,317 | 1,384 | 1,574 | 1,943 | |||
| Sinn Féin | Carol Nolan†† | 10.01 | 1,166 | 1,420 | 1,518 | 1,636 | 1,703 | |||
| Fianna Fáil | Eamon Dooley* | 9.92 | 1,156 | 1,287 | 1,315 | 1,516 | 1,539 | 1,552 | ||
| Independent | John Carroll* | 9.06 | 1,056 | 1,147 | 1,325 | 1,353 | 1,529 | 1,618 | ||
| Fianna Fáil | Michael Loughnane | 7.61 | 887 | 950 | 991 | 1,012 | 1,205 | 1,271 | ||
| Fine Gael | Denis Sheils | 6.32 | 736 | 775 | 873 | 991 | ||||
| Fine Gael | Pat Phelan | 5.59 | 651 | 760 | 790 | |||||
| Independent | Teresa Ryan-Feehan | 4.37 | 509 | 655 | ||||||
| Electorate: 20,034 Valid: 11,654 (58.17%) Spoilt: 116 Quota: 1,665 Turnout: 11,770 (58.75%) | ||||||||||
Edenderry
| Edenderry - 6 seats | |||||||||||||
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| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count 1 | Count 2 | Count 3 | Count 4 | Count 5 | Count 6 | Count 7 | Count 8 | Count 9 | ||
| Sinn Féin | Martin O'Reilly††††† | 19.08 | 1,669 | ||||||||||
| Fianna Fáil | Eddie Fitzpatrick* | 14.29 | 1,250 | ||||||||||
| Independent | John Foley* | 12.33 | 1,078 | 1,229 | 1,254 | ||||||||
| Fianna Fáil | Noel Bourke* | 10.37 | 907 | 940 | 945 | 968 | 1,031 | 1,069 | 1,106 | 1,239 | 1,378 | ||
| Fine Gael | Liam Quinn* | 7.64 | 668 | 697 | 702 | 761 | 787 | 831 | 1,040 | 1,145 | 1,207 | ||
| Fianna Fáil | Ger Plunkett* | 7.62 | 667 | 705 | 707 | 708 | 710 | 722 | 741 | 799 | 818 | ||
| Independent | Noel Cribbin†††† | 7.24 | 633 | 669 | 676 | 704 | 787 | 848 | 862 | 890 | 1,106 | ||
| Independent | Fergus McDonnell | 5.03 | 440 | 482 | 501 | 518 | 569 | 618 | 645 | 658 | |||
| Fine Gael | William Whittle | 3.84 | 336 | 344 | 348 | 367 | 374 | 382 | |||||
| Fianna Fáil | Robert Kelleghan | 3.84 | 336 | 352 | 353 | 353 | 361 | 391 | 400 | ||||
| Independent | Stephen Carroll | 2.76 | 241 | 266 | 298 | 300 | 304 | ||||||
| Labour Party | Declan Leddin | 2.76 | 241 | 254 | 256 | 272 | |||||||
| Independent | Patricia Brady | 1.99 | 174 | 180 | 183 | ||||||||
| Independent | Emmanuel Sweeney | 1.21 | 106 | 128 | |||||||||
| Electorate: 15,890 Valid: 8,746 (55.04%) Spoilt: 113 Quota: 1,250 Turnout: 8,859 (55.75%) | |||||||||||||
Tullamore
| Tullamore - 7 seats | ||||||||||||||||
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| 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 | Brendan Killeavy | 22.8 | 2,778 | |||||||||||||
| Independent | Dervill Dolan* | 15.33 | 1,868 | |||||||||||||
| Fianna Fáil | Sinead Dooley*††† | 9.53 | 1,161 | 1,340 | 1,379 | 1,384 | 1,403 | 1,432 | 1,493 | 1,541 | ||||||
| Fianna Fáil | Frank Moran | 9.12 | 1,111 | 1,156 | 1,308 | 1,311 | 1,333 | 1,344 | 1,359 | 1,428 | 1,457 | 1,482 | 1,495 | 1,505 | ||
| Fianna Fáil | Declan Harvey | 9.07 | 1,105 | 1,307 | 1,323 | 1,327 | 1,342 | 1,354 | 1,415 | 1,434 | 1,570 | |||||
| Fine Gael | Tommy McKeigue* | 7.91 | 964 | 1,066 | 1,088 | 1,091 | 1,107 | 1,227 | 1,300 | 1,332 | 1,756 | |||||
| Fianna Fáil | Danny Owens* | 7.70 | 938 | 1,011 | 1,022 | 1,025 | 1,034 | 1,068 | 1,095 | 1,122 | 1,177 | 1,217 | 1,230 | 1,236 | ||
| Fine Gael | Molly Buckley* | 5.06 | 616 | 695 | 713 | 718 | 731 | 808 | 893 | 936 | ||||||
| Independent | Seán O'Brien | 3.92 | 478 | 768 | 784 | 796 | 858 | 864 | 907 | 1,012 | 1,102 | 1,209 | 1,230 | 1,232 | ||
| Labour Party | Paddy Doheny | 2.86 | 349 | 393 | 399 | 409 | 418 | 430 | ||||||||
| Independent | John Bracken | 2.63 | 321 | 425 | 462 | 472 | 509 | 515 | 532 | |||||||
| Fine Gael | Theresa Wrafter | 2.42 | 295 | 308 | 316 | 320 | 323 | |||||||||
| Independent | Seamus Kirwan | 1.16 | 141 | 239 | 258 | 270 | ||||||||||
| Green Party | Richard Brennan | 0.48 | 58 | 84 | 85 | |||||||||||
| Electorate: 20,607 Valid: 12,183 (59.12%) Spoilt: 119 Quota: 1,523 Turnout: 12,302 (59.70%) | ||||||||||||||||
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References
- "Offaly County Council". Irish Independent.
Changes since Election
- † In March 2015 Birr Independent Cllr John Leahy became a founder of the Renua party.
- †† Sinn Féin's Carol Nolan was elected as a TD for Offaly in the 2016 Irish general election. Sean Maher was co-opted to fill the vacancy.
- ††† Tullamore Fianna Fáil Cllr Sinead Dooley resigned her seat on 3 July 2017 as she had been appointed Asst. CEO of Irish Rural Link. On 19 September 2017 Tony McCormack was co-opted to fill the vacancy.
- †††† Edenderry Independent Cllr Noel Cribbin joined Fine Gael on 8 November 2018.
- ††††† Edenderry Sinn Féin Cllr Martin O'Reilly announced on 10 November 2018 he was resigning his seat following his appointment as a primary school teacher. On 21 January 2019 Alan Daly was co-opted to fill the vacancy.
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| Preceded by 2009 Offaly County Council election |
Offaly County Council elections | Succeeded by 2019 Offaly County Council election |
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