2014 Roscommon County Council election
An election to Roscommon County Council took place on 23 May 2014 as part of that year's Irish local elections. 18 councillors were elected from three electoral divisions by PR-STV voting for a five-year term of office, a reduction in 8 seats from the previous election in 2009. Boyle Town Council was also abolished.
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All 18 seats to Roscommon County Council 10 seats needed for a majority | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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 Map showing the area of Roscommon County Council | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Fine Gael imploded in the county, losing 7 seats including those of a number of long serving councillors; due to voter anger over continuous boil water notices and the closure of Roscommon Hospital’s Accident and Emergency Department; the latter leading to a split in the party locally. Fianna Fáil and Independents performed well in the election with the former becoming the largest party in Roscommon for the first time since 1985.[1] [2][3][4]
Results by party
| Party | Seats | ± | First Pref. votes | FPv% | ±% | |
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| Fianna Fáil | 8 | - | 10,822 | 34.53 | ||
| Fine Gael | 3 | -7 | 7,026 | 22.42 | ||
| Sinn Féin | 1 | - | 2,542 | 8.11 | ||
| Independent | 6 | -1 | 10,361 | 33.06 | ||
| Totals | 18 | -8 | 100% | — | ||
Results by Electoral Area
Athlone
| Athlone - 6 seats | |||||||||
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| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count 1 | Count 2 | Count 3 | Count 4 | Count 5 | ||
| Independent | Tony Ward* | 17.62 | 1,712 | ||||||
| Fianna Fáil | Ivan Connaughton†††† | 14.56 | 1,414 | ||||||
| Fine Gael | John Naughten* | 12.71 | 1,235 | 1,298 | 1,309 | 1,414 | |||
| Fianna Fáil | John Keogh* | 11.52 | 1,119 | 1,158 | 1,176 | 1,271 | 1,379 | ||
| Independent | Laurence Fallon | 10.76 | 1,045 | 1,102 | 1,111 | 1,287 | 1,458 | ||
| Fianna Fáil | Paddy Kilduff*††† | 10.13 | 984 | 1,026 | 1,034 | 1,111 | 1,183 | ||
| Fine Gael | Ollie Moore* | 8.73 | 848 | 882 | 892 | 923 | 988 | ||
| Sinn Féin | David McWeeney | 6.64 | 645 | 675 | 703 | 759 | |||
| Independent | Anthony Geraghty | 3.78 | 367 | 399 | 426 | ||||
| Independent | Peadar Doyle | 2.11 | 205 | 217 | 237 | ||||
| Independent | Gordon Hudson | 1.44 | 140 | 155 | 155 | ||||
| Electorate: 14,519 Valid: 9,714 (66.91%) Spoilt: 109 Quota: 1,401 Turnout: 9,823 (67.66%) | |||||||||
Boyle
| Boyle - 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 | ||
| Fianna Fáil | John Cummins* | 13.16 | 1,513 | 1,535 | 1,582 | 1,628 | 1,643 | |||||
| Independent | Valerie Byrne | 11.71 | 1,347 | 1,442 | 1,461 | 1,578 | 1,619 | 1,777 | ||||
| Sinn Féin | Patrick Michael Mulligan* | 10.88 | 1,251 | 1,283 | 1,362 | 1,406 | 1,614 | 1,639 | 1,640 | 1,727 | ||
| Fianna Fáil | Eugene Murphy*† | 9.99 | 1,149 | 1,163 | 1,178 | 1,289 | 1,310 | 1,381 | 1,406 | 1,463 | ||
| Fianna Fáil | Rachel Doherty* | 9.28 | 1,067 | 1,079 | 1,131 | 1,152 | 1,176 | 1,296 | 1,332 | 1,608 | ||
| Independent | Tom Crosby* | 9.23 | 1,062 | 1,107 | 1,112 | 1,144 | 1,161 | 1,207 | 1,230 | 1,268 | ||
| Fine Gael | Maura Hopkins†† | 7.30 | 840 | 867 | 916 | 1,039 | 1,287 | 1,400 | 1,413 | 1,729 | ||
| Fine Gael | Charlie Hopkins | 6.36 | 731 | 733 | 734 | 752 | 767 | 929 | 948 | |||
| Fine Gael | Gerry Garvey* | 5.86 | 674 | 680 | 682 | 739 | 754 | 754 | ||||
| Fine Gael | Liam Callaghan* | 5.15 | 592 | 606 | 650 | |||||||
| Labour Party | Micheál Frain | 5.10 | 587 | 606 | 652 | 696 | 696 | |||||
| Fianna Fáil | Aidan Sampey | 3.17 | 365 | 374 | 374 | |||||||
| Independent | Gertrude Drury-O'Beirne | 1.58 | 182 | 182 | ||||||||
| Independent | Anthony Brendan Coleman | 1.22 | 140 | 140 | ||||||||
| Electorate: 17,647 Valid: 11,500 (65.17%) Spoilt: 132 Quota: 1,643 Turnout: 11,632 (65.91%) | ||||||||||||
Roscommon
| Roscommon - 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 | ||
| Fianna Fáil | Paschal Fitzmaurice* | 15.03 | 1,576 | ||||||||||
| Fianna Fáil | Orla Leyden* | 10.04 | 1,053 | 1,054 | 1,063 | 1,070 | 1,085 | 1,134 | 1,241 | 1,290 | 1,334 | ||
| Independent | Kathleen Shanagher | 9.17 | 962 | 965 | 966 | 973 | 992 | 1,022 | 1,211 | 1,314 | 1,345 | ||
| Independent | Dominick Connolly* | 9.12 | 957 | 959 | 964 | 983 | 1,010 | 1,128 | 1,295 | 1,376 | 1,443 | ||
| Fianna Fáil | Larry Brennan | 9.03 | 947 | 947 | 951 | 956 | 973 | 1,009 | 1,103 | 1,140 | 1,161 | ||
| Fine Gael | Michael Creaton* | 8.34 | 875 | 876 | 885 | 917 | 959 | 1,039 | 1,060 | 1,120 | 1,419 | ||
| Independent | Nigel Dineen | 7.58 | 795 | 803 | 822 | 869 | 993 | 1,044 | 1,113 | 1,322 | 1,487 | ||
| Fine Gael | Michael McGreal* | 7.23 | 758 | 758 | 762 | 830 | 863 | 892 | 905 | 943 | |||
| Independent | Paula McNamara* | 6.59 | 691 | 693 | 694 | 705 | 727 | 762 | |||||
| Sinn Féin | Séamus O'Brien | 6.46 | 646 | 650 | 658 | 712 | 799 | 807 | 831 | ||||
| Fine Gael | Seán Beirne* | 4.51 | 473 | 474 | 474 | 478 | 481 | ||||||
| Independent | John Murphy* | 3.75 | 393 | 397 | 409 | 449 | |||||||
| Independent | Padraig Morris | 3.06 | 321 | 327 | 332 | ||||||||
| Independent | Joe Malone | 0.40 | 42 | ||||||||||
| Electorate: 16,891 Valid: 10,633 (62.10%) Spoilt: 144 Quota: 1,499 Turnout: 10,489 (62.95%) | |||||||||||||
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References
- https://www.irishtimes.com/news/politics/roscommon-profile-voters-boiling-angry-over-contaminated-water-1.1799197?page=1
- McCaughey, Ciara (26 May 2014). "Roscommon Council results: Fine Gael vote implodes in the three electoral areas". The Irish Times. Retrieved 26 May 2014.
- "Local Election: Roscommon County Council". RTÉ. Archived from the original on 31 May 2014.
- "Roscommon Local Elections". Irish Independent. Archived from the original on 18 June 2014.
Post-Election Changes
- † Boyle Fianna Fáil Councillor Eugene Murphy was elected as a TD for Roscommon–Galway at the Irish general election 2016. His brother, Joe, was co-opted to fill the vacancy on 14 March 2016.
- †† Boyle Fine Gel Councillor Maura Hopkins was elected to Seanad Eireann in April 2016. Liam Callaghan was co-opted to fill the vacancy in July 2016.
- ††† Athlone Fianna Fáil Councillor Paddy Kilduff resigned from the party and became an Independent on 9 February 2018 citing disillusionment with how the party was run and how its members were treated.
- †††† Athlone Fianna Fáil Councillor Ivan Connaughton resigned from the party and became an Independent on 3 January 2019.
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| Preceded by 2009 Roscommon County Council election |
Roscommon County Council elections | Succeeded by 2019 Roscommon County Council election |
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