2014 Cavan County Council election

Part of the 2014 Irish local elections

2014 Cavan County Council election

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All 18 seats on Cavan County Council
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Party  | Fianna Fáil | Fine Gael | Sinn Féin
Seats won  | 7  | 7  | 4
Seat change  |  1  |  6  |

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Map showing the area of Cavan County Council

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| Cathaoirleach before election

Val Smith

| Subsequent Cathaoirleach

Shane O'Reilly

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An election to all 18 seats on Cavan County Council took place on 23 May 2014 as part of the 2014 Irish local elections, a reduction from 25 at the previous election. County Cavan was divided into three local electoral areas to elect councillors for a five-year term of office on the electoral system of proportional representation by means of the single transferable vote (PR-STV).

## Administrative changes

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The town councils of Belturbet and Cavan were abolished.

Ahead of the 2014 election, County Cavan was redrawn into three electoral areas, a reduction in one from four, and the number of councillors was reduced to 18, from a previous total of 25.[1]

## Analysis

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Fianna Fáil had a good election, losing one seat overall compared to 2009. By contrast Fine Gael lost 6 seats and their overall majority. This was one of the few Councils where Sinn Féin did not make gains as the party returned with the same number they had held in 2009.[1][2]

## Results by party

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Party  | Seats  | ±  | 1st pref | FPv% | ±%

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| Fianna Fáil | 7  |  1  | 12,810  | 40.48  |
| Fine Gael | 7  |  6  | 11,615  | 36.66  |
| Sinn Féin | 4  |  | 5,751  | 18.17  |
| Independent | 0  |  | 1,286  | 4.06  |
| Labour | 0  |  | 187  | 0.59  |
Total  | 18  |  7  | 31,649  | 100.00  | --

## Results by local electoral area

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^ *: Outgoing councillor elected in 2014.

### Bailieborough–Cootehill

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Bailieborough–Cootehill: 6 seats  Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count

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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9
| Fianna Fáil | Niamh Smyth[*]†  | 16.06  | 1,886 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
| Fianna Fáil | Clifford Kelly | 10.11  | 1,187  | 1,199  | 1,215  | 1,226  | 1,387  | 1,432  | 1,489  | 1,494  | 1,512
| Fianna Fáil | Fergal Curtin[*] | 9.41  | 1,105  | 1,146  | 1,159  | 1,176  | 1,187  | 1,276  | 1,328  | 1,493  | 1,543
| Fine Gael | Val Smith[*] | 9.32  | 1,095  | 1,101  | 1,122  | 1,194  | 1,233  | 1,260  | 1,438  | 1,553  | 1,596
| Sinn Féin | Charlie Boylan[*] | 8.80  | 1,034  | 1,038  | 1,084  | 1,095  | 1,123  | 1,188  | 1,218  |  |
| Sinn Féin | Paddy McDonald[*] | 7.48  | 879  | 924  | 959  | 1,036  | 1,100  | 1,185  | 1,292  | 1,844 |
| Fianna Fáil | Francis McDermott  | 7.44  | 874  | 906  | 923  | 946  | 998  | 1,138  | 1,369  | 1,401  | 1,416
| Fianna Fáil | Don Smith  | 6.89  | 809  | 823  | 854  | 862  | 868  |  |  |  |
| Fine Gael | John O'Hare[*] | 6.21  | 729  | 748  | 779  | 911  | 1,038  | 1,086  |  |  |
| Fine Gael | Carmel Brady | 6.12  | 719  | 724  | 747  | 809  | 928  | 1,207  | 1,531  | 1,660  | 1,700
| Fine Gael | David Blake[*] | 5.18  | 608  | 612  | 636  | 706  |  |  |  |  |
| Fine Gael | Séan McKiernan Jnr[*] | 4.12  | 484  | 505  | 519  |  |  |  |  |  |
| Independent | Harry Henry Reburn  | 1.46  | 171  | 174  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
| Independent | Val Martin  | 1.40  | 165  | 167  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Electorate: 19,701  Valid: 11,745 (59.62%)  Spoilt: 153  Quota: 1,678  Turnout: 11,898 (60.39%)

### Ballyjamesduff

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Ballyjamesduff: 6 seats  Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count

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1 | 2 | 3 | 4
| Sinn Féin | Noel Connell[*] | 16.36  | 1,753 |  |  |
| Fine Gael | Winston Bennett[*] | 14.41  | 1,544 |  |  |
| Fine Gael | Paddy Smith[*] | 13.86  | 1,485  | 1,533  |  |
| Fianna Fáil | Philip Brady | 13.25  | 1,420  | 1,458  | 1,689 |
| Fianna Fáil | Shane P. O'Reilly[*] | 12.69  | 1,360  | 1,392  | 1,423  | 1,458
| Fine Gael | Paddy O'Reilly[*] | 11.66  | 1,250  | 1,273  | 1,544 |
| Fianna Fáil | Craig Lovett  | 10.53  | 1,129  | 1,182  | 1,308  | 1,415
| Fine Gael | Mary Brady  | 7.25  | 777  | 804  | 804  |
Electorate: 19,362  Valid: 10,718 (55.36%)  Spoilt: 156  Quota: 1,532  Turnout: 10,874 (56.16%)

### Cavan–Belturbet

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Cavan–Belturbet: 6 seats  Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count

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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8
| Fianna Fáil | John Paul Feeley[*] | 13.67  | 1,240  | 1,245  | 1,267  | 1,290  | 1,307 |  |  |
| Sinn Féin | Damien Brady[*] | 13.47  | 1,222  | 1,236  | 1,266  | 1,290  | 1,314 |  |  |
| Fine Gael | Madeline Argue[*] | 12.01  | 1,089  | 1,092  | 1,097  | 1,264  | 1,349 |  |  |
| Fianna Fáil | Seán Smith[*] | 11.70  | 1,061  | 1,064  | 1,072  | 1,078  | 1,116  | 1,123  | 1,133  | 1,331
| Fine Gael | Peter McVitty[*] | 11.50  | 1,043  | 1,046  | 1,068  | 1,133  | 1,333 |  |  |
| Sinn Féin | Eugene Greenan††  | 9.51  | 863  | 870  | 888  | 948  | 957  | 961  | 964  | 1,106
| Fianna Fáil | Patricia Walsh[*] | 8.15  | 739  | 741  | 745  | 811  | 823  | 829  | 831  | 890
| Independent | Seamus Fitzpatrick  | 6.07  | 551  | 586  | 618  | 637  | 744  | 765  | 787  |
| Fine Gael | Barry Wilson  | 5.48  | 497  | 501  | 505  | 531  |  |  |  |
| Fine Gael | Jacqui Lewis  | 3.25  | 295  | 296  | 300  |  |  |  |  |
| Labour | Mary Croke  | 2.06  | 187  | 191  | 201  |  |  |  |  |
| Independent | Eamon Murray  | 1.76  | 160  | 190  |  |  |  |  |  |
| Independent | Noreen Briddigkeit Quinn  | 0.75  | 68  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
| Independent | Mickey Lee  | 0.62  | 56  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Electorate: 17,468  Valid: 9,071 (51.93%)  Spoilt: 137  Quota: 1,296  Turnout: 9,208 (52.71%)

## Changes

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* †Bailieborough–Cootehill Fianna Fáil Councillor Niamh Smyth was elected to the 32nd Dáil for Cavan–Monaghan at the 2016 general election. Sarah O'Reilly was co-opted to fill the vacancy on 15 March 2016.[1] O'Reilly resigned from Fianna Fáil on 7 December 2018 and announced she was joining Aontú, citing disconnect between party membership and the leadership.[2]
* ††Cavan–Belturbet Sinn Féin Councillor Eugene Greenan resigned his seat on 26 June 2017.[3] Daniel Downey was co-opted to fill the vacancy on 9 September 2017. [4]

## References

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1. ^ a b McMahon, Aine (24 May 2014). "Fine Gael take two of first four Cavan council seats". The Irish Times. Retrieved 24 May 2014.
2. ^ "Cavan County Council Local Elections". Irish Independent. 24 May 2014. Archived from the original on 29 May 2014. Retrieved 17 June 2014.

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