2014 Galway City Council election

Part of the 2014 Irish local elections

2014 Galway City Council election

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All 18 seats on Galway City Council
10 seats needed for a majority
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Party  | Fine Gael | Fianna Fáil | Sinn Féin
Seats won  | 4  | 3  | 3
Seat change  | +1  | \-  | +3

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| Fourth party  | Fifth party
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Party  | Labour | Independent
Seats won  | 2  | 6
Seat change  | -3  | +2

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Map showing the area of Galway City Council

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| Council control before election

Labour

| Council control after election

Fine Gael

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An election to all 18 seats on Galway City Council took place on 23 May 2014 as part of the 2014 Irish local elections, an increase of 3 seats from 2009 election. The city of Galway was divided into three local electoral areas (LEAs) 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)

Twenty-four-year-old Mairéad Farrell, a niece of Mairéad Farrell who was shot dead by the SAS in Gibraltar in 1988, won a seat at the first attempt.[1] She was joined on the council by 2 other councillors as Sinn Féin won 3 seats. Their gains came chiefly at the expense of Labour who lost 3 fifths of their seats to return with just 2 councillors. While Fianna Fáil won the most votes the party did not make any gains in the election and returned just 3 councillors as in 2009. By contrast Fine Gael gained a seat to become the largest party. Independents were the big winners, topping the poll in all LEAs and increasing their existing numbers by 2 seats.[2]

## Results by party

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

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| Fine Gael | 4  | 1  | 3,446  | 15.8  |
| Fianna Fáil | 3  |  | 4,256  | 19.5  |
| Sinn Féin | 3  | 3  | 2,074  | 9.5  |
| Labour | 2  | 3  | 2,370  | 10.8  |
| Anti-Austerity Alliance | 0  |  | 985  | 4.51  |
| Green | 0  |  | 479  | 2.19  |
| People Before Profit | 0  |  | 128  | 0.59  |
| Independent | 6  | 2  | 8,116  | 37.1  |
Total  | 18  | 3  | 21,854  | 100.0  |

## Results by local electoral area

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^ *: Outgoing councillor.

### Galway City Central

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Galway City Central: 6 seats  Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count

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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9
| Independent | Mike Cubbard | 13.36  | 850  | 866  | 911 |   |   |   |   |   |
| Fianna Fáil | Ollie Crowe[*] | 12.98  | 826  | 827  | 831  | 842  | 845  | 862  | 902  | 1,123 |
| Fine Gael | Frank Fahy[*] | 10.42  | 663  | 663  | 668  | 673  | 674  | 702  | 735  | 764  | 797
| Labour | Billy Cameron[*] | 9.01  | 573  | 581  | 606  | 695  | 719  | 819  | 855  | 937 |
| Fine Gael | Pádraig Conneely[*] | 8.52  | 542  | 545  | 559  | 585  | 594  | 626  | 678  | 748  | 786
| Sinn Féin | Anna Marley | 7.91  | 503  | 524  | 534  | 554  | 631  | 656  | 718  | 782  | 796
| Fianna Fáil | Nicola Deacy  | 7.91  | 503  | 504  | 512  | 550  | 563  | 596  | 650  |   |
| Green | Séamus Sheridan  | 7.53  | 479  | 495  | 516  | 529  | 565  | 618  | 671  | 721  | 751
| Independent | Cormac O Corcoráin  | 5.26  | 335  | 341  | 360  | 364  | 427  | 440  |   |   |
| Labour | Colette Connolly[*] | 4.26  | 271  | 279  | 281  | 328  | 342  |   |   |   |
| Labour | John McDonagh  | 4.15  | 264  | 267  | 271  |   |   |   |   |   |
| Anti-Austerity Alliance | Seán Byrne  | 3.69  | 235  | 285  | 294  | 301  |   |   |   |   |
| Independent | Mike Geraghty  | 2.62  | 167  | 173  |   |   |   |   |   |   |
| People Before Profit | Kiran Emrich  | 2.01  | 128  |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |
| Independent | Jimmy Horan  | 0.38  | 24  |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |
Electorate: 12,488   Valid: 6,363 (50.95%)   Spoilt: 83   Quota: 910   Turnout: 6,446 (51.62%)

### Galway City East

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Galway City East: 6 seats  Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count

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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9
| Independent | Terry O'Flaherty[*] | 20.4%  | 1,405 |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |
| Independent | Declan McDonnell[*] | 15.7%  | 1,085 |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |
| Fianna Fáil | Michael Crowe[*] | 12.5%  | 860  | 923  | 940  | 950  | 986 |   |   |   |
| Sinn Féin | Mairéad Farrell | 11.3%  | 782  | 829  | 842  | 859  | 874  | 897  | 1,074 |   |
| Independent | Noel Larkin | 7.4%  | 513  | 598  | 622  | 634  | 673  | 697  | 779  | 827  | 936
| Fianna Fáil | Alan Cheevers  | 6.5%  | 451  | 484  | 491  | 492  | 505  | 557  | 586  | 595  | 654
| Fine Gael | John Walsh | 5.8%  | 398  | 450  | 463  | 476  | 554  | 694  | 710  | 717  | 855
| Anti-Austerity Alliance | Conor Burke  | 5.2%  | 357  | 384  | 390  | 400  | 408  | 426  |   |   |
| Labour | Monica Coughlan  | 4.7%  | 327  | 367  | 377  | 439  | 475  | 524  | 558  | 577  |
| Fine Gael | John Rabbitte  | 4.5%  | 311  | 333  | 338  | 344  | 397  |   |   |   |
| Fine Gael | Margot Kelly  | 3.8%  | 262  | 294  | 296  | 312  |   |   |   |   |
| Labour | Nuala Nolan[*] | 2.1%  | 142  | 161  | 164  |   |   |   |   |   |
Electorate: 14,010   Valid: 6,893   Spoilt: 101   Quota: 985   Turnout: 6,994 (49.2%)

### Galway City West

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Galway City West: 6 seats  Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count

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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7
| Independent | Donal Lyons[*] | 21.77  | 1,872 |   |   |   |   |   |
| Independent | Catherine Connolly[*] | 17.60  | 1,513 |   |   |   |   |   |
| Fianna Fáil | Peter Keane[*] | 10.51  | 904  | 991  | 1,011  | 1,015  | 1,043  | 1,064  | 1,102
| Fine Gael | Pearce Flannery | 9.27  | 797  | 892  | 910  | 918  | 950  | 977  | 1,273
| Labour | Níall McNelis[*] | 9.22  | 793  | 924  | 989  | 1,001  | 1,057  | 1,123  | 1,240
| Sinn Féin | Cathal O Conchúir | 9.18  | 789  | 841  | 888  | 897  | 940  | 1,122  | 1,147
| Fianna Fáil | David Burke  | 8.28  | 712  | 820  | 838  | 849  | 871  | 910  | 960
| Fine Gael | Michelle Murphy[*] | 5.50  | 473  | 529  | 554  | 561  | 593  | 618  |
| Anti-Austerity Alliance | Tommy Holohan  | 4.57  | 393  | 432  | 472  | 484  | 540  |   |
| Independent | Tommy Roddy  | 3.14  | 270  | 320  | 353  | 401  |   |   |
| Independent | Marc Anderson  | 0.95  | 82  | 107  | 125  |   |   |   |
Electorate: 17,606   Valid: 8,598 (48.84%)   Spoilt: 86   Quota: 1,229   Turnout: 8,684 (49.32%)

## Changes

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### Co-options

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Party  | Outgoing  | LEA  | Reason  | Date  | Co-optee

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|  Independent | Catherine Connolly | Galway City West  | Elected to the 32nd Dáil at the 2016 general election.  | 21 March 2016  | Colette Connolly[3]
|  Sinn Féin | Anna Marley  | Galway City Central  | Resigned due to finding it difficult to balance family with council work.[4] | 12 September 2016  | Mark Lohan[5]

## References

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1. ^ McDonald, Brian (24 May 2014). "Galway City Council City East: First count". Irish Independent. Retrieved 24 May 2014.
2. ^ "Galway City local elections". Irish Independent. 24 May 2014. Archived from the original on 28 May 2014. Retrieved 18 June 2014.
3. ^ "Former Labour Party councillor Colette Connolly has been co-opted to the City Council to fill the seat left vacant by her sister's election to the Dáil". Facebook.com. Retrieved 12 January 2025.
4. ^ "New baby, late meetings, no leave: Sinn Féin councillor on her decision to step down". Newstalk. 16 August 2016. Retrieved 12 January 2025.
5. ^ Cunningham, Enda (12 September 2016). "Galway City's newest councillor steps into the breach". Connacht Tribune. Retrieved 12 January 2025.

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