2014 Laois County Council election

Part of the 2014 Irish local elections

2014 Laois County Council election

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All 19 seats to Laois County Council
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Party  | Fianna Fáil | Fine Gael | Sinn Féin
Seats won  | 7  | 6  | 2
Seat change  | -1  | -6  | +1

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| Fourth party  | Fifth party
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Party  | Labour | Independent
Seats won  | 1  | 3
Seat change  | \-  | \-

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Map showing the area of Laois County Council

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|  | Council control after election

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An election to all 19 seats on Laois County Council took place on 23 May 2014 as part of the 2014 Irish local elections, a reduction from 21 seats at the 2009 election. County Laois 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). In addition, the town councils of Mountmellick and Portlaoise were both abolished.

Fianna Fáil became the largest party after the elections securing 7 seats. Fine Gael, by contrast, had a very poor set of results and lost half of their 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

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

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| 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 | 1  |  | 1,544  | 4.7  |
| Independent | 3  |  | 6,208  | 18.8  |
Total  | 19  | 6  | 32,752  | 100.0  |

## Results by local electoral area

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^ *: Outgoing councillor.

### Borris-in-Ossory–Mountmellick

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Bossis-in-Ossory–Mountmellick: 6 seats  Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count

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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 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 | 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

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Graiguecullen–Portarlington: 6 seats  Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count

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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 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 | 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

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Portlaoise: 7 seats  Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count

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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 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 | 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%)

## Changes

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* † On 4 April 2018 Portlaoise Fianna Fáil Cllr Jerry Lodge died following a short illness.[1] Pauline Madigan was co-opted to fill the vacancy on 30 July 2018.[2]

## References

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### Sources

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"Laois County Council". Irish Independent. Archived from the original on 29 May 2014. Retrieved 1 June 2014.

### Citations

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