2014 Louth County Council election

Part of the 2014 Irish local elections

2014 Louth County Council election

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All 29 seats on Louth County Council
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Party  | Sinn Féin | Fine Gael | Fianna Fáil
Seats won  | 10  | 7  | 5
Seat change  | +5  | -1  | \-

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| Fourth party  | Fifth party
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Party  | Labour | Green
Seats won  | 2  | 2
Seat change  | \-  | +1

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|  |  | Eighth party
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Party  |  |  | Independent
Seats won  |  |  | 3
Seat change  |  |  | -2

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Map showing the area of Louth County Council

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|  | Council control after election

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An election to all 29 seats on Louth County Council took place on 23 May 2014 as part of the 2014 Irish local elections, an increase from 26 seats at the 2009 election. County Louth was divided into four 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).[1][2]

## Administrative changes

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Ahead of the 2014 election Louth was redrawn into four electoral areas, a reduction of one from five, and the number of councillors was increased to 29, from a previous total of 26. The borough council of Drogheda and the town councils of Dundalk and Ardee were all abolished.

## Results by party

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

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| Sinn Féin | 10  | +5  | 14,159  | 31.42  |
| Fine Gael | 7  | -1  | 9,319  | 20.68  |
| Fianna Fáil | 5  | \-  | 8,576  | 19.03  |
| Labour | 2  | \-  | 2,238  | 4.96  |
| Green | 2  | +1  | 1,738  | 3.85  |
| Independent | 3  | -2  | 7,435  | 16.50  |
| Direct Democracy | \-  | \-  | 860  | 1.90  |
| Anti-Austerity Alliance | \-  | \-  | 456  | 1.01  |
| People Before Profit | \-  | \-  | 277  | 0.16  |
Total  | 29  | +3  | 45,058  | 100.00  | —

## Results by local electoral area

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^ *: Outgoing councillor.

### Ardee

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

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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15
| Sinn Féin | Pearse McGeough[*] | 14.54  | 1,569 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
| Fine Gael | Colm Markey[*] | 11.67  | 1,258  | 1,259  | 1,266  | 1,288  | 1,304  | 1,312  | 1,314  | 1,369  | 1,435  | 1,465  | 1,645 |  |  |  |
| Sinn Féin | Tom Cunningham | 10.27  | 1,107  | 1,122  | 1,140  | 1,149  | 1,154  | 1,185  | 1,196  | 1,210  | 1,260  | 1,316  | 1,410  | 1,416  | 1,443  | 1,506  | 1,514
| Fianna Fáil | Liam Reilly[*] | 8.99  | 969  | 972  | 974  | 979  | 986  | 995  | 1,001  | 1,022  | 1,182  | 1,218  | 1,270  | 1,285  | 1,441  | 1,683 |
| Fine Gael | Jim Lennon[*] | 6.22  | 671  | 672  | 674  | 685  | 699  | 706  | 720  | 755  | 763  | 775  | 793  | 807  |  |  |
| Independent | Hugh D. Conlon  | 5.83  | 628  | 629  | 652  | 658  | 679  | 737  | 760  | 771  | 794  | 869  | 1,052  | 1,097  | 1,137  | 1,173  | 1,193
| Fianna Fáil | Fintan Malone  | 5.67  | 611  | 611  | 614  | 616  | 621  | 636  | 662  | 701  | 764  | 809  | 828  | 831  | 878  |  |
| Independent | Jim Levins  | 5.56  | 599  | 601  | 614  | 624  | 631  | 638  | 646  | 651  | 694  | 737  |  |  |  |  |
| Fine Gael | Dolores Minogue | 4.88  | 526  | 527  | 528  | 545  | 565  | 581  | 605  | 753  | 771  | 864  | 879  | 895  | 1,154  | 1,331  | 1,353
| Independent | Jim Tenanty | 4.84  | 522  | 523  | 527  | 529  | 556  | 587  | 725  | 804  | 807  | 902  | 947  | 952  | 1,004  | 1,174  | 1,216
| Fianna Fáil | Tomás Wilkinson  | 4.52  | 487  | 487  | 487  | 496  | 498  | 499  | 500  | 512  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
| Fine Gael | Finnan McCoy[*] | 4.19  | 452  | 453  | 454  | 459  | 470  | 475  | 487  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
| Independent | Berenice McKeever  | 4.01  | 431  | 432  | 442  | 451  | 478  | 512  | 527  | 563  | 589  |  |  |  |  |  |
| Independent | Michael Farrelly  | 2.44  | 263  | 263  | 264  | 269  | 279  | 301  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
| Independent | Kevin Bailey  | 2.34  | 252  | 253  | 265  | 269  | 274  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
| Independent | Fred Matthews  | 1.67  | 180  | 180  | 189  | 191  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
| Labour | Gavin Kierans  | 1.22  | 132  | 134  | 134  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
| Direct Democracy | Pat Greene  | 1.15  | 124  | 124  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Electorate: 21,455  Valid: 10,781 (50.25%)  Spoilt: 159  Quota: 1,541  Turnout: 10,940 (50.99%)

### Drogheda

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Drogheda: 10 seats  Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count

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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15
| Sinn Féin | Imelda Munster[*]††  | 16.70  | 2,317 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
| Labour | Paul Bell[*] | 10.17  | 1,411 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
| Sinn Féin | Alan Cassidy†††††  | 8.56  | 1,188  | 1,521 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
| Fianna Fáil | Tommy Byrne[*] | 7.22  | 1,001  | 1,026  | 1,029  | 1,042  | 1,045  | 1,045  | 1,051  | 1,060  | 1,162  | 1,190  | 1,201  | 1,266 |  |  |
| Fine Gael | Kevin Callan†  | 6.14  | 852  | 874  | 880  | 896  | 897  | 901  | 909  | 928  | 950  | 1,000  | 1,006  | 1,096  | 1,109  | 1,111  | 1,200
| Fine Gael | Oliver Tully[*] | 5.29  | 734  | 743  | 745  | 747  | 748  | 750  | 761  | 773  | 792  | 854  | 857  | 982  | 991  | 991  | 1,032
| Independent | Frank Godfrey[*] | 5.16  | 716  | 764  | 769  | 788  | 806  | 839  | 872  | 890  | 921  | 949  | 994  | 1,031  | 1,127  | 1,150  | 1,289
| Fine Gael | Richie Culhane | 5.03  | 698  | 709  | 710  | 723  | 723  | 727  | 733  | 743  | 761  | 793  | 803  | 903  | 929  | 932  | 1,028
| Labour | Pio Martin Smith[*] | 5.01  | 695  | 722  | 725  | 753  | 760  | 764  | 769  | 799  | 810  | 838  | 841  | 870  | 917  | 920  | 987
| Fianna Fáil | Frank Maher[*] | 4.59  | 637  | 652  | 653  | 664  | 670  | 677  | 678  | 695  | 804  | 830  | 843  | 876  | 895  | 900  |
| Sinn Féin | Kenneth Flood | 3.62  | 502  | 890  | 1,099  | 1,108  | 1,110  | 1,121  | 1,135  | 1,150  | 1,167  | 1,178  | 1,227  | 1,246  | 1,364 |  |
| Anti-Austerity Alliance | Ciaran McKenna  | 3.29  | 456  | 490  | 493  | 496  | 499  | 511  | 546  | 579  | 595  | 607  | 677  | 689  |  |  |
| Fine Gael | Michael O'Dowd[*] | 3.12  | 433  | 442  | 444  | 449  | 452  | 453  | 455  | 465  | 474  |  |  |  |  |  |
| Fine Gael | Garrett O'Dowd  | 3.04  | 422  | 436  | 438  | 445  | 446  | 447  | 451  | 461  | 477  | 618  | 625  |  |  |  |
| Fianna Fáil | John Govern  | 3.00  | 416  | 427  | 431  | 435  | 435  | 438  | 442  | 449  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
| Direct Democracy | Anthony Connor  | 2.76  | 383  | 410  | 418  | 424  | 434  | 444  | 461  | 472  | 483  | 488  |  |  |  |  |
| Direct Democracy | Ronan Mooney  | 2.54  | 353  | 397  | 400  | 404  | 413  | 420  | 461  | 485  | 502  | 508  | 707  | 722  | 895  | 921  | 953
| Green | Michael McKeon  | 1.78  | 244  | 255  | 257  | 260  | 264  | 270  | 285  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
| People Before Profit | Stephanie Valla-Black  | 1.29  | 179  | 197  | 199  | 201  | 223  | 244  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
| Independent | Julia Feely  | 0.87  | 120  | 126  | 128  | 131  | 152  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
| Independent | Jeff Rudd  | 0.81  | 112  | 118  | 119  | 120  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Electorate: 30,794  Valid: 13,872 (45.05%)  Spoilt: 273  Quota: 1,262  Turnout: 14,145 (45.93%)

### Dundalk Carlingford

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Dundalk Carlingford: 6 seats  Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count

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| Sinn Féin | Edel Corrigan[*] | 15.96  | 1,564 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
| Sinn Féin | Jim Loughran[*]††††  | 12.80  | 1,255  | 1,326  | 1,349  | 1,362  | 1,387  | 1,399  | 1,402 |  |
| Fianna Fáil | Peter Savage[*] | 12.64  | 1,239  | 1,241  | 1,253  | 1,273  | 1,368  | 1,424 |  |  |
| Sinn Féin | J.J. Quigley  | 7.93  | 777  | 836  | 870  | 889  | 897  | 974  | 974  | 1,101  | 1,150
| Fine Gael | John McGahon | 7.77  | 762  | 765  | 774  | 799  | 877  | 932  | 936  | 1,010  | 1,381
| Fianna Fáil | Conor Keelan | 7.52  | 737  | 740  | 743  | 775  | 786  | 952  | 961  | 1,074  | 1,154
| Fine Gael | Colin Goss  | 7.51  | 736  | 738  | 747  | 764  | 860  | 887  | 887  | 931  |
| Green | Mark Dearey | 7.31  | 717  | 725  | 765  | 821  | 846  | 902  | 906  | 1,079  | 1,262
| Independent | Jim Ryan[*] | 5.48  | 537  | 541  | 579  | 690  | 702  | 769  | 772  |  |
| Fianna Fáil | Seán Kelly  | 5.41  | 530  | 534  | 534  | 558  | 562  |  |  |  |
| Fine Gael | Martin Murnaghan[*] | 3.88  | 380  | 380  | 385  | 389  |  |  |  |  |
| Independent | Eamonn P. O'Boyle  | 3.07  | 301  | 303  | 364  |  |  |  |  |  |
| Independent | Luke Martin  | 1.01  | 99  | 101  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
| People Before Profit | Syd Smith  | 0.99  | 98  | 99  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
| Independent | Sylwia Golbiewska Jokubas  | 0.72  | 71  | 73  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Electorate: 19,299  Valid: 9,806  Spoilt: 178  Quota: 1,401  Turnout: 9,984 (52%)

### Dundalk South

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Dundalk South: 7 seats  Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count

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| Sinn Féin | Tomás Sharkey[*] | 17.03  | 1,805 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
| Fianna Fáil | Declan Breathnach[*]†††  | 12.87  | 1,364 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
| Independent | Meave Anna Yore | 11.58  | 1,228  | 1,260  | 1,263  | 1,309  | 1,389 |  |  |  |  |
| Sinn Féin | Kevin Meenan††††††  | 10.21  | 1,082  | 1,246  | 1,247  | 1,270  | 1,281  | 1,284  | 1,288  | 1,307  | 1,325  | 1,369
| Sinn Féin | Jennifer Green†††††††  | 9.36  | 992  | 1,191  | 1,193  | 1,212  | 1,233  | 1,236  | 1,247  | 1,269  | 1,291  | 1,350
| Green | Marianne Butler[*] | 7.33  | 777  | 789  | 792  | 814  | 847  | 856  | 882  | 943  | 987  | 1,149
| Fine Gael | Maria Doyle | 6.01  | 637  | 647  | 650  | 655  | 678  | 680  | 785  | 838  | 1,103  | 1,181
| Fianna Fáil | Stephen Egan  | 5.52  | 585  | 600  | 616  | 622  | 644  | 648  | 691  | 766  | 866  | 974
| Independent | Seán Bellew  | 4.46  | 473  | 482  | 485  | 511  | 552  | 569  | 595  | 712  | 740  |
| Fine Gael | Linus English[*] | 3.82  | 405  | 413  | 415  | 417  | 431  | 434  | 524  | 574  |  |
| Independent | Brian O'Neill  | 3.54  | 375  | 382  | 383  | 400  | 454  | 464  | 511  |  |  |
| Fine Gael | Paddy Malone  | 3.32  | 352  | 358  | 359  | 359  | 382  | 390  |  |  |  |
| Independent | Eamonn P. O'Boyle  | 2.87  | 304  | 312  | 314  | 352  |  |  |  |  |  |
| Independent | Oliver Morgan  | 1.08  | 114  | 119  | 120  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
| Independent | Mark Fitzsimons  | 1.03  | 109  | 113  | 113  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Electorate: 21,322  Valid: 10,602 (49.72%)  Spoilt: 160  Quota: 1,326  Turnout: 10,762 (50.47%)

## References

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1. ^ Logue, Patrick (22 May 2014). "Louth profile: Battle royal looms in the Wee County". The Irish Times. Retrieved 22 May 2014.
2. ^ "Louth County Council: Update". Irish Independent. 25 May 2014. Retrieved 25 May 2014.

## Changes 2014–2019

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* † Drogheda Fine Gael Cllr Kevin Callan resigned from the party on 2 November 2014 and became an Independent in opposition to the government's handling of the water charges controversy [1].
* †† Drogheda Sinn Féin Cllr Imelda Munster was elected as a TD for Louth at the Irish general election, 2016. Joanne Byrne was co-opted to fill the vacancy on 21 March 2016.[2]
* ††† Dundalk South Fianna Fáil Cllr Declan Breathnach was elected as a TD for Louth at the 2016 general election. Emma Coffey was co-opted to fill the vacancy on 21 March 2016.[3]
* †††† Dundalk-Carlingford Sinn Féin Councillor Jim Loughran resigned his seat for health reasons in October 2016. Antoin Watters was co-opted to fill the vacancy on 21 November 2016.[4]
* ††††† Drogheda Sinn Féin Councillor Alan Cassidy resigned his seat in May 2017 citing family reasons. Davin Saurin was co-opted to fill the vacancy.[5]
* †††††† Dundalk-South Sinn Féin Councillor Kevin Meenan resigned his seat on 21 July 2017 citing health reasons.[6] Archived 29 October 2017 at the Wayback Machine Ruairí Ó Murchú was co-opted to fill the vacancy on 18 September 2017.[7]
* ††††††† Dundalk-South Sinn Féin Councillor Jennifer Green resigned her seat citing family reasons. Anne Campbell was co-opted to fill the vacancy on 18 September 2017.[8]

## External links

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* "Local Election: Louth County Council". Irish Independent. Archived from the original on 29 May 2014. Retrieved 28 May 2014.
* Official website

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