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2014 Mayo County Council election

An election to all 30 seats on Mayo County Council was held in Ireland on 23 May 2014 as part of the 2014 Irish local elections, a decrease from 31 seats at the 2009 election. County Mayo 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][3]

2014 Mayo County Council election
← 2009 23 May 2014 2019 →
All 30 seats on Mayo County Council
16 seats needed for a majority
  First party Second party Third party
 
Party Fianna Fáil Fine Gael Sinn Féin
Seats won 10 10 3
Seat change Increase 3 Decrease 7 Increase 1
  Fourth party
 
Party Independent
Seats won 7
Seat change Increase 2
Map showing the area of Mayo County Council
Council control after election

While Fine Gael remained the most popular party in Mayo in terms of vote share the party surrendered its previously held overall majority on Mayo County Council and lost 7 seats in the process to be reduced to 10 councillors. Several long-serving members lost their seats in the process and the Taoiseach's brother, Henry Kenny, was a near casualty in Castlebar. Fianna Fáil gained 3 seats in the election to return with 10 councillors, the same numbers as Fine Gael. Their gains came in Ballina, Castlebar and in Claremorris. The party missed out on an additional seat in West Mayo due to running too many candidates, transfer leakage and the fact that the previous incumbents had retired. Sinn Féin made modest gains by gaining a seat in Castlebar to add to their delegation, although the party was very close in Ballina. Independents garnered a large vote share in each LEA and increased their numbers to 7 seats.

Results by party

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Party Seats ± 1st pref FPv%
Fine Gael 10 −7 21,538 34.49
Fianna Fáil 10 +3 18,286 29.28
Independent 7 +2 15,336 24.56
Sinn Féin 3 +1 6,449 10.33
Labour 0 0 607 0.97
Green 0 239 0.38
Total 30 −1 62,455 100.00

Results by local electoral area

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^ *: Outgoing councillor.

Ballina

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Ballina: 8 seats[4][5]
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13
Fine Gael John O'Hara[*] 9.9% 1,612 1,614 1,672 1,712 1,741 1,746 1,846            
Independent Seamus Weir[*] 9.7% 1,589 1,590 1,630 1,670 1,672 1,762 1,812 1,817          
Fianna Fáil Annie May Raepe[*] 7.7% 1,256 1,260 1,263 1,314 1,330 1,392 1,652 1,662 1,822        
Fianna Fáil Michael Smyth 6.6% 1,069 1,087 1,091 1,093 1,297 1,410 1,416 1,416 1,434 1,450 1,480 1,521 1,523
Fine Gael Jarlath Munnelly[*] 6.4% 1,042 1,043 1,122 1,127 1,160 1,166 1,196 1,199 1,565 1,834      
Fianna Fáil Michael Loftus 6.4% 1,037 1,037 1,098 1,105 1,109 1,137 1,186 1,187 1,372 1,432 2,100    
Sinn Féin John Sheahan 6.3% 1,026 1,059 1,062 1,096 1,218 1,266 1,278 1,278 1,314 1,355 1,393 1,440 1,453
Independent Enda Lavelle 6.0% 980 983 1,062 1,071 1,075 1,081 1,088 1,090 1,190 1,244      
Independent Gerry Ginty[*]†††† 5.7% 935 938 948 1,155 1,159 1,169 1,290 1,295 1,340 1,736 1,846    
Fianna Fáil Eamon Moore 5.5% 901 901 987 999 1,001 1,018 1,043 1,043          
Fine Gael Neil Cruise 5.2% 848 854 871 882 1,004 1,253 1,253 1,258 1,274 1,344 1,406 1,500 1,510
Fine Gael Mark Winters 5.1% 830 830 858 909 914 919 1,081 1,088 1,111        
Fianna Fáil Johnnie O'Malley 4.9% 798 693 799 808 849 851 872            
Fianna Fáil Jimmy Maloney[*] 4.2% 682 685 687 688 709                
Fine Gael Joe Mellet[*] 3.6% 585 609 611 613                  
Independent Peter Clarke 5.2% 528 528 530                    
Fine Gael Padraic Staunton 2.9% 486 486                      
Independent Martin Peyton 0.7% 111                        
Electorate: 26,103   Valid: 16,315   Spoilt: 167   Quota: 1,813   Turnout: 16,482 (63.1%)  

Castlebar

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Castlebar: 8 seats[6] [7]
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
Independent Michael Kilcoyne[*] 18.9% 2,922              
Fianna Fáil Lisa Chambers† 9.6% 1,481 1,610 1,621 1,644 1,681 1,826    
Fianna Fáil Al McDonnell[*] 9.2% 1,419 1,531 1,534 1,549 1,578 1,597 1,606 1,682
Sinn Féin Thérèse Ruane††† 8.9% 1,375 1,517 1,539 1,581 1,607 1,719    
Fine Gael Cyril Burke[*] 7.7% 1,185 1,231 1,234 1,242 1,296 1,347 1,355 1,641
Fianna Fáil K. Blackie Gavin[*] 7.3% 1,127 1,263 1,265 1,293 1,341 1,415 1,438 1,539
Independent Frank Durcan[*] 7.1% 1,100 1,345 1,366 1,419 1,464 1,562 1,585 1,664
Fine Gael Eugene Lavin[*] 7.0% 1,083 1,106 1,108 1,112 1,163 1,181 1,186  
Fine Gael Henry Kenny[*] 7.0% 1,075 1,150 1,152 1,168 1,384 1,435 1,441 1,674
Fine Gael Brendan Henaghan 6.1% 934 1,026 1,036 1,080 1,266 1,383 1,410 1,522
Fine Gael Eugene McCormack 4.5% 690 736 739 754        
Labour Harry Barrett 3.9% 606 712 721 759 793      
Independent Donal Geraghty 1.7% 265 307 324          
Independent Mohammed Kamal Uddin 0.9% 132 146            
Electorate: 26,263   Valid: 15,397 (58.6%)   Spoilt: 135   Quota: 1,806   Turnout: 15,532 (59.1%)  

Claremorris

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Claremorris: 7 seats[8] [9]
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4 5 6
Fine Gael Patsy O'Brien[*] 15.1% 2,347          
Independent Richard Finn[*] 13.2% 2,050          
Sinn Féin Gerry Murray[*] 12.7% 1,971          
Fine Gael John Cribben[*] 11.3% 1,750 1,770 1,843 1,862 1,879 1,926
Fianna Fáil John Caulfield 9.8% 1,518 1,523 1,565 1,576 1,585 1,771
Fianna Fáil Damien Ryan[*] 7.3% 1,250 1,319 1,336 1,339 1,697 1,913
Fine Gael Tom Connolly[*] 7.1% 1,203 1,263 1,331 1,369 1,396 1,823
Fine Gael Michael Burke[*] 7.2% 1,120 1,218 1,255 1,258 1,524 1,559
Fianna Fáil John P. Kean 6.4% 1,001 1,048 1,142 1,170 1,209  
Independent Harry Walsh 5.3% 826 911 977 982    
Independent Marie Kilcullen 2.6% 403 418        
Green Margaret (Mags) Sheehan 0.7% 103 108        
Electorate: 25,099   Valid: 15,542 (61.9%)   Spoilt: 177   Quota: 1,943   Turnout: 15,719 (62.6%)  

West Mayo

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West Mayo: 7 seats[10] [11]
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12
Sinn Féin Rose Conway-Walsh[*]†† 13.7% 2,075                      
Independent Michael Holmes[*] 10.9% 1,667 1,701 1,714 1,747 1,867 1,919            
Fianna Fáil Paul McNamara 8.9% 1,351 1,356 1,359 1,363 1,370 1,373 1,547 1,576 1,662 1,675 1,698 1,701
Fine Gael Tereasa McGuire 6.4% 1,200 1,203 1,229 1,236 1,254 1,291 1,350 1,428 1,436 1,700 2,136  
Fianna Fáil Seán Carey 7.9% 1,197 1,250 1,251 1,254 1,255 1,257 1,264 1,299 1,508 1,515 1,530 1,533
Fine Gael Gerry Coyle[*] 7.9% 1,194 1,223 1,225 1,226 1,230 1,232 1,326 1,329 1,505 1,526 1,606 1,729
Independent Christy Hyland 7.6% 1,160 1,167 1,186 1,210 1,232 1,281 1,295 1,370 1,378 1,580 1,892 1,979
Fine Gael Austin O'Malley[*] 6.6% 1,004 1,006 1,010 1,101 1,114 1,128 1,141 1,184 1,185 1,406    
Fianna Fáil Brendan Mulroy 5.5% 913 916 923 943 980 1,045 1,073 1,278 1,298 1,468 1,618 1,638
Fine Gael John O'Malley[*] 5.5% 836 838 846 851 885 933 968 1,011 1,019      
Fianna Fáil Frank Leneghan 4.6% 544 558 558 559 566 568 618 630        
Fine Gael Breege Grealis 3.4% 511 517 525 525 540 545            
Fianna Fáil Joan Geraghty 3.2% 486 489 546 558 585 592         →
Independent Joe Lavelle 2.2% 337 340 354 357 374              
Independent Michael O'Donnell 2.2% 331 336 346                  
Fianna Fáil Tommie Joe Jennings 1.7% 257 258 260                  
Green Caroline Fitzgerald 0.9% 136 141                    
Electorate: 24,947   Valid: 15,199   Spoilt: 152   Quota: 1,900   Turnout: 15,351 (61.53%)  

Changes 2014–2019

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  • † Castlebar - Fianna Fáil Councillor Lisa Chambers was elected to the 32nd Dáil for Mayo at the 2016 general election. Michael McLoughlin was co-opted to fill the vacancy on 14 March 2016.[3]
  • †† West Mayo - Sinn Féin Councillor Rose Conway-Walsh was elected to the 25th Seanad in April 2016. Teresa Whelan was co-opted to fill the vacancy on 11 July 2016.[4]
  • ††† Castlebar Sinn Féin Councillor Therese Ruane resigned her seat in December 2017 citing work commitments.[5] Joe McHale was co-opted to fill the vacancy.[6]
  • †††† Ballina Independent Councillor Gerry Ginty joined Peadar Tóibín's movement on 27 November 2018.

References

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  1. ^ Proportional Representation Citizens Information, 2009-09-21.
  2. ^ Mayo profile Irish Times, 2014-05-16.
  3. ^ Local Election Results for Mayo County Council Irish Times. Retrieved: 2014-05-30.
  4. ^ Election Results RTÉ News
  5. ^ Ballina Mayo County Council
  6. ^ Election Results RTÉ News
  7. ^ [1] Castlebar Election Results
  8. ^ Election Results RTÉ News
  9. ^ [2] Claremorris Election Results
  10. ^ Election Results RTÉ News
  11. ^ West Mayo Mayo County Council
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