2014 Monaghan County Council election

An election to all 18 seats on Monaghan County Council took place on 23 May 2014 as part of the 2014 Irish local elections, a decrease from 20 seats at the 2009 election. County Monaghan 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). In addition, the town councils of Ballybay, Carrickmacross, Castleblayney, Clones and Monaghan were abolished.

2014 Monaghan County Council election

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All 18 seats on Monaghan County Council
10 seats needed for a majority
  First party Second party Third party
 
Party Sinn Féin Fine Gael Fianna Fáil
Seats won 7 5 4
Seat change - -1 -1

  Fourth party
 
Party Independent
Seats won 2
Seat change -

Map showing the area of Monaghan County Council

New LEAs were introduced in 2013 and came into effect on 1 January 2014.[1] The election in Ballybay–Clones local electoral area was halted when Fine Gael Councillor Owen Bannigan died suddenly while out canvassing on polling day.[2][3] The election for this area was cancelled and all the ballots cast were officially destroyed.[4] He had been expected to top the poll.[5] It was re-run on 7 June 2014.

Sinn Féin emerged as the largest party with 7 seats, winning all the seats it contested. Fine Gael lost a seat in the Carrickmacross–Castleblayney LEA while Fianna Fáil lost a seat in Ballybay–Clones. Independents retained their 2 seats on the council.[6]

Results by party

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Party Seats ± 1st pref FPv% ±%
Sinn Féin 7 - 9,570 34.29
Fine Gael 5 -1 8,281 29.67
Fianna Fáil 4 -1 6,613 23.70
Green 0 - 113 0.40
Independent 2 - 3,086 11.06
Total 18 -2 27,906 100.00

Results by local electoral area

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^ *: Outgoing councillor.

Ballybay–Clones

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Ballybay-Clones: 6 seats
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4 5 6 7
Fianna Fáil Seamus Coyle[*] 16.3% 1,449            
Fine Gael Ciara McPhillips[*]††††† 15.2% 1,348            
Sinn Féin Cathy Bennett[*] 14.6% 1,295            
Fine Gael Eugene Bannigan††† 12.9% 1,153 1,207 1,228 1,229 1,358    
Fine Gael Hugh McElvaney[*]†† 12.1% 1,075 1,086 1,120 1,120 1,142 1,158 1,343
Sinn Féin Pat Treanor[*] 11.7% 1,041 1,053 1,059 1,077 1,107 1,113 1,282
Independent Paul McPhillips 6.6% 584 608 619 620 691 724  
Fianna Fáil Deirdre Kelly 5.6% 499 532 535 536 731 752 882
Fianna Fáil Michael Smyth 4.5% 398 442 444 445      
Independent Joseph Duffy 0.3% 27 27 27 27      
Green Raimonda Leonaviciene 0.3% 22 22 22 22      
Electorate: 15,326   Valid: 8,891   Spoilt: 73   Quota: 1,271   Turnout: 8,964 (58.5%)  

Carrickmacross–Castleblayney

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Carrickmacross-Castleblayney: 6 seats
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
Sinn Féin Matt Carthy[*] 19.3% 1,970              
Fine Gael Aidan Campbell 13.3% 1,355 1,365 1,366 1,416 1,554      
Sinn Féin Noel Keelan[*] 12.8% 1,304 1,545            
Fianna Fáil P.J. O'Hanlon[*] 10.9% 1,118 1,158 1,166 1,191 1,355 1,479    
Sinn Féin Jackie Crowe[*] 9.9% 1,019 1,106 1,159 1,214 1,277 1,308 1,349 1,350
Fianna Fáil Pádraig McNally[*] 9.3% 948 985 997 1,014 1,263 1,399 1,443 1,455
Fine Gael Aidan Murray[*] 9.1% 928 950 953 971 991 1,325 1,334 1,340
Fianna Fáil Margaret Conlon 6.8% 691 705 706 717        
Fine Gael Lorraine Cotter 6.3% 638 682 688 729 771      
Labour Ciarán Connolly 1.4% 145 151 152          
Labour Peadar Markey 0.9% 98 107 107          
Electorate: 16,958   Valid: 10,214   Spoilt: 165   Quota: 1,460   Turnout: 10,379 (61.2%)  

Monaghan

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Monaghan: 6 seats
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
Sinn Féin Brian McKenna[*] 15.2% 1,336              
Independent Seamus Treanor[*] 15.1% 1,332              
Fianna Fáil Robbie Gallagher[*]†††† 14.1% 1,244 1,249 1,259          
Sinn Féin Seán Conlon[*] 11.2% 988 1,012 1,025 1,044 1,062 1,122 1,159 1,233
Fine Gael David Maxwell[*] 8.8% 775 776 780 789 806 828 992 1,318
Independent Paudge Connolly[*] 8.3% 727 738 751 787 853 953 1,048 1,198
Sinn Féin Siobhán Cheung 7% 617 642 649 668 690 725 765 807
Fine Gael Barra Flynn 5.9% 525 527 531 546 579 611 760  
Fine Gael Garry Keenan 5.5% 484 487 490 511 525 553    
Independent Thomas Hagan 3.5% 306 307 321 348 369      
Fianna Fáil John Finn 3% 266 270 272 276        
Green Grazvydas Vaitekunas 1% 91 92 93          
Independent Kevin Hamill 0.8% 68 69 71          
Independent Jimmy Mee 0.5% 42 42 43          
Electorate: 16,211   Valid: 8,801   Spoilt: 138   Quota: 1,258   Turnout: 8,939 (55.14%)  

Changes 2014–2019

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  • † Carrickmacross–Castleblayney Sinn Féin Cllr Matt Carty was also elected as an MEP on 23 May 2014. Accordingly, he resigned his council seat in accordance with the rule against a dual mandate. His brother, Colm, was co-opted to fill the vacancy on 8 July 2014. [1]
  • †† Ballybay–Clones Fine Gael Cllr Hugh McElvaney resigned from Fine Gael and became an Independent following an RTÉ Investigation into payments to Councillors.[2]
  • ††† Ballybay-Clones Fine Gael Cllr Eugene Bannigan resigned to pursue a job opportunity in the United States.[3] Seán Gilliland was co-opted to fill the vacancy on 7 December 2015.[4]
  • †††† Monaghan Fianna Fáil Cllr Robbie Gallagher was elected to the 25th Seanad in April 2016. Raymond Aughey was co-opted to fill the vacancy on 4 July 2016.[5]
  • ††††† Ballybay-Clones Fine Gael Cllr Ciara McPhillips resigned her seat citing time constraints on 12 June 2017.[6] Eva Humphreys was co-opted to fill the vacancy in October 2017.[7] Eva resigned from the Council in October 2018 citing work pressures. Richard Truell was co-opted to replace her in December 2018.[8]

References

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  1. ^ "Local Elections 2014". Monaghan County Council. Archived from the original on 12 May 2014. Retrieved 24 May 2014.
  2. ^ "Monaghan councillor dies while canvassing on election day". TheJournal.ie. 23 May 2014. Retrieved 23 May 2014.
  3. ^ "Monaghan election candidate dies suddenly". The Irish Times. 23 May 2014. Retrieved 23 May 2014.
  4. ^ "Monaghan candidate dies suddenly". RTÉ News. 23 May 2014. Retrieved 23 May 2014.
  5. ^ "Fine Gael candidate Bannigan dies of heart attack". Irish Independent. 24 May 2014. Retrieved 24 May 2014.
  6. ^ "Monaghan County Council". Archived from the original on 14 July 2014. Retrieved 24 May 2014.
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