Kildare County Council election, 2014
Kildare County Council election, 2014
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Map showing the area of Kildare County Council |
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Council control after election
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An election to Kildare County Council took place on 23 May 2014 as part of that year's Irish local elections. 40 councillors were elected from five electoral divisions by PR-STV voting for a five-year term of office, an increase in 15 seats compared to 2009.[1] In addition Athy Town Council, Leixlip Town Council, Naas Town Council and Newbridge Town Council were all abolished.
In recognition of its major population growth in recent times Kildare was allocated 15 additional council seats. This helped to insulate both Government parties somewhat from anti-Government hostility that lead to seat losses in other counties. Fine Gael returned 9 seats, as they did in 2009 and Labour returned with 5 councillors, a loss of 1 seat in the Kildare-Newbridge LEA. Fianna Fáil emerged as the big winners doubling their seats to 12 and becoming the largest party. The party won 3 seats in each of Kildare-Newbridge, Maynooth and in Naas. Sinn Féin won a seat in each LEA to return a delegation of 5 councillors back to County Hall. Independents also gained 5 seats to have a total membership of 9.[2]
Results by party
Party |
Seats |
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First Pref. votes |
FPv% |
±% |
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Fianna Fáil |
12 |
+6 |
16,530 |
26.4% |
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Fine Gael |
9 |
- |
13,111 |
20.9% |
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Labour Party |
5 |
-1 |
8,359 |
13.4% |
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Sinn Féin |
5 |
+5 |
7,494 |
11.9% |
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Independent |
9 |
+5 |
14,207 |
22.7% |
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Totals |
40 |
+15 |
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100% |
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Results by Electoral Area
Athy
Athy - 6 seats |
Party | Candidate | % 1st Pref | Count 1 | Count 2 | Count 3 | Count 4 | Count 5 | Count 6 | Count 7 |
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Fianna Fáil |
Martin Miley* |
17.12 |
1,747 |
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Labour Party |
Mark Wall* |
15.01 |
1,531 |
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Fianna Fáil |
Mark Dalton† |
13.47 |
1,374 |
1,499
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Labour Party |
Aoife Breslin |
11.95 |
1,219 |
1,241
| 1,377
| 1,434
| 1,449
| 1,470
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Fine Gael |
Ivan Keatley* |
11.61 |
1,184 |
1,274
| 1,521
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Fine Gael |
Richard O'Rourke |
8.92 |
910 |
918
| 980
| 984
| 1,030
| 1,033
| 1,079 |
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Sinn Féin |
Thomas Redmond |
8.27 |
844 |
859
| 895
| 902
| 904
| 910
| 1,563 |
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Sinn Féin |
Ger Kelly |
7.97 |
813 |
828
| 863
| 868
| 868
| 879
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Fine Gael |
Richard Daly* |
5.69 |
580 |
594
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Electorate: 22,014 Valid: 10,202 (46.34%) Spoilt: 196 Quota: 1,458 Turnout: 10,398 (47.23%) |
Celbridge-Leixlip
Celbridge-Leixlip - 7 seats |
Party | Candidate | % 1st Pref | Count 1 | Count 2 | Count 3 | Count 4 | Count 5 | Count 6 | Count 7 | Count 8 | Count 9 | Count 10 | Count 11 | Count 12 |
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Fianna Fáil |
Frank O'Rourke* |
15.31 |
1,814 |
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Independent |
Anthony Larkin* |
12.16 |
1,441 |
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Sinn Féin |
Ide Cussen |
8.01 |
949 |
969
| 990
| 1,013
| 1,025
| 1,026
| 1,073
| 1,099
| 1,135
| 1,183
| 1,238
| 1,244 |
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Independent |
Bernard Caldwell |
7.93 |
940 |
945
| 977
| 989
| 991
| 992
| 1,065
| 1,183
| 1,288
| 1,485
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Labour Party |
Kevin Byrne* |
7.11 |
842 |
893
| 903
| 918
| 974
| 974
| 1,024
| 1,104
| 1,123
| 1,133
| 1,198
| 1,231 |
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Fine Gael |
Joe Neville |
6.52 |
773 |
781
| 793
| 797
| 981
| 982
| 1,008
| 1,093
| 1,194
| 1,347
| 1,674
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Independent |
Brendan Young |
6.23 |
738 |
763
| 783
| 849
| 872
| 875
| 997
| 1,026
| 1,062
| 1,184
| 1,340
| 1,387 |
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Labour Party |
Shane Griffin |
6.14 |
727 |
768
| 771
| 805
| 868
| 868
| 913
| 984
| 1,018
| 1,032
| 1,139
| 1,178 |
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Green Party |
Shane Fitzgerald |
5.84 |
692 |
701
| 719
| 732
| 743
| 745
| 768
| 803
| 885
| 995
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Independent |
Denis McCarthy |
5.20 |
616 |
619
| 645
| 688
| 690
| 693
| 728
| 762
| 819
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Labour Party |
Colm Purcell* |
4.32 |
512 |
518
| 528
| 528
| 545
| 545
| 550
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Independent |
Michael Beirne |
3.63 |
430 |
446
| 475
| 519
| 541
| 541
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Fianna Fáil |
Gráinne Whelan |
3.61 |
428 |
524
| 538
| 543
| 555
| 555
| 571
| 604
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Fine Gael |
Philip Slattery |
3.38 |
401 |
425
| 428
| 439
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Independent |
Peter Kavanagh |
2.37 |
281 |
291
| 308
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Independent |
James Devaney |
1.57 |
186 |
189
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Independent |
Jean Berry |
0.65 |
77 |
80
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Electorate: 27,070 Valid: 11,847 (43.76%) Spoilt: 111 Quota: 1,481 Turnout: 11,958 (44.17%) |
Kildare-Newbridge
Kildare-Newbridge - 9 seats |
Party | Candidate | % 1st Pref | Count 1 | Count 2 | Count 3 | Count 4 | Count 5 | Count 6 | Count 7 | Count 8 | Count 9 | Count 10 | Count 11 | Count 12 | Count 13 | Count 14 | Count 15 | Count 16 | Count 17 |
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Fianna Fáil |
Fiona O'Loughlin* |
12.45 |
1,786 |
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Fianna Fáil |
Suzanne Doyle* |
10.47 |
1,502 |
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Fine Gael |
Fiona McLoughlin-Healy |
9.87 |
1,415 |
1,445
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Sinn Féin |
Mark Lynch |
9.02 |
1,293 |
1,308
| 1,315
| 1,318
| 1,319
| 1,325
| 1,336
| 1,351
| 1,360
| 1,378
| 1,412
| 1,440
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Independent |
Joanne Pender |
7.15 |
1,026 |
1,042
| 1,067
| 1,073
| 1,073
| 1,084
| 1,112
| 1,138
| 1,183
| 1,203
| 1,263
| 1,315
| 1,442
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Independent |
Paddy Kennedy* |
6.67 |
957 |
981
| 988
| 991
| 993
| 1,017
| 1,043
| 1,070
| 1,111
| 1,132
| 1,165
| 1,243
| 1,295
| 1,341
| 1,343
| 1,482
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Fianna Fáil |
Seán Power |
6.19 |
888 |
1,003
| 1,009
| 1,026
| 1,027
| 1,030
| 1,050
| 1,060
| 1,081
| 1,1103
| 1,127
| 1,163
| 1,187
| 1,239
| 1,240
| 1,315
| 1,321 |
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Fine Gael |
Mark Stafford |
5.68 |
814 |
887
| 890
| 895
| 896
| 899
| 909
| 913
| 916
| 942
| 957
| 1,533
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Sinn Féin |
Damian Molyneaux |
4.76 |
682 |
693
| 698
| 699
| 699
| 706
| 711
| 738
| 746
| 756
| 772
| 796
| 846
| 866
| 867
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Fine Gael |
Michael (Spike) Nolan* |
4.64 |
666 |
678
| 681
| 682
| 682
| 693
| 709
| 720
| 736
| 757
| 765
| 787
| 798
| 920
| 920
| 972
| 977 |
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Independent |
Willie Crowley |
3.85 |
552 |
559
| 563
| 564
| 565
| 571
| 584
| 603
| 666
| 683
| 694
| 753
| 863
| 874
| 876
| 1,020
| 1,055 |
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Fine Gael |
Mary Donnelly |
3.60 |
516 |
527
| 527
| 535
| 536
| 543
| 546
| 547
| 549
| 592
| 623
| 639
| 677
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Independent |
Declan Crowe |
2.59 |
372 |
376
| 382
| 387
| 387
| 388
| 392
| 397
| 403
| 421
| 492
| 581
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Independent |
Murty Aspell |
2.50 |
359 |
365
| 375
| 376
| 377
| 384
| 402
| 428
| 454
| 472
| 484
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Independent |
John (Gusher) Gleeson |
2.32 |
333 |
336
| 338
| 347
| 347
| 351
| 355
| 365
| 372
| 388
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Independent |
Morgan McCabe |
1.81 |
259 |
266
| 270
| 270
| 270
| 272
| 287
| 296
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Labour Party |
Francis Browne* |
1.48 |
212 |
215
| 217
| 222
| 222
| 304
| 308
| 314
| 316
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Independent |
Seamus Finn |
1.43 |
205 |
208
| 219
| 220
| 220
| 228
| 230
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Labour Party |
Willie Hamilton |
1.38 |
198 |
200
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| 202
| 203
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Independent |
Ray O'Brien |
1.37 |
196 |
204
| 208
| 208
| 209
| 212
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Independent |
Jason Turner |
0.76 |
109 |
110
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Electorate: 32,598 Valid: 14,340 (43.99%) Spoilt: 197 Quota: 1,435 Turnout: 14,537 (44.59%) |
Maynooth
Maynooth - 9 seats |
Party | Candidate | % 1st Pref | Count 1 | Count 2 | Count 3 | Count 4 | Count 5 | Count 6 | Count 7 | Count 8 | Count 9 | Count 10 |
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Fine Gael |
Brendan Weld* |
13.82 |
1,701 |
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Independent |
Padraig McEvoy* |
13.56 |
1,668 |
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Sinn Féin |
Réada Cronin |
10.49 |
1,291 |
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Independent |
Teresa Murray |
7.74 |
952 |
984
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| 1,050
| 1,136
| 1,268
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Labour Party |
John McGinley* |
7.53 |
927 |
936
| 950
| 952
| 956
| 961
| 1,142
| 1,144
| 1,151
| 1,188 |
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Fianna Fáil |
Naoise O Cearúil |
7.48 |
920 |
939
| 963
| 966
| 970
| 980
| 1,000
| 1,060
| 1,065
| 1,089 |
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Fianna Fáil |
Paul Ward |
6.93 |
853 |
897
| 921
| 923
| 925
| 961
| 975
| 1,015
| 1,018
| 1,046 |
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Fine Gael |
Tim Durkan |
5.83 |
717 |
856
| 889
| 891
| 895
| 911
| 954
| 977
| 981
| 1,325 |
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Fianna Fáil |
Daragh Fitzpatrick |
5.38 |
662 |
722
| 771
| 774
| 789
| 796
| 818
| 1,113
| 1,116
| 1,250 |
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People Before Profit |
Martin Grehan |
5.08 |
625 |
640
| 688
| 708
| 731
| 797
| 829
| 852
| 866
| 899 |
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Fine Gael |
Seamus Langan* |
4.87 |
599 |
688
| 700
| 702
| 747
| 757
| 781
| 858
| 859
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Fianna Fáil |
Ben Doyle |
4.27 |
529 |
539
| 552
| 556
| 583
| 592
| 611
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Labour Party |
Julie McNamara |
2.64 |
325 |
356
| 437
| 438
| 446
| 458
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Independent |
John Paul Gannon |
2.32 |
286 |
297
| 340
| 351
| 392
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Independent |
Joan McGuire |
2.06 |
254 |
261
| 296
| 301
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Electorate: 28,237 Valid: 12,305 (43.86%) Spoilt: 163 Quota: 1,232 Turnout: 12,468 (44.44%) |
Naas
Naas - 9 seats |
Party | Candidate | % 1st Pref | Count 1 | Count 2 | Count 3 | Count 4 | Count 5 | Count 6 | Count 7 | Count 8 | Count 9 | Count 10 | Count 11 | Count 12 |
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Fianna Fáil |
James Lawless |
16.15 |
2,123 |
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Sinn Féin |
Sorcha O'Neill |
12.34 |
1,622 |
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Independent |
Seamie Moore* |
9.94 |
1,307 |
1,361
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Fine Gael |
Darren Scully* |
9.23 |
1,213 |
1,291
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| 1,308
| 1,321
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Fianna Fáil |
Robert Power |
7.29 |
954 |
1,174
| 1,198
| 1,209
| 1,218
| 1,231
| 1,241
| 1,283
| 1,344
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Fianna Fáil |
Willie Callaghan*†† |
7.23 |
950 |
1,119
| 1,137
| 1,148
| 1,159
| 1,185
| 1,197
| 1,304
| 1,361
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Fine Gael |
Billy Hillis |
6.25 |
822 |
839
| 846
| 849
| 850
| 862
| 872
| 893
| 1,040
| 1,047
| 1,053
| 1,101 |
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Labour Party |
Anne Breen |
6.21 |
816 |
846
| 863
| 866
| 877
| 890
| 906
| 1,074
| 1,194
| 1,208
| 1,213
| 1,533 |
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Fine Gael |
Fintan Brett |
6.09 |
800 |
843
| 848
| 851
| 852
| 863
| 871
| 885
| 1,019
| 1,027
| 1,038
| 1,145 |
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Fine Gael |
Jacinta O'Sullivan |
4.51 |
593 |
623
| 635
| 637
| 640
| 651
| 661
| 694
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Labour Party |
Fergus Carpenter |
4.0 |
526 |
631
| 642
| 643
| 645
| 652
| 665
| 721
| 754
| 757
| 759
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Labour Party |
Ger Dunne |
3.99 |
524 |
539
| 556
| 556
| 561
| 566
| 575
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Independent |
Paddy Horan |
2.26 |
297 |
308
| 355
| 359
| 415
| 542
| 706
| 739
| 763
| 765
| 770
| 807 |
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Direct Democracy |
Martin Byrne |
1.72 |
226 |
241
| 300
| 301
| 326
| 348
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Independent |
Francis James O'Rourke |
1.40 |
184 |
197
| 234
| 237
| 304
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Independent |
Cathal Spelman |
1.38 |
182 |
194
| 233
| 234
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Electorate: 30,335 Valid: 13,143 (43.33%) Spoilt: 171 Quota: 1,315 Turnout: 13,314 (43.89%) |
References
Post-Election Changes
- †On 16 October 2014 Athy Fianna Fáil Councillor Mark Dalton resigned from the party and became an Independent after financial irregularities were discovered at a voluntary housing association of which he was a director.
- ††On 30 November 2014 Naas Fianna Fáil Councillor Willie Callaghan died after a short illness. On 26 January 2015 his daughter, Deborah, was co-opted to fill the vacancy.
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Preceded by Kildare County Council election, 2009 |
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Succeeded by Kildare County Council election, 2019 |