Roscommon County Council election, 2014

Roscommon County Council election, 2014

23 May 2014

All 18 seats to Roscommon County Council   First party Second party Third party   Party Fianna Fáil Fine Gael Sinn Féin Seats won 8 3 1 Seat change - -7 -   Fourth party   Party Independent Seats won 6 Seat change -1

Map showing the area of Roscommon County Council

Council control after election TBD

An election to Roscommon County Council took place on 23 May 2014 as part of that year's Irish local elections. 18 councillors were elected from three electoral divisions by PR-STV voting for a five-year term of office, a reduction in 8 seats from the previous election in 2009. In addition Boyle Town Council was also abolished.

Fine Gael imploded in the county, losing 7 seats including those of a number of long serving councillors; due to voter anger over continuous boil water notices and the closure of Roscommon Hospital’s Accident and Emergency Department; the latter leading to a split in the party locally. Fianna Fáil and Independents performed well in the election with the former becoming the largest party in Roscommon for the first time since 1985. ^{[1] [2][3][4]}

Results by party

Results by Electoral Area

Athlone

Boyle

Roscommon

References

External links

• Official website