2014 Cork City Council election

A Cork City Council election was held in Ireland on 23 May 2014 as part of that year's local elections. Thirty-one councillors were elected from a field of 65 candidates for a five-year term of office from six local electoral areas by proportional representation with a single transferable vote.[1][2][3]

2014 Cork City Council election
23 May 2014
All 31 seats to Cork City Council
  First party Second party Third party
 
Party Fianna Fáil Sinn Féin Fine Gael
Seats won 10 8 5
  Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party
 
Party Anti-Austerity Alliance Workers' Party Independent
Seats won 3 1 4
Map showing the area of Cork City Council

Having lost several seats in the 2009 local elections within Cork City Fianna Fáil made 4 gains in these local elections. The party gained 1 seat in each of the 3 Cork South Central LEAs, the base of Micheál Martin, and 1 seat in the Cork City North Central LEA on the North Side. Sinn Féin emerged as the second largest party with 8 seats as they made 3 gains on both sides of the river Lee though effectively matched Fianna Fáil in terms of first preference vote share. Fine Gael lost 3 seats to be reduced to 5 seats while their coalition partner, the Labour Party, was obliterated losing all 7 seats. The Anti-Austerity Alliance made 2 gains to return 3 councillors to City Hall and Ted Tynan became the Workers' Party sole elected representative in the State. Independents secured the remaining 4 seats.

Results by party
Party Seats ± 1st pref FPv%
Fianna Fáil 10 +4 9,816 23.99
Sinn Féin 8 +4 9,815 23.99
Fine Gael 5 -3 7,758 18.96
Independent 4 - 6,156 15.05
Anti-Austerity Alliance 3 +3 2,398 5.86
Workers' Party 1 0 1,243 3.04
Labour 0 -7 2,433 5.95
Socialist Party 0 -1 - -
Totals 31 0 40,911 100%

Results by Electoral Area

Cork City North Central
Cork City North Central - 5 seats
PartyCandidateFPv%Count
123456
Sinn Féin Thomas Gould* 26.71 1,828          
Anti-Austerity Alliance Mick Barry*† 21.36 1,462          
Fianna Fáil Kenneth O'Flynn* 14.57 997 1,072 1,092 1,111 1,136 1,202
Fianna Fáil Dr. John Sheehan 11.29 773 853 879 901 932 1,010
Fine Gael Patricia Gosch* 7.04 482 510 522 567 583  
Labour Catherine Clancy* 7.03 481 532 553 571 603 783
Anti-Austerity Alliance Lil O'Donnell†† 6.31 432 712 909 924 1,115 1,194
Independent Billy Corcoran 3.70 253 409 451 456    
Fine Gael Donncha Loftus 2.00 137 154 157      
Electorate: 14,280   Valid: 6,845 (47.93%)   Spoilt: 166   Quota: 1,401   Turnout: 7,011 (49.10%)

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    Cork City North East
    Cork City North East - 4 seats
    PartyCandidateFPv%Count
    123456
    Sinn Féin Stephen Cunningham 26.71 971          
    Workers' Party Ted Tynan* 21.36 962          
    Fianna Fáil Tim Brosnan* 14.57 931 951 954 955 979  
    Fine Gael Joe Kavanagh* 11.29 655 658 659 659 691 903
    Labour John Kelleher* 7.04 424 443 446 447 541 662
    Fine Gael Sue-Ellen Carroll 7.03 414 420 422 423 461  
    Green Oliver Moran 6.31 235 287 291 292    
    Independent Philip A. McCarthy 3.70 124 124        
    Communist Party Michael O'Donnell 2.00 72 72        
    Electorate: 10,402   Valid: 4,788 (46.63%)   Spoilt: 75   Quota: 958   Turnout: 4,863 (47.36%)

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      Cork City North West
      Cork City North West - 4 seats
      PartyCandidateFPv%Count
      1234567891011
      Sinn Féin Mick Nugent* 22.37 1,206                    
      Fianna Fáil Tony Fitzgerald* 19.47 1,050 1,058 1,061 1,078 1,109            
      Sinn Féin Kenneth Collins 15.0 809 893 896 928 953 954 995 1,060 1,179    
      Anti-Austerity Alliance Marion O'Sullivan 9.35 504 513 517 557 576 580 628 672 766 795 969
      Labour Michael O'Connell* 5.23 282 285 285 295 316 318 336        
      Workers' Party James Coughlan 5.21 281 287 289 304 312 313 339 385      
      Fine Gael Joe O'Callaghan* 5.19 280 282 284 286 373 380 392 455 476 494 535
      Independent Maurice Sheehan 4.99 269 273 280 330 340 343 406 425 469 482  
      Fine Gael Lyndsey Clarke 4.43 239 240 243 248 248            
      Independent Evan Murphy 4.21 227 230 239 265 282 283          
      Independent Pat O'Shea 2.21 119 122 123 123              
      Independent Barry O'Donovan 1.59 86 89 95 95              
      Independent John Murphy 0.74 40 41                  
      Electorate: 10,932   Valid: 5,392 (49.32%)   Spoilt: 116   Quota: 1,079   Turnout: 5,508 (50.38%)

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        Cork City South Central
        Cork City South Central - 5 seats
        PartyCandidateFPv%Count
        123456789
        Independent Mick Finn* 23.33 1,437                
        Sinn Féin Fiona Kerins* 23.28 1,434                
        Fianna Fáil Tom O'Driscoll 12.40 764 837 885 898 902 905 914 925 1,007
        Fianna Fáil Seán Martin* 10.39 640 681 717 721 736 742 750 759 834
        Independent Paudie Dineen 8.54 526 666 813 850 863 909 945 1,064  
        Labour Lorraine Kingston* 7.06 435 484 521 525 543 558 602 624 795
        Fine Gael Emmet O'Halloran* 6.51 401 423 433 434 484 489 498 506  
        Green Johnny O'Mahony 2.0 123 130 156 158 164 172 172    
        Independent Brian Houlihan 1.93 119 145 187 208 209 248 271 271  
        Fine Gael Billy MacGill 1.9 117 124 128 128 128        
        Independent Ella Goddin 1.46 90 115 141 154 156 156      
        Independent Tom McIntyre 1.19 73 93 124            
        Electorate: 13,023   Valid: 6,159 (47.29%)   Spoilt: 123   Quota: 1,027   Turnout: 6,282 (48.24%)

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          Cork City South East
          Cork City South East - 7 seats
          PartyCandidateFPv%Count
          12345678
          Independent Kieran McCarthy* 15.08 1,534              
          Sinn Féin Chris O'Leary* 12.73 1,295              
          Fine Gael Des Cahill* 11.56 1,176 1,199 1,318          
          Fine Gael Laura McGonigle* 10.89 1,108 1,150 1,276          
          Fianna Fáil Terry Shannon* 9.74 991 1,014 1,041 1,048 1,049 1,124 1,160 1,275
          Fianna Fáil Nicholas O'Keeffe 8.42 856 873 899 904 906 990 1,028 1,096
          Fianna Fáil Kate Martin 6.94 706 721 744 747 747 804 835 951
          Sinn Féin Shane O'Shea 6.19 630 654 660 662 679 745 905 1,000
          Green Dan Boyle 4.97 505 537 557 562 563 671 802  
          Independent Diarmaid O Cadhla 4.79 487 550 561 564 565 594    
          Labour Denis O'Flynn* 4.74 482 496 522 543 544      
          Fine Gael Derek Cregan 3.94 401 410            
          Electorate: 19,576   Valid: 10,171 (51.96%)   Spoilt: 155   Quota: 1,272   Turnout: 10,326 (52.75%)

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            Cork City South West
            Cork City South West - 6 seats
            PartyCandidateFPv%Count
            12345678
            Fine Gael John Buttimer* 15.08 1,750              
            Sinn Féin Henry Cremin* 12.73 1,642              
            Fianna Fáil Mary Shields* 11.56 1,065 1,198            
            Fianna Fáil Fergal Dennehy 10.89 1,043 1,121            
            Independent Thomas Moloney* 9.74 409 425 613 616 617 635 732 798
            Independent Thomas Kiely 8.42 363 381 584 589 593 628 715 796
            Green Mick Murphy 6.94 357 387 462 470 476 522    
            Labour Ger Gibbons* 6.19 329 413 463 480 489 574 668  
            Fine Gael P.J. Hourican 4.97 301 491 514 556 571 737 809 1,013
            Fine Gael Barry Keane 4.79 297 418 441 462 468 468    
            Electorate: 14,830   Valid: 7,556 (50.95%)   Spoilt: 138   Quota: 1,080   Turnout: 7,697 (51.90%)

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              References
              1. Proportional Representation Citizens Information, 2009-09-21.
              2. Cork profile: Fine Gael likely to hold its own in contest Irish Times, 2014-05-12.
              3. Local Election Results for Cork City Council Irish Times. Retrieved: 2014-06-09.
              4. Cork City Election Results Archived 2014-05-31 at the Wayback Machine RTÉ News. Retrieved: 2014-06-09.
              5. Cork City North Central ElectionsIreland.org. Retrieved: 2014-06-09.
              6. Cork City North Central Archived 2014-07-14 at the Wayback Machine Irish Independent: Retrieved, 2014-06-15.
              7. Cork City North East ElectionsIreland.org. Retrieved: 2014-06-09.
              8. Cork City North East Irish Independent. Retrieved: 2014-06-15.
              9. Cork City North West ElectionsIreland.org. Retrieved: 2014-06-09.
              10. Cork City North West Irish Independent. Retrieved: 2014-06-15.
              11. Cork City South Central ElectionsIreland.org. Retrieved: 2014-06-09.
              12. Cork City South Central Irish Independent. Retrieved: 2014-06-15.
              13. Cork City South East ElectionsIreland.org. Retrieved: 2014-06-09.
              14. Cork City South East Irish Independent. Retrieved: 2014-06-15.
              15. Cork City South West ElectionsIreland.org. Retrieved: 2014-06-09.
              16. Cork City South West Archived 2014-05-28 at the Wayback Machine Irish Independent. Retrieved: 2014-06-15.

              Changes since 2014
              • † AAA/PBP Cork City North-Central Cllr Mick Barry was elected as a TD for Cork North-Central in the 2016 Irish general election. On 25 April 2016 Fiona Ryan was co-opted to fill the vacancy.
              • †† On 13 March 2017 Cork City North-Central AAA/PBP Cllr Lil O'Donnell did not join the Solidarity Party and became an Independent.
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