2014 Galway County Council election

An election to Galway County Council took place on 23 May 2014 as part of that year's Irish local elections. 39 councillors were elected from five electoral divisions by PR-STV voting for a five-year term of office, an increase in 9 seats from 2009. In addition Ballinasloe Town Council, Loughrea Town Council and Tuam Town Council were all abolished.

2014 Galway County Council election

23 May 2014
All 39 seats to Galway County Council 20 seats needed for a majority
Party Fine Gael Fianna Fáil Sinn Féin Seats won 12 12 3 Seat change -1 +5 +2   Party Republican Sinn Féin Labour Independent Seats won 1 0 11 Seat change - -1 +4
Map showing the area of Galway County Council
Council control before election Fine Gael Council control after election Fine Gael

Fine Gael remained the largest party in terms of votes while having the same seats as Fianna Fáil. Fine Gael lost 1 seat overall, in Loughrea, while Fianna Fáil made 5 gains; 1 each in Ballinasloe, Connemara, Athenry-Oranmore and 2 in Loughrea. Independents had another good election winning 4 additional seats while Sinn Féin made gains in Connemara and in Athenry-Oranmore. Republican Sinn Féin retained their solitary seat in Connemara.[1]*[2]*[3]

Results by party

Party		Seats	±	First Pref. votes	FPv%	±%
	Fine Gael	12	-1	21,063	27.6%
	Fianna Fáil	12	+5	20,902	27.4%
	Sinn Féin	3	+2	5,755	7.5%
	Republican Sinn Féin	1	-	1,072	1.4%
	Labour	0	-1	2,668	3.5%
	Independent	11	+4	21,258	29.4%
Totals		39	+9		100%	—

Results by Electoral Area

Athenry-Oranmore

Athenry-Oranmore - 7 seats

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12
	Fine Gael	Peter Feeney*	12.28	1,572	1,582	1,649
	Independent	Jim Cuddy*	11.51	1,473	1,527	1,534	1,535	1,603
	Independent	James Charity††	11.12	1,424	1,454	1,464	1,465	1,522	1,562	1,628
	Fianna Fáil	Malachy Noone*	10.38	1,329	1,333	1,337	1,338	1,405	1,529	1,689
	Fianna Fáil	Cathal Moran	7.80	998	1,001	1,023	1,032	1,047	1,051	1,069	1,079	1,119	1,191	1,249	1,257
	Sinn Féin	Gabriel Cronnelly†††††	7.25	928	953	990	1,001	1,028	1,041	1,075	1,078	1,112	1,252	1,298	1,304
	Fianna Fáil	Martina Kinane	6.92	886	918	930	933	948	965	979	985	1,195	1,249	1,270	1,276
	Fine Gael	Frank Kearney	6.50	832	835	840	844	873	979	1,038	1,068	1,355	1,773
	Independent	David Collins	6.40	820	845	852	856	886	910	953	977	1,049
	Fine Gael	Liam Carroll*	5.85	749	785	798	799	809	850	893	903
	Fine Gael	Josette Farrell	3.44	441	448	461	466	485
	Independent	Michael Ryan	3.09	395	422	428	430
	Labour	Clement Shevlin	2.76	354	363	452	458	489	556
	Labour	Madge Dean	2.43	311	317
	Independent	Roderick O'Driscoll	1.86	238
	Fís Nua	Suzanne O'Keeffe	0.41	53
Electorate: 23,659   Valid: 12,803 (54.11%)   Spoilt: 111   Quota: 1,601   Turnout: 12,914 (54.58%)

Ballinasloe

Ballinasloe- 6 seats

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6
	Independent	Tim Broderick*	27.9%	3,275
	Sinn Féin	Dermot Connolly*	17.5%	2,059
	Fianna Fáil	Michael Connolly*	12.9%	1,514	1,800
	Fianna Fáil	Donal Burke	9.8%	1,154	1,389	1,463	1,489	1,554	1,616
	Fine Gael	Michael Finnerty*	7.2%	845	1,021	1,084	1,092	1,305	1,544
	Fine Gael	Kevin Ryan*	7.1%	835	970	992	1,027	1,081
	Fine Gael	Aidan Donohue	6.7%	785	1,164	1,206	1,227	1,312	1,702
	Labour	Johnny Walsh	5.7%	664	826	919	923
	Fianna Fáil	Pat O'Sullivan	5.7%	615	838	924	951	1,161	1,225
Electorate: 20,380   Valid: 11,746   Spoilt: 140   Quota: 1,679   Turnout: 11,886 (58.3%)

Connemara

Connemara - 9 seats

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13
	Independent	Thomas Welby, Jnr*	13.6%	2,291
	Fianna Fáil	Seán Ó Tuairisg*	7.5%	1,270	1,297	1,302	1,309	1,316	1,356	1,393	1,456	1,514	1,581	1,688
	Fine Gael	Eileen Mannion-Mullen*	7.4%	1,251	1,310	1,333	1,375	1,421	1,429	1,436	1,442	1,545	1,556	1,627	1,870
	Fianna Fáil	Seamus Walsh*	7.1%	1,203	1,297	1,307	1,312	1,319	1,355	1,366	1,384	1,415	1,431	1,467	1,629	1,670
	Fine Gael	Niamh Byrne	7.1%	1,183	1,310	1,329	1,400	1,429	1,465	1,468	1,479	1,592	1,614	1,725
	Independent	Seosamh Ó Cualáin	6.9%	1,172	1,208	1,218	1,228	1,255	1,264	1,438	1,489	1,552	1,689
	Fianna Fáil	Noel Thomas	6.6%	1,114	1,187	1,192	1,198	1,214	1,254	1,258	1,266	1,285	1,300	1,311	1,382	1,390
	Republican Sinn Féin	Tomás Ó Curraoin*	6.4%	1,072	1,109	1,112	1,144	1,160	1,240	1,297	1,360	1,433	1,526	1,602	1,620	1,623
	Fianna Fáil	Máirtín Lee	5.2%	882	885	885	887	888	915	934	991	1,106	1,140	1,224	1,306	1,311
	Fianna Fáil	Josie Conneely	4.8%	800	819	838	839	851	870	887	891	893	894	904
	Sinn Féin	Tom Healy	4.6%	768	805	832	832	867	869	880	889	893	1,218	1,265	1,432	1,501
	Labour	Joe Curran	3.9%	667	677	682	692	713	727	744	796	845	891
	Sinn Féin	Máirín Mhic Lochlainn	3.7%	627	639	648	649	663	669	718	776	814
	Fine Gael	Seosamh Ó Laoi*	3.6%	610	615	619	668	673	686	695	718
	Independent	Dáithí Ó Cualáin	2.6%	440	446	458	459	471	473	551
	Independent	Pádraic Ó Conghaile	2.1%	354	359	403	404	411	414
	Fianna Fáil	Mac Dara Hosty	2.1%	345	350	351	393	402
	Fine Gael	Mary McHugh	1.8%	302	309	309
	Independent	Ronan Garvey	1.5%	256	288	325	336
	Independent	Liam Allen	1.1%	185	198
	Independent	Chris Walsh	0.3%	45	54
Electorate: 30,734   Valid: 16,847   Spoilt: 244   Quota: 1,685   Turnout: 17,091 (55.6%)

Loughrea

Loughrea- 8 seats

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8
	Fianna Fáil	Anne Rabbitte†††	10.6%	1,729	1,731	1,793	1,840
	Fianna Fáil	Gerry Finnerty*	10.5%	1,706	1,799	1,812
	Fine Gael	Michael 'Mogie' Maher*	10.2%	1,651	1,663	1,775	1,951
	Fine Gael	Jimmy McClearn*	10%	1,630	1,636	1,719	1,770	1,785	1,793	1,841
	Fine Gael	Joe Byrne	9.6%	1,560	1,602	1,626	1,642	1,647	1,647	1,693	1,699
	Independent	Michael (Stroke) Fahy*††††††	8.8%	1,437	1,525	1,542	1,543	1,588	1,593	1,736	1,790
	Independent	Pat Hynes*	8.6%	1,394	1,416	1,498	1,704	1,755	1,761	1,988
	Fianna Fáil	Shane Donnellan	7.7%	1,257	1,268	1,348	1,472	1,522	1,534	1,619	1,639
	Fine Gael	Bridie Willers*	7.4%	1,200	1,284	1,324	1,372	1,387	1,388	1,448	1,455
	Sinn Féin	Eoghan Mac Cormaic	4.8%	775	814	858	898	902	904
	Independent	James Regan	4.6%	745	766	834
	Labour	Dessie O'Brien	4.1%	672	693
	Independent	Adrian Feeney	3%	495
Electorate: 28,343   Valid: 16,251   Spoilt: 191   Quota: 1,806   Turnout: 16,442 (58.0%)

Tuam

Tuam - 9 seats

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11
	Independent	Seán Canney*††††	17%	3,171
	Fine Gael	Pete Roche*	14.6%	2,708
	Independent	Michael Fitzmaurice†	14.1%	2,621
	Fianna Fáil	Mary Hoade*	10.1%	1,886
	Fine Gael	Tom McHugh*	8.6%	1,598	1,854	2,102
	Fianna Fáil	Donagh Mark Killilea	5.2%	968	1,188	1,258	1,303	1,319	1,341	1,386	1,438	1,447	1,559	1,731
	Independent	Karey McHugh	5.0%	934	1,118	1,272	1,360	1,388	1,469	1,624	1,880
	Independent	Shaun Cunniffe*	4.8%	900	1,007	1,033	1,053	1,056	1,206	1,272	1,361	1,362	1,453	1,495
	Fine Gael	Peter Keaveney	4.2%	780	809	854	1,149	1,189	1,194	1,205	1,222	1,222	1,421	1,687
	Fianna Fáil	Eamonn Kitt	3.6%	661	819	913	942	969	979	1,017	1,042	1,045	1,127	1,313
	Fianna Fáil	Nora Fahy	3.1%	585	629	666	853	856	862	876	915	917	935
	Sinn Féin	Maeve O'Brien	3.2%	598	649	686	732	736	766	793
	Fine Gael	Larry Bane	2.8%	521	667	741	756	806	828	864	885	894
	Independent	Teresa Killeen-Kelly	1.9%	362	430	473	495	501	523
	Independent	Thomas (T.P.) Niland	1.7%	323	369	387	399	403
Electorate: 31,525   Valid: 18,616   Spoilt: 175   Quota: 1,862   Turnout: 18,791 (59.6%)

References

1. "Galway County Council local election count - day two". Galway Advertiser. 25 May 2014. Retrieved 25 May 2014.
2. "Local Election: Galway County Council". RTÉ. Archived from the original on 31 May 2014.
3. "Galway County Council local elections; Irish Independent". 25 May 2014. Archived from the original on 18 June 2014. Retrieved 18 June 2014.

Changes Since 2014

• † On 11 October 2014 Michael Fitzmaurice was elected to the Dáil in a by-election for the Roscommon–South Leitrim. In November 2014 Independent Des Joyce was co-opted to his seat.
• †† On 21 May 2015 Athenry-Oranmore Independent Cllr James Charity joined the Renua party and ceased to be an Independent. He left the party on 30 July 2015.
• †††Loughrea Fianna Fáil Councillor Anne Rabbitte was elected to the Dáil in the Irish general election 2016 for the Galway East constituency. Ivan Canning was co-opted to fill the vacancy on 16 March 2016.
• ††††Tuam Independent Councillor Seán Canney was elected to the Dáil in the Irish general election 2016 for the Galway East constituency. Billy Connelly was co-opted to fill the vacancy on 16 March 2016.
• ††††† Athenry-Oranmore Sinn Féin Councillor Gabriel Cronnelly resigned from the party and became an Independent citing ongoing unrest around the way the party dealt with unethical behaviour on 3 December 2017.
• †††††† Loughrea Independent Councillor Michael (Stroke) Fahy joined Fianna Fáil on 16 December 2018. He died on 3 April 2019 following a short illness.

External links

• Official website