2014 Wexford County Council election

An election to Wexford County Council took place on 23 May 2014 as part of that year's Irish local elections. 34 councillors were elected from three electoral divisions by PR-STV voting for a five-year term of office, an increase of 13 seats from the previous election in 2009. In addition the Wexford Borough Council, Enniscorthy Town Council, Gorey Town Council and New Ross Town Council were all abolished.

2014 Wexford County Council election

23 May 2014
All 34 seats to Wexford County Council 18 seats needed for a majority
Party Fianna Fáil Fine Gael Sinn Féin Seats won 11 9 5 Seat change +6 -1 +5   Party Labour People Before Profit Independent Seats won 2 1 6 Seat change -2 +1 +4
Map showing the area of Wexford County Council
Council control after election TBD

The lionshare of the additional seats went to Fianna Fáil and Sinn Féin who were the big winners in this set of elections in Wexford. Fianna Fáil also supplanted Fine Gael as the largest party but the additional seats helped to reduce the impact on the party as they only lost 1 seat. Labour lost half of their seats as Independents trebled their membership on the Council and People Before Profit won a seat.

Results by party

Party		Seats	±	First Pref. votes	FPv%	±%
	Fianna Fáil	11	+6	15,033	27.4%
	Fine Gael	9	-1	13,478	24.6%
	Sinn Féin	5	+5	6,638	12.1%
	Labour	2	-2	4,613	8.4%
	People Before Profit	1	+1	981	1.8%
	Éirígí	0	0	1,231	4.4%
	Direct Democracy	0	0	114	0.21%
	Independent	6	+4	12,453	20.5%
Totals		34	+13	54,875	100%	—

Results by Electoral Area

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Enniscorthy

Enniscorthy- 8 seats

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8
	Fianna Fáil	James Browne†	14.78	1,969
	Sinn Féin	Johnny Mythen	13.60	1,812
	Fianna Fáil	Barbara-Anne Murphy	10.60	1,412	1,457	1,466	1,492
	Fine Gael	Paddy Kavanagh*	9.88	1,316	1,359	1,383	1,414	1,528
	Fine Gael	Kathleen Codd-Nolan*	9.75	1,298	1,335	1,344	1,360	1,400	1,407	1,548
	Fine Gael	Oliver Walsh*	8.33	1,110	1,129	1,138	1,158	1,232	1,243	1,527
	Independent	John O'Rourke	6.37	848	880	957	1,186	1,224	1,226	1,344	1,358
	Labour	Martin Storey*	6.24	831	853	878	921	1,031	1,047
	Independent	Jackser Owens	6.03	803	832	922	1,022	1,066	1,068	1,181	1,196
	Fianna Fáil	Willie Kavanagh	5.48	730	768	776	783	783
	Fianna Fáil	Keith Doyle*	4.96	660	872	894	931	1,167	1,177	1,302	1,330
	Independent	Annette Moran	3.98	530	542	601
Electorate: 27,392   Valid: 13,319   Spoilt: 179   Quota: 1,480   Turnout: 13,498 (49%)

Gorey

Gorey - 8 seats

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12
	Fianna Fáil	Malcolm Byrne*	13.06	1,688
	Sinn Féin	Fionntán O Súilleabháin	10.26	1,326	1,337	1,348	1,400	1,419	1,447
	Fianna Fáil	Joe Sullivan	7.84	1,013	1,059	1,066	1,079	1,102	1,124	1,166	1,196	1,297	1,322	1,617
	Labour	Bobby Ireton*	7.24	935	969	975	1,005	1,032	1,060	1,110	1,146	1,201	1,255	1,334	1,354
	Fine Gael	John Hegarty*	7.07	914	939	940	943	956	968	1,027	1,041	1,064	1,170	1,217	1,227
	Fianna Fáil	Pip Breen	6.92	894	920	924	929	936	944	953	969	986	1,037	1,218	1,325
	Independent	Mary Farrell	6.88	889	898	917	949	984	1,068	1,086	1,183	1,401	1,452
	Fine Gael	Anthony Donohoe	6.86	886	896	902	908	918	925	966	985	1,007	1,120	1,242	1,277
	Fine Gael	Aine Lacy-O'Meara	6.29	813	819	822	825	839	841	859	866	881	1,032	1,035	1,044
	Fianna Fáil	Jack Redmond	5.50	711	727	727	729	738	748	760	791	818	960
	Fine Gael	Michael Kinsella*	5.38	695	701	707	710	720	725	752	771	793
	Éirígí	Dominick Gaughan	3.52	455	459	465	491	511	531	551
	Independent	Alan Molloy	2.79	361	370	380	424	483	549	614	715
	Fine Gael	Darren Keegan	2.63	340	360	369	375	388	418
	Independent	Owen Dunbar	2.39	309	323	338	351	374
	Independent	Gavin Nugent	2.23	288	295	305	324
	Independent	Cormac McManus	2.16	279	282	292
	Independent	Ivan Kelly	0.98	127	133
Electorate: 25,458   Valid: 12,923 (50.76%)   Spoilt: 203   Quota: 1,436   Turnout: 13,126 (52%)

New Ross

New Ross - 8 seats

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12
	Independent	Martin Murphy*††††††	10.83	1,373	1,386	1,406	1,430
	Fianna Fáil	Michael Sheehan*	7.84	994	1,016	1,041	1,053	1,054	1,099	1,116	1,208	1,236	1,296	1,376	1,388
	Fianna Fáil	Michael Whelan	7.44	944	950	959	968	968	978	1,003	1,023	1,040	1,349	1,364	1,369
	Sinn Féin	Oisin O'Connell†††††	7.14	906	909	927	993	995	1,024	1,073	1,096	1,111	1,169	1,190	1,194
	Fine Gael	Larry O'Brien*	7.03	891	904	943	952	953	980	1,009	1,059	1,274	1,306	1,519
	Fianna Fáil	John Fleming	6.55	831	838	843	850	850	859	916	949	1,119	1,182	1,221	1,225
	Fine Gael	Willie Fitzharris	6.38	809	818	857	858	860	869	892	916	995	1,159	1,406	1,471
	Fianna Fáil	Brian Wallace	6.20	786	789	812	821	821	823	870	876	888	888
	Éirígí	John Dwyer	6.12	776	786	794	855	855	920	960	1,035	1,053	1,073	1,101	1,102
	Independent	Anthony Connick	5.70	723	769	804	838	842	937	994	1,143	1,174	1,213	1,353	1,371
	Fine Gael	Denis Kennedy*	5.36	680	691	717	725	725	734	765	795	795
	Fine Gael	Niamh Fitzgibbon	4.71	597	632	655	670	670	721	740	796	932	945	945
	Independent	Victor Furness	3.77	478	514	524	541	545	640	684
	Independent	Paddy Whitty	3.65	463	470	486	515	518	536
	Independent	Bobby Dunphy	3.03	384	431	457	510	513
	People Before Profit	Seamus O'Brien	3.01	382	384	395
	Labour	Ollie Somers	2.89	366	376
	Independent	Paul Crowdle	2.37	300
Electorate: 25,137   Valid: 12,683 (50.46%)   Spoilt: 238   Quota: 1,401   Turnout: 12,921 (51.40%)

Wexford

Wexford - 10 seats

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16
	Independent	Ger Carthy	12.11	1,932
	Sinn Féin	Anthony Kelly††††	11.48	1,831
	Labour	George Lawlor*	9.92	1,582
	Fianna Fáil	Tony Dempsey*	9.05	1,444	1,507
	Fine Gael	Frank Staples	6.02	960	1,001	1,003	1,007	1,009	1,010	1,017	1,019	1,083	1,089	1,141	1,200	1,234	1,350	1,402	1,451
	Fianna Fáil	Fergie Kehoe††	6.0	957	995	1,016	1,033	1,048	1,094	1,137	1,193	1,220	1,270	1,322	1,352	1,390	1,479
	Fine Gael	Jim Moore*	5.79	923	982	984	992	1,001	1,004	1,017	1,026	1,096	1,104	1,162	1,240	1,293	1,514
	Sinn Féin	Mick Roche	4.83	763	806	1,019	1,022	1,026	1,057	1,078	1,115	1,122	1,143	1,169	1,211	1,270	1,282	1,283	1,344
	Independent	David Hynes	3.89	614	642	669	679	681	691	726	783	801	885	932	954	1,028	1,080	1,081	1,258
	People Before Profit	Deirdre Wadding†††	3.76	599	617	636	640	641	698	765	798	813	860	880	929	1,025	1,043	1,043	1,195
	Independent	Leonard Kelly	3.13	499	517	528	532	533	547	578	599	617	662	691	704	781	811	811
	Fine Gael	Jim Allen	3.0	479	492	495	505	506	509	522	529	586	598	686	710	730
	Independent	Jane Johnstone	2.97	474	501	507	509	510	514	533	552	556	580	602	616
	Labour	Bernie Mullen	2.82	450	484	487	502	508	502	525	537	550	566	583
	Labour	Joe Ryan	2.82	449	457	461	491	491	500	519	533	564	593	628	756	792	853	862	970
	Fine Gael	Mark Fenlon	2.42	386	404	415	423	428	430	441	461	509	550
	Fine Gael	Sandra Lacey	2.39	381	389	393	398	398	404	413	418
	Independent	Do Do Lawlor	2.22	354	361	379	381	382	391	396
	Green	Danny Forde	2.16	344	358	365	369	373	379
	Independent	Donal Fallon	1.96	313	350	363	368	371	384	399	437	446
	Direct Democracy	David Lloyd	0.71	114	116	120	121	121
	Independent	Paul O'Hanlon	0.70	112	117	119	119	119
Electorate: 33,028   Valid: 15,950 (48.29%)   Spoilt: 237   Quota: 1,451   Turnout: 16,187 (49.01%)

References

1. "Wexford County Council". Irish Independent. Archived from the original on 28 May 2014. Retrieved 2 June 2014.

Post-Election Changes

• †Enniscorthy Fianna Fáil Councillor James Browne was elected as a TD for Wexford at the Irish general election, 2016. Willie Kavanagh was co-opted to fill the vacancy on 15 March 2016.
• ††Wexford Fianna Fáil Councillor Fergie Kehoe died on 9 April 2016. Lisa McDonald was co-opted to fill the vacancy on 11 July 2016.
• †††Wexford PBPA Councillor Deirdre Wadding resigned her seat on 27 October 2017 citing mental health caused by stress. In November 2017 Tony Walsh was co-opted to fill the vacancy.
• ††††Wexford Sinn Féin Councillor Anthony Kelly resigned his seat on 5 December 2017 due to ill-health. On 2 January Thomas Forde was co-opted to fill the vacancy.
• †††††New Ross Sinn Féin Councillor Oisin O'Connell resigned his seat on 10 December 2018 citing family and work pressures. Marie Doyle was co-opted to fill the vacancy in January 2019.
• ††††††New Ross Independent Councillor Martin Murphy announced his resignation on 9 March 2019 in advance of the 2019 Local Elections to enable another person fill the vacancy.

External links

• Wexford County Council