2014 Kilkenny County Council election

An election to all 24 seats on Kilkenny County Council took place on 23 May 2014 as part of the 2014 Irish local elections, a reduction from 26 seats at the 2009 election. County Kilkenny was divided into 3 local electoral areas to elect councillors for a five-year term of office on the electoral system of proportional representation by means of the single transferable vote (PR-STV). In addition, Kilkenny Borough Council was abolished.

2014 Kilkenny County Council election

23 May 2014
All 24 seats to Kilkenny County Council 13 seats needed for a majority
First party Second party Third party   Party Fianna Fáil Fine Gael Sinn Féin Seats won 10 7 3 Seat change +3 -5 +3   Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party   Party Labour Green Independent Seats won 2 1 1 Seat change -3 0 0
Map showing the area of Kilkenny County Council
Council control before election Fine Gael Labour Party Council control after election Fine Gael Labour Party Green Party Independents

Fianna Fáil became the largest party securing 10 seats, a gain of 3. Fine Gael, by contrast, had a very poor set of results and lost 5 of their seats returning with 7 seats in all. Sinn Féin broke through in the county winning 3 seats, while Labour retained just 2 seats on the council. Malcolm Noonan of the Greens was re-elected in Kilkenny city and Independents secured the final seat.

Results by party

Party		Seats	±	1st pref	FPv%	±%
	Fianna Fáil	10	+3	14,550	37.2
	Fine Gael	7	-5	11,705	29.9
	Sinn Féin	3	+3	3,853	9.9
	Labour	2	-3	4,362	11.2
	Green	1	0	1,372	3.5
	Independent	1	0	2,827	7.2
Total		24	-2	38,669	100.0	—

Results by local electoral area

^ *: Outgoing councillor.

Castlecomer

Castlecomer- 6 seats

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9
	Labour	Maurice Shorthall	16.10	1,665
	Fine Gael	Mary Hilda Cavanagh	13.93	1,440	1,446	1,451	1,501
	Fianna Fáil	Pat Fitzpatrick	11.02	1,139	1,167	1,176	1,230	1,312	1,350	1,663
	Fianna Fáil	Pat Millea	11.02	1,139	1,147	1,150	1,168	1,189	1,266	1,405	1,463	1,464
	Fianna Fáil	Michael McCarthy	10.18	1,053	1,057	1,059	1,069	1,080	1,129	1,197	1,300	1,301
	Sinn Féin	Catríona Redmond	9.16	947	974	1,002	1,023	1,151	1,168	1,274	1,291	1,291
	Fianna Fáil	Maria Fenlon-Keating	6.85	708	712	726	826	859	887
	Fine Gael	John Brennan	6.28	649	708	724	849	947	1,242	1,316	1,323	1,344
	Fine Gael	Joan Fitzpatrick	4.88	505	510	512	595	618	618
	Fine Gael	Thomas Byrne	4.85	501	503	504
	Independent	Gerrard Ferris	3.98	412	447	525	531
	Independent	Jamie Dowling	1.75	181	190
Electorate: 17,610   Valid: 10,339 (58.71%)   Spoilt: 137   Quota: 1,478   Turnout: 10,476 (59.49%)

Kilkenny City-East

Kilkenny City-East: 6 seats

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12
	Fianna Fáil	Andrew McGuinness	14.63	1,373
	Fianna Fáil	Peter (Chap) Clere	10.46	981	986	989	994	1,013	1,086	1,119	1,171	1,190	1,498
	Fine Gael	Patrick O'Neill	9.99	938	939	948	953	974	1,009	1,041	1,071	1,114	1,173	1,191	1,241
	Fine Gael	Michael Doyle	9.37	879	879	883	885	902	910	923	970	999	1,125	1,173	1,419
	Sinn Féin	David Kennedy	7.81	733	735	740	780	795	804	830	885	929	976	994	1,056
	Labour	Tommy Prendergast	7.02	659	659	660	663	729	730	806	820	856	879	893
	Fine Gael	Jimmy Leahy	6.85	643	646	653	676	687	756	814	820	876	892	896	941
	Fianna Fáil	Seán Treacy	5.86	550	552	554	558	594	673	692	783	794
	Independent	Breda Gardner	5.32	499	499	529	574	616	633	670	774	898	962	989	1,060
	Independent	Dixie Doyle	4.34	407	408	415	424	465	467	476
	Green	Rian Coulter	4.1	385	386	404	418	423	436	479	487
	Labour	Marie Fitzpatrick	3.64	342	345	351	367	403	425
	Fianna Fáil	Joe Reidy	3.56	334	344	347	356	361	361
	Labour	Michael O'Brien	3.50	328	329	333	335
	Independent	Daithí Holohan	2.05	192	194	218	218
	Independent	Ramie Leahy	0.76	71	71
	Independent	Remi Sikora	0.43	40	40
	Independent	Adam Zagorski	0.32	30	30
Electorate: 16,618   Valid: 9,383 (56.46%)   Spoilt: 119   Quota: 1,341   Turnout: 9,502 (57.18%)

Kilkenny City-West

Kilkenny City-West: 6 seats

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10
	Fianna Fáil	Matt Doran	13.58	1,319	1,320	1,321	1,382	1,402
	Fianna Fáil	Joe Malone	11.80	1,146	1,153	1,172	1,173	1,197	1,232	1,290	1,534
	Green	Malcolm Noonan	10.16	987	1,012	1,072	1,080	1,189	1,313	1,347	1,415
	Fianna Fáil	Patrick McKee†	10.13	984	994	1,004	1,009	1,043	1,073	1,123	1,330	1,436
	Sinn Féin	Kathleen Funchion††	9.80	952	965	981	992	1,014	1,146	1,188	1,260	1,271	1,283
	Fine Gael	David Fitzgerald	9.12	886	894	910	960	1,010	1,029	1,200	1,279	1,284	1,293
	Fianna Fáil	John Coonan	7.58	736	742	744	751	777	794	866
	Fine Gael	Martin Brett	7.19	698	706	721	752	810	831	1,052	1,181	1,205	1,223
	Fine Gael	Billy Ireland	6.52	633	634	636	687	705	714
	Anti-Austerity Alliance	Conor MacLiam	4.20	408	422	448	450	470
	Labour	Seán O hArgáin	4.05	393	404	412	415
	Fine Gael	Paul Croke	2.60	252	254	255
	Independent	Conor Foley	1.82	177	195
	Independent	Wladek Hanczar	1.43	139
Electorate: 17,274   Valid: 9,710 (56.21%)   Spoilt: 98   Quota: 1,388   Turnout: 9,808 (56.78%)

Piltown

Piltown: 6 seats

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10
	Fine Gael	Pat Dunphy	12.81	1,222	1,279	1,306	1,310	1,392
	Sinn Féin	Melissa O'Neill†††	12.80	1,221	1,265	1,301	1,346	1,469
	Labour	Tomás Breathnach	10.22	975	1,034	1,051	1,066	1,132	1,149	1,183	1,197	1,320	1,349
	Fianna Fáil	Eamon Aylward	9.65	921	938	1,045	1,160	1,197	1,205	1,256	1,286	1,547
	Fine Gael	Fidelis Doherty	9.28	885	969	979	1,048	1,053	1,058	1,474
	Fianna Fáil	Ger Frisby	7.34	700	745	773	840	855	860	891	902	1,041	1,164
	Fine Gael	John Maher	6.41	612	618	666	675	765	771	807	857	969	986
	Fianna Fáil	Cora Long	6.07	579	598	664	710	785	795	812	817
	Independent	John Burke	6.04	576	585	611	618
	Fine Gael	Paddy Gaule	5.83	556	572	583	676	681	681	681
	Fianna Fáil	Pat Walsh	4.92	469	480	506
	Fianna Fáil	Brendan Fennelly	4.39	419	421
	Fine Gael	Fintan Byrne	4.26	406
Electorate: 17,578   Valid: 9,541 (54.28%)   Spoilt: 117   Quota: 1,364   Turnout: 9,658 (54.94%)

Changes 2014–2019

• † On 31 March 2015 Kilkenny City-West Fianna Fáil Cllr Patrick McKee defected to the Renua party. [1]
• †† Kilkenny City-West Sinn Féin Cllr Kathleen Funchion was elected to the Dáil as a TD for Carlow-Kilkenny at the 2016 general election. Her partner, Sean Tyrrell, was co-opted to fill the vacancy on 21 March 2016.[2]
• ††† Piltown Sinn Féin Councillor Melissa O'Neill was expelled from the party on 7 December 2016 and sat as an Independent.[3]

Sources

"Irish Independent". Archived from the original on 29 May 2014. Retrieved 1 June 2014.

External links

• Kilkenny County Council