Galway City Council election, 2014
Galway City Council election, 2014
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Map showing the area of Galway City Council |
Council control before election
Labour
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Council control after election
Fine Gael
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An election to Galway City 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, an increase of 3 seats when compared to 2009.
Twenty-four-year-old Mairead Farrell, a niece of Mairéad Farrell who was shot dead by the SAS in Gibraltar in 1988, won a seat at the first attempt.[1] She was joined on the Council by 2 other councillors as Sinn Féin won 3 seats. Their gains came chiefly at the expense of Labour who lost 3 fifths of their seats to return with just 2 councillors. While Fianna Fáil won the most votes the party did not make any gains in the election and returned just 3 councillors as in 2009. By contrast Fine Gael gained a seat to become the largest party. Independents were the big winners, topping the poll in all LEAs and increasing their existing numbers by 2 seats.[2]
Results by party
Results by Electoral Area
Galway City Central
Galway City Central - 6 seats |
Party | Candidate | % 1st Pref | Count 1 | Count 2 | Count 3 | Count 4 | Count 5 | Count 6 | Count 7 | Count 8 | Count 9 |
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Independent |
Mike Cubbard |
13.36 |
850 |
866 |
911 |
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Fianna Fáil |
Ollie Crowe* |
12.98 |
826 |
827 |
831 |
842 |
845 |
862 |
902 |
1,123 |
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Fine Gael |
Frank Fahy* |
10.42 |
663 |
663 |
668 |
673 |
674 |
702 |
735 |
764 |
797 |
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Labour Party |
Billy Cameron* |
9.01 |
573 |
581 |
606 |
695 |
719 |
819 |
855 |
937 |
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Fine Gael |
Pádraig Conneely* |
8.52 |
542 |
545 |
559 |
585 |
594 |
626 |
678 |
748 |
786 |
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Sinn Féin |
Anna Marley†† |
7.91 |
503 |
524 |
534 |
554 |
631 |
656 |
718 |
782 |
796 |
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Fianna Fáil |
Nicola Deacy |
7.91 |
503 |
504 |
512 |
550 |
563 |
596 |
650 |
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Green Party |
Séamus Sheridan |
7.53 |
479 |
495 |
516 |
529 |
565 |
618 |
671 |
721 |
751 |
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Independent |
Cormac O Corcoráin |
5.26 |
335 |
341 |
360 |
364 |
427 |
440 |
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Labour Party |
Colette Connolly* |
4.26 |
271 |
279 |
281 |
328 |
342 |
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Labour Party |
John McDonagh |
4.15 |
264 |
267 |
271 |
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Anti-Austerity Alliance |
Seán Byrne |
3.69 |
235 |
285 |
294 |
301 |
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Independent |
Mike Geraghty |
2.62 |
167 |
173 |
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People Before Profit |
Kiran Emrich |
2.01 |
128 |
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Independent |
Jimmy Horan |
0.38 |
24 |
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Electorate: 12,488 Valid: 6,363 (50.95%) Spoilt: 83 Quota: 910 Turnout: 6,446 (51.62%) |
Galway City East
Galway City West
Galway City West - 6 seats |
Party | Candidate | % 1st Pref | Count 1 | Count 2 | Count 3 | Count 4 | Count 5 | Count 6 | Count 7 |
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Independent |
Donal Lyons* |
21.77 |
1,872 |
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Independent |
Catherine Connolly*† |
17.60 |
1,513 |
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Fianna Fáil |
Peter Keane* |
10.51 |
904 |
991 |
1,011 |
1,015 |
1,043 |
1,064 |
1,102 |
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Fine Gael |
Pearce Flannery |
9.27 |
797 |
892 |
910 |
918 |
950 |
977 |
1,273 |
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Labour Party |
Níall McNelis* |
9.22 |
793 |
924 |
989 |
1,001 |
1,057 |
1,123 |
1,240 |
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Sinn Féin |
Cathal O Conchúir |
9.18 |
789 |
841 |
888 |
897 |
940 |
1,122 |
1,147 |
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Fianna Fáil |
David Burke |
8.28 |
712 |
820 |
838 |
849 |
871 |
910 |
960 |
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Fine Gael |
Michelle Murphy* |
5.50 |
473 |
529 |
554 |
561 |
593 |
618 |
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Anti-Austerity Alliance |
Tommy Holohan |
4.57 |
393 |
432 |
472 |
484 |
540 |
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Independent |
Tommy Roddy |
3.14 |
270 |
320 |
353 |
401 |
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Independent |
Marc Anderson |
0.95 |
82 |
107 |
125 |
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Electorate: 17,606 Valid: 8,598 (48.84%) Spoilt: 86 Quota: 1,229 Turnout: 8,684 (49.32%) |
References
Changes since 2014
- † Galway City West Independent Cllr Catherine Connolly was elected as a TD for Galway West at the Irish general election, 2016. Her sister and now Independent Cllr, Colette, was co-opted to fill the vacancy on 21 March 2016.
- †† Galway City Central Sinn Féin Cllr Anna Marley resigned her seat on 15 August 2016 saying she found it challenging to balance family responsibility with her work as a public representative. A co-option will take place in due course.
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