Wexford County Council election, 2014

Wexford County Council election, 2014
Republic of Ireland
23 May 2014

All 34 seats to Wexford County Council
18 seats needed for a majority
  First party Second party Third party
 
Party Fianna Fáil Fine Gael Sinn Féin
Seats won 11 9 5
Seat change +6 -1 +5

  Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party
 
Party Labour Party 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

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.

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 Party 2 -2 4,613 8.4%
People Before Profit 1 +1 981 1.8%
Independent 6 +4 13,684 24.9%
Totals 34 +13 100%

Results by Electoral Area

Enniscorthy

Enniscorthy- 8 seats
Party Candidate % 1st Pref Count 1 Count 2Count 3Count 4Count 5Count 6Count 7Count 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 Party 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 % 1st Pref Count 1 Count 2Count 3Count 4Count 5Count 6Count 7Count 8Count 9Count 10Count 11Count 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 Party 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      
    Independent 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 % 1st Pref Count 1 Count 2Count 3Count 4Count 5Count 6Count 7Count 8Count 9Count 10Count 11Count 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    
      Independent 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 Party 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 % 1st Pref Count 1 Count 2Count 3Count 4Count 5Count 6Count 7Count 8Count 9Count 10Count 11Count 12Count 13Count 14Count 15Count 16
        Independent Ger Carty 12.11 1,932                              
        Sinn Féin Anthony Kelly 11.48 1,831                              
        Labour Party 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 Party Bernie Mullen 2.82 450 484 487 502 508 502 525 537 550 566 583          
        Labour Party 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 Party 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

          Post-Election Changes

          Preceded by
          Wexford County Council election, 2009
          Wexford County Council elections Succeeded by
          Wexford County Council election, 2019
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