2014 South Dublin County Council election

An election to all 40 seats on South Dublin County Council took place on 23 May 2014 as part of the 2014 Irish local elections, an increase from 26 seats at the 2009 election. South Dublin was divided into six local electoral areas (LEAs) 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).^[1][2][3]

2014 South Dublin County Council election

← 2009 23 May 2014 2019 →
All 40 seats on South Dublin County Council 21 seats needed for a majority
First party Second party Third party   Party Sinn Féin Fine Gael Fianna Fáil Seats won 9 7 5 Seat change 6 1 1   Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party   Party Labour People Before Profit Anti-Austerity Alliance Seats won 4 3 3 Seat change 5 2 3   Seventh party Eighth party   Party Green Independent Seats won 1 8 Seat change 1 7
Area of South Dublin County Council

Increase in seats

Under the Local Government Act 2001, South Dublin County Council had been allocated 26 seats. In November 2012, Phil Hogan, the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government, appointed a Local Electoral Area Boundary Committee to review the allocation of seats across local authorities.^[4] In the case of South Dublin County Council, it recommended an increase to 40 seats.^[5] This was implemented by the Local Government Reform Act 2014.^[6]

Overview of results

Sinn Féin emerged as the largest party after the local elections with 9 seats and 6 gains in total. The party won 2 seats in each of Clondalkin and the 2 Tallaght LEAs. Fine Gael retained second place but lost 1 seat overall to emerge with 7 seats. While the party won 2 seats in each of Clondalkin, Lucan and Rathfarnham she won no seat in either Tallaght LEA. Fianna Fáil gained 1 seat to win 5 seats overall, in the Lucan LEA, the first time they won a seat there since 2004, but were left without representation in Tallaght South. Labour lost 5 seats, to emerge with 4 overall, and was left without representation in Lucan and Rathfarnham. Both People Before Profit and the Anti-Austerity Alliance secured 3 seats each. The Green Party also gained 1 seat in Rathfarnham. Independents were also among the biggest winners on the council with 8 seats and 7 gains in total.

Results by party

Party		Seats	±	1st pref	FPv%
	Sinn Féin	9	+6	18,411	23.96
	Fine Gael	7	-1	13,853	18.03
	Fianna Fáil	5	+1	10,274	13.37
	Labour	4	-5	7,847	10.21
	People Before Profit	3	+2	3,630	4.72
	Anti-Austerity Alliance	3	+3	3,537	4.60
	Green	1	+1	1,667	2.17
	Workers' Party	0	0	940	1.22
	Direct Democracy	0	0	280	0.36
	Communist	0	0	143	0.19
	Independent	8	+7	16,246	21.15
Total		40	+14	76,828	100.00

Results by local electoral area

^ *: Outgoing councillor.

Clondalkin

Clondalkin: 8 seats

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8
	Sinn Féin	Eoin Ó Broin [a]	21.19	2,992
	Sinn Féin	Jonathan Graham [b]	16.33	2,306
	Fianna Fáil	Trevor Gilligan[*]	13.71	1,935
	People Before Profit	Gino Kenny [c]	12.01	1,696
	Independent	Francis Timmons	4.83	682	1,122	1,282	1,356	1,387	1,477	1,886
	Labour	Breeda Bonner[*]	7.70	1,087	1,203	1,270	1,353	1,361	1,533	1,562	1,590
	Fine Gael	Kenny Egan	7.19	1,015	1,157	1,200	1,282	1,291	1,338	1,392	1,407
	Fine Gael	Emer Higgins[*]	8.45	1,193	1,241	1,262	1,327	1,330	1,356	1,366	1,388
	Workers' Party	Lorraine Hennessy	3.07	433	693	853	880	910	1,029	1,143	1,309
	Independent	Matthew McDonagh	2.82	398	637	866	867	903	987
	Labour	Ken Kinsella	1.68	237	276	291	315	319
	Communist	Paul Doran	1.01	143	282	324	334	340
Electorate: 35,616   Valid: 14,117 (39.64%)   Spoilt: 263   Quota: 1,569   Turnout: 14,380 (40.38%)

Lucan

Lucan: 8 seats

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14
	Sinn Féin	Danny O'Brien	12.57	1,762
	Fine Gael	William Lavelle[*]	12.49	1,751
	Independent	Guss O'Connell[*]	10.50	1,471	1,496	1,503	1,506	1,513	1,522	1,561
	Independent	Paul Gogarty	8.71	1,221	1,241	1,261	1,272	1,279	1,309	1,320	1,369	1,414	1,488	1,565
	People Before Profit	Ruth Nolan	5.02	704	755	760	763	769	791	798	827	841	999	1,031	1,123	1,285	1,488
	Fine Gael	Vicki Casserly	6.13	859	863	923	924	938	948	1,041	1,083	1,101	1,142	1,203	1,242	1,304	1,351
	Fianna Fáil	Ed O'Brien	5.06	709	716	725	727	735	743	749	757	1,076	1,101	1,144	1,162	1,250	1,306
	Independent	Liona O'Toole	5.51	772	786	798	800	804	810	818	836	852	892	918	995	1,137	1,263
	Labour	Caitriona Jones[*]	3.60	505	509	527	530	576	581	595	637	649	669	951	994	1,048	1,112
	Independent	Tony Stafford	4.72	661	672	672	673	676	681	698	705	720	735	745	943	993
	Independent	Jim Doyle	3.55	497	506	511	534	536	598	602	627	651	738	767	819
	Independent	Alan Hayes	4.16	583	592	595	596	598	605	618	635	645	665	676
	Labour	Eamon Tuffy[*]	3.62	507	512	531	531	548	560	580	597	617	654
	Workers' Party	Mick Finnegan	3.62	507	530	533	535	537	567	569	585	594
	Fianna Fáil	Caitríona McClean	3.66	513	517	523	524	525	531	537	550
	Independent	Patrick Akpoveta	1.96	275	281	284	289	326	336	337
	Fine Gael	Gerry Kennedy	1.66	233	234	254	254	256	260
	Independent	Michael Farrelly	1.71	239	243	244	252	253
	Independent	Hussain Zahid	1.29	181	184	186	187
	Independent	Ciaran Byrne	0.46	65	69	69
Electorate: 33,243   Valid: 14,015 (41.93%)   Spoilt: 168   Quota: 1,558   Turnout: 14,183 (42.43%)

Rathfarnham

Rathfarnham: 6 seats

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6
	Fianna Fáil	John Lahart [d]	15.95	1,972
	Fine Gael	Anne-Marie Dermody [e]	13.22	1,634	1,649	1,715	1,788
	Sinn Féin	Sarah Holland	13.06	1,614	1,621	1,644	1,740	1,768
	Independent	Deirdre O'Donovan [f]	12.27	1,517	1,533	1,592	1,731	1,840
	Fine Gael	Paula Donovan	8.14	1,006	1,015	1,043	1,102	1,547	1,637
	Green	Francis Noel Duffy	7.64	944	959	992	1,130	1,198	1,477
	People Before Profit	John Flanagan	6.52	806	809	830	886	907
	Labour	Paddy Cosgrave[*]	6.50	804	817	1,129	1,180	1,268	1,370
	Fine Gael	Alan Gallagher	6.26	774	787	818	862
	Fianna Fáil	Emma Murphy	5.54	685	793	807
	Labour	Aideen Carberry	4.91	607	613
Electorate: 30,375   Valid: 12,363 (40.70%)   Spoilt: 127   Quota: 1,767   Turnout: 12,490 (41.12%)

Tallaght Central

Tallaght Central: 6 seats

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10
	Sinn Féin	Máire Devine [g]	24.45	2,874
	Fianna Fáil	Charlie O'Connor	13.74	1,615	1,744
	Sinn Féin	Brendan Ferron	7.70	905	1,642	1,663	1,678	1,705
	Anti-Austerity Alliance	Mick Murphy	12.11	1,424	1,506	1,515	1,533	1,586	1,620	1,625	1,651	1,808
	Anti-Austerity Alliance	Kieran Mahon	5.30	623	654	656	661	701	719	720	748	1,189	1,512
	Labour	Mick Duff [h]	8.35	982	1,022	1,026	1,168	1,191	1,224	1,225	1,353	1,381	1,495
	Fine Gael	Karen Warren	5.38	632	642	647	687	697	754	754	1,065	1,078	1,153
	Independent	Declan Burke	4.46	524	556	557	581	715	764	772	824	872
	Anti-Austerity Alliance	Eddie Ericksson	4.98	585	663	665	675	694	712	713	744
	Fine Gael	Gay Kelly	5.14	604	615	619	632	650	693	693
	Fianna Fáil	Valerie Gaynor	2.95	347	361	369	382	385
	Independent	Ray Kelly	2.88	339	354	359	362
	Labour	Kemi Adenekan	2.56	301	316	319
Electorate: 26,285   Valid: 11,755 (44.72%)   Spoilt: 186   Quota: 1,680   Turnout: 11,941 (45.43%)

Tallaght South

Tallaght South: 6 seats

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6	7
	Sinn Féin	Cathal King[*]	31.21	2,449
	Sinn Féin	Louise Dunne	20.05	1,573
	Labour	Martina Genockey [i]	9.43	740	861	905	1,003	1,096	1,420
	Anti-Austerity Alliance	Brian Leech	6.16	483	804	886	911	956	994	1,008
	People Before Profit	Nicky Coules [j]	5.40	424	704	804	828	884	918	958
	Independent	Dermot Richardson [k]	4.72	370	537	581	707	781	870	927
	Anti-Austerity Alliance	Phil Foster	5.38	422	643	740	767	810	850	871
	Fine Gael	David Yeates	7.15	561	596	608	656	772
	Fianna Fáil	Emmett Hegarty	6.76	530	597	633	654
	Labour	Eugene Ryan	2.56	201	254	265
	Independent	Frank O'Gorman	1.19	93	156	182
Electorate: 25,653   Valid: 7,846 (30.59%)   Spoilt: 167   Quota: 1,121   Turnout: 8,013 (31.24%)

Templeogue–Terenure

Templeogue–Terenure: 6 seats

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10
	Independent	Dermot Looney [l]	16.89	2,826
	Independent	Ronan McMahon [m]	13.74	2,299	2,386	2,427
	Sinn Féin	Fintan Warfield [n]	11.57	1,936	2,016	2,025	2,094	2,121	2,167	2,227	2,292	2,623
	Labour	Pamela Kearns[*]	8.52	1,426	1,454	1,472	1,484	1,679	1,796	2,002	2,076	2,248	2,282
	Fine Gael	Colm Brophy [o]	9.28	1,552	1,562	1,567	1,572	1,689	1,895	1,981	2,027	2,115	2,134
	Fianna Fáil	Paul Foley	6.90	1,155	1,168	1,180	1,189	1,202	1,232	1,283	1,834	1,951	1,988
	Fine Gael	Brian Lawlor[*]	8.22	1,375	1,380	1,383	1,384	1,438	1,542	1,599	1,636	1,855	1,882
	Independent	Shane Conneely	6.47	1,082	1,115	1,158	1,257	1,315	1,338	1,485	1,537
	Fianna Fáil	Eamonn Walsh[*]	4.86	813	844	848	862	868	907	992
	Green	Suzanne McEneaney	4.32	723	750	759	782	812	859
	Fine Gael	Siobhán Butler	3.97	664	731	735	745	764
	Labour	Chris Bond[*]	2.69	450	467	467	480
	Direct Democracy	Neville Bradley	1.67	280	300	309
	Independent	Paddy Henegan	0.90	151	168
Electorate: 33,746   Valid: 16,732 (49.58%)   Spoilt: 217   Quota: 2,391   Turnout: 16,949 (50.23%)

Changes

1. Clondalkin Sinn Féin Cllr Eoin O Broin was elected as a TD for Dublin Mid-West at the Irish general election, 2016. Mark Ward was co-opted to fill the vacancy on 14 March 2016.
2. Clondalkin Sinn Féin Cllr Jonathan Graham resigned from Sinn Féin and became an Independent citing that his time in the party had been a mostly negative experience. He joined Fianna Fáil on 22 March 2019.
3. Clondalkin People Before Profir Alliance Cllr Gino Kenny was elected as a TD for Dublin Mid-West at the Irish general election, 2016. Madeleine Johansson was co-opted to fill the vacancy on 3 April 2016.
4. Rathfarnam Fianna Fáil Cllr John Lahart was elected as a TD for Dublin South-West at the Irish general election, 2016. Emma Murphy was co-opted to fill the vacancy on 14 March 2016.
5. Rathfarnam Fine Gael Cllr Anne-Marie Dermody resigned in September 2017 citing difficulties balancing work and life pressures. Conor McMahon was co-opted to fill the vacancy on 14 November 2017.
6. Rathfarnam Independent Cllr Deirdre O'Donovan joined Fianna Fáil and ceased to be an Independent on 21 February 2019.
7. Tallaght Central Sinn Féin Cllr Máire Devine was elected as a Senator on 25 April 2016. Cora McCann was co-opted to fill the vacancy.
8. Tallaght Central Labour Cllr Mick Duff resigned from the Labour Party and became an Independent saying Labour was struggling for relevance on 5 October 2018.
9. Tallaght South Labour Cllr Martina Genockey resigned from the Labour party and became an Independent saying Labour was not best placed to eradicate poverty and disadvantage in its present form on 28 September 2018. She will not contest the next local elections.
10. Tallaght South PBPA Cllr Nicky Coules resigned due to his COPD illness in September 2017. Emma Hendrick was co-opted to fill the vacancy on 25 September 2017.
11. Tallaght South Independent Cllr Dermot Richardson joined Sinn Féin in April 2016.
12. Templeogue-Terenure Independent Cllr Dermot Looney joined the Social Democrats on 8 June 2017.
13. On 13 March 2015 Templeogue-Terenure Independent Cllr Ronan McMahon became a founder member of the Renua party.
14. Templeogue-Terenure Sinn Féin Cllr Fintan Warfield was elected as a Senator on 25 April 2016. Enda Fanning was co-opted to fill the vacancy. He resigned his seat on 10 October 2017. On 31 October 2017 Robert Russell was co-opted to fill the vacancy.
15. Templeogue-Terenure Fine Gael Cllr Colm Brophy was elected as a TD for Dublin South-West at the Irish general election, 2016. Brian Lawlor was co-opted to fill the vacancy on 14 March 2016.

References

1. Proportional Representation Citizens Information, 2009-09-21.
2. Local Election Results for South Dublin County Council Irish Times. Retrieved: 2014-05-29.
3. Local Elections Results for South Dublin County Council Council website. Retrieved: 2015-03-07.
4. Local Government Act 2001, 7th Sch.: Number of members of local authorities (No. 37 of 2001, 7th Sch.). Enacted on 21 July 2001. Act of the Oireachtas. Retrieved from Irish Statute Book.
5. "Local Electoral Area Boundary Committee Report 2013" (PDF). Local Electoral Area Boundary Committee. 29 May 2013. p. 114.
6. Local Government Reform Act 2014, s. 15: Number of members of local authorities (No. 1 of 2014, s. 15). Enacted on 27 January 2014. Act of the Oireachtas. Retrieved from Irish Statute Book.

External links

• Official website