2014 Tipperary County Council election

An election to all 40 seats on Tipperary County Council was held on 23 May 2014 as part of the 2014 Irish local elections, contested by a field of 85 candidates. This was a reduction from a combined total of 47 seats at the previous election: 21 at the 2009 North Tipperary election and 27 at the 2009 South Tipperary election. The former counties of North Tipperary and South Tipperary were amalgamated under the Local Government Reform Act 2014. The town councils of Carrick-on-Suir, Cashel, Nenagh, Templemore, Tipperary and Thurles and the borough council of Clonmel were also abolished.

2014 Tipperary County Council election

← 2009 North 2009 South 23 May 2014 2019 →
All 40 seats on Tipperary County Council 21 seats needed for a majority
First party Second party Third party   Party Fine Gael Fianna Fáil Sinn Féin Seats won 10 10 5 Seat change 6 2 4   Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party   Party Labour Workers and Unemployed Independent Seats won 1 1 13 Seat change 5 1 3
Map showing the area of Tipperary County Council

County Tipperary was divided into five 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]

Results by party

Party		Seats	±	1st pref	FPv%
	Independent	13	+3	22,197	29.48
	Fine Gael	10	−6	19,599	26.03
	Fianna Fáil	10	−2	17,833	23.68
	Sinn Féin	5	+4	7,507	9.97
	Labour	1	−5	5,989	7.95
	Workers and Unemployed	1	−1	1,927	2.56
	People Before Profit	0	0	174	0.23
	Direct Democracy	0	0	73	0.10
Total		40	−7	75,299	100.00

Results by local electoral area

^ *: Outgoing councillor.

Carrick-on-Suir

Carrick-on-Suir: 6 seats

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6	7
	Sinn Féin	David Dunne	14.15	1,398	1,429
	Fianna Fáil	Imelda Goldsboro	13.35	1,319	1,399	1,404	1,418
	Independent	Eddie O'Meara[*]††††††	10.80	1,067	1,091	1,092	1,132	1,252	1,291	1,418
	Fine Gael	Louise McLoughlin[*]	9.29	918	945	946	963	1,092	1,129	1,309
	Independent	Kieran Bourke††††	9.22	911	916	917	1,060	1,066	1,283	1,318
	Fine Gael	Joe Brennan[*]	8.19	809	827	828	912	1,011	1,106	1,159
	Fine Gael	John Fahey[*]†††††††	7.99	789	865	868	872	979	999	1,250
	Labour	Liam Hayes	6.48	640	759	763	771	821	856
	Fine Gael	Noel Fitzgerald	5.64	557	587	587	591
	Fianna Fáil	Sylvia Cooney-Sheehan[*]	5.43	536	543	543	632	654
	Independent	Pierce O'Loughlin	4.76	470	471	472
	Labour	Michael Cleere[*]	4.69	463
Electorate: 17,028   Valid: 9,877 (58.00%)   Spoilt: 125   Quota: 1,412   Turnout: 10,002 (58.74%)

Cashel–Tipperary

Cashel–Tipperary: 7 seats

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10
	Fine Gael	Michael Fitzgerald[*]	18.29	2,272
	Sinn Féin	Martin Browne	11.26	1,399	1,458	1,499	1,515	1,563
	Independent	Denis Leahy[*]	9.32	1,157	1,230	1,250	1,324	1,325	1,485	1,512	1,767
	Fine Gael	Mary Hourigan[*]	9.22	1,145	1,277	1,288	1,323	1,364	1,427	1,564
	Fine Gael	John Crosse[*]	8.49	1,054	1,176	1,185	1,212	1,247	1,292	1,429	1,642
	Fianna Fáil	Roger Kennedy	8.17	1,015	1,066	1,083	1,118	1,162	1,183	1,377	1,444	1,482	1,519
	Fianna Fáil	Joseph O'Connell	7.17	890	927	933	1,024	1,038	1,060	1,103	1,165	1,196	1,230
	Independent	Tom Wood[*]	7.12	884	919	950	957	1,047	1,074	1,196	1,234	1,259	1,277
	Labour	Mick Byrnes	5.44	676	728	730	747	751	822	847
	Fine Gael	Colm Taylor	5.12	636	694	703	710	786	800
	Independent	Jacqui Finnan	3.54	440	462	487	505	506
	Fianna Fáil	Brian Rafferty	2.59	322	342	350
	Independent	Eoghan Lawrence	2.58	320	367	382	383
	Independent	June Molony	1.10	137	144
	Direct Democracy	John O'Connor	0.59	73	77
Electorate: 21,539   Valid: 12,420 (57.66%)   Spoilt: 140   Quota: 1,553   Turnout: 12,560 (58.31%)

Clonmel

Clonmel: 9 seats

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14
	Independent	Martin Lonergan	11.16	1,748
	Fine Gael	Michael Murphy[*]	9.68	1,517	1,523	1,528	1,531	1,535	1,541	1,565	1,565	1,583
	Workers and Unemployed	Pat English[*]	9.41	1,474	1,480	1,495	1,526	1,563	1,575
	Fianna Fáil	Siobhán Ambrose[*]	9.25	1,449	1,457	1,464	1,464	1,476	1,484	1,513	1,513	1,525	1,529	1,610
	Independent	Andy Moloney	8.98	1,407	1,430	1,438	1,453	1,457	1,484	1,499	1,500	1,629
	Fine Gael	Marie Murphy[*]	6.77	1,060	1,077	1,078	1,087	1,089	1,089	1,094	1,099	1,099	1,137	1,151	1,166	1,309	1,326
	Fianna Fáil	Michael Anglim[*]	6.72	1,053	1,085	1,086	1,092	1,092	1,102	1,102	1,102	1,139	1,148	1,170	1,427	1,429	1,483
	Sinn Féin	Catherine Carey	5.70	893	900	909	916	941	1,124	1,175	1,179	1,199	1,204	1,251	1,269	1,387	1,462
	Fine Gael	Liam Ahearn[*]	5.59	875	883	885	889	891	894	896	896	917	930	950	966	982	1,098
	Independent	Richie Molloy[*]†	4.72	739	771	779	787	805	811	844	844	865	869	971	994	1,185	1,403
	Fine Gael	Joe Leahy	4.21	660	663	666	667	673	675	689	689	701	703	743	750	806
	Fianna Fáil	P.J. English	3.19	499	511	512	517	519	530	536	536	547	551	561
	Independent	Gabrielle Egan	2.96	463	465	470	474	489	491	545	545	557	560	652	660
	Independent	Darren Ryan	2.90	455	460	465	466	478	480	515	517	525	529
	Labour	Seanie Lonergan[*]	2.34	367	375	375	389	392	403	411	411
	Workers and Unemployed	Pearl Sheehan	1.90	298	299	303	336	351	354
	Sinn Féin	Kevin Brunnick	1.84	288	292	293	306	315
	People Before Profit	Anne Condon	1.11	174	176	186	187
	Workers and Unemployed	Martina Maher	0.99	155	159	159
	Independent	Eoin O'Flaherty	0.59	92	93
Electorate: 26,765   Valid: 15,666 (58.53%)   Spoilt: 178   Quota: 1,567   Turnout: 15,844 (59.20%)

Nenagh

Nenagh: 9 seats

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13
	Independent	Joe Hannigan	10.89	2,028
	Sinn Féin	Seamus Morris[*]	9.29	1,731	1,750	1,757	1,768	1,852	1,891
	Independent	Michael O'Meara[*]	8.36	1,557	1,592	1,624	1,692	1,701	1,718	1,777	1,795	1,819	1,829	1,883
	Fianna Fáil	John Carroll[*]	7.96	1,483	1,495	1,499	1,502	1,544	1,569	1,668	1,703	1,768	1,864
	Fianna Fáil	Mattie (Coole) Ryan[*]	7.18	1,338	1,343	1,343	1,345	1,347	1,359	1,487	1,513	1,554	1,729	1,786	1,788	1,923
	Fine Gael	Dr. Phyll Bugler[*]	6.33	1,178	1,181	1,183	1,186	1,192	1,225	1,237	1,250	1,324	1,371	1,447	1,449	1,788
	Independent	Hughie McGrath[*]	5.80	1,081	1,094	1,101	1,110	1,179	1,225	1,258	1,390	1,509	1,522	1,758	1,768	1,877
	Independent	John McGrath[*]	5.49	1,023	1,027	1,027	1,031	1,048	1,062	1,073	1,084	1,097	1,294	1,311	1,312	1,409
	Fine Gael	Gerard Darcy[*]	5.48	1,021	1,049	1,063	1,073	1,078	1,104	1,209	1,225	1,339	1,347	1,433	1,434	1,731
	Labour	Fiona Bonfield	5.22	973	974	982	984	994	1,004	1,011	1,065	1,080	1,304	1,543	1,545	1,622
	Fine Gael	Tom Berkery	5.12	953	958	958	960	974	1,027	1,034	1,055	1,178	1,197	1,288	1,288
	Fianna Fáil	Martin Kennedy	4.37	814	815	815	821	824	829	856	860	867
	Labour	Virginia O'Dowd	3.70	690	698	718	721	736	765	781	957	1,080	1,088
	Fine Gael	Tom Moylan	3.61	672	675	675	677	683	721	733	778
	Labour	Lalor McGee	2.95	550	553	564	566	581	623	626
	Fianna Fáil	Eamonn Spillane	2.83	527	535	541	551	554	558
	Fine Gael	Conor Delaney	2.20	409	410	410	417	422
	Independent	Michael Dillon	1.59	296	302	303	333
	Independent	Patrick Cahalan	0.98	183	189	194
	Labour	Greg Starr	0.63	117	121
Electorate: 29,215   Valid: 18,624 (63.75%)   Spoilt: 193   Quota: 1,863   Turnout: 18,817 (64.41%)

Templemore–Thurles

Templemore–Thurles: 9 seats

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12
	Fianna Fáil	Michael Smith[*]	13.72	2,568
	Independent	Jim Ryan[*]	9.75	1,825	1,849	1,856	1,896
	Fianna Fáil	Seamus Hanafin[*]	8.79	1,644	1,694	1,701	1,716	1,788	1,890
	Independent	Michael Lowry Jnr[*]	8.10	1,515	1,530	1,541	1,557	1,670	1,730	1,744	1,747	1,802	1,929
	Independent	Willie Kennedy††	7.44	1,393	1,403	1,406	1,431	1,465	1,486	1,495	1,496	1,550	1,610	1,615	1,763
	Sinn Féin	David Doran††††††††	6.86	1,283	1,289	1,290	1,303	1,370	1,417	1,683	1,686	1,711	1,871	1,887
	Fianna Fáil	John Hogan[*]	6.84	1,279	1,387	1,397	1,428	1,451	1,469	1,496	1,497	1,571	1,616	1,621	1,774
	Fianna Fáil	Jackie Cahill†††	5.86	1,097	1,158	1,162	1,176	1,228	1,285	1,295	1,298	1,362	1,524	1,541	1,622
	Fine Gael	Joe Bourke	4.57	856	887	937	1,047	1,053	1,110	1,123	1,124	1,456	1,514	1,518	1,887
	Independent	Eddie Moran[*]	4.32	808	860	878	949	980	992	1,028	1,029	1,136	1,157	1,165
	Labour	Shane Lee	4.20	786	949	1,046	1,071	1,077	1,078	1,250	1,250	1,280	1,386	1,388	1,505
	Labour	John Kennedy	3.89	727	729	733	739	783	853	859	863	899
	Fine Gael	Liam Brereton	3.16	591	605	640	730	744	844	853	854
	Fine Gael	Michael Cleary	2.84	531	532	553	574	604
	Independent	Evelyn Nevin	2.77	518	524	526	539
	Sinn Féin	Joan Delaney	2.75	515	601	626	635	641	647
	Fine Gael	Maura Byrne	2.50	467	483	520
	Fine Gael	Michael Madden	1.65	309	360
Electorate: 28,495   Valid: 18,712 (65.67%)   Spoilt: 241   Quota: 1,872   Turnout: 18,953 (66.51%)

Changes

• † Clonmel Independent Cllr Richie Molloy joined Renua on 29 May 2015 and ceased to be an Independent. He subsequently quit the party and became an Independent again.
• †† On 7 March 2016 Templemore-Thurles Independent Cllr Willie Kennedy was killed in a road traffic accident. Eddie Moran was co-opted to fill the vacancy on 11 April 2016.
• ††† Templemore-Thurles Fianna Fáil Cllr Jackie Cahill was elected as a TD for Tipperary at the Irish general election, 2016. Sean Ryan was co-opted to fill the vacancy on 14 March 2016.
• †††† Carrick-on-Suir Independent Cllr Kieran Bourke re-joined Fianna Fáil in early July 2016.
• ††††† Nenagh Sinn Féin Cllr Seamus Morris resigned from the party on 9 November 2017 citing rogue elements and unfounded allegations and became an Independent.
• †††††† Carrick-on-Suir Independent Cllr Eddie O'Meara died suddenly on 13 April 2018 after a short illness. In September 2018 his son, Kevin, was co-opted to fill the vacancy.
• ††††††† Carrick-on-Suir Fine Gael Cllr John Fahey died suddenly on 28 October 2018. A co-option will occur in due course.
• †††††††† Templemore-Thurles Sinn Féin Cllr David Doran resigned from the party and became an Independent on 24 January 2019 saying he was ostracised by elements in the party.

References

1. Proportional Representation Citizens Information, 2009-09-21.
2. Tipperary profile: Independents to have say north and south due to Lowry and McGrath factors Irish Times, 2014-05-14.
3. Local Election Results for Tipperary County Council Irish Times. Retrieved: 2014-06-09.

External links

• Official website