2014 Leitrim County Council election
23 May 2014
All 18 seats to Leitrim County Council
  First party Second party Third party
 
Party Fianna Fáil Fine Gael Sinn Féin
Seats won 6 4 4
Seat change -2 -6 +2
  Fourth party
 
Party Independent
Seats won 4
Seat change +2
Map showing the area of Leitrim County Council
Council control after election

TBD

An election to all 18 seats on Leitrim County Council took place on 23 May 2014 as part of the 2014 Irish local elections, a reduction from 22 seats at the 2009 election]. County Leitrim was divided into three 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).

Fine Gael lost 6 seats, and their previously held overall majority while Fianna Fáil also lost 2 seats. Independents and Sinn Féin both increased their numbers by 2 despite the Council being reduced by 4 seats as a whole.[1][2]

Results by party

Party Seats ± 1st pref FPv% ±%
Fianna Fáil 6 -2 6,110 33.68
Fine Gael 4 -6 4,952 27.29
Sinn Féin 4 +2 3,481 19.19
Independent 4 +2 3,601 19.84
Total 18 -4 18,144 100.00 —

Results by local electoral area

^ *: Outgoing councillor.

Ballinamore

Ballinamore: 6 seats
PartyCandidateFPv%Count
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Fianna Fáil Paddy O'Rourke[*] 13.88 948 958 965 1,006      
Fianna Fáil Caillian Ellis[*] 11.61 793 821 873 983      
Sinn Féin Martin Kenny[*]† 10.57 722 737 917 925 929 951 954
Fine Gael John McCartin[*] 10.32 705 736 786 792 857 880 884
Sinn Féin Brendan Barry 10.00 683 691 784 897 1,078    
Fine Gael Gordon Hughes[*] 9.29 635 674 732 751 823 847 848
Fine Gael Enda McGloin[*] 8.43 576 579 580 683      
Independent Gerry Dolan[*] 8.42 575 597 630 735 998    
Fianna Fáil Francis Gilmartin[*] 7.71 527 530 534        
Sinn Féin Maureen Martin 6.79 464 498          
Independent Desmond Wisley 2.99 204            
Electorate: 9,581   Valid: 6,832 (71.31%)   Spoilt: 59   Quota: 977   Turnout: 6,891 (71.92%)  

    Carrick-on-Shannon

    Carrick-on-Shannon: 6 seats
    PartyCandidateFPv%Count
    12345
    Independent Enda Stenson[*] 15.97 858        
    Sinn Féin Séadhna Logan 12.51 672 694 703 734 749
    Independent Des Guckian 12.49 671 714 727 786  
    Fianna Fáil Seán McGowan[*] 12.27 659 695 707 755 862
    Fianna Fáil Sinéad Guckian[*] 11.30 607 680 696 902  
    Fianna Fáil Siobhán Finnegan-McElgunn 9.92 533 560 572    
    Fine Gael Finola Armstrong-McGuire 9.55 513 595 607 804  
    Fine Gael Thomas Mulligan[*] 9.29 499 565 581 585 597
    Fine Gael John Ward[*] 6.68 359        
    Electorate: 8,872   Valid: 5,371 (60.54%)   Spoilt: 40   Quota: 768   Turnout: 5,411 (60.99%)  

      Manorhamilton

      Manorhamilton: 6 seats
      PartyCandidateFPv%Count
      123456
      Sinn Féin Padraig Fallon 15.82 940          
      Fianna Fáil Mary Bohan[*] 13.67 812 836 872      
      Independent Felim Gurn 13.16 782 802 840 846 873  
      Fine Gael Frank Dolan[*] 10.30 612 619 636 641 697 838
      Fine Gael Séan McDermott[*] 10.30 612 617 666 668 760 859
      Independent Thomas Kelly 8.35 496 512 573 574 645 721
      Fine Gael Siobhán McGloin[*] 7.42 441 445 470 471    
      Fianna Fáil Justin Warnock 7.41 440 443 512 513 682 789
      Fianna Fáil Pat Munday 7.39 439 444 492 499 515  
      Fianna Fáil Philip Rooney 5.92 352 357        
      Independent James Vincent Kelly 0.25 15 17        
      Electorate: 8,865   Valid: 5,941 (67.02%)   Spoilt: 70   Quota: 849   Turnout: 6,011 (67.81%)  

        References

        1. ↑ McGreevy, Ronan (24 May 2014). "All change in Leitrim as Independents and Sinn Féin surge". The Irish Times. Retrieved 24 May 2014.
        2. ↑ "Leitrim County Council Election results". Irish Independent. 24 May 2014. Archived from the original on 18 June 2014. Retrieved 17 June 2014.

        Changes

        • †Ballinamore Sinn Féin Councillor Martin Kenny was elected a TD for Sligo-Leitrim at the 2016 general election. Caroline Gildea was co-opted to fill the vacancy on 14 March 2016.
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