Part of the 2014 Irish local elections
2014 Louth County Council election Map showing the area of Louth County Council
Council control after election TBD
An election to all 29 seats on Louth 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 . County Louth was divided into four 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]
Administrative changes [ edit ] Ahead of the 2014 election Louth was redrawn into four electoral areas, a reduction of one from five, and the number of councillors was increased to 29, from a previous total of 26. The borough council of Drogheda and the town councils of Dundalk and Ardee were all abolished.
Results by local electoral area [ edit ] ^ *: Outgoing councillor.
Ardee: 6 seats Party Candidate FPv% Count 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 Sinn Féin Pearse McGeough [*] 14.54 1,569 Fine Gael Colm Markey [*] 11.67 1,258 1,259 1,266 1,288 1,304 1,312 1,314 1,369 1,435 1,465 1,645 Sinn Féin Tom Cunningham 10.27 1,107 1,122 1,140 1,149 1,154 1,185 1,196 1,210 1,260 1,316 1,410 1,416 1,443 1,506 1,514 Fianna Fáil Liam Reilly [*] 8.99 969 972 974 979 986 995 1,001 1,022 1,182 1,218 1,270 1,285 1,441 1,683 Fine Gael Jim Lennon[*] 6.22 671 672 674 685 699 706 720 755 763 775 793 807 Independent Hugh D. Conlon 5.83 628 629 652 658 679 737 760 771 794 869 1,052 1,097 1,137 1,173 1,193 Fianna Fáil Fintan Malone 5.67 611 611 614 616 621 636 662 701 764 809 828 831 878 Independent Jim Levins 5.56 599 601 614 624 631 638 646 651 694 737 Fine Gael Dolores Minogue 4.88 526 527 528 545 565 581 605 753 771 864 879 895 1,154 1,331 1,353 Independent Jim Tenanty 4.84 522 523 527 529 556 587 725 804 807 902 947 952 1,004 1,174 1,216 Fianna Fáil Tomás Wilkinson 4.52 487 487 487 496 498 499 500 512 Fine Gael Finnan McCoy[*] 4.19 452 453 454 459 470 475 487 Independent Berenice McKeever 4.01 431 432 442 451 478 512 527 563 589 Independent Michael Farrelly 2.44 263 263 264 269 279 301 Independent Kevin Bailey 2.34 252 253 265 269 274 Independent Fred Matthews 1.67 180 180 189 191 Labour Gavin Kierans 1.22 132 134 134 Direct Democracy Pat Greene 1.15 124 124 Electorate: 21,455 Valid: 10,781 (50.25%) Spoilt: 159 Quota: 1,541 Turnout: 10,940 (50.99%)
Drogheda: 10 seats Party Candidate FPv% Count 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 Sinn Féin Imelda Munster [*] †† 16.70 2,317 Labour Paul Bell [*] 10.17 1,411 Sinn Féin Alan Cassidy ††††† 8.56 1,188 1,521 Fianna Fáil Tommy Byrne [*] 7.22 1,001 1,026 1,029 1,042 1,045 1,045 1,051 1,060 1,162 1,190 1,201 1,266 Fine Gael Kevin Callan † 6.14 852 874 880 896 897 901 909 928 950 1,000 1,006 1,096 1,109 1,111 1,200 Fine Gael Oliver Tully [*] 5.29 734 743 745 747 748 750 761 773 792 854 857 982 991 991 1,032 Independent Frank Godfrey [*] 5.16 716 764 769 788 806 839 872 890 921 949 994 1,031 1,127 1,150 1,289 Fine Gael Richie Culhane 5.03 698 709 710 723 723 727 733 743 761 793 803 903 929 932 1,028 Labour Pio Martin Smith [*] 5.01 695 722 725 753 760 764 769 799 810 838 841 870 917 920 987 Fianna Fáil Frank Maher[*] 4.59 637 652 653 664 670 677 678 695 804 830 843 876 895 900 Sinn Féin Kenneth Flood 3.62 502 890 1,099 1,108 1,110 1,121 1,135 1,150 1,167 1,178 1,227 1,246 1,364 Anti-Austerity Alliance Ciaran McKenna 3.29 456 490 493 496 499 511 546 579 595 607 677 689 Fine Gael Michael O'Dowd[*] 3.12 433 442 444 449 452 453 455 465 474 Fine Gael Garrett O'Dowd 3.04 422 436 438 445 446 447 451 461 477 618 625 Fianna Fáil John Govern 3.00 416 427 431 435 435 438 442 449 Direct Democracy Anthony Connor 2.76 383 410 418 424 434 444 461 472 483 488 Direct Democracy Ronan Mooney 2.54 353 397 400 404 413 420 461 485 502 508 707 722 895 921 953 Green Michael McKeon 1.78 244 255 257 260 264 270 285 People Before Profit Stephanie Valla-Black 1.29 179 197 199 201 223 244 Independent Julia Feely 0.87 120 126 128 131 152 Independent Jeff Rudd 0.81 112 118 119 120 Electorate: 30,794 Valid: 13,872 (45.05%) Spoilt: 273 Quota: 1,262 Turnout: 14,145 (45.93%)
Dundalk Carlingford [ edit ] Dundalk Carlingford: 6 seats Party Candidate FPv% Count 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Sinn Féin Edel Corrigan [*] 15.96 1,564 Sinn Féin Jim Loughran [*] †††† 12.80 1,255 1,326 1,349 1,362 1,387 1,399 1,402 Fianna Fáil Peter Savage [*] 12.64 1,239 1,241 1,253 1,273 1,368 1,424 Sinn Féin J.J. Quigley 7.93 777 836 870 889 897 974 974 1,101 1,150 Fine Gael John McGahon 7.77 762 765 774 799 877 932 936 1,010 1,381 Fianna Fáil Conor Keelan 7.52 737 740 743 775 786 952 961 1,074 1,154 Fine Gael Colin Goss 7.51 736 738 747 764 860 887 887 931 Green Mark Dearey 7.31 717 725 765 821 846 902 906 1,079 1,262 Independent Jim Ryan[*] 5.48 537 541 579 690 702 769 772 Fianna Fáil Seán Kelly 5.41 530 534 534 558 562 Fine Gael Martin Murnaghan[*] 3.88 380 380 385 389 Independent Eamonn P. O'Boyle 3.07 301 303 364 Independent Luke Martin 1.01 99 101 People Before Profit Syd Smith 0.99 98 99 Independent Sylwia Golbiewska Jokubas 0.72 71 73 Electorate: 19,299 Valid: 9,806 Spoilt: 178 Quota: 1,401 Turnout: 9,984 (52%)
Dundalk South: 7 seats Party Candidate FPv% Count 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Sinn Féin Tomás Sharkey [*] 17.03 1,805 Fianna Fáil Declan Breathnach [*] ††† 12.87 1,364 Independent Meave Anna Yore 11.58 1,228 1,260 1,263 1,309 1,389 Sinn Féin Kevin Meenan †††††† 10.21 1,082 1,246 1,247 1,270 1,281 1,284 1,288 1,307 1,325 1,369 Sinn Féin Jennifer Green ††††††† 9.36 992 1,191 1,193 1,212 1,233 1,236 1,247 1,269 1,291 1,350 Green Marianne Butler [*] 7.33 777 789 792 814 847 856 882 943 987 1,149 Fine Gael Maria Doyle 6.01 637 647 650 655 678 680 785 838 1,103 1,181 Fianna Fáil Stephen Egan 5.52 585 600 616 622 644 648 691 766 866 974 Independent Seán Bellew 4.46 473 482 485 511 552 569 595 712 740 Fine Gael Linus English[*] 3.82 405 413 415 417 431 434 524 574 Independent Brian O'Neill 3.54 375 382 383 400 454 464 511 Fine Gael Paddy Malone 3.32 352 358 359 359 382 390 Independent Eamonn P. O'Boyle 2.87 304 312 314 352 Independent Oliver Morgan 1.08 114 119 120 Independent Mark Fitzsimons 1.03 109 113 113 Electorate: 21,322 Valid: 10,602 (49.72%) Spoilt: 160 Quota: 1,326 Turnout: 10,762 (50.47%)
† Drogheda Fine Gael Cllr Kevin Callan resigned from the party on 2 November 2014 and became an Independent in opposition to the government's handling of the water charges controversy [1] . †† Drogheda Sinn Féin Cllr Imelda Munster was elected as a TD for Louth at the Irish general election, 2016. Joanne Byrne was co-opted to fill the vacancy on 21 March 2016.[2] ††† Dundalk South Fianna Fáil Cllr Declan Breathnach was elected as a TD for Louth at the 2016 general election. Emma Coffey was co-opted to fill the vacancy on 21 March 2016.[3] †††† Dundalk-Carlingford Sinn Féin Councillor Jim Loughran resigned his seat for health reasons in October 2016. Antoin Watters was co-opted to fill the vacancy on 21 November 2016.[4] ††††† Drogheda Sinn Féin Councillor Alan Cassidy resigned his seat in May 2017 citing family reasons. Davin Saurin was co-opted to fill the vacancy.[5] †††††† Dundalk-South Sinn Féin Councillor Kevin Meenan resigned his seat on 21 July 2017 citing health reasons.[6] Archived 29 October 2017 at the Wayback Machine Ruairí Ó Murchú was co-opted to fill the vacancy on 18 September 2017.[7] ††††††† Dundalk-South Sinn Féin Councillor Jennifer Green resigned her seat citing family reasons. Anne Campbell was co-opted to fill the vacancy on 18 September 2017.[8]