Part of the 2014 Irish local elections
2014 Waterford City and County Council election Area of Waterford City and County Council
An election to all 32 seats on Waterford City and County Council took place on 23 May 2014 as part of the 2014 Irish local elections . The City and County of Waterford was divided into five local electoral areas (LEAs) to elect councillors for a five-year term of office on the system of proportional representation by means of the single transferable vote (PR-STV). This was a new local authority formed as a successor to both Waterford City Council (15 seats at the 2009 election ) and Waterford County Council (23 seats at the 2009 election ). The town councils of Dungarvan , Lismore and Tramore were also abolished.
Although it was behind Fine Gael in first preference vote share, Fianna Fáil emerged as the joint largest party on the council after the elections winning 8 seats in all. The party secured 3 seats in Comeragh, 2 in Dungarvan–Lismore and 1 in each of the Waterford city LEAs where the party had been traditionally weak after 2004 and 2009. Fine Gael's best result was in Dungarvan-Lismore where the party returned 3 seats. As the results indicate several of the party's sitting councillors lost their seats across the City and County. It was also a poor election for Labour who were reduced to just 1 seat on the new council and no city representation. The Workers' Party lost its sole seat; the first time since 1974 where it had no representation in Waterford local politics. Sinn Féin had a very successful election increasing their numbers to 6 across the City and County and winning a seat in each LEA. Independents secured the remaining 9 seats.[1]
Results by local electoral area [ edit ] ^ *: Outgoing councillor.
Comeragh: 6 seats Party Candidate FPv% Count 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Fianna Fáil Michael J. O'Ryan [*] 16.4% 1,484 Fine Gael Liam Brazil [*] 16% 1,445 Fianna Fáil John O'Leary [*] 11.1% 1,002 1,040 1,054 1,065 1,084 1,129 1,245 1,297 Sinn Féin Declan Clune 10.8% 974 987 995 1,013 1,041 1,147 1,211 1,386 Fine Gael Seanie Power 10.1% 907 954 984 1,000 1,127 1,198 1,245 1,275 1,281 Fianna Fáil Mary Butler †† 7.1% 639 677 689 706 730 775 868 989 1,037 Fine Gael Brendan Coffey[*] 6.4% 577 584 627 645 658 688 799 895 918 Independent Seanie Walsh 5.4% 491 494 496 525 596 683 736 Labour Ger Barron[*] 5.4% 484 487 514 557 563 615 Direct Democracy Dr. David James 5.3% 474 505 510 539 562 Independent Michael Flynn 3.4% 311 321 325 360 Independent Dermot Kirwan 2.7% 240 243 254 Electorate: 15,534 Valid: 9,028 Spoilt: 97 Quota: 1,290 Turnout: 9,125 (58.7%)
Dungarvan–Lismore: 8 seats Party Candidate FPv% Count 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Fine Gael Damien Geoghegan [*] 11.3% 1,337 Fine Gael Pat Nugent [*] 10.6% 1,252 1,277 1,310 1,315 Fianna Fáil James Tobin [*] 9.9% 1,171 1,177 1,281 1,282 1,315 Sinn Féin Siobhán Whelan 8.9% 1,048 1,109 1,159 1,162 1,218 1,245 1,729 Labour John Pratt [*] 8.8% 1,040 1,053 1,069 1,070 1,113 1,159 1,222 1,271 Fianna Fáil Tom Cronin [*] 7.8% 920 936 1,041 1,042 1,098 1,167 1,203 1,240 Fine Gael Declan Doocey [*] 6.9% 823 829 841 842 872 1,113 1,166 1,200 Independent Seamus O'Donnell 5.9% 704 771 800 801 995 1,041 1,096 1,197 Sinn Féin Louise Brierley 5.9% 697 714 723 724 773 790 Labour Nicky Sheehan 5.6% 666 733 826 832 855 990 1,004 1,026 Fine Gael Micheál Cosgrave 5.3% 628 644 686 690 725 Independent Midí de Paor Walsh 5% 592 623 648 649 Fianna Fáil Ann Marie Rossiter 4.6% 537 566 Independent Michael Wright 3.3% 392 Electorate: 22,774 Valid: 11,807 Spoilt: 148 Quota: 1,312 Turnout: 11,955 (52.5%)
Tramore–Waterford City West[ edit ] Tramore–Waterford City West: 6 seats Party Candidate FPv% Count 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Independent Joe Conway [*] 11.5% 960 966 977 1,018 1,124 1,136 1,176 1,230 Independent Joe Kelly 8.6% 716 732 753 755 765 840 891 900 901 978 1,042 1,155 Independent Blaise Hannigan 7.9% 664 666 675 706 777 801 822 867 877 919 949 995 Sinn Féin Jim Griffin 7.5% 631 649 661 672 686 718 738 775 779 848 1,212 Independent Ann Marie Power[*] 7.5% 623 633 647 696 736 750 792 818 824 856 871 903 Fine Gael Lola O'Sullivan [*] 6.9% 577 580 582 694 730 733 792 857 864 883 895 1,143 Fine Gael Hilary Quinlan[*] 6.8% 566 571 577 598 605 638 705 734 736 783 801 Fianna Fáil Pat Daly[*] 6% 505 505 506 517 526 530 538 Fianna Fáil Eamon Quinlan 6% 504 507 517 523 547 564 601 795 799 843 876 983 Sinn Féin David Lane 5.6% 472 476 486 492 499 540 555 567 567 666 Workers' Party Davy Walsh[*] 4.9% 409 432 437 442 445 509 551 567 567 Labour Dee Jacques[*] 4.7% 392 404 416 431 445 473 Independent Pat Finnerty 4.3% 359 361 365 380 Independent Dick Roche[*] 4.1% 346 365 384 385 391 Fine Gael Maxine Keoghan 4.1% 341 348 350 Independent Jenna Keane 1.7% 145 157 Independent Monica Melay 1.2% 103 Workers' Party Brian Hearne 0.7% 55 Electorate: 16,028 Valid: 8,368 Spoilt: 130 Quota: 1,196 Turnout: 8,498 (53%)
Waterford City East [ edit ] Waterford City East: 6 seats Party Candidate FPv% Count 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Sinn Féin Pat Fitzgerald [*] 15.6% 1,221 Independent Davy Daniels [*] 14.4% 1,130 Fine Gael John Carey [*] ††† 11.1% 869 888 892 895 923 925 941 975 976 1,109 1,138 Fianna Fáil Adam Wyse [*] 9.4% 732 745 751 761 822 834 971 1,028 1,030 1,084 1,165 Independent Mary Roche [*] †††† 8.5% 668 680 694 731 740 792 834 949 952 1,025 1,167 Independent Eddie Mulligan † 7.7% 601 614 632 650 660 690 712 743 745 798 925 958 Fine Gael Jim D'Arcy[*] 6.5% 509 512 515 526 527 534 544 608 610 777 831 847 Independent Neil White 5.1% 405 411 418 440 447 493 512 550 551 569 Fine Gael Tom Cunningham[*] 6.1% 484 484 487 489 494 497 509 545 546 Labour Jack Walsh[*] 3.3% 376 380 384 390 391 406 423 Fianna Fáil Liz Murphy 3.1% 241 245 247 251 304 312 Fianna Fáil Eamon McGrath 2.3% 181 185 185 190 People Before Profit Joan Quirke 2.3% 179 195 211 220 222 Independent John Walsh 1.8% 141 143 149 Direct Democracy Larry McCarthy 1.1% 81 91 Electorate: 19,090 Valid: 7,824 Spoilt: 94 Quota: 1,118 Turnout: 7,918 (41.5%)
Waterford City South [ edit ] Waterford City South: 6 seats Party Candidate FPv% Count 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Sinn Féin John Hearne [*] 18.7% 1,347 Fine Gael John Cummins [*] 10.8% 780 788 797 802 807 824 862 908 911 1,089 Sinn Féin Breda Brennan 9.7% 700 871 877 902 932 970 1,028 1,085 Fianna Fáil Jason Murphy 9.6% 696 712 719 721 725 737 763 827 833 889 Independent Seán Reinhardt [*] 8.8% 637 671 683 692 722 761 811 882 887 972 Independent Laurence (Cha) O'Neill [*] 8.5% 615 625 630 637 654 699 753 875 881 1,005 Labour Seamus Ryan[*] 8% 578 587 591 593 603 618 636 659 661 Workers' Party Willy Moore 6.9% 500 530 535 549 576 593 618 700 709 792 Independent Tom Murphy 6.5% 467 477 481 485 499 535 591 Independent Donal Barry 4.3% 308 316 317 326 344 370 Independent David O'Brien 3.3% 237 244 247 256 281 Independent Keith Nolan 2.4% 175 183 187 199 Direct Democracy Gary Hogan 1.5% 111 114 114 Independent Eddie Walsh 1% 70 71 Electorate: 12,181 Valid: 7,221 Spoilt: 139 Quota: 1,032 Turnout: 7,360 (59.3%)
† Waterford City East Cllr Eddie Mulligan joined Fianna Fáil and ceased to be an Independent on 2 November 2014. [1] †† Comeragh Fianna Fáil Cllr Mary Butler was elected to the 32nd Dáil ]for Waterford at the 2016 general election . Ray Murphy was co-opted to fill the vacancy.[2] ††† Waterford City East Fine Gael Cllr John Carey died on 8 September 2018 after a short illness.[3] His daughter, Sharon, was co-opted to fill the vacancy on 8 November 2018. †††† Waterford City East Independent Cllr Mary Roche resigned her seat on 30 November 2018 for personal reasons. Matt Shanahan was co-opted to fill the vacancy.