2014 South Dublin County Council election

2014 South Dublin County Council election
23 May 2014
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

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]

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 21.19 2,992              
Sinn Féin Jonathan Graham 16.33 2,306              
Fianna Fáil Trevor Gilligan[*] 13.71 1,935              
People Before Profit Gino Kenny[*] 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[*] 15.95 1,972          
Fine Gael Anne-Marie Dermody 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 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 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[*] 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 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 5.40 424 704 804 828 884 918 958
Independent Dermot Richardson 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[*] 16.89 2,826                  
Independent Ronan McMahon 13.74 2,299 2,386 2,427              
Sinn Féin Fintan Warfield 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[*] 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

Co-options

Party Outgoing LEA Reason Date Co-optee
Sinn Féin Eoin O'Broin Clondalkin Elected to the 32nd Dáil at the 2016 general election. 14 March 2016 Mark Ward
Fianna Fáil John Lahart Rathfarnham Elected to the 32nd Dáil at the 2016 general election. 14 March 2016 Emma Murphy[7]
Fine Gael Colm Brophy Templeogue-Terenure Elected to the 32nd Dáil at the 2016 general election. 14 March 2016 Brian Lawlor[8]
People Before Profit Gino Kenny Clondalkin Elected to the 32nd Dáil at the 2016 general election. 20 April 2016 Madeleine Johansson[9]
Sinn Féin Máire Devine Tallaght Central Elected to 25th Seanad at the 2016 Seanad election. 25 April 2016 Cora McCann
Sinn Féin Fintan Warfield Templeogue-Terenure Elected to 25th Seanad at the 2016 Seanad election. May 2016 Enda Fanning
Fine Gael Anne-Marie Dermody Rathfarnham Resigned to prioritise work as a solicitor.[10] 14 November 2017 Conor McMahon[11]
People Before Profit Nicky Coules Tallaght South Health Issues.[12] 14 November 2017 Emma Hendrick
Sinn Féin Enda Fanning Templeogue-Terenure Resignation.[13] 10 October 2017 Robert Russell[14]

Changes in affiliation

Name LEA Elected as New affiliation Date
Ronan McMahon Templeogue-Terenure Independent Renua 13 March 2015[15]
Dermot Richardson Tallaght South Independent Sinn Féin 20 April 2016[16]
Dermot Looney Templeogue-Terenure Independent Social Democrats 8 June 2017[17]
Johnathan Graham Clondalkin Sinn Féin Independent 24 January 2018[18]
Martina Genockey Tallaght South Labour Independent 28 September 2018[19]
Mick Duff Tallaght Central Labour Independent 5 October 2018[20]
Johnathan Graham Clondalkin Independent Fianna Fáil 22 March 2019[21]
Deirdre O'Donovan Rathfarnham Independent Fianna Fáil 22 March 2019[22]

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.
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  12. ^ McMenamin, Aura (12 September 2017). "Two county councillors tender their resignations in one week". Echo.ie. Retrieved 11 December 2025.
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  17. ^ "South Dublin County Councillor Dermot Looney joins the Social Democrats". socialdemocrats.ie. Retrieved 11 December 2025.
  18. ^ McConnell, Daniel (25 January 2018). "Clondalkin councillor Jonathan Graham to quit Sinn Féin". Irish Examiner. Retrieved 11 December 2025.
  19. ^ Lehane, Mícheál (28 September 2018). "Labour election candidate resigns from party". RTE. Retrieved 11 December 2025.
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