2014 Waterford City and County Council election
23 May 2014
All 32 seats on Waterford City and County Council
17 seats needed for a majority
  First party Second party Third party
 
Party Fine Gael Fianna Fáil Sinn Féin
Seats won 8 8 6
  Fourth party Fifth party
 
Party Labour Independent
Seats won 1 9
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 party

Party Seats ± 1st pref FPv% ±%
Fine Gael 8 11,095 25.1
Fianna Fáil 8 8,612 19.5
Sinn Féin 6 7,090 16.0
Labour 1 3,536 8.0
People Before Profit 0 179 0.40
Independent 9 12,100 27.3
Total 32 Decrease6 44,248 100.0 —

Results by local electoral area

^ *: Outgoing councillor.

Comeragh

Comeragh: 6 seats
PartyCandidateFPv%Count
123456789
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

    Dungarvan–Lismore: 8 seats
    PartyCandidateFPv%Count
    12345678
    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

      Tramore–Waterford City West: 6 seats
      PartyCandidateFPv%Count
      123456789101112
      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

        Waterford City East: 6 seats
        PartyCandidateFPv%Count
        123456789101112
        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

          Waterford City South: 6 seats
          PartyCandidateFPv%Count
          12345678910
          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%)  

            Changes 2014–2019

            • † Waterford City East Cllr Eddie Mulligan joined Fianna Fáil and ceased to be an Independent on 2 November 2014.
            • †† 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.
            • ††† Waterford City East Fine Gael Cllr John Carey died on 8 September 2018 after a short illness. 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.

            References

            1. ↑ "Council - Your Councillors: Waterford City & County Council". Archived from the original on 14 July 2014. Retrieved 9 June 2014.
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