2014 Westmeath County Council election

2014 Westmeath County Council election
23 May 2014
All 20 seats on Westmeath County Council
11 seats needed for a majority
  First party Second party Third party
 
Party Fianna Fáil Fine Gael Sinn Féin
Seats before 9 8 0
Seats won 8 5 3
Seat change 1 3 3
  Fourth party Fifth party
 
Party Labour Independent
Seats before 6 0
Seats won 2 2
Seat change 4 2
Area of Westmeath County Council

An election to all 20 seats on Westmeath County Council took place on 23 May 2014 as part of the 2014 Irish local elections, a reduction from 23 seats at the 2009 election. The town councils of Athlone and Mullingar were also abolished. County Westmeath 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).

Fianna Fáil emerged as the largest party after the elections as both government parties suffered at the polls. Labour lost two-thirds of their Councillors being reduced to just 2 seats while Fine Gael also lost 3 seats. Sinn Féin won seats on the council for the first time, 3 in total, and were joined by 2 Independents.[1][2]

Results by party

Party Seats ± 1st pref FPv% ±%
Fianna Fáil 8 1 11,412 32.9 11.03
Fine Gael 5 3 8,310 23.9 14.85
Sinn Féin 3 3 3,837 11.1 6.44
Labour 2 4 4,766 13.7 12.38
Independent 2 2 6,391 18.4 13.16
Total 20 3 34,716 100.0 —

Results by local electoral area

^ *: Outgoing councillor.

Athlone

Athlone: 7 seats
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9
Independent Kevin "Boxer" Moran[*] 21.78 2,897                
Fine Gael Tom Farrell 11.29 1,502 1,552 1,561 1,594 1,616 1,648 1,649 1,724  
Sinn Féin Paul Hogan 10.70 1,423 1,684              
Fine Gael John Dolan[*] 8.16 1,085 1,139 1,146 1,161 1,193 1,239 1,240 1,345 1,681
Fianna Fáil Aengus O'Rourke 7.88 1,048 1,256 1,267 1,306 1,357 1,387 1,392 1,494 1,636
Fianna Fáil Frankie Keena[*] 7.77 1,034 1,200 1,213 1,255 1,317 1,373 1,377 1,520 1,648
Fianna Fáil Vinny McCormack 7.27 967 983 985 991 1,001 1,010 1,010 1,080 1,088
Independent Michael O'Brien 6.85 911 1,001 1,054 1,084 1,113 1,203 1,208 1,354 1,418
Fine Gael Alan Shaw 5.43 722 817 829 838 883 899 902 911  
Fianna Fáil Tom Allen[*] 4.86 647 674 684 716 733 767 769    
Labour Jim Henson 2.37 315 388 410 428          
Independent Joe Devery 2.35 313 394 429 476 527        
Independent P.J. Coghill 2.08 277 312 333            
Independent John McNamara 0.90 120 171              
Independent Donal Jackson 0.31 41 68              
Electorate: 22,759   Valid: 13,302 (52.60%)   Spoilt: 157   Quota: 1,663   Turnout: 13,459 (53.22%)  

Mullingar–Coole

Mullingar-Coole: 7 seats
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
Fianna Fáil Aidan Davitt[*] 12.90 1,492              
Sinn Féin Una D'arcy 12.86 1,487              
Fianna Fáil John Shaw[*] 11.02 1,275 1,287 1,290 1,307 1,331 1,404 1,588  
Fianna Fáil Paddy Hill[*] 10.44 1,207 1,215 1,220 1,241 1,308 1,326 1,342 1,357
Fine Gael Frank McDermott[*] 10.06 1,163 1,164 1,167 1,195 1,249 1,372 1,414 1,428
Fine Gael Peter Burke[*] 8.72 1,008 1,015 1,017 1,031 1,135 1,391 1,534  
Labour Mick Dollard[*] 8.21 950 956 960 992 1,025 1,062 1,268 1,312
Labour Denis Leonard[*] 6.24 722 723 724 749 835 895    
Independent Brian Fagan 5.86 678 684 695 849 888 951 1,057 1,078
Fine Gael Emily Wallace 5.42 627 630 631 660 731      
Labour Peter Kearney 4.50 520 521 522 563 563      
Labour Rachel Grimes 1.47 170 170 172 172        
Independent Angela Maher 1.23 142 143 146 146        
Independent Pat Holmes 0.72 83 83 86 86        
Independent Rosemary Horan 0.36 42 42 44 44        
Electorate: 22,759   Valid: 11,566 (50.82%)   Spoilt: 205   Quota: 1,446   Turnout: 11,771 (51.72%)  

Mullingar-Kilbeggan

Mullingar–Kilbeggan: 6 seats
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
Fianna Fáil Paul Daly[*] 15.25 1,502                  
Fianna Fáil Avril Whitney[*] 12.86 1,266 1,277 1,288 1,295 1,348 1,376 1,405 1,428    
Fianna Fáil Ken Glynn[*] 9.89 974 992 1,011 1,023 1,058 1,068 1,114 1,133 1,138 1,207
Labour Johnnie Penrose[*] 9.58 943 952 968 1,029 1,083 1,169 1,369 1,488    
Sinn Féin Sorca Clarke 9.41 927 932 962 976 987 1,022 1,048 1,073 1,075 1,154
Fine Gael Andrew Duncan 8.04 792 797 805 827 909 937 999 1,144 1,165 1,432
Fine Gael Colm Arthur[*] 6.05 596 603 609 637 660 669 696 834 857  
Independent Brian Fagan 5.93 584 587 733 744 765 793 876 891 903 974
Fine Gael Michael Newman 4.78 471 487 489 569 622 635 653 653    
Labour Detty Cornally[*] 4.77 470 471 485 516 535 587 587      
Labour Gerry Sheridan 3.87 381 382 390 398 401 401        
Fine Gael Chris Murtagh 3.49 344 344 350 354            
Labour Ger Corcoran[*] 3.00 295 312 312              
Independent Chris Burley 1.65 162 163                
Independent Angela Maher 1.43 141 142                
Electorate: 20,021   Valid: 9,848 (49.19%)   Spoilt: 161   Quota: 1,407   Turnout: 10,009 (49.99%)  

Changes

Co-options

Party Outgoing LEA Reason Date Co-optee
Independent Kevin "Boxer" Moran Athlone Elected to the 32nd Dáil at the 2016 general election. 21 March 2016 Ailish McManus
Fine Gael Peter Burke Mullingar–Coole Elected to the 32nd Dáil at the 2016 general election. 21 March 2016 Emily Wallace
Fianna Fáil Paul Daly Mullingar–Kilbeggan Elected to 25th Seanad at the 2016 Seanad election. 13 June 2016 Liam McDaniel[3]
Fianna Fáil Aidan Davitt Mullingar–Coole Elected to 25th Seanad at the 2016 Seanad election. 13 June 2016 Bill Collentine[4]
Fianna Fáil Avril Whitney Mullingar–Kilbeggan Resigned for personal reasons.[5] 22 January 2018 Brian Crum

Changes in affiliation

Name LEA Elected as New affiliation Date
Paul Hogan Athlone Sinn Féin Independent 2 August 2018[6]
Una D'Arcy Mullingar–Coole Sinn Féin Independent 22 January 2019[7]

References

  1. ^ "Westmeath: First result in – FF win first seat on Westmeath County Council". Irish Independent. 24 May 2014. Retrieved 24 May 2014.
  2. ^ "Westmeath County Council Local elections". Irish Independent. 24 May 2014. Archived from the original on 17 June 2014. Retrieved 17 June 2014.
  3. ^ Doherty, Tríona (16 June 2016). "McDaniel and Collentine co-opted to council". Athlone Advertiser. Retrieved 19 December 2025.
  4. ^ Doherty, Tríona (16 June 2016). "McDaniel and Collentine co-opted to council". Athlone Advertiser. Retrieved 19 December 2025.
  5. ^ "Cllr Avril Whitney steps down from role as councillor". Westmeath Examiner. 31 May 2017. Retrieved 19 December 2025.
  6. ^ "Local Sinn Fein councillor resigns from political party". Athlone Advertiser. 2 August 2018. Retrieved 19 December 2025.
  7. ^ McGee, Harry (22 January 2019). "Sinn Féin councillor Úna D'Arcy resigns from party". Irish Times. Retrieved 19 December 2025.
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