An election to all 18 seats on Monaghan County Council took place on 23 May 2014 as part of the 2014 Irish local elections, a decrease from 20 seats at the 2009 election. County Monaghan 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). In addition, the town councils of Ballybay, Carrickmacross, Castleblayney, Clones and Monaghan were abolished.
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All 18 seats on Monaghan County Council 10 seats needed for a majority | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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 Map showing the area of Monaghan County Council | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
New LEAs were introduced in 2013 and came into effect on 1 January 2014.[1] The election in Ballybay–Clones local electoral area was halted when Fine Gael Councillor Owen Bannigan died suddenly while out canvassing on polling day.[2][3] The election for this area was cancelled and all the ballots cast were officially destroyed.[4] He had been expected to top the poll.[5] It was re-run on 7 June 2014.
Sinn Féin emerged as the largest party with 7 seats, winning all the seats it contested. Fine Gael lost a seat in the Carrickmacross–Castleblayney LEA while Fianna Fáil lost a seat in Ballybay–Clones. Independents retained their 2 seats on the council.[6]
Results by party edit
| Party | Seats | ± | 1st pref | FPv% | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sinn Féin | 7 | - | 9,570 | 34.29 | ||
| Fine Gael | 5 | -1 | 8,281 | 29.67 | ||
| Fianna Fáil | 4 | -1 | 6,613 | 23.70 | ||
| Green | 0 | - | 113 | 0.40 | ||
| Independent | 2 | - | 3,086 | 11.06 | ||
| Total | 18 | -2 | 27,906 | 100.00 | — | |
Results by local electoral area edit
^ *: Outgoing councillor.
Ballybay–Clones edit
| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | ||||
| Fianna Fáil | Seamus Coyle[*] | 16.3% | 1,449 | |||||||
| Fine Gael | Ciara McPhillips[*]††††† | 15.2% | 1,348 | |||||||
| Sinn Féin | Cathy Bennett[*] | 14.6% | 1,295 | |||||||
| Fine Gael | Eugene Bannigan††† | 12.9% | 1,153 | 1,207 | 1,228 | 1,229 | 1,358 | |||
| Fine Gael | Hugh McElvaney[*]†† | 12.1% | 1,075 | 1,086 | 1,120 | 1,120 | 1,142 | 1,158 | 1,343 | |
| Sinn Féin | Pat Treanor[*] | 11.7% | 1,041 | 1,053 | 1,059 | 1,077 | 1,107 | 1,113 | 1,282 | |
| Independent | Paul McPhillips | 6.6% | 584 | 608 | 619 | 620 | 691 | 724 | ||
| Fianna Fáil | Deirdre Kelly | 5.6% | 499 | 532 | 535 | 536 | 731 | 752 | 882 | |
| Fianna Fáil | Michael Smyth | 4.5% | 398 | 442 | 444 | 445 | ||||
| Independent | Joseph Duffy | 0.3% | 27 | 27 | 27 | 27 | ||||
| Green | Raimonda Leonaviciene | 0.3% | 22 | 22 | 22 | 22 | ||||
| Electorate: 15,326 Valid: 8,891 Spoilt: 73 Quota: 1,271 Turnout: 8,964 (58.5%) | ||||||||||
Carrickmacross–Castleblayney edit
| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | ||||
| Sinn Féin | Matt Carthy[*]† | 19.3% | 1,970 | ||||||||
| Fine Gael | Aidan Campbell | 13.3% | 1,355 | 1,365 | 1,366 | 1,416 | 1,554 | ||||
| Sinn Féin | Noel Keelan[*] | 12.8% | 1,304 | 1,545 | |||||||
| Fianna Fáil | P.J. O'Hanlon[*] | 10.9% | 1,118 | 1,158 | 1,166 | 1,191 | 1,355 | 1,479 | |||
| Sinn Féin | Jackie Crowe[*] | 9.9% | 1,019 | 1,106 | 1,159 | 1,214 | 1,277 | 1,308 | 1,349 | 1,350 | |
| Fianna Fáil | Pádraig McNally[*] | 9.3% | 948 | 985 | 997 | 1,014 | 1,263 | 1,399 | 1,443 | 1,455 | |
| Fine Gael | Aidan Murray[*] | 9.1% | 928 | 950 | 953 | 971 | 991 | 1,325 | 1,334 | 1,340 | |
| Fianna Fáil | Margaret Conlon | 6.8% | 691 | 705 | 706 | 717 | |||||
| Fine Gael | Lorraine Cotter | 6.3% | 638 | 682 | 688 | 729 | 771 | ||||
| Labour | Ciarán Connolly | 1.4% | 145 | 151 | 152 | ||||||
| Labour | Peadar Markey | 0.9% | 98 | 107 | 107 | ||||||
| Electorate: 16,958 Valid: 10,214 Spoilt: 165 Quota: 1,460 Turnout: 10,379 (61.2%) | |||||||||||
Monaghan edit
| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | ||||
| Sinn Féin | Brian McKenna[*] | 15.2% | 1,336 | ||||||||
| Independent | Seamus Treanor[*] | 15.1% | 1,332 | ||||||||
| Fianna Fáil | Robbie Gallagher[*]†††† | 14.1% | 1,244 | 1,249 | 1,259 | ||||||
| Sinn Féin | Seán Conlon[*] | 11.2% | 988 | 1,012 | 1,025 | 1,044 | 1,062 | 1,122 | 1,159 | 1,233 | |
| Fine Gael | David Maxwell[*] | 8.8% | 775 | 776 | 780 | 789 | 806 | 828 | 992 | 1,318 | |
| Independent | Paudge Connolly[*] | 8.3% | 727 | 738 | 751 | 787 | 853 | 953 | 1,048 | 1,198 | |
| Sinn Féin | Siobhán Cheung | 7% | 617 | 642 | 649 | 668 | 690 | 725 | 765 | 807 | |
| Fine Gael | Barra Flynn | 5.9% | 525 | 527 | 531 | 546 | 579 | 611 | 760 | ||
| Fine Gael | Garry Keenan | 5.5% | 484 | 487 | 490 | 511 | 525 | 553 | |||
| Independent | Thomas Hagan | 3.5% | 306 | 307 | 321 | 348 | 369 | ||||
| Fianna Fáil | John Finn | 3% | 266 | 270 | 272 | 276 | |||||
| Green | Grazvydas Vaitekunas | 1% | 91 | 92 | 93 | ||||||
| Independent | Kevin Hamill | 0.8% | 68 | 69 | 71 | ||||||
| Independent | Jimmy Mee | 0.5% | 42 | 42 | 43 | ||||||
| Electorate: 16,211 Valid: 8,801 Spoilt: 138 Quota: 1,258 Turnout: 8,939 (55.14%) | |||||||||||
Changes 2014–2019 edit
- † Carrickmacross–Castleblayney Sinn Féin Cllr Matt Carty was also elected as an MEP on 23 May 2014. Accordingly, he resigned his council seat in accordance with the rule against a dual mandate. His brother, Colm, was co-opted to fill the vacancy on 8 July 2014. [1]
- †† Ballybay–Clones Fine Gael Cllr Hugh McElvaney resigned from Fine Gael and became an Independent following an RTÉ Investigation into payments to Councillors.[2]
- ††† Ballybay-Clones Fine Gael Cllr Eugene Bannigan resigned to pursue a job opportunity in the United States.[3] Seán Gilliland was co-opted to fill the vacancy on 7 December 2015.[4]
- †††† Monaghan Fianna Fáil Cllr Robbie Gallagher was elected to the 25th Seanad in April 2016. Raymond Aughey was co-opted to fill the vacancy on 4 July 2016.[5]
- ††††† Ballybay-Clones Fine Gael Cllr Ciara McPhillips resigned her seat citing time constraints on 12 June 2017.[6] Eva Humphreys was co-opted to fill the vacancy in October 2017.[7] Eva resigned from the Council in October 2018 citing work pressures. Richard Truell was co-opted to replace her in December 2018.[8]
References edit
- ^ "Local Elections 2014". Monaghan County Council. Archived from the original on 12 May 2014. Retrieved 24 May 2014.
- ^ "Monaghan councillor dies while canvassing on election day". TheJournal.ie. 23 May 2014. Retrieved 23 May 2014.
- ^ "Monaghan election candidate dies suddenly". The Irish Times. 23 May 2014. Retrieved 23 May 2014.
- ^ "Monaghan candidate dies suddenly". RTÉ News. 23 May 2014. Retrieved 23 May 2014.
- ^ "Fine Gael candidate Bannigan dies of heart attack". Irish Independent. 24 May 2014. Retrieved 24 May 2014.
- ^ "Monaghan County Council". Archived from the original on 14 July 2014. Retrieved 24 May 2014.