Part of the 2014 Irish local elections
2014 Cork City Council election Map showing the area of Cork City Council
An election to all 31 seats on Cork City Council was held on 23 May 2014 as part of the 2014 Irish local elections , contested by a field of 65 candidates. The city of Cork was divided into six local electoral areas 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]
Having lost several seats in the 2009 local elections within Cork City Fianna Fáil made 4 gains in these local elections. The party gained 1 seat in each of the 3 Cork South Central LEAs, the base of Micheál Martin , and 1 seat in the Cork City North Central LEA on the North Side. Sinn Féin emerged as the second largest party with 8 seats as they made 3 gains on both sides of the river Lee though effectively matched Fianna Fáil in terms of first preference vote share. Fine Gael lost 3 seats to be reduced to 5 seats while their coalition partner, the Labour Party, was obliterated losing all 7 seats. The Anti-Austerity Alliance made 2 gains to return 3 councillors to City Hall and Ted Tynan became the Workers' Party sole elected representative in the State. Independents secured the remaining 4 seats.
Results by party [ edit ] Results by local electoral area [ edit ] ^ *: Outgoing councillor.
Cork City North Central [ edit ] Cork City North Central: 5 seats[4] [5] [6] Party Candidate FPv% Count 1 2 3 4 5 6 Sinn Féin Thomas Gould [*] 26.71 1,828 Anti-Austerity Alliance Mick Barry [*] † 21.36 1,462 Fianna Fáil Kenneth O'Flynn [*] 14.57 997 1,072 1,092 1,111 1,136 1,202 Fianna Fáil Dr. John Sheehan 11.29 773 853 879 901 932 1,010 Fine Gael Patricia Gosch[*] 7.04 482 510 522 567 583 Labour Catherine Clancy[*] 7.03 481 532 553 571 603 783 Anti-Austerity Alliance Lil O'Donnell †† 6.31 432 712 909 924 1,115 1,194 Independent Billy Corcoran 3.70 253 409 451 456 Fine Gael Donncha Loftus 2.00 137 154 157 Electorate: 14,280 Valid: 6,845 (47.93%) Spoilt: 166 Quota: 1,401 Turnout: 7,011 (49.10%)
Cork City North East [ edit ] Cork City North East: 4 seats[7] [8] Party Candidate FPv% Count 1 2 3 4 5 6 Sinn Féin Stephen Cunningham 26.71 971 Workers' Party Ted Tynan [*] 21.36 962 Fianna Fáil Tim Brosnan [*] 14.57 931 951 954 955 979 Fine Gael Joe Kavanagh [*] 11.29 655 658 659 659 691 903 Labour John Kelleher[*] 7.04 424 443 446 447 541 662 Fine Gael Sue-Ellen Carroll 7.03 414 420 422 423 461 Green Oliver Moran 6.31 235 287 291 292 Independent Philip A. McCarthy 3.70 124 124 Communist Michael O'Donnell 2.00 72 72 Electorate: 10,402 Valid: 4,788 (46.63%) Spoilt: 75 Quota: 958 Turnout: 4,863 (47.36%)
Cork City North West [ edit ] Cork City North West: 4 seats[9] [10] Party Candidate FPv% Count 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 Sinn Féin Mick Nugent [*] 22.37 1,206 Fianna Fáil Tony Fitzgerald [*] 19.47 1,050 1,058 1,061 1,078 1,109 Sinn Féin Kenneth Collins 15.0 809 893 896 928 953 954 995 1,060 1,179 Anti-Austerity Alliance Marion O'Sullivan 9.35 504 513 517 557 576 580 628 672 766 795 969 Labour Michael O'Connell [*] 5.23 282 285 285 295 316 318 336 Workers' Party James Coughlan 5.21 281 287 289 304 312 313 339 385 Fine Gael Joe O'Callaghan[*] 5.19 280 282 284 286 373 380 392 455 476 494 535 Independent Maurice Sheehan 4.99 269 273 280 330 340 343 406 425 469 482 Fine Gael Lyndsey Clarke 4.43 239 240 243 248 248 Independent Evan Murphy 4.21 227 230 239 265 282 283 Independent Pat O'Shea 2.21 119 122 123 123 Independent Barry O'Donovan 1.59 86 89 95 95 Independent John Murphy 0.74 40 41 Electorate: 10,932 Valid: 5,392 (49.32%) Spoilt: 116 Quota: 1,079 Turnout: 5,508 (50.38%)
Cork City South Central [ edit ] Cork City South Central: 5 seats[11] [12] Party Candidate FPv% Count 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Independent Mick Finn [*] 23.33 1,437 Sinn Féin Fiona Kerins [*] 23.28 1,434 Fianna Fáil Tom O'Driscoll 12.40 764 837 885 898 902 905 914 925 1,007 Fianna Fáil Seán Martin [*] 10.39 640 681 717 721 736 742 750 759 834 Independent Paudie Dineen 8.54 526 666 813 850 863 909 945 1,064 Labour Lorraine Kingston[*] 7.06 435 484 521 525 543 558 602 624 795 Fine Gael Emmet O'Halloran[*] 6.51 401 423 433 434 484 489 498 506 Green Johnny O'Mahony 2.0 123 130 156 158 164 172 172 Independent Brian Houlihan 1.93 119 145 187 208 209 248 271 271 Fine Gael Billy MacGill 1.9 117 124 128 128 128 Independent Ella Goddin 1.46 90 115 141 154 156 156 Independent Tom McIntyre 1.19 73 93 124 Electorate: 13,023 Valid: 6,159 (47.29%) Spoilt: 123 Quota: 1,027 Turnout: 6,282 (48.24%)
Cork City South East [ edit ] Cork City South East: 7 seats[13] [14] Party Candidate FPv% Count 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Independent Kieran McCarthy [*] 15.08 1,534 Sinn Féin Chris O'Leary [*] 12.73 1,295 Fine Gael Des Cahill [*] 11.56 1,176 1,199 1,318 Fine Gael Laura McGonigle [*] 10.89 1,108 1,150 1,276 Fianna Fáil Terry Shannon [*] 9.74 991 1,014 1,041 1,048 1,049 1,124 1,160 1,275 Fianna Fáil Nicholas O'Keeffe 8.42 856 873 899 904 906 990 1,028 1,096 Fianna Fáil Kate Martin 6.94 706 721 744 747 747 804 835 951 Sinn Féin Shane O'Shea 6.19 630 654 660 662 679 745 905 1,000 Green Dan Boyle 4.97 505 537 557 562 563 671 802 Independent Diarmaid O Cadhla 4.79 487 550 561 564 565 594 Labour Denis O'Flynn[*] 4.74 482 496 522 543 544 Fine Gael Derek Cregan 3.94 401 410 Electorate: 19,576 Valid: 10,171 (51.96%) Spoilt: 155 Quota: 1,272 Turnout: 10,326 (52.75%)
Cork City South West [ edit ] Cork City South West: 6 seats[4] [15] [16] Party Candidate FPv% Count 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Fine Gael John Buttimer [*] 15.08 1,750 Sinn Féin Henry Cremin [*] 12.73 1,642 Fianna Fáil Mary Shields [*] 11.56 1,065 1,198 Fianna Fáil Fergal Dennehy 10.89 1,043 1,121 Independent Thomas Moloney [*] 9.74 409 425 613 616 617 635 732 798 Independent Thomas Kiely 8.42 363 381 584 589 593 628 715 796 Green Mick Murphy 6.94 357 387 462 470 476 522 Labour Ger Gibbons[*] 6.19 329 413 463 480 489 574 668 Fine Gael P.J. Hourican 4.97 301 491 514 556 571 737 809 1,013 Fine Gael Barry Keane 4.79 297 418 441 462 468 468 Electorate: 14,830 Valid: 7,556 (50.95%) Spoilt: 138 Quota: 1,080 Turnout: 7,697 (51.90%)
References [ edit ] Changes after 2014 [ edit ] † AAA/PBP Cork City North-Central Cllr Mick Barry was elected as a TD for Cork North-Central in the 2016 Irish general election. On 25 April 2016 Fiona Ryan was co-opted to fill the vacancy.[1] †† On 13 March 2017 Cork City North-Central AAA/PBP Cllr Lil O'Donnell did not join the Solidarity Party and became an Independent.[2]