Part of the 2014 Irish local elections
2014 Mayo County Council election Map showing the area of Mayo County Council
Council control after election
An election to all 30 seats on Mayo County Council was held in Ireland on 23 May 2014 as part of the 2014 Irish local elections , a decrease from 31 seats at the 2009 election . County Mayo was divided into four 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]
While Fine Gael remained the most popular party in Mayo in terms of vote share the party surrendered its previously held overall majority on Mayo County Council and lost 7 seats in the process to be reduced to 10 councillors. Several long-serving members lost their seats in the process and the Taoiseach's brother, Henry Kenny, was a near casualty in Castlebar. Fianna Fáil gained 3 seats in the election to return with 10 councillors, the same numbers as Fine Gael. Their gains came in Ballina, Castlebar and in Claremorris. The party missed out on an additional seat in West Mayo due to running too many candidates, transfer leakage and the fact that the previous incumbents had retired. Sinn Féin made modest gains by gaining a seat in Castlebar to add to their delegation, although the party was very close in Ballina. Independents garnered a large vote share in each LEA and increased their numbers to 7 seats.
Results by local electoral area [ edit ] ^ *: Outgoing councillor.
Ballina: 8 seats[ 4] [ 5] Party Candidate FPv% Count 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 Fine Gael John O'Hara [*] 9.9% 1,612 1,614 1,672 1,712 1,741 1,746 1,846 Independent Seamus Weir [*] 9.7% 1,589 1,590 1,630 1,670 1,672 1,762 1,812 1,817 Fianna Fáil Annie May Raepe [*] 7.7% 1,256 1,260 1,263 1,314 1,330 1,392 1,652 1,662 1,822 Fianna Fáil Michael Smyth 6.6% 1,069 1,087 1,091 1,093 1,297 1,410 1,416 1,416 1,434 1,450 1,480 1,521 1,523 Fine Gael Jarlath Munnelly [*] 6.4% 1,042 1,043 1,122 1,127 1,160 1,166 1,196 1,199 1,565 1,834 Fianna Fáil Michael Loftus 6.4% 1,037 1,037 1,098 1,105 1,109 1,137 1,186 1,187 1,372 1,432 2,100 Sinn Féin John Sheahan 6.3% 1,026 1,059 1,062 1,096 1,218 1,266 1,278 1,278 1,314 1,355 1,393 1,440 1,453 Independent Enda Lavelle 6.0% 980 983 1,062 1,071 1,075 1,081 1,088 1,090 1,190 1,244 Independent Gerry Ginty [*] †††† 5.7% 935 938 948 1,155 1,159 1,169 1,290 1,295 1,340 1,736 1,846 Fianna Fáil Eamon Moore 5.5% 901 901 987 999 1,001 1,018 1,043 1,043 Fine Gael Neil Cruise 5.2% 848 854 871 882 1,004 1,253 1,253 1,258 1,274 1,344 1,406 1,500 1,510 Fine Gael Mark Winters 5.1% 830 830 858 909 914 919 1,081 1,088 1,111 Fianna Fáil Johnnie O'Malley 4.9% 798 693 799 808 849 851 872 Fianna Fáil Jimmy Maloney[*] 4.2% 682 685 687 688 709 Fine Gael Joe Mellet[*] 3.6% 585 609 611 613 Independent Peter Clarke 5.2% 528 528 530 Fine Gael Padraic Staunton 2.9% 486 486 Independent Martin Peyton 0.7% 111 Electorate: 26,103 Valid: 16,315 Spoilt: 167 Quota: 1,813 Turnout: 16,482 (63.1%)
Castlebar: 8 seats[ 6] [ 7] Party Candidate FPv% Count 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Independent Michael Kilcoyne [*] 18.9% 2,922 Fianna Fáil Lisa Chambers † 9.6% 1,481 1,610 1,621 1,644 1,681 1,826 Fianna Fáil Al McDonnell [*] 9.2% 1,419 1,531 1,534 1,549 1,578 1,597 1,606 1,682 Sinn Féin Thérèse Ruane ††† 8.9% 1,375 1,517 1,539 1,581 1,607 1,719 Fine Gael Cyril Burke [*] 7.7% 1,185 1,231 1,234 1,242 1,296 1,347 1,355 1,641 Fianna Fáil K. Blackie Gavin [*] 7.3% 1,127 1,263 1,265 1,293 1,341 1,415 1,438 1,539 Independent Frank Durcan [*] 7.1% 1,100 1,345 1,366 1,419 1,464 1,562 1,585 1,664 Fine Gael Eugene Lavin[*] 7.0% 1,083 1,106 1,108 1,112 1,163 1,181 1,186 Fine Gael Henry Kenny [*] 7.0% 1,075 1,150 1,152 1,168 1,384 1,435 1,441 1,674 Fine Gael Brendan Henaghan 6.1% 934 1,026 1,036 1,080 1,266 1,383 1,410 1,522 Fine Gael Eugene McCormack 4.5% 690 736 739 754 Labour Harry Barrett 3.9% 606 712 721 759 793 Independent Donal Geraghty 1.7% 265 307 324 Independent Mohammed Kamal Uddin 0.9% 132 146 Electorate: 26,263 Valid: 15,397 (58.6%) Spoilt: 135 Quota: 1,806 Turnout: 15,532 (59.1%)
Claremorris: 7 seats[ 8] [ 9] Party Candidate FPv% Count 1 2 3 4 5 6 Fine Gael Patsy O'Brien [*] 15.1% 2,347 Independent Richard Finn [*] 13.2% 2,050 Sinn Féin Gerry Murray [*] 12.7% 1,971 Fine Gael John Cribben [*] 11.3% 1,750 1,770 1,843 1,862 1,879 1,926 Fianna Fáil John Caulfield 9.8% 1,518 1,523 1,565 1,576 1,585 1,771 Fianna Fáil Damien Ryan [*] 7.3% 1,250 1,319 1,336 1,339 1,697 1,913 Fine Gael Tom Connolly [*] 7.1% 1,203 1,263 1,331 1,369 1,396 1,823 Fine Gael Michael Burke[*] 7.2% 1,120 1,218 1,255 1,258 1,524 1,559 Fianna Fáil John P. Kean 6.4% 1,001 1,048 1,142 1,170 1,209 Independent Harry Walsh 5.3% 826 911 977 982 Independent Marie Kilcullen 2.6% 403 418 Green Margaret (Mags) Sheehan 0.7% 103 108 Electorate: 25,099 Valid: 15,542 (61.9%) Spoilt: 177 Quota: 1,943 Turnout: 15,719 (62.6%)
West Mayo: 7 seats[ 10] [ 11] Party Candidate FPv% Count 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Sinn Féin Rose Conway-Walsh [*] †† 13.7% 2,075 Independent Michael Holmes [*] 10.9% 1,667 1,701 1,714 1,747 1,867 1,919 Fianna Fáil Paul McNamara 8.9% 1,351 1,356 1,359 1,363 1,370 1,373 1,547 1,576 1,662 1,675 1,698 1,701 Fine Gael Tereasa McGuire 6.4% 1,200 1,203 1,229 1,236 1,254 1,291 1,350 1,428 1,436 1,700 2,136 Fianna Fáil Seán Carey 7.9% 1,197 1,250 1,251 1,254 1,255 1,257 1,264 1,299 1,508 1,515 1,530 1,533 Fine Gael Gerry Coyle [*] 7.9% 1,194 1,223 1,225 1,226 1,230 1,232 1,326 1,329 1,505 1,526 1,606 1,729 Independent Christy Hyland 7.6% 1,160 1,167 1,186 1,210 1,232 1,281 1,295 1,370 1,378 1,580 1,892 1,979 Fine Gael Austin O'Malley[*] 6.6% 1,004 1,006 1,010 1,101 1,114 1,128 1,141 1,184 1,185 1,406 Fianna Fáil Brendan Mulroy 5.5% 913 916 923 943 980 1,045 1,073 1,278 1,298 1,468 1,618 1,638 Fine Gael John O'Malley[*] 5.5% 836 838 846 851 885 933 968 1,011 1,019 Fianna Fáil Frank Leneghan 4.6% 544 558 558 559 566 568 618 630 Fine Gael Breege Grealis 3.4% 511 517 525 525 540 545 Fianna Fáil Joan Geraghty 3.2% 486 489 546 558 585 592 → Independent Joe Lavelle 2.2% 337 340 354 357 374 Independent Michael O'Donnell 2.2% 331 336 346 Fianna Fáil Tommie Joe Jennings 1.7% 257 258 260 Green Caroline Fitzgerald 0.9% 136 141 Electorate: 24,947 Valid: 15,199 Spoilt: 152 Quota: 1,900 Turnout: 15,351 (61.53%)
† Castlebar - Fianna Fáil Councillor Lisa Chambers was elected to the 32nd Dáil for Mayo at the 2016 general election. Michael McLoughlin was co-opted to fill the vacancy on 14 March 2016.[3] †† West Mayo - Sinn Féin Councillor Rose Conway-Walsh was elected to the 25th Seanad in April 2016. Teresa Whelan was co-opted to fill the vacancy on 11 July 2016.[4] ††† Castlebar Sinn Féin Councillor Therese Ruane resigned her seat in December 2017 citing work commitments.[5] Joe McHale was co-opted to fill the vacancy.[6] †††† Ballina Independent Councillor Gerry Ginty joined Peadar Tóibín's movement on 27 November 2018.