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Dún Laoghaire–Rathdown County Council election, 2014

A Dún Laoghaire–Rathdown County Council election was held in Ireland on 23 May 2014 as part of that year's local elections. Forty councillors were elected from a field of 85 candidates for a five-year term of office from six local electoral areas by proportional representation with a single transferable vote.

Again mirroring trends in Dublin the number of councillors was expanded from 28 to 40 between 2009 and 2014. Fine Gael retained their position as the leading party on the authority with 11 seats, including 2 seats in each of Blackrock, Dundrum and Stillorgan and 3 seats in Dún Laoghaire. Fianna Fáil doubled their seats to 8 and won 2 seats in each of Blackrock and Stillorgan. Labour lost 1 seat overall to emerge with 7 seats. The party won 2 seats in each of Glencullen-Sandyford and Killiney-Shankill to compensate from losing a seat in Dún Laoghaire. Sinn Féin gained 3 seats to secure representation on the Council for the first time. People Before Profit gained 2 extra seats to also return with 3 councillors. The Green Party also returned with 2 seats with 2 gains in Dundrum and Dún Laoghaire. Independents doubled their seats to return with 6 seats to the Council chamber.

Post-Election Changes

  • †Dundrum Green Party Cllr Catherine Martin was elected as a TD for Dublin Rathdown at the Irish general election, 2016. Karen Furlong was co-opted to fill the vacancy on 14 March 2016.[1]
  • ††Killiney-Shankill Fine Gael Cllr Maria Bailey was elected as a TD for Dún Laoghaire at the Irish general election, 2016. Jim Gildea was co-opted to fill the vacancy on 14 March 2016.[2]
  • †††Stillorgan Fine Gael Cllr Josepha Madigan was elected as a TD for Dublin Rathdown at the Irish general election, 2016. John Kennedy was co-opted to fill the vacancy on 14 March 2016.[3]
  • ††††Blackrock Independent Cllr Victor Boyhan was elected to Seanad Éireann in April 2016. Anne Colgan was co-opted to fill the vacancy.
  • †††††Glencullen-Sandyford Fine Gael Cllr Neale Richmond was elected to Seanad Éireann in April 2016. Emma Blain was co-opted to fill the vacancy.
  • ††††††Stillorgan Fianna Fáil Cllr Gerry Horkan was elected to Seanad Éireann in April 2016. Donal Smith was co-opted to fill the vacancy.
  • References

    Dún Laoghaire–Rathdown County Council election, 2014 Wikipedia