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Dublin City Council election, 2014

A Dublin City Council election was held in Ireland on 23 May 2014 as part of that year's local elections. Sixty-three councillors were elected for a five-year term of office from nine local electoral areas by proportional representation with a single transferable vote.

Dublin City Council was expanded to 63 seats for the 2014 elections. Sinn Féin won 16 seats, a gain of 7 seats, to emerge as the largest party and at least 1 seat in every LEA except Rathgar-Rathmines. Fianna Fáil won 9 seats, a gain of 3 seats in total. The party won 2 seats in Clontarf and 1 seat in every LEA except the North-Inner City. Fine Gael lost 4 seats to return with 8 seats overall. The party won 2 seats in Pembroke-Southdock and Rathgar-Rathmines but found itself without representation in Ballyfermot-Drimnagh, Cabra-Finglas and Crumlin-Kimmage. The Labour Party had a terrible election losing 11 seats in all, including their outgoing Lord Mayor, Oisin Quinn, to return with just 8 councillors in all. People Before Profit gained 3 seats to return with 5 seats in all and the Green Party made a return to the Council with 3 seats. The United Left Alliance and the Anti-Austerity Alliance both returned 1 seat while Independents doubled their numbers to 12 seats.

Changes since 2014

  • † North Inner City Independent Cllr Eilis Ryan joined the Workers Party of Ireland and ceased to be an Independent on 21 January 2015. [2]
  • †† North Inner City Sinn Féin Cllr Jonathan Dowdall resigned his seat on 13 February 2015.[3] Gaye Fagan was co-opted to fill the vacancy in March 2015 [4]
  • ††† In September 2015 North Inner City Independent Cllr Garry Gannon became a founder member of the Social Democrats and was named as a candidate for Dublin Central in the 2016 general election.[5]
  • †††† Ballymun Fine Gael Cllr Noel Rock was elected as a TD for Dublin North-West at the Irish general election, 2016. Norma Sammon was co-opted to fill the vacancy on 16 March 2016.
  • ††††† Beaumont-Donaghmede Sinn Féin Cllr Denise Mitchell was elected as a TD for Dublin Bay-North at the Irish general election, 2016. Edel Moran was co-opted to fill the vacancy on 16 March 2016.
  • †††††† Clontarf Fianna Fáil Cllr Seán Haughey was elected as a TD for Dublin Bay-North at the Irish general election, 2016. Sean Paul Mahon was co-opted to fill the vacancy on 16 March 2016.
  • ††††††† Rathmines-Rathgar Fine Gael Cllr Kate O'Connelll was elected as a TD for Dublin Bay-South at the Irish general election, 2016. Anne Feeney was co-opted to fill the vacancy on 16 March 2016.
  • †††††††† Rathmines-Rathgar Fianna Fáil Cllr Jim O'Callaghan was elected as a TD for Dublin Bay-South at the Irish general election, 2016. Claire O'Connor was co-opted to fill the vacancy on 16 March 2016.
  • ††††††††† Ballyfermot-Drimnagh People Before Profit Alliance Cllr Brid Smith was elected as a TD for Dublin South-Central at the Irish general election, 2014. Hazel De Nortúin was co-opted to fill the vacancy on 4 April 2016.[6]
  • †††††††††† Crumlin-Kimmage Fianna Fáil Cllr Catherine Ardagh was elected to Seanad Éireann in April 2016. Michael Mullooly was co-opted to fill the vacancy on 4 July 2016.[7]
  • ††††††††††† Pembroke-South Dock People Before Profit Cllr Sonya Stapleton resigned from the party and became an Independent in early 2016.[8]

    • References

    Dublin City Council election, 2014 Wikipedia
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