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Leitrim County Council election, 2014

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Leitrim County Council election, 2014

An election to Leitrim County Council took place on 23 May 2014 as part of that year's Irish local elections. 18 councillors were elected from three electoral divisions by PR-STV voting for a five-year term of office, a reduction of 4 seats compared to 2009.

Fine Gael suffered large seat losses, losing 6 seats, and their previously held overall majority while Fianna Fáil also lost 2 seats. Independents and Sinn Féin both increased their numbers by 2 despite the Council being reduced by 4 seats as a whole.

Post-Election Changes

  • †Ballinamore Sinn Féin Councillor Martin Kenny was elected a TD for Sligo-Leitrim at the Irish general election, 2016. Caroline Gildea was co-opted to fill the vacancy on 14 March 2016.[1]
  • References

    Leitrim County Council election, 2014 Wikipedia