Louth County Council election, 2014

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An election to Louth County Council took place on 23 May 2014 as part of that year's Irish local elections. 29 councillors were elected from four electoral divisions by PR-STV voting for a five-year term of office. Ahead of the 2014 election Louth was redrawn into four electoral areas, a reduction of one from five, and the number of councillors was increased to 29, from a previous total of 26. Drogheda Borough Council, Dundalk Town Council and Ardee Town Council were all abolished.

Changes Since 2014

† Drogheda Fine Gael Cllr Kevin Callan resigned from the party on 2 November 2014 and became an Independent in opposition to the government's handling of the water charges controversy [1].

†† Drogheda Sinn Féin Cllr Imelda Munster was elected as a TD for Louth at the Irish general election, 2016. Joanne Byrne was co-opted to fill the vacancy on 21 March 2016.[2]

††† Dundalk-South Fianna Fáil Cllr Declan Breathnach was elected as a TD for Louth at the Irish general election, 2016. Emma Coffey was co-opted to fill the vacancy on 21 March 2016.[3]

References

Louth County Council election, 2014 Wikipedia

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