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Part of the 2014 Irish local elections
2014 Kilkenny County Council election
Map showing the area of Kilkenny County Council
An election to all 24 seats on Kilkenny County Council took place on 23 May 2014 as part of the 2014 Irish local elections , a reduction from 26 seats at the 2009 election . County Kilkenny was divided into 3 local electoral areas 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). In addition, Kilkenny Borough Council was abolished.
Fianna Fáil became the largest party securing 10 seats, a gain of 3. Fine Gael, by contrast, had a very poor set of results and lost 5 of their seats returning with 7 seats in all. Sinn Féin broke through in the county winning 3 seats, while Labour retained just 2 seats on the council. Malcolm Noonan of the Greens was re-elected in Kilkenny city and Independents secured the final seat.
Results by local electoral area [ edit ] ^ *: Outgoing councillor.
Castlecomer- 6 seats
Party
Candidate
FPv% Count
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
Labour
Maurice Shorthall [*] 16.10
1,665
Fine Gael
Mary Hilda Cavanagh [*] 13.93
1,440
1,446
1,451
1,501
Fianna Fáil
Pat Fitzpatrick
11.02
1,139
1,167
1,176
1,230
1,312
1,350
1,663
Fianna Fáil
Pat Millea [*] 11.02
1,139
1,147
1,150
1,168
1,189
1,266
1,405
1,463
1,464
Fianna Fáil
Michael McCarthy
10.18
1,053
1,057
1,059
1,069
1,080
1,129
1,197
1,300
1,301
Sinn Féin
Catríona Redmond
9.16
947
974
1,002
1,023
1,151
1,168
1,274
1,291
1,291
Fianna Fáil
Maria Fenlon-Keating
6.85
708
712
726
826
859
887
Fine Gael
John Brennan
6.28
649
708
724
849
947
1,242
1,316
1,323
1,344
Fine Gael
Joan Fitzpatrick
4.88
505
510
512
595
618
618
Fine Gael
Thomas Byrne
4.85
501
503
504
Independent
Gerrard Ferris
3.98
412
447
525
531
Independent
Jamie Dowling
1.75
181
190
Electorate: 17,610 Valid: 10,339 (58.71%) Spoilt: 137 Quota: 1,478 Turnout: 10,476 (59.49%)
Kilkenny City-East: 6 seats
Party
Candidate
FPv% Count
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
Fianna Fáil
Andrew McGuinness [*] 14.63
1,373
Fianna Fáil
Peter Cleere 10.46
981
986
989
994
1,013
1,086
1,119
1,171
1,190
1,498
Fine Gael
Patrick O'Neill [*] 9.99
938
939
948
953
974
1,009
1,041
1,071
1,114
1,173
1,191
1,241
Fine Gael
Michael Doyle
9.37
879
879
883
885
902
910
923
970
999
1,125
1,173
1,419
Sinn Féin
David Kennedy
7.81
733
735
740
780
795
804
830
885
929
976
994
1,056
Labour
Tommy Prendergast[*]
7.02
659
659
660
663
729
730
806
820
856
879
893
Fine Gael
Jimmy Leahy
6.85
643
646
653
676
687
756
814
820
876
892
896
941
Fianna Fáil
Seán Treacy[*]
5.86
550
552
554
558
594
673
692
783
794
Independent
Breda Gardner
5.32
499
499
529
574
616
633
670
774
898
962
989
1,060
Independent
Dixie Doyle
4.34
407
408
415
424
465
467
476
Green
Rian Coulter
4.1
385
386
404
418
423
436
479
487
Labour
Marie Fitzpatrick[*]
3.64
342
345
351
367
403
425
Fianna Fáil
Joe Reidy
3.56
334
344
347
356
361
361
Labour
Michael O'Brien[*]
3.50
328
329
333
335
Independent
Daithí Holohan
2.05
192
194
218
218
Independent
Ramie Leahy
0.76
71
71
Independent
Remi Sikora
0.43
40
40
Independent
Adam Zagorski
0.32
30
30
Electorate: 16,618 Valid: 9,383 (56.46%) Spoilt: 119 Quota: 1,341 Turnout: 9,502 (57.18%)
Kilkenny City-West: 6 seats
Party
Candidate
FPv% Count
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
Fianna Fáil
Matt Doran [*] 13.58
1,319
1,320
1,321
1,382
1,402
Fianna Fáil
Joe Malone
11.80
1,146
1,153
1,172
1,173
1,197
1,232
1,290
1,534
Green
Malcolm Noonan [*] 10.16
987
1,012
1,072
1,080
1,189
1,313
1,347
1,415
Fianna Fáil
Patrick McKee 10.13
984
994
1,004
1,009
1,043
1,073
1,123
1,330
1,436
Sinn Féin
Kathleen Funchion 9.80
952
965
981
992
1,014
1,146
1,188
1,260
1,271
1,283
Fine Gael
David Fitzgerald [*] 9.12
886
894
910
960
1,010
1,029
1,200
1,279
1,284
1,293
Fianna Fáil
John Coonan[*]
7.58
736
742
744
751
777
794
866
Fine Gael
Martin Brett[*]
7.19
698
706
721
752
810
831
1,052
1,181
1,205
1,223
Fine Gael
Billy Ireland[*]
6.52
633
634
636
687
705
714
Anti-Austerity Alliance
Conor MacLiam
4.20
408
422
448
450
470
Labour
Seán O hArgáin
4.05
393
404
412
415
Fine Gael
Paul Croke
2.60
252
254
255
Independent
Conor Foley
1.82
177
195
Independent
Wladek Hanczar
1.43
139
Electorate: 17,274 Valid: 9,710 (56.21%) Spoilt: 98 Quota: 1,388 Turnout: 9,808 (56.78%)
Piltown: 6 seats
Party
Candidate
FPv% Count
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
Fine Gael
Pat Dunphy [*] 12.81
1,222
1,279
1,306
1,310
1,392
Sinn Féin
Melissa O'Neill †††
12.80
1,221
1,265
1,301
1,346
1,469
Labour
Tomás Breathnach [*] 10.22
975
1,034
1,051
1,066
1,132
1,149
1,183
1,197
1,320
1,349
Fianna Fáil
Eamon Aylward [*] 9.65
921
938
1,045
1,160
1,197
1,205
1,256
1,286
1,547
Fine Gael
Fidelis Doherty [*] 9.28
885
969
979
1,048
1,053
1,058
1,474
Fianna Fáil
Ger Frisby
7.34
700
745
773
840
855
860
891
902
1,041
1,164
Fine Gael
John Maher
6.41
612
618
666
675
765
771
807
857
969
986
Fianna Fáil
Cora Long[*]
6.07
579
598
664
710
785
795
812
817
Independent
John Burke
6.04
576
585
611
618
Fine Gael
Paddy Gaule
5.83
556
572
583
676
681
681
681
Fianna Fáil
Pat Walsh
4.92
469
480
506
Fianna Fáil
Brendan Fennelly
4.39
419
421
Fine Gael
Fintan Byrne
4.26
406
Electorate: 17,578 Valid: 9,541 (54.28%) Spoilt: 117 Quota: 1,364 Turnout: 9,658 (54.94%)
† On 31 March 2015 Kilkenny City-West Fianna Fáil Cllr Patrick McKee defected to the Renua party. [1]
†† Kilkenny City-West Sinn Féin Cllr Kathleen Funchion was elected to the Dáil as a TD for Carlow-Kilkenny at the 2016 general election. Her partner, Sean Tyrrell, was co-opted to fill the vacancy on 21 March 2016.[2]
††† Piltown Sinn Féin Councillor Melissa O'Neill was expelled from the party on 7 December 2016 and sat as an Independent.[3] "Irish Independent" . Archived from the original on 29 May 2014. Retrieved 1 June 2014 .
