Election Name: | 2014 Offaly County Council election |
Country: | Ireland |
Type: | Parliamentary |
Ongoing: | no |
Party Colour: | yes |
Previous Election: | 2009 Offaly County Council election |
Previous Year: | 2009 |
Next Election: | 2019 Offaly County Council election |
Next Year: | 2019 |
Seats For Election: | All 19 seats on Offaly County Council |
Majority Seats: | 10 |
Election Date: | 23 May 2014 |
Party1: | Fianna Fáil |
Seats1: | 8 |
Seat Change1: | -1 |
Party2: | Sinn Féin |
Seats2: | 3 |
Seat Change2: | +3 |
Party3: | Fine Gael |
Seats3: | 3 |
Seat Change3: | -3 |
Party4: | Independent politician (Ireland) |
Seats4: | 5 |
Seat Change4: | -1 |
Map Size: | 300px |
An election to all 19 seats on Offaly County Council took place on 23 May 2014 as part of the 2014 Irish local elections, a decrease from 21 seats at the 2009 election. County Offaly was divided into three local electoral areas (LEAs) 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, the town councils of Birr, Edenderry and Tullamore were all abolished.
Fianna Fáil remained the largest party after the elections winning 8 seats. Sinn Féin won 3 seats and in terms of vote share also became the second largest party. Fine Gael, by contrast, had a poor set of results and lost half of their seats.
Party | Seats | ± | ±% | ||||||
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8 | align=right | -1 | 11,116 | 34.1 | |||||
3 | +3 | 5,613 | 17.2 | ||||||
3 | align=right | -3 | 5,475 | 16.8 | |||||
0 | align=right | - | 58 | 0.18 | |||||
5 | align=right | -1 | 9,731 | 29.9 | |||||
Total | align=right | 19 | align=center | -2 | align=right | 32,583 | 100.0 | — |
Web site: Offaly County Council. https://archive.today/20140601113954/http://elections.independent.ie/2014/local-election-2014/county/Offaly. dead. 2014-06-01. Irish Independent.