2014 Roscommon County Council election explained

Election Name:2014 Roscommon County Council election
Country:Ireland
Type:Parliamentary
Ongoing:no
Party Colour:yes
Previous Election:2009 Roscommon County Council election
Previous Year:2009
Next Election:2019 Roscommon County Council election
Next Year:2019
Seats For Election:All 18 seats on Roscommon County Council
Majority Seats:10
Election Date:23 May 2014
Party1:Fianna Fáil
Seats1:8
Seat Change1:-
Party2:Fine Gael
Seats2:3
Seat Change2:-7
Party3:Sinn Féin
Seats3:1
Seat Change3:-
Party4:Independent politician (Ireland)
Seats4:6
Seat Change4:-1
Map Size:300px

An election to Roscommon 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 Roscommon 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 council of Boyle was abolished.

Fine Gael lost 7 seats, including a number of long-serving councillors; due to voter anger over continuous boil water notices and the closure of the Accident and Emergency Department at Roscommon University Hospital; the latter leading to a split in the party locally. Fianna Fáil and Independents performed well in the election with the former becoming the largest party in Roscommon for the first time since 1985.[1] [2] [3] [4]

Results by party

PartySeats±±%
8align=right-10,82234.53
3align=right-77,02622.42
1align=right-2,5428.11
6align=right-110,36133.06
Totalalign=right 18align=center-8align=right 30,751100.00

Results by local electoral area

Roscommon

Changes

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Roscommon profile: Voters boiling angry over contaminated water . Marese . McDonagh . 17 May 2014 . The Irish Times.
  2. News: Ciara . McCaughey . Roscommon Council results: Fine Gael vote implodes in the three electoral areas . . 26 May 2014 . 26 May 2014.
  3. Web site: Local Election: Roscommon County Council . RTÉ . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20140531170504/http://www.rte.ie/news/election2014/ . 2014-05-31 .
  4. Web site: Roscommon Local Elections. https://archive.today/20140618103658/http://elections.independent.ie/2014/local-election-2014/county/Roscommon. dead. 2014-06-18. Irish Independent.