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]
Party | Seats | ± | ±% | ||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
8 | align=right | - | 10,822 | 34.53 | |||||
3 | align=right | -7 | 7,026 | 22.42 | |||||
1 | align=right | - | 2,542 | 8.11 | |||||
6 | align=right | -1 | 10,361 | 33.06 | |||||
Total | align=right | 18 | align=center | -8 | align=right | 30,751 | 100.00 | — |