Election Name: | 2014 Sligo County Council election |
Country: | Ireland |
Type: | Parliamentary |
Ongoing: | no |
Party Colour: | yes |
Previous Election: | 2009 Sligo County Council election |
Previous Year: | 2009 |
Next Election: | 2019 Sligo County Council election |
Next Year: | 2019 |
Seats For Election: | All 18 seats on Sligo County Council |
Majority Seats: | 10 |
Election Date: | 23 May 2014 |
Party1: | Fianna Fáil |
Seats1: | 8 |
Seat Change1: | +1 |
Party2: | Fine Gael |
Seats2: | 3 |
Seat Change2: | -9 |
Party3: | Sinn Féin |
Seats3: | 2 |
Seat Change3: | +1 |
Party4: | People Before Profit Alliance |
Seats4: | 1 |
Seat Change4: | +1 |
Party5: | United Left (Ireland) |
Seats5: | 1 |
Seat Change5: | +1 |
Party6: | Independent politician (Ireland) |
Seats6: | 3 |
Seat Change6: | - |
Map Size: | 300px |
An election to all 18 seats on Sligo County Council took place on 23 May 2014 as part of the 2014 Irish local elections, a reduction from 25 seats at the 2009 election. County Sligo was divided into two local electoral areas (LEAs) to elect councilors for a five-year term of officeon the electoral system of proportional representation by means of the single transferable vote (PR-STV). In addition, the borough council of Sligo was abolished.
Fianna Fáil increased their seats by 1 to 8 seats. Sinn Féin gained 1 seat, as did People Before Profit, and Independents increased their numbers by 1 seat to 4. In contrast, Fine Gael lost 9 seats, being reduced to just 3 councillors, while the Labour Party lost representation on the council for the first time since 1912.[1] [2] [3]
Party | Seats | ± | ±% | ||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
8 | +1 | 9,454 | 29.7 | ||||||
3 | align=right | -9 | 7,958 | 24.9 | |||||
2 | +1 | 3,290 | 10.3 | ||||||
1 | +1 | 842 | 2.6 | ||||||
1 | +1 | 1,848 | 5.80 | ||||||
0 | align=right | -2 | 1,312 | 4.1 | |||||
3 | align=right | - | 7,142 | 22.40 | |||||
Total | align=right | 18 | align=center | -7 | align=right | 31,884 | 100.00 | — |