2014 Monaghan County Council election

2014 Monaghan County Council election

23 May 2014
All 18 seats on Monaghan County Council 10 seats needed for a majority
First party Second party Third party   Party Sinn Féin Fine Gael Fianna Fáil Seats won 7 5 4 Seat change - -1 -1   Fourth party   Party Independent Seats won 2 Seat change -
Map showing the area of Monaghan County Council

An election to all 18 seats on Monaghan County Council took place on 23 May 2014 as part of the 2014 Irish local elections, a decrease from 20 seats at the 2009 election. County Monaghan 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 Ballybay, Carrickmacross, Castleblayney, Clones and Monaghan were abolished.

New LEAs were introduced in 2013 and came into effect on 1 January 2014.^[1] The election in Ballybay–Clones local electoral area was halted when Fine Gael Councillor Owen Bannigan died suddenly while out canvassing on polling day.^[2][3] The election for this area was cancelled and all the ballots cast were officially destroyed.^[4] He had been expected to top the poll.^[5] It was re-run on 7 June 2014.

Sinn Féin emerged as the largest party with 7 seats, winning all the seats it contested. Fine Gael lost a seat in the Carrickmacross–Castleblayney LEA while Fianna Fáil lost a seat in Ballybay–Clones. Independents retained their 2 seats on the council.^[6]

Results by party

Party		Seats	±	1st pref	FPv%	±%
	Sinn Féin	7	-	9,570	34.29
	Fine Gael	5	-1	8,281	29.67
	Fianna Fáil	4	-1	6,613	23.70
	Green	0	-	113	0.40
	Independent	2	-	3,086	11.06
Total		18	-2	27,906	100.00	—

Results by local electoral area

^ *: Outgoing councillor.

Ballybay–Clones

Ballybay-Clones: 6 seats

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6	7
	Fianna Fáil	Seamus Coyle[*]	16.3%	1,449
	Fine Gael	Ciara McPhillips[*]	15.2%	1,348
	Sinn Féin	Cathy Bennett[*]	14.6%	1,295
	Fine Gael	Eugene Bannigan	12.9%	1,153	1,207	1,228	1,229	1,358
	Fine Gael	Hugh McElvaney[*]	12.1%	1,075	1,086	1,120	1,120	1,142	1,158	1,343
	Sinn Féin	Pat Treanor[*]	11.7%	1,041	1,053	1,059	1,077	1,107	1,113	1,282
	Independent	Paul McPhillips	6.6%	584	608	619	620	691	724
	Fianna Fáil	Deirdre Kelly	5.6%	499	532	535	536	731	752	882
	Fianna Fáil	Michael Smyth	4.5%	398	442	444	445
	Independent	Joseph Duffy	0.3%	27	27	27	27
	Green	Raimonda Leonaviciene	0.3%	22	22	22	22
Electorate: 15,326   Valid: 8,891   Spoilt: 73   Quota: 1,271   Turnout: 8,964 (58.5%)

Carrickmacross–Castleblayney

Carrickmacross-Castleblayney: 6 seats

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8
	Sinn Féin	Matt Carthy[*]	19.3%	1,970
	Fine Gael	Aidan Campbell	13.3%	1,355	1,365	1,366	1,416	1,554
	Sinn Féin	Noel Keelan[*]	12.8%	1,304	1,545
	Fianna Fáil	P.J. O'Hanlon[*]	10.9%	1,118	1,158	1,166	1,191	1,355	1,479
	Sinn Féin	Jackie Crowe[*]	9.9%	1,019	1,106	1,159	1,214	1,277	1,308	1,349	1,350
	Fianna Fáil	Pádraig McNally[*]	9.3%	948	985	997	1,014	1,263	1,399	1,443	1,455
	Fine Gael	Aidan Murray[*]	9.1%	928	950	953	971	991	1,325	1,334	1,340
	Fianna Fáil	Margaret Conlon	6.8%	691	705	706	717
	Fine Gael	Lorraine Cotter	6.3%	638	682	688	729	771
	Labour	Ciarán Connolly	1.4%	145	151	152
	Labour	Peadar Markey	0.9%	98	107	107
Electorate: 16,958   Valid: 10,214   Spoilt: 165   Quota: 1,460   Turnout: 10,379 (61.2%)

Monaghan

Monaghan: 6 seats

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8
	Sinn Féin	Brian McKenna[*]	15.2%	1,336
	Independent	Seamus Treanor[*]	15.1%	1,332
	Fianna Fáil	Robbie Gallagher[*]	14.1%	1,244	1,249	1,259
	Sinn Féin	Seán Conlon[*]	11.2%	988	1,012	1,025	1,044	1,062	1,122	1,159	1,233
	Fine Gael	David Maxwell[*]	8.8%	775	776	780	789	806	828	992	1,318
	Independent	Paudge Connolly[*]	8.3%	727	738	751	787	853	953	1,048	1,198
	Sinn Féin	Siobhán Cheung	7%	617	642	649	668	690	725	765	807
	Fine Gael	Barra Flynn	5.9%	525	527	531	546	579	611	760
	Fine Gael	Garry Keenan	5.5%	484	487	490	511	525	553
	Independent	Thomas Hagan	3.5%	306	307	321	348	369
	Fianna Fáil	John Finn	3%	266	270	272	276
	Green	Grazvydas Vaitekunas	1%	91	92	93
	Independent	Kevin Hamill	0.8%	68	69	71
	Independent	Jimmy Mee	0.5%	42	42	43
Electorate: 16,211   Valid: 8,801   Spoilt: 138   Quota: 1,258   Turnout: 8,939 (55.14%)

Changes

Co-options

Party		Outgoing	LEA	Reason	Date	Co-optee
	Sinn Féin	Matt Carthy	Carrickmacross–Castleblayney	Elected for Midlands–North-West at the European Parliament election	8 July 2014	Colm Carthy[7]
	Fine Gael	Eugene Bannigan	Ballybay–Clones	Resignation.[8]	25 September 2015	Seán Gilliland
	Fianna Fáil	Robbie Gallagher	Monaghan	Elected to 25th Seanad at the 2016 Seanad election.	1 July 2016	Raymond Aughey[9]
	Fine Gael	Ciara McPhillips	Ballybay-Clones	Resigned to prioritise work as a solicitor[10]	16 June 2017	Eva Humphreys[11]
	Fine Gael	Eva Humphreys	Ballybay-Clones	Resigned to prioritise work as a solicitor[12]	December 2018	Richard Truell[13]

Changes in affiliation

Name	LEA	Elected as		New affiliation		Date
Hugh McElvaney	Ballybay–Clones		Fine Gael		Independent	24 November 2015[14]

References

1. "Local Elections 2014". Monaghan County Council. Archived from the original on 12 May 2014. Retrieved 24 May 2014.
2. "Monaghan councillor dies while canvassing on election day". TheJournal.ie. 23 May 2014. Retrieved 23 May 2014.
3. "Monaghan election candidate dies suddenly". The Irish Times. 23 May 2014. Retrieved 23 May 2014.
4. "Monaghan candidate dies suddenly". RTÉ News. 23 May 2014. Retrieved 23 May 2014.
5. "Fine Gael candidate Bannigan dies of heart attack". Irish Independent. 24 May 2014. Retrieved 24 May 2014.
6. "Monaghan County Council". Archived from the original on 14 July 2014. Retrieved 24 May 2014.
7. McMahon, Sean (8 July 2014). "Brother of Matt Carthy co-opted to Monaghan CoCo". The Anglo-Celt. Retrieved 10 December 2025.
8. "Cllr who replaced tragic father to step down". The Anglo-Celt. 25 September 2015. Retrieved 10 December 2025.
9. "MONAGHAN BUSINESSMAN TO REPLACE FF SENATOR ON MONAGHAN CO COUNCIL". Northern Sound. 1 July 2016. Retrieved 10 December 2025.
10. "MCPHILLIPS RESIGNATION PROMPTS CALLS FOR IMPROVED SUPPORTS FOR LOCAL COUNCILLORS". Northern Sound. 16 June 2017. Retrieved 10 December 2025.
11. "Minutes-2-October-2017" (PDF). Monaghan.ie. Retrieved 10 December 2025.
12. Hughes, Peter (9 November 2018). "EVA HUMPHREYS RESIGNATION". Northern Sound. Retrieved 10 December 2025.
13. Fisher, Michael (30 November 2018). "NEW FG COUNCILLOR WILL START NEXT WEEK". Northern Sound. Retrieved 10 December 2025.
14. "Fine Gael Councillor quits over North-South Pylon Interconnector controversy". Irish Examiner. 24 November 2015. Retrieved 10 December 2025.

External links

• Official website