# 2014 Cork City Council election

An election to all 31 seats on Cork City Council was held on 23 May 2014 as part of the 2014 Irish local elections, contested by a field of 65 candidates. The city of Cork was divided into six local electoral areas 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).
Having lost several seats in the 2009 local elections within Cork City Fianna Fáil made 4 gains in these local elections. The party gained 1 seat in each of the 3 Cork South Central LEAs, the base of Micheál Martin, and 1 seat in the Cork City North Central LEA on the North Side. Sinn Féin emerged as the second largest party with 8 seats as they made 3 gains on both sides of the river Lee though effectively matched Fianna Fáil in terms of first preference vote share. Fine Gael lost 3 seats to be reduced to 5 seats while their coalition partner, the Labour Party, was obliterated losing all 7 seats. The Anti-Austerity Alliance made 2 gains to return 3 councillors to City Hall and Ted Tynan became the Workers' Party sole elected representative in the State. Independents secured the remaining 4 seats.

## Results by party

| Party | Party | Seats | ± | 1st pref | FPv% |
| | Fianna Fáil | 10 | +4 | 9,816 | 23.99 |
| | Sinn Féin | 8 | +4 | 9,815 | 23.99 |
| | Fine Gael | 5 | -3 | 7,758 | 18.96 |
| | Independent | 4 | - | 6,156 | 15.05 |
| | Anti-Austerity Alliance | 3 | +3 | 2,398 | 5.86 |
| | Workers' Party | 1 | 0 | 1,243 | 3.04 |
| | Labour | 0 | -7 | 2,433 | 5.95 |
| | Socialist Party | 0 | -1 | - | - |
| Total | Total | 31 | 0 | 40,911 | 100.00 |

## Results by local electoral area

^ *: Outgoing councillor.

### Cork City North Central

Cork City North Central: 5 seats :
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count |
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 |
| | Sinn Féin | Thomas Gould | 26.71 | 1,828 | | | | | |
| | Anti-Austerity Alliance | Mick Barry | 21.36 | 1,462 | | | | | |
| | Fianna Fáil | Ken O'Flynn | 14.57 | 997 | 1,072 | 1,092 | 1,111 | 1,136 | 1,202 |
| | Fianna Fáil | John Sheehan | 11.29 | 773 | 853 | 879 | 901 | 932 | 1,010 |
| | Fine Gael | Patricia Gosch | 7.04 | 482 | 510 | 522 | 567 | 583 | |
| | Labour | Catherine Clancy | 7.03 | 481 | 532 | 553 | 571 | 603 | 783 |
| | Anti-Austerity Alliance | Lil O'Donnell | 6.31 | 432 | 712 | 909 | 924 | 1,115 | 1,194 |
| | Independent | Billy Corcoran | 3.70 | 253 | 409 | 451 | 456 | | |
| | Fine Gael | Donncha Loftus | 2.00 | 137 | 154 | 157 | | | |
| Electorate: 14,280 Valid: 6,845 (47.93%) Spoilt: 166 Quota: 1,401 Turnout: 7,011 (49.10%) ||||||||||

### Cork City North East

Cork City North East: 4 seats :
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count |
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 |
| | Sinn Féin | Stephen Cunningham | 26.71 | 971 | | | | | |
| | Workers' Party | Ted Tynan | 21.36 | 962 | | | | | |
| | Fianna Fáil | Tim Brosnan | 14.57 | 931 | 951 | 954 | 955 | 979 | |
| | Fine Gael | Joe Kavanagh | 11.29 | 655 | 658 | 659 | 659 | 691 | 903 |
| | Labour | John Kelleher | 7.04 | 424 | 443 | 446 | 447 | 541 | 662 |
| | Fine Gael | Sue-Ellen Carroll | 7.03 | 414 | 420 | 422 | 423 | 461 | |
| | Green | Oliver Moran | 6.31 | 235 | 287 | 291 | 292 | | |
| | Independent | Philip A. McCarthy | 3.70 | 124 | 124 | | | | |
| | Communist | Michael O'Donnell | 2.00 | 72 | 72 | | | | |
| Electorate: 10,402 Valid: 4,788 (46.63%) Spoilt: 75 Quota: 958 Turnout: 4,863 (47.36%) ||||||||||

### Cork City North West

Cork City North West: 4 seats :
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count |
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 |
| | Sinn Féin | Mick Nugent | 22.37 | 1,206 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | Fianna Fáil | Tony Fitzgerald | 19.47 | 1,050 | 1,058 | 1,061 | 1,078 | 1,109 | | | | | | |
| | Sinn Féin | Kenneth Collins | 15.0 | 809 | 893 | 896 | 928 | 953 | 954 | 995 | 1,060 | 1,179 | | |
| | Anti-Austerity Alliance | Marion O'Sullivan | 9.35 | 504 | 513 | 517 | 557 | 576 | 580 | 628 | 672 | 766 | 795 | 969 |
| | Labour | Michael O'Connell | 5.23 | 282 | 285 | 285 | 295 | 316 | 318 | 336 | | | | |
| | Workers' Party | James Coughlan | 5.21 | 281 | 287 | 289 | 304 | 312 | 313 | 339 | 385 | | | |
| | Fine Gael | Joe O'Callaghan | 5.19 | 280 | 282 | 284 | 286 | 373 | 380 | 392 | 455 | 476 | 494 | 535 |
| | Independent | Maurice Sheehan | 4.99 | 269 | 273 | 280 | 330 | 340 | 343 | 406 | 425 | 469 | 482 | |
| | Fine Gael | Lyndsey Clarke | 4.43 | 239 | 240 | 243 | 248 | 248 | | | | | | |
| | Independent | Evan Murphy | 4.21 | 227 | 230 | 239 | 265 | 282 | 283 | | | | | |
| | Independent | Pat O'Shea | 2.21 | 119 | 122 | 123 | 123 | | | | | | | |
| | Independent | Barry O'Donovan | 1.59 | 86 | 89 | 95 | 95 | | | | | | | |
| | Independent | John Murphy | 0.74 | 40 | 41 | | | | | | | | | |
| Electorate: 10,932 Valid: 5,392 (49.32%) Spoilt: 116 Quota: 1,079 Turnout: 5,508 (50.38%) |||||||||||||||

### Cork City South Central

Cork City South Central: 5 seats :
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count |
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 |
| | Independent | Mick Finn | 23.33 | 1,437 | | | | | | | | |
| | Sinn Féin | Fiona Kerins | 23.28 | 1,434 | | | | | | | | |
| | Fianna Fáil | Tom O'Driscoll | 12.40 | 764 | 837 | 885 | 898 | 902 | 905 | 914 | 925 | 1,007 |
| | Fianna Fáil | Seán Martin | 10.39 | 640 | 681 | 717 | 721 | 736 | 742 | 750 | 759 | 834 |
| | Independent | Paudie Dineen | 8.54 | 526 | 666 | 813 | 850 | 863 | 909 | 945 | 1,064 | |
| | Labour | Lorraine Kingston | 7.06 | 435 | 484 | 521 | 525 | 543 | 558 | 602 | 624 | 795 |
| | Fine Gael | Emmet O'Halloran | 6.51 | 401 | 423 | 433 | 434 | 484 | 489 | 498 | 506 | |
| | Green | Johnny O'Mahony | 2.0 | 123 | 130 | 156 | 158 | 164 | 172 | 172 | | |
| | Independent | Brian Houlihan | 1.93 | 119 | 145 | 187 | 208 | 209 | 248 | 271 | 271 | |
| | Fine Gael | Billy MacGill | 1.9 | 117 | 124 | 128 | 128 | 128 | | | | |
| | Independent | Ella Goddin | 1.46 | 90 | 115 | 141 | 154 | 156 | 156 | | | |
| | Independent | Tom McIntyre | 1.19 | 73 | 93 | 124 | | | | | | |
| Electorate: 13,023 Valid: 6,159 (47.29%) Spoilt: 123 Quota: 1,027 Turnout: 6,282 (48.24%) |||||||||||||

### Cork City South East

Cork City South East: 7 seats :
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count |
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 |
| | Independent | Kieran McCarthy | 15.08 | 1,534 | | | | | | | |
| | Sinn Féin | Chris O'Leary | 12.73 | 1,295 | | | | | | | |
| | Fine Gael | Des Cahill | 11.56 | 1,176 | 1,199 | 1,318 | | | | | |
| | Fine Gael | Laura McGonigle | 10.89 | 1,108 | 1,150 | 1,276 | | | | | |
| | Fianna Fáil | Terry Shannon | 9.74 | 991 | 1,014 | 1,041 | 1,048 | 1,049 | 1,124 | 1,160 | 1,275 |
| | Fianna Fáil | Nicholas O'Keeffe | 8.42 | 856 | 873 | 899 | 904 | 906 | 990 | 1,028 | 1,096 |
| | Fianna Fáil | Kate Martin | 6.94 | 706 | 721 | 744 | 747 | 747 | 804 | 835 | 951 |
| | Sinn Féin | Shane O'Shea | 6.19 | 630 | 654 | 660 | 662 | 679 | 745 | 905 | 1,000 |
| | Green | Dan Boyle | 4.97 | 505 | 537 | 557 | 562 | 563 | 671 | 802 | |
| | Independent | Diarmaid O Cadhla | 4.79 | 487 | 550 | 561 | 564 | 565 | 594 | | |
| | Labour | Denis O'Flynn | 4.74 | 482 | 496 | 522 | 543 | 544 | | | |
| | Fine Gael | Derek Cregan | 3.94 | 401 | 410 | | | | | | |
| Electorate: 19,576 Valid: 10,171 (51.96%) Spoilt: 155 Quota: 1,272 Turnout: 10,326 (52.75%) ||||||||||||

### Cork City South West

Cork City South West: 6 seats :
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count |
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 |
| | Fine Gael | John Buttimer | 15.08 | 1,750 | | | | | | | |
| | Sinn Féin | Henry Cremin | 12.73 | 1,642 | | | | | | | |
| | Fianna Fáil | Mary Shields | 11.56 | 1,065 | 1,198 | | | | | | |
| | Fianna Fáil | Fergal Dennehy | 10.89 | 1,043 | 1,121 | | | | | | |
| | Independent | Thomas Moloney | 9.74 | 409 | 425 | 613 | 616 | 617 | 635 | 732 | 798 |
| | Independent | Thomas Kiely | 8.42 | 363 | 381 | 584 | 589 | 593 | 628 | 715 | 796 |
| | Green | Mick Murphy | 6.94 | 357 | 387 | 462 | 470 | 476 | 522 | | |
| | Labour | Ger Gibbons | 6.19 | 329 | 413 | 463 | 480 | 489 | 574 | 668 | |
| | Fine Gael | P.J. Hourican | 4.97 | 301 | 491 | 514 | 556 | 571 | 737 | 809 | 1,013 |
| | Fine Gael | Barry Keane | 4.79 | 297 | 418 | 441 | 462 | 468 | 468 | | |
| Electorate: 14,830 Valid: 7,556 (50.95%) Spoilt: 138 Quota: 1,080 Turnout: 7,697 (51.90%) ||||||||||||

## Changes
### Co-options

| Party | Party | Outgoing | LEA | Reason | Date | Co-optee |
| | Anti-Austerity Alliance | Mick Barry | Cork City North-Central | Elected to the 32nd Dáil at the 2016 general election. | 25 April 2016 | Fiona Ryan |

### Changes in affiliation

| Name | LEA | Elected as | Elected as | New affiliation | New affiliation | Date |
| Lil O'Donnell | Cork City North-Central | | Anti-Austerity Alliance | | Independent | 13 March 2017 |