# 2014 Dún Laoghaire–Rathdown County Council election

An election to all 40 seats on Dún Laoghaire–Rathdown County Council was held on 23 May 2014 as part of the 2014 Irish local elections, an increase from 28 at the previous election. Dún Laoghaire–Rathdown was divided into six local electoral areas (LEAs) to elect councillors from a field of 85 candidates for a five-year term of office on the electoral system of proportional representation by means of the single transferable vote (PR-STV).
Fine Gael retained their position as the leading party on the authority with 11 seats, including 2 seats in each of Blackrock, Dundrum and Stillorgan and 3 seats in Dún Laoghaire. Fianna Fáil doubled their seats to 8 and won 2 seats in each of Blackrock and Stillorgan. Labour lost 1 seat overall to emerge with 7 seats. The party won 2 seats in each of Glencullen–Sandyford and Killiney–Shankill to compensate from losing a seat in Dún Laoghaire. Sinn Féin gained 3 seats to secure representation on the council for the first time. People Before Profit gained 2 extra seats to also return with 3 councillors. The Green Party also returned with 2 seats with 2 gains in Dundrum and Dún Laoghaire. Independents doubled their seats to return with 6 seats to the Council chamber.

## Results by party

| Party | Party | Seats | ± | 1st pref | FPv% |
| | Fine Gael | 11 | 0 | 19,518 | 28.15 |
| | Fianna Fáil | 8 | +4 | 12,936 | 18.66 |
| | Labour | 7 | −1 | 9,108 | 13.14 |
| | Sinn Féin | 3 | +3 | 6,690 | 9.65 |
| | People Before Profit | 3 | +1 | 5,475 | 7.90 |
| | Green | 2 | +2 | 4,829 | 6.97 |
| | Independent | 6 | +3 | 10,774 | 15.54 |
| Total | Total | 40 | +12 | 69,330 | 100.00 |

## Results by local electoral area

^ *: Outgoing councillor.

### Blackrock

Blackrock: 6 seats :
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count |
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 |
| | Fine Gael | Marie Baker | 17.29 | 1,797 | | | | | |
| | Fianna Fáil | Mary Hanafin | 14.45 | 1,501 | | | | | |
| | Fianna Fáil | Kate Feeney | 12.40 | 1,288 | 1,322 | 1,367 | 1,432 | 1,521 | |
| | Independent | Victor Boyhan†††† | 11.27 | 1,171 | 1,202 | 1,272 | 1,421 | 1,502 | |
| | Fine Gael | Barry Ward | 11.06 | 1,149 | 1,247 | 1,272 | 1,341 | 1,830 | |
| | People Before Profit | Lola Hynes | 8.09 | 841 | 848 | 1,034 | 1,201 | 1,238 | 1,264 |
| | Fine Gael | Maurice Dockrell | 6.78 | 704 | 795 | 822 | 863 | | |
| | Green | Celine Moorkens | 6.52 | 677 | 691 | 754 | | | |
| | Labour | Deirdre Kingston | 6.17 | 641 | 664 | 815 | 992 | 1,077 | 1,335 |
| | Sinn Féin | Brian McNally | 3.64 | 378 | 380 | | | | |
| | Labour | Angela Timlin | 2.35 | 244 | 256 | | | | |
| Electorate: 22,712 Valid: 10,391 (45.75%) Spoilt: 83 Quota: 1,485 Turnout: 10,474 (46.12%) ||||||||||

### Dundrum

Dundrum: 7 seats :
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | 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 | 12 |
| | Sinn Féin | Sorcha Nic Cormaic | 8.68 | 1,161 | 1,165 | 1,167 | 1,184 | 1,217 | 1,228 | 1,351 | 1,381 | 1,413 | 1,420 | 1,431 | 1,571 |
| | Fianna Fáil | Shay Brennan | 8.84 | 1,130 | 1,144 | 1,152 | 1,173 | 1,322 | 1,339 | 1,348 | 1,385 | 1,743 | | | |
| | Green | Catherine Martin† | 7.98 | 1,068 | 1,078 | 1,099 | 1,160 | 1,182 | 1,237 | 1,289 | 1,346 | 1,409 | 1,423 | 1,502 | 1,602 |
| | Fine Gael | Brian Murphy††††††††† | 7.84 | 1,049 | 1,059 | 1,147 | 1,183 | 1,221 | 1,283 | 1,295 | 1,343 | 1,409 | 1,414 | 1,678 | |
| | Independent | Seamus O'Neill | 7.50 | 1,004 | 1,027 | 1,038 | 1,089 | 1,109 | 1,130 | 1,221 | 1,400 | 1,445 | 1,451 | 1,499 | 1,630 |
| | Labour | Grace Tallon | 6.79 | 908 | 922 | 975 | 1,002 | 1,012 | 1,241 | 1,293 | 1,356 | 1,447 | 1,455 | 1,584 | 1,683 |
| | Fine Gael | Pat Hand | 6.55 | 877 | 883 | 933 | 957 | 982 | 1,029 | 1,037 | 1,054 | 1,081 | 1,085 | 1,339 | 1,422 |
| | Independent | Anne Colgan | 5.73 | 767 | 786 | 801 | 878 | 907 | 934 | 996 | 1,095 | 1,133 | 1,141 | 1,184 | 1,392 |
| | Fine Gael | Jim O'Dea | 5.50 | 736 | 743 | 821 | 841 | 866 | 901 | 906 | 935 | 976 | 981 | | |
| | Independent | Tony Fox | 5.43 | 726 | 748 | 752 | 796 | 825 | 836 | 887 | 941 | 979 | 992 | 1,045 | |
| | Fianna Fáil | Sarah Ryan | 5.13 | 686 | 689 | 700 | 721 | 808 | 825 | 837 | 865 | | | | |
| | Independent | Stephen O'Shea | 4.32 | 578 | 593 | 596 | 632 | 650 | 659 | 722 | | | | | |
| | People Before Profit | John O'Dowd | 4.13 | 553 | 557 | 558 | 597 | 613 | 626 | | | | | | |
| | Fianna Fáil | Tony Kelly | 4.03 | 539 | 542 | 544 | 548 | | | | | | | | |
| | Labour | Peter Leonard | 3.98 | 532 | 536 | 551 | 564 | 576 | | | | | | | |
| | Independent | Terence Corish | 3.71 | 497 | 518 | 523 | | | | | | | | | |
| | Fine Gael | Madeline Spiers | 2.83 | 379 | 381 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | Independent | Donal Fingleton | 1.43 | 192 | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Electorate: 28,094 Valid: 13,382 (47.63%) Spoilt: 160 Quota: 1,673 Turnout: 13,542 (48.20%) ||||||||||||||||

### Dún Laoghaire

Dún Laoghaire: 8 seats :
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | Count | Count | Count | 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 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 |
| | Fine Gael | John Bailey | 16.19 | 2,423 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | Fianna Fáil | Cormac Devlin | 8.37 | 1,253 | 1,341 | 1,346 | 1,349 | 1,361 | 1,368 | 1,390 | 1,404 | 1,423 | 1,578 | 1,624 | 1,671 | | | |
| | People Before Profit | Melissa Halpin | 8.00 | 1,198 | 1,210 | 1,214 | 1,219 | 1,226 | 1,235 | 1,256 | 1,275 | 1,311 | 1,348 | 1,412 | 1,436 | 1,436 | 1,670 | |
| | Green | Ossian Smyth | 7.14 | 1,068 | 1,096 | 1,107 | 1,117 | 1,128 | 1,133 | 1,148 | 1,212 | 1,256 | 1,314 | 1,403 | 1,473 | 1,474 | 1,534 | 1,656 |
| | People Before Profit | Karl Gill†††††††† | 6.93 | 1,037 | 1,066 | 1,070 | 1,071 | 1,079 | 1,087 | 1,105 | 1,112 | 1,124 | 1,153 | 1,216 | 1,233 | 1,233 | 1,489 | 1,659 |
| | Sinn Féin | Jeanette Kavanagh | 6.10 | 913 | 923 | 927 | 930 | 932 | 932 | 938 | 945 | 956 | 972 | 1,003 | 1,012 | 1,012 | | |
| | Fine Gael | Patricia Stewart | 5.06 | 757 | 851 | 852 | 854 | 863 | 865 | 874 | 944 | 981 | 1,012 | 1,046 | 1,321 | 1,321 | 1,330 | 1,377 |
| | Fianna Fáil | James McCann | 4.72 | 707 | 736 | 736 | 741 | 748 | 754 | 769 | 772 | 791 | 941 | 991 | 1,015 | 1,017 | 1,086 | |
| | Labour | Jane Dillon-Byrne | 4.66 | 697 | 787 | 790 | 793 | 875 | 876 | 886 | 1,093 | 1,111 | 1,137 | 1,162 | 1,207 | 1,208 | 1,244 | 1,319 |
| | Fine Gael | Mary Fayne | 4.52 | 677 | 866 | 866 | 868 | 876 | 880 | 893 | 940 | 975 | 998 | 1,020 | 1,227 | 1,230 | 1,248 | 1,337 |
| | Independent | Michael Merrigan | 4.45 | 666 | 674 | 682 | 693 | 701 | 731 | 765 | 782 | 903 | 936 | 1,113 | 1,140 | 1,140 | 1,251 | 1,352 |
| | Fianna Fáil | Lisa Rogerson | 4.01 | 600 | 631 | 631 | 631 | 638 | 646 | 656 | 671 | 696 | | | | | | |
| | Fine Gael | Ellen O'Connor | 3.93 | 588 | 659 | 662 | 663 | 671 | 678 | 694 | 726 | 766 | 802 | 835 | | | | |
| | Independent | John Paul Kearney | 3.59 | 537 | 556 | 557 | 573 | 578 | 608 | 662 | 673 | 749 | 774 | | | | | |
| | Labour | Donna Pierce | 3.09 | 462 | 483 | 484 | 485 | 547 | 549 | 556 | | | | | | | | |
| | Independent | Rita O'Brien | 2.33 | 349 | 355 | 418 | 446 | 453 | 583 | 638 | 646 | | | | | | | |
| | Independent | Mary MacHale | 1.94 | 291 | 300 | 303 | 310 | 313 | 342 | | | | | | | | | |
| | Labour | John Kane | 1.64 | 246 | 261 | 261 | 263 | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | Independent | Peter Kerrigan | 1.40 | 210 | 214 | 233 | 294 | 296 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | Independent | Anthony Kenny | 1.01 | 151 | 154 | 163 | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | Independent | Alan O'Reilly | 0.92 | 138 | 141 | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Electorate: 32,795 Valid: 14,968 (45.64%) Spoilt: 181 Quota: 1,664 Turnout: 15,149 (46.19%) |||||||||||||||||||

### Glencullen–Sandyford

Glencullen–Sandyford: 7 seats :
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count |
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 |
| | Labour | Lettie McCarthy | 17.65 | 1,577 | | | | | | | | | |
| | Fine Gael | Neale Richmond††††† | 13.07 | 1,168 | | | | | | | | | |
| | Sinn Féin | Chris Curran | 10.75 | 961 | 976 | 981 | 985 | 1,019 | 1,020 | 1,043 | 1,045 | 1,246 | |
| | Independent | Kevin Daly | 8.87 | 793 | 836 | 838 | 856 | 891 | 894 | 943 | 944 | 1,080 | 1,132 |
| | Fianna Fáil | Tom Murphy | 7.91 | 707 | 761 | 772 | 802 | 1,062 | 1,066 | 1,140 | | | |
| | Labour | Peter O'Brien | 7.21 | 644 | 790 | 815 | 846 | 879 | 886 | 1,009 | 1,015 | 1,087 | 1,104 |
| | People Before Profit | Nicola Curry | 6.76 | 604 | 621 | 626 | 637 | 665 | 666 | 726 | 729 | | |
| | Independent | Lynsey McGovern††††††††† | 6.15 | 550 | 583 | 606 | 620 | 650 | 655 | 748 | 751 | 929 | 984 |
| | Green | Tom Kivlehan | 5.77 | 516 | 548 | 558 | 580 | 600 | 604 | | | | |
| | Fianna Fáil | John Byrne | 5.38 | 481 | 500 | 508 | 516 | | | | | | |
| | Fine Gael | Tom Joyce | 4.53 | 405 | 443 | 517 | 747 | 777 | 802 | 875 | 882 | 902 | 906 |
| | Fine Gael | Aileen Eglington | 3.63 | 324 | 361 | 408 | | | | | | | |
| | Fine Gael | Stewart Stephens | 2.31 | 206 | 231 | | | | | | | | |
| Electorate: 22,226 Valid: 8,936 (40.21%) Spoilt: 94 Quota: 1,118 Turnout: 9,030 (40.63%) ||||||||||||||

### Killiney–Shankill

Killiney–Shankill: 6 seats :
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count |
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 |
| | People Before Profit | Hugh Lewis | 14.03 | 1,653 | 1,663 | 1,758 | | | | | | | |
| | Sinn Féin | Shane O'Brien | 12.77 | 1,504 | 1,516 | 1,541 | 1,582 | 1,588 | 1,600 | 1,602 | 1,672 | 1,672 | 1,674 |
| | Fianna Fáil | Jennifer Cuffe | 10.92 | 1,286 | 1,329 | 1,366 | 1,616 | 1,620 | 1,708 | | | | |
| | Labour | Carrie Smyth | 10.36 | 1,220 | 1,251 | 1,271 | 1,303 | 1,305 | 1,409 | 1,443 | 1,718 | | |
| | Fine Gael | Maria Bailey†† | 9.23 | 1,087 | 1,223 | 1,252 | 1,294 | 1,296 | 1,789 | | | | |
| | Labour | Denis O'Callaghan | 8.22 | 968 | 995 | 1,024 | 1,068 | 1,072 | 1,178 | 1,219 | 1,405 | 1,434 | 1,450 |
| | People Before Profit | Cillian Doyle | 7.73 | 911 | 928 | 1,011 | 1,048 | 1,098 | 1,124 | 1,130 | 1,417 | 1,422 | 1,428 |
| | Green | Cara Augustenborg | 7.27 | 857 | 888 | 963 | 998 | 1,003 | 1,066 | 1,088 | | | |
| | Fine Gael | Jim Gildea | 6.46 | 761 | 895 | 920 | 942 | 943 | | | | | |
| | Fianna Fáil | Vinny Duran-Kearns | 4.76 | 561 | 566 | 583 | | | | | | | |
| | Independent | Simon Hall | 4.13 | 487 | 508 | | | | | | | | |
| | Fine Gael | Garrett McDermott | 4.13 | 486 | | | | | | | | | |
| Electorate: 26,266 Valid: 11,781 (44.85%) Spoilt: 134 Quota: 1,684 Turnout: 11,915 (45.36%) ||||||||||||||

### Stillorgan

Stillorgan: 6 seats :
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count |
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 |
| | Fine Gael | Barry Saul | 21.83 | 2,155 | | | | | | |
| | Fine Gael | Josepha Madigan††† | 13.68 | 1,350 | 1,716 | | | | | |
| | Fianna Fáil | Gerry Horkan†††††† | 11.31 | 1,117 | 1,185 | 1,212 | 1,232 | 1,304 | 1,323 | 1,405 |
| | Independent | Deirdre Donnelly | 11.16 | 1,102 | 1,155 | 1,172 | 1,323 | 1,620 | | |
| | Fianna Fáil | Liam Dockery | 10.94 | 1,080 | 1,112 | 1,131 | 1,163 | 1,200 | 1,210 | 1,277 |
| | Labour | Richard Humphreys††††††† | 9.82 | 969 | 1,036 | 1,057 | 1,091 | 1,162 | 1,186 | 1,536 |
| | Green | Miriam Hennessy | 6.51 | 643 | 666 | 678 | 736 | 806 | 893 | 1,004 |
| | Independent | Catriona Lawlor | 5.72 | 565 | 595 | 606 | 689 | | | |
| | Sinn Féin | Simon Gillespie | 4.57 | 451 | 460 | 461 | | | | |
| | Fine Gael | John Kennedy | 4.46 | 440 | 536 | 733 | 748 | 802 | 823 | |
| Electorate: 21,417 Valid: 9,872 (46.09%) Spoilt: 88 Quota: 1,411 Turnout: 9,960 (46.51%) |||||||||||

## Changes
### Co-options

| Party | Outgoing | LEA | Reason | Date | Co-optee |
| Labour | Richard Humphreys | Stillorgan | Was appointed as a High Court Judge. | 23 July 2015 | Carron McKinney |
| Green | Catherine Martin | Dundrum | Elected to the 32nd Dáil at the 2016 general election. | 26 February 2016 | Karen Furlong |
| Fine Gael | Maria Bailey | Killiney–Shankill | Elected to the 32nd Dáil at the 2016 general election. | 26 February 2016 | Jim Gildea |
| Fine Gael | Josepha Madigan | Stillorgan | Elected to the 32nd Dáil at the 2016 general election. | 26 February 2016 | John Kennedy |
| Independent | Victor Boyhan | Blackrock | Elected to 25th Seanad at the 2016 Seanad election. | 26 April 2016 | Anne Colgan |
| Fine Gael | Neale Richmond | Glencullen–Sandyford | Elected to 25th Seanad at the 2016 Seanad election. | 3rd June 2016 | Emma Blain |
| Fianna Fáil | Gerry Horkan | Stillorgan | Elected to 25th Seanad at the 2016 Seanad election. | 26 April 2016 | Donal Smith |
| People Before Profit | Karl Gill | Dún Laoghaire | Resignation. | 10 October 2016 | Dave O'Keeffe |
| Labour | Carron McKinney | Stillorgan | Work commitiments in the UK. | 3 May 2017 | Alex White |
| Green | Karen Furlong | Dundrum | Resignation. | 8 October 2018 | Daniel Dunne |

### Changes in affiliation

| Name | LEA | Elected as | Elected as | New affiliation | New affiliation | Date |
| Lynsey McGovern | Glencullen–Sandyford | | Independent | | Fine Gael | 25 October 2017 |
| Brian Murphy | Dundrum | | Fine Gael | | Independent | 30 October 2017 |