# 2014 Laois County Council election

An election to all 19 seats on Laois County Council took place on 23 May 2014 as part of the 2014 Irish local elections, a reduction from 21 seats at the 2009 election. County Laois was divided into three 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). In addition, the town councils of Mountmellick and Portlaoise were both abolished.
Fianna Fáil became the largest party after the elections securing 7 seats. Fine Gael, by contrast, had a very poor set of results and lost half of their seats returning with just 6 seats in all. Sinn Féin doubled their representation to 2 seats and Labour retained a seat on the council in the Portlaoise LEA. Independents make up the remainder of the Council membership.

## Results by party

| Party | Party | Seats | ± | 1st pref | FPv% |
| | Fianna Fáil | 7 | 1 | 10,837 | 32.8 |
| | Fine Gael | 6 | 6 | 9,959 | 30.2 |
| | Sinn Féin | 2 | 1 | 4,204 | 12.7 |
| | Labour | 1 | | 1,544 | 4.7 |
| | Independent | 3 | | 6,208 | 18.8 |
| Total | Total | 19 | 6 | 32,752 | 100.0 |

## Results by local electoral area

^ *: Outgoing councillor.

### Borris-in-Ossory–Mountmellick

Bossis-in-Ossory–Mountmellick: 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 |
| | Fine Gael | John King | 9.87 | 1,189 | 1,190 | 1,195 | 1,199 | 1,199 | 1,204 | 1,414 | 1,454 | 1,689 | 1,694 |
| | Independent | James Kelly | 9.68 | 1,166 | 1,242 | 1,250 | 1,396 | 1,424 | 1,450 | 1,511 | 1,759 | | |
| | Independent | Brendan Phelan | 9.11 | 1,097 | 1,129 | 1,130 | 1,172 | 1,198 | 1,213 | 1,285 | 1,432 | 1,781 | |
| | Fianna Fáil | Paddy Bracken | 9.11 | 1,051 | 1,086 | 1,203 | 1,223 | 1,311 | 1,542 | 1,560 | 1,680 | 1,807 | |
| | Fianna Fáil | Séamus McDonald | 7.64 | 920 | 935 | 955 | 978 | 1,259 | 1,368 | 1,382 | 1,448 | 1,531 | 1,604 |
| | Sinn Féin | Rhoda Dooley-Brogan | 7.23 | 871 | 921 | 942 | 962 | 1,006 | 1,051 | 1,071 | 1,071 | | |
| | Fine Gael | Michael Lalor | 7.17 | 864 | 903 | 911 | 984 | 1,002 | 1,028 | 1,130 | 1,186 | 1,218 | 1,219 |
| | Fianna Fáil | Michael Phelan | 7.16 | 863 | 866 | 868 | 950 | 965 | 972 | 1,078 | 1,121 | 1,121 | |
| | Fine Gael | David Goodwin | 7.03 | 847 | 866 | 968 | 982 | 1,068 | 1,164 | 1,297 | 1,331 | 1,381 | 1,387 |
| | Fine Gael | John Finlay | 5.44 | 656 | 663 | 691 | 738 | 751 | 793 | 793 | | | |
| | Fianna Fáil | Joe Digan | 5.41 | 652 | 657 | 660 | 685 | 685 | | | | | |
| | Fianna Fáil | Gerard Phelan | 4.42 | 533 | 537 | 537 | 537 | | | | | | |
| | Labour | Lisa Delaney | 4.37 | 526 | 559 | 678 | 686 | 709 | 709 | | | | |
| | Fine Gael | Bobby Delaney | 3.64 | 439 | 459 | 459 | | | | | | | |
| | Independent | Pat Cooper | 1.64 | 197 | | | | | | | | | |
| | Independent | Donal Keenan | 1.47 | 177 | | | | | | | | | |
| Electorate: 19,840 Valid: 12,048 (60.73%) Spoilt: 125 Quota: 1,722 Turnout: 12,173 (61.36%) ||||||||||||||

### Graiguecullen–Portarlington

Graiguecullen–Portarlington: 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 |
| | Sinn Féin | Aidan Mullins | 14.64 | 1,547 | | | | | | | |
| | Fianna Fáil | Padraig Fleming | 11.79 | 1,246 | 1,290 | 1,309 | 1,369 | 1,391 | 1,393 | 1,522 | |
| | Independent | Ben Brennan | 10.53 | 1,112 | 1,198 | 1,218 | 1,303 | 1,410 | 1,420 | 1,493 | 1,560 |
| | Fine Gael | Tom Mulhall | 9.79 | 1,034 | 1,036 | 1,073 | 1,131 | 1,204 | 1,208 | 1,327 | 1,435 |
| | Fine Gael | John Moran | 8.58 | 906 | 923 | 942 | 955 | 973 | 974 | 1,260 | 1,432 |
| | Fianna Fáil | Paschal McEvoy | 8.36 | 883 | 885 | 897 | 924 | 948 | 950 | 994 | 1,319 |
| | Fianna Fáil | Willie Murphy | 7.61 | 804 | 806 | 858 | 897 | 1,116 | 1,131 | 1,137 | 1,209 |
| | Fianna Fáil | Dick Miller | 6.87 | 726 | 733 | 742 | 789 | 827 | 828 | 900 | |
| | Fine Gael | James Daly | 6.61 | 698 | 714 | 752 | 791 | 808 | 810 | | |
| | Independent | Ray Cribbin | 5.01 | 529 | 546 | 592 | 672 | | | | |
| | Independent | Kevin Scully | 4.54 | 480 | 505 | 541 | | | | | |
| | Labour | Gráinne Corcoran | 3.15 | 333 | 343 | | | | | | |
| | Independent | Keith Lennon | 2.53 | 267 | | | | | | | |
| Electorate: 19,295 Valid: 10,565 (54.76%) Spoilt: 100 Quota: 1,510 Turnout: 10,665 (55.27%) ||||||||||||

### Portlaoise

Portlaoise: 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 |
| | Fine Gael | William Aird | 13.95 | 1,450 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | Fianna Fáil | John Joe Fennelly | 13.22 | 1,374 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | Sinn Féin | Caroline Dwane-Stanley | 12.97 | 1,348 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | Fine Gael | Mary Sweeney | 9.98 | 1,037 | 1,075 | 1,088 | 1,094 | 1,095 | 1,117 | 1,131 | 1,263 | 1,305 | | |
| | Fianna Fáil | Catherine Fitzgerald | 7.90 | 821 | 841 | 856 | 856 | 858 | 923 | 932 | 984 | 1,012 | 1,051 | 1,119 |
| | Fianna Fáil | Jerry Lodge | 6.95 | 722 | 738 | 749 | 754 | 757 | 796 | 812 | 876 | 912 | 949 | 1,036 |
| | Labour | Noel Tuohy | 6.59 | 685 | 698 | 699 | 707 | 709 | 746 | 770 | 835 | 877 | 1,009 | 1,146 |
| | Independent | Rotimi Adebari | 5.59 | 581 | 585 | 587 | 637 | 639 | 660 | 690 | 713 | 777 | 818 | 948 |
| | Fine Gael | Jim Ring | 4.59 | 477 | 487 | 508 | 509 | 510 | 513 | 518 | 559 | 597 | 597 | |
| | Independent | Stephen Greene | 4.42 | 459 | 463 | 464 | 487 | 494 | 505 | 570 | 586 | 693 | 708 | 708 |
| | Sinn Féin | Sharon Bailey | 4.22 | 438 | 441 | 445 | 447 | 474 | 485 | 548 | 552 | 552 | | |
| | Fine Gael | Kathleen O'Brien | 3.48 | 362 | 398 | 398 | 402 | 404 | 422 | 434 | 434 | | | |
| | Anti-Austerity Alliance | Ray Fitzpatrick | 2.43 | 252 | 254 | 256 | 269 | 271 | 281 | 281 | | | | |
| | Fianna Fáil | David Ryan | 2.33 | 242 | 245 | 250 | 255 | 255 | 255 | | | | | |
| | Independent | Osaro Fajimiyo | 1.04 | 108 | 109 | 109 | 109 | | | | | | | |
| | Independent | Joseph McCormack | 0.34 | 35 | 36 | 36 | 36 | | | | | | | |
| Electorate: 20,568 Valid: 10,391 Spoilt: 104 Quota: 1,299 Turnout: 10,495 (51%) |||||||||||||||

## Changes

* † On 4 April 2018 Portlaoise Fianna Fáil Cllr Jerry Lodge died following a short illness. Pauline Madigan was co-opted to fill the vacancy on 30 July 2018.