# 2014 Monaghan County Council election

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. The election in Ballybay–Clones local electoral area was halted when Fine Gael Councillor Owen Bannigan died suddenly while out canvassing on polling day. The election for this area was cancelled and all the ballots cast were officially destroyed. He had been expected to top the poll. 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.

## Results by party

| 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 | Total | 18 | -2 | 27,906 | 100.00 | — |

## Results by local electoral area

^ *: Outgoing councillor.

### Ballybay–Clones

Ballybay-Clones: 6 seats :
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count |
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | 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 | 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 | 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 | 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 | 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 2014–2019

* † Carrickmacross–Castleblayney Sinn Féin Cllr Matt Carty was also elected as an MEP on 23 May 2014. Accordingly, he resigned his council seat in accordance with the rule against a dual mandate. His brother, Colm, was co-opted to fill the vacancy on 8 July 2014.
* †† Ballybay–Clones Fine Gael Cllr Hugh McElvaney resigned from Fine Gael and became an Independent following an RTÉ Investigation into payments to Councillors.
* ††† Ballybay-Clones Fine Gael Cllr Eugene Bannigan resigned to pursue a job opportunity in the United States. Seán Gilliland was co-opted to fill the vacancy on 7 December 2015.
* †††† Monaghan Fianna Fáil Cllr Robbie Gallagher was elected to the 25th Seanad in April 2016. Raymond Aughey was co-opted to fill the vacancy on 4 July 2016.
* ††††† Ballybay-Clones Fine Gael Cllr Ciara McPhillips resigned her seat citing time constraints on 12 June 2017. Eva Humphreys was co-opted to fill the vacancy in October 2017. Eva resigned from the Council in October 2018 citing work pressures. Richard Truell was co-opted to replace her in December 2018.