# 2014 Sligo County Council election

An election to all 18 seats on Sligo County Council took place on 23 May 2014 as part of the 2014 Irish local elections, a reduction from 25 seats at the 2009 election. County Sligo was divided into two local electoral areas (LEAs) to elect councilors for a five-year term of officeon the electoral system of proportional representation by means of the single transferable vote (PR-STV). In addition, the borough council of Sligo was abolished.
Fianna Fáil increased their seats by 1 to 8 seats. Sinn Féin gained 1 seat, as did People Before Profit, and Independents increased their numbers by 1 seat to 4. In contrast, Fine Gael lost 9 seats, being reduced to just 3 councillors, while the Labour Party lost representation on the council for the first time since 1912.

## Results by party

| Party | Party | Seats | ± | 1st pref | FPv% | ±% |
| | Fianna Fáil | 8 | +1 | 9,454 | 29.7 | |
| | Fine Gael | 3 | -9 | 7,958 | 24.9 | |
| | Sinn Féin | 2 | +1 | 3,290 | 10.3 | |
| | People Before Profit | 1 | +1 | 842 | 2.6 | |
| | United Left | 1 | +1 | 1,848 | 5.80 | |
| | Labour | 0 | -2 | 1,312 | 4.1 | |
| | Independent | 3 | - | 7,142 | 22.40 | |
| Total | Total | 18 | -7 | 31,884 | 100.00 | — |

## Results by local electoral area

^ *: Outgoing councillor.

### Ballymote–Tubbercurry

Ballymote–Tubbercurry: 8 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 | Margaret Gormley†††† | 17.84 | 2,701 | | | | | | | | |
| | Independent | Michael Clarke | 9.92 | 1,502 | 1,541 | 1,644 | 1,654 | 1,781 | | | | |
| | Fianna Fáil | Martin Baker | 9.60 | 1,454 | 1,485 | 1,491 | 1,521 | 1,563 | 1,574 | 1,585 | 1,620 | 1,634 |
| | Fianna Fáil | Joe Queenan | 7.37 | 1,116 | 1,119 | 1,236 | 1,238 | 1,269 | 1,276 | 1,281 | 1,805 | |
| | Fine Gael | Gerard Mullaney | 7.32 | 1,108 | 1,133 | 1,141 | 1,204 | 1,205 | 1,304 | 1,304 | 1,424 | 1,438 |
| | Fianna Fáil | Paul Taylor | 7.31 | 1,107 | 1,303 | 1,312 | 1,344 | 1,395 | 1,499 | 1,502 | 1,535 | 1,556 |
| | Fianna Fáil | Eamon Scanlon†† | 7.31 | 1,106 | 1,260 | 1,267 | 1,429 | 1,506 | 1,532 | 1,538 | 1,595 | 1,621 |
| | Fine Gael | Blair Feeney | 7.06 | 1,069 | 1,076 | 1,159 | 1,171 | 1,213 | 1,262 | 1,280 | | |
| | Fianna Fáil | Jerry Lundy | 6.82 | 1,032 | 1,230 | 1,233 | 1,255 | 1,299 | 1,569 | 1,575 | 1,599 | 1,607 |
| | Fine Gael | Dara Mulvey | 5.83 | 883 | 967 | 1,001 | 1,118 | 1,150 | 1,284 | 1,289 | 1,505 | 1,544 |
| | Sinn Féin | Stephen Edward McCarrick | 4.06 | 614 | 680 | 709 | 717 | | | | | |
| | Fine Gael | Michael Fleming | 3.78 | 573 | 691 | 698 | 736 | 753 | | | | |
| | Fine Gael | Pat McGrath | 2.97 | 450 | 510 | 515 | | | | | | |
| | Independent | Mary Tuffy | 2.80 | 424 | 461 | | | | | | | |
| Electorate: 22,833 Valid: 15,139 (66.30%) Spoilt: 158 Quota: 1,683 Turnout: 15,297 (67.0%) |||||||||||||

### Sligo

Sligo: 10 seats :
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | Count | 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 | 16 | 17 |
| | United Left | Declan Bree | 11.04 | 1,848 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | Sinn Féin | Seán MacManus††† | 9.23 | 1,545 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | Independent | Marie Casserly | 7.14 | 1,195 | 1,223 | 1,227 | 1,228 | 1,269 | 1,306 | 1,371 | 1,441 | 1,458 | 1,563 | | | | | | | |
| | Fine Gael | Sinéad Maguire | 6.88 | 1,152 | 1,163 | 1,164 | 1,165 | 1,176 | 1,196 | 1,226 | 1,278 | 1,368 | 1,401 | 1,549 | | | | | | |
| | Sinn Féin | Tomas Healy | 6.75 | 1,131 | 1,168 | 1,170 | 1,180 | 1,183 | 1,195 | 1,212 | 1,242 | 1,245 | 1,278 | 1,287 | 1,325 | 1,332 | 1,390 | 1,394 | 1,697 | |
| | Fianna Fáil | Rosaleen O'Grady | 6.50 | 1,089 | 1,101 | 1,102 | 1,103 | 1,105 | 1,114 | 1,122 | 1,164 | 1,216 | 1,268 | 1,332 | 1,463 | 1,469 | 1,587 | | | |
| | Fianna Fáil | Tom MacSharry | 5.80 | 971 | 992 | 994 | 995 | 1,001 | 1,019 | 1,032 | 1,068 | 1,094 | 1,122 | 1,175 | 1,250 | 1,255 | 1,408 | 1,433 | 1,519 | 1,561 |
| | People Before Profit | Seamie O'Boyle† | 5.03 | 842 | 907 | 913 | 916 | 922 | 950 | 959 | 1,008 | 1,015 | 1,087 | 1,116 | 1,205 | 1,210 | 1,238 | 1,240 | 1,271 | 1,284 |
| | Fianna Fáil | Seamus Kilgannon | 4.91 | 823 | 829 | 830 | 830 | 836 | 841 | 855 | 869 | 876 | 915 | 954 | 998 | 1,001 | 1,172 | 1,188 | 1,237 | 1,263 |
| | Fianna Fáil | Dónal Gilroy | 4.51 | 756 | 761 | 762 | 762 | 762 | 767 | 820 | 832 | 842 | 851 | 864 | 885 | 885 | | | | |
| | Fine Gael | Thomas Collery | 4.50 | 753 | 759 | 760 | 760 | 763 | 765 | 786 | 792 | 859 | 873 | 939 | 971 | 976 | 1,004 | 1,006 | | |
| | Labour | Jim McGarry | 4.34 | 726 | 745 | 747 | 749 | 750 | 778 | 785 | 805 | 825 | 857 | 922 | 1,049 | 1,052 | 1,082 | 1,086 | 1,134 | 1,151 |
| | Fine Gael | Hubert Keaney | 3.69 | 618 | 623 | 623 | 623 | 623 | 627 | 709 | 716 | 746 | 771 | 884 | 939 | 945 | 1,045 | 1,055 | 1,273 | 1,301 |
| | Labour | Marcella McGarry | 3.50 | 586 | 607 | 609 | 610 | 612 | 659 | 665 | 695 | 726 | 767 | 796 | | | | | | |
| | Fine Gael | Matt Lyons | 3.19 | 535 | 545 | 545 | 545 | 547 | 553 | 567 | 578 | 663 | 701 | | | | | | | |
| | Independent | Veronica Cawley | 2.87 | 481 | 507 | 507 | 508 | 516 | 549 | 557 | 587 | 614 | | | | | | | | |
| | Fine Gael | David Cawley | 2.67 | 447 | 460 | 460 | 460 | 463 | 473 | 483 | 498 | | | | | | | | | |
| | Independent | Francis Cadden | 2.54 | 426 | 443 | 445 | 446 | 459 | 478 | 479 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | Fine Gael | James Gilmartin | 2.21 | 370 | 373 | 373 | 373 | 374 | 377 | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | Independent | Patricia Gardiner | 0.95 | 159 | 166 | 166 | 166 | 176 | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | Independent | Kebba Cham | 0.80 | 134 | 136 | 141 | 141 | 146 | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | Independent | Martina Butler | 0.72 | 120 | 130 | 133 | 133 | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | Fís Nua | James Higgins | 0.23 | 38 | 39 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Electorate: 30,180 Valid: 16,745 (55.48%) Spoilt: 225 Quota: 1,523 Turnout: 16,970 (56.23%) |||||||||||||||||||||

## Changes
### † Co-options

| Outgoing | Party | Party | Electoral area | Reason | Date | Co-optee | Party | Party |
| Seamie O'Boyle | | People Before Profit | Sligo | Death of Councillor | August 2015 | Gino O'Boyle | | People Before Profit |

### †† Co-options

| Outgoing | Party | Party | Electoral area | Reason | Date | Co-optee | Party | Party |
| Eamon Scanlon | | Fianna Fáil | Ballymote–Tubbercurry | Election to Dáil Éireann | 14 March 2016 | Keith Henry | | Fianna Fáil |

### ††† Co-options

| Outgoing | Party | Party | Electoral area | Reason | Date | Co-optee | Party | Party |
| Seán MacManus | | Sinn Féin | Sligo | Resignation | 6 March 2017 | Chris MacManus | | Sinn Féin |

### †††† Co-options

| Outgoing | Party | Party | Electoral area | Reason | Date | Co-optee | Party | Party |
| Margaret Gormley | | Independent | Ballymote–Tubbercurry | Death | | | | Independent |