# 2014 Waterford City and County Council election

An election to all 32 seats on Waterford City and County Council took place on 23 May 2014 as part of the 2014 Irish local elections. The City and County of Waterford was divided into five local electoral areas (LEAs) to elect councillors for a five-year term of office on the system of proportional representation by means of the single transferable vote (PR-STV). This was a new local authority formed as a successor to both Waterford City Council (15 seats at the 2009 election) and Waterford County Council (23 seats at the 2009 election). The town councils of Dungarvan, Lismore and Tramore were also abolished.
Although it was behind Fine Gael in first preference vote share, Fianna Fáil emerged as the joint largest party on the council after the elections winning 8 seats in all. The party secured 3 seats in Comeragh, 2 in Dungarvan–Lismore and 1 in each of the Waterford city LEAs where the party had been traditionally weak after 2004 and 2009. Fine Gael's best result was in Dungarvan-Lismore where the party returned 3 seats. As the results indicate several of the party's sitting councillors lost their seats across the City and County. It was also a poor election for Labour who were reduced to just 1 seat on the new council and no city representation. The Workers' Party lost its sole seat; the first time since 1974 where it had no representation in Waterford local politics. Sinn Féin had a very successful election increasing their numbers to 6 across the City and County and winning a seat in each LEA. Independents secured the remaining 9 seats.

## Results by party

| Party | Party | Seats | ± | 1st pref | FPv% | ±% |
| | Fine Gael | 8 | | 11,095 | 25.1 | |
| | Fianna Fáil | 8 | | 8,612 | 19.5 | |
| | Sinn Féin | 6 | | 7,090 | 16.0 | |
| | Labour | 1 | | 3,536 | 8.0 | |
| | People Before Profit | 0 | | 179 | 0.40 | |
| | Independent | 9 | | 12,100 | 27.3 | |
| Total | Total | 32 | 6 | 44,248 | 100.0 | — |

## Results by local electoral area

^ *: Outgoing councillor.

### Comeragh

Comeragh: 6 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 |
| | Fianna Fáil | Michael J. O'Ryan | 16.4% | 1,484 | | | | | | | | |
| | Fine Gael | Liam Brazil | 16.0% | 1,445 | | | | | | | | |
| | Fianna Fáil | John O'Leary | 11.1% | 1,002 | 1,040 | 1,054 | 1,065 | 1,084 | 1,129 | 1,245 | 1,297 | |
| | Sinn Féin | Declan Clune | 10.8% | 974 | 987 | 995 | 1,013 | 1,041 | 1,147 | 1,211 | 1,386 | |
| | Fine Gael | Seanie Power | 10.1% | 907 | 954 | 984 | 1,000 | 1,127 | 1,198 | 1,245 | 1,275 | 1,281 |
| | Fianna Fáil | Mary Butler†† | 7.1% | 639 | 677 | 689 | 706 | 730 | 775 | 868 | 989 | 1,037 |
| | Fine Gael | Brendan Coffey | 6.4% | 577 | 584 | 627 | 645 | 658 | 688 | 799 | 895 | 918 |
| | Independent | Seanie Walsh | 5.4% | 491 | 494 | 496 | 525 | 596 | 683 | 736 | | |
| | Labour | Ger Barron | 5.4% | 484 | 487 | 514 | 557 | 563 | 615 | | | |
| | Direct Democracy | Dr. David James | 5.3% | 474 | 505 | 510 | 539 | 562 | | | | |
| | Independent | Michael Flynn | 3.4% | 311 | 321 | 325 | 360 | | | | | |
| | Independent | Dermot Kirwan | 2.7% | 240 | 243 | 254 | | | | | | |
| Electorate: 15,534 Valid: 9,028 Spoilt: 97 Quota: 1,290 Turnout: 9,125 (58.7%) |||||||||||||

### Dungarvan–Lismore

Dungarvan–Lismore: 8 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 | Damien Geoghegan | 11.3% | 1,337 | | | | | | | |
| | Fine Gael | Pat Nugent | 10.6% | 1,252 | 1,277 | 1,310 | 1,315 | | | | |
| | Fianna Fáil | James Tobin | 9.9% | 1,171 | 1,177 | 1,281 | 1,282 | 1,315 | | | |
| | Sinn Féin | Siobhán Whelan | 8.9% | 1,048 | 1,109 | 1,159 | 1,162 | 1,218 | 1,245 | 1,729 | |
| | Labour | John Pratt | 8.8% | 1,040 | 1,053 | 1,069 | 1,070 | 1,113 | 1,159 | 1,222 | 1,271 |
| | Fianna Fáil | Tom Cronin | 7.8% | 920 | 936 | 1,041 | 1,042 | 1,098 | 1,167 | 1,203 | 1,240 |
| | Fine Gael | Declan Doocey | 6.9% | 823 | 829 | 841 | 842 | 872 | 1,113 | 1,166 | 1,200 |
| | Independent | Seamus O'Donnell | 5.9% | 704 | 771 | 800 | 801 | 995 | 1,041 | 1,096 | 1,197 |
| | Sinn Féin | Louise Brierley | 5.9% | 697 | 714 | 723 | 724 | 773 | 790 | | |
| | Labour | Nicky Sheehan | 5.6% | 666 | 733 | 826 | 832 | 855 | 990 | 1,004 | 1,026 |
| | Fine Gael | Micheál Cosgrave | 5.3% | 628 | 644 | 686 | 690 | 725 | | | |
| | Independent | Midí de Paor Walsh | 5.0% | 592 | 623 | 648 | 649 | | | | |
| | Fianna Fáil | Ann Marie Rossiter | 4.6% | 537 | 566 | | | | | | |
| | Independent | Michael Wright | 3.3% | 392 | | | | | | | |
| Electorate: 22,774 Valid: 11,807 Spoilt: 148 Quota: 1,312 Turnout: 11,955 (52.5%) ||||||||||||

### Tramore–Waterford City West

Tramore–Waterford City West: 6 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 |
| | Independent | Joe Conway | 11.5% | 960 | 966 | 977 | 1,018 | 1,124 | 1,136 | 1,176 | 1,230 | | | | |
| | Independent | Joe Kelly | 8.6% | 716 | 732 | 753 | 755 | 765 | 840 | 891 | 900 | 901 | 978 | 1,042 | 1,155 |
| | Independent | Blaise Hannigan | 7.9% | 664 | 666 | 675 | 706 | 777 | 801 | 822 | 867 | 877 | 919 | 949 | 995 |
| | Sinn Féin | Jim Griffin | 7.5% | 631 | 649 | 661 | 672 | 686 | 718 | 738 | 775 | 779 | 848 | 1,212 | |
| | Independent | Ann Marie Power | 7.5% | 623 | 633 | 647 | 696 | 736 | 750 | 792 | 818 | 824 | 856 | 871 | 903 |
| | Fine Gael | Lola O'Sullivan | 6.9% | 577 | 580 | 582 | 694 | 730 | 733 | 792 | 857 | 864 | 883 | 895 | 1,143 |
| | Fine Gael | Hilary Quinlan | 6.8% | 566 | 571 | 577 | 598 | 605 | 638 | 705 | 734 | 736 | 783 | 801 | |
| | Fianna Fáil | Pat Daly | 6.0% | 505 | 505 | 506 | 517 | 526 | 530 | 538 | | | | | |
| | Fianna Fáil | Eamon Quinlan | 6.0% | 504 | 507 | 517 | 523 | 547 | 564 | 601 | 795 | 799 | 843 | 876 | 983 |
| | Sinn Féin | David Lane | 5.6% | 472 | 476 | 486 | 492 | 499 | 540 | 555 | 567 | 567 | 666 | | |
| | Workers' Party | Davy Walsh | 4.9% | 409 | 432 | 437 | 442 | 445 | 509 | 551 | 567 | 567 | | | |
| | Labour | Dee Jacques | 4.7% | 392 | 404 | 416 | 431 | 445 | 473 | | | | | | |
| | Independent | Pat Finnerty | 4.3% | 359 | 361 | 365 | 380 | | | | | | | | |
| | Independent | Dick Roche | 4.1% | 346 | 365 | 384 | 385 | 391 | | | | | | | |
| | Fine Gael | Maxine Keoghan | 4.1% | 341 | 348 | 350 | | | | | | | | | |
| | Independent | Jenna Keane | 1.7% | 145 | 157 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | Independent | Monica Melay | 1.2% | 103 | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | Workers' Party | Brian Hearne | 0.7% | 55 | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Electorate: 16,028 Valid: 8,368 Spoilt: 130 Quota: 1,196 Turnout: 8,498 (53%) ||||||||||||||||

### Waterford City East

Waterford City East: 6 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 | Pat Fitzgerald | 15.6% | 1,221 | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | Independent | Davy Daniels | 14.4% | 1,130 | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | Fine Gael | John Carey††† | 11.1% | 869 | 888 | 892 | 895 | 923 | 925 | 941 | 975 | 976 | 1,109 | 1,138 | |
| | Fianna Fáil | Adam Wyse | 9.4% | 732 | 745 | 751 | 761 | 822 | 834 | 971 | 1,028 | 1,030 | 1,084 | 1,165 | |
| | Independent | Mary Roche†††† | 8.5% | 668 | 680 | 694 | 731 | 740 | 792 | 834 | 949 | 952 | 1,025 | 1,167 | |
| | Independent | Eddie Mulligan† | 7.7% | 601 | 614 | 632 | 650 | 660 | 690 | 712 | 743 | 745 | 798 | 925 | 958 |
| | Fine Gael | Jim D'Arcy | 6.5% | 509 | 512 | 515 | 526 | 527 | 534 | 544 | 608 | 610 | 777 | 831 | 847 |
| | Independent | Neil White | 5.1% | 405 | 411 | 418 | 440 | 447 | 493 | 512 | 550 | 551 | 569 | | |
| | Fine Gael | Tom Cunningham | 6.1% | 484 | 484 | 487 | 489 | 494 | 497 | 509 | 545 | 546 | | | |
| | Labour | Jack Walsh | 3.3% | 376 | 380 | 384 | 390 | 391 | 406 | 423 | | | | | |
| | Fianna Fáil | Liz Murphy | 3.1% | 241 | 245 | 247 | 251 | 304 | 312 | | | | | | |
| | Fianna Fáil | Eamon McGrath | 2.3% | 181 | 185 | 185 | 190 | | | | | | | | |
| | People Before Profit | Joan Quirke | 2.3% | 179 | 195 | 211 | 220 | 222 | | | | | | | |
| | Independent | John Walsh | 1.8% | 141 | 143 | 149 | | | | | | | | | |
| | Direct Democracy | Larry McCarthy | 1.1% | 81 | 91 | | | | | | | | | | |
| Electorate: 19,090 Valid: 7,824 Spoilt: 94 Quota: 1,118 Turnout: 7,918 (41.5%) ||||||||||||||||

### Waterford City South

Waterford City South: 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 |
| | Sinn Féin | John Hearne | 18.7% | 1,347 | | | | | | | | | |
| | Fine Gael | John Cummins | 10.8% | 780 | 788 | 797 | 802 | 807 | 824 | 862 | 908 | 911 | 1,089 |
| | Sinn Féin | Breda Brennan | 9.7% | 700 | 871 | 877 | 902 | 932 | 970 | 1,028 | 1,085 | | |
| | Fianna Fáil | Jason Murphy | 9.6% | 696 | 712 | 719 | 721 | 725 | 737 | 763 | 827 | 833 | 889 |
| | Independent | Seán Reinhardt | 8.8% | 637 | 671 | 683 | 692 | 722 | 761 | 811 | 882 | 887 | 972 |
| | Independent | Laurence (Cha) O'Neill | 8.5% | 615 | 625 | 630 | 637 | 654 | 699 | 753 | 875 | 881 | 1,005 |
| | Labour | Seamus Ryan | 8.0% | 578 | 587 | 591 | 593 | 603 | 618 | 636 | 659 | 661 | |
| | Workers' Party | Willy Moore | 6.9% | 500 | 530 | 535 | 549 | 576 | 593 | 618 | 700 | 709 | 792 |
| | Independent | Tom Murphy | 6.5% | 467 | 477 | 481 | 485 | 499 | 535 | 591 | | | |
| | Independent | Donal Barry | 4.3% | 308 | 316 | 317 | 326 | 344 | 370 | | | | |
| | Independent | David O'Brien | 3.3% | 237 | 244 | 247 | 256 | 281 | | | | | |
| | Independent | Keith Nolan | 2.4% | 175 | 183 | 187 | 199 | | | | | | |
| | Direct Democracy | Gary Hogan | 1.5% | 111 | 114 | 114 | | | | | | | |
| | Independent | Eddie Walsh | 1.0% | 70 | 71 | | | | | | | | |
| Electorate: 12,181 Valid: 7,221 Spoilt: 139 Quota: 1,032 Turnout: 7,360 (59.3%) ||||||||||||||

## Changes 2014–2019

* † Waterford City East Cllr Eddie Mulligan joined Fianna Fáil and ceased to be an Independent on 2 November 2014.
* †† Comeragh Fianna Fáil Cllr Mary Butler was elected to the 32nd Dáil for Waterford at the 2016 general election. Ray Murphy was co-opted to fill the vacancy.
* ††† Waterford City East Fine Gael Cllr John Carey died on 8 September 2018 after a short illness. His daughter, Sharon, was co-opted to fill the vacancy on 8 November 2018.
* †††† Waterford City East Independent Cllr Mary Roche resigned her seat on 30 November 2018 for personal reasons. Matt Shanahan was co-opted to fill the vacancy.