# 2014 South Dublin County Council election

An election to all 40 seats on South Dublin County Council took place on 23 May 2014 as part of the 2014 Irish local elections, an increase from 26 seats at the 2009 election. South Dublin was divided into six 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).

## Increase in seats

Under the Local Government Act 2001, South Dublin County Council had been allocated 26 seats. In November 2012, Phil Hogan, the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government, appointed a Local Electoral Area Boundary Committee to review the allocation of seats across local authorities. In the case of South Dublin County Council, it recommended an increase to 40 seats. This was implemented by the Local Government Reform Act 2014.

## Overview of results

Sinn Féin emerged as the largest party after the local elections with 9 seats and 6 gains in total. The party won 2 seats in each of Clondalkin and the 2 Tallaght LEAs. Fine Gael retained second place but lost 1 seat overall to emerge with 7 seats. While the party won 2 seats in each of Clondalkin, Lucan and Rathfarnham she won no seat in either Tallaght LEA. Fianna Fáil gained 1 seat to win 5 seats overall, in the Lucan LEA, the first time they won a seat there since 2004, but were left without representation in Tallaght South. Labour lost 5 seats, to emerge with 4 overall, and was left without representation in Lucan and Rathfarnham. Both People Before Profit and the Anti-Austerity Alliance secured 3 seats each. The Green Party also gained 1 seat in Rathfarnham. Independents were also among the biggest winners on the council with 8 seats and 7 gains in total.

## Results by party

| Party | Party | Seats | ± | 1st pref | FPv% |
| | Sinn Féin | 9 | +6 | 18,411 | 23.96 |
| | Fine Gael | 7 | -1 | 13,853 | 18.03 |
| | Fianna Fáil | 5 | +1 | 10,274 | 13.37 |
| | Labour | 4 | -5 | 7,847 | 10.21 |
| | People Before Profit | 3 | +2 | 3,630 | 4.72 |
| | Anti-Austerity Alliance | 3 | +3 | 3,537 | 4.60 |
| | Green | 1 | +1 | 1,667 | 2.17 |
| | Workers' Party | 0 | 0 | 940 | 1.22 |
| | Direct Democracy | 0 | 0 | 280 | 0.36 |
| | Communist | 0 | 0 | 143 | 0.19 |
| | Independent | 8 | +7 | 16,246 | 21.15 |
| Total | Total | 40 | +14 | 76,828 | 100.00 |

## Results by local electoral area

^ *: Outgoing councillor.

### Clondalkin

Clondalkin: 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 |
| | Sinn Féin | Eoin Ó Broin | 21.19 | 2,992 | | | | | | | |
| | Sinn Féin | Jonathan Graham | 16.33 | 2,306 | | | | | | | |
| | Fianna Fáil | Trevor Gilligan | 13.71 | 1,935 | | | | | | | |
| | People Before Profit | Gino Kenny | 12.01 | 1,696 | | | | | | | |
| | Independent | Francis Timmons | 4.83 | 682 | 1,122 | 1,282 | 1,356 | 1,387 | 1,477 | 1,886 | |
| | Labour | Breeda Bonner | 7.70 | 1,087 | 1,203 | 1,270 | 1,353 | 1,361 | 1,533 | 1,562 | 1,590 |
| | Fine Gael | Kenny Egan | 7.19 | 1,015 | 1,157 | 1,200 | 1,282 | 1,291 | 1,338 | 1,392 | 1,407 |
| | Fine Gael | Emer Higgins | 8.45 | 1,193 | 1,241 | 1,262 | 1,327 | 1,330 | 1,356 | 1,366 | 1,388 |
| | Workers' Party | Lorraine Hennessy | 3.07 | 433 | 693 | 853 | 880 | 910 | 1,029 | 1,143 | 1,309 |
| | Independent | Matthew McDonagh | 2.82 | 398 | 637 | 866 | 867 | 903 | 987 | | |
| | Labour | Ken Kinsella | 1.68 | 237 | 276 | 291 | 315 | 319 | | | |
| | Communist | Paul Doran | 1.01 | 143 | 282 | 324 | 334 | 340 | | | |
| Electorate: 35,616 Valid: 14,117 (39.64%) Spoilt: 263 Quota: 1,569 Turnout: 14,380 (40.38%) ||||||||||||

### Lucan

Lucan: 8 seats :
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | 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 |
| | Sinn Féin | Danny O'Brien | 12.57 | 1,762 | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | Fine Gael | William Lavelle | 12.49 | 1,751 | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | Independent | Guss O'Connell | 10.50 | 1,471 | 1,496 | 1,503 | 1,506 | 1,513 | 1,522 | 1,561 | | | | | | | |
| | Independent | Paul Gogarty | 8.71 | 1,221 | 1,241 | 1,261 | 1,272 | 1,279 | 1,309 | 1,320 | 1,369 | 1,414 | 1,488 | 1,565 | | | |
| | People Before Profit | Ruth Nolan | 5.02 | 704 | 755 | 760 | 763 | 769 | 791 | 798 | 827 | 841 | 999 | 1,031 | 1,123 | 1,285 | 1,488 |
| | Fine Gael | Vicki Casserly | 6.13 | 859 | 863 | 923 | 924 | 938 | 948 | 1,041 | 1,083 | 1,101 | 1,142 | 1,203 | 1,242 | 1,304 | 1,351 |
| | Fianna Fáil | Ed O'Brien | 5.06 | 709 | 716 | 725 | 727 | 735 | 743 | 749 | 757 | 1,076 | 1,101 | 1,144 | 1,162 | 1,250 | 1,306 |
| | Independent | Liona O'Toole | 5.51 | 772 | 786 | 798 | 800 | 804 | 810 | 818 | 836 | 852 | 892 | 918 | 995 | 1,137 | 1,263 |
| | Labour | Caitriona Jones | 3.60 | 505 | 509 | 527 | 530 | 576 | 581 | 595 | 637 | 649 | 669 | 951 | 994 | 1,048 | 1,112 |
| | Independent | Tony Stafford | 4.72 | 661 | 672 | 672 | 673 | 676 | 681 | 698 | 705 | 720 | 735 | 745 | 943 | 993 | |
| | Independent | Jim Doyle | 3.55 | 497 | 506 | 511 | 534 | 536 | 598 | 602 | 627 | 651 | 738 | 767 | 819 | | |
| | Independent | Alan Hayes | 4.16 | 583 | 592 | 595 | 596 | 598 | 605 | 618 | 635 | 645 | 665 | 676 | | | |
| | Labour | Eamon Tuffy | 3.62 | 507 | 512 | 531 | 531 | 548 | 560 | 580 | 597 | 617 | 654 | | | | |
| | Workers' Party | Mick Finnegan | 3.62 | 507 | 530 | 533 | 535 | 537 | 567 | 569 | 585 | 594 | | | | | |
| | Fianna Fáil | Caitríona McClean | 3.66 | 513 | 517 | 523 | 524 | 525 | 531 | 537 | 550 | | | | | | |
| | Independent | Patrick Akpoveta | 1.96 | 275 | 281 | 284 | 289 | 326 | 336 | 337 | | | | | | | |
| | Fine Gael | Gerry Kennedy | 1.66 | 233 | 234 | 254 | 254 | 256 | 260 | | | | | | | | |
| | Independent | Michael Farrelly | 1.71 | 239 | 243 | 244 | 252 | 253 | | | | | | | | | |
| | Independent | Hussain Zahid | 1.29 | 181 | 184 | 186 | 187 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | Independent | Ciaran Byrne | 0.46 | 65 | 69 | 69 | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Electorate: 33,243 Valid: 14,015 (41.93%) Spoilt: 168 Quota: 1,558 Turnout: 14,183 (42.43%) ||||||||||||||||||

### Rathfarnham

Rathfarnham: 6 seats :
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count |
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 |
| | Fianna Fáil | John Lahart | 15.95 | 1,972 | | | | | |
| | Fine Gael | Anne-Marie Dermody | 13.22 | 1,634 | 1,649 | 1,715 | 1,788 | | |
| | Sinn Féin | Sarah Holland | 13.06 | 1,614 | 1,621 | 1,644 | 1,740 | 1,768 | |
| | Independent | Deirdre O'Donovan | 12.27 | 1,517 | 1,533 | 1,592 | 1,731 | 1,840 | |
| | Fine Gael | Paula Donovan | 8.14 | 1,006 | 1,015 | 1,043 | 1,102 | 1,547 | 1,637 |
| | Green | Francis Noel Duffy | 7.64 | 944 | 959 | 992 | 1,130 | 1,198 | 1,477 |
| | People Before Profit | John Flanagan | 6.52 | 806 | 809 | 830 | 886 | 907 | |
| | Labour | Paddy Cosgrave | 6.50 | 804 | 817 | 1,129 | 1,180 | 1,268 | 1,370 |
| | Fine Gael | Alan Gallagher | 6.26 | 774 | 787 | 818 | 862 | | |
| | Fianna Fáil | Emma Murphy | 5.54 | 685 | 793 | 807 | | | |
| | Labour | Aideen Carberry | 4.91 | 607 | 613 | | | | |
| Electorate: 30,375 Valid: 12,363 (40.70%) Spoilt: 127 Quota: 1,767 Turnout: 12,490 (41.12%) ||||||||||

### Tallaght Central

Tallaght Central: 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 | Máire Devine | 24.45 | 2,874 | | | | | | | | | |
| | Fianna Fáil | Charlie O'Connor | 13.74 | 1,615 | 1,744 | | | | | | | | |
| | Sinn Féin | Brendan Ferron | 7.70 | 905 | 1,642 | 1,663 | 1,678 | 1,705 | | | | | |
| | Anti-Austerity Alliance | Mick Murphy | 12.11 | 1,424 | 1,506 | 1,515 | 1,533 | 1,586 | 1,620 | 1,625 | 1,651 | 1,808 | |
| | Anti-Austerity Alliance | Kieran Mahon | 5.30 | 623 | 654 | 656 | 661 | 701 | 719 | 720 | 748 | 1,189 | 1,512 |
| | Labour | Mick Duff | 8.35 | 982 | 1,022 | 1,026 | 1,168 | 1,191 | 1,224 | 1,225 | 1,353 | 1,381 | 1,495 |
| | Fine Gael | Karen Warren | 5.38 | 632 | 642 | 647 | 687 | 697 | 754 | 754 | 1,065 | 1,078 | 1,153 |
| | Independent | Declan Burke | 4.46 | 524 | 556 | 557 | 581 | 715 | 764 | 772 | 824 | 872 | |
| | Anti-Austerity Alliance | Eddie Ericksson | 4.98 | 585 | 663 | 665 | 675 | 694 | 712 | 713 | 744 | | |
| | Fine Gael | Gay Kelly | 5.14 | 604 | 615 | 619 | 632 | 650 | 693 | 693 | | | |
| | Fianna Fáil | Valerie Gaynor | 2.95 | 347 | 361 | 369 | 382 | 385 | | | | | |
| | Independent | Ray Kelly | 2.88 | 339 | 354 | 359 | 362 | | | | | | |
| | Labour | Kemi Adenekan | 2.56 | 301 | 316 | 319 | | | | | | | |
| Electorate: 26,285 Valid: 11,755 (44.72%) Spoilt: 186 Quota: 1,680 Turnout: 11,941 (45.43%) ||||||||||||||

### Tallaght South

Tallaght South: 6 seats :
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count |
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 |
| | Sinn Féin | Cathal King | 31.21 | 2,449 | | | | | | |
| | Sinn Féin | Louise Dunne | 20.05 | 1,573 | | | | | | |
| | Labour | Martina Genockey | 9.43 | 740 | 861 | 905 | 1,003 | 1,096 | 1,420 | |
| | Anti-Austerity Alliance | Brian Leech | 6.16 | 483 | 804 | 886 | 911 | 956 | 994 | 1,008 |
| | People Before Profit | Nicky Coules | 5.40 | 424 | 704 | 804 | 828 | 884 | 918 | 958 |
| | Independent | Dermot Richardson | 4.72 | 370 | 537 | 581 | 707 | 781 | 870 | 927 |
| | Anti-Austerity Alliance | Phil Foster | 5.38 | 422 | 643 | 740 | 767 | 810 | 850 | 871 |
| | Fine Gael | David Yeates | 7.15 | 561 | 596 | 608 | 656 | 772 | | |
| | Fianna Fáil | Emmett Hegarty | 6.76 | 530 | 597 | 633 | 654 | | | |
| | Labour | Eugene Ryan | 2.56 | 201 | 254 | 265 | | | | |
| | Independent | Frank O'Gorman | 1.19 | 93 | 156 | 182 | | | | |
| Electorate: 25,653 Valid: 7,846 (30.59%) Spoilt: 167 Quota: 1,121 Turnout: 8,013 (31.24%) |||||||||||

### Templeogue–Terenure

Templeogue–Terenure: 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 |
| | Independent | Dermot Looney | 16.89 | 2,826 | | | | | | | | | |
| | Independent | Ronan McMahon | 13.74 | 2,299 | 2,386 | 2,427 | | | | | | | |
| | Sinn Féin | Fintan Warfield | 11.57 | 1,936 | 2,016 | 2,025 | 2,094 | 2,121 | 2,167 | 2,227 | 2,292 | 2,623 | |
| | Labour | Pamela Kearns | 8.52 | 1,426 | 1,454 | 1,472 | 1,484 | 1,679 | 1,796 | 2,002 | 2,076 | 2,248 | 2,282 |
| | Fine Gael | Colm Brophy | 9.28 | 1,552 | 1,562 | 1,567 | 1,572 | 1,689 | 1,895 | 1,981 | 2,027 | 2,115 | 2,134 |
| | Fianna Fáil | Paul Foley | 6.90 | 1,155 | 1,168 | 1,180 | 1,189 | 1,202 | 1,232 | 1,283 | 1,834 | 1,951 | 1,988 |
| | Fine Gael | Brian Lawlor | 8.22 | 1,375 | 1,380 | 1,383 | 1,384 | 1,438 | 1,542 | 1,599 | 1,636 | 1,855 | 1,882 |
| | Independent | Shane Conneely | 6.47 | 1,082 | 1,115 | 1,158 | 1,257 | 1,315 | 1,338 | 1,485 | 1,537 | | |
| | Fianna Fáil | Eamonn Walsh | 4.86 | 813 | 844 | 848 | 862 | 868 | 907 | 992 | | | |
| | Green | Suzanne McEneaney | 4.32 | 723 | 750 | 759 | 782 | 812 | 859 | | | | |
| | Fine Gael | Siobhán Butler | 3.97 | 664 | 731 | 735 | 745 | 764 | | | | | |
| | Labour | Chris Bond | 2.69 | 450 | 467 | 467 | 480 | | | | | | |
| | Direct Democracy | Neville Bradley | 1.67 | 280 | 300 | 309 | | | | | | | |
| | Independent | Paddy Henegan | 0.90 | 151 | 168 | | | | | | | | |
| Electorate: 33,746 Valid: 16,732 (49.58%) Spoilt: 217 Quota: 2,391 Turnout: 16,949 (50.23%) ||||||||||||||

## Changes

* ↑ Clondalkin Sinn Féin Cllr Eoin O Broin was elected as a TD for Dublin Mid-West at the Irish general election, 2016. Mark Ward was co-opted to fill the vacancy on 14 March 2016.
* ↑ Clondalkin Sinn Féin Cllr Jonathan Graham resigned from Sinn Féin and became an Independent citing that his time in the party had been a mostly negative experience. He joined Fianna Fáil on 22 March 2019.
* ↑ Clondalkin People Before Profir Alliance Cllr Gino Kenny was elected as a TD for Dublin Mid-West at the Irish general election, 2016. Madeleine Johansson was co-opted to fill the vacancy on 3 April 2016.
* ↑ Rathfarnam Fianna Fáil Cllr John Lahart was elected as a TD for Dublin South-West at the Irish general election, 2016. Emma Murphy was co-opted to fill the vacancy on 14 March 2016.
* ↑ Rathfarnam Fine Gael Cllr Anne-Marie Dermody resigned in September 2017 citing difficulties balancing work and life pressures. Conor McMahon was co-opted to fill the vacancy on 14 November 2017.
* ↑ Rathfarnam Independent Cllr Deirdre O'Donovan joined Fianna Fáil and ceased to be an Independent on 21 February 2019.
* ↑ Tallaght Central Sinn Féin Cllr Máire Devine was elected as a Senator on 25 April 2016. Cora McCann was co-opted to fill the vacancy.
* ↑ Tallaght Central Labour Cllr Mick Duff resigned from the Labour Party and became an Independent saying Labour was struggling for relevance on 5 October 2018.
* ↑ Tallaght South Labour Cllr Martina Genockey resigned from the Labour party and became an Independent saying Labour was not best placed to eradicate poverty and disadvantage in its present form on 28 September 2018. She will not contest the next local elections.
* ↑ Tallaght South PBPA Cllr Nicky Coules resigned due to his COPD illness in September 2017. Emma Hendrick was co-opted to fill the vacancy on 25 September 2017.
* ↑ Tallaght South Independent Cllr Dermot Richardson joined Sinn Féin in April 2016.
* ↑ Templeogue-Terenure Independent Cllr Dermot Looney joined the Social Democrats on 8 June 2017.
* ↑ On 13 March 2015 Templeogue-Terenure Independent Cllr Ronan McMahon became a founder member of the Renua party.
* ↑ Templeogue-Terenure Sinn Féin Cllr Fintan Warfield was elected as a Senator on 25 April 2016. Enda Fanning was co-opted to fill the vacancy. He resigned his seat on 10 October 2017. On 31 October 2017 Robert Russell was co-opted to fill the vacancy.
* ↑ Templeogue-Terenure Fine Gael Cllr Colm Brophy was elected as a TD for Dublin South-West at the Irish general election, 2016. Brian Lawlor was co-opted to fill the vacancy on 14 March 2016.