Part of 2014 Irish local elections
An election to all 40 seats on Tipperary County Council election was held on 23 May 2014 as part of the 2014 Irish local elections, contested by a field of 85 candidates. This was a reduction from a combined total of 47 seats at the previous election: 21 at the 2009 North Tipperary election and 27 at the 2009 South Tipperary election. The former counties of North Tipperary and South Tipperary were amalgamated under the Local Government Reform Act 2014. The town councils of Carrick-on-Suir, Cashel, Nenagh, Templemore, Tipperary and Thurles and the borough council of Clonmel were also abolished.
County Tipperary was divided into five 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).[1][2][3]
Results by party
Results by local electoral area
^ *: Outgoing councillor.
Carrick-on-Suir
Cashel–Tipperary
Clonmel
Nenagh
Templemore–Thurles
Changes
- † Clonmel Independent Cllr Richie Molloy joined Renua on 29 May 2015 and ceased to be an Independent. [1] He subsequently quit the party and became an Independent again.
- †† On 7 March 2016 Templemore-Thurles Independent Cllr Willie Kennedy was killed in a road traffic accident. [2] Eddie Moran was co-opted to fill the vacancy on 11 April 2016.[3]
- ††† Templemore-Thurles Fianna Fáil Cllr Jackie Cahill was elected as a TD for Tipperary at the Irish general election, 2016. Sean Ryan was co-opted to fill the vacancy on 14 March 2016.[4]
- †††† Carrick-on-Suir Independent Cllr Kieran Bourke re-joined Fianna Fáil in early July 2016.[5]
- ††††† Nenagh Sinn Féin Cllr Seamus Morris resigned from the party on 9 November 2017 citing rogue elements and unfounded allegations and became an Independent. [6]
- †††††† Carrick-on-Suir Independent Cllr Eddie O'Meara died suddenly on 13 April 2018 after a short illness.[7] In September 2018 his son, Kevin, was co-opted to fill the vacancy.
- ††††††† Carrick-on-Suir Fine Gael Cllr John Fahey died suddenly on 28 October 2018.[8] A co-option will occur in due course.
- †††††††† Templemore-Thurles Sinn Féin Cllr David Doran resigned from the party and became an Independent on 24 January 2019 saying he was ostracised by elements in the party.[9]
References
- ^ Proportional Representation Citizens Information, 2009-09-21.
- ^ Tipperary profile: Independents to have say north and south due to Lowry and McGrath factors Irish Times, 2014-05-14.
- ^ Local Election Results for Tipperary County Council Irish Times. Retrieved: 2014-06-09.
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