Waterford City and County Council

Waterford City and County Council
Comhairle Cathrach agus
Contae Phort Láirge
Type
Type
City and County council
Leadership
Declan Doocey, FG
Structure
Seats 32
Political groups
Elections
Last election
 23 May 2014
Meeting place
City Hall, The Mall, Waterford
Civic Offices, Dungarvan
Website
waterfordcouncil.ie
The area governed by the council

Waterford City and County Council (Irish: Comhairle Cathrach agus Contae Phort Láirge) is the authority responsible for local government in the City of Waterford and County Waterford in Ireland. It came into operation on 1 June 2014 after the 2014 local elections.[1] It is a merger of Waterford City Council and Waterford County Council under the provisions of the Local Government Reform Act 2014. The city and county administration is headed by a Chief Executive, Michael Walsh. The administrative centres are Waterford and Dungarvan.

Councillors

The council has 32 seats. For the purpose of elections the city and county is divided into three Municipal Districts and five local electoral areas (LEA).[2]

LEA Seats District
Comeragh 6 Municipal District of Comeragh
Dungarvan–Lismore 8 Municipal District of Dungarvan–Lismore
Tramore–Waterford City West 6 Metropolitan District of Waterford†
Waterford City East 6
Waterford City South 6

† A district associated with a city or borough is termed a metropolitan district or borough district respectively.

2014 seats summary

Party Seats
Fianna Fáil 8
Fine Gael 8
Sinn Féin 6
Labour Party 1
Independent 9

Councillors by electoral area

This list reflects the order in which councillors were elected on 23 May 2014.[3]

Council members from 2014 election
Local electoral area Name Party
Comeragh Michael J. O'Ryan Fianna Fáil
Liam Brazil Fine Gael
John O'Leary Fianna Fáil
Declan Clune Sinn Féin
Seanie Power Fine Gael
Mary Butler† Fianna Fáil
Dungarvan–Lismore Damien Geoghegan Fine Gael
Pat Nugent Fine Gael
James Tobin Fianna Fáil
Siobhán Whelan Sinn Féin
John Pratt Labour Party
Tom Cronin Fianna Fáil
Declan Doocey Fine Gael
Seamus O'Donnell Independent
Tramore–Waterford City West Joe Conway Independent
Joe Kelly Independent
Blaise Hannigan Independent
Jim Griffin Sinn Féin
Lola O'Sullivan Fine Gael
Eamon Quinlan Fianna Fáil
Waterford City East Pat Fitzgerald Sinn Féin
Davy Daniels Independent
John Carey† Fine Gael
Adam Gary Wyse Fianna Fáil
Mary Roche Independent
Eddie Mulligan‡ Independent
Waterford City South John Hearne Sinn Féin
John Cummins Fine Gael
Breda Brennan Sinn Féin
Jason Murphy Fianna Fáil
Seán Reinhardt Independent
Cha O'Neill Independent

†Replaced during term, see table below for details.
‡Changed party, see table below for details.

Co-options

Outgoing Party Electoral area Reason Date Co-optee Party
Mary Butler Fianna Fáil Comeragh Elected to Dáil Éireann at the 2016 general election February 2016 Ray Murphy Fianna Fáil
John Carey Fine Gael Waterford City East Death of councillor in September 2018 TBA TBA Fine Gael

Changes in affiliation

Name Electoral area Elected as New affiliation Date
Eddie Mulligan Waterford City East Independent Fianna Fáil November 2014

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Local authorities". Citizens Information Board. Retrieved 5 May 2014.
  2. ↑ "S.I. No. 67/2014 - City and County of Waterford Local Electoral Areas and Municipal Districts Order 2014". Irish Statute Book. 7 February 2014.
  3. ↑ "2014 Local elections: Waterford City and County Council". RTÉ News. Archived from the original on 31 May 2014. Retrieved 5 June 2014.
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