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July 15, 2013 9:04 am

Adrian Kavanagh, First posted 15th July 2013 with updates as new candidate nominations announced 

The post focuses on the candidate selections for the different parties and groupings that were not running a sufficiently large enough number of candidates to warrant a separate post on this site; parties and others that are often classified under the “Others” grouping. A number of these parties/groupings would be left-wing or anti-austerity parties/groupings. But this page does not exclusively cover these as the aim here is to tie together all the different parties and groupings that are not large enough to warrant their own separate post/page.

The groups/parties listed here do include a number of left-wing or anti-austerity parties/groupings, including the Workers and Unemployed Action Group, the Workers Party, the United Left grouping, the (Meath) Centre Left party and Eirigi, but this also includes other parties/groupings such as Direct Democracy Ireland and the Christian Solidarity Party . The level of candidate selections engaged in by the People Before Profit Alliance and Anti Austerity Alliance groupings, which would often be also classified under the Others grouping, have warranted these being allocated a separate post each.

One hundred and forty one candidates across the “Others” grouping will be contesting the 2014 City and County Council elections, including all the different smaller parties/groupings’ candidates who are listed here, as well as the People Before Profit Alliance and Anti Austerity Alliance candidates who are listed elsewhere on this website. There are forty female candidates within these different grouping, with female candidates accounting for 28.4% of the total number of candidates within these different groupings. The “Others” grouping accounted for fifty one candidates at the 2009 City and County Council elections (six of whom were female), so there has been a dramatic increase in candidate levels for this grouping at the 2014 contest.

The candidates listed within the Direct Democracy Ireland grouping currently accounts for twenty candidates (two are female – 10.0%)

The candidates listed as Workers Party candidates in the list above currently account for nine candidates (one is female – 11.1%)

The candidates listed within the United Left grouping currently account for six candidates (one is female – 16.7%)

The candidates listed as Eirigi candidates in the list above currently account for six candidates (one is female – 16.7%)

The candidates listed as Workers and Unemployed Action Group candidates in the list above currently account for three candidates (two are female – 66.7%)

The candidates listed as Republican Sinn Fein in the list above currently account for two candidates (all male)

The candidates listed as (Meath) Centre Left candidates in the list above currently account for three candidate (all male)

The candidates listed as Communist Party of Ireland candidates in the list above currently account for two candidates (male)

The candidates listed as Christian Solidarity Party candidates in the list above currently account for one candidate (male)

The candidates listed as Fís Nua candidates in the list above currently account for six candidate (four female – 66.7%)

The People’s Convention candidates/People’s Candidates are now listed on the Non Party/Independent candidates posting.

While most of the candidates in this grouping would appear likely to be first-time candidates, it does also include a number of more experienced candidates, including a number of incumbents that are mainly associated with the Workers Party, the Workers and Unemployed Action Group and Eirigi, as well as with the People Before Profit Alliance and the Anti Austerity Alliance/Socialist Party. Fifteen (10.6%) candidates across these different groupings currently hold positions on City/County Councils, while another three of these candidates are members of a Borough/Town Council (but not a City/County Council) – one serves both on a Town Council and a County Council – meaning that members of County/City and Borough/Town Councils currently account for 12.8% of the candidates across these different groupings.

The candidates that have been officially selected across these different groupings include

Thanks to those who have sent on updates as to candidates relating to this category, including the folks at Irish Election Literature, Anthony Connor, Donal Mac Fhearraigh, Ben Nutty, John Jeffries, Damian Mac Con Uladh, Declan McCool, Memet Uludağ, Michael Conway, Niamh McGowan, John Dollard, Michael Maher, Alan Lawes, the Politics in Kerry site and the Vote Left Facebook page.

Posted by Adrian Kavanagh

Categories: Candidates, Candidates Local Elections 2014, local elections, Local Elections 2014

Tags: 2014, Direct Democracy Ireland, Eirigi, United Left, Workers and Unemployed Action Group, Workers Party

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38 Responses to “2014 Local Elections candidates for the “Other” political parties/groupings”

1. Four declared for the Balbriggan Ward too
   http://www.independent.ie/regionals/fingalindependent/news/four-capta-candidates-running-in-balbriggan-29458470.html

   By FingalNative on August 6, 2013 at 12:44 pm

   1. Thanks Fingal Native!

      By Adrian Kavanagh on August 8, 2013 at 8:58 pm

2. I count 10 female candidates there including Philomena Foster in Tallaght South. Thanks for this btw.

   By Scabby Rabbit on August 13, 2013 at 11:16 am

3. […] that previously featured on this list have now been moved to the restructured post on Anti Austerity Alliance/Campaign Against Property Tax and Austerity (CAPTA) grouping/smaller left-of…, there are currently no names included here, but this will no doubt change in the coming months as […]

   By Smaller Party candidates for the 2014 Local Elections | Irish Elections: Geography, Facts and Analyses on October 15, 2013 at 3:44 pm

4. Workers Party is putting forward 3 candidates, one in each city ward.Brian Hearn,Willie Moore and cllr Davy Walsh. http://www.workerspartyireland.net/waterfordcan14.html

   By Jorj on November 21, 2013 at 9:09 pm

   1. Thanks for that, but is there any information as to the specific electoral area/city ward that each of these will be contesting? No details on the page and the old Davy Walsh/Willie Moore wards have been changed significantly:
      For now I’m guesstimating
      Brian Hearne Workers Party: Waterford City East
      Willie Moore Workers Party: Waterford City South
      Davy Walsh Workers Party: Tramore-Waterford City West

      By Adrian Kavanagh on November 22, 2013 at 8:21 am

      1. Well we share a common guess. I wish i have more info about this.

         By Jorj on November 22, 2013 at 9:01 pm

5. Jacqui Johnston People Before Profit Alliance running in Greystones, Co. Wicklow

   By Jacqui Johnston on December 1, 2013 at 6:48 pm

   1. Thanks for that Jacqui – details amended!

      By Adrian Kavanagh on December 1, 2013 at 9:27 pm

6. Sharon Briggs is running in Bray Co. Wicklow for People Before Profit and Jacqui Johnston is Running in Greystones Co. Wicklow for People Before Profit

   By Anna Doyle on December 1, 2013 at 7:58 pm

7. Thanks for that Anna – details amended

   By Adrian Kavanagh on December 1, 2013 at 9:27 pm

8. Cllr Euegene Coppinger, SP https://www.facebook.com/pages/Cllr-Eugene-Coppinger/591053244269814

   and Cllr Ciaran McKenna, SP in Drogheda

   By triton t90 on December 5, 2013 at 11:44 am

   1. …and presumably both part of the Anti-Austerity Alliance grouping?
      Thanks for that

      By Adrian Kavanagh on December 5, 2013 at 2:17 pm

9. I am not sure if somebody can trust facebook as a source but it seems there is a page https://www.facebook.com/JohnDunneWorkersParty that says John Dunne will be WP’candidate for Ballymun

   By Jorj on December 11, 2013 at 11:44 pm

   1. Thanks for that! Updated above

      By Adrian Kavanagh on December 12, 2013 at 10:27 am

10. […] For next years Local Elections Adrian Kavanagh has a list of Left candidates up and there are quite a few places where various Left parties are all fielding candidates […]

    By Could The Socialist Party electorally destroy The SWP ? | The Cedar Lounge Revolution on December 18, 2013 at 5:27 pm

11. Hi Just a note to let you know that I will be contesting the local elections 2014 in the Swords Area as an Independent community candidate. Joe Newman

    By Joe Newman on December 28, 2013 at 8:52 pm

    1. Thanks Joe. Will note this on the page for independent/non-party candidates.

       By Adrian Kavanagh on December 29, 2013 at 7:28 pm

12. http://www.patkavanagh.net

    By Cllr Pat Kavanagh on January 2, 2014 at 4:59 pm

13. […] may not be the end of an era, but may be the end of DDI. They so far have three declared candidates for the up coming local elections, all running in Drogheda. For a small party running three unknown candidates they are unlikely to […]

    By Say hello to Jan Van De Ven – The new leader of Direct Democracy Ireland | It Only Encourages Them on February 3, 2014 at 8:17 pm

14. Adrian, is there a page on your website under category “total declared candidates per LEA”? I could be missing it somewhere among the extensive and helpful data on this website. A great resource it will prove to be!

    By James Doyle on February 5, 2014 at 1:08 pm

    1. Not at present – still wouldn’t be indicative of overall numbers at this stage as some LEAs well behind/ahead of others in terms of convention selections. May have version of this however once candidate numbers have firmed up after the closing date for candidate nominations.

       By Adrian Kavanagh on February 5, 2014 at 1:48 pm

15. Adrian, thanks for these lists. A brilliant resource. I just want to mention that Shirley Griffen (CPPC) is running in Ballincollig-Carrigaline and myself and Aisling Murray in East Cork. . . Cheers, Paddy (Patrick) Bullman.

    By Paddy on February 8, 2014 at 11:44 am

    1. Ooops. Sorry – corrected now!

       By Adrian Kavanagh on February 8, 2014 at 7:42 pm

16. hi adrian,direct democracy ireland is not hyperlinked like the other parties on your site could you please do this, also they are not left wing but center,please correct this aswell.

    By david on March 1, 2014 at 6:58 pm

    1. That is wrong. Not all parties are “hyperlinked” on this site – hyperlinks are only offered in cases party websites contain lists of their local election candidates. I, as owner of this site, will make my own call on this in any course.
       Nowhere do I refer to DDI as being a left wing party – there is nothing to correct here at all.

       By Adrian Kavanagh on March 1, 2014 at 7:57 pm

    2. No I do not use hyperlinks for all parties. I only do so in cases where parties have lists of local election candidates on a page of their website. In any case, I’ll choose to make my own decision on the use of hyperlinks on my own website.
       In no place whatsoever do I refer to DDI as being a left party – in fact the post goes out of its way to distinguish DDI from the left wing parties and groupings. Nothing whatsoever to correct here.

       By Adrian Kavanagh on March 1, 2014 at 8:04 pm

17. Michael Francis O’Donnell Communist Party of Ireland Cork North East

    By micky beag on March 17, 2014 at 3:40 pm

    1. Thanks for that. Is he the only CPI candidate contesting the local elections?

       By Adrian Kavanagh on March 21, 2014 at 10:52 am

       1. He is Adrian, there is now a web page available. Thanks. http://www.communistcandidatecork.net/369176921

          By Munster Council CPI on April 8, 2014 at 4:41 pm

18. […] Jason Griffin (Limerick City West) is now listed along with other members of The People’s Convention/People’s Candidates here. […]

    By Non Party/Independent candidates for the 2014 Local Elections | Irish Elections: Geography, Facts and Analyses on March 18, 2014 at 8:44 am

19. Any idea when is the closing date for nominations for the local elections? – tks Mick

    By Mick Crowley on April 1, 2014 at 4:33 pm

    1. Already covered elsewhere on the site – see: https://adriankavanaghelections.org/2014/03/19/le2014nominationprocess/

       By Adrian Kavanagh on April 1, 2014 at 9:50 pm

20. Hi Adrian,

    Bernie Hughes – United Left – Will be running as a candidate in Cabra-Finglas Ward. see link below:
    https://www.facebook.com/berniehughesul

    Also can you add (her) Bernie, to Female candidates contesting the 2014 Local Elections, https://adriankavanaghelections.org/2013/10/30/female-candidates-contesting-the-2014-local-elections/

    Thank you

    Best Regards,
    Declan McCool United Left Swords

    By Declan McCool on April 8, 2014 at 11:57 pm

21. Paul Doran Communist Party Clondalkin http://www.communistpartyofireland.ie/

    By micky beag on April 20, 2014 at 4:40 pm

    1. Thanks!

       By Adrian Kavanagh on April 22, 2014 at 4:31 pm

22. I’m told that the following four local election candidates have also been successfully nominated by Fís Nua.
    They are: Suzanne O’Keeffe Athenry-Oranmore Galway Co.Council
    Vera Moloney Ennis Clare Co.Council
    Damon Wise Ennis Clare Co. Council
    Karen Wise Shannon Clare Co. Council

    This makes 3 European Parliament candidates (Cordelia Níc Fhearraigh, Dónal O’Riordáin and Damon Wise) and 6 local election candidates in total for Fís Nua (Niamh O’Brien and Jimmy Higgins are already on your site). Fís Nua does not expect any additions to this list.

    Best wishes,

    Ben Nutty

    By Ben Nutty on May 3, 2014 at 4:04 pm

23. Thanks Ben. All added to list now. And fadas sorted out too!

    By Adrian Kavanagh on May 4, 2014 at 11:41 am

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