Westmeath County Council

Westmeath County Council Comhairle Contae na hIarmhí
Type
Type	County council
Leadership
Cathaoirleach	Paul Daly, FF
Structure
Seats	20

Political groups	Council Control (8) Fianna Fáil (8) Council Opposition (12) Fine Gael (5) Sinn Féin (3) Labour Party (2) Independent (2)
Elections
Last election	23 May 2014
Motto
Triath ós Triathaibh (Irish) "Noble above nobility"
Meeting place
County Buildings, Mullingar
Website
www.westmeathcoco.ie

The area governed by the council

Westmeath County Council (Irish: Comhairle Contae na hIarmhí) is the authority responsible for local government in County Westmeath, Ireland. As a county council, it is governed by the Local Government Act 2001. The council is responsible for housing and community, roads and transportation, urban planning and development, amenity and culture, and environment. The council has 20 elected members. Elections are held every five years and are by single transferable vote. The head of the council has the title of Cathaoirleach (Chairperson). The county administration is headed by a Chief Executive, Pat Gallagher. The county town is Mullingar.

Councillors

For the purpose of elections the county is divided into three local electoral areas: Athlone (Westmeath) (7), Mullingar-Coole (7) and Mullingar-Kilbeggan (6).

This list reflects the order in which councillors were elected on 23 May 2014.^[1]

Council members from 2014 election
Local electoral area	Name	Party
Athlone (Westmeath)	Kevin Boxer Moran		Independent
	Tom Farrell		Fine Gael
	Paul Hogan		Sinn Féin
	John Dolan		Fine Gael
	Aengus O'Rourke		Fianna Fáil
	Frankie Keena		Fianna Fáil
	Michael O'Brien		Independent
Mullingar-Coole	Aidan Davitt		Fianna Fáil
	Úna D'Arcy		Sinn Féin
	John Shaw		Fianna Fáil
	Paddy Hill		Fianna Fáil
	Frank McDermott		Fine Gael
	Peter Burke		Fine Gael
	Michael Dollard		Labour Party
Mullingar-Kilbeggan	Paul Daly		Fianna Fáil
	Avril Whitney		Fianna Fáil
	Ken Glynn		Fianna Fáil
	Johnnie Penrose		Labour Party
	Sorca Clarke		Sinn Féin
	Andrew Duncan		Fine Gael

Local government in the Republic of Ireland

County councils	Carlow Cavan Clare Cork Donegal Dún Laoghaire–Rathdown Fingal Galway Kerry Kildare Kilkenny Laois Leitrim Longford Louth Mayo Meath Monaghan Offaly Roscommon Sligo South Dublin Tipperary Westmeath Wexford Wicklow

City councils	Cork Dublin Galway

City and County councils	Limerick Waterford

Acts	Municipal Corporations (Ireland) Act 1840 Local Government (Ireland) Act 1898 Local Government Act 1925 Local Government (Dublin) Act 1993 Local Government Act 2001 Local Government Reform Act 2014

See also	Chief executive Municipal districts Regional Assemblies in Ireland

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