1914 Kingstown Urban District Council election

Elections to the Kingstown Urban District Council took place on Thursday 15 January 1914 as part of that year's Irish local elections. The election resulted in a shock defeat for the Unionists, who prior to the election had majority control of the council.

Kingstown was composed of four multi-member wards, with councillors being elected through Plurality-at-large voting.

Results by party

Party		Seats	±	Votes	%	±%
	Irish Nationalist	15	7	6,984	49.61
	Irish Unionist	6	7	6,407	45.51
	Independent	0		379	2.69
	WNHA	0		309	2.19
Totals		21		14,079	100.00	—

Ward Results

Monkstown

Monkstown (3)
Electorate: 406

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Irish Nationalist	J. J. Kennedy (incumbent)	207	46.04
	Irish Nationalist	Sylvester Troy	183
	Irish Unionist	A. V. McCormick (incumbent)	169	53.96
	Irish Unionist	F. Middleton Bentley	150
	Irish Unionist	Dr. O. Studdert Mannell	138
Turnout			341	83.99
	Irish Nationalist hold		Swing
	Irish Nationalist gain from Irish Unionist		Swing
	Irish Unionist hold		Swing

West

West (6)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Irish Nationalist	J. Smyth (incumbent)	577
	Irish Nationalist	M. F. O'Brien	562
	Irish Nationalist	J. Trirston (incumbent)	558
	Irish Nationalist	William Field (incumbent)	566
	Irish Nationalist	J. Devitt	535
	Irish Nationalist	C. Rochford (incumbent)	532
	Irish Unionist	William Dawson	257
	Irish Unionist	Gerald Curtis	247
	Irish Unionist	Val. Fleming	243
	Irish Unionist	Albert Fleming	242
	Irish Unionist	William Wilson	174
	Irish Unionist	Francis Walkington	148
	Independent	J. Scully	134
Turnout			4,775
	Irish Nationalist hold		Swing
	Irish Nationalist hold		Swing
	Irish Nationalist hold		Swing
	Irish Nationalist hold		Swing
	Irish Nationalist hold		Swing
	Irish Nationalist hold		Swing

East

East (6)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Irish Unionist	Sir Thomas Robinson (incumbent)	384
	Irish Unionist	W. A. Evans (incumbent)	379
	Irish Unionist	Colonel Blood (incumbent)	375
	Irish Unionist	Jos. Vaughan (incumbent)	375
	Irish Unionist	Colonel Drury (incumbent)	372
	Irish Nationalist	M. F. O'Brien	352
	Irish Unionist	Major Willoughby Forth (incumbent)	348
	Irish Nationalist	John Carr	339
	WNHA	Mrs F. Redmond	309
	Independent	Chas. Reddy	245
Turnout			3,478
	Irish Unionist hold		Swing
	Irish Unionist hold		Swing
	Irish Unionist hold		Swing
	Irish Unionist hold		Swing
	Irish Unionist hold		Swing
	Irish Nationalist gain from Irish Unionist		Swing

Glasthule

Glasthule (6)
Electorate: 975

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Irish Nationalist	Louis Monks (incumbent, West Ward)	439
	Irish Nationalist	H. J. Monks (incumbent)	435
	Irish Nationalist	M. J. McAllister	431
	Irish Nationalist	John Walters	428
	Irish Nationalist	Michael Murray	424
	Irish Nationalist	J. McCartan	416
	Irish Unionist	M. A. Manning (incumbent)	412
	Irish Unionist	H. Keating Clay (incumbent)	410
	Irish Unionist	R. N. Potterton (incumbent)	401
	Irish Unionist	F. H. Croskerry (incumbent)	400
	Irish Unionist	W. A. Barrett	392
	Irish Unionist	Major James (incumbent)	391
Turnout			850	87.18
	Irish Nationalist hold		Swing
	Irish Nationalist gain from Irish Unionist		Swing
	Irish Nationalist gain from Irish Unionist		Swing
	Irish Nationalist gain from Irish Unionist		Swing
	Irish Nationalist gain from Irish Unionist		Swing
	Irish Nationalist gain from Irish Unionist		Swing