| Election Name: | 2014 Galway City Council election |
| Country: | Ireland |
| Type: | Parliamentary |
| Ongoing: | no |
| Party Colour: | yes |
| Previous Election: | 2009 Galway City Council election |
| Previous Year: | 2009 |
| Next Election: | 2019 Galway City Council election |
| Next Year: | 2019 |
| Seats For Election: | All 18 seats on Galway City Council |
| Majority Seats: | 10 |
| Election Date: | 23 May 2014 |
| Party1: | Fine Gael |
| Seats1: | 4 |
| Seat Change1: | +1 |
| Party2: | Fianna Fáil |
| Seats2: | 3 |
| Seat Change2: | - |
| Party3: | Sinn Féin |
| Seats3: | 3 |
| Seat Change3: | +3 |
| Party4: | Labour Party (Ireland) |
| Seats4: | 2 |
| Seat Change4: | -3 |
| Party5: | Independent politician (Ireland) |
| Seats5: | 6 |
| Seat Change5: | +2 |
| Map Size: | 300px |
| Council control | |
| Posttitle: | Council control after election |
| Before Election: | Labour |
| After Election: | Fine Gael |
An election to all 18 seats on Galway City Council took place on 23 May 2014 as part of the 2014 Irish local elections, an increase of 3 seats from 2009 election. The city of Galway was divided into three 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)
Twenty-four-year-old Mairéad Farrell, a niece of Mairéad Farrell who was shot dead by the SAS in Gibraltar in 1988, won a seat at the first attempt.[1] She was joined on the council by 2 other councillors as Sinn Féin won 3 seats. Their gains came chiefly at the expense of Labour who lost 3 fifths of their seats to return with just 2 councillors. While Fianna Fáil won the most votes the party did not make any gains in the election and returned just 3 councillors as in 2009. By contrast Fine Gael gained a seat to become the largest party. Independents were the big winners, topping the poll in all LEAs and increasing their existing numbers by 2 seats.[2]
| Party | Seats | ± | ±% | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 | 1 | 3,446 | 15.8 | |||||
| 3 | 4,256 | 19.5 | ||||||
| 3 | 3 | 2,074 | 9.5 | |||||
| 2 | 3 | 2,370 | 10.8 | |||||
| 0 | 985 | 4.51 | ||||||
| 0 | 479 | 2.19 | ||||||
| 0 | 128 | 0.59 | ||||||
| 6 | 2 | 8,116 | 37.1 | |||||
| Total | align=right | 18 | 3 | align=right | 21,854 | 100.0 |