| Election Name: | 2014 Kildare County Council election |
| Country: | Ireland |
| Type: | Parliamentary |
| Ongoing: | no |
| Party Colour: | yes |
| Previous Election: | 2009 Kildare County Council election |
| Previous Year: | 2009 |
| Next Election: | 2019 Kildare County Council election |
| Next Year: | 2019 |
| Seats For Election: | All 40 seats to Kildare County Council |
| Majority Seats: | 21 |
| Election Date: | 23 May 2014 |
| Party1: | Fianna Fáil |
| Seats1: | 12 |
| Seat Change1: | +6 |
| Party2: | Fine Gael |
| Seats2: | 9 |
| Seat Change2: | - |
| Party3: | Labour Party (Ireland) |
| Seats3: | 5 |
| Seat Change3: | -1 |
| Party4: | Sinn Féin |
| Seats4: | 5 |
| Seat Change4: | +5 |
| Party5: | Independent politician (Ireland) |
| Seats5: | 9 |
| Seat Change5: | +5 |
| Map Size: | 300px |
| Council control | |
| Posttitle: | Council control after election |
An election to all 40 seats on Kildare County Council took place on 23 May 2014 as part of the 2014 Irish local elections, an increase from 25 seats at the 2009 election. County Kildare was divided into five 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).[1] In addition, the town councils of Athy, Leixlip, Naas and Newbridge were all abolished.
In recognition of its major population growth in recent times Kildare was allocated 15 additional council seats. This helped to insulate both government parties somewhat from anti-government hostility that lead to seat losses in other counties. Fine Gael returned 9 seats, as they did in 2009 and Labour returned with 5 councillors, a loss of 1 seat in the Kildare-Newbridge LEA. Fianna Fáil emerged as the big winners doubling their seats to 12 and becoming the largest party. The party won 3 seats in each of Kildare-Newbridge, Maynooth and in Naas. Sinn Féin won a seat in each LEA, returning to County Hall for the first time since 1999.[2] Independents also gained 5 seats to have a total membership of 9.[3]
| Party | Seats | ± | ±% | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 12 | +6 | 16,530 | 26.4 | |||||
| 9 | align=right | - | 13,111 | 20.9 | ||||
| 5 | align=right | -1 | 8,359 | 13.4 | ||||
| 5 | +5 | 7,494 | 11.9 | |||||
| 9 | +5 | 14,207 | 22.7 | |||||
| Total | align=right | 40 | +15 | align=right | 61,837 | 100.0 | — |