| Election Name: | 2014 Louth County Council election |
| Country: | Ireland |
| Type: | Parliamentary |
| Ongoing: | no |
| Party Colour: | yes |
| Previous Election: | 2009 Louth County Council election |
| Previous Year: | 2009 |
| Next Election: | 2019 Louth County Council election |
| Next Year: | 2019 |
| Seats For Election: | All 29 seats on Louth County Council |
| Election Date: | 23 May 2014 |
| Party1: | Sinn Féin |
| Seats1: | 10 |
| Seat Change1: | +5 |
| Party2: | Fine Gael |
| Seats2: | 7 |
| Seat Change2: | -1 |
| Party3: | Fianna Fáil |
| Seats3: | 5 |
| Seat Change3: | - |
| Party4: | Labour Party (Ireland) |
| Seats4: | 2 |
| Seat Change4: | - |
| Party5: | Green Party (Ireland) |
| Seats5: | 2 |
| Seat Change5: | +1 |
| Party9: | Independent politician (Ireland) |
| Seats9: | 3 |
| Seat Change9: | -2 |
| Map Size: | 300px |
| Council control | |
| Posttitle: | Council control after election |
An election to all 29 seats on Louth County Council took place on 23 May 2014 as part of the 2014 Irish local elections, an increase from 26 seats at the 2009 election. County Louth was divided into four 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] [2]
Ahead of the 2014 election Louth was redrawn into four electoral areas, a reduction of one from five, and the number of councillors was increased to 29, from a previous total of 26. The borough council of Drogheda and the town councils of Dundalk and Ardee were all abolished.
| Party | Seats | ± | ±% | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 10 | +5 | 14,159 | 31.42 | |||||
| 7 | align=right | -1 | 9,319 | 20.68 | ||||
| 5 | align=right | - | 8,576 | 19.03 | ||||
| 2 | align=right | - | 2,238 | 4.96 | ||||
| 2 | +1 | 1,738 | 3.85 | |||||
| 3 | align=right | -2 | 7,435 | 16.50 | ||||
| align=right | - | align=right | - | 860 | 1.90 | |||
| align=right | - | align=right | - | 456 | 1.01 | |||
| align=right | - | align=right | - | 277 | 0.16 | |||
| Total | align=right | 29 | +3 | align=right | 45,058 | 100.00 | — |