| Election Name: | 2014 Meath County Council election |
| Country: | Ireland |
| Type: | Parliamentary |
| Ongoing: | no |
| Party Colour: | yes |
| Previous Election: | 2009 Meath County Council election |
| Previous Year: | 2009 |
| Next Election: | 2019 Meath County Council election |
| Next Year: | 2019 |
| Seats For Election: | All 40 seats on Meath County Council |
| Majority Seats: | 21 |
| Election Date: | 23 May 2014 |
| Party1: | Fine Gael |
| Seats1: | 13 |
| Seat Change1: | +2 |
| Party2: | Fianna Fáil |
| Seats2: | 10 |
| Seat Change2: | +2 |
| Party3: | Sinn Féin |
| Seats3: | 8 |
| Seat Change3: | +7 |
| Party4: | Independent politician (Ireland) |
| Seats4: | 9 |
| Seat Change4: | +4 |
| Party5: | Labour Party (Ireland) |
| Seats5: | 0 |
| Seat Change5: | -4 |
| Map Size: | 300px |
| Council control | |
| Posttitle: | Council control after election |
| Before Election: | Fine Gael Labour |
| After Election: | Fine Gael Independents |
An election to all 40 seats on Meath County Council took place on 23 May 2014 as part of the 2014 Irish local elections, an increase from 29 seats at the 2009 election.[1] County Meath was divided into six 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). In addition, the town councils of Kells, Navan and Trim were abolished.
Fine Gael remained the largest party, and gained 2 seats when compared to 2009, despite having a lower first preference vote than Fianna Fáil. The party was somewhat insulated by the additional seats allocated to Meath. While Fianna Fáil was the largest party in terms of vote share running too many candidates and transfer leakage, in LEAs like Kells, Ratoath and Trim in particular, saw the party miss out on potential additional seats. By contrast Sinn Féin were the major winners in the elections as the party returned a team of 8 to the new Council. Independents gained 4 additional seats, including Nick Killian, a former Fianna Fáil councillor. Labour lost all of their 4 Council seats in a testament to the anti-Government sentiment.[2]
| Party | Seats | ± | ±% | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 13 | +2 | 14,315 | 22.82 | |||||
| 10 | +2 | 17,366 | 27.68 | |||||
| 8 | +7 | 11,402 | 18.17 | |||||
| 0 | align=right | -4 | 3,225 | 5.14 | ||||
| 0 | 0 | 333 | 0.53 | |||||
| 0 | 0 | 253 | 0.40 | |||||
| 0 | 0 | 231 | 0.37 | |||||
| 0 | 0 | 157 | 0.25 | |||||
| 9 | +4 | 15,456 | 24.6 | |||||
| Total | align=right | 40 | +11 | align=right | 62,738 | 100.00 | — |