| Election Name: | 2014 South Dublin County Council election |
| Country: | Ireland |
| Type: | Parliamentary |
| Ongoing: | no |
| Party Colour: | yes |
| Previous Election: | 2009 South Dublin County Council election |
| Previous Year: | 2009 |
| Next Election: | 2019 South Dublin County Council election |
| Next Year: | 2019 |
| Seats For Election: | All 40 seats on South Dublin County Council |
| Majority Seats: | 21 |
| Election Date: | 23 May 2014 |
| Party1: | Sinn Féin |
| Seats1: | 9 |
| Seat Change1: | 6 |
| Party2: | Fine Gael |
| Seats2: | 7 |
| Seat Change2: | 1 |
| Party3: | Fianna Fáil |
| Seats3: | 5 |
| Seat Change3: | 1 |
| Party4: | Labour Party (Ireland) |
| Seats4: | 4 |
| Seat Change4: | 5 |
| Party5: | People Before Profit Alliance |
| Seats5: | 3 |
| Seat Change5: | 2 |
| Party6: | Anti-Austerity Alliance |
| Seats6: | 3 |
| Seat Change6: | 3 |
| Party7: | Green Party (Ireland) |
| Seats7: | 1 |
| Seat Change7: | 1 |
| Party8: | Independent politician (Ireland) |
| Seats8: | 8 |
| Seat Change8: | 7 |
| Map Size: | 300px |
An election to all 40 seats on South Dublin 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. South Dublin 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).[1] [2] [3]
Under the Local Government Act 2001, South Dublin County Council had been allocated 26 seats. In November 2012, Phil Hogan, the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government, appointed a Local Electoral Area Boundary Committee to review the allocation of seats across local authorities.[4] In the case of South Dublin County Council, it recommended an increase to 40 seats.[5] This was implemented by the Local Government Reform Act 2014.[6]
Sinn Féin emerged as the largest party after the local elections with 9 seats and 6 gains in total. The party won 2 seats in each of Clondalkin and the 2 Tallaght LEAs. Fine Gael retained second place but lost 1 seat overall to emerge with 7 seats. While the party won 2 seats in each of Clondalkin, Lucan and Rathfarnham she won no seat in either Tallaght LEA. Fianna Fáil gained 1 seat to win 5 seats overall, in the Lucan LEA, the first time they won a seat there since 2004, but were left without representation in Tallaght South. Labour lost 5 seats, to emerge with 4 overall, and was left without representation in Lucan and Rathfarnham. Both People Before Profit and the Anti-Austerity Alliance secured 3 seats each. The Green Party also gained 1 seat in Rathfarnham. Independents were also among the biggest winners on the council with 8 seats and 7 gains in total.
| Party | Seats | ± | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 | +6 | 18,411 | 23.96 | |||||
| 7 | align=right | -1 | 13,853 | 18.03 | ||||
| 5 | +1 | 10,274 | 13.37 | |||||
| 4 | align=right | -5 | 7,847 | 10.21 | ||||
| 3 | +2 | 3,630 | 4.72 | |||||
| 3 | +3 | 3,537 | 4.60 | |||||
| 1 | +1 | 1,667 | 2.17 | |||||
| 0 | 0 | 940 | 1.22 | |||||
| 0 | 0 | 280 | 0.36 | |||||
| 0 | 0 | 143 | 0.19 | |||||
| 8 | +7 | 16,246 | 21.15 | |||||
| Total | align=right | 40 | align=right | +14 | align=right | 76,828 | 100.00 |