| Election Name: | 2019 Meath County Council election |
| Country: | Ireland |
| Map Size: | 300px |
| Type: | Parliamentary |
| Ongoing: | no |
| Party Colour: | yes |
| Previous Election: | 2014 Meath County Council election |
| Previous Year: | 2014 |
| Next Election: | 2024 Meath County Council election |
| Next Year: | 2024 |
| Seats For Election: | All 40 seats on Meath County Council |
| Majority Seats: | 21 |
| Election Date: | 24 May 2019 |
| Party1: | Fine Gael |
| Seats1: | 12 |
| Seat Change1: | 1 |
| Party2: | Fianna Fáil |
| Seats2: | 12 |
| Seat Change2: | 2 |
| Party3: | Sinn Féin |
| Seats3: | 3 |
| Seat Change3: | 5 |
| Party4: | Labour Party (Ireland) |
| Seats4: | 1 |
| Seat Change4: | 1 |
| Party5: | Social Democrats (Ireland) |
| Seats5: | 1 |
| Seat Change5: | 1 |
| Party6: | Aontú |
| Seats6: | 1 |
| Seat Change6: | 1 |
| Party7: | Independent politician (Ireland) |
| Seats7: | 10 |
| Seat Change7: | 1 |
An election to all 40 seats on Meath County Council was held on 24 May 2019 as part of the 2019 Irish local elections. County Meath was divided into 6 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).
Following the recommendations of the 2018 LEA boundary review committee, the LEAs used at the 2014 Meath County Council election were adjusted to reflect population changes revealed by the 2016 census.[1] The boundary committee recommended that Navan be designated a borough district. This was implemented in the initial statutory instrument, but was reversed as being contrary to Local Government Act 2001.
Fine Gael lost 1 seat but remained the largest party with 12 seats but with an increased vote share. Fianna Fáil gained 2 seats to return with 12 seats also but their vote share reduced compared to 2014. Sinn Féin lost 5 seats and was reduced to having representation solely in Ashbourne, Kells and Navan. One of the Sinn Féin losses in Navan was to Emer Tóibín of Aontú, a sister of Peadar Tóibín TD. Through Annie Hoey, Labour regained a seat on the council in Laytown–Bettystown, and in Trim Ronan Moore won a seat for the Social Democrats. The number of Independent councillors increased from 9 to 10.
Sharon Keogan was elected in both the Ashbourne LEA and the Laytown–Bettystown LEA, becoming the first woman in Ireland elected to two electoral areas.[2] She initially objected to being required to choose one of two seats, but later chose Laytown–Bettystown.
| Party | Seats | ± | ±% | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 12 | 1 | 20,549 | 29.58 | 6.76 | ||||
| 12 | 2 | 17,560 | 25.28 | 2.40 | ||||
| 3 | 5 | 6,845 | 9.85 | 8.32 | ||||
| 1 | 1 | 3,361 | 4.84 | New | ||||
| 1 | 1 | 1,710 | 2.46 | 2.68 | ||||
| 1 | 1 | 1,533 | 2.21 | New | ||||
| 0 | 614 | 0.88 | 0.63 | |||||
| 0 | 330 | 0.48 | 0.11 | |||||
| 0 | 241 | 0.35 | 0.05 | |||||
| 0 | 164 | 0.24 | 0.29 | |||||
| 10 | 1 | 16,552 | 23.83 | 0.77 | ||||
| Total | align=right | 40 | align=right | 69,459 | 100.00 |