2014 Fingal County Council election

2014 Fingal County Council election

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All 40 seats on Fingal County Council 21 seats needed for a majority
First party Second party Third party   Party Fianna Fáil Fine Gael Sinn Féin Seats won 7 6 6 Seat change +3 0 +6   Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party   Party Labour Anti-Austerity Alliance Green Seats won 4 4 2 Seat change -5 +4 +2   Seventh party Eighth party Ninth party   Party People Before Profit Independent Socialist Party Seats won 1 10 0 Seat change +1 +8 -3
Map showing the area of Fingal County Council
Council control before election Labour Council control after election Fianna Fáil

An election to all 40 seats on Fingal County Council was held on 23 May 2014 as part of the 2014 Irish local elections, an increase from 24 seats at the previous election. Fingal was divided into five local electoral areas (LEAs) to elect councillors from a field of 97 candidates 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][4]

Fianna Fáil emerged as the largest party after the elections with 7 seats with 3 net gains and securing 2 seats in each of Castleknock and Swords. Fine Gael retained 6 seats though found themselves without representation in Swords while securing 2 in each of Castleknock and Howth-Malahide. Sinn Féin also secured 6 seats, including 2 seats in Mulhuddart. Labour had a very bad election winning just 4 seats and losing 5 seats as a whole as well as being wiped out in Castleknock. The Anti-Austerity Alliance also made 4 gains, including 2 seats in Mulhuddart, chiefly coming from their former base in the Socialist Party. The Green Party returned to the Council Chamber with 2 seats in each of Castleknock and Howth-Malahide. People Before Profit also secured a seat in the Balbriggan LEA. Independents were however the chief winners in Fingal gaining 8 additional seats to emerge after the elections with a total of 10 seats.