2014 Galway County Council election

An election to all 39 seats on Galway County Council took place on 23 May 2014 as part of the 2014 Irish local elections, an increase from 30 seats at the 2009 election. County Galway was divided into 5 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 Ballinasloe, Loughrea and Tuam were all abolished.

Fine Gael remained the largest party in terms of votes while having the same seats as Fianna Fáil. Fine Gael lost 1 seat overall, in Loughrea, while Fianna Fáil made 5 gains; 1 each in Ballinasloe, Connemara, Athenry-Oranmore and 2 in Loughrea. Independents had another good election winning 4 additional seats while Sinn Féin made gains in Connemara and in Athenry-Oranmore. Republican Sinn Féin retained their solitary seat in Connemara.

Changes 2014–2019

 * † On 11 October 2014 Michael Fitzmaurice was elected to the 31st Dáil at the 2014 Roscommon–South Leitrim by-election. In November 2014 Independent Des Joyce was co-opted to his seat.
 * †† On 21 May 2015 Athenry-Oranmore Independent Cllr James Charity joined Renua and ceased to be an Independent. He left the party on 30 July 2015.
 * †††Loughrea Fianna Fáil Councillor Anne Rabbitte was elected to the 32nd Dáil in the 2016 general election for the Galway East constituency. Ivan Canning was co-opted to fill the vacancy on 16 March 2016.
 * ††††Tuam Independent Councillor Seán Canney was elected to the 32nd Dáil in the 2016 general election for the Galway East constituency. Billy Connelly was co-opted to fill the vacancy on 16 March 2016.
 * ††††† Athenry-Oranmore Sinn Féin Councillor Gabriel Cronnelly resigned from the party and became an Independent citing ongoing unrest around the way the party dealt with unethical behaviour on 3 December 2017.
 * †††††† Loughrea Independent Councillor Michael (Stroke) Fahy joined Fianna Fáil on 16 December 2018. He died on 3 April 2019 following a short illness.