2014 Louth County Council election

An election to all 29 seats on Louth 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. County Louth was divided into four 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).

Administrative changes
Ahead of the 2014 election Louth was redrawn into four electoral areas, a reduction of one from five, and the number of councillors was increased to 29, from a previous total of 26. The borough council of Drogheda and the town councils of Dundalk and Ardee were all abolished.

Changes 2014–2019

 * † Drogheda Fine Gael Cllr Kevin Callan resigned from the party on 2 November 2014 and became an Independent in opposition to the government's handling of the water charges controversy.
 * †† Drogheda Sinn Féin Cllr Imelda Munster was elected as a TD for Louth at the Irish general election, 2016. Joanne Byrne was co-opted to fill the vacancy on 21 March 2016.
 * ††† Dundalk South Fianna Fáil Cllr Declan Breathnach was elected as a TD for Louth at the 2016 general election. Emma Coffey was co-opted to fill the vacancy on 21 March 2016.
 * †††† Dundalk-Carlingford Sinn Féin Councillor Jim Loughran resigned his seat for health reasons in October 2016. Antoin Watters was co-opted to fill the vacancy on 21 November 2016.
 * ††††† Drogheda Sinn Féin Councillor Alan Cassidy resigned his seat in May 2017 citing family reasons. Davin Saurin was co-opted to fill the vacancy.
 * †††††† Dundalk-South Sinn Féin Councillor Kevin Meenan resigned his seat on 21 July 2017 citing health reasons. Ruairí Ó Murchú was co-opted to fill the vacancy on 18 September 2017.
 * ††††††† Dundalk-South Sinn Féin Councillor Jennifer Green resigned her seat citing family reasons. Anne Campbell was co-opted to fill the vacancy on 18 September 2017.