2014 Meath County Council election

An election to all 40 seats on Meath County Council took place on 23 May 2014 as part of the 2014 Irish local elections, an increase from 29 seats at the 2009 election. County Meath 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). In addition, the town councils of Kells, Navan and Trim were abolished.

Fine Gael remained the largest party, and gained 2 seats when compared to 2009, despite having a lower first preference vote than Fianna Fáil. The party was somewhat insulated by the additional seats allocated to Meath. While Fianna Fáil was the largest party in terms of vote share running too many candidates and transfer leakage, in LEAs like Kells, Ratoath and Trim in particular, saw the party miss out on potential additional seats. By contrast Sinn Féin were the major winners in the elections as the party returned a team of 8 to the new Council. Independents gained 4 additional seats, including Nick Killian, a former Fianna Fáil councillor. Labour lost all of their 4 Council seats in a testament to the anti-Government sentiment.

Changes 2014–2019

 * † Navan Fianna Fáil Cllr Shane Cassells was elected to the 32nd Dáil for Meath West in the 2016 general election. Padraig Fitzsimons was co-opted to fill the vacancy on 14 March 2016.
 * †† Navan Sinn Féin Cllr Joe Reilly died of cancer on 1 June 2018. Edward Fennessy was co-opted to fill the vacancy in September 2018.
 * ††† Ashbourne Fianna Fáil Councillor Seán Smith resigned his seat on 12 September 2018 explaining that he and his family were moving to the US. On 29 November 2018 Conor Tormey was selected to fill the vacancy.