An election to all 18 seats on Galway City Council took place on 23 May 2014 as part of the 2014 Irish local elections, an increase of 3 seats from 2009 election. The city of Galway was divided into three 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)

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2014 Galway City Council election

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All 18 seats on Galway City Council 10 seats needed for a majority
First party Second party Third party   Party Fine Gael Fianna Fáil Sinn Féin Seats won 4 3 3 Seat change +1 - +3   Fourth party Fifth party   Party Labour Independent Seats won 2 6 Seat change -3 +2
Map showing the area of Galway City Council
Council control before election Labour Council control after election Fine Gael

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Twenty-four-year-old Mairéad Farrell, a niece of Mairéad Farrell who was shot dead by the SAS in Gibraltar in 1988, won a seat at the first attempt.^[1] She was joined on the council by 2 other councillors as Sinn Féin won 3 seats. Their gains came chiefly at the expense of Labour who lost 3 fifths of their seats to return with just 2 councillors. While Fianna Fáil won the most votes the party did not make any gains in the election and returned just 3 councillors as in 2009. By contrast Fine Gael gained a seat to become the largest party. Independents were the big winners, topping the poll in all LEAs and increasing their existing numbers by 2 seats.^[2]

^ *: Outgoing councillor.