An election to all 40 seats on Dún Laoghaire–Rathdown County Council was held on 23 May 2014 as part of the 2014 Irish local elections, an increase from 28 at the previous election. Dún Laoghaire–Rathdown was divided into six local electoral areas (LEAs) to elect councillors from a field of 85 candidates for a five-year term of office on the electoral system of proportional representation by means of the single transferable vote (PR-STV).Proportional Representation Citizens Information, 2009-09-21.Local Election Results for Dún Laoghaire–Rathdown County Council Irish Times. Retrieved: 2014-06-04.
Fine Gael retained their position as the leading party on the authority with 11 seats, including 2 seats in each of Blackrock, Dundrum and Stillorgan and 3 seats in Dún Laoghaire. Fianna Fáil doubled their seats to 8 and won 2 seats in each of Blackrock and Stillorgan. Labour lost 1 seat overall to emerge with 7 seats. The party won 2 seats in each of Glencullen–Sandyford and Killiney–Shankill to compensate from losing a seat in Dún Laoghaire. Sinn Féin gained 3 seats to secure representation on the council for the first time. People Before Profit gained 2 extra seats to also return with 3 councillors. The Green Party also returned with 2 seats with 2 gains in Dundrum and Dún Laoghaire. Independents doubled their seats to return with 6 seats to the Council chamber.
Results by party
Party Seats ± 11019,51828.15 8+412,93618.66 7−19,10813.14 3+36,6909.65 3+15,4757.90 2+24,8296.97 6+310,77415.54Total40+1269,330100.00
Results by local electoral area
Blackrock
Dundrum
Dún Laoghaire
Glencullen–Sandyford
Killiney–Shankill
Stillorgan
Changes Co-options
Changes in affiliation
References
External links Official website