| Election Name: | 2014 Clare County Council election |
| Country: | Ireland |
| Type: | Parliamentary |
| Ongoing: | no |
| Party Colour: | yes |
| Previous Election: | 2009 Clare County Council election |
| Previous Year: | 2009 |
| Next Election: | 2019 Clare County Council election |
| Next Year: | 2019 |
| Seats For Election: | All 28 seats to Clare County Council |
| Election Date: | 23 May 2014 |
| Party1: | Fianna Fáil |
| Seats1: | 12 |
| Seat Change1: | +1 |
| Party2: | Fine Gael |
| Seats2: | 8 |
| Seat Change2: | -4 |
| Party3: | Sinn Féin |
| Seats3: | 1 |
| Seat Change3: | +1 |
| Party4: | Independent politician (Ireland) |
| Seats4: | 7 |
| Seat Change4: | - |
| Party5: | Labour Party (Ireland) |
| Seats5: | 0 |
| Seat Change5: | -1 |
| Party6: | Green Party (Ireland) |
| Seats6: | 0 |
| Seat Change6: | -1 |
| Map Size: | 300px |
| Cathaoirleach | |
| Posttitle: | Subsequent Cathaoirleach |
| Before Election: | Joe Arkins FG |
| After Election: | John Crowe FG |
An election to all 28 seats on Clare County Council was held on 23 May 2014 as part of the 2014 Irish local elections. County Clare 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).[1] [2] This was a reduction in 4 council seats and 2 LEAs compared to the previous elections held in 2009.
Fianna Fáil re-emerged as the largest party in County Clare after the elections with 12 seats. In addition Clare Colleran-Molloy, a sister of the journalist Ger Colleran, won a seat for the party in Ennis and became the party's first ever female elected councillor. Brian Meaney, formerly of the Green Party, had defected to Fianna Fáil but failed to be re-elected. Fine Gael lost 4 seats including that of the council's outgoing cathaoirleach, Joe Arkins, in Killaloe. The Labour Party lost their sole representative while Sinn Féin won a seat on the council for the first time since 1974. Despite some retirements Independents retained a share of 7 seats.[3]
| Party | Seats | ± | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 12 | +1 | 18,432 | 35.73 | |||||
| 8 | align=right | -4 | 16,239 | 31.48 | ||||
| 1 | +1 | 2,188 | 4.24 | |||||
| 7 | align=right | - | 11,100 | 21.52 | ||||
| 0 | align=right | -1 | 1,622 | 3.14 | ||||
| 0 | align=right | -1 | 490 | 0.95 | ||||
| Total | align=right | 28 | align=right | -4 | align=right | 51,583 | 100.00 |