2009 Fingal County Council election
Part of the 2009 Irish local elections
2009 Fingal County Council election
Map showing the area of Fingal County Council
Council control after election
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An election to all 24 seats on Fingal County Council took place on 5 June 2009 as part of the 2009 Irish local elections . Fingal was divided into 5 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).
Results by party
Results by local electoral area
Balbriggan
Balbriggan - 5 seats
Party
Candidate
FPv%
Count
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
Labour
Ken Farrell
19.14
3,388
Independent
David O'Connor *
12.94
2,291
2,346
2,388
2,454
2,541
2,623
2,800
3,035
Fine Gael
Tom O'Leary
10.36
1,833
1,874
1,903
1,926
2,005
2,513
2,586
2,689
2,877
Green
Joe Corr*
8.65
1,531
1,581
1,610
1,671
1,766
1,817
1,928
2,040
2,306
Labour
Ciaran Byrne *
8.02
1,420
1,515
1,752
1,857
1,887
1,975
2,238
2,447
2,585
Independent
May McKeon *
6.99
1,238
1,249
1,315
1,366
1,401
1,514
1,636
2,040
2,432
Independent
Seán Brown
6.07
1,075
1,082
1,125
1,200
1,211
1,300
1,424
Fine Gael
Larry Dunne
5.71
1,010
1,024
1,059
1,087
1,108
Fianna Fáil
Dermot Murray
5.56
985
993
1,012
1,046
1,491
1,551
1,584
1,694
Socialist Party
Terry Kelleher
4.98
882
905
941
1,097
1,109
1,136
Fianna Fáil
Stephen O'Connell
4.79
848
894
898
911
Sinn Féin
Fergus Byrne
3.82
677
691
710
Labour
Grainne Kilmurray
2.95
523
596
Electorate: 36,258 Valid: 17,701 (48.82%) Spoilt: 248 Quota: 2,951 Turnout: 17,949 (49.50%)
Castleknock
Castleknock - 4 seats
Party
Candidate
FPv%
Count
1
2
3
4
5
6
Socialist Party
Joe Higgins
28.07
3,787
Fine Gael
Eithne Loftus *
22.45
3,028
Labour
Peggy Hamill *
16.32
2,201
2,753
Fianna Fáil
Mags Murray *
12.44
1,678
1,766
1,787
1,869
1,952
2,692
Green
Roderic O'Gorman
9.18
1,238
1,413
1,458
1,649
1,851
2,030
Fianna Fáil
Howard Mahony
6.95
938
983
997
1,033
1,077
Sinn Féin
Charlie Maples
3.59
484
657
694
714
Independent
Zahid Hussain
1.01
136
191
Electorate: 29,622 Valid: 13,490 (45.54%) Spoilt: 138 Quota: 2,699 Turnout: 13,628 (46.01%)
Howth–Malahide
Howth-Malahide - 5 seats
Party
Candidate
FPv%
Count
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
Labour
Peter Coyle *
16.99
3,781
Fine Gael
Alan Farrell *
12.31
2,739
2,754
2,795
2,832
2,859
2,948
3,002
3,161
3,387
3,499
Fianna Fáil
Eoghan O'Brien *
10.26
2,283
2,288
2,311
2,338
2,360
2,421
2,440
2,500
2,592
3,634
Labour
Cian O'Callaghan
10.14
2,256
2,275
2,283
2,354
2,458
2,507
2,859
3,251
3,610
3,818
Fine Gael
Joan Maher *
10.66
2,372
2,376
2,383
2,454
2,478
2,515
2,582
2,821
3,058
3,283
Independent
Jimmy Guerin
8.15
1,814
1,820
1,842
1,984
2,062
2,099
2,279
2,445
2,871
3,052
Fianna Fáil
Averil Power
7.46
1,659
1,662
1,669
1,710
1,743
1,766
1,826
1,923
2,033
Seniors Solidarity Party
John Wolfe
5.93
1,319
1,325
1,345
1,422
1,501
1,537
1,721
1,835
Socialist Party
Brian Greene
4.64
1,032
1,036
1,044
1,063
1,207
1,229
Green
David Healy*
4.32
962
965
972
1,009
1,041
1,329
1,450
Sinn Féin
Colm O Murchadha
2.87
638
639
643
653
Green
Robbie Kelly*
2.77
616
619
632
661
683
Independent
Eamonn McKiernan
1.53
341
342
359
Independent
John Seery
1.07
237
238
251
Independent
Pat Joyce
0.91
202
203
Electorate: 41,843 Valid: 22,251 (53.18%) Spoilt: 201 Quota: 3,709 Turnout: 22,452 (53.66%)
The Seniors Solidarity Party was founded in November 2008 by John Wolfe following changes to the medical card changes in the 2009 budget .[ 1] It was registered to contest local elections in Dublin.[ 2] This was the only election it contested. In December 2014, the registrar of political parties proposed to cancel its registration.[ 3]
Mulhuddart
Mulhuddart - 5 seats
Party
Candidate
FPv%
Count
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
Labour
Patrick Nulty
14.32
1,898
1,924
1,957
1,965
2,014
2,065
2,178
Socialist Party
Ruth Coppinger *
12.86
1,705
1,733
1,784
1,795
2,241
Labour
Michael O'Donovan *
12.80
1,696
1,708
1,749
1,758
1,785
1,845
1,987
Fine Gael
Kieran Dennison
12.44
1,649
1,661
1,698
1,707
1,726
1,803
2,320
Sinn Féin
Paul Donnelly*
11.44
1,517
1,532
1,557
1,565
1,641
1,672
1,699
Fianna Fáil
David McGuinness
9.08
1,203
1,213
1,225
1,337
1,347
1,850
1,999
Fine Gael
Adeola Ogunsina
7.28
965
974
1,083
1,294
1,297
1,368
Fianna Fáil
Niamh Moran
5.45
723
729
760
885
890
Socialist Party
Denis Keane
4.84
642
656
667
667
Fianna Fáil
Idowu Sulyman Olafimihan
4.61
611
611
653
Independent
Iggy Okafor
3.50
464
491
Independent
Maria McGrail
1.37
182
Electorate: 30,735 Valid: 13,255 (43.13%) Spoilt: 172 Quota: 2,210 Turnout: 13,427 (43.69%)
Swords
Swords - 5 seats
Party
Candidate
FPv%
Count
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
Socialist Party
Clare Daly *
20.48
3,192
Labour
Gerry McGuire *
10.09
1,572
1,617
1,623
1,678
1,737
1,848
1,923
2,322
2,433
2,670
Labour
Tom Kelleher *
10.02
1,561
1,637
1,658
1,705
1,790
1,916
1,993
2,221
2,342
2,616
Fianna Fáil
Darragh Butler *
9.54
1,487
1,508
1,517
1,525
1,590
1,628
2,154
2,212
2,285
2,448
Fine Gael
Anne Devitt *
8.75
1,364
1,404
1,426
1,440
1,496
1,539
1,601
1,659
2,028
2,155
Fine Gael
Bob Dowling
7.92
1,234
1,257
1,262
1,266
1,300
1,323
1,353
1,375
1,645
1,728
Fine Gael
James Lawless
6.03
939
960
971
986
1,030
1,056
1,104
1,164
Fianna Fáil
John Hennessy
5.98
932
951
961
969
996
1,031
Labour
Pat Ward
5.27
821
861
868
921
957
1,043
1,081
Independent
Joe O'Neill
4.70
733
773
883
919
982
1,153
1,221
1,309
1,390
Sinn Féin
Conor Kelly
4.63
721
776
778
863
895
Green
Kenneth Duffy
3.30
514
542
569
584
Socialist Party
John McCamley
1.68
262
421
433
Independent
Carmel Diviney
1.62
253
280
Electorate: 35,652 Valid: 15,585 (43.71%) Spoilt: 157 Quota: 2,598 Turnout: 15,742 (44.15%)
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