2009 Fingal County Council election
Part of the 2009 Irish local elections
(Learn how and when to remove this message) 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
Party | Seats | ± | 1st pref | FPv% | ±% |
| Labour | 9 | 3 | 21,117 | 25.66 | |
| Fine Gael | 6 | 1 | 17,133 | 20.82 | |
| Fianna Fáil | 4 | | 13,347 | 16.22 | |
| Socialist Party | 3 | 1 | 11,502 | 13.98 | |
| Green | 0 | 3 | 4,861 | 5.91 | |
| Sinn Féin | 0 | 1 | 4,037 | 4.91 | |
| Seniors Solidarity | 0 | | 1,319 | 1.60 | |
| Progressive Democrats | — | 1 | — | — | |
| Independent | 2 | | 8,966 | 10.90 | |
Total | 24 | | 82,282 | 100.00 | — |
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 - 4 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%) |
References
Sources
- Department of the Environment, Heritage and Local Government (2010). "Volume 1: City and County Councils". Local Elections 2009: Results, Transfer of Votes and Statistics (PDF). Dublin: Stationery Office. ISBN 9781406425109. Archived from the original (PDF) on 8 May 2014.
Citations
- ^ "John Wolfe, Senior Solidarity Party". Fingal Independent. 20 May 2009. Archived from the original on 29 May 2009. Retrieved 25 May 2009.
- ^ "Register of Political Parties". Iris Oifigiúil. 2009 (18): 280. 3 March 2009.
- ^ "Register of Political Parties". Iris Oifigiúil. 2014 (103): 3017. 26 December 2014.