Part of the 2009 Irish local elections
2009 Fingal County Council election Map showing the area of Fingal County Council
Council control after election TBD
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 [ edit ]
Results by local electoral area [ edit ] Balbriggan [ edit ] 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 [ edit ] 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 [ edit ] 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 [ edit ] 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 - 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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