2009 Limerick County Council election

2009 Limerick County Council election
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28 seats on Limerick County Council
  First party Second party Third party
 
Party Fine Gael Fianna Fáil Labour
Seats won 15 9 2
Seat change +3 -3 +1
  Fourth party Fifth party
 
Party Independent Progressive Democrats
Seats won 2 0
Seat change +2 -3
Map showing the area of Limerick County Council
Council control after election

Fine Gael

An election to Limerick County Council took place on 5 June 2009 as part of that year's Irish local elections. 28 councillors were elected from five local electoral areas (LEAs) for a five-year term of office on the electoral system of proportional representation by means of the single transferable vote (PR-STV).[1]

Results by party

Party Seats ± First Pref. votes FPv% ±%
Fine Gael 15 +3 26,788 44.82
Fianna Fáil 9 -3 20,502 34.30
Labour 2 +1 6,814 11.40
Independent 2 +2 4,453 7.45
Progressive Democrats 0 -3 - -
Totals 28 - 59,764 100.00 —

Results by local electoral area

Adare

Adare - 7 seats
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
Fine Gael Leo Walsh* 15.50 1,833                  
Fine Gael Rose Brennan* 14.85 1,757                  
Labour Tomas Hannon* 13.84 1,637                  
Fine Gael Richard Butler* 13.58 1,606                  
Fianna Fáil James Collins 12.48 1,476 1,544                
Fianna Fáil Leonard Enright* 6.51 770 806 832 845 864 877 1,096 1,534    
Independent Seamus Sheahan 6.39 756 807 852 891 911 1,011 1,069 1,148 1,151 1,168
Fianna Fáil James Cavanagh* 5.79 685 706 801 808 820 833 923      
Independent Patrick Fitzgerald 5.12 606 699 773 828 874 923 999 1,116 1,134 1,172
Fianna Fáil Richard Crehan 4.47 529 575 589 602 611 622        
Independent Richie Smith 1.46 173 212 236 267 288          
Electorate: 22,155   Valid: 11,828 (53.39%)   Spoilt: 169   Quota: 1,479   Turnout: 11,997 (54.15%)  

Castleconnell

Castleconnell - 7 seats
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
Fine Gael Mary Jackman* 14.60 1,993              
Fianna Fáil Eddie Wade* 13.44 1,805              
Independent Brigid Teefy* 11.11 1,492 1,520 1,546 1,590 1,629 1,733    
Fine Gael John Egan 10.10 1,356 1,402 1,413 1,442 1,454 1,478 1,529 1,552
Fine Gael Michael Sheahan 9.44 1,267 1,369 1,383 1,465 1,471 1,523 1,550 1,560
Fianna Fáil Noel Gleeson* 8.63 1,159 1,164 1,179 1,189 1,209 1,366 1,747  
Fine Gael Mary Harty* 8.93 1,199 1,256 1,267 1,297 1,305 1,345 1,582 1,606
Labour Elena Secas 7.78 1,045 1,083 1,155 1,298 1,304 1,406 1,464 1,475
Fianna Fáil Joe Meagher* 6.56 881 885 887 888 904 1,019    
Fianna Fáil Brian Stokes 4.66 626 638 649 676 695      
Green Trish Forde-Brennan 2.76 371 391 408          
Sinn Féin Seamus Keating 1.74 234 236            
Electorate: 23,650   Valid: 13,428 (56.78%)   Spoilt: 127   Quota: 1,679   Turnout: 13,555 (57.32%)  

Kilmallock

Kilmallock - 5 seats
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
Labour James Heffernan 18.22 2,282                  
Fianna Fáil Eddie Ryan 14.69 1,840 1,851 1,878 1,942 2,176          
Fine Gael Mike Houlihan 12,57 1,575 1,609 1,663 1,736 1,895 2,141        
Fianna Fáil Mike Donegan 10.11 1,266 1,278 1,296 1,428 1,446 1,682 1,691 1,727 1,752 1,785
Fine Gael William O'Donnell 9.63 1,206 1,227 1,250 1,325 1,394 1,495 1,508 2,156    
Fine Gael Gerard Mitchell 8.54 1,070 1,083 1,098 1,138 1,204 1,230 1,254      
Fianna Fáil Mary Burke 7.66 960 970 978 1,110 1,189 1,316 1,357 1,658 1,700 1,719
Fianna Fáil Richard O'Donoghue 6.10 764 775 780 882 893          
Independent Jim Hickey 5.40 677 728 763 788            
Fianna Fáil John Clifford* 5.38 674 679 687              
Sinn Féin Richard Young 1.71 214                  
Electorate: 18,955   Valid: 12,528 (66.09%)   Spoilt: 143   Quota: 2,089   Turnout: 12,671 (66.85%)  

Newcastle West

Newcastle West - 5 seats
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
Fine Gael Jerome Scanlan* 22.86 2,823              
Fine Gael Patrick O'Donovan* 18.25 2,254              
Fine Gael Liam Galvin* 14.27 1,762 2,045 2,117          
Fianna Fáil Michael J. Collins* 12.42 1,534 1,638 1,667 1,701 1,703 1,758 1,937 2,158
Fianna Fáil Francis Foley* 11.00 1,358 1,401 1,415 1,427 1,434 1,497 1,586 1,916
Labour Stephen Goulding 7.21 890 1,031 1,085 1,115 1,144 1,300 1,376 1,495
Fianna Fáil Seamus Ahern 5.84 721 733 739 745 746 777 880  
Fianna Fáil Anne Lordan 3.47 428 499 504 553 553 588    
Sinn Féin Mike MacDomhnaill 3.14 388 429 442 495 499      
Independent Seamus O Suilleabhain 1.55 192 261 263          
Electorate: 19,218   Valid: 12,350 (64.26%)   Spoilt: 153   Quota: 2,059   Turnout: 12,503 (65.06%)  

Rathkeale

Rathkeale - 4 seats
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4 5
Fine Gael John Sheahan* 19.74 1,901 1,905 1,941    
Fine Gael Stephen Keary 18.41 1,773 1,791 1,854 1,893 2,130
Fine Gael David Naughton* 14.67 1,413 1,416 1,514 1,585 1,684
Fianna Fáil Kevin Sheahan* 13.77 1,326 1,331 1,427 1,702 2,122
Labour Seamus Hogan 9.97 960 981 1,069 1,113 1,226
Fianna Fáil Michael Mulcair 9.40 905 923 943 1,095  
Fianna Fáil Joe Wallace 8.26 795 796 809    
Independent Pat Wallace 4.59 442 475      
Independent Patrick O'Doherty 1.19 115        
Electorate: 15,636   Valid: 9,630 (61.59%)   Spoilt: 149   Quota: 1,927   Turnout: 9,779 (62.54%)  

References

  1. ^ [1] Archived 2014-05-08 at the Wayback Machine