2009 Dún Laoghaire–Rathdown County Council election

2009 Dún Laoghaire–Rathdown County Council election
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28 seats on Dún Laoghaire–Rathdown County Council
  First party Second party Third party
 
Party Fine Gael Labour Fianna Fáil
Seats won 11 8 4
Seat change +2 +2 -3
  Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party
 
Party People Before Profit Independent Green
Seats won 2 3 0
Seat change +2 +2 -4
Area of Dún Laoghaire–Rathdown County Council
Council control after election

TBD

An election to all 28 seats on Dún Laoghaire–Rathdown County Council took place on 5 June 2009 as part of the 2009 Irish local elections. Councillors were elected from six local electoral areas 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 ± First Pref. votes FPv% ±%
Fine Gael 11 +2 28,754 34.35
Labour 8 +2 19,094 22.81
Fianna Fáil 4 -3 13,116 15.67
Independent 3 +2 9,061 10.82
People Before Profit 2 +2 6,266 7.49
Green 0 -4 5,260 6.28
Progressive Democrats 0 -1 - -
Totals 28 - 83,708 100.00 —

Results by local electoral area

Ballybrack

Ballybrack - 5 seats
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4 5
Labour Denis O'Callaghan* 18.15 2,543        
Fine Gael Maria Bailey* 16.40 2,298 2,314 2,353    
Labour Carrie Smyth* 15.77 2,210 2,350      
People Before Profit Hugh Lewis 15.52 2,175 2,194 2,450    
Fine Gael Donal Marren* 13.97 1,957 1,968 1,999 2,074 2,455
Fianna Fáil Gareth Crowe* 7.52 1,053 1,057 1,077 1,428 1,605
Green Tom Kivlehan* 5.22 732 739 779 846  
Fianna Fáil Larry Lohan 3.84 538 541 555    
Sinn Féin Eoin O Broin 3.60 504 511      
Electorate: 25,994   Valid: 14,010 (53.90%)   Spoilt: 144   Quota: 2,336   Turnout: 14,154 (54.45%)  

Blackrock

Blackrock - 4 seats
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4 5 6
Fine Gael Marie Baker* 23.61 2,855          
Fine Gael Barry Ward 16.26 1,966 2,211 2,368 2,503    
Labour Niamh Bhreathnach* 14.74 1,782 1,868 2,076 2,172 2,918  
Independent Victor Boyhan 13.25 1,602 1,635 1,775 1,880 2,070 2,416
Fianna Fáil Barry Conway* 9.96 1,204 1,223 1,285 1,820 1,871 1,934
Fianna Fáil Fred Gilligan 7.76 938 948 994      
Labour Ronan Farren 7.74 936 957 1,105 1,151    
Green Ruairi Holohan* 6.69 809 831        
Electorate: 21,619   Valid: 12,092 (55.93%)   Spoilt: 87   Quota: 2,419   Turnout: 12,179 (56.33%)  

Dundrum

Dundrum - 5 seats
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
Fine Gael Jim O'Leary* 10.64 3,583              
Labour Aidan Culhane* 15.67 2,727 2,817 2,925          
Fine Gael Pat Hand* 13.48 2,347 2,751 2,832 2,878 3,012      
Fianna Fáil Aoife Brennan 12.83 2,233 2,259 2,309 2,363 2,422 2,854 2,864 2,958
Independent Tony Fox* 10.29 1,792 1,819 1,894 1,999 2,195 2,307 2,330 2,552
Green Terence Corish* 7.85 1,367 1,407 1,451 1,511 1,654 1,757 1,780 2,163
Fianna Fáil Tony Kelly 4.80 835 855 877 894 915      
Labour Veronica O'Doherty 4.10 714 749 777 916 1,063 1,135 1,173  
Sinn Féin Oonagh O'Reilly 3.59 619 623 654          
Independent Seamus O'Neill 3.46 603 619 738 843        
Independent Stephen O'Shea 3.38 588 607            
Electorate: 29,556   Valid: 17,408 (58.90%)   Spoilt: 227   Quota: 2,902   Turnout: 17,635 (59.67%)  

Dún Laoghaire

Dún Laoghaire - 6 seats
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11
People Before Profit Richard Boyd Barrett 22.81 4,091                    
Fine Gael John Bailey* 17.05 3,058                    
Fine Gael Mary Mitchell O'Connor* 11.32 2,031 2,203 2,394 2,403 2,418 2,476 2,543 2,633      
Fianna Fáil Cormac Devlin* 7.42 1,331 1,440 1,480 1,485 1,508 1,525 1,906 1,943 1,950 2,105 2,292
Fine Gael Tom O'Higgins* 6.90 1,237 1,307 1,390 1,394 1,400 1,425 1,457 1,501 1,513 1,806 2,084
Labour Stephen Fitzpatrick 6.43 1,154 1,362 1,408 1,416 1,453 1,489 1,514 1,888 1,907 2,165 2,536
Green Gene Feighery* 5.81 1,042 1,216 1,241 1,246 1,273 1,329 1,367 1,441 1,453 1,637  
Independent Trevor Patton 5.59 1,002 1,131 1,150 1,187 1,219 1,311 1,351 1,385 1,388    
Labour Jane Dillon-Byrne* 5.43 974 1,232 1,282 1,289 1,328 1,365 1,394 1,670 1,687 1,863 2,229
Labour Angela Timlin 4.30 771 912 928 942 971 1,002 1,027        
Fianna Fáil Peter O'Brien 3.61 647 678 687 691 696 709          
Independent James Coyle 1.56 279 368 379 389 421            
Sinn Féin Brian McNally 1.33 239 337 341 344              
Independent Brigid Timmons 0.23 42 63 63                
Independent Shane O'Neill 0.20 36 64 65                
Electorate: 32,655   Valid: 17,934 (54.92%)   Spoilt: 196   Quota: 2,563   Turnout: 18,130 (55.52%)  

Glencullen-Sandyford

Glencullen-Sandyford - 4 seats
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4 5 6
Labour Lettie McCarthy* 25.98 2,818          
Fine Gael Neale Richmond 17.14 1,859 1,944 1,956 2,008 2,183  
Fine Gael Tom Joyce* 15.86 1,720 1,830 1,843 1,894 2,028 2,328
Fianna Fáil Tom Murphy 11.39 1,236 1,293 1,297 1,352 1,437 2,122
Fianna Fáil John Byrne* 8.96 972 1,017 1,028 1,088 1,168  
Labour Aidan O'Sulliavan 7.17 778 1,035 1,069 1,217 1,484 1,570
Green Adrianne Wyse 6.04 655 717 776 901    
Sinn Féin Shaun Tracey 5.91 641 664 678      
Independent Raymond Whitehead 1.56 169 178        
Electorate: 20,556   Valid: 10,848 (52.77%)   Spoilt: 109   Quota: 2,170   Turnout: 10,957 (53.30%)  

Stillorgan

Stillorgan - 4 seats
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4 5 6 7
Fine Gael Barry Saul 22.79 2,602            
Independent Gearóid O'Keeffe* 20.87 2,383            
Labour Richard Humphreys 14.78 1,687 1,736 1,776 1,800 1,940 2,206 2,319
Fine Gael Louise Cosgrave* 10.87 1,241 1,441 1,447 1,474 1,614 1,851 1,971
Fianna Fáil Gerry Horkan* 9.94 1,135 1,151 1,167 1,180 1,258 1,328 2,075
Fianna Fáil Liam Dockery 8.71 994 1,004 1,015 1,022 1,056 1,149  
Green Meabh Cody 5.74 655 678 705 719 831    
Independent Catriona Lawlor 4.95 565 581 611 625      
Sinn Féin Seamus MacFloinn 1.35 154 158          
Electorate: 19,760   Valid: 11,416 (57.77%)   Spoilt: 99   Quota: 2,284   Turnout: 11,515 (58.27%)