2009 Irish local elections

Nationwide local authority elections November 2021 November 2021 2009 Irish local elections Ireland parliamentary 2004 Irish local elections 2004 2014 Irish local elections 57.77% 0.87pp 2014 883 County and City Council seats; 744 Borough and Town Council seats 5 June 2009 Largest Party Councillors Councillors +/- Enda Kenny 2009.jpg 120 120 160 0 0 Enda Kenny 6 June 2002 Fine Gael 32.2% 24 556(340 C&C, 216 B&T) 88 Brian Cowen, July 2010 (cropped).jpg 120 120 160 0 0 Brian Cowen 7 May 2008 Fianna Fáil 25.4% 3 407(218 C&C, 189 B&T) 135 Eamon Gilmore, Nov 2010 (headshot).jpg 120 120 160 0 0 Eamon Gilmore 6 September 2007 Labour Party (Ireland) 14.7% 4 231(132 C&C, 99 B&T) 43 Gerry Adams, October 2005 (cropped).jpg 120 120 160 0 0 Gerry Adams 13 November 1983 Sinn Féin 7.4% 1 127(54 C&C, 73 B&T) 2 John Gormley TD, Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government.jpg 120 120 160 0 0 John Gormley 17 July 2007 Green Party (Ireland) 2.3% N/A 18(3 C&C, 15 B&T) 14 Séamus Healy 2015.jpg 120 120 160 0 0 Séamus Healy 1997 Workers and Unemployed Action 0.2% N/A 7(2 C&C, 5 B&T) 5 The 2009 Irish local elections were held in all the counties, cities and towns of Ireland on Friday, 5 June 2009, on the same day as the European Parliament election and two by-elections (Dublin South and Dublin Central).http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/breaking/2009/0428/breaking72.htm By-elections set for June 5th 28 April 2009 The Irish Times 29 April 2009 Overview The election results were significant for a number of reasons: Fine Gael gained 88 seats and became the largest party at local level for the first time ever. Fianna Fáil lost 135 seats and became the second-largest party nationally, and the third-largest in Dublin. The Labour Party increased its seat total by 43 seats, and became the largest party on Dublin City Council. It also held the most seats on the four Dublin local authorities. Sinn Féin support remained at almost the same level, gaining 2 seats. The Green Party lost 14 seats and had 3 county councillors. The People Before Profit Alliance won 5 seats in its first local elections. The Socialist Party won 6 seats, a gain of 2 seats. Results The total number of the Irish electorate eligible to vote in the election was 3,259,253. A total of 1,880,589 first preference votes were cast, representing a turnout of 57.7%. The Progressive Democrats and Independent Fianna Fáil did not compete in the elections. As they competed in the previous elections, totals for vote and seat changes may not total zero. People Before Profit Alliance figures are compared to Socialist Workers Party figures from the previous local elections. All councils PartyCountyCityBoroughTownTotal± Fine Gael3053516200556+88 Fianna Fáil2011711178407–135 Labour Party (Ireland)94381386231+43 Sinn Féin4113865127+2 Green Party (Ireland)3021318–14 Workers and Unemployed Action Group20417+5 Socialist Party (Ireland)31116+2 People Before Profit Alliance32005+5 Workers' Party (Ireland)02002+0 South Kerry Independent Alliance10012– Letterkenny Residents Party00011New Independent politician (Ireland)1022210141275+10Total753130606841,627— County and city councils thumb|right|Posters for local and European election candidates and parties, Dublin, May 2009 Party Seats ± 1st pref First preference votes FPv% First preference votes percentage ±% Fine Gael340+47605,33332.2+4.6 Fianna Fáil218–84477,34225.4–6.4 Labour Party (Ireland)132+31276,62714.7+3.3 Sinn Féin54138,4057.4–0.6 People Before Profit Alliance5+515,8790.8+0.5 Socialist Party (Ireland)416,0520.9+0.2 Green Party (Ireland)3–1544,1522.3–1.6 Workers' Party (Ireland)24,7710.3+0.1 Workers and Unemployed Action Group23,5900.2 South Kerry Independent Alliance12,5360.1— Seniors Solidarity Party01,3190.1New Christian Solidarity Party04670.0— Independent politician (Ireland)122+37294,09415.6+4.5Total883—1,880,589—— Detailed results Authority Fine Gael Fianna Fáil Labour Party (Ireland) Sinn Féin People Before Profit Alliance Socialist Party (Ireland) Green Party (Ireland) Workers and Unemployed Action Group Workers' Party (Ireland) South Kerry Independent Alliance Independent politician (Ireland)TotalDetailsCarlow1045221DetailsCavan138425DetailsClare121111732DetailsCork221271648DetailsCork City867411431DetailsDonegal81024529DetailsDublin City1261972652DetailsDún Laoghaire–Rathdown11482328DetailsFingal6493224DetailsGalway137118rsf Includes Tomás Ó Curraoin of Republican Sinn Féin, which is an unregistered party.30DetailsGalway City335415DetailsKerry107421327DetailsKildare966425DetailsKilkenny12751126DetailsLaois12811325DetailsLeitrim1082222DetailsLimerick1592228DetailsLimerick City8141317DetailsLongford108321DetailsLouth85261426DetailsMayo1772531DetailsMeath11841529DetailsMonaghan657220DetailsNorth Tipperary46317lowry Michael Lowry's organisation has 4 County Councillors in North Tipperary, 2 Town Councillors in Thurles and 1 Town Councillor in Templemore.21DetailsOffaly69621DetailsRoscommon1081726DetailsSligo12721325DetailsSouth Dublin84931126DetailsSouth Tipperary12632326DetailsWaterford11542123DetailsWaterford City41311515DetailsWestmeath89623DetailsWexford1054221DetailsWicklow9462324DetailsTotal34021813254543221122883 Following the June 2009 local elections Fine Gael were the largest political party on 24 councils, the Labour Party on 4 councils, Fianna Fáil on 3 councils, Independents on 2 councils and Sinn Féin on 1 council. Borough and town councils PartySeats± Fine Gael21644 Fianna Fáil18953 Labour Party (Ireland)9912 Sinn Féin732 Green Party (Ireland)151 Workers and Unemployed Action5 South Kerry Independent Alliance1 Letterkenny Residents Party11 Independent politician (Ireland)1447 Detailed results The five councils with the status of borough councils are marked as BC. All others are town councils. Town Fine GaelLabour Party (Ireland)Fianna FáilSinn FéinGreen Party (Ireland)Workers and Unemployed ActionSouth Kerry Independent AllianceOthTotalArdee 2 2 1 1 1 2 9Arklow 3 1 2 3 9Athlone 3 3 1 1 1 9Athy 1 2 4 1 1 9Balbriggan 1 1 3 1 3 9Ballina 3 3 3 9Ballinasloe 2 3 1 3 9Ballybay 4 4 1 9Ballyshannon 2 5 1 1 9Bandon 4 3 1 1 9Bantry 5 3 1 9Belturbet 1 3 5 9Birr 4 2 3 9Boyle 2 4 1 2 9Bray 2 3 3 2 1 1 12Buncrana 2 3 2 2 9Bundoran 3 2 2 2 9Carlow 3 3 1 1 1 9Carrickmacross 2 3 2 2 9Carrick-on-Suir 2 1 1 1 1 3 9Cashel 2 2 1 4 9Castlebar 1 4 1 1 2 9Castleblayney 3 2 3 1 9Cavan 3 4 1 1 9Clonakilty 2 2 1 1 3 9Clones 2 2 3 2 9Clonmel BC2224212Cobh 1 2 3 1 2 9Cootehill 3 3 2 1 9Drogheda BC4213212Dundalk 3 2 3 2 2 12Dungarvan 2 3 3 1 9Edenderry 3 2 1 3 9Ennis 1 3 1 1 3 9Enniscorthy 2 2 1 1 3 9Fermoy 2 2 2 1 2 9Gorey 4 4 1 9Granard 3 2 1 3 9Greystones 2 4 2 1 9Kells 3 2 2 1 1 9Kilkee 4 4 1 9Kilkenny BC4241112Killarney 2 1 2 13 9Kilrush 3 3 3 9Kinsale 2 2 2 1 1 1 9Leixlip 1 3 2 1 2 9Letterkenny 4 1 1 3 9Lismore 3 3 1 2 9Listowel 3 4 2 9Longford 2 3 4 9Loughrea 3 2 4 9Macroom 3 4 2 9Mallow 1 2 4 1 1 9Midleton 1 2 1 1 4 9Monaghan 1 3 4 1 9Mountmellick 3 3 1 1 1 9Muine Bheag 3 3 2 1 9Mullingar 3 2 4 9Naas 1 3 2 3 9Navan 4 2 2 1 9Nenagh 2 2 2 1 2 9Newbridge 2 2 2 3 9New Ross 3 2 2 1dwyer John Dwyer resigned from Sinn Féin and changed designation to Non-Party before the first meeting of New Ross Town Council. 1 9Passage West 2 3 1 3 9Portlaoise 2 3 2 2 9Shannon 4 2 1 2 9Skibbereen 2 4 2 1 9Sligo BC33231Templemore 3 3 3lowry 9Thurles 1 1 2 1 4lowry 9Tipperary 3 1 1 4 9Tralee 2 3 3 2 1 12Tramore 1 4 1 3 9Trim 2 3 2 2 9Tuam 3 2 2 2 9Tullamore 4 2 2 1 9Westport 2 5 1 1 9Wexford BC34211112Wicklow 1 3 1 1 1 2 9Youghal 3 2 1 2 1 9Total21618999731551145744 Footnotes References Department of the Environment, Heritage and Local Government Local Elections 2009: Results, Transfer of Votes and Statistics 2010 Stationery Office Dublin 9781406425109 PDF Volume 1: City and County Councils Volume 2: Borough and Town Councils External links 2009 Local elections result – ElectionsIreland.org Local Local 2009 Category:June 2009 in Europe