2009 Letterkenny Town Council election

Part of the 2009 Irish local elections May 2021 May 2021 2009 Letterkenny Town Council election Ireland Parliamentary no yes 2004 Letterkenny Town Council election 2004 Local Government Reform Act 2014 Abolished in 2014 All 9 seats on Letterkenny Town Council 5 June 2009 Fianna Fáil 4 Fine Gael 1 Sinn Féin 1 LRP 1 Independent politician (Ireland) 2 300px Council control Council control after election Fianna Fáil FG-SF-LRP-Ind coalition An election to all 9 seats on Letterkenny Town Council took place on 5 June 2009 as part of the 2009 Irish local elections. Councillors were elected in Letterkenny for a five-year term of office on the electoral system of proportional representation by means of the single transferable vote (PR-STV).Volume 2: Borough and Town Councils http://www.environ.ie/en/LocalGovernment/Voting/LocalElections/PublicationsDocuments/FileDownLoad,23416,en.pdf#page=100 Department of the Environment, Heritage and Local Government Local Elections 2009: Results, Transfer of Votes and Statistics 88 2010 Stationery Office Dublin 9781406425109 https://web.archive.org/web/20121112054327/http://www.environ.ie/en/LocalGovernment/Voting/LocalElections/PublicationsDocuments/FileDownLoad,23416,en.pdf#page=100 12 November 2012 PDF It was the last election for the town council, as all town councils in Ireland were abolished in 2014.Daragh Brophy http://www.thejournal.ie/phil-hogan-letterkenny-1162417-Nov2013/ "Arrogant" Phil Hogan's visit to be greeted with protest by Letterkenny councillors TheJournal.ie 6 November 2013 6 November 2013 https://web.archive.org/web/20150309190047/http://www.thejournal.ie/phil-hogan-letterkenny-1162417-Nov2013/ 9 March 2015http://www.highlandradio.com/2014/05/12/call-for-letterlenny-forum-as-town-council-meets-for-the-final-time/ Call for Letterkenny forum as Town Council meets for the final time Highland Radio 12 May 2014 12 May 2014 https://web.archive.org/web/20150309190216/http://www.highlandradio.com/2014/05/12/call-for-letterlenny-forum-as-town-council-meets-for-the-final-time/ 9 March 2015http://www.donegaldemocrat.ie/news/donegal-news/a-dark-day-looms-for-letterkenny-as-town-council-ends-1-6052982 "A dark day" looms for Letterkenny as town council ends Donegal Democrat 11 May 2014 11 May 2014 https://web.archive.org/web/20150309190255/http://www.donegaldemocrat.ie/news/donegal-news/a-dark-day-looms-for-letterkenny-as-town-council-ends-1-6052982 9 March 2015 Results by party PartySeats±FPv. First preference votesFPv% First preference votes percentage±% Fianna Fáil42,30736.77 0.97 Fine Gael11,40622.41 4.69 Sinn Féin1 14697.48 0.02 Letterkenny Residents Party1New4176.65New Labour Party (Ireland)01923.06 1.87 Green Party (Ireland)0 1821.31 3.36 Independent politician (Ireland)2 11,40322.36 4.66Totals9-6,274100%— The Letterkenny Residents Party was registered in 2008 to contest local elections only.http://www.irisoifigiuil.ie/archive/2008/october/Ir1410082.PDF#page=2 83 Register of Political Parties Iris Oifigiúil 2008 1234 14 October 2008 11 November 2023 7 July 2022 https://web.archive.org/web/20220707154644/http://www.irisoifigiuil.ie/archive/2008/october/Ir1410082.PDF#page=2 live Following the dissolution of Letterkenny Town Council in 2014, Crossan unsuccessfully contested the Letterkenny local electoral area for the party. The party was deregistered in 2015.Register of Political Parties Iris Oifigiúil 26 December 2014 2014 103 3016 https://www.irisoifigiuil.ie/archive/2014/december/Ir261214.PDF#page=2 11 November 2023 3 April 2023 https://web.archive.org/web/20230403194357/https://www.irisoifigiuil.ie/archive/2014/december/Ir261214.PDF#page=2 live https://data.oireachtas.ie/ie/oireachtas/members/partyRegister/2015/2015-02-15_register-of-political-parties-9-february-2015_en.pdf Oireachtas Register of Political Parties 9 February 2015 10 May 2023 24 January 2022 https://web.archive.org/web/20220124005548/https://data.oireachtas.ie/ie/oireachtas/members/partyRegister/2015/2015-02-15_register-of-political-parties-9-february-2015_en.pdf live Results * Outgoing councillor elected in 2004. 9 Seats 17 Fianna Fáil Ciaran Brogan* 781 12.44 Fianna Fáil Dessie Larkin* 601 9.58 634 Independent politician (Ireland) Jimmy Harte* 476 7.59 483 485 486 493 501 506 519 530 544 571 594 623 662 Sinn Féin Gerry McMonagle* 469 7.48 477 477 477 484 489 494 498 514 516 550 555 572 597 598 598 598 Fine Gael Jimmy Kavanagh 467 7.44 472 472 472 476 479 483 490 497 507 533 562 616 665 Fianna Fáil Tadgh Culbert 456 7.27 490 493 495 498 504 514 529 538 540 546 600 620 644 Letterkenny Residents Party Tom Crossan 417 6.65 424 424 425 428 439 447 458 487 499 523 561 591 616 619 626 629 Independent politician (Ireland) Jim Lynch* 355 5.66 357 358 358 369 373 382 395 414 417 434 458 479 499 499 503 503 Fianna Fáil Victor Fisher* 349 5.56 371 376 378 391 394 409 416 424 444 455 478 500 536 538 544 547 Fine Gael Josie Murray 278 4.43 281 284 284 289 293 295 295 306 313 334 348 387 Fine Gael Paddy Gildea 265 4.22 271 272 272 276 283 288 296 296 342 345 362 405 465 487 494 495 Independent politician (Ireland) P.J. Blake 240 3.83 243 243 243 245 245 246 159 264 275 282 Fine Gael Frank Larkin 238 3.79 244 245 245 250 254 258 262 269 289 311 334 Labour Party (Ireland) Siobhan McLaughlin 192 3.06 194 196 196 202 208 210 214 224 232 Fine Gael Michael Abiola-Phillips 158 2.52 160 176 176 176 180 181 183 193 Independent politician (Ireland) Robert Brix Lloyd 136 2.17 137 138 138 138 147 151 154 Independent politician (Ireland) Peter Cutliffe 119 1.90 120 121 121 122 122 124 Green Party (Ireland) Frank Gallagher 82 1.31 83 83 83 83 Fianna Fáil P.J. Doherty 81 1.29 86 88 88 90 91 Independent politician (Ireland) Ian McGarvey 77 1.23 79 79 79 Fianna Fáil Setlla Oladapo 39 0.62 40 17 10,905 6,274 (57.53%) 64 628 6,338 (58.12%) References 2004 Letterkenny Town Council election Letterkenny Town Council elections Abolished Letterkenny Category:Politics of Letterkenny