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2009 Westmeath County Council election
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Part of the 2009 Irish local elections
April 2022
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An election to Westmeath County Council took place on 5 June 2009 as part of that year's Irish local elections. 23 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).
Results by party
PartySeats±First Pref. votesFPv%±% Fianna Fáil9-13,77743.03 Fine Gael8-12,40538.75 Labour Party (Ireland)6-8,34926.08 Independent politician (Ireland)0-2,0365.24 Sinn Féin0-1,4944.66 Green Party (Ireland)0-1940.50Totals23-38,795100.00—
Results by local electoral area
Athlone
Athlone - 6 seats
7
Fianna Fáil
Kevin (Boxer) Moran*
1,771
16.82
Fianna Fáil
Frankie Keena*
1,182
11.23
1,239
1,299
1,335
1,603
Fine Gael
Joe Whelan*
1,125
10.69
1,132
1,167
1,225
1,243
1,245
1,505
Fine Gael
Mark Cooney*
1,054
10.01
1,079
1,144
1,259
1,322
1,327
1,542
Fine Gael
Gabrielle McFadden*
892
8.47
927
978
1,113
1,230
1,241
1,405
Fianna Fáil
Tom Allen*
882
8.38
901
943
984
1,111
1,181
1,313
Fine Gael
John Dolan*
863
8.20
877
933
992
1,015
1,017
Sinn Féin
Paul Hogan
836
7.94
864
915
1,064
1,167
1,175
1,245
Fianna Fáil
Kieran Molloy*
766
7.28
816
832
864
Labour Party (Ireland)
Lisa Burke
667
6.34
683
742
Independent politician (Ireland)
Jack Moran
490
4.65
505
7
19,332
10,528 (54.46%)
139
1,505
10,667 (55.18%)
Coole
Coole - 4 seats
3
Fine Gael
Frank McDermott*
1,335
20.31
Fianna Fáil
Paddy Hill*
1,228
18.68
1,259
1,345
Labour Party (Ireland)
Dan McCarthy*
1,142
17.37
1,230
1,353
Fianna Fáil
John Shaw
1,091
16.60
1,133
1,244
Fine Gael
Bernie Comaskey
889
13.52
945
1,089
Independent politician (Ireland)
Dermot Mullen
490
7.45
594
Sinn Féin
Mick Kenny
399
6.07
3
10,816
6,574 (60.78%)
105
1,315
6,679 (61.75%)
Kilbeggan
Kilbeggan - 4 seats
6
Fine Gael
Joe Flanagan*
1,768
24.49
Fianna Fáil
Paul Daly*
1,139
15.78
884
915
938
947
1,127
Fine Gael
Colm Arthur
863
11.95
1,016
1,052
1,099
1,127
1,219
Labour Party (Ireland)
Gerry Corcoran*
838
11.61
1,050
1,131
1,310
Fine Gael
Michael Newman*
691
9.57
791
821
860
884
Fianna Fáil
Vinny McCormack
594
8.23
671
714
772
797
854
Fianna Fáil
P.J. Coghill
508
7.04
414
444
465
475
Fianna Fáil
Vincent Bagnall
483
6.69
414
444
465
475
Labour Party (Ireland)
Pat Boyce
335
4.64
357
405
6
11,207
7,219 (64.42%)
92
1,444
7,311 (65.24%)
Mullingar East
Mullingar East - 4 seats
9
Labour Party (Ireland)
Mick Dollard*
2,032
31.24
Labour Party (Ireland)
Denis Leonard
893
13.73
1,263
1,275
1,318
Fine Gael
Peter Burke
866
13.31
946
959
1,004
1,006
1,050
1,156 1,474
Fianna Fáil
Aidan Davitt
799
12.28
863
868
891
892
975
1,009 1,056
1,111
Fianna Fáil
Jim Bourke*
611
9.39
668
669
695
697
814
872 935
978
Fine Gael
Patrick McLoughlin*
475
7.30
514
519
523
529
573
610
Fianna Fáil
Georgina Bagnall
316
4.86
335
341
351
353
Independent politician (Ireland)
Brian Fagan
251
3.86
299
315
352
356
364
Green Party (Ireland)
Seán Corrigan
194
2.98
236
240
Independent politician (Ireland)
Frank Harkin
48
0.74
58
Independent politician (Ireland)
Errol Farrell
19
0.29
21
9
11,197
6,504 (58.09%)
98
1,301
6,602 (58.96%)
Mullingar West
Mullingar West - 5 seats
8
Labour Party (Ireland)
Johnnie Penrose*
1,643
22.11
Fianna Fáil
Robert Troy*
1,587
21.36
Fine Gael
Fintan Cooney*
880
11.84
925
961
982
1,121
1,156
1,181
1,264
Fianna Fáil
Ken Glynn*
820
11.04
851
984
1,006
1,023
1,048
1,069
1,112
Labour Party (Ireland)
Detty Cornally*
799
10.75
978
1,017
1,058
1,084
1,151
1,230
1,383
Fine Gael
Chris Murtagh
466
6.27
533
612
624
659
674
706
754
Independent politician (Ireland)
Betty Doran*
328
4.41
350
366
396
405
462
519
Sinn Féin
Sorcha Clarke
259
3.49
279
290
311
321
353
Fine Gael
John Casey
238
3.20
250
260
268
Independent politician (Ireland)
Frank McIntyre
225
3.03
245
259
272
279
Independent politician (Ireland)
Rashid Butt
185
2.49
193
203
8
13,526
7,430 (54.93%)
106
1,239
7,536 (55.71%)
External links
Official website
Westmeath
Category:Westmeath County Council elections