2009 Fingal County Council election

Part of the 2009 Irish local elections April 2022 August 2021August 2021 2009 Fingal County Council election Ireland Parliamentary no yes 2004 Fingal County Council election 2004 2014 Fingal County Council election 2014 24 seats on Fingal County Council 5 June 2009 Labour Party (Ireland) 9 3 Fine Gael 6 1 Fianna Fáil 4 Socialist Party of Ireland 3 1 Independent (politician) 2 Green Party (Ireland) 0 3 Sinn Féin 0 1 Fingal in Ireland.svg 300px Map showing the area of Fingal County Council Council control Council control after election An election to all 24 seats on Fingal County Council took place on 5 June 2009 as part of the 2009 Irish local elections. Fingal was divided into 5 local electoral areas (LEAs) to elect councillors 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±1st pref First preference votesFPv% First preference votes percentage±% Labour Party (Ireland)9321,11725.66 Fine Gael6117,13320.82 Fianna Fáil413,34716.22 Socialist Party of Ireland3111,50213.98 Green Party (Ireland)034,8615.91 Sinn Féin014,0374.91 Seniors Solidarity Party01,3191.60 Progressive Democrats 1 Independent politician (Ireland)28,96610.90 Total2482,282100.00— Results by local electoral area Balbriggan Balbriggan - 5 seats 9 Labour Party (Ireland) Ken Farrell 3,388 19.14                 Independent politician (Ireland) David O'Connor* 2,291 12.94 2,346 2,388 2,454 2,541 2,623 2,800 3,035   Fine Gael Tom O'Leary 1,833 10.36 1,874 1,903 1,926 2,005 2,513 2,586 2,689 2,877 Green Party (Ireland) Joe Corr* 1,531 8.65 1,581 1,610 1,671 1,766 1,817 1,928 2,040 2,306 Labour Party (Ireland) Ciaran Byrne* 1,420 8.02 1,515 1,752 1,857 1,887 1,975 2,238 2,447 2,585 Independent politician (Ireland) May McKeon* 1,238 6.99 1,249 1,315 1,366 1,401 1,514 1,636 2,040 2,432 Independent politician (Ireland) Seán Brown 1,075 6.07 1,082 1,125 1,200 1,211 1,300 1,424     Fine Gael Larry Dunne 1,010 5.71 1,024 1,059 1,087 1,108         Fianna Fáil Dermot Murray 985 5.56 993 1,012 1,046 1,491 1,551 1,584 1,694   Socialist Party (Ireland) Terry Kelleher 882 4.98 905 941 1,097 1,109 1,136       Fianna Fáil Stephen O'Connell 848 4.79 894 898 911           Sinn Féin Fergus Byrne 677 3.82 691 710             Labour Party (Ireland) Grainne Kilmurray 523 2.95 596               9 36,258 17,701 (48.82%) 248 2,951 17,949 (49.50%) Castleknock Castleknock - 4 seats 6 Socialist Party (Ireland) Joe Higgins 3,787 28.07           Fine Gael Eithne Loftus* 3,028 22.45           Labour Party (Ireland) Peggy Hamill* 2,201 16.32 2,753         Fianna Fáil Mags Murray* 1,678 12.44 1,766 1,787 1,869 1,952 2,692 Green Party (Ireland) Roderic O'Gorman 1,238 9.18 1,413 1,458 1,649 1,851 2,030 Fianna Fáil Howard Mahony 938 6.95 983 997 1,033 1,077   Sinn Féin Charlie Maples 484 3.59 657 694 714     Independent politician (Ireland) Zahid Hussain 136 1.01 191         6 29,622 13,490 (45.54%) 138 2,699 13,628 (46.01%) Howth–Malahide Howth-Malahide - 5 seats 10 Labour Party (Ireland) Peter Coyle* 3,781 16.99                   Fine Gael Alan Farrell* 2,739 12.31 2,754 2,795 2,832 2,859 2,948 3,002 3,161 3,387 3,499 Fianna Fáil Eoghan O'Brien* 2,283 10.26 2,288 2,311 2,338 2,360 2,421 2,440 2,500 2,592 3,634 Labour Party (Ireland) Cian O'Callaghan 2,256 10.14 2,275 2,283 2,354 2,458 2,507 2,859 3,251 3,610 3,818 Fine Gael Joan Maher* 2,372 10.66 2,376 2,383 2,454 2,478 2,515 2,582 2,821 3,058 3,283 Independent politician (Ireland) Jimmy Guerin 1,814 8.15 1,820 1,842 1,984 2,062 2,099 2,279 2,445 2,871 3,052 Fianna Fáil Averil Power 1,659 7.46 1,662 1,669 1,710 1,743 1,766 1,826 1,923 2,033   Seniors Solidarity Party John Wolfe 1,319 5.93 1,325 1,345 1,422 1,501 1,537 1,721 1,835     Socialist Party (Ireland) Brian Greene 1,032 4.64 1,036 1,044 1,063 1,207 1,229         Green Party (Ireland) David Healy* 962 4.32 965 972 1,009 1,041 1,329 1,450       Sinn Féin Colm O Murchadha 638 2.87 639 643 653             Green Party (Ireland) Robbie Kelly* 616 2.77 619 632 661 683           Independent politician (Ireland) Eamonn McKiernan 341 1.53 342 359               Independent politician (Ireland) John Seery 237 1.07 238 251               Independent politician (Ireland) Pat Joyce 202 0.91 203                 10 41,843 22,251 (53.18%) 201 3,709 22,452 (53.66%) The Seniors Solidarity Party was founded in November 2008 by John Wolfe following changes to the medical card changes in the 2009 budget.http://www.fingal-independent.ie/news/john-wolfe-senior-solidarity-party-1744130.html John Wolfe, Senior Solidarity Party Fingal Independent 20 May 2009 dead 25 May 2009 29 May 2009 https://web.archive.org/web/20090529073501/http://www.fingal-independent.ie/news/john-wolfe-senior-solidarity-party-1744130.html It was registered to contest local elections in Dublin.Register of Political Parties Iris Oifigiúil 3 March 2009 2009 18 280 This was the only election it contested. In December 2014, the registrar of political parties proposed to cancel its registration.Register of Political Parties Iris Oifigiúil 26 December 2014 2014 103 3017 Mulhuddart Mulhuddart - 5 seats 7 Labour Party (Ireland) Patrick Nulty 1,898 14.32 1,924 1,957 1,965 2,014 2,065 2,178 Socialist Party of Ireland Ruth Coppinger* 1,705 12.86 1,733 1,784 1,795 2,241     Labour Party (Ireland) Michael O'Donovan* 1,696 12.80 1,708 1,749 1,758 1,785 1,845 1,987 Fine Gael Kieran Dennison 1,649 12.44 1,661 1,698 1,707 1,726 1,803 2,320 Sinn Féin Paul Donnelly* 1,517 11.44 1,532 1,557 1,565 1,641 1,672 1,699 Fianna Fáil David McGuinness 1,203 9.08 1,213 1,225 1,337 1,347 1,850 1,999 Fine Gael Adeola Ogunsina 965 7.28 974 1,083 1,294 1,297 1,368   Fianna Fáil Niamh Moran 723 5.45 729 760 885 890     Socialist Party of Ireland Denis Keane 642 4.84 656 667 667       Fianna Fáil Idowu Sulyman Olafimihan 611 4.61 611 653         Independent politician (Ireland) Iggy Okafor 464 3.50 491           Independent politician (Ireland) Maria McGrail 182 1.37             7 30,735 13,255 (43.13%) 172 2,210 13,427 (43.69%) Swords Swords - 5 seats 10 Socialist Party of Ireland Clare Daly* 3,192 20.48                   Labour Party (Ireland) Gerry McGuire* 1,572 10.09 1,617 1,623 1,678 1,737 1,848 1,923 2,322 2,433 2,670 Labour Party (Ireland) Tom Kelleher* 1,561 10.02 1,637 1,658 1,705 1,790 1,916 1,993 2,221 2,342 2,616 Fianna Fáil Darragh Butler* 1,487 9.54 1,508 1,517 1,525 1,590 1,628 2,154 2,212 2,285 2,448 Fine Gael Anne Devitt* 1,364 8.75 1,404 1,426 1,440 1,496 1,539 1,601 1,659 2,028 2,155 Fine Gael Bob Dowling 1,234 7.92 1,257 1,262 1,266 1,300 1,323 1,353 1,375 1,645 1,728 Fine Gael James Lawless 939 6.03 960 971 986 1,030 1,056 1,104 1,164     Fianna Fáil John Hennessy 932 5.98 951 961 969 996 1,031         Labour Party (Ireland) Pat Ward 821 5.27 861 868 921 957 1,043 1,081       Independent politician (Ireland) Joe O'Neill 733 4.70 773 883 919 982 1,153 1,221 1,309 1,390   Sinn Féin Conor Kelly 721 4.63 776 778 863 895           Green Party (Ireland) Kenneth Duffy 514 3.30 542 569 584             Socialist Party of Ireland John McCamley 262 1.68 421 433               Independent politician (Ireland) Carmel Diviney 253 1.62 280                 10 35,652 15,585 (43.71%) 157 2,598 15,742 (44.15%) References Sources Department of the Environment, Heritage and Local Government Local Elections 2009: Results, Transfer of Votes and Statistics 2010 Stationery Office Dublin 9781406425109 Volume 1: City and County Councils http://www.environ.ie/en/LocalGovernment/Voting/LocalElections/PublicationsDocuments/FileDownLoad%2C23415%2Cen.pdf https://web.archive.org/web/20140508030329/http://www.environ.ie/en/LocalGovernment/Voting/LocalElections/PublicationsDocuments/FileDownLoad%2C23415%2Cen.pdf 8 May 2014 Citations Category:2009 Irish local elections 2009