2009 Fingal County Council election

Part of the 2009 Irish local elections

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2009 Fingal County Council election

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24 seats on Fingal County Council
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Party  | Labour | Fine Gael | Fianna Fáil
Seats won  | 9  | 6  | 4
Seat change  | 3  | 1  |

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| Fourth party  | Fifth party  | Sixth party
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Party  | Socialist Party | Independent | Green
Seats won  | 3  | 2  | 0
Seat change  | 1  |  | 3

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| Seventh party  |
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Party  | Sinn Féin |
Seats won  | 0  |
Seat change  | 1  |

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Map showing the area of Fingal County Council

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|  | Council control after election

TBD

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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

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Party  | Seats  | ±  | 1st pref | FPv% | ±%

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| Labour | 9  | 3  | 21,117 | 25.66 |
| Fine Gael | 6  | 1  | 17,133  | 20.82  |
| Fianna Fáil | 4  |  | 13,347  | 16.22  |
| Socialist Party | 3  | 1  | 11,502  | 13.98  |
| Green | 0  | 3  | 4,861  | 5.91  |
| Sinn Féin | 0  | 1  | 4,037  | 4.91  |
| Seniors Solidarity  | 0  |  | 1,319  | 1.60  |
| Progressive Democrats | —  | 1  | —  | —  |
| Independent | 2  |  | 8,966  | 10.90  |
Total  | 24  |  | 82,282  | 100.00  | —

## Results by local electoral area

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### Balbriggan

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Balbriggan - 5 seats  Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count

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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9
| Labour | Ken Farrell | 19.14  | 3,388 |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |
| Independent | David O'Connor*  | 12.94  | 2,291  | 2,346  | 2,388  | 2,454  | 2,541  | 2,623  | 2,800  | 3,035 |
| Fine Gael | Tom O'Leary | 10.36  | 1,833  | 1,874  | 1,903  | 1,926  | 2,005  | 2,513  | 2,586  | 2,689  | 2,877
| Green | Joe Corr*  | 8.65  | 1,531  | 1,581  | 1,610  | 1,671  | 1,766  | 1,817  | 1,928  | 2,040  | 2,306
| Labour | Ciaran Byrne*  | 8.02  | 1,420  | 1,515  | 1,752  | 1,857  | 1,887  | 1,975  | 2,238  | 2,447  | 2,585
| Independent | May McKeon*  | 6.99  | 1,238  | 1,249  | 1,315  | 1,366  | 1,401  | 1,514  | 1,636  | 2,040  | 2,432
| Independent | Seán Brown  | 6.07  | 1,075  | 1,082  | 1,125  | 1,200  | 1,211  | 1,300  | 1,424  |   |
| Fine Gael | Larry Dunne  | 5.71  | 1,010  | 1,024  | 1,059  | 1,087  | 1,108  |   |   |   |
| Fianna Fáil | Dermot Murray  | 5.56  | 985  | 993  | 1,012  | 1,046  | 1,491  | 1,551  | 1,584  | 1,694  |
| Socialist Party | Terry Kelleher  | 4.98  | 882  | 905  | 941  | 1,097  | 1,109  | 1,136  |   |   |
| Fianna Fáil | Stephen O'Connell  | 4.79  | 848  | 894  | 898  | 911  |   |   |   |   |
| Sinn Féin | Fergus Byrne  | 3.82  | 677  | 691  | 710  |   |   |   |   |   |
| Labour | Grainne Kilmurray  | 2.95  | 523  | 596  |   |   |   |   |   |   |
Electorate: 36,258   Valid: 17,701 (48.82%)   Spoilt: 248   Quota: 2,951   Turnout: 17,949 (49.50%)

### Castleknock

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Castleknock - 4 seats  Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count

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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6
| Socialist Party | Joe Higgins | 28.07  | 3,787 |   |   |   |   |
| Fine Gael | Eithne Loftus*  | 22.45  | 3,028 |   |   |   |   |
| Labour | Peggy Hamill*  | 16.32  | 2,201  | 2,753 |   |   |   |
| Fianna Fáil | Mags Murray*  | 12.44  | 1,678  | 1,766  | 1,787  | 1,869  | 1,952  | 2,692
| Green | Roderic O'Gorman | 9.18  | 1,238  | 1,413  | 1,458  | 1,649  | 1,851  | 2,030
| Fianna Fáil | Howard Mahony  | 6.95  | 938  | 983  | 997  | 1,033  | 1,077  |
| Sinn Féin | Charlie Maples  | 3.59  | 484  | 657  | 694  | 714  |   |
| Independent | Zahid Hussain  | 1.01  | 136  | 191  |   |   |   |
Electorate: 29,622   Valid: 13,490 (45.54%)   Spoilt: 138   Quota: 2,699   Turnout: 13,628 (46.01%)

### Howth–Malahide

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Howth-Malahide - 5 seats  Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count

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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10
| Labour | Peter Coyle*  | 16.99  | 3,781 |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |
| Fine Gael | Alan Farrell*  | 12.31  | 2,739  | 2,754  | 2,795  | 2,832  | 2,859  | 2,948  | 3,002  | 3,161  | 3,387  | 3,499
| Fianna Fáil | Eoghan O'Brien*  | 10.26  | 2,283  | 2,288  | 2,311  | 2,338  | 2,360  | 2,421  | 2,440  | 2,500  | 2,592  | 3,634
| Labour | Cian O'Callaghan | 10.14  | 2,256  | 2,275  | 2,283  | 2,354  | 2,458  | 2,507  | 2,859  | 3,251  | 3,610  | 3,818
| Fine Gael | Joan Maher*  | 10.66  | 2,372  | 2,376  | 2,383  | 2,454  | 2,478  | 2,515  | 2,582  | 2,821  | 3,058  | 3,283
| Independent | Jimmy Guerin | 8.15  | 1,814  | 1,820  | 1,842  | 1,984  | 2,062  | 2,099  | 2,279  | 2,445  | 2,871  | 3,052
| Fianna Fáil | Averil Power | 7.46  | 1,659  | 1,662  | 1,669  | 1,710  | 1,743  | 1,766  | 1,826  | 1,923  | 2,033  |
| Seniors Solidarity Party  | John Wolfe  | 5.93  | 1,319  | 1,325  | 1,345  | 1,422  | 1,501  | 1,537  | 1,721  | 1,835  |   |
| Socialist Party | Brian Greene  | 4.64  | 1,032  | 1,036  | 1,044  | 1,063  | 1,207  | 1,229  |   |   |   |
| Green | David Healy*  | 4.32  | 962  | 965  | 972  | 1,009  | 1,041  | 1,329  | 1,450  |   |   |
| Sinn Féin | Colm O Murchadha  | 2.87  | 638  | 639  | 643  | 653  |   |   |   |   |   |
| Green | Robbie Kelly*  | 2.77  | 616  | 619  | 632  | 661  | 683  |   |   |   |   |
| Independent | Eamonn McKiernan  | 1.53  | 341  | 342  | 359  |   |   |   |   |   |   |
| Independent | John Seery  | 1.07  | 237  | 238  | 251  |   |   |   |   |   |   |
| Independent | Pat Joyce  | 0.91  | 202  | 203  |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |
Electorate: 41,843   Valid: 22,251 (53.18%)   Spoilt: 201   Quota: 3,709   Turnout: 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.[1] It was registered to contest local elections in Dublin.[2] This was the only election it contested. In December 2014, the registrar of political parties proposed to cancel its registration.[3]

### Mulhuddart

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Mulhuddart - 5 seats  Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count

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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7
| Labour | Patrick Nulty | 14.32  | 1,898  | 1,924  | 1,957  | 1,965  | 2,014  | 2,065  | 2,178
| Socialist Party | Ruth Coppinger*  | 12.86  | 1,705  | 1,733  | 1,784  | 1,795  | 2,241 |   |
| Labour | Michael O'Donovan*  | 12.80  | 1,696  | 1,708  | 1,749  | 1,758  | 1,785  | 1,845  | 1,987
| Fine Gael | Kieran Dennison | 12.44  | 1,649  | 1,661  | 1,698  | 1,707  | 1,726  | 1,803  | 2,320
| Sinn Féin | Paul Donnelly*  | 11.44  | 1,517  | 1,532  | 1,557  | 1,565  | 1,641  | 1,672  | 1,699
| Fianna Fáil | David McGuinness | 9.08  | 1,203  | 1,213  | 1,225  | 1,337  | 1,347  | 1,850  | 1,999
| Fine Gael | Adeola Ogunsina  | 7.28  | 965  | 974  | 1,083  | 1,294  | 1,297  | 1,368  |
| Fianna Fáil | Niamh Moran  | 5.45  | 723  | 729  | 760  | 885  | 890  |   |
| Socialist Party | Denis Keane  | 4.84  | 642  | 656  | 667  | 667  |   |   |
| Fianna Fáil | Idowu Sulyman Olafimihan  | 4.61  | 611  | 611  | 653  |   |   |   |
| Independent | Iggy Okafor  | 3.50  | 464  | 491  |   |   |   |   |
| Independent | Maria McGrail  | 1.37  | 182  |   |   |   |   |   |
Electorate: 30,735   Valid: 13,255 (43.13%)   Spoilt: 172   Quota: 2,210   Turnout: 13,427 (43.69%)

### Swords

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Swords - 5 seats  Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count

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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10
| Socialist Party | Clare Daly*  | 20.48  | 3,192 |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |
| Labour | Gerry McGuire*  | 10.09  | 1,572  | 1,617  | 1,623  | 1,678  | 1,737  | 1,848  | 1,923  | 2,322  | 2,433  | 2,670
| Labour | Tom Kelleher*  | 10.02  | 1,561  | 1,637  | 1,658  | 1,705  | 1,790  | 1,916  | 1,993  | 2,221  | 2,342  | 2,616
| Fianna Fáil | Darragh Butler*  | 9.54  | 1,487  | 1,508  | 1,517  | 1,525  | 1,590  | 1,628  | 2,154  | 2,212  | 2,285  | 2,448
| Fine Gael | Anne Devitt*  | 8.75  | 1,364  | 1,404  | 1,426  | 1,440  | 1,496  | 1,539  | 1,601  | 1,659  | 2,028  | 2,155
| Fine Gael | Bob Dowling  | 7.92  | 1,234  | 1,257  | 1,262  | 1,266  | 1,300  | 1,323  | 1,353  | 1,375  | 1,645  | 1,728
| Fine Gael | James Lawless  | 6.03  | 939  | 960  | 971  | 986  | 1,030  | 1,056  | 1,104  | 1,164  |   |
| Fianna Fáil | John Hennessy  | 5.98  | 932  | 951  | 961  | 969  | 996  | 1,031  |   |   |   |
| Labour | Pat Ward  | 5.27  | 821  | 861  | 868  | 921  | 957  | 1,043  | 1,081  |   |   |
| Independent | Joe O'Neill  | 4.70  | 733  | 773  | 883  | 919  | 982  | 1,153  | 1,221  | 1,309  | 1,390  |
| Sinn Féin | Conor Kelly  | 4.63  | 721  | 776  | 778  | 863  | 895  |   |   |   |   |
| Green | Kenneth Duffy  | 3.30  | 514  | 542  | 569  | 584  |   |   |   |   |   |
| Socialist Party | John McCamley  | 1.68  | 262  | 421  | 433  |   |   |   |   |   |   |
| Independent | Carmel Diviney  | 1.62  | 253  | 280  |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |
Electorate: 35,652   Valid: 15,585 (43.71%)   Spoilt: 157   Quota: 2,598   Turnout: 15,742 (44.15%)

## References

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### Sources

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* Department of the Environment, Heritage and Local Government (2010). "Volume 1: City and County Councils". Local Elections 2009: Results, Transfer of Votes and Statistics (PDF). Dublin: Stationery Office. ISBN 9781406425109. Archived from the original (PDF) on 8 May 2014.

### Citations

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1. ^ "John Wolfe, Senior Solidarity Party". Fingal Independent. 20 May 2009. Archived from the original on 29 May 2009. Retrieved 25 May 2009.
2. ^ "Register of Political Parties". Iris Oifigiúil. 2009 (18): 280. 3 March 2009.
3. ^ "Register of Political Parties". Iris Oifigiúil. 2014 (103): 3017. 26 December 2014.

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