2009 Galway City Council election

Part of the 2009 Irish local elections

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2009 Galway City Council election

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15 seats on Galway City Council
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Party  | Labour | Fine Gael | Fianna Fáil
Seats won  | 5  | 3  | 3
Seat change  | +1  | \-  | +1

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| Fourth party  | Fifth party  | Sixth party
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Party  | Independent | Green | Sinn Féin
Seats won  | 4  | 0  | 0
Seat change  | +3  | -1  | -1

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| Seventh party  |
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Party  | Progressive Democrats |
Seats won  | 0  |
Seat change  | -3  |

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Map showing the area of Galway City Council

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|  | Council control after election

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An election to Galway City Council took place on 5 June 2009 as part of that year's Irish local elections. 15 councillors were elected from three 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

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Party  | Seats  | ±  | First Pref. votes  | FPv%  | ±%

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| Labour | 5  | +1  | 4,347  | 19.11  |
| Fine Gael | 3  | \-  | 4,848  | 21.31  |
| Fianna Fáil | 3  | +1  | 4,702  | 20.67  |
| Independent | 4  | +3  | 6,970 | 30.64 |
| Green | 0  | -1  | 1,194  | 5.25  |
| Sinn Féin | 0  | -1  | 690  | 3.03  |
| Progressive Democrats | 0  | -3  | \-  | \-  |
Totals | 15 | \-  | 22,751  | 100.00 | —

## Results by local electoral area

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### Galway City Central

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Galway City Central - 4 seats  Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count

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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6
| Labour | Billy Cameron*  | 20.61  | 1,065 |  |  |  |  |
| Fine Gael | Padraig Conneely*  | 19.58  | 1,012  | 1,017  | 1,025  | 1,059 |  |
| Fianna Fáil | Ollie Crowe | 15.03  | 777  | 779  | 783  | 787  | 814  | 903
| Fianna Fáil | John Connolly*  | 11.59  | 599  | 601  | 609  | 623  | 680  | 754
| Labour | Colette Connolly*  | 10.47  | 541  | 554  | 588  | 716  | 814  | 1,045
| Independent | Mike Cubbard | 9.17  | 474  | 477  | 493  | 514  | 626  |
| Independent | Mike Geraghty  | 6.48  | 335  | 338  | 350  | 384  |  |
| Green | Mairead Ni Chroinin  | 4.93  | 255  | 258  | 272  |  |  |
| Sinn Féin | Anna Marley  | 2.13  | 110  | 110  |  |  |  |
Electorate: 11,284  Valid: 5,168 (45.80%)  Spoilt: 73  Quota: 1,034  Turnout: 5,241 (46.45%)

### Galway City East

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Galway City East - 6 seats  Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count

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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10
| Independent | Terry O'Flaherty*  | 12.95  | 1,139  | 1,141  | 1,160  | 1,174  | 1,204  | 1,242  | 1,311 |  |  |
| Independent | Declan McDonnell*  | 12.44  | 1,094  | 1,095  | 1,101  | 1,114  | 1,125  | 1,148  | 1,200  | 1,214  | 1,259 |
| Fianna Fáil | Michael Crowe*  | 11.88  | 1,045  | 1,046  | 1,080  | 1,082  | 1,092  | 1,119  | 1,156  | 1,161  | 1,234  | 1,270
| Labour | Derek Nolan | 11.31  | 995  | 999  | 1,013  | 1,082  | 1,160  | 1,208  | 1,283 |  |  |
| Fine Gael | Brian Walsh*  | 11.13  | 979  | 979  | 984  | 1,004  | 1,015  | 1,094  | 1,136  | 1,148  | 1,544 |
| Labour | Tom Costello*  | 8.83  | 777  | 778  | 801  | 823  | 867  | 927  | 1,001  | 1,012  | 1,069  | 1,203
| Fianna Fáil | Mary Leahy*  | 8.62  | 758  | 760  | 781  | 785  | 797  | 813  | 832  | 838  | 901  | 930
| Fine Gael | Barra Nevin  | 7.07  | 622  | 622  | 625  | 630  | 642  | 733  | 756  | 759  |  |
| Sinn Féin | Martin Concannon  | 4.65  | 409  | 411  | 412  | 418  | 431  | 452  |  |  |  |
| Fine Gael | Frank Fahy  | 4.50  | 396  | 397  | 407  | 411  | 423  |  |  |  |  |
| Green | James Hope  | 2.65  | 233  | 233  | 238  | 247  |  |  |  |  |  |
| Labour | Nuala Nolan  | 1.94  | 171  | 175  | 176  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
| Fianna Fáil | Sheila Mangan  | 1.76  | 155  | 155  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
| Independent | Thomas King  | 0.25  | 22  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Electorate: 18,149  Valid: 8,795 (48.46%)  Spoilt: 117  Quota: 1,257  Turnout: 8,912 (49.10%)

### Galway City West

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Galway City West - 5 seats  Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count

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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7
| Independent | Donal Lyons*  | 20.97  | 1,843 |  |  |  |  |  |
| Independent | Catherine Connolly*  | 13.43  | 1,180  | 1,220  | 1,272  | 1,347  | 1,480 |  |
| Fine Gael | Hildegarde Naughton | 12.07  | 1,061  | 1,125  | 1,138  | 1,186  | 1,265  | 1,298  | 1,466
| Fianna Fáil | Peter Keane | 9.89  | 869  | 895  | 908  | 921  | 965  | 1,264  | 1,358
| Labour | Niall McNelis | 9.08  | 798  | 837  | 865  | 904  | 959  | 1,011  | 1,346
| Fine Gael | John Mulholland*  | 8.85  | 778  | 843  | 861  | 884  | 962  | 1,043  | 1,167
| Green | Niall O Brolchain*  | 8.03  | 706  | 755  | 781  | 853  | 923  | 985  |
| Fianna Fáil | Val Hanley | 5.68  | 499  | 538  | 560  | 587  | 618  |  |
| Independent | A.J. Cahill  | 5.55  | 488  | 507  | 522  | 561  |  |  |
| Independent | Daniel Callanan*  | 3.86  | 339  | 364  | 394  |  |  |  |
| Sinn Féin | Tom Hanly  | 1.95  | 171  | 175  |  |  |  |  |
| Independent | Aidan McCabe  | 0.64  | 56  | 64  |  |  |  |  |
Electorate: 16,731  Valid: 8,788 (52.53%)  Spoilt: 89  Quota: 1,465  Turnout: 8,877 (53.06%)

## External links

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* Official website[permanent dead link]

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