2009 Mayo County Council election

Part of the 2009 Irish local elections

2009 Mayo County Council election

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31 seats on Mayo County Council
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Party  | Fine Gael | Fianna Fáil | Sinn Féin
Seats won  | 17 | 7  | 2
Seat change  | +2 | -5  | +1

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| Fourth party  | Fifth party
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Party  | Independent | Labour
Seats won  | 5  | 0
Seat change  | +3  | -1

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Map showing the area of Mayo County Council

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|  | Council control after election

Fine Gael

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An election to Mayo County Council took place on 5 June 2009 as part of that year's Irish local elections. 31 councillors were elected from six 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). [1]

## Results by party

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

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| Fine Gael | 17 | +2 | 30,236 | 44.41 |
| Fianna Fáil | 7  | -5  | 20,194  | 29.66  |
| Sinn Féin | 2  | +1  | 4,906  | 7.21  |
| Independent | 5  | +3  | 10,663  | 15.66  |
| Labour | 0  | -1  | 2,092  | 3.07  |
Totals | 31 | \-  | 68,091  | 100.00 | —

## Results by local electoral area

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### Ballina

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Ballina - 6 seats  Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count

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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7
| Fine Gael | Michelle Mulherin*  | 15.86  | 1,921 |  |  |  |  |  |
| Fianna Fáil | Annie Mae Reape*  | 13.37  | 1,619  | 1,643  | 1,699  | 1,700  | 2,190 |  |
| Fine Gael | Jarlath Munnelly*  | 12.56  | 1,521  | 1,574  | 1,725  | 1,732 |  |  |
| Fine Gael | Eddie Staunton*  | 12.37  | 1,498  | 1,518  | 1,761 |  |  |  |
| Fine Gael | Seamus Weir*  | 11.76  | 1,424  | 1,455  | 1,538  | 1,544  | 1,688  | 1,778 |
| Independent | Gerry Ginty | 9.44  | 1,143  | 1,162  | 1,308  | 1,310  | 1,481  | 1,557  | 1,578
| Fianna Fáil | Michael Loftus  | 8.33  | 1,009  | 1,012  | 1,182  | 1,195  | 1,344  | 1,533  | 1,559
| Fianna Fáil | Johnnie O'Malley*  | 8.28  | 1,003  | 1,026  | 1,079  | 1,080  |  |  |
| Labour | David Moffatt  | 5.99  | 725  | 739  |  |  |  |  |
| Independent | Bernard Flynn  | 2.06  | 249  | 252  |  |  |  |  |
Electorate: 19,066  Valid: 12,112 (63.53%)  Spoilt: 146  Quota: 1,731  Turnout: 12,258 (64.29%)

### Belmullet

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

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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6
| Fianna Fáil | Michael McNamara*  | 16.60  | 1,503  | 1,575  | 1,889 |  |  |
| Independent | Michael Holmes*  | 15.59  | 1,412  | 1,493  | 1,668  | 1,711  | 1,847 |
| Fine Gael | Gerry Coyle*  | 15.29  | 1,385  | 1,408  | 1,638  | 1,649  | 2,202 |
| Sinn Féin | Rose Conway-Walsh | 15.11  | 1,368  | 1,465  | 1,519  | 1,534  | 1,727  | 1,852
| Fianna Fáil | Tim Quinn*  | 12.48  | 1,130  | 1,164  | 1,166  | 1,169  | 1,307  | 1,417
| Fine Gael | Ian McAndrews  | 10.62  | 962  | 982  | 1,110  | 1,115  |  |
| Fine Gael | Pat Kilbane  | 9.99  | 905  | 947  |  |  |  |
| Independent | John Corrigan  | 2.37  | 215  |  |  |  |  |
| Independent | James Padden  | 1.94  | 176  |  |  |  |  |
Electorate: 13,694  Valid: 9,056 (66.13%)  Spoilt: 121  Quota: 1,812  Turnout: 9,177 (67.01%)

### Castlebar

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Castlebar - 7 seats  Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count

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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11
| Independent | Michael Kilcoyne | 15.65  | 2,330 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
| Fine Gael | Henry Kenny*  | 12.97  | 1,927 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
| Fianna Fáil | Al McDonnell*  | 11.81  | 1,753  | 1,802  | 1,805  | 1,890 |  |  |  |  |  |  |
| Fine Gael | Cyril Burke*  | 11.77  | 1,746  | 1,793  | 1,810  | 1,835  | 1,836  | 1,988 |  |  |  |  |
| Independent | Frank Durcan | 10.60  | 1,574  | 1,667  | 1,673  | 1,745  | 1,747  | 1,802  | 1,812  | 2,007 |  |  |
| Fine Gael | Eugene McCormack | 7.30  | 1,084  | 1,135  | 1,159  | 1,210  | 1,213  | 1,460  | 1,543  | 1,785  | 1,840  | 2,023 |
| Sinn Féin | Thérése Ruane  | 6.07  | 902  | 958  | 961  | 998  | 1,002  | 1,050  | 1,053  | 1,219  | 1,255  | 1,383  | 1,426
| Fianna Fáil | K. Blackie Gavin | 5.41  | 804  | 836  | 839  | 921  | 931  | 998  | 1,006  | 1,078  | 1,099  | 1,526  | 1,570
| Labour | Harry Barrett  | 5.15  | 765  | 806  | 809  | 857  | 858  | 923  | 942  |  |  |  |
| Fianna Fáil | Michael Feeney  | 4.96  | 737  | 761  | 763  | 902  | 914  | 952  | 955  | 1,018  | 1,032  |  |
| Fine Gael | Kevin Guthrie  | 4.34  | 645  | 685  | 695  | 724  | 726  |  |  |  |  |  |
| Fianna Fáil | Aidan Crowley  | 3.96  | 588  | 607  | 608  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Electorate: 23,279  Valid: 14,848 (63.78%)  Spoilt: 163  Quota: 1,857  Turnout: 15,011 (64.48%)

### Claremorris

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Claremorris- 6 seats  Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count

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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5
| Fine Gael | Patsy O'Brien*  | 18.67  | 2,760 |  |  |  |
| Fine Gael | John Cribbin*  | 13.40  | 1,981  | 2,010  | 2,030  | 2,141 |
| Independent | Richard Finn | 12.29  | 1,817  | 1,863  | 2,028  | 2,219 |
| Fine Gael | Tom Connolly*  | 10.14  | 1,499  | 1,590  | 1,718  | 1,911  | 2,021
| Fine Gael | Michael Burke | 9.44  | 1,396  | 1,573  | 1,584  | 1,609  | 1,999
| Fianna Fáil | Damien Ryan*  | 9.30  | 1,375  | 1,474  | 1,515  | 1,648  | 2,118
| Fianna Fáil | Michael Carty*  | 8.56  | 1,265  | 1,274  | 1,373  | 1,734  | 1,766
| Independent | Harry Walsh*  | 7.41  | 1,095  | 1,247  | 1,265  | 1,294  |
| Fianna Fáil | Patrick McHugh*  | 6.26  | 925  | 950  | 1,107  |  |
| Fianna Fáil | Gerard McHale  | 4.55  | 672  | 691  |  |  |
Electorate: 21,780  Valid: 14,785 (67.88%)  Spoilt: 164  Quota: 2,113  Turnout: 14,949 (68.64%)

### Swinford

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

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1 | 2 | 3 | 4
| Sinn Féin | Gerry Murray*  | 24.60  | 2,218 |  |  |
| Fianna Fáil | Jimmy Maloney*  | 15.95  | 1,438  | 1,461  | 1,526  | 1,771
| Fine Gael | Eugene Lavin*  | 14.11  | 1,272  | 1,311  | 1,582  | 1,847
| Fine Gael | Joseph Mellett*  | 12.85  | 1,159  | 1,209  | 1,436  | 1,804
| Fianna Fáil | Michael Smyth  | 12.77  | 1,152  | 1,220  | 1,285  | 1,508
| Fianna Fáil | John Caulfield  | 10.40  | 938  | 1,038  | 1,173  |
| Fine Gael | Cahal Henry  | 5.19  | 468  | 544  |  |
| Independent | Sylvia Spain  | 2.20  | 198  | 221  |  |
| Independent | John Healy  | 1.94  | 175  | 210  |  |
Electorate: 13,732  Valid: 9,018 (65.67%)  Spoilt: 159  Quota: 1,804  Turnout: 9,177 (66.83%)

### Westport

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

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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6
| Fine Gael | Peter Flynn*  | 20.50  | 1,694 |  |  |  |  |
| Fine Gael | John O'Malley*  | 20.39  | 1,685 |  |  |  |  |
| Fianna Fáil | Margaret Adams*  | 19.52  | 1,613  | 1,620  | 1,648  | 1,655 |  |
| Fine Gael | Austin O'Malley*  | 15.78  | 1,304  | 1,321  | 1,367  | 1,384  | 1,465  | 1,830
| Fianna Fáil | Caroline Navin O'Malley  | 8.11  | 670  | 672  | 683  | 685  | 744  |
| Labour | Keith Martin  | 7.28  | 602  | 611  | 712  | 715  | 912  | 976
| Sinn Féin | Dave Keating  | 5.06  | 418  | 421  | 471  | 473  |  |
| Independent | Andy Wilson  | 2.55  | 211  | 212  |  |  |  |
| Independent | Tom King  | 0.82  | 68  | 69  |  |  |  |
Electorate: 12,420  Valid: 8,265 (66.55%)  Spoilt: 91  Quota: 1,654  Turnout: 8,356 (67.28%)

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