2009 South Dublin County Council election

Part of the 2009 Irish local elections

2009 South Dublin County Council election

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All 26 seats on South Dublin County Council
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Party  | Labour | Fine Gael | Fianna Fáil
Seats won  | 9  | 8  | 4
Seat change  | +2  | +5  | -2

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| Fourth party  | Fifth party  | Sixth party
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Party  | Sinn Féin | People Before Profit | Independent
Seats won  | 3  | 1  | 1
Seat change  | 0  | +1  | -1

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| Seventh party  | Eighth party  | Ninth party
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Party  | Green | Socialist Party | Progressive Democrats
Seats won  | 0  | 0  | 0
Seat change  | -2  | -1  | -2

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Map showing the area of South Dublin County Council

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|  | Council control after election

TBD

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An election to South Dublin County Council took place on 5 June 2009 as part of that year's Irish local elections. 26 councillors were elected from five electoral divisions using the Single transferable vote system for a five-year term of office.

## Results by party[edit]

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

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| Labour | 9  | +2  | 21,813  | 24.13  |
| Fine Gael | 8  | +5  | 23,698 | 26.22 |
| Fianna Fáil | 4  | -2  | 15,290  | 16.92  |
| Sinn Féin | 3  | 0  | 9,661  | 10.69  |
| People Before Profit | 1  | +1  | 5,721  | 6.33  |
| Independent | 1  | -1  | 7,997  | 8.85  |
| Green | 0  | -2  | 3,345  | 3.70  |
| Socialist Party | 0  | -1  | 2,159  | 2.39  |
| Progressive Democrats | 0  | -2  | N/A | N/A |
Totals | 26 | 0  | 90,389  | 100.00 | —

## Results by local electoral area[edit]

### Clondalkin[edit]

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

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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10
| Labour | Robert Dowds*  | 15.66  | 2,449 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
| Fine Gael | Tony Delaney*  | 11.03  | 1,725  | 1,754  | 1,780  | 1,792  | 1,916  | 2,018  | 2,057  | 2,258 |  |
| Fine Gael | Therese Ridge*  | 10.07  | 1,575  | 1,600  | 1,623  | 1,657  | 1,742  | 1,813  | 1,857  | 2,092  | 2,188  | 2,294
| Sinn Féin | Matthew McDonagh | 9.61  | 1,502  | 1,507  | 1,511  | 1,546  | 1,564  | 1,574  | 1,767  | 1,936  | 2,896 |
| Fianna Fáil | Jim Daly*  | 8.02  | 1,254  | 1,256  | 1,267  | 1,268  | 1,372  | 1,531  | 1,541  | 1,568  | 1,595  | 1,617
| Sinn Féin | Shane O'Connor*  | 7.81  | 1,221  | 1,227  | 1,250  | 1,278  | 1,311  | 1,324  | 1,402  | 1,489  |  |
| People Before Profit | Gino Kenny | 7.27  | 1,137  | 1,151  | 1,179  | 1,218  | 1,270  | 1,292  | 1,471  | 1,703  | 1,838  | 2,203
| Fianna Fáil | Trevor Gilligan*  | 6.61  | 1,034  | 1,046  | 1,079  | 1,104  | 1,174  | 1,476  | 1,513  | 1,587  | 1,652  | 1,713
| Labour | Margaret McCarthy  | 5.90  | 922  | 1,019  | 1,055  | 1,088  | 1,200  | 1,224  | 1,324  |  |  |
| Fianna Fáil | Thyes Kavanagh  | 4.69  | 734  | 740  | 762  | 769  | 792  |  |  |  |  |
| Green | Dorothy Corrigan*  | 4.37  | 683  | 690  | 718  | 725  |  |  |  |  |  |
| Independent | John McCann  | 4.21  | 658  | 663  | 692  | 897  | 917  | 932  |  |  |  |
| Independent | Mark Ward  | 2.62  | 410  | 413  | 453  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
| Independent | Jim McHale  | 1.14  | 179  | 182  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
| Independent | Gbemi Shogunle  | 0.97  | 151  | 152  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Electorate: 36,859  Valid: 15,634 (42.42%)  Spoilt: 295  Quota: 2,234  Turnout: 15,929 (43.22%)

### Lucan[edit]

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

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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11
| Fine Gael | Derek Keating*  | 26.88  | 4,146 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
| Independent | Guss O'Connell*  | 13.89  | 2,143  | 2,244  | 2,253  | 2,316  | 2,402  | 2,526  | 2,689 |  |  |  |
| Labour | Eamon Tuffy*  | 11.66  | 1,799  | 2,123  | 2,155  | 2,206  | 2,269  | 2,438  | 2,493  | 2,511  | 2,727 |  |
| Fine Gael | William Lavelle | 8.47  | 1,307  | 1,939  | 1,957  | 2,022  | 2,057  | 2,122  | 2,191  | 2,207  | 2,340  | 2,608 |
| Fianna Fáil | Shane Moynihan  | 5.63  | 868  | 939  | 994  | 1,013  | 1,029  | 1,062  | 1,495  | 1,537  | 1,625  | 1,810  | 1,834
| Labour | Caitriona Jones*  | 5.55  | 856  | 969  | 1,006  | 1,054  | 1,132  | 1,257  | 1,309  | 1,319  | 1,471  | 1,944  | 2,040
| Fianna Fáil | Edno Cooney  | 4.89  | 754  | 783  | 940  | 946  | 968  | 985  |  |  |  |  |
| Green | Kevin Farrell  | 4.77  | 736  | 840  | 865  | 936  | 994  | 1,057  | 1,125  | 1,139  | 1,310  |  |
| Workers' Party | Mick Finnegan  | 4.57  | 705  | 745  | 752  | 774  | 871  |  |  |  |  |  |
| Independent | Jim Doyle  | 3.71  | 572  | 632  | 638  | 811  | 885  | 1,037  | 1,081  | 1,088  |  |  |
| Sinn Féin | Robert Ballesty  | 3.68  | 568  | 588  | 597  | 610  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
| Independent | Tom Dowling  | 3.39  | 523  | 587  | 594  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
| Fianna Fáil | Shaleem Ahmed  | 2.90  | 448  | 465  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Electorate: 30,945  Valid: 15,425 (49.85%)  Spoilt: 178  Quota: 2,571  Turnout: 15,603 (50.42%)

### Rathfarnam[edit]

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

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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6
| Fine Gael | Cáit Keane*  | 21.01  | 3,639 |  |  |  |  |
| Fianna Fáil | John Lahart*  | 20.81  | 3,605 |  |  |  |  |
| Labour | Paddy Cosgrave*  | 19.80  | 3,431  | 3,460  | 3,482 |  |  |
| Fine Gael | Emma Coburn | 17.44  | 3,022  | 3,138  | 3,158  | 3,230  | 3,330  | 3,516
| Independent | Vincent Kenny  | 6.31  | 1,093  | 1,100  | 1,110  | 1,282  | 1,435  | 1,509
| Green | Elizabeth Davidson  | 5.66  | 981  | 992  | 1,006  | 1,056  | 1,172  | 1,348
| Fianna Fáil | John Phelan  | 3.45  | 597  | 603  | 670  | 687  | 720  |
| Sinn Féin | Sorcha Nic Cormaic  | 3.18  | 551  | 553  | 556  | 586  |  |
| Independent | Gerard Dolan  | 1.32  | 228  | 229  | 231  |  |  |
| Independent | Frank O'Gorman  | 1.02  | 177  | 179  | 181  |  |  |
Electorate: 32,136  Valid: 17,324 (53.91%)  Spoilt: 190  Quota: 3,465  Turnout: 17,514 (54.50%)

### Tallaght Central[edit]

Tallaght Central - 6 seats  Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count

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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9
| Labour | Mick Duff | 13.15  | 3,125  | 3,151  | 3,206  | 3,287  | 3,373  | 3,460 |  |  |
| Fine Gael | Colm Brophy*  | 12.98  | 3,085  | 3,094  | 3,170  | 3,211  | 3,307  | 3,369  | 3,378  | 4,270 |
| Sinn Féin | Seán Crowe*  | 11.42  | 2,715  | 2,759  | 2,787  | 2,844  | 3,006  | 3,050  | 3,061  | 3,194  | 3,441
| Labour | Pamela Kearns | 11.12  | 2,643  | 2,664  | 2,733  | 2,808  | 2,925  | 2,986  | 2,998  | 3,181  | 3,275
| Labour | Dermot Looney | 9.80  | 2,329  | 2,346  | 2,382  | 2,418  | 2,849  | 2,894  | 2,902  | 3,105  | 3,318
| Socialist Party | Mick Murphy*  | 9.08  | 2,159  | 2,205  | 2,226  | 2,320  | 2,628  | 2,684  | 2,692  | 2,883  | 2,940
| Fianna Fáil | Eamonn Walsh | 7.44  | 1,768  | 1,777  | 1,816  | 1,851  | 1,899  | 3,098  | 3,108  | 3,195  | 3,241
| Fine Gael | Gay Kelly  | 7.02  | 1,668  | 1,682  | 1,706  | 1,737  | 1,794  | 1,848  | 1,854  |  |
| Fianna Fáil | Joe Neville*  | 6.65  | 1,580  | 1,594  | 1,621  | 1,653  | 1,700  |  |  |  |
| People Before Profit | Pat Dunne  | 5.56  | 1,346  | 1,357  | 1,404  | 1,495  |  |  |  |  |
| Independent | David Hutchinson-Edgar  | 2.36  | 562  | 630  | 655  |  |  |  |  |  |
| Green | Arthur Doohan  | 2.02  | 479  | 488  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
| Independent | Ray Kelly  | 1.30  | 309  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Electorate: 44,783  Valid: 23,768 (53.07%)  Spoilt: 295  Quota: 3,396  Turnout: 24,063 (53.73%)

### Tallaght South[edit]

Tallaght South - 5 seats  Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count

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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8
| Labour | Eamonn Maloney*  | 15.40  | 2,344  | 2,377  | 2,445  | 2,499  | 2,540 |  |  |
| Sinn Féin | Cathal King*  | 15.19  | 2,312  | 2,347  | 2,376  | 2,427  | 2,981 |  |  |
| Fine Gael | Brian Lawlor | 12.65  | 1,926  | 1,962  | 1,997  | 2,042  | 2,076  | 2,105  | 2,219  | 2,296
| Labour | Marie Corr*  | 12.58  | 1,915  | 2,000  | 2,148  | 2,193  | 2,318  | 2,452  | 2,799 |
| Fine Gael | Karen Warren*  | 10.87  | 1,655  | 1,680  | 1,724  | 1,793  | 1,816  | 1,863  | 2,108  | 2,196
| Fianna Fáil | John Hannon*  | 10.13  | 1,542  | 1,616  | 1,647  | 2,038  | 2,060  | 2,087  | 2,167  | 2,211
| Independent | Baby Perrepadan  | 5.25  | 799  | 877  | 1,032  | 1,091  | 1,118  | 1,216  |  |
| Sinn Féin | Sinead Cooke  | 5.20  | 792  | 817  | 844  | 878  |  |  |  |
| Fianna Fáil | Tara de Buitlear  | 4.66  | 710  | 804  | 828  |  |  |  |  |
| Green | Tendai Madondo  | 4.18  | 636  | 674  |  |  |  |  |  |
| Fianna Fáil | Dermot Flanagan  | 2.60  | 396  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
| Independent | Frank O'Gorman  | 1.27  | 193  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Electorate: 35,234  Valid: 15,220 (43.20%)  Spoilt: 217  Quota: 2,537  Turnout: 15,437 (43.81%)

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