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2009 Fingal County Council election
← 2004 5 June 2009 2014 →
24 seats on Fingal County Council
  First party Second party Third party
 
Party Labour Fine Gael Fianna Fáil
Seats won 9 6 4
Seat change +3 +1 -
  Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party
 
Party Socialist Party Independent Green
Seats won 3 2 0
Seat change +1 - -3
  Seventh party Eighth party
 
Party Sinn Féin Progressive Democrats
Seats won 0 0
Seat change -1 -1
Map showing the area of Fingal County Council
Council control after election

TBD

An election to Fingal County Council took place on 5 June 2009 as part of that year's Irish local elections. 24 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).

Results by party

Party Seats ± First Pref. votes FPv% ±%
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
Independent 2 - 10,285 12.50
Green 0 -3 4,861 5.91
Sinn Féin 0 -1 4,037 4.91
Progressive Democrats 0 -1 - -
Totals 24 - 82,282 100.0 —

Results by Electoral Area

Balbriggan

Balbriggan - 5 seats
Party Candidate FPv% Count
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

Castleknock - 4 seats
Party Candidate FPv% Count
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

Howth-Malahide - 5 seats
Party Candidate FPv% Count
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  
Independent 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%)  

Mulhuddart

Mulhuddart - 4 seats
Party Candidate FPv% Count
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

Swords - 5 seats
Party Candidate FPv% Count
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%)  
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