2009 Fingal County Council election

Fingal County Council election, 2009
All 24 seats to Fingal County Council
	Map showing the area of Fingal County Council
	Council control after election ; TBD;

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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 electoral divisions by PR-STV voting for a five-year term of office.

Results by party

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Party		Seats	±	First Pref. votes	FPv%	±%
Labour	6	-	14,654	17.92
Fine Gael	5	-	17,641	21.57
Fianna Fáil	4	-2	16,817	20.56
Green	3	+2	6,423	7.85
Socialist Party	2	-	6,978	8.53
Progressive Democrats	1	-	4,687	5.73
Sinn Féin	1	+1	4,075	4.98
Independent	2	-1	6,434	7.87
Totals		24	-	81,784	100%	—

Results by Electoral Area

Balbriggan

Balbriggan - 5 seats
Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
Party		Candidate	FPv%	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
Party		Candidate	FPv%	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
Party		Candidate	FPv%	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
Party		Candidate	FPv%	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
Party		Candidate	FPv%	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11
	Socialist Party	Clare Daly*	16.51	2,763	2,783	2,815
	Fianna Fáil	Michael Kennedy*	13.54	2,266	2,293	2,359	2,389	2,413	2,496	2,613	2,735	3,505
	Labour	Gerry McGuire*	9.00	1,506	1,512	1,539	1,553	1,753	1,814	1,872	2,001	2,040	2,098	2,419
	Labour	Ken Farrell	8.22	1,375	1,475	1,484	1,501	1,511	1,549	1,572	1,649	1,697	1,727
	Fine Gael	Anne Devitt*	7.45	1,246	1,277	1,324	1,337	1,394	1,740	1,814	1,871	2,070	2,204	2,408
	Labour	Tom Kelleher*	7.34	1,228	1,231	1,262	1,300	1,321	1,398	1,551	1,697	1,810	1,891	2,408
	Fianna Fáil	Martina Coombes	7.30	1,222	1,230	1,273	1,285	1,316	1,353	1,438	1,519
	Sinn Féin	Matt McCormack	5.95	995	1,001	1,012	1,091	1,101	1,118	1,239
	Green	Kenneth Duffy	5.79	968	988	1,033	1,089	1,143	1,221	1,353	1,588	1,713	1,800	1,992
	Independent	Joe O'Neill	4.94	826	827	863	936	942	982
	Fine Gael	Sean Dolphin*	4.05	678	713	740	749	847
	Fine Gael	Bob Dowling	3.09	517	536	550	554
	Socialist Party	Michael O'Brien	2.59	433	433	441
	Progressive Democrats	Mary O'Donnell	2.43	407	421
	Fine Gael	Emer Kernan	1.80	301
Electorate: 30,694 Valid: 16,731 (54.51%) Spoilt: 317 Quota: 2,789 Turnout: 17,048 (55.54%)

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