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2009 Fingal County Council election
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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 Increase3 Increase1 Steady
  Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party
 
Party Socialist Party Independent Green
Seats won 3 2 0
Seat change Increase1 Steady Decrease3
  Seventh party
 
Party Sinn Féin
Seats won 0
Seat change Decrease1
Map showing the area of Fingal County Council
Council control after election

TBD

An election to all 24 seats on Fingal County Council took place on 5 June 2009 as part of the 2009 Irish local elections. Fingal was divided into 5 local electoral areas (LEAs) to elect councillors 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 ± 1st pref FPv% ±%
Labour 9 Increase3 21,117 25.66
Fine Gael 6 Increase1 17,133 20.82
Fianna Fáil 4 Steady 13,347 16.22
Socialist Party 3 Increase1 11,502 13.98
Green 0 Decrease3 4,861 5.91
Sinn Féin 0 Decrease1 4,037 4.91
Seniors Solidarity 0 Steady 1,319 1.60
Progressive Democrats — Decrease1 — —
Independent 2 Steady 8,966 10.90
Total 24 Steady 82,282 100.00 —

Results by local electoral area

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Balbriggan

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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

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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

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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  
Seniors Solidarity Party 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%)  

The Seniors Solidarity Party was founded in November 2008 by John Wolfe following changes to the medical card changes in the 2009 budget.[1] It was registered to contest local elections in Dublin.[2] This was the only election it contested. In December 2014, the registrar of political parties proposed to cancel its registration.[3]

Mulhuddart

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Mulhuddart - 5 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

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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%)  

References

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Sources

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  • Department of the Environment, Heritage and Local Government (2010). "Volume 1: City and County Councils". Local Elections 2009: Results, Transfer of Votes and Statistics (PDF). Dublin: Stationery Office. ISBN 9781406425109. Archived from the original (PDF) on 8 May 2014.

Citations

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  1. ^ "John Wolfe, Senior Solidarity Party". Fingal Independent. 20 May 2009. Archived from the original on 29 May 2009. Retrieved 25 May 2009.
  2. ^ "Register of Political Parties". Iris Oifigiúil. 2009 (18): 280. 3 March 2009.
  3. ^ "Register of Political Parties". Iris Oifigiúil. 2014 (103): 3017. 26 December 2014.
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