2009 Waterford County Council election

2009 Waterford County Council election

5 June 2009
All 23 seats on Waterford County Council
First party Second party Third party   Party Fine Gael Fianna Fáil Labour Seats won 11 5 4 Seat change 2   Fourth party Fifth party   Party Sinn Féin Independent Seats won 2 1 Seat change 1 1
Area of Waterford County Council

An election to all 23 seats on Waterford County Council took place on 5 June 2009 as part of the 2009 Irish local elections. County Waterford was divided into four 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

Party		Seats	±	First Pref. votes	FPv%	±%
	Fine Gael	11		13,939	44.25
	Fianna Fáil	5	2	8,079	25.65
	Labour	4		4,369	13.87
	Sinn Féin	2	1	1,734	5.50
	Independent	1	1	3,067	9.74
Total		23		31,503	100.00	—

Results by local electoral area

Comeragh

Comeragh: 6 seats

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6	7
	Fine Gael	Liam Brazil*	21.01	1,732
	Fine Gael	Brendan Coffey*	17.29	1,429
	Fianna Fáil	Michael J. O'Ryan*	16.11	1,329
	Labour	Ger Barron*	12.39	1,020	1,169	1,221
	Fine Gael	Mary Greene*	10.43	860	1,108	1,227
	Fianna Fáil	John O'Leary	9.08	748	787	822	903	976	1,001	1,015
	Fianna Fáil	Benji Whelan	8.87	732	806	830	914	991	1,006	1,014
	Independent	Michael Flynn	4.82	398	441	461
Electorate: 13,086   Valid: 8,249 (63.04%)   Spoilt: 120   Quota: 1,179   Turnout: 8,369 (63.95%)

Dungarvan

Dungarvan: 6 seats

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6
	Fine Gael	Damien Geoghegan*	15.32	1,300
	Fine Gael	Pat Nugent*	14.31	1,214
	Sinn Féin	Brendan Mansfield*	11.52	978	991	1,047	1,084	1,279
	Labour	Billy Kyne*	11.30	959	974	1,029	1,071	1,130	1,141
	Fianna Fáil	Tom Cronin*	10.30	874	877	907	1,140	1,294
	Fine Gael	Tom Higgins*	8.79	746	769	909	982	1,071	1,100
	Labour	Teresa Wright*	8.72	740	755	800	857	974	989
	Independent	Seamus O'Donnell	8.48	720	724	789	830
	Fianna Fáil	Ollie Wilkinson	6.01	510	514	532
	Fine Gael	Jimmy Breathnach	5.24	445	455
Electorate: 13,856   Valid: 8,486 (61.24%)   Spoilt: 92   Quota: 1,213   Turnout: 8,578 (61.91%)

Lismore

Lismore: 4 seats

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4
	Fianna Fáil	James Tobin*	17.60	1,023	1,264
	Fine Gael	Nora Flynn*	16.05	933	1,009	1,020	1,170
	Fine Gael	Liam Curran	15.07	876	909	910	977
	Labour	John Pratt	14.38	836	892	902	1,059
	Fine Gael	Declan Doocey*	14.14	822	895	913	1,126
	Fianna Fáil	Bernard Leddy	11.68	679	806	867
	Fianna Fáil	Kevin Wilkinson*	11.08	644
Electorate: 9,548   Valid: 5,813 (60.88%)   Spoilt: 89   Quota: 1,163   Turnout: 5,902 (61.81%)

Tramore

Tramore: 7 seats

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9
	Fine Gael	John Carey*	12.43	1,113	1,118	1,129
	Fine Gael	Lola O'Sullivan*	9.55	855	864	880	899	944	1,016	1,113	1,115	1,144
	Fine Gael	Ann Marie Power*	9.48	849	856	871	904	955	994	1,099	1,099	1,122
	Labour	Paddy O'Callaghan*	9.09	814	840	860	870	895	962	1,060	1,061	1,087
	Independent	Joe Conway	8.69	778	793	821	844	907	965	1,067	1,069	1,104
	Fine Gael	Pat Barron	8.44	765	766	774	788	801	829	868	870	892
	Sinn Féin	Pat Fitzgerald	8.44	756	773	784	792	801	814	845	845	1,040
	Fianna Fáil	Pat Daly*	7.56	677	681	685	739	756	774	807	807	1,016
	Fianna Fáil	Geoff Power	6.92	620	620	622	660	669	677	694	695
	Independent	Blaise Hannigan	5.34	478	507	547	561	632	658
	Green	Stan Nangle	3.52	315	321	348	354	371
	Independent	Pat Finnerty	3.25	291	306	329	344
	Fianna Fáil	Joe O'Shea	2.71	243	247	249
	Independent	James McCartan	2.50	224	232
	Independent	Eddie Walsh	1.99	178
Electorate: 15,451   Valid: 8,956 (57.96%)   Spoilt: 97   Quota: 1,120   Turnout: 9,053 (58.59%)