2009 Kildare County Council election

2009 Kildare County Council election

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25 seats on Kildare County Council
  First party Second party Third party
 
Party Fine Gael Labour Fianna Fáil
Seats won 9 6 6
Seat change +2 +2 -4

  Fourth party Fifth party
 
Party Independent Green
Seats won 4 0
Seat change +1 -1

Map showing the area of Kildare County Council

Council control after election

TBD

An election to Kildare County Council took place on 5 June 2009 as part of that year's Irish local elections. 25 councillors were elected from five 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% ±%
Fine Gael 9 +2 19,292 28.47
Labour 6 +2 16,240 23.97
Fianna Fáil 6 -4 16,036 23.67
Independent 4 +1 13,685 20.20
Green 0 -1 2,507 3.70
Totals 25 - 67,760 100.00

Results by local electoral area

Athy

Athy - 4 seats
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4 5
Labour Mark Wall 28.72 3,284        
Fianna Fáil Martin Miley, Jnr* 19.06 2,180 2,344      
Fine Gael Martin Heydon 17.32 1,980 2,156 2,169 2,316  
Fianna Fáil Mark Dalton* 12.40 1,418 1,558 1,580 1,773 1,880
Fine Gael Richard Daly 9.34 1,068 1,273 1,282 1,502 2,086
Fine Gael Billy Hillis* 7.35 840 919 922 991  
Independent John Lawler 5.82 665 897 906    
Electorate: 22,177   Valid: 11,435 (51.56%)   Spoilt: 218   Quota: 2,288   Turnout: 11,653 (52.55%)  

Celbridge

Celbridge - 6 seats
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4 5 6 7
Independent Catherine Murphy* 25.82 4,499            
Labour Kevin Byrne* 16.86 2,937            
Labour John McGinley* 12.33 2,149 2,338 2,495        
Fine Gael Senan Griffin* 7.91 1,378 1,498 1,525 1,553 1,648 1,900 2,091
Fianna Fáil Paul Kelly* 6.44 1,122 1,291 1,306 1,320 2,005 2,132 2,472
Fine Gael Katie Ridge* 6.19 1,078 1,276 1,372 1,415 1,500 1,851 2,020
Labour Colm Purcell 5.92 1,032 1,555 1,626 1,725 1,769 2,005 2,444
Green Shane Fitzgerald 5.60 975 1,259 1,281 1,358 1,453 1,630  
Fine Gael Joe Neville 5.46 952 1,224 1,231 1,254 1,272    
Fianna Fáil Brid Feely 3.44 599 660 675 687      
Fianna Fáil Paul Ward 2.58 450 489 504 519      
Independent Ivan Farina 1.45 252 406 428        
Electorate: 35,078   Valid: 17,423 (49.67%)   Spoilt: 153   Quota: 2,490   Turnout: 17,576 (50.11%)  

Clane

Clane - 4 seats
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9
Fine Gael Brendan Weld* 21.60 2,288                
Fianna Fáil Liam Doyle* 11.85 1,255 1,264 1,276 1,325 1,361 1,720 1,825 2,388  
Independent Padraig McEvoy 11.43 1,211 1,269 1,292 1,518 1,601 1,647 1,790 2,071 2,180
Fianna Fáil P.J. Sheridan 9.25 980 986 1,004 1,008 1,045 1,265 1,380    
Independent Jim Reilly 8.90 943 972 976 996 1,037 1,134      
Fine Gael Seamus Langan 8.80 932 942 1,022 1,039 1,124 1,183 1,530 1,617 1,681
Fianna Fáil Daragh Fitzpatrick* 7.98 845 851 857 860 898        
Labour Chris Rowland 7.38 782 802 813 888 1,303 1,334 1,470 1,560 1,602
Labour Rose Devine 6.85 726 771 783 799          
Independent David Flanagan 3.80 402 426 429            
Independent Leo Armstrong 2.15 228                
Electorate: 20,439   Valid: 10,592 (51.82%)   Spoilt: 126   Quota: 2,119   Turnout: 10,718 (52.44%)  

Kildare

Kildare - 6 seats
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
Independent Paddy Kennedy 11.81 1,869 1,949 2,086 2,459            
Fianna Fáil Suzanne Doyle* 10.45 1,654 1,692 1,717 1,757 1,769 1,834 2,203 2,328    
Fine Gael Michael Nolan, Jnr* 9.99 1,582 1,620 1,671 1,798 1,846 2,100 2,357      
Fianna Fáil Fiona O'Loughlin* 9.54 1,511 1,562 1,586 1,638 1,659 1,881 2,410      
Fine Gael Tony O'Donnell 9.48 1,500 1,544 1,558 1,583 1,590 2,235        
Fine Gael Mark Stafford 9.28 1,469 1,518 1,528 1,549 1,564          
Fianna Fáil Pat Black* 8.94 1,415 1,444 1,473 1,578 1,597 1,617        
Labour Francis Browne* 8.48 1,343 1,424 1,513 1,620 1,657 1,782 1,885 1,896 1,942 1,974
Labour Adrian Kane 8.47 1,341 1,411 1,527 1,612 1,650 1,761 1,844 1,856 1,900 1,911
Independent Murty Aspell 5.53 876 937 1,013              
Sinn Féin Seán Downey 4.18 662 686                
Green John Hardy 2.32 367                  
Independent John Tierney 1.53 242                  
Electorate: 33,921   Valid: 15,831 (46.67%)   Spoilt: 240   Quota: 2,262   Turnout: 16,071 (47.38%)  

Naas

Naas - 5 seats
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4 5 6 7
Fine Gael Anthony Lawlor 16.08 2,113 2,140 2,207        
Fine Gael Darren Scully 16.07 2,112 2,151 2,222        
Labour Paddy McNamara* 13.83 1,817 1,838 1,930 2,420      
Independent Seamus Moore 12.42 1,632 1,688 1,952 2,086 2,174 2,194  
Fianna Fáil Willie Callaghan* 10.07 1,323 1,435 1,479 1,526 1,541 1,544 2,144
Green J.J. Power* 8.87 1,165 1,201 1,281 1,377 1,492 1,499 1,716
Fianna Fáil James Lawless 7.39 971 1,040 1,075 1,097 1,108 1,109  
Labour Pat McCarthy 6.31 829 847 908        
Independent Donal Corcoran 5.61 737 786          
Fianna Fáil Tiernach Cassidy 2.38 313            
Independent David Monaghan 0.98 129            
Electorate: 25,810   Valid: 13,141 (50.91%)   Spoilt: 135   Quota: 2,191   Turnout: 13,276 (51.44%)