2009 Louth County Council election

2009 Louth County Council election
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26 seats on Louth County Council
  First party Second party Third party
 
Party Fine Gael Sinn Féin Fianna Fáil
Seats won 8 6 5
Seat change +1 +1 -4
  Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party
 
Party Labour Green Independent
Seats won 2 1 4
Seat change +1 +1 0
Map showing the area of Louth County Council
Council control after election

TBD

An election to Louth County Council took place on 5 June 2009 as part of that year's Irish local elections. 26 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).[1]

Results by party

Party Seats ± First Pref. votes FPv% ±%
Fine Gael 8 +1 13,633 27.32
Sinn Féin 6 +1 8,731 17.50
Fianna Fáil 5 -4 11,753 23.55
Labour 2 +1 5,553 11.13
Green 1 +1 3,536 7.09
Independent 4 0 6,694 13.41
Totals 26 0 49,900 100.00 —

Results by local electoral area

Ardee

Ardee - 5 seats
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9
Sinn Féin Pearse McGeough* 14.89 1,536 1,547 1,569 1,594 1,689 1,712 1,768    
Fianna Fáil Liam Reilly* 11.93 1,231 1,234 1,239 1,241 1,265 1,382 1,427 1,482 1,580
Fine Gael Jim Lennon* 11.05 1,140 1,147 1,159 1,172 1,181 1,194 1,234 1,303 1,496
Fine Gael Colm Markey 10.37 1,070 1,077 1,104 1,208 1,286 1,300 1,387 1,439 1,577
Fianna Fáil Thomas Clare* 8.65 892 903 948 984 1,042 1,151 1,220 1,280 1,389
Fine Gael Finnan McCoy* 8.56 883 889 900 946 965 1,038 1,160 1,366 1,600
Labour Leonard Hatrick 6.92 714 740 762 776 798 870 995 1,212  
Green Mary Kavanagh 6.16 635 658 676 678 692 731      
Independent Jim Tenanty 6.00 619 637 659 666 728 804 898    
Fianna Fáil Fintan Malone 5.43 560 569 571 575 580        
Independent Jim Levins 3.60 371 379 412 428          
Fine Gael Tommy McCabe 2.59 267 269 293            
Independent Paul Drumgoole 2.23 230 258              
Independent Albert Byrne 1.63 168                
Electorate: 17,501   Valid: 10,316 (58.95%)   Spoilt: 137   Quota: 1,720   Turnout: 10,453 (59.73%)  

Drogheda East

Drogheda East - 6 seats
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9
Labour Gerald Nash* 20.60 2,142                
Fianna Fáil James Carroll* 14.38 1,495                
Fine Gael Michael O'Dowd* 13.14 1,366 1,570              
Sinn Féin Imelda Munster* 12.50 1,300 1,399 1,408 1,437 1,493        
Fine Gael Oliver Tully* 12.01 1,249 1,329 1,362 1,384 1,444 1,541      
Fianna Fáil Tommy Byrne 7.37 766 802 808 819 835 1,039 1,146 1,182 1,188
Independent Frank Godfrey 7.21 750 870 882 897 947 1,006 1,178 1,196 1,199
Fine Gael Richie Culhane 4.38 455 502 515 525 554 571      
Fianna Fáil Jacqui McConville* 4.18 435 446 446 458 472        
Green Yinka Dixon Oludaiye 2.51 261 290 294 375          
Green Rachel Pearson 1.71 178 208 215            
Electorate: 19,658   Valid: 10,397 (52.89%)   Spoilt: 139   Quota: 1,486   Turnout: 10,536 (53.60%)  

Drogheda West

Drogheda West - 4 seats
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4
Labour Paul Bell 26.07 1,904      
Fine Gael Anthony Donohoe* 16.43 1,200 1,310 1,397 1,560
Sinn Féin Paddy McQuillan 14.38 1,050 1,124 1,171 1,452
Fianna Fáil Frank Maher* 12.36 903 957 1,206 1,341
Fine Gael Kevin Callan 11.71 855 930 1,006 1,166
Independent Ken O'Heiligh* 10.64 777 862 965  
Green Michael McKeon 4.29 313 344    
Fianna Fáil Joe Lynch 4.13 302 316    
Electorate: 13,562   Valid: 7,304 (53.86%)   Spoilt: 124   Quota: 1,461   Turnout: 7,428 (54.77%)  

Dundalk-Carlingford

Dundalk-Carlingford - 5 seats
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
Fianna Fáil Peter Savage* 15.62 1,643 1,676 1,702 1,748 1,815      
Fine Gael Terry Brennan* 13.90 1,462 1,567 1,617 1,695 1,789      
Independent Jim Ryan* 13.15 1,383 1,403 1,462 1,554 1,674 1,680 2,054  
Sinn Féin Jim Loughran* 12.61 1,326 1,344 1,371 1,422 1,474 1,476 1,541 1,572
Sinn Féin Edel Corrigan 12.20 1,283 1,291 1,324 1,340 1,423 1,426 1,526 1,577
Fianna Fáil Conor Keelan 9.76 1,026 1,032 1,044 1,071 1,121 1,136 1,237 1,322
Fine Gael Eamonn O'Boyle 6.98 734 822 854 890 964 967    
Green Paraic McKevitt 5.72 601 622 683 717        
Independent Pat Keenan 3.66 385 394 420          
Labour Frank O'Brien 3.30 347 356            
Fine Gael Michael Woods 3.10 326              
Electorate: 18,649   Valid: 10,516 (56.39%)   Spoilt: 164   Quota: 1,753   Turnout: 10,680 (57.27%)  

Dundalk South

Dundalk South - 6 seats
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
Sinn Féin Tomás Sharkey* 19.43 2,236                  
Fine Gael Jim D'Arcy* 16.63 1,914                  
Independent Martin Bellew* 12.56 1,456 1,582 1,608 1,632 1,708          
Green Mark Dearey 12.58 1,448 1,555 1,601 1,635 1,680          
Fianna Fáil Declan Breathnach* 11.87 1,366 1,423 1,438 1,532 1,543 1,578 1,584      
Fianna Fáil Donal Lynch* 8.46 974 1,005 1,048 1,136 1,148 1,180 1,180 1,182 1,258 1,265
Fine Gael Benedicta Attoh 5.09 586 629 728 741 772 891 900 905    
Independent Alan Grehan 4.82 555 631 649 666 719 899 929 944 1,235 1,269
Labour Ciaran O Mathúna 3.88 446 492 510 519 569          
Fianna Fáil Frances Rocks 2.49 286 309 314              
Workers' Party Peter Short 2.09 241 317 321 330            
Electorate: 20,476   Valid: 11,508 (56.20%)   Spoilt: 172   Quota: 1,645   Turnout: 11,680 (57.04%)  

References

  1. ^ "Louth County Council: 2009 Local Election". irelandelection.com. Retrieved 3 February 2024.