2009 Mayo County Council election

2009 Mayo County Council election
5 June 2009
31 seats on Mayo County Council
  First party Second party Third party
 
Party Fine Gael Fianna Fáil Sinn Féin
Seats won 17 7 2
Seat change +2 -5 +1
  Fourth party Fifth party
 
Party Independent Labour
Seats won 5 0
Seat change +3 -1
Map showing the area of Mayo County Council
Council control after election

Fine Gael

An election to Mayo County Council took place on 5 June 2009 as part of that year's Irish local elections. 31 councillors were elected from six 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 17 +2 30,236 44.41
Fianna Fáil 7 -5 20,194 29.66
Sinn Féin 2 +1 4,906 7.21
Independent 5 +3 10,663 15.66
Labour 0 -1 2,092 3.07
Totals 31 - 68,091 100.00 —

Results by local electoral area

Ballina

Ballina - 6 seats
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4 5 6 7
Fine Gael Michelle Mulherin* 15.86 1,921            
Fianna Fáil Annie Mae Reape* 13.37 1,619 1,643 1,699 1,700 2,190    
Fine Gael Jarlath Munnelly* 12.56 1,521 1,574 1,725 1,732      
Fine Gael Eddie Staunton* 12.37 1,498 1,518 1,761        
Fine Gael Seamus Weir* 11.76 1,424 1,455 1,538 1,544 1,688 1,778  
Independent Gerry Ginty 9.44 1,143 1,162 1,308 1,310 1,481 1,557 1,578
Fianna Fáil Michael Loftus 8.33 1,009 1,012 1,182 1,195 1,344 1,533 1,559
Fianna Fáil Johnnie O'Malley* 8.28 1,003 1,026 1,079 1,080      
Labour David Moffatt 5.99 725 739          
Independent Bernard Flynn 2.06 249 252          
Electorate: 19,066   Valid: 12,112 (63.53%)   Spoilt: 146   Quota: 1,731   Turnout: 12,258 (64.29%)  

Belmullet

Belmullet - 4 seats
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4 5 6
Fianna Fáil Michael McNamara* 16.60 1,503 1,575 1,889      
Independent Michael Holmes* 15.59 1,412 1,493 1,668 1,711 1,847  
Fine Gael Gerry Coyle* 15.29 1,385 1,408 1,638 1,649 2,202  
Sinn Féin Rose Conway-Walsh 15.11 1,368 1,465 1,519 1,534 1,727 1,852
Fianna Fáil Tim Quinn* 12.48 1,130 1,164 1,166 1,169 1,307 1,417
Fine Gael Ian McAndrews 10.62 962 982 1,110 1,115    
Fine Gael Pat Kilbane 9.99 905 947        
Independent John Corrigan 2.37 215          
Independent James Padden 1.94 176          
Electorate: 13,694   Valid: 9,056 (66.13%)   Spoilt: 121   Quota: 1,812   Turnout: 9,177 (67.01%)  

Castlebar

Castlebar - 7 seats
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11
Independent Michael Kilcoyne 15.65 2,330                    
Fine Gael Henry Kenny* 12.97 1,927                    
Fianna Fáil Al McDonnell* 11.81 1,753 1,802 1,805 1,890              
Fine Gael Cyril Burke* 11.77 1,746 1,793 1,810 1,835 1,836 1,988          
Independent Frank Durcan 10.60 1,574 1,667 1,673 1,745 1,747 1,802 1,812 2,007      
Fine Gael Eugene McCormack 7.30 1,084 1,135 1,159 1,210 1,213 1,460 1,543 1,785 1,840 2,023  
Sinn Féin Thérése Ruane 6.07 902 958 961 998 1,002 1,050 1,053 1,219 1,255 1,383 1,426
Fianna Fáil K. Blackie Gavin 5.41 804 836 839 921 931 998 1,006 1,078 1,099 1,526 1,570
Labour Harry Barrett 5.15 765 806 809 857 858 923 942        
Fianna Fáil Michael Feeney 4.96 737 761 763 902 914 952 955 1,018 1,032    
Fine Gael Kevin Guthrie 4.34 645 685 695 724 726            
Fianna Fáil Aidan Crowley 3.96 588 607 608                
Electorate: 23,279   Valid: 14,848 (63.78%)   Spoilt: 163   Quota: 1,857   Turnout: 15,011 (64.48%)  

Claremorris

Claremorris - 6 seats
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4 5
Fine Gael Patsy O'Brien* 18.67 2,760        
Fine Gael John Cribbin* 13.40 1,981 2,010 2,030 2,141  
Independent Richard Finn 12.29 1,817 1,863 2,028 2,219  
Fine Gael Tom Connolly* 10.14 1,499 1,590 1,718 1,911 2,021
Fine Gael Michael Burke 9.44 1,396 1,573 1,584 1,609 1,999
Fianna Fáil Damien Ryan* 9.30 1,375 1,474 1,515 1,648 2,118
Fianna Fáil Michael Carty* 8.56 1,265 1,274 1,373 1,734 1,766
Independent Harry Walsh* 7.41 1,095 1,247 1,265 1,294  
Fianna Fáil Patrick McHugh* 6.26 925 950 1,107    
Fianna Fáil Gerard McHale 4.55 672 691      
Electorate: 21,780   Valid: 14,785 (67.88%)   Spoilt: 164   Quota: 2,113   Turnout: 14,949 (68.64%)  

Swinford

Swinford - 4 seats
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4
Sinn Féin Gerry Murray* 24.60 2,218      
Fianna Fáil Jimmy Maloney* 15.95 1,438 1,461 1,526 1,771
Fine Gael Eugene Lavin* 14.11 1,272 1,311 1,582 1,847
Fine Gael Joseph Mellett* 12.85 1,159 1,209 1,436 1,804
Fianna Fáil Michael Smyth 12.77 1,152 1,220 1,285 1,508
Fianna Fáil John Caulfield 10.40 938 1,038 1,173  
Fine Gael Cahal Henry 5.19 468 544    
Independent Sylvia Spain 2.20 198 221    
Independent John Healy 1.94 175 210    
Electorate: 13,732   Valid: 9,018 (65.67%)   Spoilt: 159   Quota: 1,804   Turnout: 9,177 (66.83%)  

Westport

Westport - 4 seats
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4 5 6
Fine Gael Peter Flynn* 20.50 1,694          
Fine Gael John O'Malley* 20.39 1,685          
Fianna Fáil Margaret Adams* 19.52 1,613 1,620 1,648 1,655    
Fine Gael Austin O'Malley* 15.78 1,304 1,321 1,367 1,384 1,465 1,830
Fianna Fáil Caroline Navin O'Malley 8.11 670 672 683 685 744  
Labour Keith Martin 7.28 602 611 712 715 912 976
Sinn Féin Dave Keating 5.06 418 421 471 473    
Independent Andy Wilson 2.55 211 212        
Independent Tom King 0.82 68 69        
Electorate: 12,420   Valid: 8,265 (66.55%)   Spoilt: 91   Quota: 1,654   Turnout: 8,356 (67.28%)  
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