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 Steady Decrease2 Steady
  Fourth party Fifth party
 
Party Sinn Féin Independent
Seats won 2 1
Seat change Increase1 Increase1
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).[1]

Results by party

Party Seats ± First Pref. votes FPv% ±%
Fine Gael 11 Steady 13,939 44.25
Fianna Fáil 5 Decrease2 8,079 25.65
Labour 4 Steady 4,369 13.87
Sinn Féin 2 Increase1 1,734 5.50
Independent 1 Increase1 3,067 9.74
Total 23 Steady 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%)  

References

  1. ^ "Volume 1: City and County Councils" (PDF). Local Elections 2009: Results, Transfer of Votes and Statistics. Department of the Environment, Heritage and Local Government. pp. 184–187. Archived from the original (PDF) on 8 May 2014.
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