2009 Cork County Council election

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2009 Cork County Council election

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All 48 seats to Cork County Council
First party Second party Third party   Party Fine Gael Fianna Fáil Labour Seats won 22 12 7 Seat change 2 4 2 Popular vote 61,025 54,030 16,729 Percentage 37.19% 32.93% 10.19%   Fourth party Fifth party   Party Sinn Féin Independent Seats won 1 6 Seat change 4 Popular vote 10,079 13,059 Percentage 6.14% 7.96%
Map showing the area of Cork County Council

An election to Cork County Council took place on 5 June 2009 as part of that year's Irish local elections. 48 councillors were elected from ten electoral divisions by PR-STV voting for a five-year term of office.

Results by party[]

Party		Seats	±	First Pref. votes	FPv%	±%
	Fine Gael	22	2	61,025	37.19
	Fianna Fáil	12	4	54,030	32.93
	Labour	7	2	16,729	10.19
	Sinn Féin	1		10,079	6.14
	Independent	6	4	13,059	7.96
Totals		48	-	164,093	100.0	—

Results by Electoral Area[]

Bandon[]

Bandon - 3 seats

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5
	Fianna Fáil	Alan Coleman*	25.65	3,370
	Fine Gael	Kevin Murphy*	23.46	3,106	3,130	3,553
	Fine Gael	Veronica Neville*	19.27	2,531	2,564	2,831	3,005	3,050
	Labour	Gearoid Buckley	16.95	2,226	2,300	2,861	2,955	2,995
	Sinn Féin	Rachel McCarthy	7.45	979	1,011
	Independent	Edmund Butler	5.03	661	715
	Independent	Festus Asemota	2.00	263
Electorate: 22,126   Valid: 13,136 (59.37%)   Spoilt: 175   Quota: 3,285   Turnout: 13,311 (60.16%)

Bantry[]

Bantry - 5 seats

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6	7
	Fianna Fáil	Danny Crowley*	15.68	1,889	1,914	1,924	1,970	2,062
	Fine Gael	Mary Hegarty	15.16	1,827	1,846	1,923	2,038
	Fine Gael	Dermot Sheehan*	14.16	1,706	1,729	1,803	1,838	1,928	1,932	2,206
	Fianna Fáil	Patrick Murphy*	12.38	1,491	1,509	1,517	1,555	1,657	1,673	2,065
	Fine Gael	Noel Harrington*	11.95	1,440	1,484	1,509	1,537	1,617	1,629	1,691
	Fine Gael	John P. O'Shea*	8.08	973	979	997	1,050	1,182	1,189	1,239
	Fianna Fáil	Michael Kingston	7.51	905	924	948	981	1,051	1,065
	Independent	Anne O'Leary	5.28	636	690	756	871
	Independent	Joe Burke	3.85	464	497	524
	Labour	Jose Ospina	3.24	390	427
	Sinn Féin	Sam Simpson	1.63	196
	Independent	Michael O'Sullivan	0.88	106
	Independent	Mecky McBrearty	0.21	25
Electorate: 18,616   Valid: 12,048 (64.72%)   Spoilt: 152   Quota: 2,009   Turnout: 12,200 (65.54%)

Blarney[]

Blarney - 4 seats

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4
	Labour	John Gilroy*	24.10	4,538
	Fine Gael	Pat Burton	19.50	3,671	3,772
	Fine Gael	Gerry Kelly*	18.82	3,543	3,911
	Fianna Fáil	Dan Fleming*	13.28	2,520	2,544	2,621	3,512
	Independent	Kevin Conway	10.82	2,038	2,136	2,768	2,990
	Fianna Fáil	Michael Burns	7.60	1,431	1,515	1,584
	Sinn Féin	John Stanton	5.77	1,087	1,184
Electorate: 34,580   Valid: 18,828 (54.45%)   Spoilt: 234   Quota: 3,766   Turnout: 19,062 (55.12%)

Carrigaline[]

Carrigaline - 6 seats

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9
	Fianna Fáil	Seamus McGrath*	17.00	3,996
	Fine Gael	Deirdre Forde*	16.83	3,956
	Fine Gael	Tim Lombard*	14.30	3,363
	Fine Gael	John A. Collins*	12.35	2,904	2,975	3,119	3,243	3,336	3,342	4,003
	Labour	Paula Desmond*	11.87	2,791	2,868	2,975	3,097	3,379
	Sinn Féin	Donnchadh O Laoghaire	6.39	1,502	1,534	1,559	1,602	1,645	1,646	1,769	1,815	2,039
	Independent	David Boyle	5.08	1,194	1,222	1,273	1,492	1,610	1,616	1,816	2,009	2,410
	Fianna Fáil	Padraig Martin	5.08	1,194	1,523	1,572	1,607	1,667	1,669	1,741	1,784
	Fine Gael	David O'Byrne	4.41	1,038	1,079	1,263	1,301	1,426	1,431
	Green	Dominick Donnelly	3.45	810	842	866	907
	Independent	Maurice Coveney	2.33	547	563	572
	Independent	Maurice Fitzgerald	0.92	216	227	231
Electorate: 56,644   Valid: 23,511 (49.75%)   Spoilt: 328   Quota: 3,359   Turnout: 23,839 (50.44%)

Fermoy[]

Fermoy - 4 seats

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6
	Fine Gael	Pa O'Driscoll	18.98	2,559	2,638	2,689	2,735
	Fianna Fáil	Kevin O'Keeffe*	18.72	2,524	2,548	2,616	2,777
	Labour	Noel McCarthy	15.30	2,063	2,151	2,371	2,565	2,784
	Fianna Fáil	Frank O'Flynn*	14.47	1,952	1,992	2,056	2,157	2,361	2,390
	Fine Gael	Kay Dawson	9.81	1,323	1,354	1,400	1,659	2,198	2,255
	Fine Gael	Aileen Pyne*	8.35	1,126	1,161	1,190	1,223
	Independent	Tim White	6.83	921	953	1,029
	Sinn Féin	Seamus Coleman	4.67	630	655
	Independent	Peter Merrigan	2.88	388
Electorate: 23,232   Valid: 13,486 (58.05%)   Spoilt: 244   Quota: 2,698   Turnout: 13,671 (58.85%)

Kanturk[]

Kanturk - 4 seats

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6	7
	Independent	Timmy Collins	22.64	3,343
	Fine Gael	Gerard Murphy	17.11	2,526	2,585	2,693	3,073
	Fine Gael	Noel Buckley*	13.04	1,925	2,049	2,096	2,224	2,264	3,086
	Fianna Fáil	Marie (The Shamrock) Murphy*	12.94	1,911	1,994	2,060	2,179	2,207	2,273	2,316
	Fianna Fáil	Mike Donegan*	11.57	1,708	1,735	1,771	1,926	1,942	2,341	2,430
	Fine Gael	Paul Cagney	10.77	1,591	1,750	1,801	1,890	1,908	2,125
	Labour	Ted Linehan	7.98	1,178	1,302	1,404
	Labour	Donal Kelleher	3.43	507
	Independent	Jimmy Fitzgerald	0.52	77
Electorate: 23,463   Valid: 14,766 (62.93%)   Spoilt: 242   Quota: 2,954   Turnout: 15,088 (63.96%)

Macroom[]

Macroom - 4 seats

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6
	Fine Gael	Michael Creed*	21.74	4,655
	Fine Gael	Derry Canty*	18.90	4,046	4,234	4,484
	Fianna Fáil	Aindrias Moynihan*	17.01	3,642	3,704	3,768	3,780	3,939	4,361
	Labour	Martin Coughlan*	13.53	2,897	2,963	3,206	3,308	3,841	4,608
	Fianna Fáil	Mark O'Keeffe*	11.20	2,397	2,404	2,495	2,536	2,679	2,811
	Independent	Jerry O'Sullivan	6.94	1,486	1,519	1,629	1,663	1,973
	Sinn Féin	Des O'Grady	6.45	1,381	1,392	1,451	1,459
	Green	Mark Collins	4.23	905	911
Electorate: 35,012   Valid: 21,409 (61.15%)   Spoilt: 240   Quota: 4,282   Turnout: 21,649 (61.83%)

Mallow[]

Mallow - 5 seats

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6	7
	Fianna Fáil	Dan Joe Fitzgerald*	13.69	2,034	2,066	2,360	2,423	2,520
	Independent	John Paul O'Shea	12.51	1,859	1,959	2,029	2,190	2,382	2,546
	Fine Gael	Tom Barry	11.21	1,666	1,690	1,729	2,021	2,087	2,229	2,267
	Fine Gael	Tom Sheahan*	11.08	1,646	1,684	1,719	1,807	1,958	2,068	2,100
	Fine Gael	Noel O'Connor*	10.92	1,622	1,650	1,685	1,828	1,959	2,305	2,351
	Labour	Jerry Mullally*	9.83	1,461	1,492	1,512	1,549	1,751
	Labour	Ronan Sheehan	9.39	1,395	1,440	1,495	1,538	1,857	2,593
	Sinn Féin	Willie O'Regan	8.44	1,254	1,298	1,343	1,374
	Fine Gael	Anthony Ahern	5.87	872	882	892
	Fianna Fáil	Trish O'Dea	4.38	650	661
	Independent	Eddie Finn	2.67	397
Electorate: 24,536   Valid: 14,856 (60.55%)   Spoilt: 211   Quota: 2,477   Turnout: 15,067 (61.41%)

Midleton[]

Midleton - 6 seats

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8
	Fine Gael	Michael Hegarty*	14.61	3,591
	Independent	Noel Collins*	13.27	3,262	3,399	3,421	3,425	3,466	3,477	3,649
	Labour	John Mulvihill*	13.05	3,208	3,369	3,617
	Sinn Féin	Sandra McLellan	10.04	2,467	2,528	2,551	2,553	2,897	2,901	3,018	3,230
	Fine Gael	Barbara Murray*	8.35	2,053	2,120	2,144	2,148	2,366	2,398	3,014	3,407
	Independent	Seán O'Connor	8.33	2,048	2,072	2,283	2,339	2,348	2,349	2,631	2,941
	Independent	Ted Murphy	7.67	1,884	1,990	2,001	2,004	2,048	2,059	2,184
	Fianna Fáil	Maurice Ahern*	8.23	1,778	1,820	1,949	1,958	2,261	2,266	2,355	2,685
	Fine Gael	Sinead Sheppard	6.17	1,516	1,611	1,687	1,711	1,750	1,765
	Fianna Fáil	Mary Linehan Foley	4.29	1,055	1,070	1,164	1,167
	Fianna Fáil	Michael Martin	3.67	902	922
	Green	Malachy Harty	3.32	815
Electorate: 46,820   Valid: 24,579 (52.50%)   Spoilt: 347   Quota: 3,512   Turnout: 24,926 (53.24%)

Skibbereen[]

Skibbereen - 7 seats

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8
	Fine Gael	Jim Daly*	14.90	2,739
	Independent	Declan Hurley	11.93	2,193	2,238	2,297	2,474
	Fianna Fáil	Donal O'Rourke*	9.51	1,749	1,795	1,831	1,909	1,917	1,932	1,963	2,139
	Fine Gael	John O'Sullivan	9.28	1,706	1,785	1,838	1,842	1,845	1,866	2,094	2,261
	Fianna Fáil	Christopher O'Sullivan*	8.34	1,534	1,570	1,611	1,717	1,738	1,793	1,870	2,065
	Fine Gael	Adrian Healy	7.69	1,413	1,491	1,563	1,566	1,566	1,814	2,138	2,195
	Fianna Fáil	Joe Carroll*	7.44	1,368	1,387	1,415	1,571	1,604	1,746	1,839	1,900
	Labour	Brendan Leahy'	7.25	1,333	1,365	1,497	1,516	1,522	1,846	1,946	2,265
	Sinn Féin	Cionnaith O Suilleabhain	6.20	1,139	1,169	1,254	1,272	1,277	1,335	1,371
	Fine Gael	John Collins*	5.18	952	1,004	1,024	1,112	1,149	1,165
	Independent	John Kearney	4.91	903	913	992	996	1,001
	Fianna Fáil	T.J. O'Farrell	3.79	697	701	709
	Green	Declan Waugh	3.58	658	667
Electorate: 27,937   Valid: 18,384 (65.81%)   Spoilt: 262   Quota: 2,299   Turnout: 18,646 (66.74%)

External links[]

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Preceded by 2004 Cork County Council election

Succeeded by 2014 Cork County Council election