2009 Waterford County Council election

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2009 Waterford County Council election
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All 23 seats to Waterford County Council
  First party Second party Third party
 
Party Fine Gael Fianna Fáil Labour
Seats won 11 5 4
Seat change - -2 -
  Fourth party Fifth party
 
Party Sinn Féin Independent
Seats won 2 1
Seat change +1 +1
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Map showing the area of Waterford County Council
Council control after election

TBD

An election to Waterford County Council took place on 5 June 2009 as part of that year's Irish local elections. 23 councillors were elected from five electoral divisions by PR-STV voting for a five-year term of office. [1].

Results by party[]

Party Seats ± First Pref. votes FPv% ±%
Fine Gael 11 - 13,939 44.25
Fianna Fáil 5 -2 8,079 25.65
Labour 4 - 4,369 13.87
Sinn Féin 2 +1 1,734 5.50
Independent 1 +1 3,067 9.74
Totals 23 - 31,503 100.0 —

Results by 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%)

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Preceded by
2004 Waterford County Council election 		Succeeded by
2014 Waterford City and County Council election
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