2009 Wicklow County Council election

2009 Wicklow County Council election
5 June 2009
All 24 seats on Wicklow County Council
  First party Second party Third party
 
Party Fine Gael Labour Fianna Fáil
Seats won 9 6 4
Seat change +2 - -2
  Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party
 
Party Sinn Féin Green Independent
Seats won 2 0 3
Seat change +2 -1 -1
Map showing the area of Wicklow County Council
Council control after election

TBD

An election to Wicklow County Council took place on 5 June 2009 as part of that year's Irish local elections. 24 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).

Results by party

Party Seats ± First Pref. votes FPv% ±%
Fine Gael 9 +2 17,795 31.14
Labour 6 - 10,953 19.16
Fianna Fáil 4 -2 12,374 21.65
Sinn Féin 2 +2 4,695 8.21
Green 0 -1 2,277 3.98
Independent 3 -1 9,059 15.85
Totals 24 - 57,153 100.00 —

Results by local electoral area

Arklow

Arklow - 5 seats
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4 5 6 7
Fine Gael Vincent Blake* 15.94 2,041 2,065 2,137        
Fianna Fáil Pat Fitzgerald 14.77 1,892 1,942 1,998 2,016 2,018 2,449  
Labour Nicky Kelly* 11.90 1,524 1,715 1,828 2,274      
Fianna Fáil Pat Doran* 10.92 1,399 1,407 1,415 1,726 1,759 1,909 2,030
Independent Peter Dempsey 10.12 1,296 1,366 1,428 1,476 1,513 1,779 1,908
Fianna Fáil Tommy Annesley 8.85 1,134 1,185 1,256 1,284 1,290    
Fine Gael Sylvester Bourke* 8.74 1,119 1,169 1,486 1,595 1,656 1,934 1,998
Labour Kevin Ryan 8.10 1,037 1,156 1,182        
Fine Gael Donal O'Sullivan 5.41 693 767          
Labour Bernie O'Halloran 5.25 672            
Electorate: 19,195   Valid: 12,807 (66.72%)   Spoilt: 178   Quota: 2,135   Turnout: 12,985 (67.65%)  

Baltinglass

Baltinglass - 3 seats
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4
Independent Tommy Cullen* 22.99 1,934 1,982 2,149  
Fine Gael Edward Timmins* 20.57 1,730 1,772 1,958 2,130
Independent Jim Ruttle* 19.84 1,669 1,728 1,970 2,384
Fine Gael Lorcan McMahon 11.97 1,007 1,053 1,125 1,362
Sinn Féin Gerry O'Neill 11.14 937 956 1,042  
Fianna Fáil Geraldine Cole 10.61 892 907    
Green Pat Pidgeon 2.88 242      
Electorate: 12,777   Valid: 8,411 (65.83%)   Spoilt: 71   Quota: 2,103   Turnout: 8,482 (66.38%)  

Bray

Bray - 7 seats
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13
Independent Christopher Fox* 14.40 2,043                        
Labour John Byrne* 14.04 1,992                        
Sinn Féin John Brady 13.39 1,899                        
Fine Gael John Ryan* 8.29 1,176 1,215 1,227 1,237 1,243 1,265 1,302 1,335 1,667 1,749 1,839    
Fianna Fáil Pat Vance* 8.25 1,171 1,199 1,214 1,221 1,233 1,261 1,390 1,424 1,460 1,522 2,091    
Fine Gael Mick Glynn 6.25 886 908 927 934 944 972 1,018 1,067 1,208 1,345 1,411 1,467 1,493
Green Ciaran O'Brien* 6.15 872 886 894 907 915 951 974 1,045 1,111 1,201 1,270 1,350 1,362
Fianna Fáil Michael Lawlor* 5.82 826 875 888 893 901 914 1,059 1,072 1,089 1,138      
Labour Barry Nevin 5.36 760 777 876 885 905 942 969 1,059 1,112 1,267 1,339 1,378 1,387
Fine Gael Sarah Wray 4.57 649 667 674 690 694 722 734 770          
Independent Eugene Finnegan 3.60 511 530 546 556 575 633 787 843        
Fianna Fáil Damien Meaney 3.53 501 511 521 526 534 544              
Independent Darren Murphy 3.07 435 449 457 491 508 574 600            
Independent Wayne Tobin 2.49 353 365 372 383 396                
Independent Emma Kelly 0.79 112 139 143                    
Electorate: 24,360   Valid: 14,186 (58.23%)   Spoilt: 180   Quota: 1,774   Turnout: 14,366 (58.97%)  

Greystones

Greystones - 4 seats
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
Fine Gael Simon Harris 31.76 3,119              
Labour Tom Fortune* 16.42 1,617 1,793 1,840 1,948 2,155      
Fine Gael George Jones* 12.04 1,182 1,535 1,551 1,582 1,645 1,681 1,807 2,014
Fine Gael Derek Mitchell* 11.30 1,110 1,383 1,398 1,426 1,494 1,536 1,614 1,786
Fianna Fáil Eleanor Roche 7.01 688 731 742 765 793 803    
Fianna Fáil Kathleen Kelleher* 6.57 645 733 741 767 801 816 1,176 1,297
Independent Chris Maloney 5.29 519 602 648 717 774 812 895  
Green Caroline Burrell 4.27 419 488 506 541        
Sinn Féin Anthony McCoy 3.39 333 379 399          
Independent Charlie Keddy 1.90 187 211            
Electorate: 16,176   Valid: 9,819 (60.70%)   Spoilt: 75   Quota: 1,964   Turnout: 9,894 (61.16%)  

Wicklow

Wicklow - 5 seats
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4 5
Labour Jimmy O'Shaughnessy* 16.08 1,918 1,983 2,104    
Fine Gael Irene Winters* 14.55 1,736 1,813 2,019    
Fianna Fáil Pat Casey* 13.37 1,595 1,732 1,767 2,264  
Sinn Féin John Snell 12.79 1,526 1,592 1,650 1,879 1,938
Labour Conal Kavanagh* 12.01 1,433 1,506 1,657 1,800 1,909
Fine Gael Declan O'Neill 11.29 1,347 1,360 1,422 1,492 1,550
Fianna Fáil Jane Dignam 7.95 949 1,123 1,174    
Green Pat Kavanagh 6.24 744 777      
Fianna Fáil Gail Dunne 5.72 682        
Electorate: 19,547   Valid: 11,930 (61.03%)   Spoilt: 149   Quota: 1,989   Turnout: 12,079 (61.79%)  
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