2009 Waterford County Council election

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2009 Waterford County Council election
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  2004 5 June 2009 2014  

All 23 seats on Waterford County Council
 First partySecond partyThird party
 
Party Fine Gael Fianna Fáil Labour
Seats won1154
Seat changeSteady2.svgDecrease2.svg2Steady2.svg

 Fourth partyFifth party
 
Party Sinn Féin Independent
Seats won21
Seat changeIncrease2.svg1Increase2.svg1

Waterford in Ireland.svg
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 five 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]

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Results by party

PartySeats±First Pref. votesFPv%±%
Fine Gael 11Steady2.svg13,93944.25
Fianna Fáil 5Decrease2.svg28,07925.65
Labour 4Steady2.svg4,36913.87
Sinn Féin 2Increase2.svg11,7345.50
Independent 1Increase2.svg13,0679.74
Total23Steady2.svg31,503100.00

Results by local electoral area

Comeragh

Comeragh: 6 seats
PartyCandidateFPv%Count
1234567
Fine Gael Liam Brazil*21.011,732      
Fine Gael Brendan Coffey*17.291,429      
Fianna Fáil Michael J. O'Ryan*16.111,329      
Labour Ger Barron*12.391,0201,169 1,221    
Fine Gael Mary Greene*10.438601,108 1,227    
Fianna Fáil John O'Leary9.08748787 822 903 976 1,001 1,015
Fianna Fáil Benji Whelan8.87732806 830 914 991 1,006 1,014
Independent Michael Flynn4.82398441 461     
Electorate: 13,086  Valid: 8,249 (63.04%)  Spoilt: 120  Quota: 1,179  Turnout: 8,369 (63.95%)  

    Dungarvan

    Dungarvan: 6 seats
    PartyCandidateFPv%Count
    123456
    Fine Gael Damien Geoghegan*15.321,300     
    Fine Gael Pat Nugent*14.311,214     
    Sinn Féin Brendan Mansfield*11.52978991 1,047 1,084 1,279 
    Labour Billy Kyne*11.30959974 1,029 1,071 1,130 1,141
    Fianna Fáil Tom Cronin*10.30874877 907 1,140 1,294 
    Fine Gael Tom Higgins*8.79746769 909 982 1,071 1,100
    Labour Teresa Wright*8.72740755 800 857 974 989
    Independent Seamus O'Donnell8.48720724 789 830   
    Fianna Fáil Ollie Wilkinson 6.01510514 532    
    Fine Gael Jimmy Breathnach5.24445455     
    Electorate: 13,856  Valid: 8,486 (61.24%)  Spoilt: 92  Quota: 1,213  Turnout: 8,578 (61.91%)  

      Lismore

      Lismore: 4 seats
      PartyCandidateFPv%Count
      1234
      Fianna Fáil James Tobin*17.601,0231,264  
      Fine Gael Nora Flynn*16.059331,009 1,020 1,170
      Fine Gael Liam Curran15.07876909 910 977
      Labour John Pratt14.38836892 902 1,059
      Fine Gael Declan Doocey*14.14822895 913 1,126
      Fianna Fáil Bernard Leddy11.68679806 867  
      Fianna Fáil Kevin Wilkinson*11.08644   
      Electorate: 9,548  Valid: 5,813 (60.88%)  Spoilt: 89  Quota: 1,163  Turnout: 5,902 (61.81%)  

        Tramore

        Tramore: 7 seats
        PartyCandidateFPv%Count
        123456789
        Fine Gael John Carey*12.431,1131,118 1,129      
        Fine Gael Lola O'Sullivan*9.55855864 880 899 944 1,016 1,113 1,115 1,144
        Fine Gael Ann Marie Power*9.48849856 871 904 955 994 1,099 1,099 1,122
        Labour Paddy O'Callaghan*9.09814840 860 870 895 962 1,060 1,061 1,087
        Independent Joe Conway8.69778793 821 844 907 965 1,067 1,069 1,104
        Fine Gael Pat Barron8.44765766 774 788 801 829 868 870 892
        Sinn Féin Pat Fitzgerald8.44756773 784 792 801 814 845 845 1,040
        Fianna Fáil Pat Daly*7.56677681 685 739 756 774 807 807 1,016
        Fianna Fáil Geoff Power6.92620620 622 660 669 677 694 695  
        Independent Blaise Hannigan5.34478507 547 561 632 658    
        Green Stan Nangle3.52315321 348 354 371     
        Independent Pat Finnerty3.25291306 329 344      
        Fianna Fáil Joe O'Shea2.71243247 249       
        Independent James McCartan2.50224232        
        Independent Eddie Walsh1.99178        
        Electorate: 15,451  Valid: 8,956 (57.96%)  Spoilt: 97  Quota: 1,120  Turnout: 9,053 (58.59%)  

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