2009 Clare County Council election

2009 Clare County Council election

5 June 2009
All 32 seats on Clare County Council
First party Second party Third party   Party Fine Gael Fianna Fáil Labour Seats won 12 11 1 Seat change +2 -4 -   Fourth party Fifth party   Party Green Independent Seats won 1 7 Seat change - +2
Map showing the area of Clare County Council
Council control after election TBD

An election to Clare County Council took place on 5 June 2009 as part of that year's Irish local elections. 32 councillors were elected from six 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). [1]

Results by party

Party		Seats	±	First Pref. votes	FPv%	±%
	Fine Gael	12	+2	19,220	34.23
	Fianna Fáil	11	-4	19,959	35.55
	Labour	1	-	2,268	4.04
	Green	1	-	1,291	2.30
	Independent	7	+2	13,252	23.60
Totals		32	-	56,151	100.00	—

Results by local electoral area

Ennis East

Ennis East - 5 seats

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6	7
	Fine Gael	Johnny Flynn	17.64	1,402
	Fine Gael	Paul Murphy*	16.80	1,335
	Fine Gael	Sonny Scanlan*	15.45	1,228	1,286	1,321	1,326
	Fianna Fáil	Pat Daly*	13.71	1,089	1,106	1,113	1,114	1,319	1,633
	Independent	Tommy Brennan*	11.49	913	951	966	967	1,034	1,142	1,211
	Independent	Michael Guilfoyle	8.26	656	708	720	721	803	874	939
	Fianna Fáil	Tom Malone	7.03	559	584	590	590	679
	Fianna Fáil	Bernard Hanrahan*	6.61	525	538	540	542
	Independent	J.J. McCabe	3.01	239
Electorate: 13,666   Valid: 7,946 (58.14%)   Spoilt: 88   Quota: 1,325   Turnout: 8,034 (58.79%)

Ennis West

Ennis West - 4 seats

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9
	Independent	James Breen	30.88	1,747
	Fine Gael	Tony Mulqueen	15.50	877	1,023	1,046	1,092	1,166
	Fianna Fáil	Tom McNamara	10.85	614	693	704	714	716	717	805	846	1,084
	Green	Brian Meaney*	9.44	534	594	610	632	692	703	771	908	1,020
	Independent	Frankie Neylon	6.70	379	454	470	537	565	573	618	753	828
	Fianna Fáil	Peter Considine*	5.74	325	382	393	399	403	404
	Fianna Fáil	Garrett Greene	5.62	318	369	385	398	407	407	530	595
	Independent	Rita McInerney	4.93	279	357	381	409	467	480	514
	Labour	Paul O'Shea	4.08	231	247	264	286
	Independent	Martin White	3.41	193	221	244
	Sinn Féin	Seán Hayes	2.85	161	186
Electorate: 22,471   Valid: 12,144 (54.04%)   Spoilt: 215   Quota: 1,519   Turnout: 12,359 (55.00%)

Ennistymon

Ennistymon - 5 seats

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5
	Fine Gael	Martin Conway*	18.35	1,820
	Fianna Fáil	Michael Hillery	16.34	1,621	1,634	1,640	1,663
	Fianna Fáil	Michael Kelly*	15.95	1,582	1,590	1,598	1,613	1,765
	Fianna Fáil	Richard Nagle*	14.40	1,428	1,452	1,454	1,521	1,848
	Fine Gael	Joe Arkins*	13.93	1,382	1,459	1,484	1,573	1,690
	Fianna Fáil	Michelle Moroney	8.06	800	808	814	845
	Green	Ann Marie Flanagan	7.63	757	781	804	944	1,068
	Independent	Eugene McNamara	3.99	396	407	446
	Independent	Paddy Kenneally	1.35	134	135
Electorate: 14,446   Valid: 9,920 (68.67%)   Spoilt: 129   Quota: 1,654   Turnout: 10,005 (69.26%)

Killaloe

Killaloe - 6 seats

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5
	Fine Gael	Joe Cooney*	24.43	2,780
	Fianna Fáil	Pat Hayes*	14.07	1,601	1,952
	Labour	Pascal Fitzgerald*	13.10	1,491	1,532	1,549	1,676
	Independent	Michael Begley	11.55	1,314	1,386	1,413	1,641
	Fianna Fáil	Cathal Crowe*	11.51	1,310	1,343	1,379	1,487	1,531
	Fianna Fáil	Tony O'Brien*	9.89	1,125	1,193	1,271	1,338	1,385
	Fine Gael	Pat Burke	9.25	1,053	1,505	1,604	1,886
	Fine Gael	John McInerney*	6.20	705	842	869
Electorate: 17,493   Valid: 11,379 (65.05%)   Spoilt: 96   Quota: 1,696   Turnout: 11,475 (65.60%)

Kilrush

Kilrush - 6 seats

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5
	Independent	Christy Curtin*	15.33	1,733
	Fine Gael	Oliver Garry*	15.18	1,716
	Fianna Fáil	P.J. Kelly*	13.57	1,533	1,551	1,575	1,646
	Fianna Fáil	Patrick Keane*	12.00	1,356	1,364	1,367	1,426	1,651
	Fine Gael	Gabriel Keating	11.02	1,245	1,262	1,301	1,442	1,618
	Fianna Fáil	Bill Chambers*	10.34	1,168	1,190	1,200	1,314	1,635
	Fianna Fáil	Tom Prendeville*	8.62	974	979	982	1,047
	Independent	Ciaran O'Dea	8.16	922	958	963	1,097	1,219
	Independent	Anne Breen	5.79	654	666	683
Electorate: 16,804   Valid: 11,301 (67.25%)   Spoilt: 127   Quota: 1,615   Turnout: 11,428 (68.01%)

Shannon

Shannon - 6 seats

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6	7
	Fine Gael	John Crowe*	15.85	1,577
	Fine Gael	Tony Mulcahy*	13.41	1,334	1,362	1,380	1,412	1,534
	Independent	Patricia McCarthy*	12.82	1,275	1,287	1,303	1,345	1,468
	Fianna Fáil	Pat McMahon*	10.69	1,063	1,068	1,114	1,122	1,135	1,138	1,371
	Independent	Gerry Flynn	10.65	1,059	1,066	1,084	1,134	1,252	1,286	1,337
	Independent	P.J. Ryan	10.18	1,013	1,063	1,083	1,140	1,169	1,179	1,524
	Fianna Fáil	Pat O'Gorman	7.96	792	803	852	886	900	907
	Fine Gael	Marinella Raftery	7.70	766	794	803	837	916	967	1,125
	Labour	Tony McMahon	5.49	546	551	568	595
	Independent	Noel Broggy	3.06	304	308	317
	Fianna Fáil	Eamon Fennessy	1.77	176	180
	Independent	Damon Wise	0.42	42	43
Electorate: 16,617   Valid: 9,947 (59.86%)   Spoilt: 113   Quota: 1,422   Turnout: 10,032 (60.37%)

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