2009 Laois County Council election

2009 Laois County Council election

5 June 2009
All 25 seats on Laois County Council
First party Second party Third party   Party Fine Gael Fianna Fáil Labour Seats won 12 8 1 Seat change +3 -3 -   Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party   Party Sinn Féin Independent Progressive Democrats Seats won 1 3 0 Seat change - +1 -1
Map showing the area of Laois County Council
Council control after election TBD

An election to Laois County Council took place on 5 June 2009 as part of that year's Irish local elections. 25 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	12	+3	13,175	38.29
	Fianna Fáil	8	-3	11,658	33.88
	Labour	1	-	2,007	5,83
	Sinn Féin	1	-	2,810	8.17
	Independent	3	+1	4,711	13.69
	Progressive Democrats	0	-1
Totals		25	-	34,409	100.00	—

Results by local electoral area

Borris-in-Ossory

Borris-in-Ossory - 6 seats

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6	7
	Fianna Fáil	John Joe Fennelly*	19.87	1,758
	Fine Gael	Michael Lalor*	15.06	1,332
	Fine Gael	John King	11.42	1,010	753	756	842	853	880	899
	Fianna Fáil	Brendan Phelan*	11.00	973	1,109	1,110	1,190
	Fine Gael	John Bonham*	9.69	857	954	955	976	986	1,056	1,191
	Fine Gael	Marty Phelan*	10.94	968	1,008	1,009	1,041	1,069	1,111	1,191
	Fianna Fáil	Michael Phelan	8.68	768	886	886	903	906	984	1,001
	Labour	Raymond Fitzpatrick	5.35	473	508	508	542	546	646
	Sinn Féin	Aaron Delaney	5.30	469	498	499	531	536
	Independent	M.J. Walsh	2.61	231	247	248
	Christian Solidarity	Colm Callanan	0.09	8	10
Electorate: 14,167   Valid: 8,847 (62.45%)   Spoilt: 109   Quota: 1,264   Turnout: 8,956 (63.22%)

Emo

Emo- 4 seats

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8
	Fine Gael	Tom Mulhall	13.41	747	747	821	837	939	991	1,066	1,091
	Independent	Paul Mitchell	12.10	674	676	701	772	829	960	983	1,102
	Fianna Fáil	Ray Cribbin*	11.08	617	617	625	644	673	694	832	1,191
	Sinn Féin	Aidan Mullins	10.25	571	573	583	615	636	753	799	895
	Fine Gael	James Deegan*	10.16	566	567	647	661	767	831	964	992
	Fianna Fáil	Willie Murphy	9.66	538	538	541	562	572	610	709
	Fianna Fáil	Paschal McEvoy	8.99	501	501	504	508	588	604
	Independent	Tom Cushen	7.68	428	428	434	460
	Labour	Margaret Guijt Lawlor	7.20	401	401	428	484	505
	Fine Gael	Winifred Champ Cox	4.63	258	258
	Independent	Frances Emerson	4.63	258	260	280
	Christian Solidarity	Colm Callanan	4.63	11
Electorate: 8,110   Valid: 4,847 (59.77%)   Spoilt: 82   Quota: 970   Turnout: 4,929 (60.78%)

Luggacurren

Luggacurren- 4 seats

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6
	Fine Gael	James Daly*	20.98	1,179
	Fine Gael	John Moran*	20.68	1,162
	Fianna Fáil	Dick Miller*	14.10	792	801	817	831	839	957
	Fianna Fáil	Padraig Fleming	14.04	789	801	840	875	886	1,148
	Fianna Fáil	Laurence Phelan	12.62	709	716	728	745	753
	Independent	Ben Brennan	10.43	586	598	677	770	781	1,025
	Independent	Nuala Finnegan	2.94	165	171	208
	Sinn Féin	Marie Johnston	2.63	148	154
	Independent	James Scully	1.42	80	83
	Christian Solidarity	Colm Callanan	0.16	9
Electorate: 9,045   Valid: 5,619 (62.12%)   Spoilt: 66   Quota: 1,124   Turnout: 5,685 (62.85%)

Mountmellick

Mountmellick- 4 seats

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8
	Fianna Fáil	Paddy Bracken*	15.37	928	944	983	987	1,011	1,156	1,263
	Fine Gael	David Goodwin*	13.85	836	849	855	974	1,107	1,178	1,488
	Fianna Fáil	Seamus McDonald*	12.69	766	776	836	848	941	1,006	1,063	1,083
	Labour	Pat Bowe	11.69	706	741	751	764	796	923	1,064	1,185
	Independent	Michael Gormley	8.66	523	549	585	590	622
	Fianna Fáil	Joe Digan	8.55	516	522	560	607	774	789	799	809
	Independent	Patrick Delaney	8.08	488	500	515	579
	Fine Gael	Rosemary Whelan	7.16	432	452	485	601	649	780
	Fine Gael	Pat Lalor	6.73	406	410	426
	Fianna Fáil	Talitha Horan	4.24	256	264
	Sinn Féin	Adam Haughton	2.75	166
	Christian Solidarity	Colm Callanan	0.23	14
Electorate: 9,255   Valid: 6,037 (65.23%)   Spoilt: 70   Quota: 1,208   Turnout: 6,107 (65.99%)

Portlaoise

Portlaoise - 7 seats

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11
	Fine Gael	William Aird*	17.81	1,485
	Sinn Féin	Brian Stanley*	17.46	1,456
	Fianna Fáil	Jerry Lodge*	7.96	663	683	712	756	773	896	922	1,005	1,067
	Independent	Rotimi Adebari	7.78	649	662	711	720	733	750	835	891	934	942	946
	Fine Gael	Mary Sweeney*	7.75	646	706	756	769	785	831	898	976	1,129
	Fianna Fáil	Catherine Fitzgerald*	6.85	571	599	620	639	653	785	814	860	901	914	921
	Fine Gael	Kathleen O'Brien	5.31	443	509	540	551	566	587	647	756	906	946	953
	Fine Gael	Paddy Buggy	5.22	435	527	562	571	589	615	676	740	877	903	910
	Labour	Jim O'Brien	5.13	427	441	492	501	522	533
	Independent	Tom Jacob*	5.08	424	465	497	515	530	560	621
	Fine Gael	Matthew Keegan	4.96	413	491	521	533	542	579	622	697
	Fianna Fáil	Liam Phelan	4.77	397	413	453	481	493
	Independent	Michael Moloney*	1.76	147	154	166	178
	Fianna Fáil	Tony Walsh	1.39	116	118	123
	Independent	Joe McCormack	0.70	58	63	89
	Christian Solidarity	Colm Callanan	0.07	6	6	8
Electorate: 15,512   Valid: 8,340 (53.76%)   Spoilt: 88   Quota: 1,034   Turnout: 8,428 (54.33%)

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