Irish local elections, 2009
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The 2009 Irish local elections were held in all the counties, cities and towns of Ireland on Friday, 5 June 2009, on the same day as the European Parliament election and two by-elections (Dublin South and Dublin Central).[1]
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[edit] Overview
The election results were significant for a number of reasons:
- Fine Gael gained 88 seats and became the largest party at local level for the first time ever.
- Fianna Fáil lost 135 seats and became the second largest party nationally, and third largest in Dublin.
- The Labour Party increased its seat total by 43 seats, and is the largest party in Dublin City Council. It also has the most seats in the four Dublin local authorities.
- Sinn Féin support remained at the almost same level, gaining 2 seats.
- The Green Party lost 14 seats and have 3 county councillors.
- People Before Profit Alliance won 5 seats in their first local elections.
- The Socialist Party won 6 seats, a gain of 2 seats.
[edit] Results
The total number of the Irish electorate eligible to vote in election was 3,259,253. A total of 1,880,589 first preference votes were cast, representing a turnout of 57.7%.
The Progressive Democrats and Independent Fianna Fáil did not compete in the elections. As they competed in the previous elections, totals for vote and seat changes may not total zero. People Before Profit Alliance figures are compared to Socialist Workers Party figures from the previous local elections.
[edit] All councils
| Party | County | City | Borough | Town | Total | ± | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fine Gael | 305 | 35 | 16 | 200 | 556 | +88 | |
| Fianna Fáil | 201 | 17 | 11 | 178 | 407 | –135 | |
| Labour Party | 94 | 38 | 13 | 86 | 231 | +43 | |
| Sinn Féin | 41 | 13 | 8 | 65 | 127 | +2 | |
| Green Party | 3 | 0 | 2 | 13 | 18 | –14 | |
| WUAG | 2 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 7 | ±5 | |
| Socialist Party | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 | ±2 | |
| People Before Profit | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | +5 | |
| Workers' Party | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | ±0 | |
| South Kerry Independent | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | ±0 | |
| Christian Solidarity | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ±0 | |
| Independent | 102 | 22 | 10 | 141 | 275 | +10 | |
| Totals | 753 | 130 | 60 | 684 | 1,627 | — | |
[edit] County and city councils
| Party | Seats | ± | First Pref. votes | FPv% | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fine Gael | 340 | +47 | 605,333 | 32.2 | +4.6 | |
| Fianna Fáil | 218 | –84 | 477,342 | 25.4 | –6.4 | |
| Labour Party | 132 | +31 | 276,627 | 14.7 | +3.3 | |
| Sinn Féin | 54 | — | 138,405 | 7.4 | –0.6 | |
| People Before Profit | 5 | +5 | 15,879 | 0.8 | +0.5 | |
| Socialist Party | 4 | — | 16,052 | 0.9 | +0.2 | |
| Green Party | 3 | –15 | 44,152 | 2.3 | –1.6 | |
| Workers' Party | 2 | — | 4,771 | 0.3 | +0.1 | |
| South Kerry Independent | 1 | — | 2,536 | 0.1 | — | |
| Christian Solidarity | 0 | — | 467 | 0.0 | — | |
| Independent | 124 | +37 | 299,025 | 15.9 | +4.5 | |
| Totals | 883 | — | 1,880,589 | — | — | |
[edit] County councils
| Authority | FG | FF | Lab | SF | PBP | SP | GP | SKIA | Others | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Carlow | 10 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |||||||||
| Cavan | 13 | 8 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Clare | 12 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 7 | |||||||||
| Cork | 22 | 12 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||||||||
| Donegal | 8 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | |||||||||
| Dun Laoghaire-Rathdown | 11 | 4 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | |||||||||
| Fingal | 6 | 4 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |||||||||
| Galway | 13 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | |||||||||
| Kerry | 10 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | |||||||||
| Kildare | 9 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | |||||||||
| Kilkenny | 12 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |||||||||
| Laois | 12 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | |||||||||
| Leitrim | 10 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |||||||||
| Limerick | 15 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |||||||||
| Longford | 10 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | |||||||||
| Louth | 8 | 5 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | |||||||||
| Mayo | 17 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | |||||||||
| Meath | 11 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | |||||||||
| Monaghan | 6 | 5 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |||||||||
| North Tipperary | 4 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7[2] | |||||||||
| Offaly | 6 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||||||||
| Roscommon | 10 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | |||||||||
| Sligo | 12 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | |||||||||
| South Dublin | 8 | 4 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |||||||||
| South Tipperary | 12 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5[3] | |||||||||
| Waterford | 11 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |||||||||
| Westmeath | 8 | 9 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Wexford | 10 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |||||||||
| Wicklow | 9 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | |||||||||
| Totals | 305 | 201 | 94 | 41 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 104 | |||||||||
[edit] City councils
| Authority | FG | FF | Lab | SF | PBP | SP | WP | Others | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cork City | 8 | 6 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | ||||||||
| Dublin City | 12 | 6 | 19 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||||||||
| Galway City | 3 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | ||||||||
| Limerick City | 8 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | ||||||||
| Waterford City | 4 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | ||||||||
| Totals | 35 | 17 | 38 | 13 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 22 | ||||||||
Following the June 2009 local elections Fine Gael (FG) is now the largest political party on 24 councils, the Labour Party (Lab) on 4 councils, Fianna Fáil (FF) on 3 councils, Independents (Ind) on 2 councils and Sinn Féin (SF) on 1 council.
[edit] Borough and town councils
| Party | Seats | ± | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fine Gael | 216 | +44 | |
| Fianna Fáil | 189 | –53 | |
| Labour Party | 99 | +12 | |
| Sinn Féin | 73 | +2 | |
| Green Party | 15 | +1 | |
| Others | 151 | –6 | |
[edit] Borough councils
| Authority | FG | Lab | FF | SF | GP | Others | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Clonmel | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6[3] | ||||||
| Drogheda | 4 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 2 | ||||||
| Kilkenny | 4 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||||||
| Sligo | 3 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 1 | ||||||
| Wexford | 3 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||||||
| Totals | 16 | 13 | 11 | 8 | 2 | 10 | ||||||
[edit] Town councils
| Town | Fianna Fáil | Fine Gael | Labour Party | Sinn Féin | Green Party | Others | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ardee | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 9 |
| Arklow | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 9 |
| Athlone | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 9 |
| Athy | 1 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 9 |
| Balbriggan | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 9 |
| Ballina | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 9 |
| Ballinasloe | 2 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 9 |
| Ballybay | 4 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 9 |
| Ballyshannon | 2 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 9 |
| Bandon | 4 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 9 |
| Bantry | 5 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 9 |
| Belturbet | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 9 |
| Birr | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 9 |
| Boyle | 2 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 9 |
| Bray | 2 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 12 |
| Buncrana | 2 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 9 |
| Bundoran | 3 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 9 |
| Carlow | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 9 |
| Carrickmacross | 2 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 9 |
| Carrick-on-Suir | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4[3] | 9 |
| Cashel | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 9 |
| Castlebar | 1 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 9 |
| Castleblayney | 3 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 9 |
| Cavan | 3 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 9 |
| Clonakilty | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 9 |
| Clones | 2 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 9 |
| Cobh | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 9 |
| Cootehill | 3 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 9 |
| Dundalk | 3 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 12 |
| Dungarvan | 2 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 9 |
| Edenderry | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 9 |
| Ennis | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 9 |
| Enniscorthy | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 9 |
| Fermoy | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 9 |
| Gorey | 4 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 |
| Granard | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 9 |
| Greystones | 2 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 9 |
| Kells | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 9 |
| Kilkee | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 9 |
| Killarney | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4[4] | 9 |
| Kilrush | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 9 |
| Kinsale | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 9 |
| Leixlip | 1 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 9 |
| Letterkenny | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 9 |
| Lismore | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 9 |
| Listowel | 3 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 9 |
| Longford | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 9 |
| Loughrea | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 9 |
| Macroom | 3 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 |
| Mallow | 1 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 9 |
| Midleton | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 9 |
| Monaghan | 1 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 9 |
| Mountmellick | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 9 |
| Muine Bheag | 3 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 9 |
| Mullingar | 3 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 |
| Naas | 1 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 9 |
| Navan | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 9 |
| Nenagh | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 9 |
| Newbridge | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 9 |
| New Ross | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1[5] | 1 | 0 | 9 |
| Passage West | 2 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 9 |
| Portlaoise | 2 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 9 |
| Shannon | 0 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 9 |
| Skibbereen | 2 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 9 |
| Templemore | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3[2] | 9 |
| Thurles | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4[2] | 9 |
| Tipperary | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 9 |
| Tralee | 2 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 12 |
| Tramore | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 9 |
| Trim | 2 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 9 |
| Tuam | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 9 |
| Tullamore | 4 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 9 |
| Westport | 2 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 9 |
| Wicklow | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 9 |
| Youghal | 3 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 9 |
[edit] Local government 2009
The following table shows the political structure of Ireland's 34 top-tier local authorities following the June 2009 local elections.
| Council | No. of Council Seats | County town/Location of Council HQ | Largest Party/Seats |
|---|---|---|---|
| Carlow | 21 | Carlow | FG 10 |
| Cavan | 25 | Cavan | FG 13 |
| Clare | 32 | Ennis | FG 12 |
| Cork city | 31 | Cork city | FG 8 |
| Cork county | 48 | Cork City | FG 22 |
| Donegal | 29 | Lifford | FF 10 |
| Dublin | 52 | Dublin city | Lab 19 |
| Dun Laoghaire-Rathdown | 28 | Dún Laoghaire | FG 11 |
| Fingal | 24 | Swords | Lab 9 |
| Galway city | 15 | Galway city | Lab 5 |
| Galway county | 30 | Galway city | FG 13 |
| Kerry | 27 | Tralee | FG 10 |
| Kildare | 25 | Naas | FG 9 |
| Kilkenny | 26 | Kilkenny | FG 12 |
| Laois | 25 | Portlaoise | FG 12 |
| Leitrim | 22 | Carrick-on-Shannon | FG 10 |
| Limerick city | 17 | Limerick city | FG 8 |
| Limerick county | 28 | Limerick | FG 18 |
| Longford | 21 | Longford | FG 10 |
| Louth | 26 | Dundalk | FG 8 |
| Mayo | 31 | Castlebar | FG 17 |
| Meath | 29 | Navan | FG 11 |
| Monaghan | 20 | Monaghan | SF 7 |
| North Tipperary | 21 | Nenagh | Ind 7 |
| Offaly | 21 | Tullamore | FF 9 |
| Roscommon | 26 | Roscommon | FG 10 |
| Sligo | 25 | Sligo | FG 12 |
| South Dublin | 26 | Tallaght | Lab 9 |
| South Tipperary | 26 | Clonmel | FG 12 |
| Waterford city | 15 | Waterford | Ind 6 |
| Waterford county | 23 | Dungarvan | FG 11 |
| Westmeath | 23 | Mullingar | FF 9 |
| Wexford | 21 | Wexford | FG 10 |
| Wicklow | 24 | Wicklow | FG 9 |
[edit] See also
[edit] References
- ^ "By-elections set for June 5th". The Irish Times. 28 April 2009. http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/breaking/2009/0428/breaking72.htm. Retrieved 29 April 2009.
- ^ a b c Michael Lowry's organisation has 4 County Councillors in North Tipperary, 2 Town Councillors in Thurles and 1 Town Councillor in Templemore.
- ^ a b c The Workers and Unemployed Action Group has 2 County Councillors in South Tipperary, 4 Borough Councillors in Clonmel and 1 Town Councillor in Carrick-on-Suir.
- ^ Michael Gleeson of the South Kerry Independent Alliance is included in this total.
- ^ John Dwyer resigned from Sinn Féin and changed designation to Non-Party before the first meeting of New Ross Town Council.
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