Kildare County Council
| Kildare County Council Comhairle Chontae Chill Dara |
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| Type | |
| Type | County council |
| Leadership | |
| Cathaoirleach | Senan Griffin, Fine Gael |
| Members | 25 |
| Political groups | Fine Gael (9) Fianna Fáil (6) Labour Party (6) Independent (4) |
| Elections | |
| Last election | 5 June 2009 |
| Meeting place | |
| Áras Chill Dara, Naas | |
| Website | |
| www.kildarecoco.ie | |
Kildare County Council (Irish: Comhairle Chontae Chill Dara) is the local authority which is responsible for County Kildare in Ireland. The Council is responsible for Housing and Community, Roads and Transportation, Urban planning and Development, Amenity and Culture, and Environment. The council is governed by the Local Government Act 2001. The county seat is at Áras Chill Dara in Naas. Within the county, four towns – Leixlip, Naas, Newbridge and Athy – have separate Town Councils.
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[edit] Councillors
Kildare County Council has 25 members. As a result of the 2007 local boundary review,[1] these members are elected from 5 Local Electoral Areas: Athy (4 seats), Celbridge (6 seats), Clane (4 seats), Kildare (6 seats) and Naas (5 seats). Prior to this review, there was an additional area based around Leixlip, but this was combined with Celbridge as part of the review. The Council did not receive any additional seats as part of the review.
The current council was elected in June 2009. The Council is controlled by a Fine Gael–Labour Party alliance.
Elections are by Single transferable vote.
[edit] 2009 local election seats summary
| Party | Seats | ± | |
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| Fine Gael | 9 | +2 | |
| Fianna Fáil | 6 | −4 | |
| Labour Party | 6 | +2 | |
| Independents | 4 | +1 | |
[edit] Councillors by electoral area
| Council members from 2009 election | |||
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| Local Electoral Area | Name | Party | |
| Athy | Mark Wall | Labour Party | |
| Martin Miley Jr. | Fianna Fáil | ||
| Martin Heydon† | Fine Gael | ||
| Richard Daly | Fine Gael | ||
| Celbridge | Catherine Murphy† | Independent | |
| Kevin Byrne | Labour Party | ||
| John McGinley | Labour Party | ||
| Paul Kelly | Fianna Fáil | ||
| Colm Purcell | Labour Party | ||
| Senan Griffin | Fine Gael | ||
| Clane | Brendan Weld | Fine Gael | |
| Liam Doyle | Fianna Fáil | ||
| Pádraig McEvoy | Independent | ||
| Seamus Langan | Fine Gael | ||
| Kildare | Paddy Kennedy | Independent | |
| Micheál "Spike" Nolan | Fine Gael | ||
| Fiona O'Loughlin | Fianna Fáil | ||
| Tony O'Donnell | Fine Gael | ||
| Suzanne Doyle | Fianna Fáil | ||
| Francis Browne | Labour Party | ||
| Naas | Darren Scully | Fine Gael | |
| Anthony Lawlor† | Fine Gael | ||
| Paddy McNamara | Labour Party | ||
| Seamie Moore | Independent | ||
| Willie Callaghan | Fianna Fáil | ||
The Green Party lost their only seat in the 2009 elections.
†Martin Heydon, Catherine Murphy and Anthony Lawlor were elected to Dáil Éireann at the 2011 general election. Accordingly their council seats will be filled by co-option.
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