Cork County Council election, 2009

5 June 2009

All 48 seats to Cork County Council

	First party	Second party	Third party

Party	Fine Gael	Fianna Fáil	Labour Party
Seats won	22	12	7
Seat change	-2	-4	+2

	Fourth party	Fifth party

Party	Sinn Féin	Independent
Seats won	1	6
Seat change	-	+4

Map showing the area of Cork County Council

Council control after election

TBD

An election to Cork County Council took place on 5 June 2009 as part of that year's Irish local elections. 48 councillors were elected from ten electoral divisions by PR-STV voting for a five-year term of office.

Results by party

Party		Seats	±	First Pref. votes	FPv%	±%
	Fine Gael	22	-2	61,025	37.19%
	Fianna Fáil	12	-4	54,030	32.93%
	Labour Party	7	+2	16,729	10.19%
	Sinn Féin	1	-	10,079	6.14%
	Independent	6	+4	13,059	7.96%
Totals		48	-	164,093	100%	—

Results by Electoral Area

Bandon

Bandon - 3 seats
Party		Candidate	% 1st Pref	Count 1	Count 2	Count 3	Count 4	Count 5
	Fianna Fáil	Alan Coleman*	25.65	3,370
	Fine Gael	Kevin Murphy*	23.46	3,106	3,130	3,553
	Fine Gael	Veronica Neville*	19.27	2,531	2,564	2,831	3,005	3,050
	Labour Party	Gearoid Buckley	16.95	2,226	2,300	2,861	2,955	2,995
	Sinn Féin	Rachel McCarthy	7.45	979	1,011
	Independent	Edmund Butler	5.03	661	715
	Independent	Festus Asemota	2.00	263
Electorate: 22,126 Valid: 13,136 (59.37%) Spoilt: 175 Quota: 3,285 Turnout: 13,311 (60.16%)

Bantry

Bantry - 5 seats
Party		Candidate	% 1st Pref	Count 1	Count 2	Count 3	Count 4	Count 5	Count 6	Count 7
	Fianna Fáil	Danny Crowley*	15.68	1,889	1,914	1,924	1,970	2,062
	Fine Gael	Mary Hegarty	15.16	1,827	1,846	1,923	2,038
	Fine Gael	Dermot Sheehan*	14.16	1,706	1,729	1,803	1,838	1,928	1,932	2,206
	Fianna Fáil	Patrick Murphy*	12.38	1,491	1,509	1,517	1,555	1,657	1,673	2,065
	Fine Gael	Noel Harrington*	11.95	1,440	1,484	1,509	1,537	1,617	1,629	1,691
	Fine Gael	John P. O'Shea*	8.08	973	979	997	1,050	1,182	1,189	1,239
	Fianna Fáil	Michael Kingston	7.51	905	924	948	981	1,051	1,065
	Independent	Anne O'Leary	5.28	636	690	756	871
	Independent	Joe Burke	3.85	464	497	524
	Labour Party	Jose Ospina	3.24	390	427
	Sinn Féin	Sam Simpson	1.63	196
	Independent	Michael O'Sullivan	0.88	106
	Independent	Mecky McBrearty	0.21	25
Electorate: 18,616 Valid: 12,048 (64.72%) Spoilt: 152 Quota: 2,009 Turnout: 12,200 (65.54%)

Blarney

Blarney - 4 seats
Party		Candidate	% 1st Pref	Count 1	Count 2	Count 3	Count 4
	Labour Party	John Gilroy*	24.10	4,538
	Fine Gael	Pat Burton	19.50	3,671	3,772
	Fine Gael	Gerry Kelly*	18.82	3,543	3,911
	Fianna Fáil	Dan Fleming*	13.28	2,520	2,544	2,621	3,512
	Independent	Kevin Conway	10.82	2,038	2,136	2,768	2,990
	Fianna Fáil	Michael Burns	7.60	1,431	1,515	1,584
	Sinn Féin	John Stanton	5.77	1,087	1,184
Electorate: 34,580 Valid: 18,828 (54.45%) Spoilt: 234 Quota: 3,766 Turnout: 19,062 (55.12%)

Carrigaline

Carrigaline - 6 seats
Party		Candidate	% 1st Pref	Count 1	Count 2	Count 3	Count 4	Count 5	Count 6	Count 7	Count 8	Count 9
	Fianna Fáil	Seamus McGrath*	17.00	3,996
	Fine Gael	Deirdre Forde*	16.83	3,956
	Fine Gael	Tim Lombard*	14.30	3,363
	Fine Gael	John A. Collins*	12.35	2,904	2,975	3,119	3,243	3,336	3,342	4,003
	Labour Party	Paula Desmond*	11.87	2,791	2,868	2,975	3,097	3,379
	Sinn Féin	Donnchadh O Laoghaire	6.39	1,502	1,534	1,559	1,602	1,645	1,646	1,769	1,815	2,039
	Independent	David Boyle	5.08	1,194	1,222	1,273	1,492	1,610	1,616	1,816	2,009	2,410
	Fianna Fáil	Padraig Martin	5.08	1,194	1,523	1,572	1,607	1,667	1,669	1,741	1,784
	Fine Gael	David O'Byrne	4.41	1,038	1,079	1,263	1,301	1,426	1,431
	Green Party	Dominick Donnelly	3.45	810	842	866	907
	Independent	Maurice Coveney	2.33	547	563	572
	Independent	Maurice Fitzgerald	0.92	216	227	231
Electorate: 56,644 Valid: 23,511 (49.75%) Spoilt: 328 Quota: 3,359 Turnout: 23,839 (50.44%)

Fermoy

Fermoy - 4 seats
Party		Candidate	% 1st Pref	Count 1	Count 2	Count 3	Count 4	Count 5	Count 6
	Fine Gael	Pa O'Driscoll	18.98	2,559	2,638	2,689	2,735
	Fianna Fáil	Kevin O'Keeffe*	18.72	2,524	2,548	2,616	2,777
	Labour Party	Noel McCarthy	15.30	2,063	2,151	2,371	2,565	2,784
	Fianna Fáil	Frank O'Flynn*	14.47	1,952	1,992	2,056	2,157	2,361	2,390
	Fine Gael	Kay Dawson	9.81	1,323	1,354	1,400	1,659	2,198	2,255
	Fine Gael	Aileen Pyne*	8.35	1,126	1,161	1,190	1,223
	Independent	Tim White	6.83	921	953	1,029
	Sinn Féin	Seamus Coleman	4.67	630	655
	Independent	Peter Merrigan	2.88	388
Electorate: 23,232 Valid: 13,486 (58.05%) Spoilt: 244 Quota: 2,698 Turnout: 13,671 (58.85%)

Kanturk

Kanturk - 4 seats
Party		Candidate	% 1st Pref	Count 1	Count 2	Count 3	Count 4	Count 5	Count 6	Count 7
	Independent	Timmy Collins	22.64	3,343
	Fine Gael	Gerard Murphy	17.11	2,526	2,585	2,693	3,073
	Fine Gael	Noel Buckley*	13.04	1,925	2,049	2,096	2,224	2,264	3,086
	Fianna Fáil	Marie (The Shamrock) Murphy*	12.94	1,911	1,994	2,060	2,179	2,207	2,273	2,316
	Fianna Fáil	Mike Donegan*	11.57	1,708	1,735	1,771	1,926	1,942	2,341	2,430
	Fine Gael	Paul Cagney	10.77	1,591	1,750	1,801	1,890	1,908	2,125
	Labour Party	Ted Linehan	7.98	1,178	1,302	1,404
	Labour Party	Donal Kelleher	3.43	507
	Independent	Jimmy Fitzgerald	0.52	77
Electorate: 23,463 Valid: 14,766 (62.93%) Spoilt: 242 Quota: 2,954 Turnout: 15,088 (63.96%)

Macroom

Macroom - 4 seats
Party		Candidate	% 1st Pref	Count 1	Count 2	Count 3	Count 4	Count 5	Count 6
	Fine Gael	Michael Creed*	21.74	4,655
	Fine Gael	Derry Canty*	18.90	4,046	4,234	4,484
	Fianna Fáil	Aindrias Moynihan*	17.01	3,642	3,704	3,768	3,780	3,939	4,361
	Labour Party	Martin Coughlan*	13.53	2,897	2,963	3,206	3,308	3,841	4,608
	Fianna Fáil	Mark O'Keeffe*	11.20	2,397	2,404	2,495	2,536	2,679	2,811
	Independent	Jerry O'Sullivan	6.94	1,486	1,519	1,629	1,663	1,973
	Sinn Féin	Des O'Grady	6.45	1,381	1,392	1,451	1,459
	Green Party	Mark Collins	4.23	905	911
Electorate: 35,012 Valid: 21,409 (61.15%) Spoilt: 240 Quota: 4,282 Turnout: 21,649 (61.83%)

Mallow

Mallow - 5 seats
Party		Candidate	% 1st Pref	Count 1	Count 2	Count 3	Count 4	Count 5	Count 6	Count 7
	Fianna Fáil	Dan Joe Fitzgerald*	13.69	2,034	2,066	2,360	2,423	2,520
	Independent	John Paul O'Shea	12.51	1,859	1,959	2,029	2,190	2,382	2,546
	Fine Gael	Tom Barry	11.21	1,666	1,690	1,729	2,021	2,087	2,229	2,267
	Fine Gael	Tom Sheahan*	11.08	1,646	1,684	1,719	1,807	1,958	2,068	2,100
	Fine Gael	Noel O'Connor*	10.92	1,622	1,650	1,685	1,828	1,959	2,305	2,351
	Labour Party	Jerry Mullally*	9.83	1,461	1,492	1,512	1,549	1,751
	Labour Party	Ronan Sheehan	9.39	1,395	1,440	1,495	1,538	1,857	2,593
	Sinn Féin	Willie O'Regan	8.44	1,254	1,298	1,343	1,374
	Fine Gael	Anthony Ahern	5.87	872	882	892
	Fianna Fáil	Trish O'Dea	4.38	650	661
	Independent	Eddie Finn	2.67	397
Electorate: 24,536 Valid: 14,856 (60.55%) Spoilt: 211 Quota: 2,477 Turnout: 15,067 (61.41%)

Midleton

Midleton - 6 seats
Party		Candidate	% 1st Pref	Count 1	Count 2	Count 3	Count 4	Count 5	Count 6	Count 7	Count 8
	Fine Gael	Michael Hegarty*	14.61	3,591
	Independent	Noel Collins*	13.27	3,262	3,399	3,421	3,425	3,466	3,477	3,649
	Labour Party	John Mulvihill*	13.05	3,208	3,369	3,617
	Sinn Féin	Sandra McLellan	10.04	2,467	2,528	2,551	2,553	2,897	2,901	3,018	3,230
	Fine Gael	Barbara Murray*	8.35	2,053	2,120	2,144	2,148	2,366	2,398	3,014	3,407
	Independent	Seán O'Connor	8.33	2,048	2,072	2,283	2,339	2,348	2,349	2,631	2,941
	Independent	Ted Murphy	7.67	1,884	1,990	2,001	2,004	2,048	2,059	2,184
	Fianna Fáil	Maurice Ahern*	8.23	1,778	1,820	1,949	1,958	2,261	2,266	2,355	2,685
	Fine Gael	Sinead Sheppard	6.17	1,516	1,611	1,687	1,711	1,750	1,765
	Fianna Fáil	Mary Linehan Foley	4.29	1,055	1,070	1,164	1,167
	Fianna Fáil	Michael Martin	3.67	902	922
	Green Party	Malachy Harty	3.32	815
Electorate: 46,820 Valid: 24,579 (52.50%) Spoilt: 347 Quota: 3,512 Turnout: 24,926 (53.24%)

Skibbereen

Skibbereen - 7 seats
Party		Candidate	% 1st Pref	Count 1	Count 2	Count 3	Count 4	Count 5	Count 6	Count 7	Count 8
	Fine Gael	Jim Daly*	14.90	2,739
	Independent	Declan Hurley	11.93	2,193	2,238	2,297	2,474
	Fianna Fáil	Donal O'Rourke*	9.51	1,749	1,795	1,831	1,909	1,917	1,932	1,963	2,139
	Fine Gael	John O'Sullivan	9.28	1,706	1,785	1,838	1,842	1,845	1,866	2,094	2,261
	Fianna Fáil	Christopher O'Sullivan*	8.34	1,534	1,570	1,611	1,717	1,738	1,793	1,870	2,065
	Fine Gael	Adrian Healy	7.69	1,413	1,491	1,563	1,566	1,566	1,814	2,138	2,195
	Fianna Fáil	Joe Carroll*	7.44	1,368	1,387	1,415	1,571	1,604	1,746	1,839	1,900
	Labour Party	Brendan Leahy'	7.25	1,333	1,365	1,497	1,516	1,522	1,846	1,946	2,265
	Sinn Féin	Cionnaith O Suilleabhain	6.20	1,139	1,169	1,254	1,272	1,277	1,335	1,371
	Fine Gael	John Collins*	5.18	952	1,004	1,024	1,112	1,149	1,165
	Independent	John Kearney	4.91	903	913	992	996	1,001
	Fianna Fáil	T.J. O'Farrell	3.79	697	701	709
	Green Party	Declan Waugh	3.58	658	667
Electorate: 27,937 Valid: 18,384 (65.81%) Spoilt: 262 Quota: 2,299 Turnout: 18,646 (66.74%)

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