Louth County Council election, 2009

5 June 2009

All 26 seats to Louth County Council

	First party	Second party	Third party

Party	Fine Gael	Sinn Féin	Fianna Fáil
Seats won	8	6	5
Seat change	+1	+1	-4

	Fourth party	Fifth party	Sixth party

Party	Labour Party	Green Party	Independent
Seats won	2	1	4
Seat change	+1	+1	-

Map showing the area of Louth County Council

Council control after election

TBD

An election to Louth County Council took place on 5 June 2009 as part of that year's Irish local elections. 26 councillors were elected from five electoral divisions by PR-STV voting for a five-year term of office.

Results by party

Party		Seats	±	First Pref. votes	FPv%	±%
	Fine Gael	8	+1	13,633	27.32%
	Sinn Féin	6	+1	8,731	17.50%
	Fianna Fáil	5	-4	11,753	23.55%
	Labour Party	2	+1	5,553	11.13%
	Green Party	1	+1	3,536	7.09%
	Independent	4	-	6,694	13.41%
Totals		26	-	49,900	100%	—

Results by Electoral Area

Ardee

Ardee - 5 seats
Party		Candidate	% 1st Pref	Count 1	Count 2	Count 3	Count 4	Count 5	Count 6	Count 7	Count 8	Count 9
	Sinn Féin	Pearse McGeough*	14.89	1,536	1,547	1,569	1,594	1,689	1,712	1,768
	Fianna Fáil	Liam Reilly*	11.93	1,231	1,234	1,239	1,241	1,265	1,382	1,427	1,482	1,580
	Fine Gael	Jim Lennon*	11.05	1,140	1,147	1,159	1,172	1,181	1,194	1,234	1,303	1,496
	Fine Gael	Colm Markey	10.37	1,070	1,077	1,104	1,208	1,286	1,300	1,387	1,439	1,577
	Fianna Fáil	Thomas Clare*	8.65	892	903	948	984	1,042	1,151	1,220	1,280	1,389
	Fine Gael	Finnan McCoy*	8.56	883	889	900	946	965	1,038	1,160	1,366	1,600
	Labour Party	Leonard Hatrick	6.92	714	740	762	776	798	870	995	1,212
	Green Party	Mary Kavanagh	6.16	635	658	676	678	692	731
	Independent	Jim Tenanty	6.00	619	637	659	666	728	804	898
	Fianna Fáil	Fintan Malone	5.43	560	569	571	575	580
	Independent	Jim Levins	3.60	371	379	412	428
	Fine Gael	Tommy McCabe	2.59	267	269	293
	Independent	Paul Drumgoole	2.23	230	258
	Independent	Albert Byrne	1.63	168
Electorate: 17,501 Valid: 10,316 (58.95%) Spoilt: 137 Quota: 1,720 Turnout: 10,453 (59.73%)

Drogheda East

Drogheda East - 6 seats
Party		Candidate	% 1st Pref	Count 1	Count 2	Count 3	Count 4	Count 5	Count 6	Count 7	Count 8	Count 9
	Labour Party	Gerald Nash*	20.60	2,142
	Fianna Fáil	James Carroll*	14.38	1,495
	Fine Gael	Michael O'Dowd*	13.14	1,366	1,570
	Sinn Féin	Imelda Munster*	12.50	1,300	1,399	1,408	1,437	1,493
	Fine Gael	Oliver Tully*	12.01	1,249	1,329	1,362	1,384	1,444	1,541
	Fianna Fáil	Tommy Byrne	7.37	766	802	808	819	835	1,039	1,146	1,182	1,188
	Independent	Frank Godfrey	7.21	750	870	882	897	947	1,006	1,178	1,196	1,199
	Fine Gael	Richie Culhane	4.38	455	502	515	525	554	571
	Fianna Fáil	Jacqui McConville*	4.18	435	446	446	458	472
	Green Party	Yinka Dixon Oludaiye	2.51	261	290	294	375
	Green Party	Rachel Pearson	1.71	178	208	215
Electorate: 19,658 Valid: 10,397 (52.89%) Spoilt: 139 Quota: 1,486 Turnout: 10,536 (53.60%)

Drogheda West

Drogheda West - 4 seats
Party		Candidate	% 1st Pref	Count 1	Count 2	Count 3	Count 4
	Labour Party	Paul Bell	26.07	1,904
	Fine Gael	Anthony Donohoe*	16.43	1,200	1,310	1,397	1,560
	Sinn Féin	Paddy McQuillan	14.38	1,050	1,124	1,171	1,452
	Fianna Fáil	Frank Maher*	12.36	903	957	1,206	1,341
	Fine Gael	Kevin Callan	11.71	855	930	1,006	1,166
	Independent	Ken O'Heiligh*	10.64	777	862	965
	Green Party	Michael McKeon	4.29	313	344
	Fianna Fáil	Joe Lynch	4.13	302	316
Electorate: 13,562 Valid: 7,304 (53.86%) Spoilt: 124 Quota: 1,461 Turnout: 7,428 (54.77%)

Dundalk-Carlingford

Dundalk-Carlingford - 5 seats
Party		Candidate	% 1st Pref	Count 1	Count 2	Count 3	Count 4	Count 5	Count 6	Count 7	Count 8
	Fianna Fáil	Peter Savage*	15.62	1,643	1,676	1,702	1,748	1,815
	Fine Gael	Terry Brennan*	13.90	1,462	1,567	1,617	1,695	1,789
	Independent	Jim Ryan*	13.15	1,383	1,403	1,462	1,554	1,674	1,680	2,054
	Sinn Féin	Jim Loughran*	12.61	1,326	1,344	1,371	1,422	1,474	1,476	1,541	1,572
	Sinn Féin	Edel Corrigan	12.20	1,283	1,291	1,324	1,340	1,423	1,426	1,526	1,577
	Fianna Fáil	Conor Keelan	9.76	1,026	1,032	1,044	1,071	1,121	1,136	1,237	1,322
	Fine Gael	Eamonn O'Boyle	6.98	734	822	854	890	964	967
	Green Party	Paraic McKevitt	5.72	601	622	683	717
	Independent	Pat Keenan	3.66	385	394	420
	Labour Party	Frank O'Brien	3.30	347	356
	Fine Gael	Michael Woods	3.10	326
Electorate: 18,649 Valid: 10,516 (56.39%) Spoilt: 164 Quota: 1,753 Turnout: 10,680 (57.27%)

Dundalk South

Dundalk South - 6 seats
Party		Candidate	% 1st Pref	Count 1	Count 2	Count 3	Count 4	Count 5	Count 6	Count 7	Count 8	Count 9	Count 10
	Sinn Féin	Tomás Sharkey*	19.43	2,236
	Fine Gael	Jim D'Arcy*	16.63	1,914
	Independent	Martin Bellew*	12.56	1,456	1,582	1,608	1,632	1,708
	Green Party	Mark Dearey	12.58	1,448	1,555	1,601	1,635	1,680
	Fianna Fáil	Declan Breathnach*	11.87	1,366	1,423	1,438	1,532	1,543	1,578	1,584
	Fianna Fáil	Donal Lynch*	8.46	974	1,005	1,048	1,136	1,148	1,180	1,180	1,182	1,258	1,265
	Fine Gael	Benedicta Attoh	5.09	586	629	728	741	772	891	900	905
	Independent	Alan Grehan	4.82	555	631	649	666	719	899	929	944	1,235	1,269
	Labour Party	Ciaran O Mathúna	3.88	446	492	510	519	569
	Fianna Fáil	Frances Rocks	2.49	286	309	314
	Workers' Party	Peter Short	2.09	241	317	321	330
Electorate: 20,476 Valid: 11,508 (56.20%) Spoilt: 172 Quota: 1,645 Turnout: 11,680 (57.04%)

External links

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