2009 Kildare County Council election

2009 Kildare County Council election

5 June 2009
25 seats on Kildare County Council
First party Second party Third party   Party Fine Gael Labour Fianna Fáil Seats won 9 6 6 Seat change +2 +2 -4   Fourth party Fifth party   Party Independent Green Seats won 4 0 Seat change +1 -1
Map showing the area of Kildare County Council
Council control after election TBD

An election to Kildare County Council took place on 5 June 2009 as part of that year's Irish local elections. 25 councillors were elected from six 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	9	+2	19,292	28.47
	Labour	6	+2	16,240	23.97
	Fianna Fáil	6	-4	16,036	23.67
	Independent	4	+1	13,685	20.20
	Green	0	-1	2,507	3.70
Totals		25	-	67,760	100.00	—

Results by local electoral area

Athy

Athy - 4 seats

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5
	Labour	Mark Wall	28.72	3,284
	Fianna Fáil	Martin Miley, Jnr*	19.06	2,180	2,344
	Fine Gael	Martin Heydon	17.32	1,980	2,156	2,169	2,316
	Fianna Fáil	Mark Dalton*	12.40	1,418	1,558	1,580	1,773	1,880
	Fine Gael	Richard Daly	9.34	1,068	1,273	1,282	1,502	2,086
	Fine Gael	Billy Hillis*	7.35	840	919	922	991
	Independent	John Lawler	5.82	665	897	906
Electorate: 22,177   Valid: 11,435 (51.56%)   Spoilt: 218   Quota: 2,288   Turnout: 11,653 (52.55%)

Celbridge

Celbridge - 6 seats

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6	7
	Independent	Catherine Murphy*	25.82	4,499
	Labour	Kevin Byrne*	16.86	2,937
	Labour	John McGinley*	12.33	2,149	2,338	2,495
	Fine Gael	Senan Griffin*	7.91	1,378	1,498	1,525	1,553	1,648	1,900	2,091
	Fianna Fáil	Paul Kelly*	6.44	1,122	1,291	1,306	1,320	2,005	2,132	2,472
	Fine Gael	Katie Ridge*	6.19	1,078	1,276	1,372	1,415	1,500	1,851	2,020
	Labour	Colm Purcell	5.92	1,032	1,555	1,626	1,725	1,769	2,005	2,444
	Green	Shane Fitzgerald	5.60	975	1,259	1,281	1,358	1,453	1,630
	Fine Gael	Joe Neville	5.46	952	1,224	1,231	1,254	1,272
	Fianna Fáil	Brid Feely	3.44	599	660	675	687
	Fianna Fáil	Paul Ward	2.58	450	489	504	519
	Independent	Ivan Farina	1.45	252	406	428
Electorate: 35,078   Valid: 17,423 (49.67)   Spoilt: 153   Quota: 2,490   Turnout: 17,576 (50.11%)

Clane

Clane - 4 seats

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9
	Fine Gael	Brendan Weld*	21.60	2,288
	Fianna Fáil	Liam Doyle*	11.85	1,255	1,264	1,276	1,325	1,361	1,720	1,825	2,388
	Independent	Padraig McEvoy	11.43	1,211	1,269	1,292	1,518	1,601	1,647	1,790	2,071	2,180
	Fianna Fáil	P.J. Sheridan	9.25	980	986	1,004	1,008	1,045	1,265	1,380
	Independent	Jim Reilly	8.90	943	972	976	996	1,037	1,134
	Fine Gael	Seamus Langan	8.80	932	942	1,022	1,039	1,124	1,183	1,530	1,617	1,681
	Fianna Fáil	Daragh Fitzpatrick*	7.98	845	851	857	860	898
	Labour	Chris Rowland	7.38	782	802	813	888	1,303	1,334	1,470	1,560	1,602
	Labour	Rose Devine	6.85	726	771	783	799
	Independent	David Flanagan	3.80	402	426	429
	Independent	Leo Armstrong	2.15	228
Electorate: 20,439   Valid: 10,592 (51.82%)   Spoilt: 126   Quota: 2,119   Turnout: 10,718 (52.44%)

Kildare

Kildare - 6 seats

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10
	Independent	Paddy Kennedy	11.81	1,869	1,949	2,086	2,459
	Fianna Fáil	Suzanne Doyle*	10.45	1,654	1,692	1,717	1,757	1,769	1,834	2,203	2,328
	Fine Gael	Michael Nolan, Jnr*	9.99	1,582	1,620	1,671	1,798	1,846	2,100	2,357
	Fianna Fáil	Fiona O'Loughlin*	9.54	1,511	1,562	1,586	1,638	1,659	1,881	2,410
	Fine Gael	Tony O'Donnell	9.48	1,500	1,544	1,558	1,583	1,590	2,235
	Fine Gael	Mark Stafford	9.28	1,469	1,518	1,528	1,549	1,564
	Fianna Fáil	Pat Black*	8.94	1,415	1,444	1,473	1,578	1,597	1,617
	Labour	Francis Browne*	8.48	1,343	1,424	1,513	1,620	1,657	1,782	1,885	1,896	1,942	1,974
	Labour	Adrian Kane	8.47	1,341	1,411	1,527	1,612	1,650	1,761	1,844	1,856	1,900	1,911
	Independent	Murty Aspell	5.53	876	937	1,013
	Sinn Féin	Seán Downey	4.18	662	686
	Green	John Hardy	2.32	367
	Independent	John Tierney	1.53	242
Electorate: 33,921   Valid: 15,831 (46.67%)   Spoilt: 240   Quota: 2,262   Turnout: 16,071 (47.38%)

Naas

Naas - 5 seats

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6	7
	Fine Gael	Anthony Lawlor	16.08	2,113	2,140	2,207
	Fine Gael	Darren Scully	16.07	2,112	2,151	2,222
	Labour	Paddy McNamara*	13.83	1,817	1,838	1,930	2,420
	Independent	Seamus Moore	12.42	1,632	1,688	1,952	2,086	2,174	2,194
	Fianna Fáil	Willie Callaghan*	10.07	1,323	1,435	1,479	1,526	1,541	1,544	2,144
	Green	J.J. Power*	8.87	1,165	1,201	1,281	1,377	1,492	1,499	1,716
	Fianna Fáil	James Lawless	7.39	971	1,040	1,075	1,097	1,108	1,109
	Labour	Pat McCarthy	6.31	829	847	908
	Independent	Donal Corcoran	5.61	737	786
	Fianna Fáil	Tiernach Cassidy	2.38	313
	Independent	David Monaghan	0.98	129
Electorate: 25,810   Valid: 13,141 (50.91%)   Spoilt: 135   Quota: 2,191   Turnout: 13,276 (51.44%)

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