2009 Mayo County Council election

An election to Mayo County Council took place on 5 June 2009 as part of that year's Irish local elections. 31 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). [1]

2009 Mayo County Council election

5 June 2009
31 seats on Mayo County Council
First party Second party Third party   Party Fine Gael Fianna Fáil Sinn Féin Seats won 17 7 2 Seat change +2 -5 +1   Fourth party Fifth party   Party Independent Labour Seats won 5 0 Seat change +3 -1
Map showing the area of Mayo County Council
Council control after election Fine Gael

Results by party

Party		Seats	±	First Pref. votes	FPv%	±%
	Fine Gael	17	+2	30,236	44.41
	Fianna Fáil	7	-5	20,194	29.66
	Sinn Féin	2	+1	4,906	7.21
	Independent	5	+3	10,663	15.66
	Labour	0	-1	2,092	3.07
Totals		31	-	68,091	100.00	—

Results by local electoral area

Ballina

Ballina - 6 seats

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6	7
	Fine Gael	Michelle Mulherin*	15.86	1,921
	Fianna Fáil	Annie Mae Reape*	13.37	1,619	1,643	1,699	1,700	2,190
	Fine Gael	Jarlath Munnelly*	12.56	1,521	1,574	1,725	1,732
	Fine Gael	Eddie Staunton*	12.37	1,498	1,518	1,761
	Fine Gael	Seamus Weir*	11.76	1,424	1,455	1,538	1,544	1,688	1,778
	Independent	Gerry Ginty	9.44	1,143	1,162	1,308	1,310	1,481	1,557	1,578
	Fianna Fáil	Michael Loftus	8.33	1,009	1,012	1,182	1,195	1,344	1,533	1,559
	Fianna Fáil	Johnnie O'Malley*	8.28	1,003	1,026	1,079	1,080
	Labour	David Moffatt	5.99	725	739
	Independent	Bernard Flynn	2.06	249	252
Electorate: 19,066   Valid: 12,112 (63.53%)   Spoilt: 146   Quota: 1,731   Turnout: 12,258 (64.29%)

Belmullet

Belmullet - 4 seats

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6
	Fianna Fáil	Michael McNamara*	16.60	1,503	1,575	1,889
	Independent	Michael Holmes*	15.59	1,412	1,493	1,668	1,711	1,847
	Fine Gael	Gerry Coyle*	15.29	1,385	1,408	1,638	1,649	2,202
	Sinn Féin	Rose Conway-Walsh	15.11	1,368	1,465	1,519	1,534	1,727	1,852
	Fianna Fáil	Tim Quinn*	12.48	1,130	1,164	1,166	1,169	1,307	1,417
	Fine Gael	Ian McAndrews	10.62	962	982	1,110	1,115
	Fine Gael	Pat Kilbane	9.99	905	947
	Independent	John Corrigan	2.37	215
	Independent	James Padden	1.94	176
Electorate: 13,694   Valid: 9,056 (66.13%)   Spoilt: 121   Quota: 1,812   Turnout: 9,177 (67.01%)

Castlebar

Castlebar - 7 seats

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11
	Independent	Michael Kilcoyne	15.65	2,330
	Fine Gael	Henry Kenny*	12.97	1,927
	Fianna Fáil	Al McDonnell*	11.81	1,753	1,802	1,805	1,890
	Fine Gael	Cyril Burke*	11.77	1,746	1,793	1,810	1,835	1,836	1,988
	Independent	Frank Durcan	10.60	1,574	1,667	1,673	1,745	1,747	1,802	1,812	2,007
	Fine Gael	Eugene McCormack	7.30	1,084	1,135	1,159	1,210	1,213	1,460	1,543	1,785	1,840	2,023
	Sinn Féin	Thérése Ruane	6.07	902	958	961	998	1,002	1,050	1,053	1,219	1,255	1,383	1,426
	Fianna Fáil	K. Blackie Gavin	5.41	804	836	839	921	931	998	1,006	1,078	1,099	1,526	1,570
	Labour	Harry Barrett	5.15	765	806	809	857	858	923	942
	Fianna Fáil	Michael Feeney	4.96	737	761	763	902	914	952	955	1,018	1,032
	Fine Gael	Kevin Guthrie	4.34	645	685	695	724	726
	Fianna Fáil	Aidan Crowley	3.96	588	607	608
Electorate: 23,279   Valid: 14,848 (63.78%)   Spoilt: 163   Quota: 1,857   Turnout: 15,011 (64.48%)

Claremorris

Claremorris - 6 seats

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5
	Fine Gael	Patsy O'Brien*	18.67	2,760
	Fine Gael	John Cribbin*	13.40	1,981	2,010	2,030	2,141
	Independent	Richard Finn	12.29	1,817	1,863	2,028	2,219
	Fine Gael	Tom Connolly*	10.14	1,499	1,590	1,718	1,911	2,021
	Fine Gael	Michael Burke	9.44	1,396	1,573	1,584	1,609	1,999
	Fianna Fáil	Damien Ryan*	9.30	1,375	1,474	1,515	1,648	2,118
	Fianna Fáil	Michael Carty*	8.56	1,265	1,274	1,373	1,734	1,766
	Independent	Harry Walsh*	7.41	1,095	1,247	1,265	1,294
	Fianna Fáil	Patrick McHugh*	6.26	925	950	1,107
	Fianna Fáil	Gerard McHale	4.55	672	691
Electorate: 21,780   Valid: 14,785 (67.88%)   Spoilt: 164   Quota: 2,113   Turnout: 14,949 (68.64%)

Swinford

Swinford - 4 seats

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4
	Sinn Féin	Gerry Murray*	24.60	2,218
	Fianna Fáil	Jimmy Maloney*	15.95	1,438	1,461	1,526	1,771
	Fine Gael	Eugene Lavin*	14.11	1,272	1,311	1,582	1,847
	Fine Gael	Joseph Mellett*	12.85	1,159	1,209	1,436	1,804
	Fianna Fáil	Michael Smyth	12.77	1,152	1,220	1,285	1,508
	Fianna Fáil	John Caulfield	10.40	938	1,038	1,173
	Fine Gael	Cahal Henry	5.19	468	544
	Independent	Sylvia Spain	2.20	198	221
	Independent	John Healy	1.94	175	210
Electorate: 13,732   Valid: 9,018 (65.67%)   Spoilt: 159   Quota: 1,804   Turnout: 9,177 (66.83%)

Westport

Westport - 4 seats

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6
	Fine Gael	Peter Flynn*	20.50	1,694
	Fine Gael	John O'Malley*	20.39	1,685
	Fianna Fáil	Margaret Adams*	19.52	1,613	1,620	1,648	1,655
	Fine Gael	Austin O'Malley*	15.78	1,304	1,321	1,367	1,384	1,465	1,830
	Fianna Fáil	Caroline Navin O'Malley	8.11	670	672	683	685	744
	Labour	Keith Martin	7.28	602	611	712	715	912	976
	Sinn Féin	Dave Keating	5.06	418	421	471	473
	Independent	Andy Wilson	2.55	211	212
	Independent	Tom King	0.82	68	69
Electorate: 12,420   Valid: 8,265 (66.55%)   Spoilt: 91   Quota: 1,654   Turnout: 8,356 (67.28%)

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