2009 Wexford County Council election

An election to Wexford County Council took place on 5 June 2009 as part of that year's Irish local elections. 21 councillors were elected from four 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).

2009 Wexford County Council election

5 June 2009
All 21 seats on Wexford County Council
First party Second party Third party   Party Fine Gael Fianna Fáil Labour Seats won 10 5 4 Seat change +3 -1 +3   Fourth party Fifth party   Party Independent Sinn Féin Seats won 2 0 Seat change -2 -3
Map showing the area of Wexford County Council
Council control after election TBD

Results by party

Party		Seats	±	First Pref. votes	FPv%	±%
	Fine Gael	10	+3
	Fianna Fáil	5	-1
	Labour	4	+3
	Independent	2	-2
	Sinn Féin	0	-3
Totals		21	-		100.0	—

Results by local electoral area

Enniscorthy

Enniscorthy - 5 seats

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5
	Fine Gael	Kathleen Codd-Nolan*	13.99	1,974	2,013	2,043	2,188	2,287
	Fine Gael	Patrick Kavanagh	13.65	1,926	1,996	1,998	2,199	2,449
	Fine Gael	Oliver Walsh*	12.67	1,788	1,839	2,061	2,105	2,207
	Labour	Pat Cody	11.88	1,676	1,809	1,837	2,031	2,372
	Fianna Fáil	Barbara Ann Murphy*	10.76	1,518	1,544	1,787	1,856	1,909
	Fianna Fáil	Keith Doyle	10.53	1,485	1,532	1,728	1,868	2,217
	Independent	Seán Doyle*	7.84	1,106	1,220	1,235
	Independent	Jackser Owens	7.63	1,077	1,258	1,281	1,589
	Fianna Fáil	Bernadette Murphy	5.84	824	844
	Sinn Féin	Noreen Sheridan	5.20	734
Electorate: 25,498   Valid: 14,108 (55.33%)   Spoilt: 236   Quota: 2,352   Turnout: 14,344 (56.26%)

Gorey

Gorey - 5 seats

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6
	Fine Gael	John Hegarty	17.20	2,386
	Fianna Fáil	Malcolm Byrne	13.89	1,927	2,091	2,099	2,570
	Independent	Declan McPartlin*	11.88	1,648	1,798	1,803	1,862	1,879	2,106
	Labour	Bobby Ireton	11.54	1,601	1,827	1,835	2,056	2,107	2,331
	Fine Gael	Michael Kinsella*	11.33	1,572	1,670	1,699	1,788	1,811	2,515
	Fianna Fáil	Lorcan Allen*	8.98	1,246	1,296	1,298	1,528	1,674	1,732
	Fine Gael	Ellen Lynch	8.91	1,236	1,302	1,320	1,406	1,427
	Fianna Fáil	Jimmy Fleming*	8.53	1,183	1,286	1,290
	Sinn Féin	Michael Carty	6.49	900
	Independent	Ger Walsh	1.23	171
Electorate: 25,031   Valid: 13,870 (55.41%)   Spoilt: 218   Quota: 2,312   Turnout: 14,088 (56.28%)

New Ross

New Ross - 4 seats

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5
	Fine Gael	Denis Kennedy*	15.65	1,911	1,974	2,069	2,251	2,473
	Fianna Fáil	Michael Sheehan	14.18	1,732	1,750	1,861	2,015	2,288
	Fine Gael	Larry O'Brien*	14.07	1,718	1,794	1,907	2,181	2,342
	Fianna Fáil	Martin Murphy*	13.12	1,602	1,691	1,729	1,799	2,455
	Sinn Féin	John Dwyer*	12.89	1,574	1,628	1,698	1,924	2,064
	Fianna Fáil	Jimmy Curtis*	11.97	1,462	1,564	1,602	1,674
	Labour	Ollie Somers	7.82	955	1,026	1,192
	Green	Seán Reidy	5.55	678	720
	Independent	Jack Fardy	4.75	580
Electorate: 22,164   Valid: 12,212 (55.10%)   Spoilt: 252   Quota: 2,443   Turnout: 12,464 (56.24%)

Wexford

Wexford - 7 seats

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13
	Labour	George Lawlor	11.66	2,210	2,225	2,240	2,276	2,314	2,377
	Labour	Ted Howlin*	10.20	1,934	1,947	1,957	1,976	1,999	2,035	2,187	2,267	2,306	2,486
	Fianna Fáil	Tony Dempsey	8.43	1,599	1,603	1,610	1,622	1,627	1,632	1,650	1,918	1,949	2,013	2,060	2,077	2,089
	Fine Gael	Jim Moore	8.31	1,576	1,580	1,583	1,601	1,612	1,625	1,659	1,732	1,858	1,922	1,984	2,000	2,014
	Fine Gael	Pat Codd*	8.25	1,565	1,572	1,585	1,595	1,603	1,630	1,650	1,918	1,949	2,013	2,060	2,077	2,089
	Fine Gael	Anna Fenlon*	7.71	1,461	1,471	1,501	1,517	1,552	1,608	1,694	1,878	1,898	2,056	2,230	2,252	2,278
	Independent	Padge Reck*	7.55	1,431	1,448	1,460	1,490	1,541	1,608	1,660	1,698	1,739	1,971	2,262	2,314	2,335
	Independent	Leo Carthy*	6.99	1,326	1,332	1,354	1,372	1,389	1,415	1,436	1,515	1,630	1,762	1,877	1,945	1,961
	Sinn Féin	Maurice Roche*	6.67	1,265	1,276	1,289	1,298	1,321	1,360	1,409	1,421	1,439
	Fianna Fáil	Fergie Kehoe*	5.79	1,097	1,101	1,111	1,120	1,139	1,169	1,216	1,249	1,492	1,603
	Fianna Fáil	Noel Howlin	4.83	916	916	916	920	922	925	941	947
	Fine Gael	Jim Allen	4.21	799	800	805	807	818	825	857
	Green	Danny Forde	2.90	550	560	571	581	597	615
	Independent	Do Do Lawlor	2.07	392	412	425	447	455
	Independent	Alan McGuire	1.40	266	269	278	293
	Independent	Vincent Kennedy	1.29	245	245	253
	Independent	James Breen	1.01	191	193
	Independent	Willie Kinsella	0.72	137
Electorate: 36,473   Valid: 18,960 (51.98%)   Spoilt: 303   Quota: 2,371   Turnout: 19,263 (52.81%)

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