2009 Limerick County Council election

An election to Limerick County Council took place on 5 June 2009 as part of that year's Irish local elections. 28 councillors were elected from five 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 Limerick County Council election

5 June 2009
28 seats on Limerick County Council
First party Second party Third party   Party Fine Gael Fianna Fáil Labour Seats won 15 9 2 Seat change +3 -3 +1   Fourth party Fifth party   Party Independent Progressive Democrats Seats won 2 0 Seat change +2 -3
Map showing the area of Limerick County Council
Council control after election Fine Gael

Results by party

Party		Seats	±	First Pref. votes	FPv%	±%
	Fine Gael	15	+3	26,788	44.82
	Fianna Fáil	9	-3	20,502	34.30
	Labour	2	+1	6,814	11.40
	Independent	2	+2	4,453	7.45
	Progressive Democrats	0	-3	-	-
Totals		28	-	59,764	100.00	—

Results by local electoral area

Adare

Adare - 7 seats

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10
	Fine Gael	Leo Walsh*	15.50	1,833
	Fine Gael	Rose Brennan*	14.85	1,757
	Labour	Tomas Hannon*	13.84	1,637
	Fine Gael	Richard Butler*	13.58	1,606
	Fianna Fáil	James Collins	12.48	1,476	1,544
	Fianna Fáil	Leonard Enright*	6.51	770	806	832	845	864	877	1,096	1,534
	Independent	Seamus Sheahan	6.39	756	807	852	891	911	1,011	1,069	1,148	1,151	1,168
	Fianna Fáil	James Cavanagh*	5.79	685	706	801	808	820	833	923
	Independent	Patrick Fitzgerald	5.12	606	699	773	828	874	923	999	1,116	1,134	1,172
	Fianna Fáil	Richard Crehan	4.47	529	575	589	602	611	622
	Independent	Richie Smith	1.46	173	212	236	267	288
Electorate: 22,155   Valid: 11,828 (53.39%)   Spoilt: 169   Quota: 1,479   Turnout: 11,997 (54.15%)

Castleconnell

Castleconnell - 7 seats

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8
	Fine Gael	Mary Jackman*	14.60	1,993
	Fianna Fáil	Eddie Wade*	13.44	1,805
	Independent	Brigid Teefy*	11.11	1,492	1,520	1,546	1,590	1,629	1,733
	Fine Gael	John Egan	10.10	1,356	1,402	1,413	1,442	1,454	1,478	1,529	1,552
	Fine Gael	Michael Sheahan	9.44	1,267	1,369	1,383	1,465	1,471	1,523	1,550	1,560
	Fianna Fáil	Noel Gleeson*	8.63	1,159	1,164	1,179	1,189	1,209	1,366	1,747
	Fine Gael	Mary Harty*	8.93	1,199	1,256	1,267	1,297	1,305	1,345	1,582	1,606
	Labour	Elena Secas	7.78	1,045	1,083	1,155	1,298	1,304	1,406	1,464	1,475
	Fianna Fáil	Joe Meagher*	6.56	881	885	887	888	904	1,019
	Fianna Fáil	Brian Stokes	4.66	626	638	649	676	695
	Green	Trish Forde-Brennan	2.76	371	391	408
	Sinn Féin	Seamus Keating	1.74	234	236
Electorate: 23,650   Valid: 13,428 (56.78%)   Spoilt: 127   Quota: 1,679   Turnout: 13,555 (57.32%)

Kilmallock

Kilmallock - 5 seats

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10
	Labour	James Heffernan	18.22	2,282
	Fianna Fáil	Eddie Ryan	14.69	1,840	1,851	1,878	1,942	2,176
	Fine Gael	Mike Houlihan	12,57	1,575	1,609	1,663	1,736	1,895	2,141
	Fianna Fáil	Mike Donegan	10.11	1,266	1,278	1,296	1,428	1,446	1,682	1,691	1,727	1,752	1,785
	Fine Gael	William O'Donnell	9.63	1,206	1,227	1,250	1,325	1,394	1,495	1,508	2,156
	Fine Gael	Gerard Mitchell	8.54	1,070	1,083	1,098	1,138	1,204	1,230	1,254
	Fianna Fáil	Mary Burke	7.66	960	970	978	1,110	1,189	1,316	1,357	1,658	1,700	1,719
	Fianna Fáil	Richard O'Donoghue	6.10	764	775	780	882	893
	Independent	Jim Hickey	5.40	677	728	763	788
	Fianna Fáil	John Clifford*	5.38	674	679	687
	Sinn Féin	Richard Young	1.71	214
Electorate: 18,955   Valid: 12,528 (66.09%)   Spoilt: 143   Quota: 2,089   Turnout: 12,671 (66.85%)

Newcastle West

Newcastle West - 5 seats

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8
	Fine Gael	Jerome Scanlan*	22.86	2,823
	Fine Gael	Patrick O'Donovan*	18.25	2,254
	Fine Gael	Liam Galvin*	14.27	1,762	2,045	2,117
	Fianna Fáil	Michael J. Collins*	12.42	1,534	1,638	1,667	1,701	1,703	1,758	1,937	2,158
	Fianna Fáil	Francis Foley*	11.00	1,358	1,401	1,415	1,427	1,434	1,497	1,586	1,916
	Labour	Stephen Goulding	7.21	890	1,031	1,085	1,115	1,144	1,300	1,376	1,495
	Fianna Fáil	Seamus Ahern	5.84	721	733	739	745	746	777	880
	Fianna Fáil	Anne Lordan	3.47	428	499	504	553	553	588
	Sinn Féin	Mike MacDomhnaill	3.14	388	429	442	495	499
	Independent	Seamus O Suilleabhain	1.55	192	261	263
Electorate: 19,218   Valid: 12,350 (64.26%)   Spoilt: 153   Quota: 2,059   Turnout: 12,503 (65.06%)

Rathkeale

Rathkeale - 4 seats

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5
	Fine Gael	John Sheahan*	19.74	1,901	1,905	1,941
	Fine Gael	Stephen Keary	18.41	1,773	1,791	1,854	1,893	2,130
	Fine Gael	David Naughton*	14.67	1,413	1,416	1,514	1,585	1,684
	Fianna Fáil	Kevin Sheahan*	13.77	1,326	1,331	1,427	1,702	2,122
	Labour	Seamus Hogan	9.97	960	981	1,069	1,113	1,226
	Fianna Fáil	Michael Mulcair	9.40	905	923	943	1,095
	Fianna Fáil	Joe Wallace	8.26	795	796	809
	Independent	Pat Wallace	4.59	442	475
	Independent	Patrick O'Doherty	1.19	115
Electorate: 15,636   Valid: 9,630 (61.59%)   Spoilt: 149   Quota: 1,927   Turnout: 9,779 (62.54%)