2009 Meath County Council election

An election to Meath County Council took place on 5 June 2009 as part of that year's Irish local elections. 29 councillors were elected from five electoral divisions by PR-STV voting for a five-year term of office.

2009 Meath County Council election

5 June 2009
All 29 seats to Meath County Council
Party Fine Gael Fianna Fáil Labour Seats won 11 8 4 Seat change +2 -4 +4   Party Sinn Féin Independent Green Seats won 1 5 0 Seat change -1 - -1
Map showing the area of Meath County Council
Council control after election TBD

Results by party

Party		Seats	±	First Pref. votes	FPv%	±%
	Fine Gael	11	+2	20,583	29.91
	Fianna Fáil	8	-4	20,337	29.55
	Labour	4	+4	8,061	11.72
	Sinn Féin	1	-1	5,456	7.93
	Independent	5	-	13,374	19.44
	Green	0	-1	1,001	1.45
Totals		29	-	68,813	100%	—

Results by Electoral Area

Dunshaughlin

Dunshaughlin - 7 seats
Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count 1	Count 2	Count 3	Count 4	Count 5	Count 6	Count 7	Count 8	Count 9	Count 10	Count 11	Count 12	Count 13	Count 14
	Independent	Brian Fitzgerald*	14.27	2,410
	Fianna Fáil	Nick Killian*	12.33	2,066	2,090	2,102	2,121
	Fine Gael	Regina Doherty	9.69	1,636	1,671	1,706	1,724	1,738	1,770	1,912	1,972	2,346
	Independent	Joe Bonner*	9.32	1,574	1,587	1,619	1,667	1,755	1,783	2,095	2,132
	Fianna Fáil	Noel Leonard*	6.33	1,070	1,106	1,121	1,137	1,140	1,167	1,189	1,541	1,563	1,575	1,580	1,583	1,639	1,666
	Fine Gael	Maria Murphy	6.22	1,050	1,078	1,093	1,101	1,102	1,184	1,213	1,233	1,285	1,382	1,383	1,383	1,881	1,999
	Fine Gael	Gerry O'Connor	6.22	1,050	1,070	1,092	1,107	1,108	1,142	1,173	1,286	1,336	1,371	1,374	1,377
	Labour	Niamh McGowan	5.61	947	961	980	1,021	1,244	1,580	1,684	1,733	1,949	2,018	2,025	2,026	2,350
	Fianna Fáil	Conor Tormey	5.55	938	943	947	959	982	983	1,031	1,150	1,365	1,386	1,390	1,392	1,424	1,438
	Fianna Fáil	Oliver Brooks*	5.27	890	920	956	969	970	989	1,014
	Fine Gael	John Fanning	5.19	876	883	889	892	975	983	1,061	1,079
	Independent	Charles Bobbett*	4.42	746	772	810	850	871	887
	Labour	Michael McLoughlin	3.15	532	551	569	607	646
	Labour	John King	2.88	486	493	503	516
	Sinn Féin	Micheal O Gallachoir	1.90	321	328	352
	Independent	Patrick Long	0.93	157	175
	Green	Seán O Buachalla	0.84	142	150
Electorate: 33,513   Valid: 16,891 (50.40%)   Spoilt: 133   Quota: 2,112   Turnout: 17,024 (50.80%)

Kells

Kells - 5 seats
Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count 1	Count 2	Count 3	Count 4	Count 5
	Fine Gael	Catherine Yore	12.87	1,751	1,805	2,086	2,357
	Fine Gael	Eugene Cassidy*	12.71	1,730	1,907	2,104	2,119	2,136
	Fine Gael	John V. Farrelly*	12.41	1,688	1,761	2,027	2,209	2,246
	Fianna Fáil	Oliver Fox	11.67	1,588	1,681	1,717	1,999	2,221
	Fianna Fáil	Bryan Reilly*	11.36	1,545	1,965	2,128	2,598
	Sinn Féin	Michael Gallagher*	10.75	1,462	1,591	1,754	1,852	1,874
	Fianna Fáil	Liz McCormack*	10.29	1,400	1,555	1,616
	Labour	Brian Collins	8.99	1,223	1,259
	Fianna Fáil	Dominic Moran	8.96	1,219
Electorate: 23,078   Valid: 13,606 (58.96%)   Spoilt: 222   Quota: 2,268   Turnout: 13,828 (59.92%)

Navan

Navan - 7 seats
Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count 1	Count 2	Count 3	Count 4	Count 5	Count 6	Count 7	Count 8	Count 9	Count 10	Count 11	Count 12	Count 13	Count 14
	Independent	Francis Deane	11.58	1,813	1,830	1,882	1,968
	Sinn Féin	Joe Reilly*	10.30	1,612	1,654	1,688	1,710	1,753	1,849	1,876	1,925	2,474
	Fine Gael	Jim Holloway*	8.63	1,351	1,361	1,393	1,402	1,428	1,455	1,488	1,866	1,920	1,952	1,954	2,064
	Fianna Fáil	Tommy Reilly*	7.82	1,225	1,249	1,257	1,359	1,388	1,428	1,543	1,562	1,590	1,611	1,611	1,629	1,630	1,711
	Fine Gael	Suzanne Jamal	7.58	1,187	1,196	1,278	1,320	1,352	1,379	1,421	1,580	1,623	1,662	1,664	1,783	1,846	2,218
	Fianna Fáil	Shane Cassells*	6.76	1,059	1,077	1,094	1,176	1,219	1,269	1,416	1,452	1,492	1,509	1,511	1,544	1,547	1,626
	Labour	Jenny McHugh	5.25	822	833	858	862	885	925	957	998	1,051	1,125	1,125	1,653	1,671	1,775
	Sinn Féin	Peadar Toibin	5.25	822	830	842	847	867	885	903	929
	Fine Gael	John Duffy	5.01	785	794	805	807	816	877	884
	Fine Gael	Patsy O'Neill*	4.94	773	779	791	798	894	909	944	982	1,002	1,024	1,025	1,051	1,058
	Labour	Eileen Drew	4.72	739	741	783	810	829	887	908	947	978	1,022	1,024
	Fianna Fáil	Paddy Fitzsimons	4.71	738	743	750	785	804	838	980	1,012	1,041	1,061	1,062	1,078	1,079	1,117
	Fianna Fáil	Marguerite Fitzpatrick	3.61	565	572	585	636	673	693
	Independent	Adrian O'Donnell	3.27	512	520	527	532
	Fianna Fáil	Jimmy Mangan*	3.25	509	514	525
	Independent	Stephen Ball	3.21	503	547	561	565	634
	Green	Fergal O'Byrne	2.51	393	399
	Independent	Daithi Stephens	1.59	249
Electorate: 27,418   Valid: 13,816 (50.39%)   Spoilt: 310   Quota: 1,728   Turnout: 14,126 (51.52%)

Slane

Slane - 6 seats
Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count 1	Count 2	Count 3	Count 4	Count 5	Count 6	Count 7	Count 8	Count 9	Count 10	Count 11
	Labour	Eoin Holmes*	16.24	2,088
	Fine Gael	Sirena Campbell	13.94	1,793	1,852
	Independent	Jimmy Cudden*	8.77	1,128	1,142	1,143	1,177	1,253	1,307	1,397	1,581	1,719	1,923
	Fianna Fáil	Wayne Harding	7.88	1,014	1,018	1,018	1,025	1,104	1,129	1,140	1,155	1,369	1,425	1,432
	Independent	Seamus O'Neill	7.05	907	925	926	959	1,012	1,063	1,193	1,282	1,419	1,597	1,648
	Fine Gael	Ann Dillon-Gallagher*	6.84	880	892	895	910	979	1,019	1,334	1,392	1,429	1,580	1,602
	Fianna Fáil	Sinead Moore	6.55	842	855	855	902	949	981	1,032
	Fianna Fáil	Patrick Boshell*	6.39	822	832	833	870	879	982	996	1,063	1,311	1,416	1,421
	Sinn Féin	Sinead Burke	5.91	760	785	786	857	885	924	965	1,067	1,128
	Independent	James Carey	5.71	734	748	749	793	807	839	864
	Fine Gael	Pat O'Brien	4.77	614	639	643	664	693	749
	Green	Tom Kelly*	3.62	466	493	493	540	564
	Independent	Hugh Gough	3.25	418	425	425	456
	Independent	Joanne Finnegan	3.06	394	416	418
Electorate: 26,608   Valid: 12,860 (48.33%)   Spoilt: 138   Quota: 1,838   Turnout: 12,998 (48.85%)

Trim

Trim - 4 seats
Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count 1	Count 2	Count 3	Count 4	Count 5
	Fine Gael	Ray Butler	19.73	1,933	2,013
	Fianna Fáil	Jimmy Fegan*	16.51	1,618	1,656	1,738	2,472
	Fine Gael	Willie Carey*	15.16	1,486	1,535	1,635	1,799	1,915
	Fianna Fáil	Seamus Murray*	12.54	1,229	1,260	1,288
	Labour	Tracy McElhinney	12.50	1,225	1,360	1,500	1,679	1,801
	Independent	Trevor Golden	10.82	1,060	1,179	1,413	1,494	1,563
	Independent	Phil Cantwell*	6.46	633	718
	Sinn Féin	Caroli Ni Loinsigh	4.89	479
	Independent	Eoghan Farrell	1.39	136
Electorate: 20,557   Valid: 9,799 (47.67%)   Spoilt: 120   Quota: 1,960   Turnout: 9,919 (48.25%)

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