2009 North Tipperary County Council election

An election to North Tipperary County Council took place on 5 June 2009 as part of that year's Irish local elections. 21 councillors were elected from four electoral divisions by PR-STV voting for a five-year term of office.[1]

2009 North Tipperary County Council election

5 June 2009
All 21 seats to North Tipperary County Council
Party Fianna Fáil Fine Gael Labour Seats won 6 4 3 Seat change -4 -1 +1   Party Sinn Féin Independent Seats won 1 7 Seat change +1 +3
Map showing the area of North Tipperary County Council
Council control after election TBD

Results by party

Party		Seats	±	First Pref. votes	FPv%	±%
	Fianna Fáil	6	-4
	Fine Gael	4	-1
	Labour	3	+1
	Sinn Féin	1	+1
	Independent	7	+3
Totals		21	-		100%	—

Results by Electoral Area

Nenagh

Nenagh - 6 seats
Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count 1	Count 2	Count 3	Count 4	Count 5	Count 6	Count 7	Count 8	Count 9
	Fianna Fáil	Jim Casey*	13.77	1,478	1,515	1,547
	Independent	Michael O'Meara*	11.95	1,282	1,285	1,316	1,316	1,343	1,601
	Fine Gael	Gerard Darcy*	11.03	1,184	1,193	1,212	1,212	1,275	1,607
	Labour	Virginia O'Dowd	10.47	1,123	1,148	1,264	1,267	1,350	1,374	1,379	1,479	1,502
	Independent	Hughie McGrath	9.13	980	1,001	1,142	1,144	1,254	1,270	1,272	1,409	1,418
	Sinn Féin	Seamus Morris	8.69	933	955	1,033	1,036	1,083	1,096	1,098	1,230	1,241
	Fine Gael	Louis McCormack	7.59	815	827	835	835	863
	Fine Gael	Tom Moylan	7.41	795	801	878	879	955	1,033	1,087	1,174	1,198
	Fianna Fáil	Michael Comerford	6.38	685	709	720	722	902	986	996
	Fianna Fáil	Tom Harrington*	5.81	624	662	707	709
	Independent	Tony Sheary	5.74	616	621
	Fianna Fáil	Valerie Foley	2.01	216
Electorate: 14,628   Valid: 10,731 (73.36%)   Spoilt: 111   Quota: 1,534   Turnout: 10,842 (74.12%)

Newport

Newport - 5 seats
Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count 1	Count 2	Count 3
	Fine Gael	Phyll Bugler*	14.71	1,370	1,580
	Labour	Jonathan Meaney	13.25	1,234	1,338	1,609
	Independent	John McGrath	13.23	1,232	1,307	1,498
	Fianna Fáil	Mattie (Coole) Ryan*	12.58	1,172	1,355	1,571
	Independent	Martin Kennedy	12.36	1,151	1,215	1,298
	Fine Gael	Tom Berkery*	12.06	1,123	1,183
	Fianna Fáil	John Carroll*	11.59	1,079	1,269	1,425
	Fianna Fáil	John Sheehy*	8.58	799
	Independent	Noel Monteith	1.64	153
Electorate: 12,885   Valid: 9,313 (72.28%)   Spoilt: 93   Quota: 1,553   Turnout: 9,406 (73.00%)

Templemore

Templemore - 5 seats
Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count 1	Count 2	Count 3	Count 4	Count 5	Count 6	Count 7
	Fianna Fáil	Michael Smith*	20.36	1,791
	Fine Gael	Pauline Coonan*	17.44	1,534
	Independent	Eddie Moran	13.96	1,228	1,260	1,313	1,335	1,347	1,470
	Fine Gael	Denis Ryan*	12.62	1,110	1,167	1,180	1,304	1,323	1,395	1,712
	Fianna Fáil	John Hogan*	10.88	957	998	1,030	1,099	1,105	1,290	1,338
	Fine Gael	Tim Maher	9.05	796	807	833	847	865	933	976
	Labour	Thomas Murphy	5.10	449	492	540	595	600	624
	Fianna Fáil	Dr. Joe Hennessy*	4.63	407	474	493	571	578
	Fianna Fáil	Mark McLoughlin	3.59	316	385	389
	Labour	Des Hanna	2.36	208	212
Electorate: 11,785   Valid: 8,796 (74.64%)   Spoilt: 110   Quota: 1,467   Turnout: 8,906 (75.57%)

Thurles

Thurles - 5 seats
Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count 1	Count 2	Count 3	Count 4	Count 5	Count 6	Count 7
	Fianna Fáil	Seamus Hanafin*	16.76	1,590
	Independent	Michael Lowry, Jnr*	14.09	1,336	1,396	1,501	1,626
	Independent	Jim Ryan*	13.60	1,290	1,348	1,456	1,735
	Labour	John Kennedy*	10.33	980	1,147	1,267	1,387	1,454	1,466	1,638
	Fianna Fáil	Seán Ryan	9.65	915	940	980	1,047	1,088	1,098	1,200
	Independent	Willie Kennedy*	9.37	889	894	926	947	963	977
	Independent	Billy Clancy	8.01	760	775	855	950	980	989	1,483
	Independent	Noel O'Dwyer	7.06	670	704	807
	Fine Gael	Mae Quinn	6.63	629	666
	Labour	John Kenehan	4.49	426
Electorate: 13,017   Valid: 9,485 (72.87%)   Spoilt: 76   Quota: 1,581   Turnout: 9,561 (73.45%)

References

1. "Local Elections 2009 Results, Transfer of Votes and Statistics" (PDF). Environment, Heritage and Local Government. Archived from the original (PDF) on 8 May 2014. Retrieved 3 December 2014.

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