2009 Wicklow County Council election

An election to Wicklow County Council took place on 5 June 2009 as part of that year's Irish local elections. 24 councillors were elected from five electoral divisions by PR-STV voting for a five-year term of office.

2009 Wicklow County Council election
5 June 2009
All 24 seats to Wicklow County Council
  First party Second party Third party
 
Party Fine Gael Labour Fianna Fáil
Seats won 9 6 4
Seat change +2 -2
  Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party
 
Party Sinn Féin Green Independent
Seats won 2 0 3
Seat change +2 -1 -1
Map showing the area of Wicklow County Council
Council control after election

TBD

Results by party
Party Seats ± First Pref. votes FPv% ±%
Fine Gael 9 +2 17,795 31.14%
Labour 6 - 10,953 19.16%
Fianna Fáil 4 -2 12,374 21.65%
Sinn Féin 2 +2 4,695 8.21%
Green 0 -1 2,277 3.98%
Independent 3 -1 9,059 15.85%
Totals 24 - 57,153 100% —

Results by Electoral Area

Arklow
Arklow - 5 seats
PartyCandidateFPv%Count
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Fine Gael Vincent Blake* 15.94 2,041 2,065 2,137        
Fianna Fáil Pat Fitzgerald 14.77 1,892 1,942 1,998 2,016 2,018 2,449  
Labour Nicky Kelly* 11.90 1,524 1,715 1,828 2,274      
Fianna Fáil Pat Doran* 10.92 1,399 1,407 1,415 1,726 1,759 1,909 2,030
Independent Peter Dempsey 10.12 1,296 1,366 1,428 1,476 1,513 1,779 1,908
Fianna Fáil Tommy Annesley 8.85 1,134 1,185 1,256 1,284 1,290    
Fine Gael Sylvester Bourke* 8.74 1,119 1,169 1,486 1,595 1,656 1,934 1,998
Labour Kevin Ryan 8.10 1,037 1,156 1,182        
Fine Gael Donal O'Sullivan 5.41 693 767          
Labour Bernie O'Halloran 5.25 672            
Electorate: 19,195   Valid: 12,807 (66.72%)   Spoilt: 178   Quota: 2,135   Turnout: 12,985 (67.65%)

    Baltinglass
    Baltinglass - 3 seats
    PartyCandidateFPv%Count
    1234
    Independent Tommy Cullen* 22.99 1,934 1,982 2,149  
    Fine Gael Edward Timmins* 20.57 1,730 1,772 1,958 2,130
    Independent Jim Ruttle* 19.84 1,669 1,728 1,970 2,384
    Fine Gael Lorcan McMahon 11.97 1,007 1,053 1,125 1,362
    Sinn Féin Gerry O'Neill 11.14 937 956 1,042  
    Fianna Fáil Geraldine Cole 10.61 892 907    
    Green Pat Pidgeon 2.88 242      
    Electorate: 12,777   Valid: 8,411 (65.83%)   Spoilt: 71   Quota: 2,103   Turnout: 8,482 (66.38%)

      Bray
      Bray - 7 seats
      PartyCandidateFPv%Count
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      Independent Christopher Fox* 14.40 2,043                        
      Labour John Byrne* 14.04 1,992                        
      Sinn Féin John Brady 13.39 1,899                        
      Fine Gael John Ryan* 8.29 1,176 1,215 1,227 1,237 1,243 1,265 1,302 1,335 1,667 1,749 1,839    
      Fianna Fáil Pat Vance* 8.25 1,171 1,199 1,214 1,221 1,233 1,261 1,390 1,424 1,460 1,522 2,091    
      Fine Gael Mick Glynn 6.25 886 908 927 934 944 972 1,018 1,067 1,208 1,345 1,411 1,467 1,493
      Green Ciaran O'Brien* 6.15 872 886 894 907 915 951 974 1,045 1,111 1,201 1,270 1,350 1,362
      Fianna Fáil Michael Lawlor* 5.82 826 875 888 893 901 914 1,059 1,072 1,089 1,138      
      Labour Barry Nevin 5.36 760 777 876 885 905 942 969 1,059 1,112 1,267 1,339 1,378 1,387
      Fine Gael Sarah Wray 4.57 649 667 674 690 694 722 734 770          
      Independent Eugene Finnegan 3.60 511 530 546 556 575 633 787 843        
      Fianna Fáil Damien Meaney 3.53 501 511 521 526 534 544              
      Independent Darren Murphy 3.07 435 449 457 491 508 574 600            
      Independent Wayne Tobin 2.49 353 365 372 383 396                
      Independent Emma Kelly 0.79 112 139 143                    
      Electorate: 24,360   Valid: 14,186 (58.23%)   Spoilt: 180   Quota: 1,774   Turnout: 14,366 (58.97%)

        Greystones
        Greystones - 4 seats
        PartyCandidateFPv%Count
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        Fine Gael Simon Harris 31.76 3,119              
        Labour Tom Fortune* 16.42 1,617 1,793 1,840 1,948 2,155      
        Fine Gael George Jones* 12.04 1,182 1,535 1,551 1,582 1,645 1,681 1,807 2,014
        Fine Gael Derek Mitchell* 11.30 1,110 1,383 1,398 1,426 1,494 1,536 1,614 1,786
        Fianna Fáil Eleanor Roche 7.01 688 731 742 765 793 803    
        Fianna Fáil Kathleen Kelleher* 6.57 645 733 741 767 801 816 1,176 1,297
        Independent Chris Maloney 5.29 519 602 648 717 774 812 895  
        Green Caroline Burrell 4.27 419 488 506 541        
        Sinn Féin Anthony McCoy 3.39 333 379 399          
        Independent Charlie Keddy 1.90 187 211            
        Electorate: 16,176   Valid: 9,819 (60.70%)   Spoilt: 75   Quota: 1,964   Turnout: 9,894 (61.16%)

          Wicklow
          Wicklow - 5 seats
          PartyCandidateFPv%Count
          12345
          Labour Jimmy O'Shaughnessy* 16.08 1,918 1,983 2,104    
          Fine Gael Irene Winters* 14.55 1,736 1,813 2,019    
          Fianna Fáil Pat Casey* 13.37 1,595 1,732 1,767 2,264  
          Sinn Féin John Snell 12.79 1,526 1,592 1,650 1,879 1,938
          Labour Conal Kavanagh* 12.01 1,433 1,506 1,657 1,800 1,909
          Fine Gael Declan O'Neill 11.29 1,347 1,360 1,422 1,492 1,550
          Fianna Fáil Jane Dignam 7.95 949 1,123 1,174    
          Green Pat Kavanagh 6.24 744 777      
          Fianna Fáil Gail Dunne 5.72 682        
          Electorate: 19,547   Valid: 11,930 (61.03%)   Spoilt: 149   Quota: 1,989   Turnout: 12,079 (61.79%)
            Preceded by
            2004 Wicklow County Council election            		 Wicklow County Council elections Succeeded by
            2014 Wicklow County Council election
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