2009 Kildare County Council election

An election to Kildare County Council took place on 5 June 2009 as part of that year's Irish local elections. 25 councillors were elected from six 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 Kildare County Council election
5 June 2009
25 seats on Kildare County Council
  First party Second party Third party
 
Party Fine Gael Labour Fianna Fáil
Seats won 9 6 6
Seat change +2 +2 -4
  Fourth party Fifth party
 
Party Independent Green
Seats won 4 0
Seat change +1 -1
Map showing the area of Kildare County Council
Council control after election

TBD

Results by party
Party Seats ± First Pref. votes FPv% ±%
Fine Gael 9 +2 19,292 28.47
Labour 6 +2 16,240 23.97
Fianna Fáil 6 -4 16,036 23.67
Independent 4 +1 13,685 20.20
Green 0 -1 2,507 3.70
Totals 25 - 67,760 100.0 —

Results by local electoral area

Athy
Athy - 4 seats
PartyCandidateFPv%Count
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Labour Mark Wall 28.72 3,284        
Fianna Fáil Martin Miley, Jnr* 19.06 2,180 2,344      
Fine Gael Martin Heydon 17.32 1,980 2,156 2,169 2,316  
Fianna Fáil Mark Dalton* 12.40 1,418 1,558 1,580 1,773 1,880
Fine Gael Richard Daly 9.34 1,068 1,273 1,282 1,502 2,086
Fine Gael Billy Hillis* 7.35 840 919 922 991  
Independent John Lawler 5.82 665 897 906    
Electorate: 22,177   Valid: 11,435 (51.56%)   Spoilt: 218   Quota: 2,288   Turnout: 11,653 (52.55%)  

    Celbridge
    Celbridge - 6 seats
    PartyCandidateFPv%Count
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    Independent Catherine Murphy* 25.82 4,499            
    Labour Kevin Byrne* 16.86 2,937            
    Labour John McGinley* 12.33 2,149 2,338 2,495        
    Fine Gael Senan Griffin* 7.91 1,378 1,498 1,525 1,553 1,648 1,900 2,091
    Fianna Fáil Paul Kelly* 6.44 1,122 1,291 1,306 1,320 2,005 2,132 2,472
    Fine Gael Katie Ridge* 6.19 1,078 1,276 1,372 1,415 1,500 1,851 2,020
    Labour Colm Purcell 5.92 1,032 1,555 1,626 1,725 1,769 2,005 2,444
    Green Shane Fitzgerald 5.60 975 1,259 1,281 1,358 1,453 1,630  
    Fine Gael Joe Neville 5.46 952 1,224 1,231 1,254 1,272    
    Fianna Fáil Brid Feely 3.44 599 660 675 687      
    Fianna Fáil Paul Ward 2.58 450 489 504 519      
    Independent Ivan Farina 1.45 252 406 428        
    Electorate: 35,078   Valid: 17,423 (49.67)   Spoilt: 153   Quota: 2,490   Turnout: 17,576 (50.11%)  

      Clane
      Clane - 4 seats
      PartyCandidateFPv%Count
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      Fine Gael Brendan Weld* 21.60 2,288                
      Fianna Fáil Liam Doyle* 11.85 1,255 1,264 1,276 1,325 1,361 1,720 1,825 2,388  
      Independent Padraig McEvoy 11.43 1,211 1,269 1,292 1,518 1,601 1,647 1,790 2,071 2,180
      Fianna Fáil P.J. Sheridan 9.25 980 986 1,004 1,008 1,045 1,265 1,380    
      Independent Jim Reilly 8.90 943 972 976 996 1,037 1,134      
      Fine Gael Seamus Langan 8.80 932 942 1,022 1,039 1,124 1,183 1,530 1,617 1,681
      Fianna Fáil Daragh Fitzpatrick* 7.98 845 851 857 860 898        
      Labour Chris Rowland 7.38 782 802 813 888 1,303 1,334 1,470 1,560 1,602
      Labour Rose Devine 6.85 726 771 783 799          
      Independent David Flanagan 3.80 402 426 429            
      Independent Leo Armstrong 2.15 228                
      Electorate: 20,439   Valid: 10,592 (51.82%)   Spoilt: 126   Quota: 2,119   Turnout: 10,718 (52.44%)  

        Kildare
        Kildare - 6 seats
        PartyCandidateFPv%Count
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        Independent Paddy Kennedy 11.81 1,869 1,949 2,086 2,459            
        Fianna Fáil Suzanne Doyle* 10.45 1,654 1,692 1,717 1,757 1,769 1,834 2,203 2,328    
        Fine Gael Michael Nolan, Jnr* 9.99 1,582 1,620 1,671 1,798 1,846 2,100 2,357      
        Fianna Fáil Fiona O'Loughlin* 9.54 1,511 1,562 1,586 1,638 1,659 1,881 2,410      
        Fine Gael Tony O'Donnell 9.48 1,500 1,544 1,558 1,583 1,590 2,235        
        Fine Gael Mark Stafford 9.28 1,469 1,518 1,528 1,549 1,564          
        Fianna Fáil Pat Black* 8.94 1,415 1,444 1,473 1,578 1,597 1,617        
        Labour Francis Browne* 8.48 1,343 1,424 1,513 1,620 1,657 1,782 1,885 1,896 1,942 1,974
        Labour Adrian Kane 8.47 1,341 1,411 1,527 1,612 1,650 1,761 1,844 1,856 1,900 1,911
        Independent Murty Aspell 5.53 876 937 1,013              
        Sinn Féin Seán Downey 4.18 662 686                
        Green John Hardy 2.32 367                  
        Independent John Tierney 1.53 242                  
        Electorate: 33,921   Valid: 15,831 (46.67%)   Spoilt: 240   Quota: 2,262   Turnout: 16,071 (47.38%)  

          Naas
          Naas - 5 seats
          PartyCandidateFPv%Count
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          Fine Gael Anthony Lawlor 16.08 2,113 2,140 2,207        
          Fine Gael Darren Scully 16.07 2,112 2,151 2,222        
          Labour Paddy McNamara* 13.83 1,817 1,838 1,930 2,420      
          Independent Seamus Moore 12.42 1,632 1,688 1,952 2,086 2,174 2,194  
          Fianna Fáil Willie Callaghan* 10.07 1,323 1,435 1,479 1,526 1,541 1,544 2,144
          Green J.J. Power* 8.87 1,165 1,201 1,281 1,377 1,492 1,499 1,716
          Fianna Fáil James Lawless 7.39 971 1,040 1,075 1,097 1,108 1,109  
          Labour Pat McCarthy 6.31 829 847 908        
          Independent Donal Corcoran 5.61 737 786          
          Fianna Fáil Tiernach Cassidy 2.38 313            
          Independent David Monaghan 0.98 129            
          Electorate: 25,810   Valid: 13,141 (50.91%)   Spoilt: 135   Quota: 2,191   Turnout: 13,276 (51.44%)  
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