2009 Laois County Council election

An election to Laois County Council took place on 5 June 2009 as part of that year's Irish local elections. 25 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 Laois County Council election
5 June 2009
All 25 seats on Laois County Council
  First party Second party Third party
 
Party Fine Gael Fianna Fáil Labour
Seats won 12 8 1
Seat change +3 -3 -
  Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party
 
Party Sinn Féin Independent Progressive Democrats
Seats won 1 3 0
Seat change - +1 -1
Map showing the area of Laois County Council
Council control after election

TBD

Results by party
Party Seats ± First Pref. votes FPv% ±%
Fine Gael 12 +3 13,175 38.29
Fianna Fáil 8 -3 11,658 33.88
Labour 1 - 2,007 5,83
Sinn Féin 1 - 2,810 8.17
Independent 3 +1 4,711 13.69
Progressive Democrats 0 -1
Totals 25 - 34,409 100.0 —

Results by local electoral area

Borris-in-Ossory
Borris-in-Ossory - 6 seats
PartyCandidateFPv%Count
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Fianna Fáil John Joe Fennelly* 19.87 1,758            
Fine Gael Michael Lalor* 15.06 1,332            
Fine Gael John King 11.42 1,010 753 756 842 853 880 899
Fianna Fáil Brendan Phelan* 11.00 973 1,109 1,110 1,190      
Fine Gael John Bonham* 9.69 857 954 955 976 986 1,056 1,191
Fine Gael Marty Phelan* 10.94 968 1,008 1,009 1,041 1,069 1,111 1,191
Fianna Fáil Michael Phelan 8.68 768 886 886 903 906 984 1,001
Labour Raymond Fitzpatrick 5.35 473 508 508 542 546 646  
Sinn Féin Aaron Delaney 5.30 469 498 499 531 536    
Independent M.J. Walsh 2.61 231 247 248        
Christian Solidarity Colm Callanan 0.09 8 10          
Electorate: 14,167   Valid: 8,847 (62.45%)   Spoilt: 109   Quota: 1,264   Turnout: 8,956 (63.22%)  

    Emo
    Emo- 4 seats
    PartyCandidateFPv%Count
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    Fine Gael Tom Mulhall 13.41 747 747 821 837 939 991 1,066 1,091
    Independent Paul Mitchell 12.10 674 676 701 772 829 960 983 1,102
    Fianna Fáil Ray Cribbin* 11.08 617 617 625 644 673 694 832 1,191
    Sinn Féin Aidan Mullins 10.25 571 573 583 615 636 753 799 895
    Fine Gael James Deegan* 10.16 566 567 647 661 767 831 964 992
    Fianna Fáil Willie Murphy 9.66 538 538 541 562 572 610 709  
    Fianna Fáil Paschal McEvoy 8.99 501 501 504 508 588 604    
    Independent Tom Cushen 7.68 428 428 434 460        
    Labour Margaret Guijt Lawlor 7.20 401 401 428 484 505      
    Fine Gael Winifred Champ Cox 4.63 258 258            
    Independent Frances Emerson 4.63 258 260 280          
    Christian Solidarity Colm Callanan 4.63 11              
    Electorate: 8,110   Valid: 4,847 (59.77%)   Spoilt: 82   Quota: 970   Turnout: 4,929 (60.78%)  

      Luggacurren
      Luggacurren- 4 seats
      PartyCandidateFPv%Count
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      Fine Gael James Daly* 20.98 1,179          
      Fine Gael John Moran* 20.68 1,162          
      Fianna Fáil Dick Miller* 14.10 792 801 817 831 839 957
      Fianna Fáil Padraig Fleming 14.04 789 801 840 875 886 1,148
      Fianna Fáil Laurence Phelan 12.62 709 716 728 745 753  
      Independent Ben Brennan 10.43 586 598 677 770 781 1,025
      Independent Nuala Finnegan 2.94 165 171 208      
      Sinn Féin Marie Johnston 2.63 148 154        
      Independent James Scully 1.42 80 83        
      Christian Solidarity Colm Callanan 0.16 9          
      Electorate: 9,045   Valid: 5,619 (62.12%)   Spoilt: 66   Quota: 1,124   Turnout: 5,685 (62.85%)  

        Mountmellick
        Mountmellick- 4 seats
        PartyCandidateFPv%Count
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        Fianna Fáil Paddy Bracken* 15.37 928 944 983 987 1,011 1,156 1,263  
        Fine Gael David Goodwin* 13.85 836 849 855 974 1,107 1,178 1,488  
        Fianna Fáil Seamus McDonald* 12.69 766 776 836 848 941 1,006 1,063 1,083
        Labour Pat Bowe 11.69 706 741 751 764 796 923 1,064 1,185
        Independent Michael Gormley 8.66 523 549 585 590 622      
        Fianna Fáil Joe Digan 8.55 516 522 560 607 774 789 799 809
        Independent Patrick Delaney 8.08 488 500 515 579        
        Fine Gael Rosemary Whelan 7.16 432 452 485 601 649 780    
        Fine Gael Pat Lalor 6.73 406 410 426          
        Fianna Fáil Talitha Horan 4.24 256 264            
        Sinn Féin Adam Haughton 2.75 166              
        Christian Solidarity Colm Callanan 0.23 14              
        Electorate: 9,255   Valid: 6,037 (65.23%)   Spoilt: 70   Quota: 1,208   Turnout: 6,107 (65.99%)  

          Portlaoise
          Portlaoise - 7 seats
          PartyCandidateFPv%Count
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          Fine Gael William Aird* 17.81 1,485                    
          Sinn Féin Brian Stanley* 17.46 1,456                    
          Fianna Fáil Jerry Lodge* 7.96 663 683 712 756 773 896 922 1,005 1,067    
          Independent Rotimi Adebari 7.78 649 662 711 720 733 750 835 891 934 942 946
          Fine Gael Mary Sweeney* 7.75 646 706 756 769 785 831 898 976 1,129    
          Fianna Fáil Catherine Fitzgerald* 6.85 571 599 620 639 653 785 814 860 901 914 921
          Fine Gael Kathleen O'Brien 5.31 443 509 540 551 566 587 647 756 906 946 953
          Fine Gael Paddy Buggy 5.22 435 527 562 571 589 615 676 740 877 903 910
          Labour Jim O'Brien 5.13 427 441 492 501 522 533          
          Independent Tom Jacob* 5.08 424 465 497 515 530 560 621        
          Fine Gael Matthew Keegan 4.96 413 491 521 533 542 579 622 697      
          Fianna Fáil Liam Phelan 4.77 397 413 453 481 493            
          Independent Michael Moloney* 1.76 147 154 166 178              
          Fianna Fáil Tony Walsh 1.39 116 118 123                
          Independent Joe McCormack 0.70 58 63 89                
          Christian Solidarity Colm Callanan 0.07 6 6 8                
          Electorate: 15,512   Valid: 8,340 (53.76%)   Spoilt: 88   Quota: 1,034   Turnout: 8,428 (54.33%)  
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