2009 Limerick City Council election

An election to Limerick City Council took place on 5 June 2009 as part of that year's Irish local elections. 17 councillors were elected from three 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 Limerick City Council election
5 June 2009
17 seats on Limerick City Council
  First party Second party Third party
 
Party Fine Gael Labour Fianna Fáil
Seats won 8 4 1
Seat change +3 - -1
  Fourth party Fifth party
 
Party Sinn Féin Independent
Seats won 1 3
Seat change +1 -3
Map showing the area of Limerick City Council
Council control after election

TBD

Results by party
Party Seats ± First Pref. votes FPv% ±%
Fine Gael 8 +3 7,188 33.69
Labour 4 - 3,892 18.24
Fianna Fáil 1 -1 2,661 12.47
Sinn Féin 1 +1 1,527 7.16
Independent 3 -3 5,619 26.34
Totals 17 - 21,335 100.0 —

Results by local electoral area

Limerick City East
Limerick City East - 4 seats
PartyCandidateFPv%Count
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Independent John Gilligan* 20.35 972                  
Fianna Fáil Kieran O'Hanlon* 17.61 841 841 843 926 939 979        
Labour Gerry McLoughlin* 16.62 794 808 813 848 894 938 946 1,061    
Fine Gael Denis McCarthy 11.76 562 565 567 592 599 617 619 694 727 791
Independent Christy Vereker 6.55 313 318 319 339 364 380 381      
Sinn Féin Tom Collopy 6.36 304 307 309 311 368 400 404 436 448  
Independent John Daly 6.18 295 298 299 304 320 413 421 480 498 621
Independent Noel Hannan 5.80 277 278 279 283 299          
Fianna Fáil Christy McInerney 3.96 189 190 191              
Independent Joe Shanahan 3.94 188 189 200 202            
Independent Paddy Mason 0.88 42                  
Electorate: 9,225   Valid: 4,777 (51.78%)   Spoilt: 59   Quota: 956   Turnout: 4,836 (52.42%)  

    Limerick City North
    Limerick City North - 6 seats
    PartyCandidateFPv%Count
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    Fine Gael Michael Hourigan* 18.26 1,533                        
    Fine Gael Cormac Hurley* 12.08 1,014 1,118 1,123 1,123 1,126 1,133 1,160 1,161 1,173 1,239      
    Sinn Féin Maurice Quinlivan 10.58 888 894 899 907 928 943 951 992 1,062 1,087 1,087 1,097 1,153
    Fine Gael Kevin Kiely* 10.46 878 945 948 953 957 961 970 990 1,011 1,029 1,045 1,076 1,162
    Labour Tom Shortt 9.81 824 843 844 845 849 853 868 884 904 1,001 1,009 1,051 1,361
    Independent Kathleen Leddin* 8.43 708 781 790 790 797 799 823 825 840 942 947 1,034 1,121
    Fianna Fáil Joe Crowley 5.84 490 461 469 469 541 555 613 706          
    Fianna Fáil John Cronin* 5.81 488 494 496 498 500 501 505 512 528 561 565 847 875
    Labour John Ryan* 5.71 479 501 502 504 507 511 520 534 553 625 630 670  
    Green James Nix 5.34 448 462 465 465 465 468 486 490 502        
    Independent Tina O'Gorman 2.07 174 176 177 188 193 210 216 223          
    Independent Denis Riordan 1.43 120 122 127 128 134 134              
    Independent Mick Ryan 1.41 118 118 118 132 136 147 149            
    Independent Tommy Daly 0.85 71 71 73 82 84                
    Independent Matt Larkin 0.73 61 62 63 65                  
    Independent Patrick McCarthy 0.68 57 58 60                    
    Christian Solidarity Conor O'Donoghue 0.54 45 45                      
    Electorate: 14,749   Valid: 8,396 (56.93%)   Spoilt: 111   Quota: 1,200   Turnout: 8,507 (57.68%)  

      Limerick City South
      Limerick City South - 7 seats
      PartyCandidateFPv%Count
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      Labour Joe Leddin* 13.64 1,113                            
      Fine Gael Maria Byrne* 13.06 1,066                            
      Fine Gael Ger Fahy* 11.52 940 946 961 970 971 1,008 1,018 1,051              
      Fine Gael Diarmuid Scully* 8.56 699 706 712 713 713 716 724 729 730 746 763 781 789 845 880
      Independent Pat Kennedy* 7.80 637 648 655 659 660 675 683 713 715 730 740 776 819 879 996
      Fine Gael Jim Long* 6.08 496 504 510 512 514 515 524 532 535 563 576 587 629 679 741
      Labour Orla McLoughlin 5.22 426 456 457 460 463 468 478 507 511 544 660 707 721 790 902
      Fianna Fáil Jim Hickey 5.06 413 414 415 419 455 466 556 558 558 571 581 596 608 637 680
      Sinn Féin Seán Griffin 4.10 335 338 339 343 346 349 354 384 388 419 449 459 563 625  
      Independent Lily Wallace* 3.79 309 312 313 318 319 324 328 358 361 395 428 451 487    
      Independent Pat O'Sullivan 3.64 297 301 302 303 303 307 314 320 320 334 341        
      Independent Seán O'Neill 3.30 269 271 272 273 273 278 285 293 294 331 347 356      
      Labour Derek Mulcahy 3.14 256 263 264 270 270 277 280 297 298 307          
      Independent Cathal McCarthy 3.11 254 259 261 265 266 269 275 291 292            
      Independent James Houlihan* 2.77 226 227 227 236 236 241 243                
      Fianna Fáil Tom O'Callaghan 2.13 174 176 177 180 190 193                  
      Independent Jack Bourke 1.51 123 124 125 126 130                    
      Fianna Fáil Anna Banko 0.81 66 67 67 68                      
      Independent Robert Gardiner 0.77 63 63 63                        
      Electorate: 16,384   Valid: 8,162 (49.82%)   Spoilt: 109   Quota: 1,021   Turnout: 8,271 (50.48%)  
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