2009 Waterford City Council election

An election to Waterford City Council took place on 5 June 2009 as part of that year's Irish local elections. 15 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 Waterford City Council election
5 June 2009
All 15 seats on Waterford City Council
  First party Second party Third party
 
Party Fine Gael Labour Fianna Fáil
Seats won 4 3 1
Seat change 0 0 0
  Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party
 
Party Sinn Féin Workers' Party Independent
Seats won 1 1 5
Seat change -1 -1 +2
Map showing the area of Waterford City Council
Council control after election

TBD

Results by party
Party Seats ± First Pref. votes FPv% ±%
Fine Gael 4 0 3,637 21.62
Labour 3 0 2,831 16.83
Fianna Fáil 1 0 2,212 13.15
Sinn Féin 1 -1 1,543 9.17
Workers' Party 1 -1 1,427 8.48
Independent 5 +2 4,737 28.16
Totals 15 0 16,823 100.00 —

Results by local electoral area

Waterford City East
Waterford City East - 6 seats
PartyCandidateFPv%Count
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Independent Davy Daniels* 19.48 1,291                      
Labour Jack Walsh* 13.91 922 974                    
Fine Gael Jim D'Arcy* 12.30 815 864 867 891 908 927 944 964        
Fine Gael Tom Cunningham* 8.87 588 629 632 641 656 669 682 708 711 748 778 942
Independent Mary Roche* 6.93 459 504 509 536 557 600 628 651 652 711 778 890
Sinn Féin Bill Hayes 6.05 401 412 414 416 424 428 433 438 441      
Fine Gael Jacqueline Kelly 5.61 372 395 396 406 415 437 461 469 470 520 555  
Workers' Party Joe Tobin 5.21 345 365 367 386 402 428 445 452 453 589 624 724
Fianna Fáil Gary Wyse 4.75 315 328 331 338 346 356 375 458 463 485 686 732
Fianna Fáil Catherine O'Neil 4.21 279 291 294 298 305 317 383 456 457 478    
Fianna Fáil Pat Ormond 3.49 231 244 245 246 247 248 280          
Fianna Fáil Stephanie Keating 3.11 206 224 224 224 234 247            
Independent Michael Ivory 2.16 143 174 176 181 194              
Independent Sheikh M. Ahmed 1.96 130 141 142 150                
Green Maria Raftis Kennedy 1.95 129 134 135                  
Electorate: 10,094   Valid: 6,626 (65.64%)   Spoilt: 62   Quota: 947   Turnout: 6,688 (66.26%)  

    Waterford City North
    Waterford City North - 4 seats
    PartyCandidateFPv%Count
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    Fine Gael Hilary Quinlan* 22.58 963          
    Labour Pat Hayes* 21.57 920          
    Independent Dick Roche 14.68 626 655 660 678 725 822
    Sinn Féin Joe Kelly* 12.94 552 575 575 588 605 685
    Workers' Party Davy Walsh* 12.54 535 564 568 590 631 752
    Fianna Fáil Liam Dunne 6.66 284 292 294 299 324  
    Fianna Fáil Gearoid Ryan 4.85 207 211 212 214 220  
    Independent Oli Dempsey 3.63 155 168 176 182    
    Independent Ram Ramasamy 0.54 23 26        
    Electorate: 6,965   Valid: 4,265 (61.23%)   Spoilt: 88   Quota: 894   Turnout: 4,353 (62.50%)  

      Waterford City South
      Waterford City South - 5 seats
      PartyCandidateFPv%Count
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      Independent John Halligan* 18.65 1,430          
      Labour Seamus Ryan* 16.67 989          
      Sinn Féin David Cullinane* 9.95 590 684 697 785 825 912
      Fine Gael John Cummins 9.09 539 594 605 638 840 943
      Fianna Fáil Tom Murphy* 9.27 550 579 655 676 706  
      Workers' Party Willie Moore 9.20 546 615 621 715 732 824
      Independent Laurence (Cha) O'Neill* 7.69 456 540 562 627 731 880
      Fine Gael Mary O'Halloran* 6.07 360 400 419 447    
      People Before Profit Donie Fell 5.19 308 358 373      
      Fianna Fáil Elaine Walsh 2.36 140 153        
      Independent Ram Ramasamy 0.40 24 31        
      Electorate: 9,339   Valid: 5,932 (63.52%)   Spoilt: 66   Quota: 989   Turnout: 5,998 (64.23%)  

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