2009 Waterford County Council election

An election to Waterford County Council took place on 5 June 2009 as part of that year's Irish local elections. 23 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 Waterford County Council election
5 June 2009
All 23 seats on Waterford County Council
  First party Second party Third party
 
Party Fine Gael Fianna Fáil Labour
Seats won 11 5 4
Seat change - -2 -
  Fourth party Fifth party
 
Party Sinn Féin Independent
Seats won 2 1
Seat change +1 +1
Map showing the area of Waterford County Council
Council control after election

TBD

Results by party
Party Seats ± First Pref. votes FPv% ±%
Fine Gael 11 - 13,939 44.25
Fianna Fáil 5 -2 8,079 25.65
Labour 4 - 4,369 13.87
Sinn Féin 2 +1 1,734 5.50
Independent 1 +1 3,067 9.74
Totals 23 - 31,503 100.0 —

Results by local electoral area

Comeragh
Comeragh - 6 seats
PartyCandidateFPv%Count
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Fine Gael Liam Brazil* 21.01 1,732            
Fine Gael Brendan Coffey* 17.29 1,429            
Fianna Fáil Michael J. O'Ryan* 16.11 1,329            
Labour Ger Barron* 12.39 1,020 1,169 1,221        
Fine Gael Mary Greene* 10.43 860 1,108 1,227        
Fianna Fáil John O'Leary 9.08 748 787 822 903 976 1,001 1,015
Fianna Fáil Benji Whelan 8.87 732 806 830 914 991 1,006 1,014
Independent Michael Flynn 4.82 398 441 461        
Electorate: 13,086   Valid: 8,249 (63.04%)   Spoilt: 120   Quota: 1,179   Turnout: 8,369 (63.95%)  

    Dungarvan
    Dungarvan - 6 seats
    PartyCandidateFPv%Count
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    Fine Gael Damien Geoghegan* 15.32 1,300          
    Fine Gael Pat Nugent* 14.31 1,214          
    Sinn Féin Brendan Mansfield* 11.52 978 991 1,047 1,084 1,279  
    Labour Billy Kyne* 11.30 959 974 1,029 1,071 1,130 1,141
    Fianna Fáil Tom Cronin* 10.30 874 877 907 1,140 1,294  
    Fine Gael Tom Higgins* 8.79 746 769 909 982 1,071 1,100
    Labour Teresa Wright* 8.72 740 755 800 857 974 989
    Independent Seamus O'Donnell 8.48 720 724 789 830    
    Fianna Fáil Ollie Wilkinson 6.01 510 514 532      
    Fine Gael Jimmy Breathnach 5.24 445 455        
    Electorate: 13,856   Valid: 8,486 (61.24%)   Spoilt: 92   Quota: 1,213   Turnout: 8,578 (61.91%)  

      Lismore
      Lismore - 4 seats
      PartyCandidateFPv%Count
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      Fianna Fáil James Tobin* 17.60 1,023 1,264    
      Fine Gael Nora Flynn* 16.05 933 1,009 1,020 1,170
      Fine Gael Liam Curran 15.07 876 909 910 977
      Labour John Pratt 14.38 836 892 902 1,059
      Fine Gael Declan Doocey* 14.14 822 895 913 1,126
      Fianna Fáil Bernard Leddy 11.68 679 806 867  
      Fianna Fáil Kevin Wilkinson* 11.08 644      
      Electorate: 9,548   Valid: 5,813 (60.88%)   Spoilt: 89   Quota: 1,163   Turnout: 5,902 (61.81%)  

        Tramore
        Tramore - 7 seats
        PartyCandidateFPv%Count
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        Fine Gael John Carey* 12.43 1,113 1,118 1,129            
        Fine Gael Lola O'Sullivan* 9.55 855 864 880 899 944 1,016 1,113 1,115 1,144
        Fine Gael Ann Marie Power* 9.48 849 856 871 904 955 994 1,099 1,099 1,122
        Labour Paddy O'Callaghan* 9.09 814 840 860 870 895 962 1,060 1,061 1,087
        Independent Joe Conway 8.69 778 793 821 844 907 965 1,067 1,069 1,104
        Fine Gael Pat Barron 8.44 765 766 774 788 801 829 868 870 892
        Sinn Féin Pat Fitzgerald 8.44 756 773 784 792 801 814 845 845 1,040
        Fianna Fáil Pat Daly* 7.56 677 681 685 739 756 774 807 807 1,016
        Fianna Fáil Geoff Power 6.92 620 620 622 660 669 677 694 695  
        Independent Blaise Hannigan 5.34 478 507 547 561 632 658      
        Green Stan Nangle 3.52 315 321 348 354 371        
        Independent Pat Finnerty 3.25 291 306 329 344          
        Fianna Fáil Joe O'Shea 2.71 243 247 249            
        Independent James McCartan 2.50 224 232              
        Independent Eddie Walsh 1.99 178                
        Electorate: 15,451   Valid: 8,956 (57.96%)   Spoilt: 97   Quota: 1,120   Turnout: 9,053 (58.59%)  
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