Kildare County Council
| Kildare County Council Comhairle Chontae Chill Dara | |
|---|---|
 | |
| Type | |
| Type | County council |
| Leadership | |
| Mayor | Mark Wall, Lab |
| Structure | |
| Seats | 25 |
| Political groups |
Fine Gael (9) Fianna Fáil (6) Labour Party (6) Independent (4) |
| Elections | |
| Last election | 5 June 2009 |
| Meeting place | |
| Áras Chill Dara, Naas | |
| Website | |
| www.kildarecoco.ie | |
Kildare County Council (Irish: Comhairle Chontae Chill Dara) is the authority responsible for local government in County Kildare, Ireland. As a county council, it is governed by the Local Government Act 2001. The council is responsible for housing and community, roads and transportation, urban planning and development, amenity and culture, and environment. The council has 25 elected members. Elections are held every five years and are by single transferable vote. The head of the council has the title of Mayor. The county administration is headed by a County Manager, Michael Malone. The county town is Naas.
Councillors
For the purpose of elections the county is divided into five local electoral areas: Athy (4), Celbridge (6), Clane (4), Kildare (6) and Naas (5).[1]
2009 Seats summary
| Party | Seats | |
|---|---|---|
| Fine Gael | 9 | |
| Fianna Fáil | 6 | |
| Labour Party | 6 | |
| Independents | 4 | |
Councillors by electoral area
This list reflects the order in which councillors were elected on 5 June 2009.
| Council members from 2009 election | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Local electoral area | Name | Party | |
| Athy | Mark Wall | Labour Party | |
| Martin Miley Jnr | Fianna Fáil | ||
| Martin Heydon† | Fine Gael | ||
| Richard Daly | Fine Gael | ||
| Celbridge | Catherine Murphy† | Independent | |
| Kevin Byrne | Labour Party | ||
| John McGinley | Labour Party | ||
| Paul Kelly† | Fianna Fáil | ||
| Colm Purcell | Labour Party | ||
| Senan Griffin | Fine Gael | ||
| Clane | Brendan Weld | Fine Gael | |
| Liam Doyle | Fianna Fáil | ||
| Pádraig McEvoy | Independent | ||
| Seamus Langan | Fine Gael | ||
| Kildare | Paddy Kennedy | Independent | |
| Micheál "Spike" Nolan | Fine Gael | ||
| Fiona O'Loughlin | Fianna Fáil | ||
| Tony O'Donnell | Fine Gael | ||
| Suzanne Doyle | Fianna Fáil | ||
| Francis Browne | Labour Party | ||
| Naas | Darren Scully | Fine Gael | |
| Anthony Lawlor† | Fine Gael | ||
| Paddy McNamara | Labour Party | ||
| Seamie Moore | Independent | ||
| Willie Callaghan | Fianna Fáil | ||
†Replaced during term, see table below for details.
Co-options
| Outgoing | Party | Electoral area | Reason | Date | Co-optee | Party | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Paul Kelly | Fianna Fáil | Celbridge | Resigned on his appointment as a District Court judge | December 2010 | Frank O'Rourke | Fianna Fáil | ||
| Martin Heydon | Fine Gael | Athy | Elected to Dáil Éireann at the 2011 general election | February 2011 | Ivan Keatley | Fine Gael | ||
| Catherine Murphy | Independent | Celbridge | Elected to Dáil Éireann at the 2011 general election | February 2011 | Anthony Larkin | Independent | ||
| Anthony Lawlor | Fine Gael | Naas | Elected to Dáil Éireann at the 2011 general election | February 2011 | Fintan Brett | Fine Gael | ||
See also
References
- ↑ "2009 Local elections – Kildare County Council". ElectionsIreland.org. Retrieved 25 February 2012.
External links
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