Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown County Council election, 2009

5 June 2009

All 28 seats to Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown County Council

	First party	Second party	Third party

Party	Fine Gael	Labour Party	Fianna Fáil
Seats won	11	8	4
Seat change	+2	+2	-3

	Fourth party	Fifth party	Sixth party

Party	People Before Profit	Independent	Green Party
Seats won	2	3	0
Seat change	+2	+2	-4

	Seventh party

Party	Progressive Democrats
Seats won	0
Seat change	-1

Map showing the area of Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown County Council

Council control after election

TBD

An election to Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown County Council took place on 5 June 2009 as part of that year's Irish local elections. 28 councillors were elected from six electoral divisions by PR-STV voting for a five-year term of office.

Results by party

Party		Seats	±	First Pref. votes	FPv%	±%
	Fine Gael	11	+2	28,754	34.35%
	Labour Party	8	+2	19,094	22.81%
	Fianna Fáil	4	-3	13,116	15.67%
	Independent	3	+2	9,061	10.82%
	People Before Profit	2	+2	6,266	7.49%
	Green Party	0	-4	5,260	6.28%
	Progressive Democrats	0	-1	-	-
Totals		28	-	83,708	100%	—

Results by Electoral Area

Ballybrack

Ballybrack - 5 seats
Party		Candidate	% 1st Pref	Count 1	Count 2	Count 3	Count 4	Count 5
	Labour Party	Denis O'Callaghan*	18.15	2,543
	Fine Gael	Maria Bailey*	16.40	2,298	2,314	2,353
	Labour Party	Carrie Smyth*	15.77	2,210	2,350
	People Before Profit	Hugh Lewis	15.52	2,175	2,194	2,450
	Fine Gael	Donal Marren*	13.97	1,957	1,968	1,999	2,074	'2,455
	Fianna Fáil	Gareth Crowe*	7.52	1,053	1,057	1,077	1,428	1,605
	Green Party	Tom Kivlehan*	5.22	732	739	779	846
	Fianna Fáil	Larry Lohan	3.84	538	541	555
	Sinn Féin	Eoin O Broin	3.60	504	511
Electorate: 25,994 Valid: 14,010 (53.90%) Spoilt: 144 Quota: 2,336 Turnout: 14,154 (54.45%)

Blackrock

Blackrock - 4 seats
Party		Candidate	% 1st Pref	Count 1	Count 2	Count 3	Count 4	Count 5	Count 6
	Fine Gael	Marie Baker*	23.61	2,855
	Fine Gael	Barry Ward	16.26	1,966	2,211	2,368	2,503
	Labour Party	Niamh Bhreathnach*	14.74	1,782	1,868	2,076	2,172	2,918
	Independent	Victor Boyhan	13.25	1,602	1,635	1,775	1,880	2,070	2,416
	Fianna Fáil	Barry Conway*	9.96	1,204	1,223	1,285	1,820	1,871	1,934
	Fianna Fáil	Fred Gilligan	7.76	938	948	994
	Labour Party	Ronan Farren	7.74	936	957	1,105	1,151
	Green Party	Ruairi Holohan*	6.69	809	831
Electorate: 21,619 Valid: 12,092 (55.93%) Spoilt: 87 Quota: 2,419 Turnout: 12,179 (56.33%)

Dundrum

Dundrum - 5 seats
Party		Candidate	% 1st Pref	Count 1	Count 2	Count 3	Count 4	Count 5	Count 6	Count 7	Count 8
	Fine Gael	Jim O'Leary*	10.64	3,583
	Labour Party	Aidan Culhane*	15.67	2,727	2,817	2,925
	Fine Gael	Pat Hand*	13.48	2,347	2,751	2,832	2,878	3,012
	Fianna Fáil	Aoife Brennan	12.83	2,233	2,259	2,309	2,363	2,422	2,854	2,864	2,958
	Independent	Tony Fox*	10.29	1,792	1,819	1,894	1,999	2,195	2,307	2,330	2,552
	Green Party	Terence Corish*	7.85	1,367	1,407	1,451	1,511	1,654	1,757	1,780	2,163
	Fianna Fáil	Tony Kelly	4.80	835	855	877	894	915
	Labour Party	Veronica O'Doherty	4.10	714	749	777	916	1,063	1,135	1,173
	Sinn Féin	Oonagh O'Reilly	3.59	619	623	654
	Independent	Seamus O'Neill	3.46	603	619	738	843
	Independent	Stephen O'Shea	3.38	588	607
Electorate: 29,556 Valid: 17,408 (58.90%) Spoilt: 227 Quota: 2,902 Turnout: 17,635 (59.67%)

Dún Laoghaire

Dún Laoghaire - 6 seats
Party		Candidate	% 1st Pref	Count 1	Count 2	Count 3	Count 4	Count 5	Count 6	Count 7	Count 8	Count 9	Count 10	Count 11
	People Before Profit	Richard Boyd Barrett	22.81	4,091
	Fine Gael	John Bailey*	17.05	3,058
	Fine Gael	Mary Mitchell O'Connor*	11.32	2,031	2,203	2,394	2,403	2,418	2,476	2,543	2,633
	Fianna Fáil	Cormac Devlin*	7.42	1,331	1,440	1,480	1,485	1,508	1,525	1,906	1,943	1,950	2,105	2,292
	Fine Gael	Tom O'Higgins*	6.90	1,237	1,307	1,390	1,394	1,400	1,425	1,457	1,501	1,513	1,806	2,084
	Labour Party	Stephen Fitzpatrick	6.43	1,154	1,362	1,408	1,416	1,453	1,489	1,514	1,888	1,907	2,165	2,536
	Green Party	Gene Feighery*	5.81	1,042	1,216	1,241	1,246	1,273	1,329	1,367	1,441	1,453	1,637
	Independent	Trevor Patton	5.59	1,002	1,131	1,150	1,187	1,219	1,311	1,351	1,385	1,388
	Labour Party	Jane Dillon-Byrne*	5.43	974	1,232	1,282	1,289	1,328	1,365	1,394	1,670	1,687	1,863	2,229
	Labour Party	Angela Timlin	4.30	771	912	928	942	971	1,002	1,027
	Fianna Fáil	Peter O'Brien	3.61	647	678	687	691	696	709
	Independent	James Coyle	1.56	279	368	379	389	421
	Sinn Féin	Brian McNally	1.33	239	337	341	344
	Independent	Brigid Timmons	0.23	42	63	63
	Independent	Shane O'Neill	0.20	36	64	65
Electorate: 32,655 Valid: 17,934 (54.92%) Spoilt: 196 Quota: 2,563 Turnout: 18,130 (55.52%)

Glencullen-Sandyford

Glencullen-Sandyford - 4 seats
Party		Candidate	% 1st Pref	Count 1	Count 2	Count 3	Count 4	Count 5	Count 6
	Labour Party	Lettie McCarthy*	25.98	2,818
	Fine Gael	Neale Richmond	17.14	1,859	1,944	1,956	2,008	2,183
	Fine Gael	Tom Joyce*	15.86	1,720	1,830	1,843	1,894	2,028	2,328
	Fianna Fáil	Tom Murphy	11.39	1,236	1,293	1,297	1,352	1,437	2,122
	Fianna Fáil	John Byrne*	8.96	972	1,017	1,028	1,088	1,168
	Labour Party	Aidan O'Sulliavan	7.17	778	1,035	1,069	1,217	1,484	1,570
	Green Party	Adrianne Wyse	6.04	655	717	776	901
	Sinn Féin	Shaun Tracey	5.91	641	664	678
	Independent	Raymond Whitehead	1.56	169	178
Electorate: 20,556 Valid: 10,848 (52.77%) Spoilt: 109 Quota: 2,170 Turnout: 10,957 (53.30%)

Stillorgan

Stillorgan - 4 seats
Party		Candidate	% 1st Pref	Count 1	Count 2	Count 3	Count 4	Count 5	Count 6	Count 7
	Fine Gael	Barry Saul	22.79	2,602
	Independent	Gearóid O'Keeffe*	20.87	2,383
	Labour Party	Richard Humphreys	14.78	1,687	1,736	1,776	1,800	1,940	2,206	2,319
	Fine Gael	Louise Cosgrave*	10.87	1,241	1,441	1,447	1,474	1,614	1,851	1,971
	Fianna Fáil	Gerry Horkan*	9.94	1,135	1,151	1,167	1,180	1,258	1,328	2,075
	Fianna Fáil	Liam Dockery	8.71	994	1,004	1,015	1,022	1,056	1,149
	Green Party	Meabh Cody	5.74	655	678	705	719	831
	Independent	Catriona Lawlor	4.95	565	581	611	625
	Sinn Féin	Seamus MacFloinn	1.35	154	158
Electorate: 19,760 Valid: 11,416 (57.77%) Spoilt: 99 Quota: 2,284 Turnout: 11,515 (58.27%)

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