Westmeath County Council election, 2009

5 June 2009

All 23 seats to Westmeath County Council

	First party	Second party	Third party

Party	Fianna Fáil	Fine Gael	Labour Party
Seats won	9	8	6
Seat change	-	-	-

Map showing the area of Westmeath County Council

Council control after election

TBD

An election to Westmeath County Council took place on 5 June 2009 as part of that year's Irish local elections. 23 councillors were elected from five electoral divisions by PR-STV voting for a five-year term of office.

Results by party

Party		Seats	±	First Pref. votes	FPv%	±%
	Fianna Fáil	9	-	13,777	36.01%
	Fine Gael	8	-	12,405	32.43%
	Labour Party	6	-	8,349	21.82%
Totals		23	-	38,255	100%	—

Results by Electoral Area

Athlone

Athlone - 6 seats
Party		Candidate	% 1st Pref	Count 1	Count 2	Count 3	Count 4	Count 5	Count 6	Count 7
	Fianna Fáil	Kevin (Boxer) Moran*	16.82	1,771
	Fianna Fáil	Frankie Keena*	11.23	1,182	1,239	1,299	1,335	1,603
	Fine Gael	Joe Whelan*	10.69	1,125	1,132	1,167	1,225	1,243	1,245	1,505
	Fine Gael	Mark Cooney*	10.01	1,054	1,079	1,144	1,259	1,322	1,327	1,542
	Fine Gael	Gabrielle McFadden*	8.47	892	927	978	1,113	1,230	1,241	1,405
	Fianna Fáil	Tom Allen*	8.38	882	901	943	984	1,111	1,181	1,313
	Fine Gael	John Dolan*	8.20	863	877	933	992	1,015	1,017
	Sinn Féin	Paul Hogan	7.94	836	864	915	1,064	1,167	1,175	1,245
	Fianna Fáil	Kieran Molloy*	7.28	766	816	832	864
	Labour Party	Lisa Burke	6.34	667	683	742
	Independent	Jack Moran	4.65	490	505
Electorate: 19,332 Valid: 10,528 (54.46%) Spoilt: 139 Quota: 1,505 Turnout: 10,667 (55.18%)

Coole

Coole - 4 seats
Party		Candidate	% 1st Pref	Count 1	Count 2	Count 3
	Fine Gael	Frank McDermott*	20.31	1,335
	Fianna Fáil	Paddy Hill*	18.68	1,228	1,259	1,345
	Labour Party	Dan McCarthy*	17.37	1,142	1,230	1,353
	Fianna Fáil	John Shaw	16.60	1,091	1,133	1,244
	Fine Gael	Bernie Comaskey	13.52	889	945	1,089
	Independent	Dermot Mullen	7.45	490	594
	Sinn Féin	Mick Kenny	6.07	399
Electorate: 10,816 Valid: 6,574 (60.78%) Spoilt: 105 Quota: 1,315 Turnout: 6,679 (61.75%)

Kilbeggan

Kilbeggan - 4 seats
Party		Candidate	% 1st Pref	Count 1	Count 2	Count 3	Count 4	Count 5	Count 6
	Fine Gael	Joe Flanagan*	24.49	1,768
	Fianna Fáil	Paul Daly*	15.78	1,139	884	915	938	947	1,127
	Fine Gael	Colm Arthur	11.95	863	1,016	1,052	1,099	1,127	1,219
	Labour Party	Gerry Corcoran*	11.61	838	1,050	1,131	1,310
	Fine Gael	Michael Newman*	9.57	691	791	821	860	884
	Fianna Fáil	Vinny McCormack	8.23	594	671	714	772	797	854
	Fianna Fáil	P.J. Coghill	7.04	508	414	444	465	475
	Fianna Fáil	Vincent Bagnall	6.69	483	414	444	465	475
	Labour Party	Pat Boyce	4.64	335	357	405
Electorate: 11,207 Valid: 7,219 (64.42%) Spoilt: 92 Quota: 1,444 Turnout: 6,059 (65.24%)

Mullingar East

Mullingar East - 4 seats
Party		Candidate	% 1st Pref	Count 1	Count 2	Count 3	Count 4	Count 5	Count 6	Count 7	Count 8	Count 9
	Labour Party	Mick Dollard*	31.24	2,032
	Labour Party	Denis Leonard	13.73	893	1,263	1,275	1,318
	Fine Gael	Peter Burke	13.31	866	946	959	1,004	1,006	1,050	1,156	1,474
	Fianna Fáil	Aidan Davitt	12.28	799	863	868	891	892	975	1,009	1,056	1,111
	Fianna Fáil	Jim Bourke*	9.39	611	668	669	695	697	814	872	935	978
	Fine Gael	Patrick McLoughlin*	7.30	475	514	519	523	529	573	610
	Fianna Fáil	Georgina Bagnall	4.86	316	335	341	351	353
	Independent	Brian Fagan	3.86	251	299	315	352	356	364
	Green Party	Seán Corrigan	2.98	194	236	240
	Independent	Frank Harkin	0.74	48	58
	Independent	Errol Farrell	0.29	19	21
Electorate: 11,197 Valid: 6,504 (58.09%) Spoilt: 98 Quota: 1,301 Turnout: 6,602 (58.96%)

Mullingar West

Mullingar West - 5 seats
Party		Candidate	% 1st Pref	Count 1	Count 2	Count 3	Count 4	Count 5	Count 6	Count 7	Count 8
	Labour Party	Johnnie Penrose*	22.11	1,643
	Fianna Fáil	Robert Troy*	21.36	1,587
	Fine Gael	Fintan Cooney*	11.84	880	925	961	982	1,121	1,156	1,181	1,264
	Fianna Fáil	Ken Glynn*	11.04	820	851	984	1,006	1,023	1,048	1,069	1,112
	Labour Party	Detty Cornally*	10.75	799	978	1,017	1,058	1,084	1,151	1,230	1,383
	Fine Gael	Chris Murtagh	6.27	466	533	612	624	659	674	706	754
	Independent	Betty Doran*	4.41	328	350	366	396	405	462	519
	Sinn Féin	Sorcha Clarke	3.49	259	279	290	311	321	353
	Fine Gael	John Casey	3.20	238	250	260	268
	Independent	Frank McIntyre	3.03	225	245	259	272	279
	Independent	Rashid Butt	2.49	185	193	203
Electorate: 13,526 Valid: 7,430 (54.93%) Spoilt: 106 Quota: 1,239 Turnout: 7,536 (55.71%)

External links

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