2009_Kerry_County_Council_election

2009 Kerry County Council election
27 seats on Kerry County Council
	Map showing the area of Kerry County Council
Council control before election; Fianna Fáil; Independent;	Council control after election ; Fine Gael; Labour Party; Independent;

2009 Kerry County Council election

Part of the 2009 Irish local elections

An election to Kerry County Council took place on 5 June 2009 as part of that year's Irish local elections. 27 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).^[1]

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Results by local electoral area

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Party		Seats	±	First Pref. votes	FPv%	±%
	Fine Gael	10	2	21,062	27.37	2.55
	Fianna Fáil	7	4	20,723	26.93	10.54
	Labour	4	2	11,532	14.98	3.48
	Sinn Féin	2		8,010	10.41	2.55
	SKIA	1		2,536	3.30	1.11
	Green	0		881	1.14	0.13
	Independent	3		12,215	15.87	1.34
Totals		27		76,959	100.00

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
Party		Candidate	FPv%	1	2	3	4
	Fianna Fáil	Michael O'Shea*	21.64	2,011	2,054	2,142	2,517
	Fine Gael	Brendan Griffin	21.93	2,038	2,114	2,228	2,317
	Fine Gael	Seamus (Cosai) Fitzgerald*	17.00	1,580	1,659	1,964	2,442
	Independent	Brigid O'Connor	12.69	1,179	1,315	1,494	1,620
	Fianna Fáil	Breandan Fitzgerald	11.33	1,053	1,113	1,251
	Labour	Pat Hanafin	8.75	813	942
	Sinn Féin	Theresa Rafter Moriarty	2.72	253
	Green	Darach O Murchu	2.32	216
	Independent	Breanainn Breglaoi	1.60	149
Electorate: 13,200 Valid: 9,292 (70.39%) Spoilt: 81 Quota: 2,324 Turnout: 9,373 (71.01%)

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
Party		Candidate	FPv%	1	2	3	4	5	6	7
	Independent	Danny Healy-Rae*	15.70	2,958
	Fianna Fáil	Tom Fleming*	14.51	2,733
	SKIA	Michael Gleeson*	13.46	2,536
	Independent	Brendan Cronin*	12.37	2,331	2,436
	Labour	Marie Moloney	11.80	2,223	2,318	2,370
	Fine Gael	John Sheahan*	8.77	1,652	1,743	1,778	1,828	1,908	1,920	2,204
	Fine Gael	Bobby O'Connell*	8.43	1,588	1,637	1,722	1,735	1,859	1,871	1,973
	Independent	Donal Grady	5.71	1,075	1,159	1,178	1,222	1,347	1,364
	Fianna Fáil	Brian O'Leary	5.58	1,052	1,173	1,318	1,362	1,432	1,455	1,730
	Sinn Féin	Lynn Boylan	1.71	323	354	364	381
	Sinn Féin	Con Walsh	1.56	293	315	345	348
	Green	Conor O'Neill	0.39	74	79	81	91
Electorate: 29,916 Valid: 18,838 (62.97%) Spoilt: 195 Quota: 2,355 Turnout: 19,033 (63.62%)

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
Party		Candidate	FPv%	1	2	3	4	5
	Independent	Michael Healy-Rae*	21.28	3,198
	Fianna Fáil	Michael Cahill*	16.27	2,446	2,538
	Fine Gael	P.J. Donovan	15.18	2,282	2,375	2,464	2,473	2,540
	Fine Gael	Patrick Connor-Scarteen	13.61	2,045	2,261	2,473	3,118
	Fianna Fáil	Paul O'Donoghue*	13.23	1,988	2,055	2,090	2,251	2,352
	Fine Gael	Johnny (Porridge) O'Connor*	10.15	1,525	1,584	1,721	1,754	1,819
	Fianna Fáil	Donald Lynch	5.78	869	986	1,059
	Labour	John Sheehan	2.42	364	385
	Green	Oonagh Comerford	2.08	313	340
Electorate: 21,590 Valid: 15,030 (69.62%) Spoilt: 147 Quota: 2,506 Turnout: 15,177 (70.30%)

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
Party		Candidate	FPv%	1	2	3	4	5
	Sinn Féin	Robert Beasley*	15.42	2,523	2,601	3,004
	Fine Gael	Liam Purtill*	15.34	2,511	2,598	2,660	2,669	2,790
	Fine Gael	Tim Buckley*	14.56	2,383	2,536	2,575	2,604	2,808
	Fianna Fáil	John Brassil*	12.44	2,036	2,170	2,322	2,369	2,655
	Labour	Pat Leahy*	15.54	1,889	2,033	2,080	2,110	2,694
	Fianna Fáil	Dan Kiely*	10.23	1,674	1,898	1,920	1,928	2,048
	Labour	Michael Conway	8.57	1,403	1,427	1,606	1,701
	Sinn Féin	Risteard O Fuarain	6.14	1,005	1,017
	Fianna Fáil	Maria Gorman	5.75	941
Electorate: 25,042 Valid: 16,365 (65.35%) Spoilt: 230 Quota: 2,728 Turnout: 16,595 (66.27%)

Tralee - 7 seats
Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
Party		Candidate	FPv%	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12
	Labour	Arthur Spring	18.10	3,155
	Sinn Féin	Toireasa Ferris*	17.23	3,004
	Fianna Fáil	Anne McEllistrim*	10.44	1,820	1,892	1,980	2,010	2,022	2,076	2,127	2,233
	Fine Gael	Pat McCarthy*	10.43	1,819	1,900	1,945	1,982	1,985	2,037	2,080	2,230
	Labour	Terry O'Brien*	9.67	1,685	2,105	2,237
	Fine Gael	Jim Finucane	9.40	1,639	1,769	1,825	1,863	1,867	1,923	2,008	2,103	2,110	2,252
	Fianna Fáil	Norma Foley*	6.05	1,055	1,099	1,149	1,178	1,184	1,215	1,242	1,271	1,286	1,379	1,398	1,414
	Fianna Fáil	Ted Fitzgerald*	5.99	1,045	1,097	1,140	1,158	1,161	1,194	1,234	1,277	1,293	1,348	1,382	1,400
	Sinn Féin	Moss Hannon	3.49	609	636	910	925	939	968	1,018	1,073	1,080
	Independent	Timmy Griffin	2.88	502	541	575	601	606	674	794
	Independent	Thomas Collins	2.39	416	451	496	531	537	603
	Independent	John Foley	2.33	407	439	474	490	494
	Green	David Grey	1.59	278	321	343
Electorate: 29,305 Valid: 19,249 (59.49%) Spoilt: 335 Quota: 2,180 Turnout: 19,584 (60.36%)