2009_Westmeath_County_Council_election

2009 Westmeath County Council election
All 23 seats on Westmeath County Council
	Map showing the area of Westmeath County Council
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2009 Westmeath County Council election

Part of the 2009 Irish local elections

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 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).

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Results by local electoral area

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Party		Seats	±	First Pref. votes	FPv%	±%
	Fianna Fáil	9	-	13,777	43.03
	Fine Gael	8	-	12,405	38.75
	Labour	6	-	8,349	26.08
	Independent	0	-	2,036	5.24
	Sinn Féin	0	-	1,494	4.66
	Green	0	-	194	0.50
Totals		23	-	38,795	100.00	—

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
Party		Candidate	FPv%	1	2	3	4	5	6	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	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%)

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
Party		Candidate	FPv%	1	2	3
	Fine Gael	Frank McDermott*	20.31	1,335
	Fianna Fáil	Paddy Hill*	18.68	1,228	1,259	1,345
	Labour	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%)

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
Party		Candidate	FPv%	1	2	3	4	5	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	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	Pat Boyce	4.64	335	357	405
Electorate: 11,207 Valid: 7,219 (64.42%) Spoilt: 92 Quota: 1,444 Turnout: 7,311 (65.24%)

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
Party		Candidate	FPv%	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9
	Labour	Mick Dollard*	31.24	2,032
	Labour	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	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 - 5 seats
Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
Party		Candidate	FPv%	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8
	Labour	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	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%)