2009 Dublin City Council election

An election to Dublin City Council took place on 5 June 2009 as part of that year's Irish local elections.^[1] 52 councillors were elected from eleven 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). ^[2]

2009 Dublin City Council election

← 2004 5 June 2009 2014 →
52 seats on Dublin City Council
First party Second party Third party   Party Labour Fine Gael Sinn Féin Seats won 19 12 7 Seat change 3 3 3   Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party   Party Fianna Fáil People Before Profit Green Seats won 6 2 0 Seat change 6 2 1   Seventh party Eighth party   Party Progressive Democrats Independent Seats won 0 6 Seat change 1 3
Map showing the area of Dublin City Council
Council control before election Labour Party Fine Gael Council control after election Labour Party Fine Gael

Results by party

Party		Seats	±	First Pref. votes	FPv%	±%
	Labour	19 [3]	3	47,297	29.40	8.83
	Fine Gael	12 [3]	3	30,093	18.70	1.66
	Sinn Féin	7 [3]	3	20,385	12.67	5.95
	Fianna Fáil	6 [3]	6	29,131	18.10	4.64
	People Before Profit	2 [3]	2	6,703	4.17	2.51
	Green	0 [4]	1	5,695	3.54	2.92
	Workers' Party	0	0	1,271	0.79	0.10
	Christian Solidarity	0	0	241	0.15	0.03
	Progressive Democrats	0 [5]	1	N/A	N/A	N/A
	Independent	6 [3]	3	20,085	12.48	4.58
Totals		52	0	160,901	100.00	—

Results by local electoral area

Artane-Whitehall ^[6][7]

Artane-Whitehall - 5 seats

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8
	Sinn Féin	Larry O'Toole*	16.62	2,702	2,819
	Labour	Andrew Montague*	15.60	2,535	2,640	2,647	2,776
	Fine Gael	Declan Flanagan*	14.58	2,370	2,426	2,427	2,506	2,669	2,678	2,679	2,905
	Labour	Paddy Bourke*	11.24	1,827	1,913	1,921	2,036	2,676	2,713
	Fianna Fáil	Seán Paul Mahon*	8.90	1,447	1,462	1,466	1,507	1,542	1,543	1,543
	Fianna Fáil	Julia Carmichael*	8.86	1,440	1,460	1,462	1,503	1,540	1,544	1,545	2,515
	Fine Gael	Noel Rock	7.90	1,284	1,337	1,341	1,408	1,542	1,558	1,560	1,659
	Labour	Sinead Seery	5.96	968	1,058	1,074	1,222
	Sinn Féin	Denise Mitchell	5.73	931	1,002	1,043
	People Before Profit	Martin O'Sullivan	2.41	391
	Independent	Anna Harvey	2.20	358
Electorate: 32,989   Valid: 16,253 (49.27%)   Spoilt: 309   Quota: 2,709   Turnout: 16,562 (50.20%)

Ballyfermot-Drimnagh ^[8][7]

Ballyfermot-Drimnagh - 4 seats

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8
	Labour	Michael Conaghan*	19.41	2,341	2,377	2,430
	People Before Profit	Bríd Smith	18.80	2,269	2,307	2,375	2,392	2,500
	Independent	Vincent Jackson*	15.92	1,922	1,949	1,982	2,040	2,197	2,225	2,301	2,556
	Sinn Féin	Louise Minihan*	13.67	1,650	1,661	1,712	1,727	1,820	1,828	1,892	2,021
	Fine Gael	Philip Nolan	6.49	783	797	806	822	923	930	1,496	1,692
	Fine Gael	Peter O'Neill	6.32	763	797	808	816	878	886
	Fianna Fáil	David Gaynor	5.72	691	701	712	1,067	1,108	1,112	1,149
	Labour	Paul Comiskey-O'Keeffe	5.13	619	645	669	686
	Fianna Fáil	Ben Doyle	4.12	497	507	516
	Workers' Party	Andrew McGuinness	2.46	297	304
	Green	Stephen Wall	1.97	238
Electorate: 27,942   Valid: 12,070 (43.20%)   Spoilt: 230   Quota: 2,415   Turnout: 12,300 (44.02%)

Ballymun-Finglas ^[9][7]

Ballymun-Finglas - 5 seats

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9
	Labour	John Lyons*	22.22	3,721
	Sinn Féin	Dessie Ellis*	19.49	3,263
	Fine Gael	Bill Tormey*	12.77	2,139	2,267	2,312	2,343	2,374	2,414	2,471	2,615	2,918
	Labour	John Redmond	9.34	1,564	1,989	2,040	2,058	2,107	2,205	2,348	2,440	2,808
	Sinn Féin	Ray Corcoran*	7.11	1,190	1,278	1,526	1,538	1,557	1,661	1,740	1,782	1,943
	Fianna Fáil	Paul McAuliffe	6.83	1,144	1,187	1,203	1,348	1,366	1,376	1,390	2,103	2,349
	Fianna Fáil	Liam Kelly*	6.66	1,116	1,144	1,162	1,254	1,258	1,272	1,282
	Independent	Conor Sludds	6.63	1,110	1,188	1,210	1,223	1,253	1,306	1,543	1,624
	Independent	John O'Neill	2.76	462	498	522	527	597	705
	Workers' Party	Owen Martin	2.09	350	381	409	416
	Workers' Party	John Dunne	2.05	343	398	413	418	567
	Fianna Fáil	Niall McCullagh	2.05	344	361	365
Electorate: 36,984   Valid: 16,746 (45.28%)   Spoilt: 302   Quota: 2,792   Turnout: 17,048 (46.10%)

Cabra-Glasnevin ^[10][7]

Cabra-Glasnevin - 5 seats

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9
	Fianna Fáil	Mary Fitzpatrick*	18.14	3,088
	Labour	Aine Clancy*	15.40	2,621	2,648	2,690	3,126
	Independent	Cieran Perry	14.75	2,510	2,535	2,577	2,703	2,728	3,067
	Fine Gael	Mary O'Shea*	9.74	1,657	1,683	2,185	2,323	2,374	2,766	2,846
	Sinn Féin	Seamus McGrattan*	9.59	1,633	1,644	1,656	1,691	1,699	1,883	1,939	1,944	2,243
	Fianna Fáil	Maurice Ahern*	8.35	1,422	1,474	1,481	1,534	1,554	1,605	1,620	1,621	2,230
	Fianna Fáil	Seaghan Kearney	7.71	1,313	1,380	1,389	1,454	1,476	1,589	1,611	1,614
	Labour	Mick Deegan	6.13	1,044	1,059	1,106	1,209	1,372
	Green	Gary Fitzgerald	6.08	1,035	1,054	1,065
	Fine Gael	Harry McNab	4.10	697	706
Electorate: 31,882   Valid: 17,020 (53.38%)   Spoilt: 239   Quota: 2,837   Turnout: 17,259 (54.13%)

Clontarf ^[11][7]

Clontarf - 5 seats

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6
	Independent	Damian O'Farrell	20.38	4,194
	Fine Gael	Gerry Breen*	16.74	3,445
	Labour	Aodhán Ó Ríordáin*	16.45	3,387	3,607
	Fianna Fáil	Deirdre Heney*	13.25	2,728	2,812	2,826	2,915	2,980	3,995
	Fine Gael	Naoise O Muiri*	13.01	2,677	2,832	2,903	3,058	3,183	3,363
	Fianna Fáil	Ronan Callely	7.05	1,451	1,486	1,500	1,547	1,600
	Independent	Bronwen Maher*	6.23	1,283	1,467	1,512	1,739	2,091	2,227
	Sinn Féin	Helen McCormack	3.90	803	846	862	899
	Green	Donna Cooney	2.99	616	658	674
Electorate: 37,082   Valid: 20,584 (55.51%)   Spoilt: 212   Quota: 3,431   Turnout: 20,796 (56.08%)

Crumlin-Kimmage ^[12][7]

Crumlin-Kimmage - 4 seats

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6
	Labour	Eric Byrne*	25.34	3,652
	People Before Profit	Joan Collins*	17.43	2,512	2,647	2,827	3,356
	Labour	Henry Upton	14.35	2,068	2,449	2,854	3,166
	Fianna Fáil	Charlie Ardagh*	13.18	1,899	1,940	2,111	2,211	2,265	2,294
	Fine Gael	Ruairi McGinley*	13.14	1,894	2,005	2,240	2,338	2,473	2,603
	Sinn Féin	Ray McHugh*	8.69	1,253	1,296	1,355
	Green	Tony McDermott	6.87	990	1,045
	Christian Solidarity	Colm Callanan	0.99	143	146
Electorate: 30,163   Valid: 14,411 (47.78%)   Spoilt: 175   Quota: 2,883   Turnout: 14,586 (48.36%)

Donaghmede ^[13][7]

Donaghmede - 4 seats

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6	7
	Labour	Seán Kenny*	24.78	4,119
	Sinn Féin	Killian Forde*	16.07	2,671	2,734	2,778	2,832	2,914	3,283	3,312
	Fianna Fáil	Tom Brabazon*	14.82	2,464	2,516	2,558	2,580	3,273	3,465
	Fine Gael	Patrick Crimmins*	12.85	2,137	2,224	2,254	2,655	2,831	3,024	3,072
	Labour	Brian McDowell	10.49	1,744	2,207	2,264	2,393	2,464	2,900	2,937
	Independent	Brian Byrne	7.23	1,202	1,238	1,509	1,555	1,602
	Fianna Fáil	Martin McGettigan	6.69	1,112	1,139	1,159	1,181
	Fine Gael	Dave O'Connor	4.11	684	719	729
	Independent	John Clare	2.96	492	522
Electorate: 33,098   Valid: 16,625 (50.23%)   Spoilt: 259   Quota: 3,326   Turnout: 16,884 (51.01%)

North Inner City ^[14][7]

North Inner City - 6 seats

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11
	Independent	Maureen O'Sullivan*	24.03	2,859
	Labour	Emer Costello*	17.52	2,084
	Sinn Féin	Christy Burke*	12.92	1,537	1,832
	Independent	Nial Ring	8.41	1,000	1,188	1,209	1,232	1,244	1,263	1,291	1,326	1,420	1,453	1,509
	Fine Gael	Ray McAdam	7.82	930	1,024	1,070	1,078	1,089	1,106	1,119	1,137	1,176	1,225	1,363
	Labour	Claire O'Regan	7.50	892	1,106	1,304	1,318	1,319	1,369	1,442	1,507	1,620	1,662	2,024
	Fianna Fáil	Tom Stafford*	4.46	530	603	619	627	642	645	652	664	680	950	1,016
	Green	David Geary	4.36	519	589	627	636	639	660	693	736	773	826
	Fianna Fáil	Ray Dunne	4.06	483	514	525	529	534	535	537	546	563
	Sinn Féin	Ruadhan MacAodhain	2.68	319	340	362	398	404	411	445
	Workers' Party	Malachy Steenson	2.36	281	344	353	370	379	391	460	507
	People Before Profit	Colm Stephens	1.77	210	276	285	292	303	335
	Independent	Patrick Tatlhego Maphoso	1.29	154	188	199	203	206
	Christian Solidarity	Paul O'Loughlin	0.82	98	108	111	113
Electorate: 32,072   Valid: 11,896 (37.09%)   Spoilt: 178   Quota: 1,700   Turnout: 12,074 (37.65%)

Pembroke-Rathmines ^[15][7]

Pembroke-Rathmines - 6 seats

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10
	Fine Gael	Eoghan Murphy	15.00	2,637
	Labour	Oisin Quinn*	11.30	1,986	1,993	2,008	2,033	2,057	2,116	2,239	2,530
	Labour	Dermot Lacey*	10.48	1,843	1,850	1,858	1,878	1,898	1,930	2,033	2,173	2,282	2,379
	Labour	Mary Freehill*	10.17	1,788	1,795	1,800	1,820	1,856	1,877	2,069	2,376	2,565
	Fine Gael	Edie Wynne*	9.69	1,704	1,712	1,745	1,759	1,783	1,827	1,867	2,032	2,149	2,240
	Fine Gael	Paddy McCartan*	9.49	1,668	1,675	1,719	1,727	1,743	1,785	1,828	1,900	2,004	2,061
	Fianna Fáil	Michael Donnelly*	7.87	1,384	1,389	1,391	1,395	1,403	1,561	1,579	1,646
	Fianna Fáil	Jim O'Callaghan	7.71	1,356	1,359	1,364	1,374	1,386	1,720	1,736	1,830	2,757
	Green	Dave Robbins	6.13	1,077	1,088	1,093	1,131	1,162	1,200	1,375
	Fianna Fáil	Garrett Tubridy	4.45	782	784	789	798	810
	People Before Profit	Bryce Evans	3.64	639	654	655	735	859	875
	Sinn Féin	Oisin O'Dubhlain	1.73	304	308	308
	Independent	Erik Eblana	1.62	285	320	322	361
	Independent	Emmanuel Sweeney	0.71	125
Electorate: 39,363   Valid: 17,578 (44.66%)   Spoilt: 143   Quota: 2,512   Turnout: 17,721 (45.02%)

South-East Inner City ^[16][7]

South-East Inner City - 4 seats

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6
	Labour	Kevin Humphreys*	27.46	2,598
	Independent	Mannix Flynn	14.60	1,381	1,460	1,509	1,527	1,791	2,003
	Fine Gael	Catherine Noone	13.04	1,234	1,310	1,317	1,337	1,476	1,655
	Sinn Féin	Daithí Doolan*	11.87	1,123	1,202	1,223	1,251	1,299	1,411
	Labour	Maria Parodi	10.64	1,007	1,348	1,362	1,379	1,642	1,822
	Fianna Fáil	Sarah Ryan*	8.34	789	822	830	1,027	1,148
	Green	Claire Wheeler	5.75	544	580	591	610
	Fianna Fáil	Vicky Crosby	3.38	320	334	341
	Independent	Esther Uzell	3.32	314	347	377	381
	Independent	Damien Cassidy	0.84	79	88
	Independent	Noel Ivory	0.75	71	76
Electorate: 23,803   Valid: 9,460 (39.74%)   Spoilt: 169   Quota: 1,893   Turnout: 9,629 (40.45%)

South-West Inner City ^[17][7]

South-West Inner City - 4 seats

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6	7
	Labour	John Gallagher*	19.04	1,574	1,618	1,748
	Fine Gael	Clare Byrne*	16.93	1,400	1,418	1,454	1,472	1,608	1,632	1,869
	Labour	Rebecca Moynihan	15.90	1,315	1,363	1,405	1,415	1,709
	Sinn Féin	Críona Ní Dhálaigh*	12.17	1,006	1,022	1,072	1,088	1,110	1,114	1,400
	Fianna Fáil	Catherine Ardagh	8.70	719	731	995	1,024	1,097	1,104	1,158
	People Before Profit	Tina McVeigh	8.25	682	759	789	800	927	947
	Green	Martin Hogan	8.18	676	709	732	742
	Fianna Fáil	Anita Reilly	7.40	612	615
	Independent	Lisa Connell	2.27	229
	Independent	Lech Szczecinski	0.67	55
Electorate: 21,934   Valid: 8,268 (37.69%)   Spoilt: 188   Quota: 1,654   Turnout: 8,456 (38.55%)

References

1. "local-election-results-2009.pdf" (PDF). dublincity.ie. Retrieved 17 February 2024. LOCAL ELECTION - 5 June 2009
2. "Councillors notch up €90k bill on freebie foreign trips". Independent.ie. 13 April 2010. Retrieved 17 February 2024. However, the local authority is by far the largest council in Dublin with some 52 councillors.
3. "FG, Labour big winners in local elections". RTÉ. 9 June 2009. Retrieved 17 February 2024. The 52 seats on Dublin City Council have now been filled, with the final state of the parties: Fianna Fáil - 6, Fine Gael - 12, Labour - 19, Sinn Féin - 7, People Before Profit – 2 and Independents - 6.
4. "FG, Labour big winners in local elections". RTÉ. 9 June 2009. Retrieved 17 February 2024. The Green Party has lost all its city and county council seats in Dublin where most of its TDs are based. The party lost four seats in Dún Laoghaire/Rathdown, three in Fingal and two in South Dublin, as well as the single seat it won on Dublin City Council five years ago.
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