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Part of the 2009 Irish local elections

2009 Offaly County Council election
← 2004 5 June 2009 2014 →
All 21 seats on Offaly County Council
  First party Second party Third party
 
Party Fianna Fáil Fine Gael Independent
Seats won 9 6 6
Seat change +1 - +1
  Fourth party
 
Party Progressive Democrats
Seats won 0
Seat change -2
Map showing the area of Offaly County Council
Council control after election

TBD

An election to Offaly County Council took place on 5 June 2009 as part of that year's Irish local elections. 21 councillors were elected from four 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).

Results by party

Party Seats ± First Pref. votes FPv% ±%
Fianna Fáil 9 +1
Fine Gael 6 -
Independent 6 +1
Progressive Democrats 0 -2
Totals 21 - 100.0 —

Results by local electoral area

Birr

Birr - 4 seats
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
Fianna Fáil Peter Ormond* 20.61 1,481              
Independent Tony McLoughlin* 14.61 1,050 1,053 1,056 1,093 1,146 1,348 1,670  
Independent John Carroll* 14.41 1,036 1,043 1,046 1,099 1,134 1,254 1,415 1,514
Fine Gael Percy Clendennen* 13.27 954 956 959 1,031 1,157 1,200 1,276 1,322
Fianna Fáil Denis Tierney 8.99 646 648 668 686 714      
Independent Denis Sheils 8.86 637 640 642 681 715 826    
Fine Gael Brian Whelahan 8.74 628 628 632 704 801 897 1,050 1,122
Fine Gael Nigel Craughwell 5.32 382 382 383 403        
Independent Philip Ryan 4.91 353 354 361          
Christian Solidarity Colm Callanan 0.28 20              
Electorate: 10,677   Valid: 7,187 (67.31%)   Spoilt: 108   Quota: 1,438   Turnout: 7,295 (68.32%)  

Edenderry

Edenderry – 6 seats
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14
Fianna Fáil John Foley* 17.25 1,649                          
Independent Eddie Fitzpatrick* 12.93 1,236 1,245 1,248 1,295 1,340 1,353 1,366 1,481            
Fianna Fáil Noel Bourke* 12.60 1,205 1,324 1,344 1,367                    
Fine Gael Liam Quinn 7.55 722 736 766 769 776 839 846 857 859 908 948 981 1,088 1,272
Labour Declan Leddin 6.20 593 609 610 610 614 620 681 688 690 735 750 833 867 918
Fianna Fáil Ger Plunkett 6.15 588 605 608 654 671 694 700 727 739 778 797 815 831 962
Fine Gael Nichola Hogan 6.09 582 603 608 609 615 638 706 713 717 740 818 931 1,148 1,278
Independent Michael Fox* 4.67 447 455 464 465 478 525 537 557 577 632 667 734 804  
Independent Fergus McDonnell* 3.59 343 363 370 370 378 398 455 478 483 513 521      
Fine Gael John Foran* 3.47 332 342 346 349 360 364 387 413 425 433 528 580    
Fine Gael Jack Deegan 3.36 321 322 323 333 349 351 360 378 392 413        
Sinn Féin Martin O'Reilly 3.22 308 313 320 327 337 348 358 379 381          
Independent Stephen Mather 2.92 279 284 284 288 309 315 320              
Independent Noel Cribbin 2.81 269 285 292 292 296 306                
Independent Fidelma Doolan 2.46 235 246 263 264 269                  
Independent Frank Weir 1.87 179 181 183 193                    
Fianna Fáil Tom Nolan 1.56 149 158 159                      
Independent Dominic Sheehy 1.17 112 113                        
Christian Solidarity Colm Callanan 0.14 13 13                        
Electorate: 15,602   Valid: 9,562 (61.29%)   Spoilt: 120   Quota: 1,367   Turnout: 9,682 (62.06%)  

Ferbane

Ferbane - 4 seats
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4 5 6
Fianna Fáil Eamon Dooley* 15.97 1,257 1,268 1,335 1,351 1,669  
Independent John Leahy 14.54 1,144 1,297 1,403 1,546 1,798  
Fine Gael Connie Hanniffy* 14.26 1,122 1,163 1,280 1,450 1,505 1,525
Fianna Fáil Sinead Moylan-Ryan* 13.70 1,078 1,088 1,117 1,242 1,432 1,522
Fine Gael Marcella Corcoran Kennedy* 11.48 903 954 1,015 1,246 1,280 1,320
Fianna Fáil Tom Feighery* 10.79 849 874 895 907    
Fine Gael Tom Rigney 9.20 723 735 748      
Independent Ollie Daly 5.49 432 460        
Labour Mary Kiely 4.19 330          
Christian Solidarity Colm Callanan 0.38 30          
Electorate: 11,766   Valid: 7,869 (66.88%)   Spoilt: 129   Quota: 1,574   Turnout: 7,998 (67.98%)  

Tullamore

Tullamore – 7 seats
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11
Fianna Fáil Barry Cowen* 13.26 1,626                    
Fine Gael Tommy McKeigue* 13.01 1,496                    
Fianna Fáil Sinead Dooley 10.52 1,234 1,290 1,304 1,307 1,338 1,378 1,510        
Fine Gael Molly Buckley* 9.96 1,168 1,173 1,234 1,245 1,288 1,489          
Independent Dervill Dolan* 9.95 1,167 1,201 1,208 1,210 1,267 1,368 1,420 1,425 1,927    
Fianna Fáil Danny Owens* 8.83 1,036 1,061 1,078 1,080 1,082 1,092 1,137 1,148 1,204 1,275 1,280
Sinn Féin Brendan Killeavey 6.72 788 791 796 797 830 853 1,007 1,020 1,073 1,113 1,117
Independent Johnny Butterfield* 6.59 773 777 801 804 850 886 999 1,010 1,072 1,128 1,141
Independent Frank Moran 5.99 702 719 721 721 778 917 948 951      
Labour Seán O'Brien 5.57 653 656 668 671 688 724          
Fine Gael Frank Feery 4.76 558 565 608 611 633            
Independent John Bracken 2.84 333 337 340 341              
Fine Gael Vinny O'Brien 1.58 185 186                  
Christian Solidarity Colm Callanan 0.09 10 10                  
Electorate: 18,568   Valid: 11,729 (63.17%)   Spoilt: 145   Quota: 1,467   Turnout: 11,874 (63.95%)  

External links

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