# 2009 Limerick City Council election

An election to Limerick City Council took place on 5 June 2009 as part of that year's Irish local elections. 17 councillors were elected from three 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 | Party | Seats | ± | First Pref. votes | FPv% | ±% |
| | Fine Gael | 8 | +3 | 7,188 | 33.69 | |
| | Labour | 4 | - | 3,892 | 18.24 | |
| | Fianna Fáil | 1 | -1 | 2,661 | 12.47 | |
| | Sinn Féin | 1 | +1 | 1,527 | 7.16 | |
| | Independent | 3 | -3 | 5,619 | 26.34 | |
| Totals | Totals | 17 | - | 21,335 | 100.00 | — |

## Results by local electoral area
### Limerick City East

Limerick City East - 4 seats :
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count |
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 |
| | Independent | John Gilligan* | 20.35 | 972 | | | | | | | | | |
| | Fianna Fáil | Kieran O'Hanlon* | 17.61 | 841 | 841 | 843 | 926 | 939 | 979 | | | | |
| | Labour | Gerry McLoughlin* | 16.62 | 794 | 808 | 813 | 848 | 894 | 938 | 946 | 1,061 | | |
| | Fine Gael | Denis McCarthy | 11.76 | 562 | 565 | 567 | 592 | 599 | 617 | 619 | 694 | 727 | 791 |
| | Independent | Christy Vereker | 6.55 | 313 | 318 | 319 | 339 | 364 | 380 | 381 | | | |
| | Sinn Féin | Tom Collopy | 6.36 | 304 | 307 | 309 | 311 | 368 | 400 | 404 | 436 | 448 | |
| | Independent | John Daly | 6.18 | 295 | 298 | 299 | 304 | 320 | 413 | 421 | 480 | 498 | 621 |
| | Independent | Noel Hannan | 5.80 | 277 | 278 | 279 | 283 | 299 | | | | | |
| | Fianna Fáil | Christy McInerney | 3.96 | 189 | 190 | 191 | | | | | | | |
| | Independent | Joe Shanahan | 3.94 | 188 | 189 | 200 | 202 | | | | | | |
| | Independent | Paddy Mason | 0.88 | 42 | | | | | | | | | |
| Electorate: 9,225 Valid: 4,777 (51.78%) Spoilt: 59 Quota: 956 Turnout: 4,836 (52.42%) ||||||||||||||

### Limerick City North

Limerick City North - 6 seats :
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count |
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 |
| | Fine Gael | Michael Hourigan* | 18.26 | 1,533 | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | Fine Gael | Cormac Hurley* | 12.08 | 1,014 | 1,118 | 1,123 | 1,123 | 1,126 | 1,133 | 1,160 | 1,161 | 1,173 | 1,239 | | | |
| | Sinn Féin | Maurice Quinlivan | 10.58 | 888 | 894 | 899 | 907 | 928 | 943 | 951 | 992 | 1,062 | 1,087 | 1,087 | 1,097 | 1,153 |
| | Fine Gael | Kevin Kiely* | 10.46 | 878 | 945 | 948 | 953 | 957 | 961 | 970 | 990 | 1,011 | 1,029 | 1,045 | 1,076 | 1,162 |
| | Labour | Tom Shortt | 9.81 | 824 | 843 | 844 | 845 | 849 | 853 | 868 | 884 | 904 | 1,001 | 1,009 | 1,051 | 1,361 |
| | Independent | Kathleen Leddin* | 8.43 | 708 | 781 | 790 | 790 | 797 | 799 | 823 | 825 | 840 | 942 | 947 | 1,034 | 1,121 |
| | Fianna Fáil | Joe Crowley | 5.84 | 490 | 461 | 469 | 469 | 541 | 555 | 613 | 706 | | | | | |
| | Fianna Fáil | John Cronin* | 5.81 | 488 | 494 | 496 | 498 | 500 | 501 | 505 | 512 | 528 | 561 | 565 | 847 | 875 |
| | Labour | John Ryan* | 5.71 | 479 | 501 | 502 | 504 | 507 | 511 | 520 | 534 | 553 | 625 | 630 | 670 | |
| | Green | James Nix | 5.34 | 448 | 462 | 465 | 465 | 465 | 468 | 486 | 490 | 502 | | | | |
| | Independent | Tina O'Gorman | 2.07 | 174 | 176 | 177 | 188 | 193 | 210 | 216 | 223 | | | | | |
| | Independent | Denis Riordan | 1.43 | 120 | 122 | 127 | 128 | 134 | 134 | | | | | | | |
| | Independent | Mick Ryan | 1.41 | 118 | 118 | 118 | 132 | 136 | 147 | 149 | | | | | | |
| | Independent | Tommy Daly | 0.85 | 71 | 71 | 73 | 82 | 84 | | | | | | | | |
| | Independent | Matt Larkin | 0.73 | 61 | 62 | 63 | 65 | | | | | | | | | |
| | Independent | Patrick McCarthy | 0.68 | 57 | 58 | 60 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | Christian Solidarity | Conor O'Donoghue | 0.54 | 45 | 45 | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Electorate: 14,749 Valid: 8,396 (56.93%) Spoilt: 111 Quota: 1,200 Turnout: 8,507 (57.68%) |||||||||||||||||

### Limerick City South

Limerick City South - 7 seats :
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count |
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 |
| | Labour | Joe Leddin* | 13.64 | 1,113 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | Fine Gael | Maria Byrne* | 13.06 | 1,066 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | Fine Gael | Ger Fahy* | 11.52 | 940 | 946 | 961 | 970 | 971 | 1,008 | 1,018 | 1,051 | | | | | | | |
| | Fine Gael | Diarmuid Scully* | 8.56 | 699 | 706 | 712 | 713 | 713 | 716 | 724 | 729 | 730 | 746 | 763 | 781 | 789 | 845 | 880 |
| | Independent | Pat Kennedy* | 7.80 | 637 | 648 | 655 | 659 | 660 | 675 | 683 | 713 | 715 | 730 | 740 | 776 | 819 | 879 | 996 |
| | Fine Gael | Jim Long* | 6.08 | 496 | 504 | 510 | 512 | 514 | 515 | 524 | 532 | 535 | 563 | 576 | 587 | 629 | 679 | 741 |
| | Labour | Orla McLoughlin | 5.22 | 426 | 456 | 457 | 460 | 463 | 468 | 478 | 507 | 511 | 544 | 660 | 707 | 721 | 790 | 902 |
| | Fianna Fáil | Jim Hickey | 5.06 | 413 | 414 | 415 | 419 | 455 | 466 | 556 | 558 | 558 | 571 | 581 | 596 | 608 | 637 | 680 |
| | Sinn Féin | Seán Griffin | 4.10 | 335 | 338 | 339 | 343 | 346 | 349 | 354 | 384 | 388 | 419 | 449 | 459 | 563 | 625 | |
| | Independent | Lily Wallace* | 3.79 | 309 | 312 | 313 | 318 | 319 | 324 | 328 | 358 | 361 | 395 | 428 | 451 | 487 | | |
| | Independent | Pat O'Sullivan | 3.64 | 297 | 301 | 302 | 303 | 303 | 307 | 314 | 320 | 320 | 334 | 341 | | | | |
| | Independent | Seán O'Neill | 3.30 | 269 | 271 | 272 | 273 | 273 | 278 | 285 | 293 | 294 | 331 | 347 | 356 | | | |
| | Labour | Derek Mulcahy | 3.14 | 256 | 263 | 264 | 270 | 270 | 277 | 280 | 297 | 298 | 307 | | | | | |
| | Independent | Cathal McCarthy | 3.11 | 254 | 259 | 261 | 265 | 266 | 269 | 275 | 291 | 292 | | | | | | |
| | Independent | James Houlihan* | 2.77 | 226 | 227 | 227 | 236 | 236 | 241 | 243 | | | | | | | | |
| | Fianna Fáil | Tom O'Callaghan | 2.13 | 174 | 176 | 177 | 180 | 190 | 193 | | | | | | | | | |
| | Independent | Jack Bourke | 1.51 | 123 | 124 | 125 | 126 | 130 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | Fianna Fáil | Anna Banko | 0.81 | 66 | 67 | 67 | 68 | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | Independent | Robert Gardiner | 0.77 | 63 | 63 | 63 | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Electorate: 16,384 Valid: 8,162 (49.82%) Spoilt: 109 Quota: 1,021 Turnout: 8,271 (50.48%) |||||||||||||||||||