# 2009 Mayo County Council election

An election to Mayo County Council took place on 5 June 2009 as part of that year's Irish local elections. 31 councillors were elected from six 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 | 17 | +2 | 30,236 | 44.41 | |
| | Fianna Fáil | 7 | -5 | 20,194 | 29.66 | |
| | Sinn Féin | 2 | +1 | 4,906 | 7.21 | |
| | Independent | 5 | +3 | 10,663 | 15.66 | |
| | Labour | 0 | -1 | 2,092 | 3.07 | |
| Totals | Totals | 31 | - | 68,091 | 100.00 | — |

## Results by local electoral area
### Ballina

Ballina - 6 seats :
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count |
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 |
| | Fine Gael | Michelle Mulherin* | 15.86 | 1,921 | | | | | | |
| | Fianna Fáil | Annie Mae Reape* | 13.37 | 1,619 | 1,643 | 1,699 | 1,700 | 2,190 | | |
| | Fine Gael | Jarlath Munnelly* | 12.56 | 1,521 | 1,574 | 1,725 | 1,732 | | | |
| | Fine Gael | Eddie Staunton* | 12.37 | 1,498 | 1,518 | 1,761 | | | | |
| | Fine Gael | Seamus Weir* | 11.76 | 1,424 | 1,455 | 1,538 | 1,544 | 1,688 | 1,778 | |
| | Independent | Gerry Ginty | 9.44 | 1,143 | 1,162 | 1,308 | 1,310 | 1,481 | 1,557 | 1,578 |
| | Fianna Fáil | Michael Loftus | 8.33 | 1,009 | 1,012 | 1,182 | 1,195 | 1,344 | 1,533 | 1,559 |
| | Fianna Fáil | Johnnie O'Malley* | 8.28 | 1,003 | 1,026 | 1,079 | 1,080 | | | |
| | Labour | David Moffatt | 5.99 | 725 | 739 | | | | | |
| | Independent | Bernard Flynn | 2.06 | 249 | 252 | | | | | |
| Electorate: 19,066 Valid: 12,112 (63.53%) Spoilt: 146 Quota: 1,731 Turnout: 12,258 (64.29%) |||||||||||

### Belmullet

Belmullet - 4 seats :
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count |
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 |
| | Fianna Fáil | Michael McNamara* | 16.60 | 1,503 | 1,575 | 1,889 | | | |
| | Independent | Michael Holmes* | 15.59 | 1,412 | 1,493 | 1,668 | 1,711 | 1,847 | |
| | Fine Gael | Gerry Coyle* | 15.29 | 1,385 | 1,408 | 1,638 | 1,649 | 2,202 | |
| | Sinn Féin | Rose Conway-Walsh | 15.11 | 1,368 | 1,465 | 1,519 | 1,534 | 1,727 | 1,852 |
| | Fianna Fáil | Tim Quinn* | 12.48 | 1,130 | 1,164 | 1,166 | 1,169 | 1,307 | 1,417 |
| | Fine Gael | Ian McAndrews | 10.62 | 962 | 982 | 1,110 | 1,115 | | |
| | Fine Gael | Pat Kilbane | 9.99 | 905 | 947 | | | | |
| | Independent | John Corrigan | 2.37 | 215 | | | | | |
| | Independent | James Padden | 1.94 | 176 | | | | | |
| Electorate: 13,694 Valid: 9,056 (66.13%) Spoilt: 121 Quota: 1,812 Turnout: 9,177 (67.01%) ||||||||||

### Castlebar

Castlebar - 7 seats :
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | 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 |
| | Independent | Michael Kilcoyne | 15.65 | 2,330 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | Fine Gael | Henry Kenny* | 12.97 | 1,927 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | Fianna Fáil | Al McDonnell* | 11.81 | 1,753 | 1,802 | 1,805 | 1,890 | | | | | | | |
| | Fine Gael | Cyril Burke* | 11.77 | 1,746 | 1,793 | 1,810 | 1,835 | 1,836 | 1,988 | | | | | |
| | Independent | Frank Durcan | 10.60 | 1,574 | 1,667 | 1,673 | 1,745 | 1,747 | 1,802 | 1,812 | 2,007 | | | |
| | Fine Gael | Eugene McCormack | 7.30 | 1,084 | 1,135 | 1,159 | 1,210 | 1,213 | 1,460 | 1,543 | 1,785 | 1,840 | 2,023 | |
| | Sinn Féin | Thérése Ruane | 6.07 | 902 | 958 | 961 | 998 | 1,002 | 1,050 | 1,053 | 1,219 | 1,255 | 1,383 | 1,426 |
| | Fianna Fáil | K. Blackie Gavin | 5.41 | 804 | 836 | 839 | 921 | 931 | 998 | 1,006 | 1,078 | 1,099 | 1,526 | 1,570 |
| | Labour | Harry Barrett | 5.15 | 765 | 806 | 809 | 857 | 858 | 923 | 942 | | | | |
| | Fianna Fáil | Michael Feeney | 4.96 | 737 | 761 | 763 | 902 | 914 | 952 | 955 | 1,018 | 1,032 | | |
| | Fine Gael | Kevin Guthrie | 4.34 | 645 | 685 | 695 | 724 | 726 | | | | | | |
| | Fianna Fáil | Aidan Crowley | 3.96 | 588 | 607 | 608 | | | | | | | | |
| Electorate: 23,279 Valid: 14,848 (63.78%) Spoilt: 163 Quota: 1,857 Turnout: 15,011 (64.48%) |||||||||||||||

### Claremorris

Claremorris - 6 seats :
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count |
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 |
| | Fine Gael | Patsy O'Brien* | 18.67 | 2,760 | | | | |
| | Fine Gael | John Cribbin* | 13.40 | 1,981 | 2,010 | 2,030 | 2,141 | |
| | Independent | Richard Finn | 12.29 | 1,817 | 1,863 | 2,028 | 2,219 | |
| | Fine Gael | Tom Connolly* | 10.14 | 1,499 | 1,590 | 1,718 | 1,911 | 2,021 |
| | Fine Gael | Michael Burke | 9.44 | 1,396 | 1,573 | 1,584 | 1,609 | 1,999 |
| | Fianna Fáil | Damien Ryan* | 9.30 | 1,375 | 1,474 | 1,515 | 1,648 | 2,118 |
| | Fianna Fáil | Michael Carty* | 8.56 | 1,265 | 1,274 | 1,373 | 1,734 | 1,766 |
| | Independent | Harry Walsh* | 7.41 | 1,095 | 1,247 | 1,265 | 1,294 | |
| | Fianna Fáil | Patrick McHugh* | 6.26 | 925 | 950 | 1,107 | | |
| | Fianna Fáil | Gerard McHale | 4.55 | 672 | 691 | | | |
| Electorate: 21,780 Valid: 14,785 (67.88%) Spoilt: 164 Quota: 2,113 Turnout: 14,949 (68.64%) |||||||||

### Swinford

Swinford - 4 seats :
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | Count | Count | Count |
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 |
| | Sinn Féin | Gerry Murray* | 24.60 | 2,218 | | | |
| | Fianna Fáil | Jimmy Maloney* | 15.95 | 1,438 | 1,461 | 1,526 | 1,771 |
| | Fine Gael | Eugene Lavin* | 14.11 | 1,272 | 1,311 | 1,582 | 1,847 |
| | Fine Gael | Joseph Mellett* | 12.85 | 1,159 | 1,209 | 1,436 | 1,804 |
| | Fianna Fáil | Michael Smyth | 12.77 | 1,152 | 1,220 | 1,285 | 1,508 |
| | Fianna Fáil | John Caulfield | 10.40 | 938 | 1,038 | 1,173 | |
| | Fine Gael | Cahal Henry | 5.19 | 468 | 544 | | |
| | Independent | Sylvia Spain | 2.20 | 198 | 221 | | |
| | Independent | John Healy | 1.94 | 175 | 210 | | |
| Electorate: 13,732 Valid: 9,018 (65.67%) Spoilt: 159 Quota: 1,804 Turnout: 9,177 (66.83%) ||||||||

### Westport

Westport - 4 seats :
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count |
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 |
| | Fine Gael | Peter Flynn* | 20.50 | 1,694 | | | | | |
| | Fine Gael | John O'Malley* | 20.39 | 1,685 | | | | | |
| | Fianna Fáil | Margaret Adams* | 19.52 | 1,613 | 1,620 | 1,648 | 1,655 | | |
| | Fine Gael | Austin O'Malley* | 15.78 | 1,304 | 1,321 | 1,367 | 1,384 | 1,465 | 1,830 |
| | Fianna Fáil | Caroline Navin O'Malley | 8.11 | 670 | 672 | 683 | 685 | 744 | |
| | Labour | Keith Martin | 7.28 | 602 | 611 | 712 | 715 | 912 | 976 |
| | Sinn Féin | Dave Keating | 5.06 | 418 | 421 | 471 | 473 | | |
| | Independent | Andy Wilson | 2.55 | 211 | 212 | | | | |
| | Independent | Tom King | 0.82 | 68 | 69 | | | | |
| Electorate: 12,420 Valid: 8,265 (66.55%) Spoilt: 91 Quota: 1,654 Turnout: 8,356 (67.28%) ||||||||||