# 2009 Wexford County Council election

An election to Wexford 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 | Party | Seats | ± | FPv% | ±% |
| | Fine Gael | 10 | +3 | | |
| | Fianna Fáil | 5 | -1 | | |
| | Labour | 4 | +3 | | |
| | Independent | 2 | -2 | | |
| | Sinn Féin | 0 | -3 | | |
| Totals | Totals | 21 | - | 100.0 | — |

## Results by local electoral area
### Enniscorthy

Enniscorthy - 5 seats :
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count |
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 |
| | Fine Gael | Kathleen Codd-Nolan* | 13.99 | 1,974 | 2,013 | 2,043 | 2,188 | 2,287 |
| | Fine Gael | Patrick Kavanagh | 13.65 | 1,926 | 1,996 | 1,998 | 2,199 | 2,449 |
| | Fine Gael | Oliver Walsh* | 12.67 | 1,788 | 1,839 | 2,061 | 2,105 | 2,207 |
| | Labour | Pat Cody | 11.88 | 1,676 | 1,809 | 1,837 | 2,031 | 2,372 |
| | Fianna Fáil | Barbara Ann Murphy* | 10.76 | 1,518 | 1,544 | 1,787 | 1,856 | 1,909 |
| | Fianna Fáil | Keith Doyle | 10.53 | 1,485 | 1,532 | 1,728 | 1,868 | 2,217 |
| | Independent | Seán Doyle* | 7.84 | 1,106 | 1,220 | 1,235 | | |
| | Independent | Jackser Owens | 7.63 | 1,077 | 1,258 | 1,281 | 1,589 | |
| | Fianna Fáil | Bernadette Murphy | 5.84 | 824 | 844 | | | |
| | Sinn Féin | Noreen Sheridan | 5.20 | 734 | | | | |
| Electorate: 25,498 Valid: 14,108 (55.33%) Spoilt: 236 Quota: 2,352 Turnout: 14,344 (56.26%) |||||||||

### Gorey

Gorey - 5 seats :
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count |
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 |
| | Fine Gael | John Hegarty | 17.20 | 2,386 | | | | | |
| | Fianna Fáil | Malcolm Byrne | 13.89 | 1,927 | 2,091 | 2,099 | 2,570 | | |
| | Independent | Declan McPartlin* | 11.88 | 1,648 | 1,798 | 1,803 | 1,862 | 1,879 | 2,106 |
| | Labour | Bobby Ireton | 11.54 | 1,601 | 1,827 | 1,835 | 2,056 | 2,107 | 2,331 |
| | Fine Gael | Michael Kinsella* | 11.33 | 1,572 | 1,670 | 1,699 | 1,788 | 1,811 | 2,515 |
| | Fianna Fáil | Lorcan Allen* | 8.98 | 1,246 | 1,296 | 1,298 | 1,528 | 1,674 | 1,732 |
| | Fine Gael | Ellen Lynch | 8.91 | 1,236 | 1,302 | 1,320 | 1,406 | 1,427 | |
| | Fianna Fáil | Jimmy Fleming* | 8.53 | 1,183 | 1,286 | 1,290 | | | |
| | Sinn Féin | Michael Carty | 6.49 | 900 | | | | | |
| | Independent | Ger Walsh | 1.23 | 171 | | | | | |
| Electorate: 25,031 Valid: 13,870 (55.41%) Spoilt: 218 Quota: 2,312 Turnout: 14,088 (56.28%) ||||||||||

### New Ross

New Ross - 4 seats :
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count |
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 |
| | Fine Gael | Denis Kennedy* | 15.65 | 1,911 | 1,974 | 2,069 | 2,251 | 2,473 |
| | Fianna Fáil | Michael Sheehan | 14.18 | 1,732 | 1,750 | 1,861 | 2,015 | 2,288 |
| | Fine Gael | Larry O'Brien* | 14.07 | 1,718 | 1,794 | 1,907 | 2,181 | 2,342 |
| | Fianna Fáil | Martin Murphy* | 13.12 | 1,602 | 1,691 | 1,729 | 1,799 | 2,455 |
| | Sinn Féin | John Dwyer* | 12.89 | 1,574 | 1,628 | 1,698 | 1,924 | 2,064 |
| | Fianna Fáil | Jimmy Curtis* | 11.97 | 1,462 | 1,564 | 1,602 | 1,674 | |
| | Labour | Ollie Somers | 7.82 | 955 | 1,026 | 1,192 | | |
| | Green | Seán Reidy | 5.55 | 678 | 720 | | | |
| | Independent | Jack Fardy | 4.75 | 580 | | | | |
| Electorate: 22,164 Valid: 12,212 (55.10%) Spoilt: 252 Quota: 2,443 Turnout: 12,464 (56.24%) |||||||||

### Wexford

Wexford - 7 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 |
| | Labour | George Lawlor | 11.66 | 2,210 | 2,225 | 2,240 | 2,276 | 2,314 | 2,377 | | | | | | | |
| | Labour | Ted Howlin* | 10.20 | 1,934 | 1,947 | 1,957 | 1,976 | 1,999 | 2,035 | 2,187 | 2,267 | 2,306 | 2,486 | | | |
| | Fianna Fáil | Tony Dempsey | 8.43 | 1,599 | 1,603 | 1,610 | 1,622 | 1,627 | 1,632 | 1,650 | 1,918 | 1,949 | 2,013 | 2,060 | 2,077 | 2,089 |
| | Fine Gael | Jim Moore | 8.31 | 1,576 | 1,580 | 1,583 | 1,601 | 1,612 | 1,625 | 1,659 | 1,732 | 1,858 | 1,922 | 1,984 | 2,000 | 2,014 |
| | Fine Gael | Pat Codd* | 8.25 | 1,565 | 1,572 | 1,585 | 1,595 | 1,603 | 1,630 | 1,650 | 1,918 | 1,949 | 2,013 | 2,060 | 2,077 | 2,089 |
| | Fine Gael | Anna Fenlon* | 7.71 | 1,461 | 1,471 | 1,501 | 1,517 | 1,552 | 1,608 | 1,694 | 1,878 | 1,898 | 2,056 | 2,230 | 2,252 | 2,278 |
| | Independent | Padge Reck* | 7.55 | 1,431 | 1,448 | 1,460 | 1,490 | 1,541 | 1,608 | 1,660 | 1,698 | 1,739 | 1,971 | 2,262 | 2,314 | 2,335 |
| | Independent | Leo Carthy* | 6.99 | 1,326 | 1,332 | 1,354 | 1,372 | 1,389 | 1,415 | 1,436 | 1,515 | 1,630 | 1,762 | 1,877 | 1,945 | 1,961 |
| | Sinn Féin | Maurice Roche* | 6.67 | 1,265 | 1,276 | 1,289 | 1,298 | 1,321 | 1,360 | 1,409 | 1,421 | 1,439 | | | | |
| | Fianna Fáil | Fergie Kehoe* | 5.79 | 1,097 | 1,101 | 1,111 | 1,120 | 1,139 | 1,169 | 1,216 | 1,249 | 1,492 | 1,603 | | | |
| | Fianna Fáil | Noel Howlin | 4.83 | 916 | 916 | 916 | 920 | 922 | 925 | 941 | 947 | | | | | |
| | Fine Gael | Jim Allen | 4.21 | 799 | 800 | 805 | 807 | 818 | 825 | 857 | | | | | | |
| | Green | Danny Forde | 2.90 | 550 | 560 | 571 | 581 | 597 | 615 | | | | | | | |
| | Independent | Do Do Lawlor | 2.07 | 392 | 412 | 425 | 447 | 455 | | | | | | | | |
| | Independent | Alan McGuire | 1.40 | 266 | 269 | 278 | 293 | | | | | | | | | |
| | Independent | Vincent Kennedy | 1.29 | 245 | 245 | 253 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | Independent | James Breen | 1.01 | 191 | 193 | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | Independent | Willie Kinsella | 0.72 | 137 | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Electorate: 36,473 Valid: 18,960 (51.98%) Spoilt: 303 Quota: 2,371 Turnout: 19,263 (52.81%) |||||||||||||||||