# 2009 Cork City Council election

An election to Cork City 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 | 8 | 0 | 11,885 | 25.42 | |
| | Labour | 7 | +1 | 8,693 | 18.59 | |
| | Fianna Fáil | 6 | -5 | 9,536 | 20.39 | |
| | Sinn Féin | 4 | +2 | 5,057 | 10.82 | |
| | Socialist Party | 1 | 0 | 2,391 | 5.11 | |
| | Workers' Party | 1 | +1 | 1,158 | 2.48 | |
| | Independent | 4 | +3 | 6,502 | 13.91 | |
| | Green | 0 | -1 | 1,537 | 3.29 | |
| | Progressive Democrats | 0 | -1 | N/A | N/A | |
| Totals | Totals | 31 | 0 | 46,759 | 100.00 | — |

## Results by local electoral area
### Cork North-Central

Cork North-Central - 5 seats :
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count |
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 |
| | Socialist Party | Mick Barry* | 26.45 | 2,096 | | | | | | | | |
| | Labour | Catherine Clancy* | 13.59 | 1,077 | 1,233 | 1,262 | 1,300 | 1,339 | | | | |
| | Fianna Fáil | Ken O'Flynn* | 10.65 | 844 | 871 | 873 | 883 | 892 | 893 | 910 | 934 | 1,276 |
| | Fine Gael | Patricia Gosch* | 10.39 | 823 | 892 | 905 | 1,031 | 1,059 | 1,062 | 1,153 | 1,241 | 1,348 |
| | Fianna Fáil | Damian Wallace* | 8.66 | 686 | 708 | 711 | 718 | 731 | 732 | 747 | 775 | |
| | Sinn Féin | Thomas Gould | 7.80 | 618 | 740 | 743 | 770 | 807 | 807 | 942 | 1,078 | 1,136 |
| | Labour | Paddy Brown | 5.81 | 460 | 564 | 576 | 597 | 624 | 632 | 693 | 818 | 884 |
| | Independent | Jim Cronin | 4.95 | 392 | 466 | 469 | 478 | 539 | 540 | 627 | | |
| | Workers' Party | Jackie Connolly | 4.43 | 351 | 478 | 487 | 494 | 532 | 536 | | | |
| | Fine Gael | Joe Kavanagh | 3.24 | 257 | 277 | 280 | | | | | | |
| | Independent | Annette Spillane* | 2.93 | 232 | 273 | 281 | 294 | | | | | |
| | Green | Ian Gallagher | 1.10 | 87 | 100 | | | | | | | |
| Electorate: 14,317 Valid: 7,923 (55.34%) Spoilt: 194 Quota: 1,321 Turnout: 8,117 (56.69%) |||||||||||||

### Cork North-East

Cork North-East - 4 seats :
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count |
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 |
| | Labour | John Kelleher* | 18.70 | 1,024 | 1,091 | 1,165 | | | |
| | Fianna Fáil | Tim Brosnan* | 18.61 | 1,019 | 1,034 | 1,079 | 1,084 | 1,152 | |
| | Fine Gael | Dara Murphy* | 18.47 | 1,011 | 1,035 | 1,102 | | | |
| | Independent | David Whyte | 9.88 | 541 | 565 | 611 | 618 | 703 | 815 |
| | Workers' Party | Ted Tynan | 8.93 | 489 | 576 | 601 | 615 | 698 | 938 |
| | Sinn Féin | Pat Coughlan | 7.78 | 426 | 464 | 476 | 481 | 526 | |
| | Fine Gael | Derek Connolly | 6.83 | 374 | 383 | 393 | 410 | | |
| | Green | Ken Walsh | 5.41 | 296 | 310 | | | | |
| | Socialist Party | Dave Keating | 5.39 | 295 | | | | | |
| Electorate: 10,431 Valid: 5,475 (52.49%) Spoilt: 82 Quota: 1,096 Turnout: 5,557 (53.27%) ||||||||||

### Cork North-West

Cork North-West - 4 seats :
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count |
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 |
| | Independent | Dave McCarthy* | 23.36 | 1,419 | | | | | | |
| | Sinn Féin | Jonathan O'Brien* | 21.71 | 1,319 | | | | | | |
| | Labour | Michael O'Connell* | 15.29 | 929 | 988 | 1,012 | 1,130 | 1,716 | 1,280 | |
| | Fine Gael | Joe O'Callaghan* | 13.25 | 805 | 839 | 856 | 906 | 936 | 1,013 | 1,050 |
| | Fianna Fáil | Tony Fitzgerald* | 12.10 | 735 | 778 | 783 | 830 | 846 | 1,071 | 1,098 |
| | Fianna Fáil | John Sheehan | 8.00 | 436 | 507 | 511 | 539 | 550 | | |
| | Workers' Party | Mick Crowley | 5.23 | 318 | 357 | 364 | | | | |
| | Green | Nicholas McMurray | 1.05 | 64 | 71 | | | | | |
| Electorate: 10,964 Valid: 6,075 (55.41%) Spoilt: 118 Quota: 1,216 Turnout: 6,193 (56.48%) |||||||||||

### Cork South-Central

Cork South-Central - 5 seats :
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count |
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 |
| | Labour | Lorraine Kingston* | 25.48 | 1,778 | | | | |
| | Independent | Mick Finn | 13.23 | 923 | 1,029 | 1,050 | 1,140 | 1,230 |
| | Fine Gael | Emmet O'Halloran | 11.44 | 798 | 904 | 914 | 1,164 | |
| | Fianna Fáil | Seán Martin* | 833 | 790 | 837 | 879 | 1,235 | |
| | Sinn Féin | Fiona Kerins* | 11.06 | 772 | 887 | 910 | 979 | 1,038 |
| | Fianna Fáil | Tom O'Driscoll* | 9.13 | 637 | 682 | 696 | 726 | |
| | Independent | Paudie Dineen | 9.01 | 629 | 702 | 730 | 806 | 900 |
| | Fine Gael | Billy MacGill | 4.16 | 290 | 352 | 357 | | |
| | Green | Mary Ryder | 3.54 | 247 | 296 | 302 | | |
| | Independent | Tom McIntyre | 1.63 | 114 | 129 | | | |
| Electorate: 12,858 Valid: 6,978 (54.27%) Spoilt: 164 Quota: 1,164 Turnout: 7,142 (55.55%) |||||||||

### Cork South-East

Cork South-East - 7 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 | Des Cahill | 15.45 | 1,776 | | | | | | |
| | Fine Gael | Laura McGonigle* | 14.58 | 1,675 | | | | | | |
| | Labour | Denis O'Flynn* | 13.24 | 1,522 | | | | | | |
| | Fianna Fáil | Terry Shannon* | 10.57 | 1,215 | 1,236 | 1,255 | 1,263 | 1,388 | 1,867 | |
| | Independent | Chris O'Leary* | 10.24 | 1,177 | 1,205 | 1,232 | 1,252 | 1,374 | 1,433 | 1,459 |
| | Independent | Kieran McCarthy | 9.35 | 1,075 | 1,117 | 1,160 | 1,173 | 1,313 | 1,380 | 1,483 |
| | Fine Gael | Jim Corr* | 7.23 | 831 | 999 | 1,112 | 1,131 | 1,228 | 1,319 | 1,384 |
| | Sinn Féin | Ken Ahern | 7.17 | 824 | 838 | 847 | 858 | 907 | 930 | 957 |
| | Fianna Fáil | Donal Counihan* | 6.34 | 729 | 748 | 755 | 758 | 853 | | |
| | Green | Stephen Crowley | 3.14 | 361 | 395 | 408 | 417 | | | |
| | Fianna Fáil | Deirdre Foley | 2.67 | 307 | 320 | 327 | 329 | | | |
| Electorate: 19,409 Valid: 11,492 (59.21%) Spoilt: 140 Quota: 1,437 Turnout: 11,632 (59.93%) |||||||||||

### Cork South-West

Cork South-West - 6 seats :
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count |
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 |
| | Fine Gael | John Buttimer* | 23.35 | 2,070 | | | | |
| | Fianna Fáil | Mary Shields* | 13.49 | 1,196 | 1,283 | | | |
| | Labour | Michael Ahern* | 12.63 | 1,120 | 1,204 | 1,304 | | |
| | Sinn Féin | Henry Cremin | 12.38 | 1,098 | 1,125 | 1,164 | 1,208 | 1,220 |
| | Fianna Fáil | Fergal Dennehy* | 10.62 | 942 | 981 | 1,027 | 1,085 | 1,095 |
| | Labour | Ger Gibbons* | 8.83 | 783 | 871 | 957 | 1,131 | 1,180 |
| | Fine Gael | Barry Keane | 6.77 | 600 | 754 | 814 | | |
| | Fine Gael | Brian Bermingham* | 6.49 | 575 | 867 | 957 | 1,338 | |
| | Green | Mick Murphy | 5.44 | 482 | 514 | | | |
| Electorate: 14,907 Valid: 8,866 (59.48%) Spoilt: 153 Quota: 1,267 Turnout: 8,993 (60.33%) |||||||||