# 2009 Fingal County Council election

An election to all 24 seats on Fingal County Council took place on 5 June 2009 as part of the 2009 Irish local elections. Fingal was divided into 5 local electoral areas (LEAs) to elect councillors 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 | ± | 1st pref | FPv% | ±% |
| | Labour | 9 | 3 | 21,117 | 25.66 | |
| | Fine Gael | 6 | 1 | 17,133 | 20.82 | |
| | Fianna Fáil | 4 | | 13,347 | 16.22 | |
| | Socialist Party | 3 | 1 | 11,502 | 13.98 | |
| | Green | 0 | 3 | 4,861 | 5.91 | |
| | Sinn Féin | 0 | 1 | 4,037 | 4.91 | |
| | Seniors Solidarity | 0 | | 1,319 | 1.60 | |
| | Progressive Democrats | — | 1 | — | — | |
| | Independent | 2 | | 8,966 | 10.90 | |
| Total | Total | 24 | | 82,282 | 100.00 | — |

## Results by local electoral area
### Balbriggan

Balbriggan - 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 |
| | Labour | Ken Farrell | 19.14 | 3,388 | | | | | | | | |
| | Independent | David O'Connor* | 12.94 | 2,291 | 2,346 | 2,388 | 2,454 | 2,541 | 2,623 | 2,800 | 3,035 | |
| | Fine Gael | Tom O'Leary | 10.36 | 1,833 | 1,874 | 1,903 | 1,926 | 2,005 | 2,513 | 2,586 | 2,689 | 2,877 |
| | Green | Joe Corr* | 8.65 | 1,531 | 1,581 | 1,610 | 1,671 | 1,766 | 1,817 | 1,928 | 2,040 | 2,306 |
| | Labour | Ciaran Byrne* | 8.02 | 1,420 | 1,515 | 1,752 | 1,857 | 1,887 | 1,975 | 2,238 | 2,447 | 2,585 |
| | Independent | May McKeon* | 6.99 | 1,238 | 1,249 | 1,315 | 1,366 | 1,401 | 1,514 | 1,636 | 2,040 | 2,432 |
| | Independent | Seán Brown | 6.07 | 1,075 | 1,082 | 1,125 | 1,200 | 1,211 | 1,300 | 1,424 | | |
| | Fine Gael | Larry Dunne | 5.71 | 1,010 | 1,024 | 1,059 | 1,087 | 1,108 | | | | |
| | Fianna Fáil | Dermot Murray | 5.56 | 985 | 993 | 1,012 | 1,046 | 1,491 | 1,551 | 1,584 | 1,694 | |
| | Socialist Party | Terry Kelleher | 4.98 | 882 | 905 | 941 | 1,097 | 1,109 | 1,136 | | | |
| | Fianna Fáil | Stephen O'Connell | 4.79 | 848 | 894 | 898 | 911 | | | | | |
| | Sinn Féin | Fergus Byrne | 3.82 | 677 | 691 | 710 | | | | | | |
| | Labour | Grainne Kilmurray | 2.95 | 523 | 596 | | | | | | | |
| Electorate: 36,258 Valid: 17,701 (48.82%) Spoilt: 248 Quota: 2,951 Turnout: 17,949 (49.50%) |||||||||||||

### Castleknock

Castleknock - 4 seats :
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count |
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 |
| | Socialist Party | Joe Higgins | 28.07 | 3,787 | | | | | |
| | Fine Gael | Eithne Loftus* | 22.45 | 3,028 | | | | | |
| | Labour | Peggy Hamill* | 16.32 | 2,201 | 2,753 | | | | |
| | Fianna Fáil | Mags Murray* | 12.44 | 1,678 | 1,766 | 1,787 | 1,869 | 1,952 | 2,692 |
| | Green | Roderic O'Gorman | 9.18 | 1,238 | 1,413 | 1,458 | 1,649 | 1,851 | 2,030 |
| | Fianna Fáil | Howard Mahony | 6.95 | 938 | 983 | 997 | 1,033 | 1,077 | |
| | Sinn Féin | Charlie Maples | 3.59 | 484 | 657 | 694 | 714 | | |
| | Independent | Zahid Hussain | 1.01 | 136 | 191 | | | | |
| Electorate: 29,622 Valid: 13,490 (45.54%) Spoilt: 138 Quota: 2,699 Turnout: 13,628 (46.01%) ||||||||||

### Howth–Malahide

Howth-Malahide - 5 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 |
| | Labour | Peter Coyle* | 16.99 | 3,781 | | | | | | | | | |
| | Fine Gael | Alan Farrell* | 12.31 | 2,739 | 2,754 | 2,795 | 2,832 | 2,859 | 2,948 | 3,002 | 3,161 | 3,387 | 3,499 |
| | Fianna Fáil | Eoghan O'Brien* | 10.26 | 2,283 | 2,288 | 2,311 | 2,338 | 2,360 | 2,421 | 2,440 | 2,500 | 2,592 | 3,634 |
| | Labour | Cian O'Callaghan | 10.14 | 2,256 | 2,275 | 2,283 | 2,354 | 2,458 | 2,507 | 2,859 | 3,251 | 3,610 | 3,818 |
| | Fine Gael | Joan Maher* | 10.66 | 2,372 | 2,376 | 2,383 | 2,454 | 2,478 | 2,515 | 2,582 | 2,821 | 3,058 | 3,283 |
| | Independent | Jimmy Guerin | 8.15 | 1,814 | 1,820 | 1,842 | 1,984 | 2,062 | 2,099 | 2,279 | 2,445 | 2,871 | 3,052 |
| | Fianna Fáil | Averil Power | 7.46 | 1,659 | 1,662 | 1,669 | 1,710 | 1,743 | 1,766 | 1,826 | 1,923 | 2,033 | |
| | Seniors Solidarity Party | John Wolfe | 5.93 | 1,319 | 1,325 | 1,345 | 1,422 | 1,501 | 1,537 | 1,721 | 1,835 | | |
| | Socialist Party | Brian Greene | 4.64 | 1,032 | 1,036 | 1,044 | 1,063 | 1,207 | 1,229 | | | | |
| | Green | David Healy* | 4.32 | 962 | 965 | 972 | 1,009 | 1,041 | 1,329 | 1,450 | | | |
| | Sinn Féin | Colm O Murchadha | 2.87 | 638 | 639 | 643 | 653 | | | | | | |
| | Green | Robbie Kelly* | 2.77 | 616 | 619 | 632 | 661 | 683 | | | | | |
| | Independent | Eamonn McKiernan | 1.53 | 341 | 342 | 359 | | | | | | | |
| | Independent | John Seery | 1.07 | 237 | 238 | 251 | | | | | | | |
| | Independent | Pat Joyce | 0.91 | 202 | 203 | | | | | | | | |
| Electorate: 41,843 Valid: 22,251 (53.18%) Spoilt: 201 Quota: 3,709 Turnout: 22,452 (53.66%) ||||||||||||||
The Seniors Solidarity Party was founded in November 2008 by John Wolfe following changes to the medical card changes in the 2009 budget. It was registered to contest local elections in Dublin. This was the only election it contested. In December 2014, the registrar of political parties proposed to cancel its registration.

### Mulhuddart

Mulhuddart - 5 seats :
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count |
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 |
| | Labour | Patrick Nulty | 14.32 | 1,898 | 1,924 | 1,957 | 1,965 | 2,014 | 2,065 | 2,178 |
| | Socialist Party | Ruth Coppinger* | 12.86 | 1,705 | 1,733 | 1,784 | 1,795 | 2,241 | | |
| | Labour | Michael O'Donovan* | 12.80 | 1,696 | 1,708 | 1,749 | 1,758 | 1,785 | 1,845 | 1,987 |
| | Fine Gael | Kieran Dennison | 12.44 | 1,649 | 1,661 | 1,698 | 1,707 | 1,726 | 1,803 | 2,320 |
| | Sinn Féin | Paul Donnelly* | 11.44 | 1,517 | 1,532 | 1,557 | 1,565 | 1,641 | 1,672 | 1,699 |
| | Fianna Fáil | David McGuinness | 9.08 | 1,203 | 1,213 | 1,225 | 1,337 | 1,347 | 1,850 | 1,999 |
| | Fine Gael | Adeola Ogunsina | 7.28 | 965 | 974 | 1,083 | 1,294 | 1,297 | 1,368 | |
| | Fianna Fáil | Niamh Moran | 5.45 | 723 | 729 | 760 | 885 | 890 | | |
| | Socialist Party | Denis Keane | 4.84 | 642 | 656 | 667 | 667 | | | |
| | Fianna Fáil | Idowu Sulyman Olafimihan | 4.61 | 611 | 611 | 653 | | | | |
| | Independent | Iggy Okafor | 3.50 | 464 | 491 | | | | | |
| | Independent | Maria McGrail | 1.37 | 182 | | | | | | |
| Electorate: 30,735 Valid: 13,255 (43.13%) Spoilt: 172 Quota: 2,210 Turnout: 13,427 (43.69%) |||||||||||

### Swords

Swords - 5 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 |
| | Socialist Party | Clare Daly* | 20.48 | 3,192 | | | | | | | | | |
| | Labour | Gerry McGuire* | 10.09 | 1,572 | 1,617 | 1,623 | 1,678 | 1,737 | 1,848 | 1,923 | 2,322 | 2,433 | 2,670 |
| | Labour | Tom Kelleher* | 10.02 | 1,561 | 1,637 | 1,658 | 1,705 | 1,790 | 1,916 | 1,993 | 2,221 | 2,342 | 2,616 |
| | Fianna Fáil | Darragh Butler* | 9.54 | 1,487 | 1,508 | 1,517 | 1,525 | 1,590 | 1,628 | 2,154 | 2,212 | 2,285 | 2,448 |
| | Fine Gael | Anne Devitt* | 8.75 | 1,364 | 1,404 | 1,426 | 1,440 | 1,496 | 1,539 | 1,601 | 1,659 | 2,028 | 2,155 |
| | Fine Gael | Bob Dowling | 7.92 | 1,234 | 1,257 | 1,262 | 1,266 | 1,300 | 1,323 | 1,353 | 1,375 | 1,645 | 1,728 |
| | Fine Gael | James Lawless | 6.03 | 939 | 960 | 971 | 986 | 1,030 | 1,056 | 1,104 | 1,164 | | |
| | Fianna Fáil | John Hennessy | 5.98 | 932 | 951 | 961 | 969 | 996 | 1,031 | | | | |
| | Labour | Pat Ward | 5.27 | 821 | 861 | 868 | 921 | 957 | 1,043 | 1,081 | | | |
| | Independent | Joe O'Neill | 4.70 | 733 | 773 | 883 | 919 | 982 | 1,153 | 1,221 | 1,309 | 1,390 | |
| | Sinn Féin | Conor Kelly | 4.63 | 721 | 776 | 778 | 863 | 895 | | | | | |
| | Green | Kenneth Duffy | 3.30 | 514 | 542 | 569 | 584 | | | | | | |
| | Socialist Party | John McCamley | 1.68 | 262 | 421 | 433 | | | | | | | |
| | Independent | Carmel Diviney | 1.62 | 253 | 280 | | | | | | | | |
| Electorate: 35,652 Valid: 15,585 (43.71%) Spoilt: 157 Quota: 2,598 Turnout: 15,742 (44.15%) ||||||||||||||