# 2009 Westmeath County Council election

An election to Westmeath County Council took place on 5 June 2009 as part of that year's Irish local elections. 23 councillors were elected from five 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% | ±% |
| | Fianna Fáil | 9 | - | 13,777 | 43.03 | |
| | Fine Gael | 8 | - | 12,405 | 38.75 | |
| | Labour | 6 | - | 8,349 | 26.08 | |
| | Independent | 0 | - | 2,036 | 5.24 | |
| | Sinn Féin | 0 | - | 1,494 | 4.66 | |
| | Green | 0 | - | 194 | 0.50 | |
| Totals | Totals | 23 | - | 38,795 | 100.00 | — |

## Results by local electoral area
### Athlone

Athlone - 6 seats :
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count |
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 |
| | Fianna Fáil | Kevin (Boxer) Moran* | 16.82 | 1,771 | | | | | | |
| | Fianna Fáil | Frankie Keena* | 11.23 | 1,182 | 1,239 | 1,299 | 1,335 | 1,603 | | |
| | Fine Gael | Joe Whelan* | 10.69 | 1,125 | 1,132 | 1,167 | 1,225 | 1,243 | 1,245 | 1,505 |
| | Fine Gael | Mark Cooney* | 10.01 | 1,054 | 1,079 | 1,144 | 1,259 | 1,322 | 1,327 | 1,542 |
| | Fine Gael | Gabrielle McFadden* | 8.47 | 892 | 927 | 978 | 1,113 | 1,230 | 1,241 | 1,405 |
| | Fianna Fáil | Tom Allen* | 8.38 | 882 | 901 | 943 | 984 | 1,111 | 1,181 | 1,313 |
| | Fine Gael | John Dolan* | 8.20 | 863 | 877 | 933 | 992 | 1,015 | 1,017 | |
| | Sinn Féin | Paul Hogan | 7.94 | 836 | 864 | 915 | 1,064 | 1,167 | 1,175 | 1,245 |
| | Fianna Fáil | Kieran Molloy* | 7.28 | 766 | 816 | 832 | 864 | | | |
| | Labour | Lisa Burke | 6.34 | 667 | 683 | 742 | | | | |
| | Independent | Jack Moran | 4.65 | 490 | 505 | | | | | |
| Electorate: 19,332 Valid: 10,528 (54.46%) Spoilt: 139 Quota: 1,505 Turnout: 10,667 (55.18%) |||||||||||

### Coole

Coole - 4 seats :
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | Count | Count |
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| | Fine Gael | Frank McDermott* | 20.31 | 1,335 | | |
| | Fianna Fáil | Paddy Hill* | 18.68 | 1,228 | 1,259 | 1,345 |
| | Labour | Dan McCarthy* | 17.37 | 1,142 | 1,230 | 1,353 |
| | Fianna Fáil | John Shaw | 16.60 | 1,091 | 1,133 | 1,244 |
| | Fine Gael | Bernie Comaskey | 13.52 | 889 | 945 | 1,089 |
| | Independent | Dermot Mullen | 7.45 | 490 | 594 | |
| | Sinn Féin | Mick Kenny | 6.07 | 399 | | |
| Electorate: 10,816 Valid: 6,574 (60.78%) Spoilt: 105 Quota: 1,315 Turnout: 6,679 (61.75%) |||||||

### Kilbeggan

Kilbeggan - 4 seats :
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count |
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 |
| | Fine Gael | Joe Flanagan* | 24.49 | 1,768 | | | | | |
| | Fianna Fáil | Paul Daly* | 15.78 | 1,139 | 884 | 915 | 938 | 947 | 1,127 |
| | Fine Gael | Colm Arthur | 11.95 | 863 | 1,016 | 1,052 | 1,099 | 1,127 | 1,219 |
| | Labour | Gerry Corcoran* | 11.61 | 838 | 1,050 | 1,131 | 1,310 | | |
| | Fine Gael | Michael Newman* | 9.57 | 691 | 791 | 821 | 860 | 884 | |
| | Fianna Fáil | Vinny McCormack | 8.23 | 594 | 671 | 714 | 772 | 797 | 854 |
| | Fianna Fáil | P.J. Coghill | 7.04 | 508 | 414 | 444 | 465 | 475 | |
| | Fianna Fáil | Vincent Bagnall | 6.69 | 483 | 414 | 444 | 465 | 475 | |
| | Labour | Pat Boyce | 4.64 | 335 | 357 | 405 | | | |
| Electorate: 11,207 Valid: 7,219 (64.42%) Spoilt: 92 Quota: 1,444 Turnout: 7,311 (65.24%) ||||||||||

### Mullingar East

Mullingar East - 4 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 | Mick Dollard* | 31.24 | 2,032 | | | | | | | | |
| | Labour | Denis Leonard | 13.73 | 893 | 1,263 | 1,275 | 1,318 | | | | | |
| | Fine Gael | Peter Burke | 13.31 | 866 | 946 | 959 | 1,004 | 1,006 | 1,050 | 1,156 | 1,474 | |
| | Fianna Fáil | Aidan Davitt | 12.28 | 799 | 863 | 868 | 891 | 892 | 975 | 1,009 | 1,056 | 1,111 |
| | Fianna Fáil | Jim Bourke* | 9.39 | 611 | 668 | 669 | 695 | 697 | 814 | 872 | 935 | 978 |
| | Fine Gael | Patrick McLoughlin* | 7.30 | 475 | 514 | 519 | 523 | 529 | 573 | 610 | | |
| | Fianna Fáil | Georgina Bagnall | 4.86 | 316 | 335 | 341 | 351 | 353 | | | | |
| | Independent | Brian Fagan | 3.86 | 251 | 299 | 315 | 352 | 356 | 364 | | | |
| | Green | Seán Corrigan | 2.98 | 194 | 236 | 240 | | | | | | |
| | Independent | Frank Harkin | 0.74 | 48 | 58 | | | | | | | |
| | Independent | Errol Farrell | 0.29 | 19 | 21 | | | | | | | |
| Electorate: 11,197 Valid: 6,504 (58.09%) Spoilt: 98 Quota: 1,301 Turnout: 6,602 (58.96%) |||||||||||||

### Mullingar West

Mullingar West - 5 seats :
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count |
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 |
| | Labour | Johnnie Penrose* | 22.11 | 1,643 | | | | | | | |
| | Fianna Fáil | Robert Troy* | 21.36 | 1,587 | | | | | | | |
| | Fine Gael | Fintan Cooney* | 11.84 | 880 | 925 | 961 | 982 | 1,121 | 1,156 | 1,181 | 1,264 |
| | Fianna Fáil | Ken Glynn* | 11.04 | 820 | 851 | 984 | 1,006 | 1,023 | 1,048 | 1,069 | 1,112 |
| | Labour | Detty Cornally* | 10.75 | 799 | 978 | 1,017 | 1,058 | 1,084 | 1,151 | 1,230 | 1,383 |
| | Fine Gael | Chris Murtagh | 6.27 | 466 | 533 | 612 | 624 | 659 | 674 | 706 | 754 |
| | Independent | Betty Doran* | 4.41 | 328 | 350 | 366 | 396 | 405 | 462 | 519 | |
| | Sinn Féin | Sorcha Clarke | 3.49 | 259 | 279 | 290 | 311 | 321 | 353 | | |
| | Fine Gael | John Casey | 3.20 | 238 | 250 | 260 | 268 | | | | |
| | Independent | Frank McIntyre | 3.03 | 225 | 245 | 259 | 272 | 279 | | | |
| | Independent | Rashid Butt | 2.49 | 185 | 193 | 203 | | | | | |
| Electorate: 13,526 Valid: 7,430 (54.93%) Spoilt: 106 Quota: 1,239 Turnout: 7,536 (55.71%) ||||||||||||