# 2009 Dublin City Council election

An election to Dublin City Council took place on 5 June 2009 as part of that year's Irish local elections. 52 councillors were elected from eleven 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% | ±% |
| | Labour | 19 | 3 | 47,297 | 29.40 | 8.83 |
| | Fine Gael | 12 | 3 | 30,093 | 18.70 | 1.66 |
| | Sinn Féin | 7 | 3 | 20,385 | 12.67 | 5.95 |
| | Fianna Fáil | 6 | 6 | 29,131 | 18.10 | 4.64 |
| | People Before Profit | 2 | 2 | 6,703 | 4.17 | 2.51 |
| | Green | 0 | 1 | 5,695 | 3.54 | 2.92 |
| | Workers' Party | 0 | 0 | 1,271 | 0.79 | 0.10 |
| | Christian Solidarity | 0 | 0 | 241 | 0.15 | 0.03 |
| | Progressive Democrats | 0 | 1 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| | Independent | 6 | 3 | 20,085 | 12.48 | 4.58 |
| Totals | Totals | 52 | 0 | 160,901 | 100.00 | — |

## Results by local electoral area
### Artane-Whitehall

Artane-Whitehall - 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 |
| | Sinn Féin | Larry O'Toole* | 16.62 | 2,702 | 2,819 | | | | | | |
| | Labour | Andrew Montague* | 15.60 | 2,535 | 2,640 | 2,647 | 2,776 | | | | |
| | Fine Gael | Declan Flanagan* | 14.58 | 2,370 | 2,426 | 2,427 | 2,506 | 2,669 | 2,678 | 2,679 | 2,905 |
| | Labour | Paddy Bourke* | 11.24 | 1,827 | 1,913 | 1,921 | 2,036 | 2,676 | 2,713 | | |
| | Fianna Fáil | Seán Paul Mahon* | 8.90 | 1,447 | 1,462 | 1,466 | 1,507 | 1,542 | 1,543 | 1,543 | |
| | Fianna Fáil | Julia Carmichael* | 8.86 | 1,440 | 1,460 | 1,462 | 1,503 | 1,540 | 1,544 | 1,545 | 2,515 |
| | Fine Gael | Noel Rock | 7.90 | 1,284 | 1,337 | 1,341 | 1,408 | 1,542 | 1,558 | 1,560 | 1,659 |
| | Labour | Sinead Seery | 5.96 | 968 | 1,058 | 1,074 | 1,222 | | | | |
| | Sinn Féin | Denise Mitchell | 5.73 | 931 | 1,002 | 1,043 | | | | | |
| | People Before Profit | Martin O'Sullivan | 2.41 | 391 | | | | | | | |
| | Independent | Anna Harvey | 2.20 | 358 | | | | | | | |
| Electorate: 32,989 Valid: 16,253 (49.27%) Spoilt: 309 Quota: 2,709 Turnout: 16,562 (50.20%) ||||||||||||

### Ballyfermot-Drimnagh

Ballyfermot-Drimnagh - 4 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 | Michael Conaghan* | 19.41 | 2,341 | 2,377 | 2,430 | | | | | |
| | People Before Profit | Bríd Smith | 18.80 | 2,269 | 2,307 | 2,375 | 2,392 | 2,500 | | | |
| | Independent | Vincent Jackson* | 15.92 | 1,922 | 1,949 | 1,982 | 2,040 | 2,197 | 2,225 | 2,301 | 2,556 |
| | Sinn Féin | Louise Minihan* | 13.67 | 1,650 | 1,661 | 1,712 | 1,727 | 1,820 | 1,828 | 1,892 | 2,021 |
| | Fine Gael | Philip Nolan | 6.49 | 783 | 797 | 806 | 822 | 923 | 930 | 1,496 | 1,692 |
| | Fine Gael | Peter O'Neill | 6.32 | 763 | 797 | 808 | 816 | 878 | 886 | | |
| | Fianna Fáil | David Gaynor | 5.72 | 691 | 701 | 712 | 1,067 | 1,108 | 1,112 | 1,149 | |
| | Labour | Paul Comiskey-O'Keeffe | 5.13 | 619 | 645 | 669 | 686 | | | | |
| | Fianna Fáil | Ben Doyle | 4.12 | 497 | 507 | 516 | | | | | |
| | Workers' Party | Andrew McGuinness | 2.46 | 297 | 304 | | | | | | |
| | Green | Stephen Wall | 1.97 | 238 | | | | | | | |
| Electorate: 27,942 Valid: 12,070 (43.20%) Spoilt: 230 Quota: 2,415 Turnout: 12,300 (44.02%) ||||||||||||

### Ballymun-Finglas

Ballymun-Finglas - 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 | John Lyons* | 22.22 | 3,721 | | | | | | | | |
| | Sinn Féin | Dessie Ellis* | 19.49 | 3,263 | | | | | | | | |
| | Fine Gael | Bill Tormey* | 12.77 | 2,139 | 2,267 | 2,312 | 2,343 | 2,374 | 2,414 | 2,471 | 2,615 | 2,918 |
| | Labour | John Redmond | 9.34 | 1,564 | 1,989 | 2,040 | 2,058 | 2,107 | 2,205 | 2,348 | 2,440 | 2,808 |
| | Sinn Féin | Ray Corcoran* | 7.11 | 1,190 | 1,278 | 1,526 | 1,538 | 1,557 | 1,661 | 1,740 | 1,782 | 1,943 |
| | Fianna Fáil | Paul McAuliffe | 6.83 | 1,144 | 1,187 | 1,203 | 1,348 | 1,366 | 1,376 | 1,390 | 2,103 | 2,349 |
| | Fianna Fáil | Liam Kelly* | 6.66 | 1,116 | 1,144 | 1,162 | 1,254 | 1,258 | 1,272 | 1,282 | | |
| | Independent | Conor Sludds | 6.63 | 1,110 | 1,188 | 1,210 | 1,223 | 1,253 | 1,306 | 1,543 | 1,624 | |
| | Independent | John O'Neill | 2.76 | 462 | 498 | 522 | 527 | 597 | 705 | | | |
| | Workers' Party | Owen Martin | 2.09 | 350 | 381 | 409 | 416 | | | | | |
| | Workers' Party | John Dunne | 2.05 | 343 | 398 | 413 | 418 | 567 | | | | |
| | Fianna Fáil | Niall McCullagh | 2.05 | 344 | 361 | 365 | | | | | | |
| Electorate: 36,984 Valid: 16,746 (45.28%) Spoilt: 302 Quota: 2,792 Turnout: 17,048 (46.10%) |||||||||||||

### Cabra-Glasnevin

Cabra-Glasnevin - 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 |
| | Fianna Fáil | Mary Fitzpatrick* | 18.14 | 3,088 | | | | | | | | |
| | Labour | Aine Clancy* | 15.40 | 2,621 | 2,648 | 2,690 | 3,126 | | | | | |
| | Independent | Cieran Perry | 14.75 | 2,510 | 2,535 | 2,577 | 2,703 | 2,728 | 3,067 | | | |
| | Fine Gael | Mary O'Shea* | 9.74 | 1,657 | 1,683 | 2,185 | 2,323 | 2,374 | 2,766 | 2,846 | | |
| | Sinn Féin | Seamus McGrattan* | 9.59 | 1,633 | 1,644 | 1,656 | 1,691 | 1,699 | 1,883 | 1,939 | 1,944 | 2,243 |
| | Fianna Fáil | Maurice Ahern* | 8.35 | 1,422 | 1,474 | 1,481 | 1,534 | 1,554 | 1,605 | 1,620 | 1,621 | 2,230 |
| | Fianna Fáil | Seaghan Kearney | 7.71 | 1,313 | 1,380 | 1,389 | 1,454 | 1,476 | 1,589 | 1,611 | 1,614 | |
| | Labour | Mick Deegan | 6.13 | 1,044 | 1,059 | 1,106 | 1,209 | 1,372 | | | | |
| | Green | Gary Fitzgerald | 6.08 | 1,035 | 1,054 | 1,065 | | | | | | |
| | Fine Gael | Harry McNab | 4.10 | 697 | 706 | | | | | | | |
| Electorate: 31,882 Valid: 17,020 (53.38%) Spoilt: 239 Quota: 2,837 Turnout: 17,259 (54.13%) |||||||||||||

### Clontarf

Clontarf - 5 seats :
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count |
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 |
| | Independent | Damian O'Farrell | 20.38 | 4,194 | | | | | |
| | Fine Gael | Gerry Breen* | 16.74 | 3,445 | | | | | |
| | Labour | Aodhán Ó Ríordáin* | 16.45 | 3,387 | 3,607 | | | | |
| | Fianna Fáil | Deirdre Heney* | 13.25 | 2,728 | 2,812 | 2,826 | 2,915 | 2,980 | 3,995 |
| | Fine Gael | Naoise Ó Muirí* | 13.01 | 2,677 | 2,832 | 2,903 | 3,058 | 3,183 | 3,363 |
| | Fianna Fáil | Ronan Callely | 7.05 | 1,451 | 1,486 | 1,500 | 1,547 | 1,600 | |
| | Independent | Bronwen Maher* | 6.23 | 1,283 | 1,467 | 1,512 | 1,739 | 2,091 | 2,227 |
| | Sinn Féin | Helen McCormack | 3.90 | 803 | 846 | 862 | 899 | | |
| | Green | Donna Cooney | 2.99 | 616 | 658 | 674 | | | |
| Electorate: 37,082 Valid: 20,584 (55.51%) Spoilt: 212 Quota: 3,431 Turnout: 20,796 (56.08%) ||||||||||

### Crumlin-Kimmage

Crumlin-Kimmage - 4 seats :
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count |
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 |
| | Labour | Eric Byrne* | 25.34 | 3,652 | | | | | |
| | People Before Profit | Joan Collins* | 17.43 | 2,512 | 2,647 | 2,827 | 3,356 | | |
| | Labour | Henry Upton | 14.35 | 2,068 | 2,449 | 2,854 | 3,166 | | |
| | Fianna Fáil | Charlie Ardagh* | 13.18 | 1,899 | 1,940 | 2,111 | 2,211 | 2,265 | 2,294 |
| | Fine Gael | Ruairi McGinley* | 13.14 | 1,894 | 2,005 | 2,240 | 2,338 | 2,473 | 2,603 |
| | Sinn Féin | Ray McHugh* | 8.69 | 1,253 | 1,296 | 1,355 | | | |
| | Green | Tony McDermott | 6.87 | 990 | 1,045 | | | | |
| | Christian Solidarity | Colm Callanan | 0.99 | 143 | 146 | | | | |
| Electorate: 30,163 Valid: 14,411 (47.78%) Spoilt: 175 Quota: 2,883 Turnout: 14,586 (48.36%) ||||||||||

### Donaghmede

Donaghmede - 4 seats :
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count |
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 |
| | Labour | Seán Kenny* | 24.78 | 4,119 | | | | | | |
| | Sinn Féin | Killian Forde* | 16.07 | 2,671 | 2,734 | 2,778 | 2,832 | 2,914 | 3,283 | 3,312 |
| | Fianna Fáil | Tom Brabazon* | 14.82 | 2,464 | 2,516 | 2,558 | 2,580 | 3,273 | 3,465 | |
| | Fine Gael | Patrick Crimmins* | 12.85 | 2,137 | 2,224 | 2,254 | 2,655 | 2,831 | 3,024 | 3,072 |
| | Labour | Brian McDowell | 10.49 | 1,744 | 2,207 | 2,264 | 2,393 | 2,464 | 2,900 | 2,937 |
| | Independent | Brian Byrne | 7.23 | 1,202 | 1,238 | 1,509 | 1,555 | 1,602 | | |
| | Fianna Fáil | Martin McGettigan | 6.69 | 1,112 | 1,139 | 1,159 | 1,181 | | | |
| | Fine Gael | Dave O'Connor | 4.11 | 684 | 719 | 729 | | | | |
| | Independent | John Clare | 2.96 | 492 | 522 | | | | | |
| Electorate: 33,098 Valid: 16,625 (50.23%) Spoilt: 259 Quota: 3,326 Turnout: 16,884 (51.01%) |||||||||||

### North Inner City

North Inner City - 6 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 | Maureen O'Sullivan* | 24.03 | 2,859 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | Labour | Emer Costello* | 17.52 | 2,084 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | Sinn Féin | Christy Burke* | 12.92 | 1,537 | 1,832 | | | | | | | | | |
| | Independent | Nial Ring | 8.41 | 1,000 | 1,188 | 1,209 | 1,232 | 1,244 | 1,263 | 1,291 | 1,326 | 1,420 | 1,453 | 1,509 |
| | Fine Gael | Ray McAdam | 7.82 | 930 | 1,024 | 1,070 | 1,078 | 1,089 | 1,106 | 1,119 | 1,137 | 1,176 | 1,225 | 1,363 |
| | Labour | Claire O'Regan | 7.50 | 892 | 1,106 | 1,304 | 1,318 | 1,319 | 1,369 | 1,442 | 1,507 | 1,620 | 1,662 | 2,024 |
| | Fianna Fáil | Tom Stafford* | 4.46 | 530 | 603 | 619 | 627 | 642 | 645 | 652 | 664 | 680 | 950 | 1,016 |
| | Green | David Geary | 4.36 | 519 | 589 | 627 | 636 | 639 | 660 | 693 | 736 | 773 | 826 | |
| | Fianna Fáil | Ray Dunne | 4.06 | 483 | 514 | 525 | 529 | 534 | 535 | 537 | 546 | 563 | | |
| | Sinn Féin | Ruadhan MacAodhain | 2.68 | 319 | 340 | 362 | 398 | 404 | 411 | 445 | | | | |
| | Workers' Party | Malachy Steenson | 2.36 | 281 | 344 | 353 | 370 | 379 | 391 | 460 | 507 | | | |
| | People Before Profit | Colm Stephens | 1.77 | 210 | 276 | 285 | 292 | 303 | 335 | | | | | |
| | Independent | Patrick Tatlhego Maphoso | 1.29 | 154 | 188 | 199 | 203 | 206 | | | | | | |
| | Christian Solidarity | Paul O'Loughlin | 0.82 | 98 | 108 | 111 | 113 | | | | | | | |
| Electorate: 32,072 Valid: 11,896 (37.09%) Spoilt: 178 Quota: 1,700 Turnout: 12,074 (37.65%) |||||||||||||||

### Pembroke-Rathmines

Pembroke-Rathmines - 6 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 |
| | Fine Gael | Eoghan Murphy | 15.00 | 2,637 | | | | | | | | | |
| | Labour | Oisín Quinn* | 11.30 | 1,986 | 1,993 | 2,008 | 2,033 | 2,057 | 2,116 | 2,239 | 2,530 | | |
| | Labour | Dermot Lacey* | 10.48 | 1,843 | 1,850 | 1,858 | 1,878 | 1,898 | 1,930 | 2,033 | 2,173 | 2,282 | 2,379 |
| | Labour | Mary Freehill* | 10.17 | 1,788 | 1,795 | 1,800 | 1,820 | 1,856 | 1,877 | 2,069 | 2,376 | 2,565 | |
| | Fine Gael | Edie Wynne* | 9.69 | 1,704 | 1,712 | 1,745 | 1,759 | 1,783 | 1,827 | 1,867 | 2,032 | 2,149 | 2,240 |
| | Fine Gael | Paddy McCartan* | 9.49 | 1,668 | 1,675 | 1,719 | 1,727 | 1,743 | 1,785 | 1,828 | 1,900 | 2,004 | 2,061 |
| | Fianna Fáil | Michael Donnelly* | 7.87 | 1,384 | 1,389 | 1,391 | 1,395 | 1,403 | 1,561 | 1,579 | 1,646 | | |
| | Fianna Fáil | Jim O'Callaghan | 7.71 | 1,356 | 1,359 | 1,364 | 1,374 | 1,386 | 1,720 | 1,736 | 1,830 | 2,757 | |
| | Green | Dave Robbins | 6.13 | 1,077 | 1,088 | 1,093 | 1,131 | 1,162 | 1,200 | 1,375 | | | |
| | Fianna Fáil | Garrett Tubridy | 4.45 | 782 | 784 | 789 | 798 | 810 | | | | | |
| | People Before Profit | Bryce Evans | 3.64 | 639 | 654 | 655 | 735 | 859 | 875 | | | | |
| | Sinn Féin | Oisin O'Dubhlain | 1.73 | 304 | 308 | 308 | | | | | | | |
| | Independent | Erik Eblana | 1.62 | 285 | 320 | 322 | 361 | | | | | | |
| | Independent | Emmanuel Sweeney | 0.71 | 125 | | | | | | | | | |
| Electorate: 39,363 Valid: 17,578 (44.66%) Spoilt: 143 Quota: 2,512 Turnout: 17,721 (45.02%) ||||||||||||||

### South-East Inner City

South-East Inner City - 4 seats :
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count |
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 |
| | Labour | Kevin Humphreys* | 27.46 | 2,598 | | | | | |
| | Independent | Mannix Flynn | 14.60 | 1,381 | 1,460 | 1,509 | 1,527 | 1,791 | 2,003 |
| | Fine Gael | Catherine Noone | 13.04 | 1,234 | 1,310 | 1,317 | 1,337 | 1,476 | 1,655 |
| | Sinn Féin | Daithí Doolan* | 11.87 | 1,123 | 1,202 | 1,223 | 1,251 | 1,299 | 1,411 |
| | Labour | Maria Parodi | 10.64 | 1,007 | 1,348 | 1,362 | 1,379 | 1,642 | 1,822 |
| | Fianna Fáil | Sarah Ryan* | 8.34 | 789 | 822 | 830 | 1,027 | 1,148 | |
| | Green | Claire Wheeler | 5.75 | 544 | 580 | 591 | 610 | | |
| | Fianna Fáil | Vicky Crosby | 3.38 | 320 | 334 | 341 | | | |
| | Independent | Esther Uzell | 3.32 | 314 | 347 | 377 | 381 | | |
| | Independent | Damien Cassidy | 0.84 | 79 | 88 | | | | |
| | Independent | Noel Ivory | 0.75 | 71 | 76 | | | | |
| Electorate: 23,803 Valid: 9,460 (39.74%) Spoilt: 169 Quota: 1,893 Turnout: 9,629 (40.45%) ||||||||||

### South-West Inner City

South-West Inner City - 4 seats :
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count |
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 |
| | Labour | John Gallagher* | 19.04 | 1,574 | 1,618 | 1,748 | | | | |
| | Fine Gael | Clare Byrne* | 16.93 | 1,400 | 1,418 | 1,454 | 1,472 | 1,608 | 1,632 | 1,869 |
| | Labour | Rebecca Moynihan | 15.90 | 1,315 | 1,363 | 1,405 | 1,415 | 1,709 | | |
| | Sinn Féin | Críona Ní Dhálaigh* | 12.17 | 1,006 | 1,022 | 1,072 | 1,088 | 1,110 | 1,114 | 1,400 |
| | Fianna Fáil | Catherine Ardagh | 8.70 | 719 | 731 | 995 | 1,024 | 1,097 | 1,104 | 1,158 |
| | People Before Profit | Tina McVeigh | 8.25 | 682 | 759 | 789 | 800 | 927 | 947 | |
| | Green | Martin Hogan | 8.18 | 676 | 709 | 732 | 742 | | | |
| | Fianna Fáil | Anita Reilly | 7.40 | 612 | 615 | | | | | |
| | Independent | Lisa Connell | 2.27 | 229 | | | | | | |
| | Independent | Lech Szczecinski | 0.67 | 55 | | | | | | |
| Electorate: 21,934 Valid: 8,268 (37.69%) Spoilt: 188 Quota: 1,654 Turnout: 8,456 (38.55%) |||||||||||