# 2009 North Tipperary County Council election

An election to North Tipperary 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% | ±% |
| | Fianna Fáil | 6 | -4 | | |
| | Fine Gael | 4 | -1 | | |
| | Labour | 3 | +1 | | |
| | Sinn Féin | 1 | +1 | | |
| | Independent | 7 | +3 | | |
| Totals | Totals | 21 | - | 100.0 | — |

## Results by local electoral area
### Nenagh

Nenagh - 6 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 | Jim Casey* | 13.77 | 1,478 | 1,515 | 1,547 | | | | | | |
| | Independent | Michael O'Meara* | 11.95 | 1,282 | 1,285 | 1,316 | 1,316 | 1,343 | 1,601 | | | |
| | Fine Gael | Gerard Darcy* | 11.03 | 1,184 | 1,193 | 1,212 | 1,212 | 1,275 | 1,607 | | | |
| | Labour | Virginia O'Dowd | 10.47 | 1,123 | 1,148 | 1,264 | 1,267 | 1,350 | 1,374 | 1,379 | 1,479 | 1,502 |
| | Independent | Hughie McGrath | 9.13 | 980 | 1,001 | 1,142 | 1,144 | 1,254 | 1,270 | 1,272 | 1,409 | 1,418 |
| | Sinn Féin | Seamus Morris | 8.69 | 933 | 955 | 1,033 | 1,036 | 1,083 | 1,096 | 1,098 | 1,230 | 1,241 |
| | Fine Gael | Louis McCormack | 7.59 | 815 | 827 | 835 | 835 | 863 | | | | |
| | Fine Gael | Tom Moylan | 7.41 | 795 | 801 | 878 | 879 | 955 | 1,033 | 1,087 | 1,174 | 1,198 |
| | Fianna Fáil | Michael Comerford | 6.38 | 685 | 709 | 720 | 722 | 902 | 986 | 996 | | |
| | Fianna Fáil | Tom Harrington* | 5.81 | 624 | 662 | 707 | 709 | | | | | |
| | Independent | Tony Sheary | 5.74 | 616 | 621 | | | | | | | |
| | Fianna Fáil | Valerie Foley | 2.01 | 216 | | | | | | | | |
| Electorate: 14,628 Valid: 10,731 (73.36%) Spoilt: 111 Quota: 1,534 Turnout: 10,842 (74.12%) |||||||||||||

### Newport

Newport - 5 seats :
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | Count | Count |
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| | Fine Gael | Phyll Bugler* | 14.71 | 1,370 | 1,580 | |
| | Labour | Jonathan Meaney | 13.25 | 1,234 | 1,338 | 1,609 |
| | Independent | John McGrath | 13.23 | 1,232 | 1,307 | 1,498 |
| | Fianna Fáil | Mattie (Coole) Ryan* | 12.58 | 1,172 | 1,355 | 1,571 |
| | Independent | Martin Kennedy | 12.36 | 1,151 | 1,215 | 1,298 |
| | Fine Gael | Tom Berkery* | 12.06 | 1,123 | 1,183 | |
| | Fianna Fáil | John Carroll* | 11.59 | 1,079 | 1,269 | 1,425 |
| | Fianna Fáil | John Sheehy* | 8.58 | 799 | | |
| | Independent | Noel Monteith | 1.64 | 153 | | |
| Electorate: 12,885 Valid: 9,313 (72.28%) Spoilt: 93 Quota: 1,553 Turnout: 9,406 (73.00%) |||||||

### Templemore

Templemore - 5 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 | Michael Smith* | 20.36 | 1,791 | | | | | | |
| | Fine Gael | Pauline Coonan* | 17.44 | 1,534 | | | | | | |
| | Independent | Eddie Moran | 13.96 | 1,228 | 1,260 | 1,313 | 1,335 | 1,347 | 1,470 | |
| | Fine Gael | Denis Ryan* | 12.62 | 1,110 | 1,167 | 1,180 | 1,304 | 1,323 | 1,395 | 1,712 |
| | Fianna Fáil | John Hogan* | 10.88 | 957 | 998 | 1,030 | 1,099 | 1,105 | 1,290 | 1,338 |
| | Fine Gael | Tim Maher | 9.05 | 796 | 807 | 833 | 847 | 865 | 933 | 976 |
| | Labour | Thomas Murphy | 5.10 | 449 | 492 | 540 | 595 | 600 | 624 | |
| | Fianna Fáil | Dr. Joe Hennessy* | 4.63 | 407 | 474 | 493 | 571 | 578 | | |
| | Fianna Fáil | Mark McLoughlin | 3.59 | 316 | 385 | 389 | | | | |
| | Labour | Des Hanna | 2.36 | 208 | 212 | | | | | |
| Electorate: 11,785 Valid: 8,796 (74.64%) Spoilt: 110 Quota: 1,467 Turnout: 8,906 (75.57%) |||||||||||

### Thurles

Thurles - 5 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 | Seamus Hanafin* | 16.76 | 1,590 | | | | | | |
| | Independent | Michael Lowry, Jnr* | 14.09 | 1,336 | 1,396 | 1,501 | 1,626 | | | |
| | Independent | Jim Ryan* | 13.60 | 1,290 | 1,348 | 1,456 | 1,735 | | | |
| | Labour | John Kennedy* | 10.33 | 980 | 1,147 | 1,267 | 1,387 | 1,454 | 1,466 | 1,638 |
| | Fianna Fáil | Seán Ryan | 9.65 | 915 | 940 | 980 | 1,047 | 1,088 | 1,098 | 1,200 |
| | Independent | Willie Kennedy* | 9.37 | 889 | 894 | 926 | 947 | 963 | 977 | |
| | Independent | Billy Clancy | 8.01 | 760 | 775 | 855 | 950 | 980 | 989 | 1,483 |
| | Independent | Noel O'Dwyer | 7.06 | 670 | 704 | 807 | | | | |
| | Fine Gael | Mae Quinn | 6.63 | 629 | 666 | | | | | |
| | Labour | John Kenehan | 4.49 | 426 | | | | | | |
| Electorate: 13,017 Valid: 9,485 (72.87%) Spoilt: 76 Quota: 1,581 Turnout: 9,561 (73.45%) |||||||||||