# 2009 Louth County Council election

An election to Louth County Council took place on 5 June 2009 as part of that year's Irish local elections. 26 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% | ±% |
| | Fine Gael | 8 | +1 | 13,633 | 27.32 | |
| | Sinn Féin | 6 | +1 | 8,731 | 17.50 | |
| | Fianna Fáil | 5 | -4 | 11,753 | 23.55 | |
| | Labour | 2 | +1 | 5,553 | 11.13 | |
| | Green | 1 | +1 | 3,536 | 7.09 | |
| | Independent | 4 | 0 | 6,694 | 13.41 | |
| Totals | Totals | 26 | 0 | 49,900 | 100.00 | — |

## Results by local electoral area
### Ardee

Ardee - 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 |
| | Sinn Féin | Pearse McGeough* | 14.89 | 1,536 | 1,547 | 1,569 | 1,594 | 1,689 | 1,712 | 1,768 | | |
| | Fianna Fáil | Liam Reilly* | 11.93 | 1,231 | 1,234 | 1,239 | 1,241 | 1,265 | 1,382 | 1,427 | 1,482 | 1,580 |
| | Fine Gael | Jim Lennon* | 11.05 | 1,140 | 1,147 | 1,159 | 1,172 | 1,181 | 1,194 | 1,234 | 1,303 | 1,496 |
| | Fine Gael | Colm Markey | 10.37 | 1,070 | 1,077 | 1,104 | 1,208 | 1,286 | 1,300 | 1,387 | 1,439 | 1,577 |
| | Fianna Fáil | Thomas Clare* | 8.65 | 892 | 903 | 948 | 984 | 1,042 | 1,151 | 1,220 | 1,280 | 1,389 |
| | Fine Gael | Finnan McCoy* | 8.56 | 883 | 889 | 900 | 946 | 965 | 1,038 | 1,160 | 1,366 | 1,600 |
| | Labour | Leonard Hatrick | 6.92 | 714 | 740 | 762 | 776 | 798 | 870 | 995 | 1,212 | |
| | Green | Mary Kavanagh | 6.16 | 635 | 658 | 676 | 678 | 692 | 731 | | | |
| | Independent | Jim Tenanty | 6.00 | 619 | 637 | 659 | 666 | 728 | 804 | 898 | | |
| | Fianna Fáil | Fintan Malone | 5.43 | 560 | 569 | 571 | 575 | 580 | | | | |
| | Independent | Jim Levins | 3.60 | 371 | 379 | 412 | 428 | | | | | |
| | Fine Gael | Tommy McCabe | 2.59 | 267 | 269 | 293 | | | | | | |
| | Independent | Paul Drumgoole | 2.23 | 230 | 258 | | | | | | | |
| | Independent | Albert Byrne | 1.63 | 168 | | | | | | | | |
| Electorate: 17,501 Valid: 10,316 (58.95%) Spoilt: 137 Quota: 1,720 Turnout: 10,453 (59.73%) |||||||||||||

### Drogheda East

Drogheda East - 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 |
| | Labour | Gerald Nash* | 20.60 | 2,142 | | | | | | | | |
| | Fianna Fáil | James Carroll* | 14.38 | 1,495 | | | | | | | | |
| | Fine Gael | Michael O'Dowd* | 13.14 | 1,366 | 1,570 | | | | | | | |
| | Sinn Féin | Imelda Munster* | 12.50 | 1,300 | 1,399 | 1,408 | 1,437 | 1,493 | | | | |
| | Fine Gael | Oliver Tully* | 12.01 | 1,249 | 1,329 | 1,362 | 1,384 | 1,444 | 1,541 | | | |
| | Fianna Fáil | Tommy Byrne | 7.37 | 766 | 802 | 808 | 819 | 835 | 1,039 | 1,146 | 1,182 | 1,188 |
| | Independent | Frank Godfrey | 7.21 | 750 | 870 | 882 | 897 | 947 | 1,006 | 1,178 | 1,196 | 1,199 |
| | Fine Gael | Richie Culhane | 4.38 | 455 | 502 | 515 | 525 | 554 | 571 | | | |
| | Fianna Fáil | Jacqui McConville* | 4.18 | 435 | 446 | 446 | 458 | 472 | | | | |
| | Green | Yinka Dixon Oludaiye | 2.51 | 261 | 290 | 294 | 375 | | | | | |
| | Green | Rachel Pearson | 1.71 | 178 | 208 | 215 | | | | | | |
| Electorate: 19,658 Valid: 10,397 (52.89%) Spoilt: 139 Quota: 1,486 Turnout: 10,536 (53.60%) |||||||||||||

### Drogheda West

Drogheda West - 4 seats :
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | Count | Count | Count |
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 |
| | Labour | Paul Bell | 26.07 | 1,904 | | | |
| | Fine Gael | Anthony Donohoe* | 16.43 | 1,200 | 1,310 | 1,397 | 1,560 |
| | Sinn Féin | Paddy McQuillan | 14.38 | 1,050 | 1,124 | 1,171 | 1,452 |
| | Fianna Fáil | Frank Maher* | 12.36 | 903 | 957 | 1,206 | 1,341 |
| | Fine Gael | Kevin Callan | 11.71 | 855 | 930 | 1,006 | 1,166 |
| | Independent | Ken O'Heiligh* | 10.64 | 777 | 862 | 965 | |
| | Green | Michael McKeon | 4.29 | 313 | 344 | | |
| | Fianna Fáil | Joe Lynch | 4.13 | 302 | 316 | | |
| Electorate: 13,562 Valid: 7,304 (53.86%) Spoilt: 124 Quota: 1,461 Turnout: 7,428 (54.77%) ||||||||

### Dundalk-Carlingford

Dundalk-Carlingford - 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 |
| | Fianna Fáil | Peter Savage* | 15.62 | 1,643 | 1,676 | 1,702 | 1,748 | 1,815 | | | |
| | Fine Gael | Terry Brennan* | 13.90 | 1,462 | 1,567 | 1,617 | 1,695 | 1,789 | | | |
| | Independent | Jim Ryan* | 13.15 | 1,383 | 1,403 | 1,462 | 1,554 | 1,674 | 1,680 | 2,054 | |
| | Sinn Féin | Jim Loughran* | 12.61 | 1,326 | 1,344 | 1,371 | 1,422 | 1,474 | 1,476 | 1,541 | 1,572 |
| | Sinn Féin | Edel Corrigan | 12.20 | 1,283 | 1,291 | 1,324 | 1,340 | 1,423 | 1,426 | 1,526 | 1,577 |
| | Fianna Fáil | Conor Keelan | 9.76 | 1,026 | 1,032 | 1,044 | 1,071 | 1,121 | 1,136 | 1,237 | 1,322 |
| | Fine Gael | Eamonn O'Boyle | 6.98 | 734 | 822 | 854 | 890 | 964 | 967 | | |
| | Green | Paraic McKevitt | 5.72 | 601 | 622 | 683 | 717 | | | | |
| | Independent | Pat Keenan | 3.66 | 385 | 394 | 420 | | | | | |
| | Labour | Frank O'Brien | 3.30 | 347 | 356 | | | | | | |
| | Fine Gael | Michael Woods | 3.10 | 326 | | | | | | | |
| Electorate: 18,649 Valid: 10,516 (56.39%) Spoilt: 164 Quota: 1,753 Turnout: 10,680 (57.27%) ||||||||||||

### Dundalk South

Dundalk South - 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 |
| | Sinn Féin | Tomás Sharkey* | 19.43 | 2,236 | | | | | | | | | |
| | Fine Gael | Jim D'Arcy* | 16.63 | 1,914 | | | | | | | | | |
| | Independent | Martin Bellew* | 12.56 | 1,456 | 1,582 | 1,608 | 1,632 | 1,708 | | | | | |
| | Green | Mark Dearey | 12.58 | 1,448 | 1,555 | 1,601 | 1,635 | 1,680 | | | | | |
| | Fianna Fáil | Declan Breathnach* | 11.87 | 1,366 | 1,423 | 1,438 | 1,532 | 1,543 | 1,578 | 1,584 | | | |
| | Fianna Fáil | Donal Lynch* | 8.46 | 974 | 1,005 | 1,048 | 1,136 | 1,148 | 1,180 | 1,180 | 1,182 | 1,258 | 1,265 |
| | Fine Gael | Benedicta Attoh | 5.09 | 586 | 629 | 728 | 741 | 772 | 891 | 900 | 905 | | |
| | Independent | Alan Grehan | 4.82 | 555 | 631 | 649 | 666 | 719 | 899 | 929 | 944 | 1,235 | 1,269 |
| | Labour | Ciaran O Mathúna | 3.88 | 446 | 492 | 510 | 519 | 569 | | | | | |
| | Fianna Fáil | Frances Rocks | 2.49 | 286 | 309 | 314 | | | | | | | |
| | Workers' Party | Peter Short | 2.09 | 241 | 317 | 321 | 330 | | | | | | |
| Electorate: 20,476 Valid: 11,508 (56.20%) Spoilt: 172 Quota: 1,645 Turnout: 11,680 (57.04%) ||||||||||||||