Galway County Council election, 2009

5 June 2009

All 30 seats to Galway County Council

	First party	Second party	Third party

Party	Fine Gael	Fianna Fáil	Labour Party
Seats won	13	7	1
Seat change	+3	-3	-

	Fourth party	Fifth party	Sixth party

Party	Sinn Féin	Republican Sinn Féin	Independent
Seats won	1	1	7
Seat change	-	+1	+2

	Seventh party

Party	Progressive Democrats
Seats won	0
Seat change	-3

Map showing the area of Galway County Council

Council control after election

TBD

An election to Galway County Council took place on 5 June 2009 as part of that year's Irish local elections. 30 councillors were elected from five electoral divisions by PR-STV voting for a five-year term of office.

Results by party

Party		Seats	±	First Pref. votes	FPv%	±%
	Fine Gael	13	+3	29,452	38.54%
	Fianna Fáil	7	-3	18,800	24.60%
	Labour Party	1	-	4,692	6.14%
	Sinn Féin	1	-	3,799	4.97%
	Republican Sinn Féin	1	+1	1,387	1.82%
	Independent	7	+2	17,841	23.35%
	Progressive Democrats	0	-3	-	-
Totals		30	-	76,413	100%	—

Results by Electoral Area

Ballinasloe

Ballinasloe - 5 seats
Party		Candidate	% 1st Pref	Count 1	Count 2	Count 3	Count 4	Count 5
	Fine Gael	Paul Connaughton, Jnr	18.80	2,563
	Fianna Fáil	Tomás Mannion*	14.78	2,015	2,074	2,091	2,159	2,196
	Independent	Tim Broderick	14.52	1,979	2,013	2,115	2,262	2,437
	Fine Gael	Michael Mullins*	13.93	1,899	1,978	2,239	2,904
	Sinn Féin	Dermot Connolly*	12.75	1,738	1,757	1,850	2,047	2,160
	Fianna Fáil	James Joyce*	10.88	1,483	1,489	1,699	1,788	1,847
	Fine Gael	Michael Finnerty	8.10	1,104	1,169	1,308
	Fine Gael	John Goode	5.81	792	817
	Christian Solidarity	Clare Flynn	0.44	60	63
Electorate: 22,702 Valid: 13,633 (60.05%) Spoilt: 195 Quota: 2,273 Turnout: 13,828 (60.91%)

Connemara

Connemara - 7 seats
Party		Candidate	% 1st Pref	Count 1	Count 2	Count 3	Count 4	Count 5	Count 6	Count 7	Count 8
	Independent	Thomas Welby, Jnr*	15.69	2,584
	Fine Gael	Seán Kyne*	11.70	1,927	2,061
	Fine Gael	Eileen Mannion-Mullen	9.12	1,501	1,565	1,588	1,749	1,771	1,843	2,263
	Fianna Fáil	Seán O Tuairisg*	8.91	1,467	1,491	1,571	1,581	1,884	1,982	2,115
	Republican Sinn Féin	Tomas O Curraoin	8.42	1,387	1,416	1,501	1,522	1,576	1,754	1,976	2,050
	Fianna Fáil	Josie Conneely*	7.22	1,189	1,217	1,247	1,373	1,435	1,488	1,506	1,513
	Fine Gael	Seosamh O Laoi	7.16	1,178	1,189	1,212	1,220	1,297	1,390
	Independent	Seosamh O Cuaig*	6.92	1,140	1,160	1,195	1,221	1,320	1,702	1,974	2,067
	Fianna Fáil	Seamus Walsh*	6.58	1,083	1,194	1,381	1,410	1,554	1,617	1,717	1,738
	Sinn Féin	Trevor O Clochartaigh	5.42	893	906	915	1,193	1,267
	Fianna Fáil	Connie Ní Fhatharta*	4.90	806	817	896	906
	Sinn Féin	Kenneth Coyne	4.29	706	748	764
	Fianna Fáil	Louise O'Connor	3.22	530	556
	Independent	Chris Walsh	0.44	73	85
Electorate: 30,414 Valid: 16,464 (54.13%) Spoilt: 296 Quota: 2,059 Turnout: 16,760 (55.11%)

Loughrea

Loughrea - 7 seats
Party		Candidate	% 1st Pref	Count 1	Count 2	Count 3	Count 4	Count 5	Count 6	Count 7	Count 8
	Independent	Michael (Stroke) Fahy*	12.28	2,247	2,262	2,287
	Independent	Pat Hynes*	10.86	1,987	2,004	2,051	2,091	2,237	2,425
	Fine Gael	Jimmy McClearn	10.25	1,875	1,880	1,899	1,909	1,938	1,985	1,991	2,144
	Fine Gael	Bridie Willers*	9.79	1,791	1,826	1,930	2,063	2,104	2,250	2,272	2,354
	Fine Gael	Peter Feeney*	9.75	1,784	1,856	1,900	1,940	1,967	2,159	2,170	2,218
	Fine Gael	Michael 'Mogie' Maher*	8.94	1,635	1,655	1,697	1,712	1,795	1,909	1,924	2,039
	Fianna Fáil	Gerry Finnerty	8.09	1,480	1,483	1,488	1,598	1,780	1,824	1,829	2,399
	Independent	Willie Burke*	6.92	1,265	1,276	1,304	1,335	1,368	1,455	1,507	1,630
	Fianna Fáil	Michael Regan*	6.10	1,116	1,123	1,133	1,137	1,328	1,388	1,392
	Fianna Fáil	Gabriel Burke	4.44	813	821	828	830
	Independent	Lorraine Higgins	4.42	809	890	987	1,143	1,187
	Independent	Adrian Feeney	2.97	543	587	649
	Labour Party	P.J. McDonnell	2.61	477	584
	Green Party	Patrick Creed	2.09	382
	Independent	Enda Glynn	0.48	88
Electorate: 30,971 Valid: 18,292 (59.06%) Spoilt: 216 Quota: 2,287 Turnout: 18,508 (59.76%)

Oranmore

Oranmore- 4 seats
Party		Candidate	% 1st Pref	Count 1	Count 2	Count 3	Count 4	Count 5	Count 6	Count 7	Count 8	Count 9
	Independent	Jim Cuddy*	17.45	1,614	1,654	1,751	1,859
	Fine Gael	Jarlath McDonagh*	14.43	1,335	1,341	1,543	1,575	1,757	1,950
	Fianna Fáil	Malachy Noone	12.92	1,195	1,203	1,273	1,625	1,839	1,919
	Fine Gael	Liam Carroll	9.56	884	897	988	1,062	1,134	1,524	1,589	1,608	1,612
	Labour Party	Enda O'Rourke	9.27	858	901	944	1,029	1,321	1,549	1,583	1,605	1,609
	Labour Party	Josette Farrell	9.06	838	869	935	972
	Fine Gael	Michael Eames	9.00	833	848	934	993	1,058
	Fianna Fáil	Dolores Kilroe	8.43	780	786	802
	Fine Gael	Eamon Fox	7.47	691	697
	Sinn Féin	Anna Marley	1.93	179
	Independent	Eamon Coyle	0.48	44
Electorate: 17,575 Valid: 9,251 (52.64%) Spoilt: 97 Quota: 1,851 Turnout: 9,348 (53.19%)

Tuam

Tuam - 7 seats
Party		Candidate	% 1st Pref	Count 1	Count 2	Count 3	Count 4	Count 5	Count 6	Count 7	Count 8	Count 9
	Independent	Seán Canney*	17.43	3,273
	Fine Gael	Tom McHugh*	15.15	2,845
	Labour Party	Colm Keaveney*	13.42	2,519
	Fine Gael	Tiernan Walsh*	10.55	1,980	2,023	2,153	2,166	2,203	2,343	2,594
	Fianna Fáil	Mary Hoade*	9.93	1,864	2,033	2,053	2,064	2,097	2,605
	Fine Gael	Pete Roche	9.17	1,722	1,921	2,057	2,092	2,212	2,606
	Fianna Fáil	Michael Connolly*	8.89	1,668	1,777	1,824	1,836	1,889	1,917	1,919	1,985	2,013
	Fianna Fáil	Tom Reilly*	6.98	1,311	1,511	1,601	1,652	1,702	1,727	1,733	1,812	1,836
	Fine Gael	Michael Carey*	5.93	1,113	1,223	1,275	1,290	1,334
	Sinn Féin	Grainne Morahan	1.51	283	321	335	356
	Independent	Seán Hehir	1.04	195	253	262	276
Electorate: 31,011 Valid: 18,773 (60.54%) Spoilt: 209 Quota: 2,347 Turnout: 18,982 (61.21%)

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