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 electoral divisions by PR-STV voting for a five-year term of office.

2009 Westmeath County Council election
5 June 2009
All 23 seats to Westmeath County Council
  First party Second party Third party
 
Party Fianna Fáil Fine Gael Labour Party
Seats won 9 8 6
Seat change - - -
Map showing the area of Westmeath County Council
Council control after election

TBD

Results by party
Party Seats ± First Pref. votes FPv% ±%
Fianna Fáil 9 - 13,777 43.03%
Fine Gael 8 - 12,405 38.75%
Labour Party 6 - 8,349 26.08%
Independent 0 - 2,036 5.24%
Sinn Féin 0 - 1,494 4.66%
Green Party 0 - 194 0.50%
Totals 23 - 38,795 100% —

Results by Electoral Area

Athlone
Athlone - 6 seats
PartyCandidateFPv%Count 1Count 2Count 3Count 4Count 5Count 6Count 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 Party 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
    PartyCandidateFPv%Count 1Count 2Count 3
    Fine Gael Frank McDermott* 20.31 1,335    
    Fianna Fáil Paddy Hill* 18.68 1,228 1,259 1,345
    Labour Party 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
      PartyCandidateFPv%Count 1Count 2Count 3Count 4Count 5Count 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 Party 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 Party 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
        PartyCandidateFPv%Count 1Count 2Count 3Count 4Count 5Count 6Count 7Count 8Count 9
        Labour Party Mick Dollard* 31.24 2,032                
        Labour Party 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 Party 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
          PartyCandidateFPv%Count 1Count 2Count 3Count 4Count 5Count 6Count 7Count 8
          Labour Party 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 Party 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%)
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            Preceded by
            2004 Westmeath County Council election            		 Westmeath County Council elections Succeeded by
            2014 Westmeath County Council election
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