2009 Clare County Council election
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All 32 seats on Clare County Council
  First party Second party Third party
 
Party Fine Gael Fianna Fáil Labour
Seats won 12 11 1
Seat change +2 -4 -
  Fourth party Fifth party
 
Party Green Independent
Seats won 1 7
Seat change - +2
Map showing the area of Clare County Council
Council control after election

TBD

An election to Clare County Council took place on 5 June 2009 as part of that year's Irish local elections. 32 councillors were elected from six 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). [1]

Results by party

Party Seats ± First Pref. votes FPv% ±%
Fine Gael 12 +2 19,220 34.23
Fianna Fáil 11 -4 19,959 35.55
Labour 1 - 2,268 4.04
Green 1 - 1,291 2.30
Independent 7 +2 13,252 23.60
Totals 32 - 56,151 100.00 —

Results by local electoral area

Ennis East

Ennis East - 5 seats
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4 5 6 7
Fine Gael Johnny Flynn 17.64 1,402            
Fine Gael Paul Murphy* 16.80 1,335            
Fine Gael Sonny Scanlan* 15.45 1,228 1,286 1,321 1,326      
Fianna Fáil Pat Daly* 13.71 1,089 1,106 1,113 1,114 1,319 1,633  
Independent Tommy Brennan* 11.49 913 951 966 967 1,034 1,142 1,211
Independent Michael Guilfoyle 8.26 656 708 720 721 803 874 939
Fianna Fáil Tom Malone 7.03 559 584 590 590 679    
Fianna Fáil Bernard Hanrahan* 6.61 525 538 540 542      
Independent J.J. McCabe 3.01 239            
Electorate: 13,666   Valid: 7,946 (58.14%)   Spoilt: 88   Quota: 1,325   Turnout: 8,034 (58.79%)  

Ennis West

Ennis West - 4 seats
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9
Independent James Breen 30.88 1,747                
Fine Gael Tony Mulqueen 15.50 877 1,023 1,046 1,092 1,166        
Fianna Fáil Tom McNamara 10.85 614 693 704 714 716 717 805 846 1,084
Green Brian Meaney* 9.44 534 594 610 632 692 703 771 908 1,020
Independent Frankie Neylon 6.70 379 454 470 537 565 573 618 753 828
Fianna Fáil Peter Considine* 5.74 325 382 393 399 403 404      
Fianna Fáil Garrett Greene 5.62 318 369 385 398 407 407 530 595  
Independent Rita McInerney 4.93 279 357 381 409 467 480 514    
Labour Paul O'Shea 4.08 231 247 264 286          
Independent Martin White 3.41 193 221 244            
Sinn Féin Seán Hayes 2.85 161 186              
Electorate: 22,471   Valid: 12,144 (54.04%)   Spoilt: 215   Quota: 1,519   Turnout: 12,359 (55.00%)  

Ennistymon

Ennistymon - 5 seats
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4 5
Fine Gael Martin Conway* 18.35 1,820        
Fianna Fáil Michael Hillery 16.34 1,621 1,634 1,640 1,663  
Fianna Fáil Michael Kelly* 15.95 1,582 1,590 1,598 1,613 1,765
Fianna Fáil Richard Nagle* 14.40 1,428 1,452 1,454 1,521 1,848
Fine Gael Joe Arkins* 13.93 1,382 1,459 1,484 1,573 1,690
Fianna Fáil Michelle Moroney 8.06 800 808 814 845  
Green Ann Marie Flanagan 7.63 757 781 804 944 1,068
Independent Eugene McNamara 3.99 396 407 446    
Independent Paddy Kenneally 1.35 134 135      
Electorate: 14,446   Valid: 9,920 (68.67%)   Spoilt: 129   Quota: 1,654   Turnout: 10,005 (69.26%)  

Killaloe

Killaloe - 6 seats
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4 5
Fine Gael Joe Cooney* 24.43 2,780        
Fianna Fáil Pat Hayes* 14.07 1,601 1,952      
Labour Pascal Fitzgerald* 13.10 1,491 1,532 1,549 1,676  
Independent Michael Begley 11.55 1,314 1,386 1,413 1,641  
Fianna Fáil Cathal Crowe* 11.51 1,310 1,343 1,379 1,487 1,531
Fianna Fáil Tony O'Brien* 9.89 1,125 1,193 1,271 1,338 1,385
Fine Gael Pat Burke 9.25 1,053 1,505 1,604 1,886  
Fine Gael John McInerney* 6.20 705 842 869    
Electorate: 17,493   Valid: 11,379 (65.05%)   Spoilt: 96   Quota: 1,696   Turnout: 11,475 (65.60%)  

Kilrush

Kilrush - 6 seats
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4 5
Independent Christy Curtin* 15.33 1,733        
Fine Gael Oliver Garry* 15.18 1,716        
Fianna Fáil P.J. Kelly* 13.57 1,533 1,551 1,575 1,646  
Fianna Fáil Patrick Keane* 12.00 1,356 1,364 1,367 1,426 1,651
Fine Gael Gabriel Keating 11.02 1,245 1,262 1,301 1,442 1,618
Fianna Fáil Bill Chambers* 10.34 1,168 1,190 1,200 1,314 1,635
Fianna Fáil Tom Prendeville* 8.62 974 979 982 1,047  
Independent Ciaran O'Dea 8.16 922 958 963 1,097 1,219
Independent Anne Breen 5.79 654 666 683    
Electorate: 16,804   Valid: 11,301 (67.25%)   Spoilt: 127   Quota: 1,615   Turnout: 11,428 (68.01%)  

Shannon

Shannon - 6 seats
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4 5 6 7
Fine Gael John Crowe* 15.85 1,577            
Fine Gael Tony Mulcahy* 13.41 1,334 1,362 1,380 1,412 1,534    
Independent Patricia McCarthy* 12.82 1,275 1,287 1,303 1,345 1,468    
Fianna Fáil Pat McMahon* 10.69 1,063 1,068 1,114 1,122 1,135 1,138 1,371
Independent Gerry Flynn 10.65 1,059 1,066 1,084 1,134 1,252 1,286 1,337
Independent P.J. Ryan 10.18 1,013 1,063 1,083 1,140 1,169 1,179 1,524
Fianna Fáil Pat O'Gorman 7.96 792 803 852 886 900 907  
Fine Gael Marinella Raftery 7.70 766 794 803 837 916 967 1,125
Labour Tony McMahon 5.49 546 551 568 595      
Independent Noel Broggy 3.06 304 308 317        
Fianna Fáil Eamon Fennessy 1.77 176 180          
Independent Damon Wise 0.42 42 43          
Electorate: 16,617   Valid: 9,947 (59.86%)   Spoilt: 113   Quota: 1,422   Turnout: 10,032 (60.37%)  

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