2009 Laois County Council election
{{Short description|Part of the 2009 Irish local elections}}
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{{Infobox election
| election_name = 2009 Laois County Council election
| country = Ireland
| type = Parliamentary
| ongoing = no
| party_colour = yes
| previous_election = 2004 Laois County Council election
| previous_year = 2004
| next_election = 2014 Laois County Council election
| next_year = 2014
| seats_for_election = All 25 seats on Laois County Council
| majority_seats =
| election_date = 5 June 2009
| party1 = Fine Gael
| seats1 = 12
| seat_change1 = +3
| party2 = Fianna Fáil
| seats2 = 8
| seat_change2 = -3
| party3 = Labour Party (Ireland)
| seats3 = 1
| seat_change3 = -
| party4 = Sinn Féin
| seats4 = 1
| seat_change4 = -
| party5 = Independent (politician)
| seats5 = 3
| seat_change5 = +1
| party6 = Progressive Democrats
| seats6 = 0
| seat_change6 = -1
| map_image = Laois in Ireland.svg
| map_size = 300px
| map_caption = Map showing the area of Laois County Council
| title = Council control
| posttitle = Council control after election
| before_election =
| after_election =
}}
An election to Laois County Council took place on 5 June 2009 as part of that year's Irish local elections. 25 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
| class=wikitable
! colspan=2 align=center|Party ! valign=top|Seats ! valign=top|± ! valign=top|First Pref. votes ! valign=top|FPv% ! valign=top|±% |
| {{Party name with colour|Fine Gael}}
| align=right|12 | align=right|+3 | align=right|13,175 | align=right|38.29 | align=right| |
| {{Party name with colour|Fianna Fáil}}
| align=right|8 | align=right |
| 3
| align=right|11,658 | align=right|33.88 | align=right| |
| {{Party name with colour|Labour Party (Ireland)}}
| align=right|1 | align=right |
| align=right|2,007
| align=right|5.83 | align=right| |
| {{Party name with colour|Sinn Féin}}
| align=right|1 | align=right |
| align=right|2,810
| align=right|8.17 | align=right| |
| {{Party name with colour|Independent politician (Ireland)}}
| align=right|3 | align=right|+1 | align=right|4,711 | align=right|13.69 | align=right| |
| {{Party name with colour|Progressive Democrats}}
| align=right|0 | align=right |
| 1
| align=right| | align=right| | align=right| |
| colspan=2 align=center|Totals
| align=right |25 | align=center |
| align=right |34,409
| align=center|100.00 | align=center|— |
Results by local electoral area
=Borris-in-Ossory=
{{STV Election box begin2|
|title=Borris-in-Ossory - 6 seats
|numcounts= 7
}}
{{STV Election box candidate2|
|party = Fianna Fáil
|candidate = John Joe Fennelly*
|count1 = 1,758
|percentage = 19.87
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{{STV Election box candidate2|
|party = Fine Gael
|candidate = Michael Lalor*
|count1 = 1,332
|percentage = 15.06
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{{STV Election box candidate2|
|party = Fine Gael
|candidate = John King
|count1 = 1,010
|percentage = 11.42
|count2 = 753
|count3 = 756
|count4 = 842
|count5 = 853
|count6 = 880
|count7 = 899
}}
{{STV Election box candidate2|
|party = Fianna Fáil
|candidate = Brendan Phelan*
|count1 = 973
|percentage = 11.00
|count2 = 1,109
|count3 = 1,110
|count4 = 1,190
|count5 =
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{{STV Election box candidate2|
|party = Fine Gael
|candidate = John Bonham*
|count1 = 857
|percentage = 9.69
|count2 = 954
|count3 = 955
|count4 = 976
|count5 = 986
|count6 = 1,056
|count7 = 1,191
}}
{{STV Election box candidate2|
|party = Fine Gael
|candidate = Marty Phelan*
|count1 = 968
|percentage = 10.94
|count2 = 1,008
|count3 = 1,009
|count4 = 1,041
|count5 = 1,069
|count6 = 1,111
|count7 = 1,191
}}
{{STV Election box candidate2|
|party = Fianna Fáil
|candidate = Michael Phelan
|count1 = 768
|percentage = 8.68
|count2 = 886
|count3 = 886
|count4 = 903
|count5 = 906
|count6 = 984
|count7 = 1,001
}}
{{STV Election box candidate2|
|party = Labour Party (Ireland)
|candidate = Raymond Fitzpatrick
|count1 = 473
|percentage = 5.35
|count2 = 508
|count3 = 508
|count4 = 542
|count5 = 546
|count6 = 646
|count7 =
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{{STV Election box candidate2|
|party = Sinn Féin
|candidate = Aaron Delaney
|count1 = 469
|percentage = 5.30
|count2 = 498
|count3 = 499
|count4 = 531
|count5 = 536
|count6 =
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{{STV Election box candidate2|
|party = Independent politician (Ireland)
|candidate = M.J. Walsh
|count1 = 231
|percentage = 2.61
|count2 = 247
|count3 = 248
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{{STV Election box candidate2|
|party = Christian Solidarity Party
|candidate = Colm Callanan
|count1 = 8
|percentage = 0.09
|count2 = 10
|count3 =
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{{STV Election box end2
|numcounts = 7
|electorate = 14,167
|valid = 8,847 (62.45%)
|spoilt = 109
|quota = 1,264
|turnout = 8,956 (63.22%)
}}
=Emo=
{{STV Election box begin2|
|title=Emo - 4 seats
|numcounts= 8
}}
{{STV Election box candidate2|
|party = Fine Gael
|candidate = Tom Mulhall
|count1 = 747
|percentage = 13.41
|count2 = 747
|count3 = 821
|count4 = 837
|count5 = 939
|count6 = 991
|count7 = 1,066
|count8 = 1,091
}}
{{STV Election box candidate2|
|party = Independent politician (Ireland)
|candidate = Paul Mitchell
|count1 = 674
|percentage = 12.10
|count2 = 676
|count3 = 701
|count4 = 772
|count5 = 829
|count6 = 960
|count7 = 983
|count8 = 1,102
}}
{{STV Election box candidate2|
|party = Fianna Fáil
|candidate = Ray Cribbin*
|count1 = 617
|percentage = 11.08
|count2 = 617
|count3 = 625
|count4 = 644
|count5 = 673
|count6 = 694
|count7 = 832
|count8 = 1,191
}}
{{STV Election box candidate2|
|party = Sinn Féin
|candidate = Aidan Mullins
|count1 = 571
|percentage = 10.25
|count2 = 573
|count3 = 583
|count4 = 615
|count5 = 636
|count6 = 753
|count7 = 799
|count8 = 895
}}
{{STV Election box candidate2|
|party = Fine Gael
|candidate = James Deegan*
|count1 = 566
|percentage = 10.16
|count2 = 567
|count3 = 647
|count4 = 661
|count5 = 767
|count6 = 831
|count7 = 964
|count8 = 992
}}
{{STV Election box candidate2|
|party = Fianna Fáil
|candidate = Willie Murphy
|count1 = 538
|percentage = 9.66
|count2 = 538
|count3 = 541
|count4 = 562
|count5 = 572
|count6 = 610
|count7 = 709
|count8 =
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{{STV Election box candidate2|
|party = Fianna Fáil
|candidate = Paschal McEvoy
|count1 = 501
|percentage = 8.99
|count2 = 501
|count3 = 504
|count4 = 508
|count5 = 588
|count6 = 604
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{{STV Election box candidate2|
|party = Independent politician (Ireland)
|candidate = Tom Cushen
|count1 = 428
|percentage = 7.68
|count2 = 428
|count3 = 434
|count4 = 460
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{{STV Election box candidate2|
|party = Labour Party (Ireland)
|candidate = Margaret Guijt Lawlor
|count1 = 401
|percentage = 7.20
|count2 = 401
|count3 = 428
|count4 = 484
|count5 = 505
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{{STV Election box candidate2|
|party = Fine Gael
|candidate = Winifred Champ Cox
|count1 = 258
|percentage = 4.63
|count2 = 258
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{{STV Election box candidate2|
|party = Independent politician (Ireland)
|candidate = Frances Emerson
|count1 = 258
|percentage = 4.63
|count2 = 260
|count3 = 280
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{{STV Election box candidate2|
|party = Christian Solidarity Party
|candidate = Colm Callanan
|count1 = 11
|percentage = 4.63
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{{STV Election box end2
|numcounts = 8
|electorate = 8,110
|valid = 4,847 (59.77%)
|spoilt = 82
|quota = 970
|turnout = 4,929 (60.78%)
}}
=Luggacurren=
{{STV Election box begin2|
|title=Luggacurren - 4 seats
|numcounts= 6
}}
{{STV Election box candidate2|
|party = Fine Gael
|candidate = James Daly*
|count1 = 1,179
|percentage = 20.98
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{{STV Election box candidate2|
|party = Fine Gael
|candidate = John Moran*
|count1 = 1,162
|percentage = 20.68
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{{STV Election box candidate2|
|party = Fianna Fáil
|candidate = Dick Miller*
|count1 = 792
|percentage = 14.10
|count2 = 801
|count3 = 817
|count4 = 831
|count5 = 839
|count6 = 957
}}
{{STV Election box candidate2|
|party = Fianna Fáil
|candidate = Padraig Fleming
|count1 = 789
|percentage = 14.04
|count2 = 801
|count3 = 840
|count4 = 875
|count5 = 886
|count6 = 1,148
}}
{{STV Election box candidate2|
|party = Fianna Fáil
|candidate = Laurence Phelan
|count1 = 709
|percentage = 12.62
|count2 = 716
|count3 = 728
|count4 = 745
|count5 = 753
|count6 =
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{{STV Election box candidate2|
|party = Independent politician (Ireland)
|candidate = Ben Brennan
|count1 = 586
|percentage = 10.43
|count2 = 598
|count3 = 677
|count4 = 770
|count5 = 781
|count6 = 1,025
}}
{{STV Election box candidate2|
|party = Independent politician (Ireland)
|candidate = Nuala Finnegan
|count1 = 165
|percentage = 2.94
|count2 = 171
|count3 = 208
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{{STV Election box candidate2|
|party = Sinn Féin
|candidate = Marie Johnston
|count1 = 148
|percentage = 2.63
|count2 = 154
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{{STV Election box candidate2|
|party = Independent politician (Ireland)
|candidate = James Scully
|count1 = 80
|percentage = 1.42
|count2 = 83
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{{STV Election box candidate2|
|party = Christian Solidarity Party
|candidate = Colm Callanan
|count1 = 9
|percentage = 0.16
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{{STV Election box end2
|numcounts = 6
|electorate = 9,045
|valid = 5,619 (62.12%)
|spoilt = 66
|quota = 1,124
|turnout = 5,685 (62.85%)
}}
=Mountmellick=
{{STV Election box begin2|
|title=Mountmellick - 4 seats
|numcounts= 8
}}
{{STV Election box candidate2|
|party = Fianna Fáil
|candidate = Paddy Bracken*
|count1 = 928
|percentage = 15.37
|count2 = 944
|count3 = 983
|count4 = 987
|count5 = 1,011
|count6 = 1,156
|count7 = 1,263
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{{STV Election box candidate2|
|party = Fine Gael
|candidate = David Goodwin*
|count1 = 836
|percentage = 13.85
|count2 = 849
|count3 = 855
|count4 = 974
|count5 = 1,107
|count6 = 1,178
|count7 = 1,488
|count8 =
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{{STV Election box candidate2|
|party = Fianna Fáil
|candidate = Seamus McDonald*
|count1 = 766
|percentage = 12.69
|count2 = 776
|count3 = 836
|count4 = 848
|count5 = 941
|count6 = 1,006
|count7 = 1,063
|count8 = 1,083
}}
{{STV Election box candidate2|
|party = Labour Party (Ireland)
|candidate = Pat Bowe
|count1 = 706
|percentage = 11.69
|count2 = 741
|count3 = 751
|count4 = 764
|count5 = 796
|count6 = 923
|count7 = 1,064
|count8 = 1,185
}}
{{STV Election box candidate2|
|party = Independent politician (Ireland)
|candidate = Michael Gormley
|count1 = 523
|percentage = 8.66
|count2 = 549
|count3 = 585
|count4 = 590
|count5 = 622
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{{STV Election box candidate2|
|party = Fianna Fáil
|candidate = Joe Digan
|count1 = 516
|percentage = 8.55
|count2 = 522
|count3 = 560
|count4 = 607
|count5 = 774
|count6 = 789
|count7 = 799
|count8 = 809
}}
{{STV Election box candidate2|
|party = Independent politician (Ireland)
|candidate = Patrick Delaney
|count1 = 488
|percentage = 8.08
|count2 = 500
|count3 = 515
|count4 = 579
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{{STV Election box candidate2|
|party = Fine Gael
|candidate = Rosemary Whelan
|count1 = 432
|percentage = 7.16
|count2 = 452
|count3 = 485
|count4 = 601
|count5 = 649
|count6 = 780
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{{STV Election box candidate2|
|party = Fine Gael
|candidate = Pat Lalor
|count1 = 406
|percentage = 6.73
|count2 = 410
|count3 = 426
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{{STV Election box candidate2|
|party = Fianna Fáil
|candidate = Talitha Horan
|count1 = 256
|percentage = 4.24
|count2 = 264
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{{STV Election box candidate2|
|party = Sinn Féin
|candidate = Adam Haughton
|count1 = 166
|percentage = 2.75
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{{STV Election box candidate2|
|party = Christian Solidarity Party
|candidate = Colm Callanan
|count1 = 14
|percentage = 0.23
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{{STV Election box end2
|numcounts = 8
|electorate = 9,255
|valid = 6,037 (65.23%)
|spoilt = 70
|quota = 1,208
|turnout = 6,107 (65.99%)
}}
=Portlaoise=
{{STV Election box begin2|
|title=Portlaoise - 7 seats
|numcounts= 11
}}
{{STV Election box candidate2|
|party = Fine Gael
|candidate = William Aird*
|count1 = 1,485
|percentage = 17.81
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{{STV Election box candidate2|
|party = Sinn Féin
|candidate = Brian Stanley*
|count1 = 1,456
|percentage = 17.46
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{{STV Election box candidate2|
|party = Fianna Fáil
|candidate = Jerry Lodge*
|count1 = 663
|percentage = 7.96
|count2 = 683
|count3 = 712
|count4 = 756
|count5 = 773
|count6 = 896
|count7 = 922
|count8 = 1,005
|count9 = 1,067
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{{STV Election box candidate2|
|party = Independent politician (Ireland)
|candidate = Rotimi Adebari
|count1 = 649
|percentage = 7.78
|count2 = 662
|count3 = 711
|count4 = 720
|count5 = 733
|count6 = 750
|count7 = 835
|count8 = 891
|count9 = 934
|count10 = 942
|count11 = 946
}}
{{STV Election box candidate2|
|party = Fine Gael
|candidate = Mary Sweeney*
|count1 = 646
|percentage = 7.75
|count2 = 706
|count3 = 756
|count4 = 769
|count5 = 785
|count6 = 831
|count7 = 898
|count8 = 976
|count9 = 1,129
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{{STV Election box candidate2|
|party = Fianna Fáil
|candidate = Catherine Fitzgerald*
|count1 = 571
|percentage = 6.85
|count2 = 599
|count3 = 620
|count4 = 639
|count5 = 653
|count6 = 785
|count7 = 814
|count8 = 860
|count9 = 901
|count10 = 914
|count11 = 921
}}
{{STV Election box candidate2|
|party = Fine Gael
|candidate = Kathleen O'Brien
|count1 = 443
|percentage = 5.31
|count2 = 509
|count3 = 540
|count4 = 551
|count5 = 566
|count6 = 587
|count7 = 647
|count8 = 756
|count9 = 906
|count10 = 946
|count11 = 953
}}
{{STV Election box candidate2|
|party = Fine Gael
|candidate = Paddy Buggy
|count1 = 435
|percentage = 5.22
|count2 = 527
|count3 = 562
|count4 = 571
|count5 = 589
|count6 = 615
|count7 = 676
|count8 = 740
|count9 = 877
|count10 = 903
|count11 = 910
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{{STV Election box candidate2|
|party = Labour Party (Ireland)
|candidate = Jim O'Brien
|count1 = 427
|percentage = 5.13
|count2 = 441
|count3 = 492
|count4 = 501
|count5 = 522
|count6 = 533
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{{STV Election box candidate2|
|party = Independent politician (Ireland)
|candidate = Tom Jacob*
|count1 = 424
|percentage = 5.08
|count2 = 465
|count3 = 497
|count4 = 515
|count5 = 530
|count6 = 560
|count7 = 621
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{{STV Election box candidate2|
|party = Fine Gael
|candidate = Matthew Keegan
|count1 = 413
|percentage = 4.96
|count2 = 491
|count3 = 521
|count4 = 533
|count5 = 542
|count6 = 579
|count7 = 622
|count8 = 697
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{{STV Election box candidate2|
|party = Fianna Fáil
|candidate = Liam Phelan
|count1 = 397
|percentage = 4.77
|count2 = 413
|count3 = 453
|count4 = 481
|count5 = 493
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{{STV Election box candidate2|
|party = Independent politician (Ireland)
|candidate = Michael Moloney*
|count1 = 147
|percentage = 1.76
|count2 = 154
|count3 = 166
|count4 = 178
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{{STV Election box candidate2|
|party = Fianna Fáil
|candidate = Tony Walsh
|count1 = 116
|percentage = 1.39
|count2 = 118
|count3 = 123
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{{STV Election box candidate2|
|party = Independent politician (Ireland)
|candidate = Joe McCormack
|count1 = 58
|percentage = 0.70
|count2 = 63
|count3 = 89
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{{STV Election box candidate2|
|party = Christian Solidarity Party
|candidate = Colm Callanan
|count1 = 6
|percentage = 0.07
|count2 = 6
|count3 = 8
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{{STV Election box end2
|numcounts = 11
|electorate = 15,512
|valid = 8,340 (53.76%)
|spoilt = 88
|quota = 1,034
|turnout = 8,428 (54.33%)
}}
External links
- [http://www.laois.ie/en/about/localelections2009/electionresults2009.htm Official website]{{dead link|date=December 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}
{{Laois County Council elections}}
{{2009 Irish local elections}}