Limerick City Council election, 2009

Limerick City Council election, 2009
All 17 seats to Limerick City Council
	Map showing the area of Limerick City Council
	Council control after election; TBD;

An election to Limerick City Council took place on 5 June 2009 as part of that year's Irish local elections. 17 councillors were elected from three electoral divisions by PR-STV voting for a five-year term of office.[1]

Results by party

Party		Seats	±	First Pref. votes	FPv%	±%
	Fine Gael	8	+3	7,188	33.69%
	Labour Party	4	-	3,892	18.24%
	Fianna Fáil	1	-1	2,661	12.47%
	Sinn Féin	1	+1	1,527	7.16%
	Independent	3	-3	5,619	26.34%
Totals		17	-	21,335	100%	—

Limerick City East - 4 seats
Party		Candidate	% 1st Pref	Count 1	Count 2	Count 3	Count 4	Count 5	Count 6	Count 7	Count 8	Count 9	Count 10
	Independent	John Gilligan*	20.35	972
	Fianna Fáil	Kieran O'Hanlon*	17.61	841	841	843	926	939	979
	Labour Party	Gerry McLoughlin*	16.62	794	808	813	848	894	938	946	1,061
	Fine Gael	Denis McCarthy	11.76	562	565	567	592	599	617	619	694	727	791
	Independent	Christy Vereker	6.55	313	318	319	339	364	380	381
	Sinn Féin	Tom Collopy	6.36	304	307	309	311	368	400	404	436	448
	Independent	John Daly	6.18	295	298	299	304	320	413	421	480	498	621
	Independent	Noel Hannan	5.80	277	278	279	283	299
	Fianna Fáil	Christy McInerney	3.96	189	190	191
	Independent	Joe Shanahan	3.94	188	189	200	202
	Independent	Paddy Mason	0.88	42
Electorate: 9,225 Valid: 4,777 (51.78%) Spoilt: 59 Quota: 956 Turnout: 4,836 (52.42%)

Limerick City North - 6 seats
Party		Candidate	% 1st Pref	Count 1	Count 2	Count 3	Count 4	Count 5	Count 6	Count 7	Count 8	Count 9	Count 10	Count 11	Count 12	Count 13
	Fine Gael	Michael Hourigan*	18.26	1,533
	Fine Gael	Cormac Hurley*	12.08	1,014	1,118	1,123	1,123	1,126	1,133	1,160	1,161	1,173	1,239
	Sinn Féin	Maurice Quinlivan	10.58	888	894	899	907	928	943	951	992	1,062	1,087	1,087	1,097	1,153
	Fine Gael	Kevin Kiely*	10.46	878	945	948	953	957	961	970	990	1,011	1,029	1,045	1,076	1,162
	Labour Party	Tom Shortt	9.81	824	843	844	845	849	853	868	884	904	1,001	1,009	1,051	1,361
	Independent	Kathleen Leddin*	8.43	708	781	790	790	797	799	823	825	840	942	947	1,034	1,121
	Fianna Fáil	Joe Crowley	5.84	490	461	469	469	541	555	613	706
	Fianna Fáil	John Cronin*	5.81	488	494	496	498	500	501	505	512	528	561	565	847	875
	Labour Party	John Ryan*	5.71	479	501	502	504	507	511	520	534	553	625	630	670
	Green Party	James Nix	5.34	448	462	465	465	465	468	486	490	502
	Independent	Tina O'Gorman	2.07	174	176	177	188	193	210	216	223
	Independent	Denis Riordan	1.43	120	122	127	128	134	134
	Independent	Mick Ryan	1.41	118	118	118	132	136	147	149
	Independent	Tommy Daly	0.85	71	71	73	82	84
	Independent	Matt Larkin	0.73	61	62	63	65
	Independent	Patrick McCarthy	0.68	57	58	60
	Christian Solidarity	Conor O'Donoghue	0.54	45	45
Electorate: 14,749 Valid: 8,396 (56.93%) Spoilt: 111 Quota: 1,200 Turnout: 8,507 (57.68%)

Limerick City South - 7 seats
Party		Candidate	% 1st Pref	Count 1	Count 2	Count 3	Count 4	Count 5	Count 6	Count 7	Count 8	Count 9	Count 10	Count 11	Count 12	Count 13	Count 14	Count 15
	Labour Party	Joe Leddin*	13.64	1,113
	Fine Gael	Maria Byrne*	13.06	1,066
	Fine Gael	Ger Fahy*	11.52	940	946	961	970	971	1,008	1,018	1,051
	Fine Gael	Diarmuid Scully*	8.56	699	706	712	713	713	716	724	729	730	746	763	781	789	845	880
	Independent	Pat Kennedy*	7.80	637	648	655	659	660	675	683	713	715	730	740	776	819	879	996
	Fine Gael	Jim Long*	6.08	496	504	510	512	514	515	524	532	535	563	576	587	629	679	741
	Labour Party	Orla McLoughlin	5.22	426	456	457	460	463	468	478	507	511	544	660	707	721	790	902
	Fianna Fáil	Jim Hickey	5.06	413	414	415	419	455	466	556	558	558	571	581	596	608	637	680
	Sinn Féin	Seán Griffin	4.10	335	338	339	343	346	349	354	384	388	419	449	459	563	625
	Independent	Lily Wallace*	3.79	309	312	313	318	319	324	328	358	361	395	428	451	487
	Independent	Pat O'Sullivan	3.64	297	301	302	303	303	307	314	320	320	334	341
	Independent	Seán O'Neill	3.30	269	271	272	273	273	278	285	293	294	331	347	356
	Labour Party	Derek Mulcahy	3.14	256	263	264	270	270	277	280	297	298	307
	Independent	Cathal McCarthy	3.11	254	259	261	265	266	269	275	291	292
	Independent	James Houlihan*	2.77	226	227	227	236	236	241	243
	Fianna Fáil	Tom O'Callaghan	2.13	174	176	177	180	190	193
	Independent	Jack Bourke	1.51	123	124	125	126	130
	Fianna Fáil	Anna Banko	0.81	66	67	67	68
	Independent	Robert Gardiner	0.77	63	63	63
Electorate: 16,384 Valid: 8,162 (49.82%) Spoilt: 109 Quota: 1,021 Turnout: 8,271 (50.48%)

Preceded by Limerick City Council election, 2004	Limerick City Council elections	Succeeded by Limerick City and County Council election, 2014