2009 South Tipperary County Council election

An election to South Tipperary County Council took place on 5 June 2009 as part of that year's Irish local elections. 26 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).

2009 South Tipperary County Council election

5 June 2009
All 26 seats on South Tipperary County Council
First party Second party Third party   Party Fine Gael Fianna Fáil Labour Seats won 12 6 3 Seat change +4 -4 +1   Fourth party   Party Independent Seats won 5 Seat change -1
Map showing the area of South Tipperary County Council
Council control after election TBD

Results by party

Party		Seats	±	First Pref. votes	FPv%	±%
	Fine Gael	12	+4
	Fianna Fáil	6	-4
	Labour	3	+1
	Independent	5	-1
Totals		26	-		100.0	—

Results by local electoral area

Cahir

Cahir – 4 seats

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5
	Labour	Seanie Lonergan*	16.96	1,139	1,188	1,213	1,346
	Fianna Fáil	Michael Anglim*	16.72	1,123	1,137	1,219	1,274	1,342
	Fine Gael	Liam Ahearn*	15.01	1,008	1,016	1,037	1,104	1,376
	Fine Gael	Marie Murphy	14.59	980	991	1,038	1,105	1,292
	Fianna Fáil	Andy Moloney*	12.63	848	858	981	1,065	1,139
	Fine Gael	John G. O'Donnell	8.68	583	593	617	699
	Independent	Dan Costigan	7.27	488	536	563
	Fianna Fáil	Tommy Meehan	5.38	361	370
	Sinn Féin	Kevin Brunnick	2.76	185
Electorate: 10,033   Valid: 6,715 (66.93%)   Spoilt: 84   Quota: 1,344   Turnout: 6,799 (67.77%)

Cashel

Cashel – 4 seats

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5
	Fine Gael	Jack Crowe*	19.25	1,264	1,347
	Independent	Tom Wood*	17.99	1,181	1,332
	Fianna Fáil	Dr.Seán McCarthy*	17.54	1,152	1,196	1,364
	Fianna Fáil	Roger Kennedy*	13.94	915	978	1,124	1,156	1,167
	Fine Gael	Catherine McLoughlin	13.86	910	1,005	1,159	1,177	1,199
	Independent	Liam Browne	9.18	603	680
	Labour	Patrick Downey	8.24	541
Electorate: 10,481   Valid: 6,566 (62.65%)   Spoilt: 88   Quota: 1,314   Turnout: 6,654 (63.49%)

Clonmel

Clonmel – 7 seats

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11
	WUA	Seamus Healy*	21.78	2,336
	Fianna Fáil	Siobhán Ambrose	10.82	1,160	1,214	1,292	1,331	1,368
	Fine Gael	Tom Acheson	8.23	883	905	922	944	992	1,054	1,175	1,179	1,510
	Labour	Darren Ryan*	7.87	844	928	986	1,142	1,216	1,240	1,319	1,324	1,421
	Fine Gael	Michael Murphy	7.80	837	876	889	915	958	989	1,065	1,067	1,355
	Fine Gael	Derry Foley*	6.61	709	726	739	762	804	844	971	974
	WUA	Pat English	6.28	674	954	979	1,021	1,063	1,091	1,135	1,136	1,170	1,192	1,203
	Fianna Fáil	Richie Molloy	5.53	593	663	725	750	798	991	1,038	1,048	1,120	1,189	1,202
	WUA	Billy Shoer*	5.41	580	868	893	930	978	995	1,033	1,035	1,083	1,125	1,144
	Fianna Fáil	Mark Davern	4.53	486	500	515	520	528
	Fine Gael	Denis Dunne	4.45	477	504	516	531	569	603
	Green	Bernard Lennon	3.81	409	451	465	492
	Labour	Gabrielle Egan	3.68	395	432	449
	Fianna Fáil	Martin O'Brien	3.19	342	363
Electorate: 16,776   Valid: 10,725 (63.93%)   Spoilt: 135   Quota: 1,341   Turnout: 10,860 (64.74%)

Fethard

Fethard – 6 seats

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11
	Fine Gael	Jimmy O'Brien	23.92	2,438
	Fine Gael	Joe Brennan	11.08	1,130	1,287	1,306	1,347	1,418	1,441	1,454	1,552
	Fine Gael	John Fahey*	9.32	950	1,255	1,259	1,265	1,272	1,377	1,449	1,452	1,453	1,612
	Labour	Denis Landy*	8.97	914	943	959	1,001	1,065	1,173	1,181	1,266	1,280	1,297	1,507
	Independent	Eddie O'Meara*	8.40	856	1,006	1,016	1,021	1,041	1,066	1,136	1,147	1,152	1,210	1,257
	Fianna Fáil	Pat O'Meara	6.08	620	675	675	675	676	700	826	842	843	964	978
	Fianna Fáil	Sylvia Cooney-Sheehan	5.91	602	615	622	682	755	760	802	1,011	1,051	1,106	1,230
	Sinn Féin	David Dunne	5.11	521	531	539	559	593	621	627	664	678	690
	Fianna Fáil	Kieran Bourke*	4.32	440	443	448	475	508	509	523
	Fianna Fáil	Benny Tynan	3.62	369	473	477	477	479	500	556	566	567
	Fianna Fáil	Michael Cooney	3.58	365	433	435	436	440	467
	Labour	Michael Cleere	3.38	345	410	410	411	414
	Independent	Pierce O'Loughlin	2.83	288	293	307	353
	Independent	Noel Brophy	2.30	234	238	264
	Independent	Colin Simpson	1.20	122	135
Electorate: 14,896   Valid: 10,194 (68.43%)   Spoilt: 179   Quota: 1,457   Turnout: 10,373 (69.64%)

Tipperary

Tipperary – 5 seats

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11
	Fine Gael	Michael Fitzgerald*	22.35	2,034
	Fine Gael	John Crosse*	12.85	1,169	1,270	1,325	1,408	1,435	1,502	1,512	1,565
	Fine Gael	Mary Hourigan	12.48	1,136	1,269	1,319	1,392	1,416	1,536
	Fianna Fáil	Joe Donovan*	8.91	811	901	909	921	938	1,011	1,014	1,040	1,133	1,134	1,250
	Fianna Fáil	Michael Maguire*	8.13	740	779	788	810	816	878	882	915	1,070	1,074	1,248
	Independent	Denis Leahy	6.87	625	655	667	680	708	712	712	874	978	990	1,292
	Labour	Mick Byrnes	6.80	619	645	663	699	805	814	815	878	937	950
	Fianna Fáil	Dr. John Wallace	5.13	467	483	491	498	518	531	532	585
	Independent	Christy Kinahan*	4.39	399	422	439	447	486	490	490
	Fianna Fáil	Patrick Fahey	3.71	338	345	365	370	370
	Labour	Billy Bourke	2.92	266	277	297	306
	Independent	Paul Barry	2.77	252	259
	Fine Gael	David Byrnes	2.67	243	277	283
Electorate: 13,729   Valid: 9,099 (66.28%)   Spoilt: 150   Quota: 1,517   Turnout: 9,249 (67.37%)