2009 Clare County Council election
5 June 2009
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).

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
PartyCandidateFPv%Count
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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
    PartyCandidateFPv%Count
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    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
      PartyCandidateFPv%Count
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      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
        PartyCandidateFPv%Count
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        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
          PartyCandidateFPv%Count
          12345
          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
            PartyCandidateFPv%Count
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            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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