2009 Cork City Council election
5 June 2009
All 31 seats on Cork City Council
  First party Second party Third party
 
Party Fine Gael Labour Fianna Fáil
Seats won 8 7 6
Seat change 0 +1 -5
  Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party
 
Party Sinn Féin Socialist Party Workers' Party
Seats won 4 1 1
Seat change +2 0 +1
  Seventh party Eighth party Ninth party
 
Party Independent Green Progressive Democrats
Seats won 4 0 0
Seat change +3 -1 -1
Map showing the area of Cork City Council

An election to Cork City Council took place on 5 June 2009 as part of that year's Irish local elections. 31 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 8 0 11,885 25.42
Labour 7 +1 8,693 18.59
Fianna Fáil 6 -5 9,536 20.39
Sinn Féin 4 +2 5,057 10.82
Socialist Party 1 0 2,391 5.11
Workers' Party 1 +1 1,158 2.48
Independent 4 +3 6,502 13.91
Green 0 -1 1,537 3.29
Progressive Democrats 0 -1 N/A N/A
Totals 31 0 46,759 100.00 —

Results by local electoral area

Cork North-Central

Cork North-Central - 5 seats
PartyCandidateFPv%Count
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Socialist Party Mick Barry* 26.45 2,096                
Labour Catherine Clancy* 13.59 1,077 1,233 1,262 1,300 1,339        
Fianna Fáil Kenneth O'Flynn* 10.65 844 871 873 883 892 893 910 934 1,276
Fine Gael Patricia Gosch* 10.39 823 892 905 1,031 1,059 1,062 1,153 1,241 1,348
Fianna Fáil Damian Wallace* 8.66 686 708 711 718 731 732 747 775  
Sinn Féin Thomas Gould 7.80 618 740 743 770 807 807 942 1,078 1,136
Labour Paddy Brown 5.81 460 564 576 597 624 632 693 818 884
Independent Jim Cronin 4.95 392 466 469 478 539 540 627    
Workers' Party Jackie Connolly 4.43 351 478 487 494 532 536      
Fine Gael Joe Kavanagh 3.24 257 277 280            
Independent Annette Spillane* 2.93 232 273 281 294          
Green Ian Gallagher 1.10 87 100              
Electorate: 14,317   Valid: 7,923 (55.34%)   Spoilt: 194   Quota: 1,321   Turnout: 8,117 (56.69%)  

    Cork North-East

    Cork North-East - 4 seats
    PartyCandidateFPv%Count
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    Labour John Kelleher* 18.70 1,024 1,091 1,165      
    Fianna Fáil Tim Brosnan* 18.61 1,019 1,034 1,079 1,084 1,152  
    Fine Gael Dara Murphy* 18.47 1,011 1,035 1,102      
    Independent David Whyte 9.88 541 565 611 618 703 815
    Workers' Party Ted Tynan 8.93 489 576 601 615 698 938
    Sinn Féin Pat Coughlan 7.78 426 464 476 481 526  
    Fine Gael Derek Connolly 6.83 374 383 393 410    
    Green Ken Walsh 5.41 296 310        
    Socialist Party Dave Keating 5.39 295          
    Electorate: 10,431   Valid: 5,475 (52.49%)   Spoilt: 82   Quota: 1,096   Turnout: 5,557 (53.27%)  

      Cork North-West

      Cork North-West - 4 seats
      PartyCandidateFPv%Count
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      Independent Dave McCarthy* 23.36 1,419            
      Sinn Féin Jonathan O'Brien* 21.71 1,319            
      Labour Michael O'Connell* 15.29 929 988 1,012 1,130 1,716 1,280  
      Fine Gael Joe O'Callaghan* 13.25 805 839 856 906 936 1,013 1,050
      Fianna Fáil Tony Fitzgerald* 12.10 735 778 783 830 846 1,071 1,098
      Fianna Fáil John Sheehan 8.00 436 507 511 539 550    
      Workers' Party Mick Crowley 5.23 318 357 364        
      Green Nicholas McMurray 1.05 64 71          
      Electorate: 10,964   Valid: 6,075 (55.41%)   Spoilt: 118   Quota: 1,216   Turnout: 6,193 (56.48%)  

        Cork South-Central

        Cork South-Central - 5 seats
        PartyCandidateFPv%Count
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        Labour Lorraine Kingston* 25.48 1,778        
        Independent Mick Finn 13.23 923 1,029 1,050 1,140 1,230
        Fine Gael Emmet O'Halloran 11.44 798 904 914 1,164  
        Fianna Fáil Seán Martin* 833 790 837 879 1,235  
        Sinn Féin Fiona Kerins* 11.06 772 887 910 979 1,038
        Fianna Fáil Tom O'Driscoll* 9.13 637 682 696 726  
        Independent Paudie Dineen 9.01 629 702 730 806 900
        Fine Gael Billy MacGill 4.16 290 352 357    
        Green Mary Ryder 3.54 247 296 302    
        Independent Tom McIntyre 1.63 114 129      
        Electorate: 12,858   Valid: 6,978 (54.27%)   Spoilt: 164   Quota: 1,164   Turnout: 7,142 (55.55%)  

          Cork South-East

          Cork South-East - 7 seats
          PartyCandidateFPv%Count
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          Fine Gael Des Cahill 15.45 1,776            
          Fine Gael Laura McGonigle* 14.58 1,675            
          Labour Denis O'Flynn* 13.24 1,522            
          Fianna Fáil Terry Shannon* 10.57 1,215 1,236 1,255 1,263 1,388 1,867  
          Independent Chris O'Leary* 10.24 1,177 1,205 1,232 1,252 1,374 1,433 1,459
          Independent Kieran McCarthy 9.35 1,075 1,117 1,160 1,173 1,313 1,380 1,483
          Fine Gael Jim Corr* 7.23 831 999 1,112 1,131 1,228 1,319 1,384
          Sinn Féin Ken Ahern 7.17 824 838 847 858 907 930 957
          Fianna Fáil Donal Counihan* 6.34 729 748 755 758 853    
          Green Stephen Crowley 3.14 361 395 408 417      
          Fianna Fáil Deirdre Foley 2.67 307 320 327 329      
          Electorate: 19,409   Valid: 11,492 (59.21%)   Spoilt: 140   Quota: 1,437   Turnout: 11,632 (59.93%)  

            Cork South-West

            Cork South-West - 5 seats
            PartyCandidateFPv%Count
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            Fine Gael John Buttimer* 23.35 2,070        
            Fianna Fáil Mary Shields* 13.49 1,196 1,283      
            Labour Michael Ahern* 12.63 1,120 1,204 1,304    
            Sinn Féin Henry Cremin 12.38 1,098 1,125 1,164 1,208 1,220
            Fianna Fáil Fergal Dennehy* 10.62 942 981 1,027 1,085 1,095
            Labour Ger Gibbons* 8.83 783 871 957 1,131 1,180
            Fine Gael Barry Keane 6.77 600 754 814    
            Fine Gael Brian Bermingham* 6.49 575 867 957 1,338  
            Green Mick Murphy 5.44 482 514      
            Electorate: 14,907   Valid: 8,866 (59.48%)   Spoilt: 153   Quota: 1,267   Turnout: 8,993 (60.33%)  
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