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2009 Louth County Council Election
An election to Louth 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). Results by party Results by local electoral area Ardee Drogheda East Drogheda West Dundalk-Carlingford Dundalk South References External links Official website {{2009 Irish local elections Louth Louth may refer to: Australia *Hundred of Louth, a cadastral unit in South Australia * Louth, New South Wales, a town * Louth Bay, a bay in South Australia **Louth Bay, South Australia, a town and locality Canada * Louth, Ontario Ireland * Cou ... Louth County Council elections ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Louth County Council
Louth County Council ( ga, Comhairle Contae Lú) is the authority responsible for local government in County Louth, Ireland. As a county council, it is governed by the Local Government Act 2001. The council is responsible for housing and community, roads and transportation, urban planning and development, amenity and culture, and environment. The council has 29 elected members. Elections are held every five years and are by single transferable vote. The head of the council has the title of Cathaoirleach (Chairperson). The county administration is headed by a Chief Executive, Joan Martin. The county town is Dundalk. History Originally meetings of Louth County Council took place in Dundalk Courthouse. A home for the county officials was subsequently established at County Buildings in Crowe Street and both the county council and its officials moved to County Hall in 2000. Local Electoral Areas and Municipal Districts Louth County Council is divided into the following borough ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2009 Irish Local Elections
The 2009 Irish local elections were held in all the counties, cities and towns of the Republic of Ireland on Friday, 5 June 2009, on the same day as the European Parliament election and two by-elections ( Dublin South and Dublin Central). Overview The election results were significant for a number of reasons: *Fine Gael gained 88 seats and became the largest party at local level for the first time ever. *Fianna Fáil lost 135 seats and became the second-largest party nationally, and the third-largest in Dublin. *The Labour Party increased its seat total by 43 seats, and became the largest party on Dublin City Council. It also held the most seats on the four Dublin local authorities. *Sinn Féin support remained at almost the same level, gaining 2 seats. *The Green Party lost 14 seats and had 3 county councillors. *The People Before Profit Alliance won 5 seats in its first local elections. *The Socialist Party won 6 seats, a gain of 2 seats. Results The total number of the Iri ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Local Electoral Area
A local electoral area (LEA; ga, Toghlimistéir Áitiúil) is an electoral area for elections to local authorities in Ireland. All elections use the single transferable vote. The Republic of Ireland is divided into 166 LEAs, with an average population of 28,700 and average area of . The boundaries of LEAs are defined by statutory instrument, usually based lower-level units called electoral divisions (EDs), with a total of 3,440 EDs in the state. As well as their use for electoral purposes, LEAs are local administrative units in Eurostat NUTS classification. They are used in local numbers of cases of COVID-19. Municipal districts A municipal district () is a division of a local authority which can exercise certain powers of the local authority. They came into being on 1 June 2014, ten days after the local elections, under the provisions of the Local Government Reform Act 2014. Of the 31 local authorities, 25 are subdivided into municipal districts, which comprise one or more L ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Electoral System
An electoral system or voting system is a set of rules that determine how elections and Referendum, referendums are conducted and how their results are determined. Electoral systems are used in politics to elect governments, while non-political elections may take place in business, Nonprofit organization, non-profit organisations and informal organisations. These rules govern all aspects of the voting process: when elections occur, suffrage, who is allowed to vote, who can stand as a candidate, voting method, how ballots are marked and cast, how the ballots are counted, how votes translate into the election outcome, limits on campaign finance, campaign spending, and other factors that can affect the result. Political electoral systems are defined by constitutions and electoral laws, are typically conducted by election commissions, and can use multiple types of elections for different offices. Some electoral systems elect a single winner to a unique position, such as prime ministe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Proportional Representation
Proportional representation (PR) refers to a type of electoral system under which subgroups of an electorate are reflected proportionately in the elected body. The concept applies mainly to geographical (e.g. states, regions) and political divisions (political parties) of the electorate. The essence of such systems is that all votes cast - or almost all votes cast - contribute to the result and are actually used to help elect someone—not just a plurality, or a bare majority—and that the system produces mixed, balanced representation reflecting how votes are cast. "Proportional" electoral systems mean proportional to ''vote share'' and ''not'' proportional to population size. For example, the US House of Representatives has 435 districts which are drawn so roughly equal or "proportional" numbers of people live within each district, yet members of the House are elected in first-past-the-post elections: first-past-the-post is ''not'' proportional by vote share. The ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Single Transferable Vote
Single transferable vote (STV) is a multi-winner electoral system in which voters cast a single vote in the form of a ranked-choice ballot. Voters have the option to rank candidates, and their vote may be transferred according to alternate preferences if their preferred candidate is eliminated, so that their vote is used to elect someone they prefer over others in the running. STV aims to approach proportional representation based on votes cast in the district where it is used, so that each vote is worth about the same as another. Under STV, no one party or voting bloc can take all the seats in a district unless the number of seats in the district is very small or almost all the votes cast are cast for one party's candidates (which is seldom the case). This makes it different from other district voting systems. In majoritarian/plurality systems such as first-past-the-post (FPTP), instant-runoff voting (IRV; also known as the alternative vote), block voting, and ranked-vote ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ged Nash
Gerald Henry Nash (born 7 December 1975) is an Irish Labour Party politician who has been a Teachta Dála (TD) for the Louth constituency since 2020, and previously from 2011 to 2016. He previously served as Minister of State for Business and Employment from 2014 to 2016. He was a Senator for the Labour Panel from 2016 to 2020. Early life Nash was born on 7 December 1975. His father was a union representative in a factory and active in the Labour Party. He attended St. Joseph's CBS, Drogheda and graduated with an Hons. BA in Politics & History from University College Dublin. He was a former PR consultant to the trade unions and the not-for-profit sector. He was a former manager of the Upstate Theatre Project company in Drogheda and was a former teacher in St. Oliver's Community College in Drogheda. Political career Councillor and mayor of Drogheda (1999–2011) Nash was a member of Louth County Council for the Drogheda local electoral area from 2000 to 2011, and a member of D ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
James Carroll (Louth Politician)
James Carroll (born 21 August 1983) is an Irish former Fianna Fáil politician who was a member of Seanad Éireann from November 2009 to April 2011. He is a former education vice-president and president of the Students' Union in University College Dublin. Carroll was elected to Louth County Council for Drogheda East at the local elections in June 2009. He succeeded Tony Kett on the Administrative Panel on 26 November 2009 after Kett's death. This was done without a by-election, as he was the only nominated candidate. Carroll unsuccessfully contested the 2011 general election for the Louth Louth may refer to: Australia *Hundred of Louth, a cadastral unit in South Australia * Louth, New South Wales, a town * Louth Bay, a bay in South Australia **Louth Bay, South Australia, a town and locality Canada * Louth, Ontario Ireland * Cou ... constituency achieving only 8.2% of the vote, and lost his seat in the 2011 Seanad election. References {{DEFAULTSORT:Carroll, James 19 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Imelda Munster
Imelda Munster (born 24 February 1968) is an Irish Sinn Féin politician who has been a Teachta Dála (TD) for the Louth constituency since the 2016 general election. She was elected to Louth County Council representing the Drogheda East local electoral area following the 2004 local elections and was re-elected in 2009 to both Drogheda Borough Council and Louth County Council. She successfully contested the Louth constituency at 2016 general election, receiving 8,829 first preference votes (13.1%) and was re-elected at the 2020 general election receiving 17,203 first preference votes (24.34%). On 1 December 2023, Munster announced she would not be contesting the next Irish general election The next Irish general election to Dáil Éireann, the lower house of Ireland's parliament, the Oireachtas, will be held on or before March 2025, to elect between 171 and 181 TDs across Dáil constituencies of between 3 and 5 seats. A Taois .... Personal life Munster lives with ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Terry Brennan (politician)
Terry Brennan (24 May 1942 – 19 June 2020) was an Irish Fine Gael politician. He was elected to Seanad Éireann on the Labour Panel in April 2011. He was a member of Louth County Council from 1985 to 2011 representing the Dundalk-Carlingford electoral area. He was an unsuccessful candidate for the Louth constituency at the 1997 and 2002 File:2002 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: The 2002 Winter Olympics are held in Salt Lake City; Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother and her daughter Princess Margaret, Countess of Snowdon die; East Timor gains East Timor independence, indepe ... general elections. He was the Fine Gael Seanad spokesperson on Tourism and Sport between 2011 and 2016. He lost his seat in April 2016. References 1942 births 2020 deaths Fine Gael senators Members of Louth County Council Members of the 24th Seanad Politicians from County Louth People from Carlingford, County Louth Fine Gael candidates in Dáil elections Labour Panel senators ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jim D'Arcy
Jim D'Arcy (born 20 July 1954) is an Irish Fine Gael politician and former member of Seanad Éireann. He was elected to Louth County Council in 1999, and to Dundalk Town Council in 2004, serving on both bodies until 2011. He unsuccessfully contested the Louth constituency at the 2007 general election. In May 2011, he was nominated by the Taoiseach Enda Kenny to the 24th Seanad This is a list of the members of the 24th Seanad Éireann, the upper house of the Oireachtas (legislature) of Ireland. These Senators were elected on 27 April 2011 after postal voting closed. The Taoiseach's nominees were announced on 20 May 20 .... He is a former school principal. He was the Fine Gael Seanad Spokesperson on Education and Skills during his term. References 1954 births Living people Alumni of St Patrick's College, Dublin Fine Gael senators Heads of schools in Ireland Irish schoolteachers Members of Louth County Council Members of the 24th Seanad Nominated members of Se ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mark Dearey
Mark Dearey (born 19 March 1963) is an Irish Green Party politician who served as a Senator from 2010 to 2011, after being nominated by the Taoiseach. Political career Dearey was a member of Louth County Council for the Green Party. He was elected to the Dundalk Town Council in 2004 and re-elected in 2009, he was also elected to the County Council for the first time. He was re-elected to the County Council in 2014. He was the Green Party candidate at the 2007 general election in the Louth constituency and received 7.6% of first preference votes, but was not elected. In the 2011 general election, his vote declined to 4.7% of first preference votes. In 2012, he was selected as the Green Party's Spokesperson for Finance. He ran unsuccessfully as the Green Party candidate in the Midlands–North-West constituency for the 2014 European Parliament election and received 1.5% of the first preference votes. He was also an unsuccessful candidate in the Louth constituency at the 2016 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
