Kildare County Council

Kildare County Council Comhairle Chontae Chill Dara
Type
Type	County council
Leadership
Cathaoirleach	Senan Griffin, Fine Gael
Members	25
Political groups	Fine Gael (9)      Fianna Fáil (6)      Labour Party (6)      Independent (4)
Elections
Last election	5 June 2009
Meeting place
Áras Chill Dara, Naas
Website
www.kildarecoco.ie

The area governed by the council

Kildare County Council (Irish: Comhairle Chontae Chill Dara) is the local authority which is responsible for County Kildare in Ireland. The Council is responsible for Housing and Community, Roads and Transportation, Urban planning and Development, Amenity and Culture, and Environment. The council is governed by the Local Government Act 2001. The county seat is at Áras Chill Dara in Naas. Within the county, four towns – Leixlip, Naas, Newbridge and Athy – have separate Town Councils.

Councillors

Kildare County Council has 25 members. As a result of the 2007 local boundary review,^[1] these members are elected from 5 Local Electoral Areas: Athy (4 seats), Celbridge (6 seats), Clane (4 seats), Kildare (6 seats) and Naas (5 seats). Prior to this review, there was an additional area based around Leixlip, but this was combined with Celbridge as part of the review. The Council did not receive any additional seats as part of the review.

The current council was elected in June 2009. The Council is controlled by a Fine Gael–Labour Party alliance.

Elections are by Single transferable vote.

2009 local election seats summary

Party		Seats	±
	Fine Gael	9	+2
	Fianna Fáil	6	−4
	Labour Party	6	+2
	Independents	4	+1

Councillors by electoral area

Council members from 2009 election
Local Electoral Area	Name	Party
Athy	Mark Wall		Labour Party
	Martin Miley Jr.		Fianna Fáil
	Martin Heydon†		Fine Gael
	Richard Daly		Fine Gael
Celbridge	Catherine Murphy†		Independent
	Kevin Byrne		Labour Party
	John McGinley		Labour Party
	Paul Kelly		Fianna Fáil
	Colm Purcell		Labour Party
	Senan Griffin		Fine Gael
Clane	Brendan Weld		Fine Gael
	Liam Doyle		Fianna Fáil
	Pádraig McEvoy		Independent
	Seamus Langan		Fine Gael
Kildare	Paddy Kennedy		Independent
	Micheál "Spike" Nolan		Fine Gael
	Fiona O'Loughlin		Fianna Fáil
	Tony O'Donnell		Fine Gael
	Suzanne Doyle		Fianna Fáil
	Francis Browne		Labour Party
Naas	Darren Scully		Fine Gael
	Anthony Lawlor†		Fine Gael
	Paddy McNamara		Labour Party
	Seamie Moore		Independent
	Willie Callaghan		Fianna Fáil

The Green Party lost their only seat in the 2009 elections.

^†Martin Heydon, Catherine Murphy and Anthony Lawlor were elected to Dáil Éireann at the 2011 general election. Accordingly their council seats will be filled by co-option.

See also

• Local government in the Republic of Ireland

References

1. ^ Local Boundary Review Report (Local Authorities D-K)

External links

• Kildare County Council
• Athy Town Council
• Leixlip Town Council
• Naas Town Council