2004 Kilkenny County Council election

2004 Kilkenny County Council election

11 June 2004
All 26 seats on Kilkenny County Council
First party Second party Third party   Party Fine Gael Fianna Fáil Labour Seats won 11 8 5 Seat change 0 -4 +4   Fourth party Fifth party   Party Green Independent Seats won 1 1 Seat change +1 -1
Map showing the area of Kilkenny County Council
Council control before election Fianna Fáil Independents Council control after election Fine Gael Labour Party

An election to Kilkenny County Council took place on 11 June 2004 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

Party		Seats	±	First Pref. votes	FPv%	±%
	Fine Gael	11	0	15,029	37.64
	Fianna Fáil	8	-4	13,690	34.28
	Labour	5	+4	5,950	14.90
	Green	1	+1	1,858	4.65
	Independent	1	-1	1,609	4.03
Totals		26	0	39,933	100.00	—

Results by local electoral area

Ballyragget

Ballyragget - 5 seats

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6
	Labour	Maurice Shortall	22.57	1,789
	Fine Gael	Mary Hilda Cavanagh*	18.29	1,450
	Fine Gael	Catherine Connery*	18.20	1,205	753	873	917	953	957
	Fianna Fáil	Pat Millea*	14.04	1,113	812	945	1,359
	Fine Gael	Dan Brennan*	12.14	962	859	876	908	957	962
	Fianna Fáil	Martin Carroll*	9.97	790	756	965	1,087
	Fianna Fáil	Seán Doherty	7.80	618	664
Electorate: 12,093   Valid: 7,927 (65.55%)   Spoilt: 162   Quota: 1,322   Turnout: 8,089 (66.89%)

Callan

Callan - 3 seats

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1
	Fianna Fáil	Matt Doran	29.12	1,468
	Fine Gael	Tom Maher*	28.80	1,452
	Fine Gael	Billy Ireland*	26.04	1,313
	Fianna Fáil	Eamon Walsh	16.05	809
Electorate: 8,464   Valid: 5,042 (59.57%)   Spoilt: 177   Quota: 1,261   Turnout: 5,219 (61.66%)

Kilkenny

Kilkenny - 7 seats

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14
	Fianna Fáil	John Coonan*	11.07	1,207	1,219	1,242	1,262	1,281	1,332	1,370
	Fianna Fáil	Pat Fitzpatrick*	9.93	1,083	1,088	1,106	1,144	1,132	1,160	1,196	1,317	1,356	1,357	1,358	1,422
	Green	Malcolm Noonan	9.85	1,074	1,099	1,142	1,183	1,287	1,372
	Fine Gael	Martin Brett*	7.12	776	787	802	857	866	901	929	1,005	1,116	1,167	1,168	1,354	1,374
	Labour	Joe Cody*	7.08	772	842	877	904	946	995	1,205	1,275	1,330	1,333	1,336	1,426
	Progressive Democrats	Coleman Loughnane	6.56	715	721	757	790	805	839	868	933	977	979	979	1,031	1,043	1,046
	Fianna Fáil	Michael Lanigan, Jnr*	6.27	684	701	719	733	764	786	813	921	962	963	964	1,029	1,044	1,061
	Fine Gael	Pat Crotty	5.94	648	655	665	693	699	725	753	778	901	901	901
	Fine Gael	Paul Cuddihy*	5.80	632	650	666	717	724	745	777	795	982	983	984	1,277	1,293	1,310
	Fine Gael	Paddy Hogan	5.34	582	586	607	660	676	692	719	751
	Fianna Fáil	John Eardly	4.78	521	527	538	546	565	593	605
	Sinn Féin	Tom Kiernan	3.76	410	413	426	432
	Independent	Teresa Mullen*	3.67	400	410	442	473	507
	Labour	Marie Fitzpatrick	3.61	394	448	465	479	508	553
	Fine Gael	Breda Raggett	3.54	386	407	416
	Independent	Jimmy Leahy	3.08	336	343
	Labour	Tony Patterson	2.60	283
Electorate: 19,198   Valid: 10,903 (56.79%)   Spoilt: 134   Quota: 1,363   Turnout: 11,086 (57.75%)

Piltown

Piltown - 6 seats

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9
	Fianna Fáil	Bobby Aylward*	16.66	1,478
	Fine Gael	Pat Dunphy*	12.89	1,144	1,155	1,169	1,175	1,183	1,271
	Labour	Tomás Breathnach	12.47	1,107	1,122	1,203	1,206	1,237	1,284
	Fine Gael	Dick Dowling*	11.72	1,040	1,058	1,083	1,097	1,186	1,218	1,223	1,224	1,332
	Fine Gael	Catherine Phelan-Holden	8.07	716	744	763	874	906	956	959	960	1,040
	Fine Gael	John O'Dwyer	7.72	685	693	721	758	800	806	807	807	858
	Sinn Féin	Kevin Dunphy	7.57	672	680	719	731	751	800	804	804
	Fianna Fáil	Cora Long*	5.95	528	562	567	615	702	990	993	994	1,156
	Fianna Fáil	Ann Blackmore*	5.34	474	520	533	585	661
	Fianna Fáil	Margaret Haberlin	4.45	395	407	429	461
	Fianna Fáil	Pat Walsh	3.81	338	363	371
	Green	John Fitzgerald	3.35	297	302
Electorate: 14,187   Valid: 8,874 (62.55%)   Spoilt: 112   Quota: 1,268   Turnout: 9,099 (64.14%)

Thomastown

Thomastown - 5 seats

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6	7
	Fine Gael	Pat O'Neill	15.12	1,145	1,195	1,343
	Labour	Michael O'Brien	12.73	964	1,071	1,091	1,094	1,125	1,202	1,222
	Fianna Fáil	Tom Brennan*	11.98	907	944	991	997	1,155	1,504
	Independent	Dixie Doyle*	11.53	873	913	931	934	981	1,140	1,214
	Fine Gael	Andy Cotterell*	8.85	670	715	855	906	934	1,063	1,106
	Fianna Fáil	Seán Treacy	8.79	666	693	711	714	870
	Labour	Ann Phelan	8.46	641	718	857	867	1,061	1,115	1,138
	Fianna Fáil	Joan Murphy*	8.07	611	636	698	702
	Fine Gael	John Meaney	8.04	609	633
	Green	Judith Ashton	6.43	487
Electorate: 12,083   Valid: 7,573 (62.67%)   Spoilt: 162   Quota: 1,263   Turnout: 7,735 (64.02%)

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