2004 Cork City Council election

2004 Cork City Council election

11 June 2004
All 31 seats on Cork City Council
First party Second party Third party   Party Fianna Fáil Fine Gael Labour Seats won 11 8 6 Seat change -1 0 +1   Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party   Party Sinn Féin Green Progressive Democrats Seats won 2 1 1 Seat change +1 0 -1   Seventh party Eighth party   Party Socialist Party Independent Seats won 1 1 Seat change +1 -1
Map showing the area of Cork City Council

An election to Cork City Council took place on 11 June 2004 as part of the 2004 Irish local elections. 31 councillors were elected from six electoral divisions by PR-STV voting for a five-year term of office.

Results by party

Party		Seats	±	First Pref. votes	FPv%	±%
	Fianna Fáil	11	-1	14,257	29.06
	Fine Gael	8	0	10,839	22.09
	Labour	6	+1	6,493	13.23
	Sinn Féin	2	+1	5,089	10.37
	Green	1	0	3,337	6.80
	Progressive Democrats	1	-1	2,300	4.69
	Socialist Party	1	+1	1,390	2.83
	Independent	1	-1	4,527	9.23
Totals		31	0	49,064	100.00	—

Results by local electoral area

Cork North-Central

Cork North-Central - 5 seats

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6	7
	Socialist Party	Mick Barry	17.47	1,390
	Fianna Fáil	Gary O'Flynn*	13.97	1,112	1,115	1,150	1,163	1,194	1,236	1,300
	Fianna Fáil	Damian Wallace*	13.31	1,059	1,062	1,095	1,116	1,138	1,178	1,232
	Labour	Catherine Clancy*	11.33	902	913	948	1,076	1,151	1,203	1,341
	Sinn Féin	Jackie Connolly	10.25	816	832	858	893	949	988	1,135
	Fine Gael	Patricia Gosch*	9.74	775	780	821	860	903	1,075	1,185
	Independent	Paddy Brown	6.61	526	535	551	574	640	693
	Fine Gael	Joe O'Callaghan	5.81	462	465	477	486	508
	Green	Ian Mitchell	4.34	345	351	368	390
	Labour	Suzanne Mullins	3.78	301	305	315
	Progressive Democrats	Dave Buckley	3.39	270	273
Electorate: 14,640   Valid: 7,958 (54.36%)   Spoilt: 256   Quota: 1,327   Turnout: 8,214 (56.11%)

Cork North-East

Cork North-East - 5 seats

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6
	Progressive Democrats	Mairin Quill*	17.28	1,169
	Fianna Fáil	Tim Brosnan*	15.11	1,022	1,129
	Labour	John Kelleher*	14.78	1,000	1,033	1,042	1,154
	Fine Gael	Dara Murphy	10.76	728	740	749	909	964	1,121
	Sinn Féin	Annette Spillanne	8.88	601	613	615	636	784	975
	Fianna Fáil	David Whyte	8.40	568	630	639	672	729	796
	Green	Philip Jones	7.21	488	494	500	553	679
	Workers' Party	Ted Tynan	7.01	474	489	492	519
	Fine Gael	Derek Connolly	6.43	435	447	450
	Fianna Fáil	Ernie Nelson*	4.14	280
Electorate: 13,501   Valid: 6,765 (50.11%)   Spoilt: 123   Quota: 1,128   Turnout: 6,888 (51.02%)

Cork North-West

Cork North-West - 5 seats

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9
	Sinn Féin	Jonathan O'Brien*	17.25	1,150
	Fianna Fáil	Dave McCarthy*	16.68	1,112
	Fine Gael	Colm Burke*	13.26	884	886	916	1,012	1,109	1,134
	Labour	Michael O'Connell*	10.68	712	720	765	778	814	888	893	956	1,070
	Independent	Mick Ahern	7.98	532	537	546	564	571	607	608	632	749
	Fianna Fáil	Tony Fitzgerald	7.11	474	477	481	487	512	552	553	768	871
	Fianna Fáil	Tony O'Neill	6.54	436	438	448	471	490	513	514
	Workers' Party	Mick Crowley	5.37	358	364	383	387	415
	Independent	Christine O'Brien	5.11	341	346	372	393	435	513	517	566
	Fine Gael	Patty O'Brien	4.08	272	275	286	291
	Independent	John Houlihan	3.19	213	214	226
	Green	Geoffrey Kane	2.74	183	186
Electorate: 13,376   Valid: 6,667 (49.84%)   Spoilt: 186   Quota: 1,112   Turnout: 6,853 (51.23%)

Cork South-Central

Cork South-Central - 5 seats

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6
	Independent	Con O'Connell*	20.51	1,564
	Labour	Ciarán Lynch	16.08	1,226	1,287
	Fianna Fáil	Seán Martin*	15.62	1,191	1,215	1,254	1,334
	Fianna Fáil	Tom O'Driscoll*	14.83	1,131	1,192	1,226	1,310
	Fine Gael	Denis Cregan*	11.02	840	880	932	1,043	1,068	1,095
	Sinn Féin	Fiona Kerins	9.22	703	760	845	1,039	1,052	1,064
	Green	Mary Ryder	8.00	610	637	721
	Independent	Paudie Dineen	3.28	250	264
	Independent	Ted Neville	1.44	110	119
Electorate: 14,777   Valid: 7,625 (51.60%)   Spoilt: 198   Quota: 1,271   Turnout: 7,823 (52.94%)

Cork South-East

Cork South-East - 6 seats

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6
	Fine Gael	Deirdre Clune*	20.26	2,307
	Fianna Fáil	Donal Counihan*	12.55	1,429	1,477	1,499	1,526	1,630
	Fianna Fáil	Terry Shannon*	11.86	1,351	1,390	1,414	1,430	1,525	1,625
	Labour	Denis O'Flynn*	11.74	1,337	1,391	1,417	1,464	1,517	1,651
	Green	Chris O'Leary*	9.54	1,086	1,123	1,174	1,252	1,404	1,742
	Fine Gael	Jim Corr*	8.80	1,002	1,357	1,459	1,478	1,514	1,565
	Progressive Democrats	Teresa O'Brien*	7.56	861	924	942	965	994	1,040
	Sinn Féin	Dermot O'Mahony	7.02	799	807	824	878	946
	Fianna Fáil	Seán Hourihan	5.09	580	590	607	653
	Independent	Paddy Dennehy	3.23	368	377	395
	Fine Gael	Trevor O'Sullivan	2.36	269	325
Electorate: 20,064   Valid: 11,389 (56.76%)   Spoilt: 288   Quota: 1,628   Turnout: 11,677 (58.20%)

Cork South-West

Cork South-West - 5 seats

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4
	Fine Gael	Jerry Buttimer	22.73	1,968
	Fianna Fáil	Fergal Dennehy*	16.26	1,408	1,455
	Fianna Fáil	Mary Shields*	12.75	1,104	1,177	1,321	1,472
	Sinn Féin	Henry Cremin	11.78	1,020	1,047	1,102	1,223
	Labour	Michael Ahern*	11.72	1,015	1,076	1,167	1,386
	Fine Gael	Brian Bermingham*	10.36	897	1,119	1,236	1,394
	Green	Patrick Murray	7.22	625	683	832
	Independent	Mick Murphy	7.19	623	659
Electorate: 15,222   Valid: 8,660 (56.89%)   Spoilt: 153   Quota: 1,444   Turnout: 8,813 (57.90%)

External links

• http://www.corkcity.ie/