2004 Mayo County Council election

2004 Mayo County Council election

11 June 2004
All 31 seats on Mayo County Council
First party Second party Third party   Party Fine Gael Fianna Fáil Sinn Féin Seats won 15 12 1 Seat change +2 -4 +1   Fourth party Fifth party   Party Labour Independent Seats won 1 2 Seat change - +1
Map showing the area of Mayo County Council
Council control after election TBD

An election to Mayo County Council took place on 11 June 2004 as part of that year's Irish local elections. 31 councillors were elected from seven 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	15	+2	27,545	43.18
	Fianna Fáil	12	-4	23,615	37.02
	Sinn Féin	1	+1	2,706	4.24
	Labour	1	-	1,439	2.26
	Independent	2	+1	7,317	11.47
Totals		31	-	63,795	100.00	—

Results by local electoral area

Ballina

Ballina - 6 seats

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8
	Fianna Fáil	Annie Mae Reape*	15.68	1,925
	Fine Gael	Seamus Weir*	13.75	1,688	1,710	1,775
	Fine Gael	Eddie Staunton*	12.30	1,510	1,514	1,561	1,622	1,700	1,778
	Fine Gael	Michelle Mulherin	9.79	1,202	1,224	1,316	1,456	1,508	1,906
	Fianna Fáil	Stephen Molloy*	9.54	1,171	1,185	1,192	1,236	1,463	1,528	1,544	1,549
	Fine Gael	Jarlath Munnelly	8.69	1,067	1,071	1,105	1,171	1,433	1,515	1,568	1,577
	Fianna Fáil	Johnnie O'Malley	7.92	972	1,030	1,079	1,180	1,271	1,550	1,633	1,643
	Progressive Democrats	Greg Jackson	7.18	881	895	915	1,043	1,090
	Fianna Fáil	Brian Golden*	6.33	777	786	792	869
	Independent	Raymond Collins	5.93	728	743	768
	Fine Gael	Seán Newcombe	2.87	352	361
Electorate: 19,794   Valid: 12,273 (62.0%)   Spoilt: 185   Quota: 1,754   Turnout: 12,458 (62.94%)

Ballinrobe

Ballinrobe - 3 seats

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4
	Fianna Fáil	Damien Ryan*	23.16	1,551	1,584	1,986
	Fine Gael	Patsy O'Brien	23.13	1,549	1,731
	Independent	Harry Walsh	18.20	1,219	1,342	1,484	1,632
	Fine Gael	Michael Burke*	17.10	1,145	1,216	1,369	1,443
	Fianna Fáil	Nora Conroy	11.47	768	808
	Fine Gael	Padraig Flannery	6.94	465
Electorate: 9,957   Valid: 6,697 (67.82%)   Spoilt: 85   Quota: 1,675   Turnout: 6,782 (68.11%)

Belmullet

Belmullet - 4 seats

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5
	Fianna Fáil	Tim Quinn*	17.62	1,337	1,441	1,662
	Fine Gael	Gerry Coyle*	15.79	1,198	1,277	1,399	1,437	1,711
	Independent	Michael Holmes	13.74	1,043	1,138	1,263	1,278	1,520
	Fine Gael	Pat Kilbane*	13.39	1,016	1,023	1,049	1,051
	Fianna Fáil	Michael McNamara	12.49	948	948	1,066	1,139	1,533
	Sinn Féin	Rose Conway-Walsh	12.18	924	980	1,099	1,115	1,191
	Fianna Fáil	Frank Leneghan*	9.72	738	754
	Independent	Michael Healy	5.07	385
Electorate: 12,514   Valid: 7,589 (60.64%)   Spoilt: 101   Quota: 1,518   Turnout: 7,690 (61.45%)

Castlebar

Castlebar - 6 seats

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8
	Fine Gael	Cyril Burke*	12.44	1,611	1,652	1,688	1,793	1,819	1,886
	Fine Gael	Henry Kenny*	12.21	1,581	1,640	1,674	1,950
	Fine Gael	Paddy McGuinness	12.16	1,575	1,655	1,780	1,853
	Fianna Fáil	Seán Bourke*	10.76	1,527	1,625	1,801	2,013
	Fianna Fáil	Al McDonnell*	10.48	1,357	1,495	1,573	1,601	1,643	1,647	1,919
	Independent	Michael Kilcoyne	9.30	1,204	1,228	1,303	1,339	1,361	1,374	1,550	1,570
	Labour	Johnny Mee*	8.21	1,063	1,134	1,238	1,279	1,289	1,304	1,576	1,625
	Fine Gael	John Devaney*	6.67	864	881	891
	Fianna Fáil	Iarla Duffy	6.13	794	839	937	965	981	982
	Fianna Fáil	Aidan Crowley	5.44	704	771
	Fianna Fáil	George O'Malley	5.17	669
Electorate: 21,892   Valid: 12,949 (59.15%)   Spoilt: 210   Quota: 1,850   Turnout: 13,159 (60.11%)

Claremorris

Claremorris- 4 seats

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4
	Fine Gael	John Cribbin*	21.42	1,693
	Fine Gael	Tom Connolly	20.37	1,610
	Fianna Fáil	Patrick McHugh*	17.43	1,378	1,390	1,415	1,556
	Fianna Fáil	Michael Carty*	14.65	1,158	1,179	1,299	1,513
	Independent	Richard Finn*	13.39	1,058	1,068	1,226	1,342
	Independent	Stephen Finn	7.00	553	583	646
	Fine Gael	John Kelly	5.74	454	493
Electorate: 12,295   Valid: 7,904 (64.29%)   Spoilt: 144   Quota: 1,581   Turnout: 8,048 (65.46%)

Swinford

Swinford - 4 seats

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6	7
	Sinn Féin	Gerry Murray*	22.07	1,782
	Fine Gael	Eugene Lavin	20.25	1,635
	Fianna Fáil	Jimmy Maloney*	13.97	1,128	1,140	1,159	1,286	1,371	1,693
	Fine Gael	Joseph Mellett*	14.80	1,042	1,059	1,128	1,184	1,220	1,392	1,446
	Fine Gael	John Flannery*	19.20	944	1,013	1,048	1,105	1,290	1,367	1,391
	Fianna Fáil	Brendan McNulty	14.38	545	559	600	626	696
	Fianna Fáil	Seán Murphy	14.38	416	445	455	466
	Labour	Michael Griffin	14.38	376	390	403
	Independent	Martin Peyton	14.38	205	217
Electorate: 12,630   Valid: 8,073 (63.92%)   Spoilt: 156   Quota: 1,615   Turnout: 8,229 (65.15%)

Westport

Westport - 4 seats

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6
	Fianna Fáil	Margaret Adams*	17.38	1,444	1,488	1,600	1,816
	Fianna Fáil	Frank Chambers*	15.86	1,318	1,349	1,556	1,788
	Fine Gael	John O'Malley	15.07	1,252	1,296	1,493	1,534	1,550	1,570
	Fine Gael	Peter Flynn	13.62	1,132	1,186	1,339	1,394	1,424	1,442
	Fianna Fáil	Peter Sweeney*	17.21	990	1,005	1,051
	Fine Gael	Austin O'Malley	11.55	960	982	1,056	1,498	1,549	1,617
	Independent	Christy Loftus	9.86	819	936
	Green	Dr. Lucille Ryan-O'Shea	3.51	292
	Independent	Tom King	1.24	103
Electorate: 12,390   Valid: 8,310 (67.07%)   Spoilt: 130   Quota: 1,663   Turnout: 8,440 (68.12%)

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