2004 Waterford County Council election

2004 Waterford County Council election

11 June 2004
All 23 seats on Waterford County Council
First party Second party Third party   Party Fine Gael Fianna Fáil Labour Seats won 11 7 4 Seat change +3 -4 +1   Fourth party Fifth party   Party Sinn Féin Independent Seats won 1 0 Seat change +1 -1
Map showing the area of Waterford County Council
Council control after election TBD

An election to Waterford County Council took place on 11 June 2004 as part of that year's Irish local elections. 23 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	+3	10,392	35.44
	Fianna Fáil	7	-4	10,747	36.65
	Labour	4	+1	4,291	16.63
	Sinn Féin	1	+1	865	2.95
	Independent	0	-1	2,208	7.53
Totals		23	-	29,324	100.00	—

Results by local electoral area

Dungarvan

Dungarvan - 7 seats

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15
	Fianna Fáil	Tom Cronin*	10.07	869	871	877	879	913	941	949	993	1,084
	Fine Gael	Tom Higgins*	9.13	788	797	822	858	912	931	1,007	1,065	1,103
	Fine Gael	Damien Geoghegan*	8.91	769	774	790	832	854	862	940	967	985	1,069	1,077	1,078	1,126
	Sinn Féin	Brendan Mansfield	7.67	662	669	686	702	709	719	726	744	791	819	821	876	888	893	895
	Fine Gael	Pat Nugent	7.60	656	658	669	672	680	700	760	780	816	1,051	1,059	1,059	1,204
	Labour	Billy Kyne*	7.45	643	651	672	717	728	732	752	799	811	829	829	829	884	896	905
	Labour	Fiachra O Ceillchair*	7.16	618	622	635	646	654	671	673	686	771	803	803	804	834	845	848
	Fine Gael	Geraldine Veale*	6.10	527	531	535	536	539	594	625	642	666
	Labour	Teresa Wright	5.79	500	514	545	582	593	615	623	693	716	784	787	787	832	841	852
	Fianna Fáil	Patrick Kenneally*	5.63	486	489	491	493	515	527	536	602	694	777	779	780
	Fianna Fáil	Seamus O'Donnell	5.13	443	446	452	453	464	468	476	526
	Fianna Fáil	Nuala Ryan*	4.36	376	379	397	401	444	455	471
	Fine Gael	Oliver Coffey	3.66	316	320	328	329	334	340
	Independent	Garry O'Halloran	2.75	237	241	247	247	248
	Fianna Fáil	Damien Dillon	2.62	226	231	244	246
	Labour	Lar Hart	2.51	217	222	227
	Independent	Mel Shanley	2.33	201	210
	Independent	Dan Dineen	1.15	99
Electorate: 13,731   Valid: 8,633 (62.87%)   Spoilt: 113   Quota: 1,080   Turnout: 8,746 (63.70%)

Kilmacthomas

Kilmacthomas - 3 seats

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3
	Fine Gael	Liam Brazil	27.78	1,094
	Fianna Fáil	Pat Leahy*	24.20	953	968	1,004
	Labour	Ger Barron*	21.33	840	884	1,026
	Fianna Fáil	Tom Cunningham*	19.73	777	803	854
	Independent	Roisin O'Shea	6.96	274	298
Electorate: 6,346   Valid: 3,938 (62.05%)   Spoilt: 58   Quota: 985   Turnout: 3,996 (62.97%)

Lismore

Lismore - 4 seats

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6
	Fine Gael	Nora Flynn*	19.45	1,012	1,034	1,102
	Fianna Fáil	James Tobin*	16.35	851	876	890	897	927	1,049
	Fianna Fáil	Kevin Wilkinson*	15.89	827	857	876	882	979	1,092
	Fianna Fáil	Bernard Leddy	11.55	601	635	645	648	666	728
	Fine Gael	Declan Doocey	11.01	573	609	673	690	853	983
	Labour	John Pratt	9.03	470	486	514	523	608
	Fine Gael	Cathy McGrath	7.42	386	399	459	476
	Independent	John Cashman	5.34	278	297
	Independent	William Lane	3.96	206
Electorate: 8,313   Valid: 5,204 (62.60%)   Spoilt: 84   Quota: 1,041   Turnout: 5,288 (63.61%)

Suir

Suir - 3 seats

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5
	Fine Gael	Mary Greene*	22.75	835	864	888	958
	Fine Gael	Paudie Coffey*	22.64	831	839	874	898	916
	Fianna Fáil	Kieran O'Ryan*	21.69	796	815	833	911	924
	Fianna Fáil	Liam Fogarty	10.93	401	412	437	508	516
	Fianna Fáil	Niall Kirwan	6.59	242	224	256	267
	Labour	John Rockett	6.51	239	249	312	315	316
	Sinn Féin	John Power	5.53	203	219
	Independent	Bobby Moore	3.35	123
Electorate: 5,759   Valid: 3,670 (63.73%)   Spoilt: 52   Quota: 918   Turnout: 3,722 (64.63%)

Tramore

Tramore - 6 seats

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8
	Fine Gael	John Carey*	14.20	1,119	1,144
	Fine Gael	Ann Marie Power	11.36	895	939	996	1,081	1,169
	Fianna Fáil	Pat Daly*	11.23	885	939	948	997	1,020	1,022	1,025	1,060
	Fine Gael	Lola O'Sullivan*	10.38	818	846	922	973	1,100	1,120	1,126
	Labour	Paddy O'Callaghan	9.70	764	784	801	840	916	921	925	1,193
	Fianna Fáil	Geoff Power*	9.04	712	720	731	746	780	782	784	861
	Fianna Fáil	Dan Cowman*	8.43	664	682	695	812	860	867	869	929
	Green	Michael Power	6.78	534	562	625	640	722	729	730
	Independent	Joe Conway	5.95	469	487	525	556
	Fianna Fáil	Blaise Hannigan	5.22	411	427	439
	Independent	Betty Twomey*	4.07	321	333
	Progressive Democrats	Paul Dunne	3.64	287
Electorate: 13,607   Valid: 7,879 (57.90%)   Spoilt: 153   Quota: 1,126   Turnout: 8,032 (59.03%)