Kildare County Council

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Kildare County Council is the local authority for County Kildare, founded by the Local Government (Ireland) Act 1898 along with the other councils of Ireland. It covers the whole of County Kildare, although three towns - Leixlip, Naas and Athy - have separate Town Councils under the Local Government Act 2001.

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[edit] Elections

For electoral purposes, 6 electoral areas exist - the Athy, Celbridge, Clane, Kildare, Leixlip and Naas Electoral Areas. The council is controlled by a Fine Gael/Labour Party/Green Party coalition along with the independent councillors Gerry McDonagh and Mary Glennon. The current mayor is Fionnuala Dukes of Fine Gael, with Mary Glennon as deputy. Previous mayors in the current session have included John McGinley of the Labour Party.

Elections are by Single Transferrable Vote.

[edit] 2004 Elections

Only councillors who successfully obtained a seat are listed. The title of Councillor indicates a sitting councillor.

[edit] Athy Electoral Area

2004 Elections
Candidate Party 1st Pref % Seat Count
Cllr. Martin Miley, Jr Fianna Fáil 2,146 25.90 1 2
Mark Dalton Fianna Fáil 1,973 24.38 2 5
Cllr. Rainsford Hendy Fine Gael 1,900 23.47 3 5

[edit] Celbridge Electoral Area

2004 Elections
Candidate Party 1st Pref % Seat Count
Cllr. Kevin Byrne Labour Party 2,436 33.46 1 1
Cllr. Geraldine Conway Fianna Fáil 1,840 25.27 2 6
Katie Ridge Fine Gael 1,658 22.77 2 6

[edit] Clane Electoral Area

2004 Elections
Candidate Party 1st Pref % Seat Count
Brendan Weld Fine Gael 2,187 20.56 1 5
Cllr. Tony McEvoy Independent 2,154 20.25 2 5
Cllr. Michael Fitzpatrick Fianna Fáil 2,153 20.24 3 5
Liam Doyle Fianna Fáil 1829 17.19 4 5

[edit] Kildare Electoral Area

2004 Elections
Candidate Party 1st Pref % Seat Count
Cllr. Fiona O'Loughlin Fianna Fáil 2,333 14.8 1 3
Cllr. Suzanne Doyle Fianna Fáil 2,315 14.7 2 12
Cllr. Fionnuala Dukes Fine Gael 2,243 14.3 3 13
Pat Black Fianna Fáil 2,138 13.6 4 13
Francis Browne Labour Party 1,760 11.2 5 13
Michael "Spike" Nolan Fine Gael 1,699 10.8 6 13

[edit] Leixlip Electoral Area

2004 Elections
Candidate Party 1st Pref % Seat Count
Cllr. Catherine Murphy Independent 2,101 20.5 1 3
Cllr. Paul Kelly Fianna Fáil 2,089 20.4 2 6
Cllr. John McGinley Labour Party 1,913 18.7 3 6
Cllr. Senan Griffin Fine Gael 1,832 17.9 4 6
2004 Elections
Candidate Party 1st Pref % Seat Count
Cllr. Mary Glennon Independent 2,432 17.1 1 11
Cllr. Billy Hillis Fine Gael 2,267 15.9 2 11
Paddy McNamara Labour Party 2,267 15.9 3 11
Cllr. Willie Callaghan Fianna Fáil 2,156 15.1 4 11
J.J Power Green Party 2,087 14.6 5 11

[edit] Changes

In February 2005, Catherine Murphy was elected to Dáil Éireann for the Kildare North constituency and was required to resign her seat. Gerry McDonagh was co-opted to take her seat.

[edit] Party Standings

Party June 2004
  Fianna Fáil 8
  Fine Gael 6
  Labour 4
  Independent 3
  Green Party 1

[edit] See also

[edit] External links

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