Fingal County Council election, 2004

11 June 2004

All 24 seats to Fingal County Council

	First party	Second party	Third party

Party	Labour Party	Fine Gael	Fianna Fáil
Seats won	6	5	4
Seat change	-	-	-2

	Fourth party	Fifth party	Sixth party

Party	Green Party	Socialist Party	Progressive Democrats
Seats won	3	2	1
Seat change	+2	-	-

	Seventh party	Eighth party

Party	Sinn Féin	Independent
Seats won	1	2
Seat change	+1	-1

Map showing the area of Fingal County Council

Council control after election

TBD

An election to Fingal County Council took place on 11 June 2004 as part of that year's Irish local elections. 24 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%	±%
	Labour Party	6	-	14,654	17.92
	Fine Gael	5	-	17,641	21.57
	Fianna Fáil	4	-2	16,817	20.56
	Green Party	3	+2	6,423	7.85
	Socialist Party	2	-	6,978	8.53
	Progressive Democrats	1	-	4,687	5.73
	Sinn Féin	1	+1	4,075	4.98
	Independent	2	-1	6,434	7.87
Totals		24	-	81,784	100%	—

Results by Electoral Area

Balbriggan

Balbriggan - 4 seats
Party		Candidate	% 1st Pref	Count 1	Count 2	Count 3	Count 4	Count 5	Count 6	Count 7	Count 8	Count 9	Count 10	Count 11	Count 12
	Independent	David O'Connor*	11.93	1,708	1,727	1,768	1,792	1,834	1,968	2,005	2,105	2,174	2,253	2,405	2,592
	Green Party	Joe Corr	10.20	1,460	1,482	1,523	1,564	1,655	1,670	1,719	1,782	1,985	2,154	2,248	2,526
	Fine Gael	Tom O'Leary*	9.63	1,378	1,391	1,402	1,488	1,494	1,507	1,521	1,555	1,598	1,854	1,937
	Fianna Fáil	Dermot Murray*	8.31	1,190	1,193	1,195	1,206	1,218	1,318	1,376	1,503	1,515	1,659
	Labour Party	Ciaran Byrne*	8.30	1,188	1,198	1,213	1,260	1,309	1,323	1,439	1,472	1,770	1,948	2,027	2,628
	Fianna Fáil	Liam Butterly	8.28	1,185	1,212	1,276	1,298	1,305	1,420	1,430	1,466	1,677	1,716	2,115	2,306
	Independent	May McKeon	7.70	1,102	1,104	1,131	1,157	1,226	1,240	1,425	1,662	1,692	1,962	2,440	2,570
	Fine Gael	Seán Brown	7.10	1,017	1,026	1,040	1,052	1,082	1,102	1,139	1,295	1,343
	Labour Party	Kevin Thorp	5.81	831	859	912	931	954	956	1,027	1,043
	Progressive Democrats	Gerry Gaughan	5.63	806	812	822	835	852	867	924
	Labour Party	Monica Harford	4.16	596	598	608	625	679	699
	Fianna Fáil	Stephanie Davis-O'Brien	3.43	491	494	497	504	509
	Socialist Party	Tadhg Kenahan	3.20	458	460	468	481
	Independent	Tommy Ryan	2.63	377	382	404
	Independent	James Archer	2.10	300	355
	Independent	Paddy Boyle	1.59	227
Electorate: 21,725 Valid: 14,314 (55.03%) Spoilt: 348 Quota: 2,863 Turnout: 14,662 (56.37%)

Castleknock

Castleknock - 4 seats
Party		Candidate	% 1st Pref	Count 1	Count 2	Count 3	Count 4	Count 5	Count 6
	Fine Gael	Dr.Leo Varadkar*	38.20	4,894
	Labour Party	Peggy Hamill*	12.13	1,554	2,235	2,348	2,449	2,749
	Fianna Fáil	Brenda Clifford	11.31	1,449	1,733	1,791	1,866	1,916	2,082
	Progressive Democrats	Mags Murray	10.05	1,288	1,817	1,903	1,951	2,034	2,439
	Fianna Fáil	Marian Quinlan	9.93	1,272	1,504	1,544	1,609	1,646	1,766
	Green Party	Roderic O'Gorman	5.20	666	944	1,054	1,187	1,434
	Socialist Party	Susan Fitzgerald	5.16	661	758	794	934
	Sinn Féin	Luke Stynes	4.64	594	674	703
	Independent	Fergal Molloy	3.38	433	583
Electorate: 23,677 Valid: 12,811 (54.11%) Spoilt: 249 Quota: 2,563 Turnout: 13,060 (55.16%)

Howth

Howth - 3 seats
Party		Candidate	% 1st Pref	Count 1	Count 2	Count 3	Count 4	Count 5	Count 6	Count 7	Count 8
	Fine Gael	Joan Maher*	25.78	2,612
	Fine Gael	Michael Joe Cosgrave*	15.33	1,553	1,600	1,631	1,744	1,815	1,959	2,166	2,386
	Green Party	David Healy	12.26	1,242	1,271	1,281	1,379	1,509	1,761	1,919	2,562
	Fianna Fáil	Liam Creaven*	9.80	993	1,059	1,065	1,124	1,162	1,184	1,716	1,781
	Socialist Party	Brian Greene	8.04	815	846	851	868	1,023	1,214	1,277
	Fianna Fáil	Geraldine Wall	8.02	812	898	907	1,057	1,104	1,169
	Labour Party	Vivienne Kelly	6.59	668	681	688	742	804
	Sinn Féin	Bernie Quinn	5.69	576	598	600	610
	Progressive Democrats	Noelle Ryan	5.16	523	543	552
	Fianna Fáil	Brian Geoghegan	3.33	337
Electorate: 17,708 Valid: 10,131 (57.21%) Spoilt: 212 Quota: 2,533 Turnout: 10,343 (58.41%)

Malahide

Malahide - 4 seats
Party		Candidate	% 1st Pref	Count 1	Count 2	Count 3	Count 4	Count 5
	Labour Party	Peter Coyle*	33.61	3,958
	Fianna Fáil	Darragh O'Brien*	16.98	2,000	2,095	2,144	2,444
	Green Party	Robbie Kelly*	14.83	1,747	2,340	2,469
	Fianna Fáil	Barbara Foley	12.01	1,415	1,583	1,660	1,957	1,969
	Fine Gael	Alan Farrell	8.24	971	1,139	1,642	2,080	2,140
	Progressive Democrats	Nicola Byrne	8.93	1,052	1,308	1,410
	Fine Gael	Paul Cuddy	5.38	634	956
Electorate: 21,109 Valid: 11,777 (55.79%) Spoilt: 318 Quota: 2,356 Turnout: 12,095 (57.30%)

Mulhuddart

Mulhuddart - 4 seats
Party		Candidate	% 1st Pref	Count 1	Count 2	Count 3	Count 4	Count 5	Count 6	Count 7	Count 8	Count 9
	Sinn Féin	Martin Christie	15.22	1,910	1,923	1,965	2,050	2,099	2,129	2,182	2,225	2,445
	Socialist Party	Ruth Coppinger*	14.72	1,848	1,858	1,911	1,960	2,387	2,420	2,485	2,537
	Labour Party	Michael O'Donovan*	13.94	1,750	1,756	1,809	1,840	1,889	1,955	2,079	2,156	2,467
	Fianna Fáil	Margaret Richardson*	10.17	1,277	1,284	1,291	1,311	1,324	1,375	1,436	1,940	2,161
	Fine Gael	Jon Rainey*	8.58	1,077	1,081	1,097	1,102	1,107	1,213	1,578	1,755	1,887
	Independent	Gerry Lynam*	7.55	948	989	1,018	1,083	1,113	1,179	1,249	1,323
	Fianna Fáil	Michael Smyth	7.23	908	910	919	922	930	1,069	1,115
	Fine Gael	Gary O'Connor	6.08	763	769	782	793	802	896
	Progressive Democrats	Ben Howe	4.87	611	614	653	659	668
	Socialist Party	Helen Redwood	4.84	607	610	628	656
	Green Party	Robert Bonnie	2.71	340	353
	Independent	Gerard Murray	2.42	304	393	412
	Independent	Paul Hand	1.67	209
Electorate: 25,860 Valid: 12,552 (48.549%) Spoilt: 373 Quota: 2,511 Turnout: 12,925 (49.98%)

Swords

Swords - 5 seats
Party		Candidate	% 1st Pref	Count 1	Count 2	Count 3	Count 4	Count 5	Count 6	Count 7	Count 8	Count 9	Count 10	Count 11
	Socialist Party	Clare Daly*	16.51	2,763	2,783	2,815
	Fianna Fáil	Michael Kennedy*	13.54	2,266	2,293	2,359	2,389	2,413	2,496	2,613	2,735	3,505
	Labour Party	Gerry McGuire*	9.00	1,506	1,512	1,539	1,553	1,753	1,814	1,872	2,001	2,040	2,098	2,419
	Labour Party	Ken Farrell	8.22	1,375	1,475	1,484	1,501	1,511	1,549	1,572	1,649	1,697	1,727
	Fine Gael	Anne Devitt*	7.45	1,246	1,277	1,324	1,337	1,394	1,740	1,814	1,871	2,070	2,204	2,408
	Labour Party	Tom Kelleher*	7.34	1,228	1,231	1,262	1,300	1,321	1,398	1,551	1,697	1,810	1,891	2,408
	Fianna Fáil	Martina Coombes	7.30	1,222	1,230	1,273	1,285	1,316	1,353	1,438	1,519
	Sinn Féin	Matt McCormack	5.95	995	1,001	1,012	1,091	1,101	1,118	1,239
	Green Party	Kenneth Duffy	5.79	968	988	1,033	1,089	1,143	1,221	1,353	1,588	1,713	1,800	1,992
	Independent	Joe O'Neill	4.94	826	827	863	936	942	982
	Fine Gael	Sean Dolphin*	4.05	678	713	740	749	847
	Fine Gael	Bob Dowling	3.09	517	536	550	554
	Socialist Party	Michael O'Brien	2.59	433	433	441
	Progressive Democrats	Mary O'Donnell	2.43	407	421
	Fine Gael	Emer Kernan	1.80	301
Electorate: 30,694 Valid: 16,731 (54.51%) Spoilt: 317 Quota: 2,789 Turnout: 17,048 (55.54%)

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