Laois County Council election, 2004

Laois County Council election, 2004
Republic of Ireland
11 June 2004

All 25 seats to Laois County Council
  First party Second party Third party
 
Party Fianna Fáil Fine Gael Progressive Democrats
Seats won 11 9 1
Seat change -3 -1 +1

  Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party
 
Party Labour Party Sinn Féin Independent
Seats won 1 1 2
Seat change +1 +1 +1

Map showing the area of Laois County Council

Council control after election

TBD

An election to Laois County Council took place on 11 June 2004 as part of that year's Irish local elections. 25 councillors were elected from five 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 -3 11,521 37.74%
Fine Gael 9 -1 8,504 27.86%
Progressive Democrats 1 +1 3,072 10.06%
Labour Party 1 +1 1,250 4.09%
Sinn Féin 1 +1 1,147 3.76%
Independent 2 +1 4,813 15.77%
Totals 25 - 30,527 100%

Results by Electoral Area

Borris-in-Ossory

Borris-in-Ossory - 7 seats
Party Candidate % 1st Pref Count 1 Count 2Count 3Count 4Count 5Count 6Count 7Count 8Count 9
Fianna Fáil John Joe Fennelly* 14.66 1,341                
Fine Gael Michael Lalor* 12.85 1,175                
Fianna Fáil Brendan Phelan* 11.96 1,094 1,109 1,110 1,190          
Fine Gael John Bonham* 10.65 974 1,011 1,014 1,021 1,021 1,103 1,280    
Labour Party Larry Kavanagh 9.45 864 886 897 943 946 979 1,044 1,072 1,125
Fine Gael John King 8.20 750 753 756 842 853 880 899 913 939
Fine Gael Marty Phelan* 7.76 710 719 726 746 749 832 899 924 1,025
Fianna Fáil Bill Delaney* 6.51 595 641 645 702 720 758 786 809 1,039
Independent Jim Ring 4.83 442 470 471 482 484 529      
Fianna Fáil Seosamh Murphy 4.59 420 448 448 454 459 545 618 637  
Progressive Democrats James Walsh 4.28 391 396 396 445 449        
Progressive Democrats Joseph Hanrahan 4.26 390 394 395            
Electorate: 14,162   Valid: 9,146 (64.58%)   Spoilt: 155   Quota: 1,144   Turnout: 9,301 (65.68%)

Emo

Emo- 4 seats
Party Candidate % 1st Pref Count 1 Count 2Count 3Count 4Count 5
Fianna Fáil Ray Cribbin* 17.17 832 891 919 953 995
Progressive Democrats Paul Mitchell 15.25 739 749 811 876 931
Fine Gael James Deegan* 15.08 731 757 874 980  
Fianna Fáil Michael Costello* 14.44 700 743 766 789 832
Independent Michael Turley* 11.59 562 606 629 679 918
Independent Kevin Maher 8.50 412 439 456 523  
Progressive Democrats Tom Cushen 7.18 348 363 373    
Fine Gael Trevor Wardrop 5.80 281 285      
Fianna Fáil Joseph Oakley 4.99 242        
Electorate: 8,110   Valid: 4,847 (59.77%)   Spoilt: 82   Quota: 970   Turnout: 4,929 (60.78%)

Luggacurren

Luggacurren- 4 seats
Party Candidate % 1st Pref Count 1 Count 2Count 3Count 4
Fine Gael John Moran* 22.99 1,027      
Fine Gael James Daly* 18.60 831 894    
Fianna Fáil Dick Miller 18.09 808 819 846 950
Fianna Fáil Michael Rice* 18.62 694 733 766 866
Fianna Fáil Mary Wheatley* 12.36 552 562 582 681
Progressive Democrats Jimmy Mulhall 7.05 315 341 404  
Green Party Matt Diskin 4.93 220 225    
Electorate: 7,301   Valid: 4,467 (61.18%)   Spoilt: 89   Quota: 894   Turnout: 4,556 (62.40%)

Mountmellick

Mountmellick- 4 seats
Party Candidate % 1st Pref Count 1 Count 2Count 3Count 4Count 5Count 6Count 7Count 8Count 9
Fine Gael David Goodwin* 13.36 671 675 693 807 883 1,096      
Fianna Fáil Paddy Bracken* 14.23 715 732 747 800 903 914 921 1,143  
Fianna Fáil Seamus McDonald* 13.32 669 673 710 722 766 844 863 937 992
Fianna Fáil Michael Moloney 10.93 549 562 576 610 674 685 690 812 864
Fianna Fáil Joe Digan* 10.55 530 538 559 562 579 709 736 751 782
Independent Pat Bowe 8.72 438 463 480 516 561 585 618    
Fine Gael Damien Moran 7.96 400 409 459 520 546        
Progressive Democrats John Joe Dunne 6.81 342 348 400 432          
Fine Gael Paddy Buggy 6.61 332 344 369            
Progressive Democrats Caroline Fitzpatrick-Mulhall 5.00 251 260              
Sinn Féin John Nelson 2.53 127                
Electorate: 7,036   Valid: 5,024 (71.40%)   Spoilt: 71   Quota: 1,005   Turnout: 5,095 (72.41%)

Portlaoise

Portlaoise - 6 seats
Party Candidate % 1st Pref Count 1 Count 2Count 3Count 4Count 5Count 6Count 7Count 8Count 9
Fine Gael William Aird* 17.61 1,244 712 718 730 750 770 850      
Sinn Féin Brian Stanley 14.44 1,020 422 426 434 461 472 483 540 541  
Fine Gael Mary Sweeney* 11.33 800 850 877 906 991 1,073      
Independent Tom Jacob 9.77 690 723 747 786 804 844 893 904 1,021
Fianna Fáil Jerry Lodge* 9.44 667 683 696 717 772 809 953 962 626 1,018
Fianna Fáil Catherine Fitzgerald* 7.86 555 570 581 598 631 679 772 781 839
Fine Gael Kathleen O'Brien 6.17 436 497 508 544 555 591 617 640 748
Independent Rotimi Adebari 5.82 411 420 437 477 481 523 549 556  
Progressive Democrats Helen Kelly 4.19 296 315 322 333 349        
Fianna Fáil Jack Nolan 3.96 280 292 303 310 361 388      
Fianna Fáil Richard Lyons 3.94 278 284 290 297          
Labour Party Tom Phelan 2.97 210 213 260            
Labour Party John Conroy 2.49 176 186              
Electorate: 12,034   Valid: 7,063 (58.69%)   Spoilt: 107   Quota: 1,010   Turnout: 7,170 (59.58%)

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Preceded by
Laois County Council election, 1999
Laois County Council elections Succeeded by
Laois County Council election, 2009