2004 Irish local government election
2004 Cavan County Council election![](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/45/Flag_of_Ireland.svg/50px-Flag_of_Ireland.svg.png)
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All 25 seats on Cavan County Council |
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| First party | Second party | Third party | | | | | Party | Fianna Fáil | Fine Gael | Sinn Féin | Seats won | 11 | 11 | 3 | Seat change | -2 | +2 | +1 | | | Fourth party | | | | | Party | Independent | | Seats won | 0 | | Seat change | -1 | | |
![](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/03/Cavan_in_Ireland.svg/300px-Cavan_in_Ireland.svg.png) Map showing the area of Cavan County Council |
| Council control after election TBD | |
An election to Cavan County Council took place on 5 June 2004 as part of that year's Irish local elections. 25 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% | ±% |
| Fine Gael | 11 | +2 | 13,889 | 43.97 | |
| Fianna Fáil | 11 | -2 | 13,001 | 41.16 | |
| Sinn Féin | 3 | +1 | 3,671 | 11.62 | |
| Independent | 0 | -1 | 787 | 2.49 | |
Totals | 25 | - | 31,588 | 100.00 | — |
Results by local electoral area
Bailieborough
Bailieborough - 7 seats Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count |
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 |
| Fine Gael | Joe O'Reilly* | 14.62 | 1,291 | | | | | | | | | |
| Fine Gael | Aidan Boyle* | 11.50 | 997 | 1,009 | 1,012 | 1,153 | | | | | | |
| Fianna Fáil | Clifford Kelly* | 10.47 | 925 | 929 | 978 | 983 | 983 | 1,141 | | | | |
| Fine Gael | Fred Kettyle | 10.24 | 904 | 938 | 958 | 1,046 | 1,061 | 1,228 | | | | |
| Sinn Féin | Paddy McDonald | 10.20 | 901 | 931 | 985 | 1,003 | 1,007 | 1,070 | 1,081 | 1,089 | 1,227 | |
| Fianna Fáil | Francis McDermott* | 9.51 | 840 | 847 | 878 | 882 | 883 | 924 | 935 | 942 | 1,015 | 1,040 |
| Fianna Fáil | Michael McCarey | 7.39 | 653 | 655 | 671 | 710 | 721 | 735 | 745 | 749 | 861 | 877 |
| Fianna Fáil | Turlough Smith* | 6.63 | 586 | 600 | 688 | 730 | 733 | 745 | 754 | 760 | 851 | 860 |
| Independent | Winston Turner* | 5.88 | 519 | 544 | 571 | 606 | 608 | 670 | 717 | 728 | | |
| Fine Gael | Margaret O'Reilly | 5.81 | 518 | 538 | 545 | 584 | 596 | | | | | |
| Fine Gael | Matt McPhillips | 5.41 | 391 | 420 | 426 | | | | | | | |
| Fianna Fáil | Eamonn Donnelly | 5.23 | 307 | 316 | | | | | | | | |
Electorate: 13,247 Valid: 8,832 (66.67%) Spoilt: 167 Quota: 1,105 Turnout: 8,999 (67.93%) |
Ballyjamesduff
Ballyjamesduff - 6 seats Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count |
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 |
| Fine Gael | Paddy O'Reilly* | 14.04 | 1,109 | 1,213 | | | | | |
| Fine Gael | Paddy Smith | 12.05 | 952 | 993 | 1,046 | 1,065 | 1,395 | | |
| Fianna Fáil | Shane P. O'Reilly | 11.14 | 880 | 924 | 995 | 1,025 | 1,042 | 1,056 | 1,067 |
| Fianna Fáil | Francie Fitzsimons* | 10.70 | 845 | 865 | 912 | 919 | 954 | 992 | 1,001 |
| Fine Gael | Mary Brady | 10.46 | 826 | 924 | 969 | 983 | 1,206 | | |
| Sinn Féin | Pauline Tully-McCauley* | 9.76 | 771 | 830 | 891 | 896 | 1,002 | 1,063 | 1,097 |
| Fianna Fáil | Danny Brady* | 9.50 | 750 | 788 | 957 | 957 | 1,020 | 1,048 | 1,071 |
| Fine Gael | Dessie Boylan* | 8.81 | 696 | 723 | 814 | 819 | | | |
| Fianna Fáil | Patsy Sheridan | 7.10 | 561 | 594 | | | | | |
| Independent | Sean Sheridan | 3.39 | 268 | | | | | | |
| Labour | Margaret Hopkins | 3.04 | 240 | | | | | | |
Electorate: 12,029 Valid: 7,898 (65.66%) Spoilt: 117 Quota: 1,129 Turnout: 8,015 (66.63%) |
Belturbet
Belturbet - 5 seats Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count |
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 |
| Fine Gael | Maura Maguire-Lynch* | 21.03 | 1,316 | | | | | |
| Fianna Fáil | Seán Smith* | 16.93 | 1,059 | | | | | |
| Fine Gael | Peter McVitty* | 15.97 | 999 | 1,195 | | | | |
| Fianna Fáil | Anthony Vesey* | 13.97 | 874 | 891 | 929 | 941 | 946 | 1,055 |
| Fianna Fáil | Eddie Feeley* | 11.65 | 729 | 732 | 744 | 821 | 828 | 942 |
| Fianna Fáil | Seamus McGahern | 8.68 | 543 | 582 | 613 | 629 | 631 | 732 |
| Sinn Féin | Donal Carlin | 6.78 | 424 | 435 | 450 | 622 | 624 | |
| Sinn Féin | Eddie Fitzpatrick | 5.00 | 313 | 320 | 327 | | | |
Electorate: 9,190 Valid: 6,257 (68.08%) Spoilt: 124 Quota: 1,043 Turnout: 6,381 (69.43%) |
Cavan
Cavan - 7 seats Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count |
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 |
| Fine Gael | Andrew Boylan* | 15.25 | 1,312 | | | | | | |
| Sinn Féin | Charlie Boylan* | 14.67 | 1,262 | | | | | | |
| Fine Gael | Madeleine Argue* | 14.08 | 1,211 | | | | | | |
| Fianna Fáil | T.P. Smith* | 10.35 | 890 | 930 | 992 | 1,006 | 1,163 | | |
| Fianna Fáil | Gerry Murray* | 8.50 | 731 | 738 | 763 | 770 | 853 | 870 | 1,141 |
| Fine Gael | Paul Cooney | 8.07 | 694 | 750 | 774 | 806 | 841 | 847 | 877 |
| Fine Gael | Winston Bennett | 7.82 | 673 | 751 | 769 | 812 | 836 | 844 | 1,024 |
| Fianna Fáil | Charlie Fleming* | 7.56 | 650 | 656 | 675 | 678 | 769 | 784 | |
| Fianna Fáil | Patricia Walsh | 7.37 | 634 | 657 | 677 | 696 | 849 | 890 | 1,075 |
| Fianna Fáil | Ray Carolan | 6.32 | 544 | 570 | 588 | 605 | | | |
Electorate: 14,238 Valid: 8,601 (60.41%) Spoilt: 171 Quota: 1,076 Turnout: 8,772 (61.61%) |
External links
- Official website[permanent dead link]