2004 Irish local government election
2004 Clare 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 32 seats to Clare County Council |
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| First party | Second party | Third party | | | | | Party | Fianna Fáil | Fine Gael | Green | Seats won | 15 | 10 | 1 | Seat change | -3 | +1 | +1 | | | Fourth party | Fifth party | Sixth party | | | | | Party | Labour | Independent | Progressive Democrats | Seats won | 1 | 5 | 0 | Seat change | +1 | +1 | -1 | |
![](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/83/Clare_in_Ireland.svg/300px-Clare_in_Ireland.svg.png) Map showing the area of Clare County Council |
| Council control after election TBD | |
An election to Clare County Council took place on 11 June 2004 as part of that year's Irish local elections. 32 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% | ±% |
| Fianna Fáil | 15 | -3 | 22,717 | 41.51 | |
| Fine Gael | 10 | +1 | 15,779 | 28.83 | |
| Green | 1 | +1 | 2,466 | 4.51 | |
| Labour | 1 | +1 | 1,815 | 3.32 | |
| Independent | 5 | +1 | 8,801 | 16.08 | |
| Progressive Democrats | 0 | -1 | 2,103 | 3.84 | |
Totals | 32 | - | 54,725 | 100.00 | — |
Results by local electoral area
Ennis
Ennis - 7 seats Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count |
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 |
| Fine Gael | Joe Carey* | 15.97 | 1,939 | | | | | | | | | |
| Fianna Fáil | Pat Daly* | 11.60 | 1,409 | 1,442 | 1,459 | 1,499 | 1,545 | | | | | |
| Independent | Tommy Brennan* | 9.75 | 1,184 | 1,213 | 1,231 | 1,278 | 1,355 | 1,420 | 1,459 | 1,791 | | |
| Fine Gael | Sonny Scanlan* | 9.12 | 1,108 | 1,166 | 1,195 | 1,215 | 1,233 | 1,277 | 1,394 | 1,441 | 1,457 | 1,461 |
| Green | Brian Meaney | 8.33 | 1,011 | 1,033 | 1,057 | 1,105 | 1,174 | 1,349 | 1,425 | 1,516 | 1,551 | |
| Fianna Fáil | Peter Considine* | 7.72 | 937 | 956 | 963 | 1,008 | 1,044 | 1,069 | 1,203 | 1,294 | 1,359 | 1,362 |
| Fianna Fáil | Bernard Hanrahan* | 6.86 | 833 | 913 | 938 | 965 | 985 | 999 | 1,160 | 1,250 | 1,280 | 1,281 |
| Independent | Frankie Neylon | 6.19 | 752 | 770 | 798 | 822 | 875 | 929 | 962 | | | |
| Fine Gael | Tony Mulqueen | 6.15 | 747 | 835 | 857 | 910 | 942 | 1,007 | 1,044 | 1,177 | 1,226 | 1,240 |
| Fianna Fáil | Tom Malone | 5.15 | 626 | 636 | 649 | 674 | 701 | 738 | | | | |
| Labour | Paul O'Shea | 4.91 | 596 | 608 | 610 | 629 | 659 | | | | | |
| Sinn Féin | Paddy Barrett | 3.59 | 436 | 446 | 464 | 472 | | | | | | |
| Progressive Democrats | Roger Leyden | 2.96 | 359 | 379 | 384 | | | | | | | |
| Independent | J.J. McCabe | 1.70 | 207 | 228 | | | | | | | | |
Electorate: 22,471 Valid: 12,144 (54.04%) Spoilt: 215 Quota: 1,519 Turnout: 12,359 (55.00%) |
Ennistymon
Ennistymon - 6 seats Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count |
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 |
| Fianna Fáil | Michael Kelly | 14.49 | 1,533 | | | | |
| Fine Gael | Joe Arkins* | 13.90 | 1,470 | 1,624 | | | |
| Fianna Fáil | Richard Nagle* | 11.68 | 1,235 | 1,267 | 1,368 | 1,376 | 1,381 |
| Fine Gael | Martin Conway | 11.67 | 1,234 | 1,324 | 1,438 | 1,488 | 1,506 |
| Fianna Fáil | Michael Hillery* | 11.54 | 1,221 | 1,251 | 1,313 | 1,318 | 1,321 |
| Fianna Fáil | Flan Garvey* | 11.42 | 1,208 | 1,272 | 1,526 | | |
| Independent | Martin Lafferty* | 11.04 | 1,168 | 1,362 | 1,492 | 1,541 | |
| Fianna Fáil | Tom Burke* | 7.64 | 808 | 852 | | | |
| Green | Ann Marie Flanagan | 6.62 | 700 | | | | |
Electorate: 15,711 Valid: 10,577 (67.32%) Spoilt: 129 Quota: 1,512 Turnout: 10,706 (68.14%) |
Killaloe
Killaloe - 4 seats Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count |
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 |
| Fianna Fáil | Cathal Crowe | 13.13 | 940 | 971 | 1,105 | 1,163 | 1,320 | 1,326 | 1,701 | |
| Fine Gael | John McInerney | 12.29 | 880 | 925 | 997 | 1,297 | 1,454 | | | |
| Fianna Fáil | Pat O'Gorman* | 11.58 | 829 | 839 | 873 | 938 | 988 | 989 | 1,136 | 1,233 |
| Fianna Fáil | Tony O'Brien | 11.03 | 790 | 827 | 838 | 934 | 978 | 980 | 1,136 | 1,239 |
| Labour | Pascal Fitzgerald | 10.91 | 781 | 865 | 938 | 979 | 1,141 | 1,149 | 1,252 | 1,299 |
| Fianna Fáil | Michael Begley* | 10.77 | 771 | 791 | 803 | 877 | 975 | 979 | | |
| Fine Gael | Batt Skehan | 9.51 | 681 | 719 | 746 | | | | | |
| Progressive Democrats | Mary Mannion* | 9.12 | 653 | 697 | 757 | 809 | | | | |
| Independent | Noel Broggy | 6.38 | 457 | 494 | | | | | | |
| Green | Mick Murtagh | 5.29 | 379 | | | | | | | |
Electorate: 11,051 Valid: 7,161 (64.80%) Spoilt: 79 Quota: 1,433 Turnout: 7,240 (65.51%) |
Kilrush
Kilrush - 7 seats Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count |
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 |
| Independent | Christy Curtin* | 13.84 | 1,564 | | | | | | | |
| Fianna Fáil | P.J. Kelly* | 10.52 | 1,189 | 1,205 | 1,221 | 1,313 | 1,370 | 1,402 | 1,414 | |
| Fine Gael | Oliver Garry* | 10.25 | 1,158 | 1,169 | 1,187 | 1,205 | 1,251 | 1,422 | | |
| Fine Gael | Madeleine Taylor-Quinn* | 9.55 | 1,079 | 1,092 | 1,156 | 1,183 | 1,342 | 1,624 | | |
| Fianna Fáil | Tom Prendeville* | 9.05 | 1,022 | 1,026 | 1,049 | 1,083 | 1,207 | 1,246 | 1,273 | 1,294 |
| Fianna Fáil | Bill Chambers* | 8.98 | 1,015 | 1,036 | 1,065 | 1,197 | 1,354 | 1,473 | | |
| Fianna Fáil | Patrick Keane* | 8.90 | 1,006 | 1,011 | 1,036 | 1,061 | 1,123 | 1,184 | 1,206 | 1,228 |
| Independent | Oliver Keating | 7.25 | 819 | 830 | 906 | 951 | 1,045 | 1,137 | 1,191 | 1,207 |
| Progressive Democrats | Murt Collins | 6.74 | 762 | 785 | 813 | 848 | | | | |
| Fine Gael | Tim Donnellan | 5.99 | 677 | 698 | 725 | 894 | 980 | | | |
| Fianna Fáil | Michael Shannon | 5.42 | 612 | 633 | 649 | | | | | |
| Sinn Féin | Gerry Malone | 2.35 | 265 | 268 | | | | | | |
| Green | Cillian Murphy | 1.15 | 130 | 132 | | | | | | |
Electorate: 16,894 Valid: 11,298 (66.88%) Spoilt: 141 Quota: 1,413 Turnout: 11,439 (67.71%) |
Scariff
Scariff- 3 seats Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count |
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 |
| Fianna Fáil | Pat Hayes* | 26.93 | 1,469 | | | |
| Fine Gael | Paul Bugler* | 18.26 | 996 | 1,113 | 1,213 | 1,234 |
| Fianna Fáil | Colm Wiley* | 17.77 | 969 | 996 | 1,253 | 1,322 |
| Fine Gael | Joe Cooney | 17.46 | 952 | 985 | 1,278 | 1,293 |
| Independent | Jim McInerney | 12.69 | 692 | 793 | | |
| Green | Colm O'Brien | 4.51 | 246 | | | |
| Labour | Stanley Airewele | 2.38 | 130 | | | |
Electorate: 7,798 Valid: 5,454 (69.94%) Spoilt: 53 Quota: 1,364 Turnout: 5,507 (70.62%) |
Shannon
Shannon - 5 seats Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count |
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 |
| Fine Gael | John Crowe* | 14.84 | 1,201 | 1,214 | 1,225 | 1,280 | 1,300 | 1,511 | | |
| Fine Gael | Tony Mulcahy* | 14.77 | 1,195 | 1,207 | 1,252 | 1,286 | 1,350 | | | |
| Independent | Patricia McCarthy* | 13.79 | 1,116 | 1,134 | 1,199 | 1,252 | 1,353 | | | |
| Fianna Fáil | Pat McMahon* | 12.59 | 1,019 | 1,022 | 1,042 | 1,077 | 1,086 | 1,249 | 1,290 | 1,523 |
| Independent | Gerry Flynn | 9.43 | 763 | 778 | 829 | 845 | 917 | 956 | 994 | 1,418 |
| Fianna Fáil | P.J. Ryan | 8.65 | 700 | 722 | 729 | 761 | 766 | 793 | 803 | 940 |
| Fianna Fáil | Seán Hillery* | 7.12 | 576 | 580 | 598 | 632 | 666 | 692 | 712 | |
| Fine Gael | Brendan Ryan | 5.71 | 462 | 465 | 477 | 516 | 533 | | | |
| Progressive Democrats | Mary O'Donnell | 4.07 | 329 | 334 | 340 | | | | | |
| Sinn Féin | Cathy McCaffrey | 3.83 | 310 | 312 | | | | | | |
| Labour | Tony McMahon | 3.81 | 308 | 313 | 353 | 375 | | | | |
| Independent | Michael Naughton | 0.98 | 79 | | | | | | | |
| Socialist Workers | Dominic Haugh | 0.33 | 27 | | | | | | | |
| Socialist Workers | John McMahon | 0.07 | 6 | | | | | | | |
Electorate: 14,273 Valid: 8,091 (56.69%) Spoilt: 113 Quota: 1,349 Turnout: 8,204 (57.48%) |
External links
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