2004 Irish local government election
2004 Cork City Council election![](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/45/Flag_of_Ireland.svg/50px-Flag_of_Ireland.svg.png)
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← 1999 | 11 June 2004 | 2009 → |
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All 31 seats on Cork City Council |
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| First party | Second party | Third party | | | | | Party | Fianna Fáil | Fine Gael | Labour | Seats won | 11 | 8 | 6 | Seat change | -1 | 0 | +1 | | | Fourth party | Fifth party | Sixth party | | | | | Party | Sinn Féin | Green | Progressive Democrats | Seats won | 2 | 1 | 1 | Seat change | +1 | 0 | -1 | | | Seventh party | Eighth party | | | | Party | Socialist Party | Independent | Seats won | 1 | 1 | Seat change | +1 | -1 | |
![](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1f/Cork_City_in_Ireland.svg/300px-Cork_City_in_Ireland.svg.png) Map showing the area of Cork City Council |
An election to Cork City Council took place on 11 June 2004 as part of the 2004 Irish local elections. 31 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 | 11 | -1 | 14,257 | 29.06 | |
| Fine Gael | 8 | 0 | 10,839 | 22.09 | |
| Labour | 6 | +1 | 6,493 | 13.23 | |
| Sinn Féin | 2 | +1 | 5,089 | 10.37 | |
| Green | 1 | 0 | 3,337 | 6.80 | |
| Progressive Democrats | 1 | -1 | 2,300 | 4.69 | |
| Socialist Party | 1 | +1 | 1,390 | 2.83 | |
| Independent | 1 | -1 | 4,527 | 9.23 | |
Totals | 31 | 0 | 49,064 | 100.00 | — |
Results by local electoral area
Cork North-Central
Cork North-Central - 5 seats Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count |
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 |
| Socialist Party | Mick Barry | 17.47 | 1,390 | | | | | | |
| Fianna Fáil | Gary O'Flynn* | 13.97 | 1,112 | 1,115 | 1,150 | 1,163 | 1,194 | 1,236 | 1,300 |
| Fianna Fáil | Damian Wallace* | 13.31 | 1,059 | 1,062 | 1,095 | 1,116 | 1,138 | 1,178 | 1,232 |
| Labour | Catherine Clancy* | 11.33 | 902 | 913 | 948 | 1,076 | 1,151 | 1,203 | 1,341 |
| Sinn Féin | Jackie Connolly | 10.25 | 816 | 832 | 858 | 893 | 949 | 988 | 1,135 |
| Fine Gael | Patricia Gosch* | 9.74 | 775 | 780 | 821 | 860 | 903 | 1,075 | 1,185 |
| Independent | Paddy Brown | 6.61 | 526 | 535 | 551 | 574 | 640 | 693 | |
| Fine Gael | Joe O'Callaghan | 5.81 | 462 | 465 | 477 | 486 | 508 | | |
| Green | Ian Mitchell | 4.34 | 345 | 351 | 368 | 390 | | | |
| Labour | Suzanne Mullins | 3.78 | 301 | 305 | 315 | | | | |
| Progressive Democrats | Dave Buckley | 3.39 | 270 | 273 | | | | | |
Electorate: 14,640 Valid: 7,958 (54.36%) Spoilt: 256 Quota: 1,327 Turnout: 8,214 (56.11%) |
Cork North-East
Cork North-East - 5 seats Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count |
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 |
| Progressive Democrats | Mairin Quill* | 17.28 | 1,169 | | | | | |
| Fianna Fáil | Tim Brosnan* | 15.11 | 1,022 | 1,129 | | | | |
| Labour | John Kelleher* | 14.78 | 1,000 | 1,033 | 1,042 | 1,154 | | |
| Fine Gael | Dara Murphy | 10.76 | 728 | 740 | 749 | 909 | 964 | 1,121 |
| Sinn Féin | Annette Spillanne | 8.88 | 601 | 613 | 615 | 636 | 784 | 975 |
| Fianna Fáil | David Whyte | 8.40 | 568 | 630 | 639 | 672 | 729 | 796 |
| Green | Philip Jones | 7.21 | 488 | 494 | 500 | 553 | 679 | |
| Workers' Party | Ted Tynan | 7.01 | 474 | 489 | 492 | 519 | | |
| Fine Gael | Derek Connolly | 6.43 | 435 | 447 | 450 | | | |
| Fianna Fáil | Ernie Nelson* | 4.14 | 280 | | | | | |
Electorate: 13,501 Valid: 6,765 (50.11%) Spoilt: 123 Quota: 1,128 Turnout: 6,888 (51.02%) |
Cork North-West
Cork North-West - 5 seats Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count |
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 |
| Sinn Féin | Jonathan O'Brien* | 17.25 | 1,150 | | | | | | | | |
| Fianna Fáil | Dave McCarthy* | 16.68 | 1,112 | | | | | | | | |
| Fine Gael | Colm Burke* | 13.26 | 884 | 886 | 916 | 1,012 | 1,109 | 1,134 | | | |
| Labour | Michael O'Connell* | 10.68 | 712 | 720 | 765 | 778 | 814 | 888 | 893 | 956 | 1,070 |
| Independent | Mick Ahern | 7.98 | 532 | 537 | 546 | 564 | 571 | 607 | 608 | 632 | 749 |
| Fianna Fáil | Tony Fitzgerald | 7.11 | 474 | 477 | 481 | 487 | 512 | 552 | 553 | 768 | 871 |
| Fianna Fáil | Tony O'Neill | 6.54 | 436 | 438 | 448 | 471 | 490 | 513 | 514 | | |
| Workers' Party | Mick Crowley | 5.37 | 358 | 364 | 383 | 387 | 415 | | | | |
| Independent | Christine O'Brien | 5.11 | 341 | 346 | 372 | 393 | 435 | 513 | 517 | 566 | |
| Fine Gael | Patty O'Brien | 4.08 | 272 | 275 | 286 | 291 | | | | | |
| Independent | John Houlihan | 3.19 | 213 | 214 | 226 | | | | | | |
| Green | Geoffrey Kane | 2.74 | 183 | 186 | | | | | | | |
Electorate: 13,376 Valid: 6,667 (49.84%) Spoilt: 186 Quota: 1,112 Turnout: 6,853 (51.23%) |
Cork South-Central
Cork South-Central - 5 seats Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count |
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 |
| Independent | Con O'Connell* | 20.51 | 1,564 | | | | | |
| Labour | Ciarán Lynch | 16.08 | 1,226 | 1,287 | | | | |
| Fianna Fáil | Seán Martin* | 15.62 | 1,191 | 1,215 | 1,254 | 1,334 | | |
| Fianna Fáil | Tom O'Driscoll* | 14.83 | 1,131 | 1,192 | 1,226 | 1,310 | | |
| Fine Gael | Denis Cregan* | 11.02 | 840 | 880 | 932 | 1,043 | 1,068 | 1,095 |
| Sinn Féin | Fiona Kerins | 9.22 | 703 | 760 | 845 | 1,039 | 1,052 | 1,064 |
| Green | Mary Ryder | 8.00 | 610 | 637 | 721 | | | |
| Independent | Paudie Dineen | 3.28 | 250 | 264 | | | | |
| Independent | Ted Neville | 1.44 | 110 | 119 | | | | |
Electorate: 14,777 Valid: 7,625 (51.60%) Spoilt: 198 Quota: 1,271 Turnout: 7,823 (52.94%) |
Cork South-East
Cork South-East - 6 seats Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count |
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 |
| Fine Gael | Deirdre Clune* | 20.26 | 2,307 | | | | | |
| Fianna Fáil | Donal Counihan* | 12.55 | 1,429 | 1,477 | 1,499 | 1,526 | 1,630 | |
| Fianna Fáil | Terry Shannon* | 11.86 | 1,351 | 1,390 | 1,414 | 1,430 | 1,525 | 1,625 |
| Labour | Denis O'Flynn* | 11.74 | 1,337 | 1,391 | 1,417 | 1,464 | 1,517 | 1,651 |
| Green | Chris O'Leary* | 9.54 | 1,086 | 1,123 | 1,174 | 1,252 | 1,404 | 1,742 |
| Fine Gael | Jim Corr* | 8.80 | 1,002 | 1,357 | 1,459 | 1,478 | 1,514 | 1,565 |
| Progressive Democrats | Teresa O'Brien* | 7.56 | 861 | 924 | 942 | 965 | 994 | 1,040 |
| Sinn Féin | Dermot O'Mahony | 7.02 | 799 | 807 | 824 | 878 | 946 | |
| Fianna Fáil | Seán Hourihan | 5.09 | 580 | 590 | 607 | 653 | | |
| Independent | Paddy Dennehy | 3.23 | 368 | 377 | 395 | | | |
| Fine Gael | Trevor O'Sullivan | 2.36 | 269 | 325 | | | | |
Electorate: 20,064 Valid: 11,389 (56.76%) Spoilt: 288 Quota: 1,628 Turnout: 11,677 (58.20%) |
Cork South-West
Cork South-West - 5 seats Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count |
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 |
| Fine Gael | Jerry Buttimer | 22.73 | 1,968 | | | |
| Fianna Fáil | Fergal Dennehy* | 16.26 | 1,408 | 1,455 | | |
| Fianna Fáil | Mary Shields* | 12.75 | 1,104 | 1,177 | 1,321 | 1,472 |
| Sinn Féin | Henry Cremin | 11.78 | 1,020 | 1,047 | 1,102 | 1,223 |
| Labour | Michael Ahern* | 11.72 | 1,015 | 1,076 | 1,167 | 1,386 |
| Fine Gael | Brian Bermingham* | 10.36 | 897 | 1,119 | 1,236 | 1,394 |
| Green | Patrick Murray | 7.22 | 625 | 683 | 832 | |
| Independent | Mick Murphy | 7.19 | 623 | 659 | | |
Electorate: 15,222 Valid: 8,660 (56.89%) Spoilt: 153 Quota: 1,444 Turnout: 8,813 (57.90%) |
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