2004 Irish local government election
2004 Cork 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 48 seats on Cork County Council |
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| First party | Second party | Third party | | | | | Party | Fine Gael | Fianna Fáil | Labour | Seats won | 24 | 16 | 5 | Seat change | +3 | -3 | +1 | | | Fourth party | Fifth party | Sixth party | | | | | Party | Sinn Féin | Independent | Progressive Democrats | Seats won | 1 | 2 | 0 | Seat change | +1 | -1 | -1 | |
![](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/86/Cork_in_Ireland.svg/300px-Cork_in_Ireland.svg.png) Map showing the area of Cork County Council |
| Council control after election Fine Gael | |
An election to Cork County Council took place on 11 June 2004 as part of that year's Irish local elections. 48 councillors were elected from ten electoral divisions by PR-STV voting for a five-year term of office.
Results by party
Party | Seats | ± | First Pref. votes | FPv% | ±% |
| Fine Gael | 24 | +3 | 61,025 | 37.19 | |
| Fianna Fáil | 16 | -3 | 54,030 | 32.93 | |
| Labour | 5 | +1 | 16,729 | 10.19 | |
| Sinn Féin | 1 | +1 | 10,079 | 6.14 | |
| Independent | 2 | -1 | 13,059 | 7.96 | |
| Progressive Democrats | 0 | -1 | 2,174 | 1.32 | |
Totals | 48 | - | 164,093 | 100.00 | — |
Results by local electoral area
Bandon
Bandon - 3 seats Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count |
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 |
| Fine Gael | Veronica Neville | 20.46 | 2,763 | 2,923 | 3,138 | 3,534 |
| Fine Gael | Kevin Murphy* | 20.44 | 2,761 | 2,916 | 3,396 | |
| Fianna Fáil | Alan Coleman* | 16.41 | 2,216 | 2,335 | 2,537 | 3,490 |
| Fianna Fáil | Jerry Deasy* | 14.02 | 1,894 | 1,952 | 1,995 | |
| Sinn Féin | John Desmond | 13.62 | 1,840 | 1,926 | 2,065 | 2,399 |
| Labour | Tomas O'Brien | 8.00 | 1,081 | 1,307 | | |
| Green | Noel Giles | 4.86 | 656 | | | |
| Independent | Edmund Butler | 2.18 | 294 | | | |
Electorate: 21,561 Valid: 13,505 (62.64%) Spoilt: 221 Quota: 3,377 Turnout: 13,726 (63.66%) |
Bantry
Bantry - 5 seats Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count |
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 |
| Fine Gael | P.J. Sheehan* | 19.10 | 2,101 | | | | | | |
| Fine Gael | Noel Harrington* | 13.40 | 1,474 | 1,517 | 1,574 | 1,584 | 1,726 | 1,752 | 1,772 |
| Fine Gael | John P. O'Shea* | 13.03 | 1,433 | 1,514 | 1,516 | 1,578 | 1,757 | 1,897 | |
| Fianna Fáil | Danny Crowley | 12.92 | 1,421 | 1,426 | 1,463 | 1,471 | 1,505 | 1,600 | 1,768 |
| Fianna Fáil | Donal Casey* | 11.76 | 1,294 | 1,328 | 1,331 | 1,385 | 1,469 | 2,081 | |
| Sinn Féin | Anne O'Leary | 9.41 | 1,035 | 1,063 | 1,091 | 1,120 | 1,312 | 1,408 | 1,467 |
| Fianna Fáil | Vivian O'Callaghan* | 9.05 | 995 | 1,021 | 1,021 | 1,038 | 1,090 | | |
| Green | Jacqueline Hodgson | 4.63 | 509 | 523 | 526 | 548 | | | |
| Labour | Eddie Mullins | 3.20 | 352 | 366 | 368 | 381 | | | |
| Independent | Liam Ward | 2.15 | 237 | 256 | 262 | | | | |
| Independent | Michael O'Sullivan | 1.35 | 148 | 151 | | | | | |
Electorate: 17,011 Valid: 10,999 (64.66%) Spoilt: 181 Quota: 1,834 Turnout: 11,180 (65.72%) |
Blarney
Blarney - 4 seats Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count |
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 |
| Fine Gael | Gerry Kelly* | 20.57 | 3,402 | | | | | |
| Fianna Fáil | Dan Fleming* | 19.33 | 3,197 | 3,223 | 3,232 | 3,339 | | |
| Fine Gael | Tomas Ryan* | 19.13 | 2,667 | 2,698 | 2,730 | 2,832 | 2,988 | 3,125 |
| Labour | John Gilroy | 11.06 | 1,829 | 1,865 | 1,880 | 2,196 | 2,561 | 2,834 |
| Progressive Democrats | Michael Burns | 9.11 | 1,507 | 1,522 | 1,537 | 1,677 | 1,801 | 2,376 |
| Fianna Fáil | Tom Joyce | 8.70 | 1,438 | 1,445 | 1,456 | 1,500 | 1,647 | |
| Sinn Féin | John Stanton | 7.25 | 1,199 | 1,246 | 1,250 | 1,388 | | |
| Green | Michelle Brett | 5.97 | 987 | 1,081 | 1,089 | | | |
| Independent | Celine Spengeman | 1.88 | 311 | | | | | |
Electorate: 31,074 Valid: 16,537 (53.22%) Spoilt: 374 Quota: 3,308 Turnout: 16,911 (54.42%) |
Carrigaline
Carrigaline - 7 seats Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count |
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 |
| Fianna Fáil | Michael McGrath | 13.57 | 3,951 | | | | | | |
| Fianna Fáil | Mark O'Keeffe* | 10.63 | 3,094 | 3,117 | 3,162 | 3,244 | 3,297 | 3,496 | 3,546 |
| Fine Gael | Derry Canty* | 10.61 | 3,088 | 3,148 | 3,154 | 3,208 | 3,307 | 3,523 | 3,837 |
| Fianna Fáil | Deirdre Forde* | 10.16 | 2,957 | 3,030 | 3,088 | 3,441 | 3,598 | 3,718 | |
| Fine Gael | Tim Lombard* | 7.96 | 2,318 | 2,491 | 2,519 | 2,600 | 2,691 | 2,797 | 3,321 |
| Fine Gael | Peter Kelly* | 7.38 | 2,148 | 2,303 | 2,318 | 2,548 | 2,732 | 2,839 | 3,128 |
| Fianna Fáil | Barry Cogan* | 7.02 | 2,044 | 2,093 | 2,157 | 2,218 | 2,283 | 2,387 | 2,831 |
| Fine Gael | John A. Collins | 6.67 | 1,943 | 2,051 | 2,088 | 2,144 | 2,231 | 2,289 | |
| Labour | Paula Desmond* | 6.12 | 1,783 | 1,860 | 1,879 | 1,999 | 2,505 | 2,985 | 3,268 |
| Sinn Féin | Darren O'Keeffe | 5.92 | 1,724 | 1,748 | 1,762 | 1,900 | 2,136 | | |
| Green | Dominick Donnelly | 5.39 | 1,570 | 1,646 | 1,659 | 1,863 | | | |
| Independent | Joe Harris | 5.34 | 1,555 | 1,594 | 1,607 | | | | |
| Fine Gael | Jo Kelleher | 3.22 | 936 | | | | | | |
Electorate: 56,644 Valid: 29,111 (51.39%) Spoilt: 615 Quota: 3,639 Turnout: 29,726 (52.48%) |
Fermoy
Fermoy - 4 seats Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count |
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 |
| Fianna Fáil | Kevin O'Keeffe* | 27.88 | 3,671 | | | | | | |
| Fianna Fáil | Frank O'Flynn* | 19.39 | 2,553 | 3,202 | | | | | |
| Fine Gael | Aileen Pyne* | 15.57 | 2,050 | 2,149 | 2,241 | 2,313 | 2,532 | 2,963 | |
| Fine Gael | Liam O'Doherty | 13.58 | 1,788 | 1,885 | 1,993 | 2,017 | 2,029 | 2,179 | 2,329 |
| Sinn Féin | Tim White | 7.04 | 927 | 981 | 1,032 | 1,074 | 1,124 | 1,170 | 1,190 |
| Labour | Tim Fitzgerald | 5.44 | 716 | 767 | 822 | 844 | 948 | 1,027 | 1,067 |
| Progressive Democrats | Margaret Egerton | 5.07 | 667 | 704 | 771 | 826 | 907 | | |
| Labour | Tadhg O'Donovan | 3.65 | 480 | 517 | 549 | 611 | | | |
| Green | Martin O'Keeffe | 2.39 | 315 | 328 | 345 | | | | |
Electorate: 21,986 Valid: 13,167 (59.89%) Spoilt: 244 Quota: 2,634 Turnout: 13,411 (61.00%) |
Kanturk
Kanturk - 5 seats Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count |
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 |
| Fine Gael | Patrick Buckley* | 17.75 | 2,734 | | | | | |
| Fine Gael | Marian Murphy | 14.44 | 2,379 | 2,424 | 2,499 | 2,711 | | |
| Fianna Fáil | Marie (The Shamrock) Murphy* | 14.29 | 2,202 | 2,216 | 2,366 | 2,413 | 2,431 | 2,586 |
| Fianna Fáil | Mike Donegan* | 11.25 | 1,733 | 1,738 | 1,806 | 1,969 | 1,981 | 2,157 |
| Fianna Fáil | Tony McAuliffe | 11.19 | 1,723 | 1,750 | 1,801 | 1,890 | 1,908 | 2,125 |
| Fine Gael | Noel Buckley | 10.08 | 1,553 | 1,580 | 1,717 | 1,784 | 1,803 | 2,261 |
| Fine Gael | Timmy Collins* | 9.20 | 1,417 | 1,446 | 1,499 | 1,694 | 1,765 | |
| Labour | Ted Linehan | 5.43 | 837 | 843 | 1,041 | | | |
| Labour | Denis Cremin | 3.03 | 467 | 477 | | | | |
| Green | Ted Bradley | 2.33 | 359 | 362 | | | | |
Electorate: 23,934 Valid: 15,404 (64.36%) Spoilt: 347 Quota: 2,568 Turnout: 15,751 (65.81%) |
Macroom
Macroom - 3 seats Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count |
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 |
| Fine Gael | Michael Creed* | 29.91 | 3,710 | | | | |
| Fianna Fáil | Aindrias Moynihan* | 25.24 | 3,130 | | | | |
| Fine Gael | Frank Metcalfe* | 12.27 | 1,510 | 1,828 | 1,937 | 2,040 | 2,291 |
| Labour | Martin Coughlan | 11.23 | 1,393 | 1,519 | 1,763 | 2,192 | 2,729 |
| Independent | Jerry O'Sullivan | 8.80 | 1,092 | 1,163 | 1,357 | 1,516 | |
| Fianna Fáil | Pat O'Connell | 7.01 | 869 | 934 | 989 | | |
| Green | Caroline Robinson | 5.64 | 699 | 728 | | | |
Electorate: 18,445 Valid: 12,403 (67.24%) Spoilt: 271 Quota: 3,101 Turnout: 12,674 (68.71%) |
Mallow
Mallow - 4 seats Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count |
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 |
| Labour | Seán Sherlock* | 25.32 | 3,184 | | | | | |
| Fianna Fáil | Dan Joe Fitzgerald* | 20.45 | 2,571 | | | | | |
| Fine Gael | Tom Sheahan* | 13.60 | 1,710 | 1,795 | 1,874 | 1,967 | 1,975 | 2,252 |
| Fine Gael | Noel O'Connor* | 13.19 | 1,658 | 1,855 | 2,050 | 2,175 | 2,186 | 2,808 |
| Fine Gael | Anthony Ahern | 8.49 | 1,067 | 1,144 | 1,289 | 1,399 | 1,407 | |
| Fianna Fáil | David Willis | 7.36 | 925 | 1,039 | 1,117 | 1,433 | 1,462 | 1,631 |
| Fianna Fáil | Jim Hogan | 6.49 | 816 | 880 | 943 | | | |
| Green | Ted Lucey | 5.11 | 642 | 774 | | | | |
Electorate: 19,908 Valid: 12,573 (63.16%) Spoilt: 220 Quota: 2,515 Turnout: 12,793 (64.26%) |
Midleton
Midleton - 6 seats Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count |
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 |
| Fine Gael | Michael Hegarty* | 13.90 | 3,089 | 3,111 | 3,123 | 3,185 | | | | | | |
| Independent | Noel Collins* | 13.39 | 2,977 | 3,089 | 3,095 | 3,114 | 3,207 | | | | | |
| Labour | John Mulvihill* | 13.01 | 2,891 | 2,913 | 3,011 | 3,152 | 3,369 | | | | | |
| Sinn Féin | Martin Hallinan | 9.49 | 2,110 | 2,140 | 2,145 | 2,160 | 2,219 | 2,232 | 2,367 | 2,616 | 2,620 | 2,819 |
| Fianna Fáil | Maurice Ahern* | 8.49 | 1,887 | 1,902 | 1,993 | 2,004 | 2,028 | 2,030 | 2,258 | 2,708 | 2,711 | 2,967 |
| Independent | Seán O'Connor | 7.43 | 1,652 | 1,658 | 1,720 | 1,815 | 1,892 | 1,944 | 1,970 | 2,001 | 2,008 | |
| Independent | Ted Murphy* | 7.23 | 1,608 | 1,632 | 1,641 | 1,653 | 1,706 | 1,729 | 1,874 | 2,017 | 2,028 | 2,211 |
| Fine Gael | Barbara Murray | 6.93 | 1,540 | 1,555 | 1,562 | 1,645 | 1,732 | 1,780 | 1,939 | 2,397 | 2,403 | 2,538 |
| Fianna Fáil | David Savage | 6.11 | 1,358 | 1,367 | 1,390 | 1,396 | 1,419 | 1,425 | 1,728 | | | |
| Fianna Fáil | Art Supple* | 5.25 | 1,167 | 1,175 | 1,201 | 1,205 | 1,220 | 1,223 | | | | |
| Green | Sarah Iremonger | 3.32 | 737 | 754 | 764 | 782 | | | | | | |
| Fine Gael | Paddy Whitty | 2.15 | 477 | 482 | 506 | | | | | | | |
| Fianna Fáil | Joe Dowling | 1.84 | 409 | 412 | | | | | | | | |
| Independent | Christy Carr | 1.47 | 326 | | | | | | | | | |
Electorate: 39,660 Valid: 22,228 (56.05%) Spoilt: 469 Quota: 3,176 Turnout: 22,697 (57.23%) |
Skibbereen
Skibbereen - 7 seats Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count |
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 |
| Independent | Christy O'Sullivan* | 15.74 | 2,859 | | | | | | |
| Fianna Fáil | Donal O'Rourke* | 12.04 | 2,188 | 2,265 | 2,284 | | | | |
| Fine Gael | Maura Cal McCarthy* | 8.90 | 1,616 | 1,673 | 1,699 | 1,769 | 1,825 | 1,874 | 2,385 |
| Fine Gael | John Collins* | 8.35 | 1,516 | 1,542 | 1,559 | 1,858 | 2,224 | 2,302 | |
| Fine Gael | Jim Daly | 8.15 | 1,481 | 1,570 | 1,614 | 1,656 | 1,692 | 1,799 | 1,955 |
| Fine Gael | Tadhg O'Donovan* | 8.10 | 1,471 | 1,525 | 1,539 | 1,547 | 1,556 | 1,858 | 1,956 |
| Fianna Fáil | Joe Carroll | 7.30 | 1,327 | 1,426 | 1,439 | 1,481 | 1,856 | 2,169 | 2,216 |
| Sinn Féin | Cionnaith O Suilleabhain | 6.85 | 1,244 | 1,300 | 1,380 | 1,419 | 1,486 | 1,587 | 1,766 |
| Fine Gael | John O'Sullivan | 6.74 | 1,225 | 1,256 | 1,281 | 1,296 | 1,309 | 1,341 | |
| Fianna Fáil | Tom O'Neill* | 5.50 | 1,000 | 1,032 | 1,037 | 1,155 | | | |
| Labour | Brendan Leahy* | 4.88 | 887 | 924 | 1,024 | 1,230 | 1,243 | | |
| Labour | Phyllis McCarthy | 4.56 | 829 | 845 | 946 | | | | |
| Green | Bernie Connolly | 2.88 | 523 | 537 | | | | | |
Electorate: 27,444 Valid: 18,166 (66.19%) Spoilt: 338 Quota: 2,271 Turnout: 18,504 (67.42%) |
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