2004 Cork County Council election

2004 Cork County Council election

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All 48 seats on Cork County Council
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
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 local electoral areas by PR-STV voting for a five-year term of office. ^[1]

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%)

References

1. "Cork County Council: 2004 Local Election". Irish Elections. Retrieved 29 November 2025.

External links

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