2004 Wicklow County Council election

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2004 Wicklow County Council election
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  1999 11 June 2004 2009  

All 24 seats on Wicklow County Council
 First partySecond partyThird party
 
Party Fine Gael Fianna Fáil Labour
Seats won766
Seat change+1-2+1

 Fourth partyFifth party
 
Party Green Independent
Seats won14
Seat change--

Wicklow in Ireland.svg
Map showing the area of Wicklow County Council

Council control after election

TBD

An election to Wicklow County Council took place on 11 June 2004 as part of that year's Irish local elections. 24 councillors were elected from five local electoral areas (LEAs) for a five-year term of office on the electoral system of proportional representation by means of the single transferable vote (PR-STV).

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Results by party

PartySeats±First Pref. votesFPv%±%
Fine Gael 7+111,69521.99
Fianna Fáil 6-213,39425.18
Labour 6+111,66121.92
Green 1-2,4904.68
Independent 4-8,53516.05
Totals24-53,186100.00

Results by local electoral area

Arklow

Arklow - 5 seats
PartyCandidateFPv%Count
1234567
Labour Nicky Kelly *28.003,398      
Fianna Fáil Dr. Bill O'Connell*12.811,5551,962 1,977 2,030   
Fine Gael Vincent Blake*12.411,5061,553 1,640 1,661 1,693 1,818 1,919
Fianna Fáil Pat Doran*11.261,3671,410 1,459 1,475 1,516 1,801 1,839
Labour Kevin Ryan8.481,0291,212 1,243 1,321 1,448 1,520 1,622
Fine Gael Sylvester Bourke*7.659291,130 1,147 1,198 1,264 1,364 1,838
Fianna Fáil Liam O'Loughlin5.81705758 769 786 817   
Fine Gael Donal O'Sullivan5.17628833 834 889 957 1,022  
Sinn Féin Adrian O'Reilly3.72452589 597 654    
Green Tess Enright2.64321414 432     
Progressive Democrats John Deegan2.04247253      
Electorate: 18,837  Valid: 12,137 (64.43%)  Spoilt: 222  Quota: 2,023  Turnout: 12,359 (65.61%)  

    Baltinglass

    Baltinglass - 3 seats
    PartyCandidateFPv%Count
    12345678910
    Independent Tommy Cullen*22.911,8321,856 1,883 1,893 1,918 1,948 2,041   
    Independent Jim Ruttle *17.001,3591,378 1,424 1,465 1,508 1,565 1,619 1,628 1,785 2,105
    Fine Gael Edward Timmins *14.421,1531,163 1,178 1,181 1,358 1,375 1,480 1,495 1,709 1,846
    Progressive Democrats Eileen Cullen9.93794805 847 870 877 940 998 1,006 1,122 1,351
    Sinn Féin Gerry O'Neill8.64691698 731 792 794 835 871 875 972  
    Fianna Fáil Ina O'Keeffe7.09567570 576 623 641 781 835 841   
    Fianna Fáil Joe McCormac4.29343353 367 417 417      
    Labour Mary Lee Stapleton4.17333377 397 398 438 469     
    Fine Gael John Timmins4.00320322 326 327       
    Fianna Fáil Mick O'Connell2.94235236 249        
    Independent Assumpta Byrne2.71217230         
    Green Pat Pidgeon1.89151         
    Electorate: 12,204  Valid: 7,995 (65.51%)  Spoilt: 103  Quota: 1,999  Turnout: 8,098 (66.36%)  

      Bray

      Bray - 7 seats
      PartyCandidateFPv%Count
      1234567891011
      Labour John Byrne*12.631,807          
      Green Déirdre de Búrca *11.451,6381,643 1,657 1,720 1,781 1,782 1,839    
      Fianna Fáil Joe Behan *11.321,6201,627 1,634 1,645 1,677 1,679 1,693 1,704 1,939  
      Independent Christopher Fox*11.141,5941,601 1,607 1,642 1,698 1,699 1,898    
      Fianna Fáil Pat Vance*8.951,2801,291 1,301 1,333 1,376 1,377 1,392 1,409 1,528 1,574 1,667
      Labour Anne Ferris *8.471,2121,219 1,236 1,279 1,313 1,321 1,392 1,402 1,452 1,466 1,735
      Sinn Féin Marie Gavaghan6.91988990 997 1,013 1,023 1,024 1,035 1,043 1,058 1,064  
      Fine Gael John Ryan6.839771,040 1,119 1,156 1,219 1,220 1,415 1,452 1,504 1,517 1,584
      Fianna Fáil Michael Lawlor*6.58941949 960 970 1,007 1,008 1,037 1,058 1,183 1,254 1,341
      Fianna Fáil David Grant4.37625630 633 641 665 666 674 679    
      Fine Gael John Byrne4.05580598 630 634 653 654      
      Progressive Democrats Ruairi Hanley2.84406410 413 421        
      Independent Seay Ledwidge1.99285290 293         
      Fine Gael Brian Kenny1.31188205          
      Fine Gael P.J. Minogue1.16166          
      Electorate: 26,906  Valid: 14,307 (53.17%)  Spoilt: 328  Quota: 1,789  Turnout: 14,635 (54.39%)  

        Greystones

        Greystones - 4 seats
        PartyCandidateFPv%Count
        12345678
        Fine Gael George Jones*14.741,1881,195 1,214 1,305 1,334 1,436 1,491 1,636
        Fine Gael Derek Mitchell*13.421,0821,095 1,121 1,211 1,255 1,308 1,352 1,425
        Labour Tom Fortune12.199831,011 1,057 1,126 1,244 1,298 1,552 1,668
        Fianna Fáil Kathleen Kelleher11.13897906 932 944 962 1,052 1,110 1,501
        Fianna Fáil Eleanor Roche*10.11815821 841 864 878 917 1,009  
        Sinn Féin David Gahan9.08732769 789 836 870 915   
        Independent Veronica O'Reilly*8.32671679 703 733 791 945 1,113 1,235
        Independent Chris Maloney6.36513532 559 568 601    
        Green Francis Neary4.71380394 411 418     
        Fine Gael John Toner4.60371386 400      
        Independent Niall Byrne3.05246252       
        Independent Charlie Keddy2.28184       
        Electorate: 14,127  Valid: 8,062 (57.07%)  Spoilt: 138  Quota: 1,613  Turnout: 8,200 (58.04%)  

          Wicklow

          Wicklow - 5 seats
          PartyCandidateFPv%Count
          1234567
          Fine Gael Andrew Doyle *18.192,008      
          Labour Jimmy O'Shaughnessy*15.821,7461,781 1,809 1,838 1,896  
          Fianna Fáil Fachtna Whittle11.441,2621,272 1,301 1,371 1,412 1,537 1,731
          Fianna Fáil Pat Doyle*10.711,1821,203 1,221 1,256 1,274 1,321 1,385
          Labour Conal Kavanagh*10.451,1531,163 1,195 1,233 1,310 1,468 1,898
          Independent Pat Casey9.191,0141,047 1,069 1,136 1,192 1,322 1,550
          Fine Gael Pat Byrne8.61950997 1,019 1,111 1,111 1,224  
          Sinn Féin Eamonn Long6.35701704 715 734 781   
          Independent Bob Kearns3.77416419 438 449    
          Progressive Democrats Thomas Clarke3.62400404 408     
          Independent Paul Leahy1.85204206      
          Electorate: 19,250  Valid: 11,036 (57.33%)  Spoilt: 275  Quota: 1,840  Turnout: 11,311 (58.76%)  

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