Wicklow County Council election, 2004

11 June 2004

All 24 seats to Wicklow County Council

	First party	Second party	Third party

Party	Fine Gael	Fianna Fáil	Labour Party
Seats won	7	6	6
Seat change	+1	-2	+1

	Fourth party	Fifth party

Party	Green Party	Independent
Seats won	1	4
Seat change	-	-

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 electoral divisions by PR-STV voting for a five-year term of office.

Results by party

Party		Seats	±	First Pref. votes	FPv%	±%
	Fine Gael	7	+1	11,695	21.99%
	Fianna Fáil	6	-2	13,394	25.18%
	Labour Party	6	+1	11,661	21.92%
	Green Party	1	-	2,490	4.68%
	Independent	4	-	8,535	16.05%
Totals		24	-	53,186	100%	—

Results by Electoral Area

Arklow

Arklow - 5 seats
Party		Candidate	% 1st Pref	Count 1	Count 2	Count 3	Count 4	Count 5	Count 6	Count 7
	Labour Party	Nicky Kelly*	28.00	3,398
	Fianna Fáil	Dr. Bill O'Connell*	12.81	1,555	1,962	1,977	2,030
	Fine Gael	Vincent Blake*	12.41	1,506	1,553	1,640	1,661	1,693	1,818	1,919
	Fianna Fáil	Pat Doran*	11.26	1,367	1,410	1,459	1,475	1,516	1,801	1,839
	Labour Party	Kevin Ryan	8.48	1,029	1,212	1,243	1,321	1,448	1,520	1,622
	Fine Gael	Sylvester Bourke*	7.65	929	1,130	1,147	1,198	1,264	1,364	1,838
	Fianna Fáil	Liam O'Loughlin	5.81	705	758	769	786	817
	Fine Gael	Donal O'Sullivan	5.17	628	833	834	889	957	1,022
	Sinn Féin	Adrian O'Reilly	3.72	452	589	597	654
	Green Party	Tess Enright	2.64	321	414	432
	Progressive Democrats	John Deegan	2.04	247	253
Electorate: 18,837 Valid: 12,137 (64.43%) Spoilt: 222 Quota: 2,023 Turnout: 12,359 (65.61%)

Baltinglass

Baltinglass - 3 seats
Party		Candidate	% 1st Pref	Count 1	Count 2	Count 3	Count 4	Count 5	Count 6	Count 7	Count 8	Count 9	Count 10
	Independent	Tommy Cullen*	22.91	1,832	1,856	1,883	1,893	1,918	1,948	2,041
	Independent	Jim Ruttle*	17.00	1,359	1,378	1,424	1,465	1,508	1,565	1,619	1,628	1,785	2,105
	Fine Gael	Edward Timmins*	14.42	1,153	1,163	1,178	1,181	1,358	1,375	1,480	1,495	1,709	1,846
	Progressive Democrats	Eileen Cullen	9.93	794	805	847	870	877	940	998	1,006	1,122	1,351
	Sinn Féin	Gerry O'Neill	8.64	691	698	731	792	794	835	871	875	972
	Fianna Fáil	Ina O'Keeffe	7.09	567	570	576	623	641	781	835	841
	Fianna Fáil	Joe McCormac	4.29	343	353	367	417	417
	Labour Party	Mary Lee Stapleton	4.17	333	377	397	398	438	469
	Fine Gael	John Timmins	4.00	320	322	326	327
	Fianna Fáil	Mick O'Connell	2.94	235	236	249
	Independent	Assumpta Byrne	2.71	217	230
	Green Party	Pat Pidgeon	1.89	151
Electorate: 12,204 Valid: 7,995 (65.51%) Spoilt: 103 Quota: 1,999 Turnout: 8,098 (66.36%)

Bray

Bray - 7 seats
Party		Candidate	% 1st Pref	Count 1	Count 2	Count 3	Count 4	Count 5	Count 6	Count 7	Count 8	Count 9	Count 10	Count 11
	Labour Party	John Byrne*	12.63	1,807
	Green Party	Déirdre de Búrca*	11.45	1,638	1,643	1,657	1,720	1,781	1,782	1,839
	Fianna Fáil	Joe Behan*	11.32	1,620	1,627	1,634	1,645	1,677	1,679	1,693	1,704	1,939
	Independent	Christopher Fox*	11.14	1,594	1,601	1,607	1,642	1,698	1,699	1,898
	Fianna Fáil	Pat Vance*	8.95	1,280	1,291	1,301	1,333	1,376	1,377	1,392	1,409	1,528	1,574	1,667
	Labour Party	Anne Ferris*	8.47	1,212	1,219	1,236	1,279	1,313	1,321	1,392	1,402	1,452	1,466	1,735
	Sinn Féin	Marie Gavaghan	6.91	988	990	997	1,013	1,023	1,024	1,035	1,043	1,058	1,064
	Fine Gael	John Ryan	6.83	977	1,040	1,119	1,156	1,219	1,220	1,415	1,452	1,504	1,517	1,584
	Fianna Fáil	Michael Lawlor*	6.58	941	949	960	970	1,007	1,008	1,037	1,058	1,183	1,254	1,341
	Fianna Fáil	David Grant	4.37	625	630	633	641	665	666	674	679
	Fine Gael	John Byrne	4.05	580	598	630	634	653	654
	Progressive Democrats	Ruairi Hanley	2.84	406	410	413	421
	Independent	Seay Ledwidge	1.99	285	290	293
	Fine Gael	Brian Kenny	1.31	188	205
	Fine Gael	P.J. Minogue	1.16	166
Electorate: 26,906 Valid: 14,307 (53.17%) Spoilt: 328 Quota: 1,789 Turnout: 14,635 (54.39%)

Greystones

Greystones - 4 seats
Party		Candidate	% 1st Pref	Count 1	Count 2	Count 3	Count 4	Count 5	Count 6	Count 7	Count 8
	Fine Gael	George Jones*	14.74	1,188	1,195	1,214	1,305	1,334	1,436	1,491	1,636
	Fine Gael	Derek Mitchell*	13.42	1,082	1,095	1,121	1,211	1,255	1,308	1,352	1,425
	Labour Party	Tom Fortune	12.19	983	1,011	1,057	1,126	1,244	1,298	1,552	1,668
	Fianna Fáil	Kathleen Kelleher	11.13	897	906	932	944	962	1,052	1,110	1,501
	Fianna Fáil	Eleanor Roche*	10.11	815	821	841	864	878	917	1,009
	Sinn Féin	David Gahan	9.08	732	769	789	836	870	915
	Independent	Veronica O'Reilly*	8.32	671	679	703	733	791	945	1,113	1,235
	Independent	Chris Maloney	6.36	513	532	559	568	601
	Green Party	Francis Neary	4.71	380	394	411	418
	Fine Gael	John Toner	4.60	371	386	400
	Independent	Niall Byrne	3.05	246	252
	Independent	Charlie Keddy	2.28	184
Electorate: 14,127 Valid: 8,062 (57.07%) Spoilt: 138 Quota: 1,613 Turnout: 8,200 (58.04%)

Wicklow

Wicklow - 5 seats
Party		Candidate	% 1st Pref	Count 1	Count 2	Count 3	Count 4	Count 5	Count 6	Count 7
	Fine Gael	Andrew Doyle*	18.19	2,008
	Labour Party	Jimmy O'Shaughnessy*	15.82	1,746	1,781	1,809	1,838	1,896
	Fianna Fáil	Fachtna Whittle	11.44	1,262	1,272	1,301	1,371	1,412	1,537	1,731
	Fianna Fáil	Pat Doyle*	10.71	1,182	1,203	1,221	1,256	1,274	1,321	1,385
	Labour Party	Conal Kavanagh*	10.45	1,153	1,163	1,195	1,233	1,310	1,468	1,898
	Independent	Pat Casey	9.19	1,014	1,047	1,069	1,136	1,192	1,322	1,550
	Fine Gael	Pat Byrne	8.61	950	997	1,019	1,111	1,111	1,224
	Sinn Féin	Eamonn Long	6.35	701	704	715	734	781
	Independent	Bob Kearns	3.77	416	419	438	449
	Progressive Democrats	Thomas Clarke	3.62	400	404	408
	Independent	Paul Leahy	1.85	204	206
Electorate: 19,250 Valid: 11,036 (57.33%) Spoilt: 275 Quota: 1,840 Turnout: 11,311 (58.76%)

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