2004 Laois County Council election

2004 Laois County Council election

11 June 2004
All 25 seats on Laois County Council
First party Second party Third party   Party Fianna Fáil Fine Gael Progressive Democrats Seats won 11 9 1 Seat change -3 -1 +1   Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party   Party Labour Sinn Féin Independent Seats won 1 1 2 Seat change +1 +1 +1
Map showing the area of Laois County Council
Council control after election TBD

An election to Laois County Council took place on 11 June 2004 as part of that year's Irish local elections. 25 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).

Results by party

Party		Seats	±	First Pref. votes	FPv%	±%
	Fianna Fáil	11	-3	11,521	37.74
	Fine Gael	9	-1	8,504	27.86
	Progressive Democrats	1	+1	3,072	10.06
	Labour	1	+1	1,250	4.09
	Sinn Féin	1	+1	1,147	3.76
	Independent	2	+1	4,813	15.77
Totals		25	-	30,527	100.00	—

Results by local electoral area

Borris-in-Ossory

Borris-in-Ossory - 7 seats

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9
	Fianna Fáil	John Joe Fennelly*	14.66	1,341
	Fine Gael	Michael Lalor*	12.85	1,175
	Fianna Fáil	Brendan Phelan*	11.96	1,094	1,109	1,110	1,190
	Fine Gael	John Bonham*	10.65	974	1,011	1,014	1,021	1,021	1,103	1,280
	Labour	Larry Kavanagh	9.45	864	886	897	943	946	979	1,044	1,072	1,125
	Fine Gael	John King	8.20	750	753	756	842	853	880	899	913	939
	Fine Gael	Marty Phelan*	7.76	710	719	726	746	749	832	899	924	1,025
	Fianna Fáil	Bill Delaney*	6.51	595	641	645	702	720	758	786	809	1,039
	Independent	Jim Ring	4.83	442	470	471	482	484	529
	Fianna Fáil	Seosamh Murphy	4.59	420	448	448	454	459	545	618	637
	Progressive Democrats	James Walsh	4.28	391	396	396	445	449
	Progressive Democrats	Joseph Hanrahan	4.26	390	394	395
Electorate: 14,162   Valid: 9,146 (64.58%)   Spoilt: 155   Quota: 1,144   Turnout: 9,301 (65.68%)

Emo

Emo- 4 seats

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5
	Fianna Fáil	Ray Cribbin*	17.17	832	891	919	953	995
	Progressive Democrats	Paul Mitchell	15.25	739	749	811	876	931
	Fine Gael	James Deegan*	15.08	731	757	874	980
	Fianna Fáil	Michael Costello*	14.44	700	743	766	789	832
	Independent	Michael Turley*	11.59	562	606	629	679	918
	Independent	Kevin Maher	8.50	412	439	456	523
	Progressive Democrats	Tom Cushen	7.18	348	363	373
	Fine Gael	Trevor Wardrop	5.80	281	285
	Fianna Fáil	Joseph Oakley	4.99	242
Electorate: 8,110   Valid: 4,847 (59.77%)   Spoilt: 82   Quota: 970   Turnout: 4,929 (60.78%)

Luggacurren

Luggacurren- 4 seats

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4
	Fine Gael	John Moran*	22.99	1,027
	Fine Gael	James Daly*	18.60	831	894
	Fianna Fáil	Dick Miller	18.09	808	819	846	950
	Fianna Fáil	Michael Rice*	18.62	694	733	766	866
	Fianna Fáil	Mary Wheatley*	12.36	552	562	582	681
	Progressive Democrats	Jimmy Mulhall	7.05	315	341	404
	Green	Matt Diskin	4.93	220	225
Electorate: 7,301   Valid: 4,467 (61.18%)   Spoilt: 89   Quota: 894   Turnout: 4,556 (62.40%)

Mountmellick

Mountmellick- 4 seats

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9
	Fine Gael	David Goodwin*	13.36	671	675	693	807	883	1,096
	Fianna Fáil	Paddy Bracken*	14.23	715	732	747	800	903	914	921	1,143
	Fianna Fáil	Seamus McDonald*	13.32	669	673	710	722	766	844	863	937	992
	Fianna Fáil	Michael Moloney	10.93	549	562	576	610	674	685	690	812	864
	Fianna Fáil	Joe Digan*	10.55	530	538	559	562	579	709	736	751	782
	Independent	Pat Bowe	8.72	438	463	480	516	561	585	618
	Fine Gael	Damien Moran	7.96	400	409	459	520	546
	Progressive Democrats	John Joe Dunne	6.81	342	348	400	432
	Fine Gael	Paddy Buggy	6.61	332	344	369
	Progressive Democrats	Caroline Fitzpatrick-Mulhall	5.00	251	260
	Sinn Féin	John Nelson	2.53	127
Electorate: 7,036   Valid: 5,024 (71.40%)   Spoilt: 71   Quota: 1,005   Turnout: 5,095 (72.41%)

Portlaoise

Portlaoise - 6 seats

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9
	Fine Gael	William Aird*	17.61	1,244
	Sinn Féin	Brian Stanley	14.44	1,020
	Fine Gael	Mary Sweeney*	11.33	800	850	877	906	991	1,073
	Independent	Tom Jacob	9.77	690	723	747	786	804	844	893	904	1,021
	Fianna Fáil	Jerry Lodge*	9.44	667	683	696	717	772	809	953	962	1,018
	Fianna Fáil	Catherine Fitzgerald*	7.86	555	570	581	598	631	679	772	781	839
	Fine Gael	Kathleen O'Brien	6.17	436	497	508	544	555	591	617	640	748
	Independent	Rotimi Adebari	5.82	411	420	437	477	481	523	549	556
	Progressive Democrats	Helen Kelly	4.19	296	315	322	333	349
	Fianna Fáil	Jack Nolan	3.96	280	292	303	310	361	388
	Fianna Fáil	Richard Lyons	3.94	278	284	290	297
	Labour	Tom Phelan	2.97	210	213	260
	Labour	John Conroy	2.49	176	186
Electorate: 12,034   Valid: 7,063 (58.69%)   Spoilt: 107   Quota: 1,010   Turnout: 7,170 (59.58%)

External links

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