2004 Clare County Council election

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2004 Clare County Council election
← 1999 11 June 2004 2009 →
All 32 seats to Clare County Council
  First party Second party Third party
 
Party Fianna Fáil Fine Gael Green
Seats won 15 10 1
Seat change -3 +1 +1
  Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party
 
Party Labour Independent PD
Seats won 1 5 0
Seat change +1 +1 -1
Clare in Ireland.svg
Map showing the area of Clare County Council
Council control after election

TBD

An election to Clare County Council took place on 11 June 2004 as part of that year's Irish local elections. 32 councillors were elected from six electoral divisions by PR-STV voting for a five-year term of office.

Results by party[]

Party Seats ± First Pref. votes FPv% ±%
Fianna Fáil 15 -3 22,717 41.51
Fine Gael 10 +1 15,779 28.83
Green 1 +1 2,466 4.51
Labour 1 +1 1,815 3.32
Independent 5 +1 8,801 16.08
PD 0 -1 2,103 3.84
Totals 32 - 54,725 100% —

Results by Electoral Area[]

Ennis[]

Ennis - 7 seats
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
Fine Gael Joe Carey* 15.97 1,939                  
Fianna Fáil Pat Daly* 11.60 1,409 1,442 1,459 1,499 1,545          
Independent Tommy Brennan* 9.75 1,184 1,213 1,231 1,278 1,355 1,420 1,459 1,791    
Fine Gael Sonny Scanlan* 9.12 1,108 1,166 1,195 1,215 1,233 1,277 1,394 1,441 1,457 1,461
Green Brian Meaney 8.33 1,011 1,033 1,057 1,105 1,174 1,349 1,425 1,516 1,551  
Fianna Fáil Peter Considine* 7.72 937 956 963 1,008 1,044 1,069 1,203 1,294 1,359 1,362
Fianna Fáil Bernard Hanrahan* 6.86 833 913 938 965 985 999 1,160 1,250 1,280 1,281
Independent Frankie Neylon 6.19 752 770 798 822 875 929 962      
Fine Gael Tony Mulqueen 6.15 747 835 857 910 942 1,007 1,044 1,177 1,226 1,240
Fianna Fáil Tom Malone 5.15 626 636 649 674 701 738        
Labour Paul O'Shea 4.91 596 608 610 629 659          
Sinn Féin Paddy Barrett 3.59 436 446 464 472            
PD Roger Leyden 2.96 359 379 384              
Independent J.J. McCabe 1.70 207 228                
Electorate: 22,471   Valid: 12,144 (54.04%)   Spoilt: 215   Quota: 1,519   Turnout: 12,359 (55.00%)

Ennistymon[]

Ennistymon - 6 seats
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4 5
Fianna Fáil Michael Kelly 14.49 1,533        
Fine Gael Joe Arkins* 13.90 1,470 1,624      
Fianna Fáil Richard Nagle* 11.68 1,235 1,267 1,368 1,376 1,381
Fine Gael Martin Conway 11.67 1,234 1,324 1,438 1,488 1,506
Fianna Fáil Michael Hillery* 11.54 1,221 1,251 1,313 1,318 1,321
Fianna Fáil Flan Garvey* 11.42 1,208 1,272 1,526    
Independent Martin Lafferty* 11.04 1,168 1,362 1,492 1,541  
Fianna Fáil Tom Burke* 7.64 808 852      
Green Ann Marie Flanagan 6.62 700        
Electorate: 15,711   Valid: 10,577 (67.32%)   Spoilt: 129   Quota: 1,512   Turnout: 10,706 (68.14%)

Killaloe[]

Killaloe - 4 seats
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
Fianna Fáil Cathal Crowe 13.13 940 971 1,105 1,163 1,320 1,326 1,701  
Fine Gael John McInerney 12.29 880 925 997 1,297 1,454      
Fianna Fáil Pat O'Gorman* 11.58 829 839 873 938 988 989 1,136 1,233
Fianna Fáil Tony O'Brien 11.03 790 827 838 934 978 980 1,136 1,239
Labour Pascal Fitzgerald 10.91 781 865 938 979 1,141 1,149 1,252 1,299
Fianna Fáil Michael Begley* 10.77 771 791 803 877 975 979    
Fine Gael Batt Skehan 9.51 681 719 746          
PD Mary Mannion* 9.12 653 697 757 809        
Independent Noel Broggy 6.38 457 494            
Green Mick Murtagh 5.29 379              
Electorate: 11,051   Valid: 7,161 (64.80%)   Spoilt: 79   Quota: 1,433   Turnout: 7,240 (65.51%)

Kilrush[]

Kilrush - 7 seats
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
Independent Christy Curtin* 13.84 1,564              
Fianna Fáil P.J. Kelly* 10.52 1,189 1,205 1,221 1,313 1,370 1,402 1,414  
Fine Gael Oliver Garry* 10.25 1,158 1,169 1,187 1,205 1,251 1,422    
Fine Gael Madeleine Taylor-Quinn* 9.55 1,079 1,092 1,156 1,183 1,342 1,624    
Fianna Fáil Tom Prendeville* 9.05 1,022 1,026 1,049 1,083 1,207 1,246 1,273 1,294
Fianna Fáil Bill Chambers* 8.98 1,015 1,036 1,065 1,197 1,354 1,473    
Fianna Fáil Patrick Keane* 8.90 1,006 1,011 1,036 1,061 1,123 1,184 1,206 1,228
Independent Oliver Keating 7.25 819 830 906 951 1,045 1,137 1,191 1,207
PD Murt Collins 6.74 762 785 813 848        
Fine Gael Tim Donnellan 5.99 677 698 725 894 980      
Fianna Fáil Michael Shannon 5.42 612 633 649          
Sinn Féin Gerry Malone 2.35 265 268            
Green Cillian Murphy 1.15 130 132            
Electorate: 16,894   Valid: 11,298 (66.88%)   Spoilt: 141   Quota: 1,413   Turnout: 11,439 (67.71%)

Scariff[]

Scariff- 3 seats
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4
Fianna Fáil Pat Hayes* 26.93 1,469      
Fine Gael Paul Bugler* 18.26 996 1,113 1,213 1,234
Fianna Fáil Colm Wiley* 17.77 969 996 1,253 1,322
Fine Gael Joe Cooney 17.46 952 985 1,278 1,293
Independent Jim McInerney 12.69 692 793    
Green Colm O'Brien 4.51 246      
Labour Stanley Airewele 2.38 130      
Electorate: 7,798   Valid: 5,454 (69.94%)   Spoilt: 53   Quota: 1,364   Turnout: 5,507 (70.62%)

Shannon[]

Shannon - 5 seats
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
Fine Gael John Crowe* 14.84 1,201 1,214 1,225 1,280 1,300 1,511    
Fine Gael Tony Mulcahy* 14.77 1,195 1,207 1,252 1,286 1,350      
Independent Patricia McCarthy* 13.79 1,116 1,134 1,199 1,252 1,353      
Fianna Fáil Pat McMahon* 12.59 1,019 1,022 1,042 1,077 1,086 1,249 1,290 1,523
Independent Gerry Flynn 9.43 763 778 829 845 917 956 994 1,418
Fianna Fáil P.J. Ryan 8.65 700 722 729 761 766 793 803 940
Fianna Fáil Seán Hillery* 7.12 576 580 598 632 666 692 712  
Fine Gael Brendan Ryan 5.71 462 465 477 516 533      
PD Mary O'Donnell 4.07 329 334 340          
Sinn Féin Cathy McCaffrey 3.83 310 312            
Labour Tony McMahon 3.81 308 313 353 375        
Independent Michael Naughton 0.98 79              
Socialist Workers Dominic Haugh 0.33 27              
Socialist Workers John McMahon 0.07 6              
Electorate: 14,273   Valid: 8,091 (56.69%)   Spoilt: 113   Quota: 1,349   Turnout: 8,204 (57.48%)

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Preceded by
1999 Clare County Council election 		Succeeded by
2009 Clare County Council election
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