2004 Kerry County Council election

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2004 Kerry County Council election
← 1999 11 June 2004 2009 →
All 27 seats to Kerry County Council
  First party Second party Third party
 
Party Fianna Fáil Fine Gael Labour
Seats won 11 8 2
Seat change Decrease 1 Increase 2 Decrease 1
  Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party
 
Party Sinn Féin South Kerry Independent Alliance Independent
Seats won 2 1 3
Seat change Increase 1 Steady Decrease 1
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Map showing the area of Kerry County Council
Council control after election

TBD

An election to Kerry County Council took place on 11 June 2004 as part of that year's Irish local elections. 27 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% ±%
Fianna Fáil 11 Decrease 1 27,689 37.47 Decrease2.33
Fine Gael 8 Increase 2 18,346 24.82 Increase1.33
Labour 2 Decrease 1 8,502 11.50 Decrease2.83
Sinn Féin 2 Increase 1 5,809 7.86 Increase1.87
South Kerry Independent Alliance 1 Steady 1,618 2.19 Decrease0.13
Green 0 Steady 745 1.01 Increase0.62
Progressive Democrats 0 Steady 462 0.63 New
Independent 3 Decrease 1 10,735 14.53 Increase0.84
Totals 27 Steady 73,906 100%

Results by Electoral Area[]

Dingle[]

Dingle- 3 seats
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4
Fianna Fáil Michael O'Shea* 23.04 1,898 2,087    
Fianna Fáil Breandan MacGearailt* 19.58 1,613 1,695 1,834 1,872
Fine Gael Seamus (Cosai) Fitzgerald* 19.00 1,565 1,673 2,163  
Independent Brigid O'Connor 14.52 1,196 1,433 1,744 1,809
Fine Gael Brendan Griffin 12.67 1,044 1,239    
Labour Owen O'Shea 7.00 577      
Sinn Féin Pat O'Shea 4.19 345      
Electorate: 11,918   Valid: 8,238 (69.12%)   Spoilt: 75   Quota: 2,060   Turnout: 8,313 (69.75%)

Killarney[]

Killarney - 6 seats
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
Fianna Fáil Tom Fleming* 17.52 3,038              
Independent Brendan Cronin* 11.69 2,027 2,094 2,127 2,179 2,323 2,414 2,582  
Fianna Fáil Colin Miller 10.62 1,842 1,913 1,942 1,975 2,041 2,144 2,745  
Independent Danny Healy-Rae* 10.44 1,811 1,902 1,948 2,033 2,097 2,192 2,337 2,393
South Kerry Independent Alliance Michael Gleeson* 9.33 1,618 1,652 1,701 1,798 2,000 2,168 2,445 2,577
Fianna Fáil Brian O'Leary* 8.08 1,402 1,527 1,540 1,573 1,625 1,740    
Fine Gael Tom Sheahan 7.78 1,349 1,481 1,482 1,659 1,998 2,069 2,186 2,226
Labour Seán O'Grady 6.07 1,052 1,071 1,113 1,384 1,449 1,767 1,943 1,982
Independent Donal Grady 5.78 1,003 1,022 1,047 1,090 1,146      
Fine Gael Sheila Casey 5.43 942 964 1,022 1,059        
Labour Andrew McCarthy* 4.88 846 876 904          
Independent Tom Randles 1.33 231 238            
Green Bea O'Neill 1.06 184 187            
Electorate: 24,541   Valid: 17,345 (70.68%)   Spoilt: 197   Quota: 2,478   Turnout: 17,542 (71.48%)

Killorglin[]

Killorglin - 5 seats
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
Independent Michael Healy-Rae* 15.11 1,973 1,987 2,051 2,115 2,154 2,236    
Fine Gael Johnny (Porridge) O'Connor 14.10 1,841 1,860 1,873 1,897 2,075 2,243    
Fianna Fáil Paul O'Donoghue* 14.01 1,829 1,833 1,841 1,869 1,917 1,975 2,093 2,097
Fine Gael P.J. Donovan* 13.25 1,730 1,743 1,750 1,789 1,795 1,933 1,945 1,960
Fianna Fáil Michael Cahill* 12.47 1,628 1,646 1,649 1,661 1,902 2,010 2,142 2,174
Fine Gael Michael Connor-Scarteen* 9.62 1,256 1,264 1,351 1,375 1,382 1,455 2,041 2,057
Fianna Fáil Dan McCarthy 6.94 906 907 943 983 994 1,016    
Labour Donal Barry 4.83 631 641 664 719 759      
Fianna Fáil Liam Crowley 4.38 572 581 583 593        
Sinn Féin Michael O'Leary 2.44 318 320 325          
Independent Denis McCarthy 2.02 264 267            
Independent Tom Lyons 0.82 107              
Electorate: 19,035   Valid: 13,055 (68.58%)   Spoilt: 172   Quota: 2,176   Turnout: 13,227 (69.49%)

Listowel[]

Listowel- 6 seats
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
Fianna Fáil Ned O'Sullivan* 12.00 1,922 2,002 2,029 2,153 2,193 2,465        
Fianna Fáil John Brassil* 10.96 1,755 1,782 1,852 1,872 2,060 2,137 2,170 2,512    
Fine Gael Tim Buckley* 10.16 1,627 1,683 1,691 1,874 1,888 2,035 2,055 2,405    
Fine Gael Liam Purtill* 9.35 1,498 1,557 1,567 1,652 1,670 1,749 1,760 1,954 1,984 2,088
Labour Pat Leahy* 8.98 1,438 1,488 1,714 1,770 1,824 2,099 2,142 2,273 2,313  
Fianna Fáil Dan Kiely* 8.75 1,402 1,461 1,500 1,545 1,591 1,724 1,778 1,852 1,908 1,916
Sinn Féin Robert Beasley 8.49 1,360 1,454 1,466 1,493 1,927 1,990 1,999 2,070 2,077 2,081
Fine Gael Bernie Behan 6.89 1,103 1,117 1,277 1,337 1,410 1,450 1,456      
Fianna Fáil William Sheehan 6.37 1,020 1,049 1,077 1,171 1,189          
Sinn Féin Risteard O Fuarain 5.72 916 926 989 1,007            
Fine Gael Denis Stack 4.46 715 734 752              
Labour Michael O'Keeffe 4.39 703 716                
Progressive Democrats Gerard Burke 2.88 462                  
Independent Padraig O'Sullivan 0.61 98                  
Electorate: 24,738   Valid: 16,019 (64.75%)   Spoilt: 254   Quota: 2,289   Turnout: 16,273 (65.78%)

Tralee[]

Tralee - 7 seats
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9
Labour Terry O'Brien* 12.47 2,401 2,453              
Fianna Fáil Anne McEllistrim* 12.39 2,385 2,408              
Sinn Féin Toireasa Ferris* 12.17 2,343 2,619              
Fine Gael Bobby O'Connell* 8.63 1,662 1,663 1,663 1,673 1,783 1,798 2,099 2,115 2,211
Fianna Fáil Norma Foley* 7.64 1,471 1,487 1,495 1,540 1,588 1,764 1,942 2,051 2,220
Fianna Fáil Ted Fitzgerald* 7.23 1,391 1,407 1,414 1,436 1,479 1,622 1,752 1,857 2,034
Fine Gael Pat McCarthy 7.19 1,384 1,394 1,403 1,453 1,646 1,687 1,755 1,835 2,013
Independent Billy Leen* 6.49 1,249 1,272 1,303 1,369 1,402 1,443 1,495 1,680 1,835
Fianna Fáil Charlie Farrelly 4.54 873 875 877 889 897 925      
Labour Donal Tobin 4.44 854 865 877 988 1,063 1,187 1,214 1,390  
Independent Tommy Foley 4.03 776 809 834 888 915 989 1,000    
Fianna Fáil Johnnie Wall 3.85 742 761 772 807 829        
Fine Gael John Shanahan 3.27 630 630 631 660          
Green David Grey 2.91 561 570 582            
Sinn Féin Maisie Houlihan 2.74 527                
Electorate: 32,127   Valid: 19,249 (59.92%)   Spoilt: 335   Quota: 2,407   Turnout: 19,584 (60.96%)

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