Clare County Council election, 2004

11 June 2004

All 32 seats to Clare County Council

	First party	Second party	Third party

Party	Fianna Fáil	Fine Gael	Green Party
Seats won	15	10	1
Seat change	-3	+1	+1

	Fourth party	Fifth party	Sixth party

Party	Labour Party	Independent	Progressive Democrats
Seats won	1	5	0
Seat change	+1	+1	-1

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 Party	1	+1	2,466	4.51%
	Labour Party	1	+1	1,815	3.32%
	Independent	5	+1	8,801	16.08%
	Progressive Democrats	0	-1	2,103	3.84%
Totals		32	-	54,725	100%	—

Results by Electoral Area

Ennis

Ennis - 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
	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 Party	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 Party	Paul O'Shea	4.91	596	608	610	629	659
	Sinn Féin	Paddy Barrett	3.59	436	446	464	472
	Progressive Democrats	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	% 1st Pref	Count 1	Count 2	Count 3	Count 4	Count 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 Party	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	% 1st Pref	Count 1	Count 2	Count 3	Count 4	Count 5	Count 6	Count 7	Count 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 Party	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
	Progressive Democrats	Mary Mannion*	9.12	653	697	757	809
	Independent	Noel Broggy	6.38	457	494
	Green Party	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	% 1st Pref	Count 1	Count 2	Count 3	Count 4	Count 5	Count 6	Count 7	Count 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
	Progressive Democrats	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 Party	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	% 1st Pref	Count 1	Count 2	Count 3	Count 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 Party	Colm O'Brien	4.51	246
	Labour Party	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	% 1st Pref	Count 1	Count 2	Count 3	Count 4	Count 5	Count 6	Count 7	Count 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
	Progressive Democrats	Mary O'Donnell	4.07	329	334	340
	Sinn Féin	Cathy McCaffrey	3.83	310	312
	Labour Party	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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