Cork County Council election, 2004

11 June 2004

All 48 seats to Cork County Council

	First party	Second party	Third party

Party	Fine Gael	Fianna Fáil	Labour Party
Seats won	24	16	5
Seat change	+3	-3	+1

	Fourth party	Fifth party	Sixth party

Party	Sinn Féin	Independent	Progressive Democrats
Seats won	1	2	0
Seat change	+1	-1	-1

Map showing the area of Cork County Council

Council control after election

TBD

An election to Cork County Council took place on 11 June 2004 as part of that year's Irish local elections. 48 councillors were elected from ten electoral divisions by PR-STV voting for a five-year term of office.

Results by party

Party		Seats	±	First Pref. votes	FPv%	±%
	Fine Gael	24	+3	61,025	37.19%
	Fianna Fáil	16	-3	54,030	32.93%
	Labour Party	5	+1	16,729	10.19%
	Sinn Féin	1	+1	10,079	6.14%
	Independent	2	-1	13,059	7.96%
	Progressive Democrats	0	-1	2,174	1.32%
Totals		48	-	164,093	100%	—

Results by Electoral Area

Bandon

Bandon - 3 seats
Party		Candidate	% 1st Pref	Count 1	Count 2	Count 3	Count 4
	Fine Gael	Veronica Neville	20.46	2,763	2,923	3,138	3,534
	Fine Gael	Kevin Murphy*	20.44	2,761	2,916	3,396
	Fianna Fáil	Alan Coleman*	16.41	2,216	2,335	2,537	3,490
	Fianna Fáil	Jerry Deasy*	14.02	1,894	1,952	1,995
	Sinn Féin	John Desmond	13.62	1,840	1,926	2,065	2,399
	Labour Party	Tomas O'Brien	8.00	1,081	1,307
	Green Party	Noel Giles	4.86	656
	Independent	Edmund Butler	2.18	294
Electorate: 21,561 Valid: 13,505 (62.64%) Spoilt: 221 Quota: 3,377 Turnout: 13,726 (63.66%)

Bantry

Bantry - 5 seats
Party		Candidate	% 1st Pref	Count 1	Count 2	Count 3	Count 4	Count 5	Count 6	Count 7
	Fine Gael	P.J. Sheehan*	19.10	2,101
	Fine Gael	Noel Harrington*	13.40	1,474	1,517	1,574	1,584	1,726	1,752	1,772
	Fine Gael	John P. O'Shea*	13.03	1,433	1,514	1,516	1,578	1,757	1,897
	Fianna Fáil	Danny Crowley	12.92	1,421	1,426	1,463	1,471	1,505	1,600	1,768
	Fianna Fáil	Donal Casey*	11.76	1,294	1,328	1,331	1,385	1,469	2,081
	Sinn Féin	Anne O'Leary	9.41	1,035	1,063	1,091	1,120	1,312	1,408	1,467
	Fianna Fáil	Vivian O'Callaghan*	9.05	995	1,021	1,021	1,038	1,090
	Green Party	Jacqueline Hodgson	4.63	509	523	526	548
	Labour Party	Eddie Mullins	3.20	352	366	368	381
	Independent	Liam Ward	2.15	237	256	262
	Independent	Michael O'Sullivan	1.35	148	151
Electorate: 17,011 Valid: 10,999 (64.66%) Spoilt: 181 Quota: 1,834 Turnout: 11,180 (65.72%)

Blarney

Blarney - 4 seats
Party		Candidate	% 1st Pref	Count 1	Count 2	Count 3	Count 4	Count 5	Count 6
	Fine Gael	Gerry Kelly*	20.57	3,402
	Fianna Fáil	Dan Fleming*	19.33	3,197	3,223	3,232	3,339
	Fine Gael	Tomas Ryan*	19.13	2,667	2,698	2,730	2,832	2,988	3,125
	Labour Party	John Gilroy	11.06	1,829	1,865	1,880	2,196	2,561	2,834
	Progressive Democrats	Michael Burns	9.11	1,507	1,522	1,537	1,677	1,801	2,376
	Fianna Fáil	Tom Joyce	8.70	1,438	1,445	1,456	1,500	1,647
	Sinn Féin	John Stanton	7.25	1,199	1,246	1,250	1,388
	Green Party	Michelle Brett	5.97	987	1,081	1,089
	Independent	Celine Spengeman	1.88	311
Electorate: 31,074 Valid: 16,537 (53.22%) Spoilt: 374 Quota: 3,308 Turnout: 16,911 (54.42%)

Carrigaline

Carrigaline - 7 seats
Party		Candidate	% 1st Pref	Count 1	Count 2	Count 3	Count 4	Count 5	Count 6	Count 7
	Fianna Fáil	Michael McGrath	13.57	3,951
	Fianna Fáil	Mark O'Keeffe*	10.63	3,094	3,117	3,162	3,244	3,297	3,496	3,546
	Fine Gael	Derry Canty*	10.61	3,088	3,148	3,154	3,208	3,307	3,523	3,837
	Fianna Fáil	Deirdre Forde*	10.16	2,957	3,030	3,088	3,441	3,598	3,718
	Fine Gael	Tim Lombard*	7.96	2,318	2,491	2,519	2,600	2,691	2,797	3,321
	Fine Gael	Peter Kelly*	7.38	2,148	2,303	2,318	2,548	2,732	2,839	3,128
	Fianna Fáil	Barry Cogan*	7.02	2,044	2,093	2,157	2,218	2,283	2,387	2,831
	Fine Gael	John A. Collins	6.67	1,943	2,051	2,088	2,144	2,231	2,289
	Labour Party	Paula Desmond*	6.12	1,783	1,860	1,879	1,999	2,505	2,985	3,268
	Sinn Féin	Darren O'Keeffe	5.92	1,724	1,748	1,762	1,900	2,136
	Green Party	Dominick Donnelly	5.39	1,570	1,646	1,659	1,863
	Independent	Joe Harris	5.34	1,555	1,594	1,607
	Fine Gael	Jo Kelleher	3.22	936
Electorate: 56,644 Valid: 29,111 (51.39%) Spoilt: 615 Quota: 3,639 Turnout: 29,726 (52.48%)

Fermoy

Fermoy - 4 seats
Party		Candidate	% 1st Pref	Count 1	Count 2	Count 3	Count 4	Count 5	Count 6	Count 7
	Fianna Fáil	Kevin O'Keeffe*	27.88	3,671
	Fianna Fáil	Frank O'Flynn*	19.39	2,553	3,202
	Fine Gael	Aileen Pyne*	15.57	2,050	2,149	2,241	2,313	2,532	2,963
	Fine Gael	Liam O'Doherty	13.58	1,788	1,885	1,993	2,017	2,029	2,179	2,329
	Sinn Féin	Tim White	7.04	927	981	1,032	1,074	1,124	1,170	1,190
	Labour Party	Tim Fitzgerald	5.44	716	767	822	844	948	1,027	1,067
	Progressive Democrats	Margaret Egerton	5.07	667	704	771	826	907
	Labour Party	Tadhg O'Donovan	3.65	480	517	549	611
	Green Party	Martin O'Keeffe	2.39	315	328	345
Electorate: 21,986 Valid: 13,167 (59.89%) Spoilt: 244 Quota: 2,634 Turnout: 13,411 (61.00%)

Kanturk

Kanturk - 5 seats
Party		Candidate	% 1st Pref	Count 1	Count 2	Count 3	Count 4	Count 5	Count 6
	Fine Gael	Patrick Buckley*	17.75	2,734
	Fine Gael	Marian Murphy	14.44	2,379	2,424	2,499	2,711
	Fianna Fáil	Marie (The Shamrock) Murphy*	14.29	2,202	2,216	2,366	2,413	2,431	2,586
	Fianna Fáil	Mike Donegan*	11.25	1,733	1,738	1,806	1,969	1,981	2,157
	Fianna Fáil	Tony McAuliffe	11.19	1,723	1,750	1,801	1,890	1,908	2,125
	Fine Gael	Noel Buckley	10.08	1,553	1,580	1,717	1,784	1,803	2,261
	Fine Gael	Timmy Collins*	9.20	1,417	1,446	1,499	1,694	1,765
	Labour Party	Ted Linehan	5.43	837	843	1,041
	Labour Party	Denis Cremin	3.03	467	477
	Green Party	Ted Bradley	2.33	359	362
Electorate: 23,934 Valid: 15,404 (64.36%) Spoilt: 347 Quota: 2,568 Turnout: 15,751 (65.81%)

Macroom

Macroom - 3 seats
Party		Candidate	% 1st Pref	Count 1	Count 2	Count 3	Count 4	Count 5
	Fine Gael	Michael Creed*	29.91	3,710
	Fianna Fáil	Aindrias Moynihan*	25.24	3,130
	Fine Gael	Frank Metcalfe*	12.27	1,510	1,828	1,937	2,040	2,291
	Labour Party	Martin Coughlan	11.23	1,393	1,519	1,763	2,192	2,729
	Independent	Jerry O'Sullivan	8.80	1,092	1,163	1,357	1,516
	Fianna Fáil	Pat O'Connell	7.01	869	934	989
	Green Party	Caroline Robinson	5.64	699	728
Electorate: 18,445 Valid: 12,403 (67.24%) Spoilt: 271 Quota: 3,101 Turnout: 12,674 (68.71%)

Mallow

Mallow - 4 seats
Party		Candidate	% 1st Pref	Count 1	Count 2	Count 3	Count 4	Count 5	Count 6
	Labour Party	Seán Sherlock*	25.32	3,184
	Fianna Fáil	Dan Joe Fitzgerald*	20.45	2,571
	Fine Gael	Tom Sheahan*	13.60	1,710	1,795	1,874	1,967	1,975	2,252
	Fine Gael	Noel O'Connor*	13.19	1,658	1,855	2,050	2,175	2,186	2,808
	Fine Gael	Anthony Ahern	8.49	1,067	1,144	1,289	1,399	1,407
	Fianna Fáil	David Willis	7.36	925	1,039	1,117	1,433	1,462	1,631
	Fianna Fáil	Jim Hogan	6.49	816	880	943
	Green Party	Ted Lucey	5.11	642	774
Electorate: 19,908 Valid: 12,573 (63.16%) Spoilt: 220 Quota: 2,515 Turnout: 12,793 (64.26%)

Midleton

Midleton - 6 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	Michael Hegarty*	13.90	3,089	3,111	3,123	3,185
	Independent	Noel Collins*	13.39	2,977	3,089	3,095	3,114	3,207
	Labour Party	John Mulvihill*	13.01	2,891	2,913	3,011	3,152	3,369
	Sinn Féin	Martin Hallinan	9.49	2,110	2,140	2,145	2,160	2,219	2,232	2,367	2,616	2,620	2,819
	Fianna Fáil	Maurice Ahern*	8.49	1,887	1,902	1,993	2,004	2,028	2,030	2,258	2,708	2,711	2,967
	Independent	Seán O'Connor	7.43	1,652	1,658	1,720	1,815	1,892	1,944	1,970	2,001	2,008
	Independent	Ted Murphy*	7.23	1,608	1,632	1,641	1,653	1,706	1,729	1,874	2,017	2,028	2,211
	Fine Gael	Barbara Murray	6.93	1,540	1,555	1,562	1,645	1,732	1,780	1,939	2,397	2,403	2,538
	Fianna Fáil	David Savage	6.11	1,358	1,367	1,390	1,396	1,419	1,425	1,728
	Fianna Fáil	Art Supple*	5.25	1,167	1,175	1,201	1,205	1,220	1,223
	Green Party	Sarah Iremonger	3.32	737	754	764	782
	Fine Gael	Paddy Whitty	2.15	477	482	506
	Fianna Fáil	Joe Dowling	1.84	409	412
	Independent	Christy Carr	1.47	326
Electorate: 39,660 Valid: 22,228 (56.05%) Spoilt: 469 Quota: 3,176 Turnout: 22,697 (57.23%)

Skibbereen

Skibbereen - 7 seats
Party		Candidate	% 1st Pref	Count 1	Count 2	Count 3	Count 4	Count 5	Count 6	Count 7
	Independent	Christy O'Sullivan*	15.74	2,859
	Fianna Fáil	Donal O'Rourke*	12.04	2,188	2,265	2,284
	Fine Gael	Maura Cal McCarthy*	8.90	1,616	1,673	1,699	1,769	1,825	1,874	2,385
	Fine Gael	John Collins*	8.35	1,516	1,542	1,559	1,858	2,224	2,302
	Fine Gael	Jim Daly	8.15	1,481	1,570	1,614	1,656	1,692	1,799	1,955
	Fine Gael	Tadhg O'Donovan*	8.10	1,471	1,525	1,539	1,547	1,556	1,858	1,956
	Fianna Fáil	Joe Carroll	7.30	1,327	1,426	1,439	1,481	1,856	2,169	2,216
	Sinn Féin	Cionnaith O Suilleabhain	6.85	1,244	1,300	1,380	1,419	1,486	1,587	1,766
	Fine Gael	John O'Sullivan	6.74	1,225	1,256	1,281	1,296	1,309	1,341
	Fianna Fáil	Tom O'Neill*	5.50	1,000	1,032	1,037	1,155
	Labour Party	Brendan Leahy*	4.88	887	924	1,024	1,230	1,243
	Labour Party	Phyllis McCarthy	4.56	829	845	946
	Green Party	Bernie Connolly	2.88	523	537
Electorate: 27,444 Valid: 18,166 (66.19%) Spoilt: 338 Quota: 2,271 Turnout: 18,504 (67.42%)

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