Louth County Council election, 2004

11 June 2004

All 26 seats to Louth County Council

	First party	Second party	Third party

Party	Fianna Fáil	Fine Gael	Sinn Féin
Seats won	9	7	5
Seat change	-5	-	+4

	Fourth party	Fifth party

Party	Labour Party	Independent
Seats won	1	4
Seat change	-	+1

Map showing the area of Louth County Council

Council control after election

TBD

An election to Louth County Council took place on 11 June 2004 as part of that year's Irish local elections. 26 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	9	-5	13,843	29.23
	Fine Gael	7	-	11,173	23.59
	Sinn Féin	5	+4	8,029	16.95
	Labour Party	1	-	2,221	4.69
	Independent	4	+1	7,995	16.88
Totals		26	-	47,363	100%	—

Results by Electoral Area

Ardee

Ardee - 5 seats
Party		Candidate	% 1st Pref	Count 1	Count 2	Count 3	Count 4	Count 5	Count 6	Count 7	Count 8	Count 9
	Sinn Féin	Pearse McGeough	15.54	1,425	1,459	1,483	1,504	1,594
	Fine Gael	Jim Lennon*	14.41	1,321	1,337	1,353	1,425	1,603
	Fianna Fáil	Thomas Clare*	11.52	1,056	1,062	1,167	1,222	1,279	1,287	1,297	1,433	1,510
	Fianna Fáil	Tommy Reilly*	10.97	1,006	1,015	1,041	1,047	1,100	1,108	1,123	1,284	1,326
	Fine Gael	Finnan McCoy*	9.99	916	955	966	1,014	1,144	1,195	1,210	1,298	1,516
	Independent	Jim Tenanty	9.18	842	887	895	911	928	929	932	1,059	1,312
	Fianna Fáil	Padraig McKenny	6.36	583	598	644	654	662	663	663
	Progressive Democrats	Leonard Hatrick	6.23	571	621	640	668	682	687	694	775
	Fine Gael	Thomas McGrory	5.77	529	534	566	622
	Fianna Fáil	Benny Devlin	3.46	317	326
	Fine Gael	Gerry Crilly	3.32	304	327	346
	Labour Party	Gerry Halpenny	3.25	298
Electorate: 15,926 Valid: 9,126 (57.57%) Spoilt: 244 Quota: 1,529 Turnout: 9,412 (59.10%)

Drogheda East

Drogheda East - 5 seats
Party		Candidate	% 1st Pref	Count 1	Count 2	Count 3	Count 4	Count 5	Count 6	Count 7	Count 8	Count 9
	Fine Gael	Oliver Tully*	14.31	1,382	1,456	1,483	1,530	1,623
	Fine Gael	Michael O'Dowd*	13.98	1,350	1,429	1,484	1,515	1,657
	Fianna Fáil	Jimmy Mulroy*	12.08	1,167	1,221	1,485	1,516	1,585	1,594	1,839
	Fianna Fáil	Jacqui McConville*	9.33	901	957	1,015	1,077	1,167	1,175	1,269	1,326	1,330
	Labour Party	Michael Bell	8.77	847	872	905	959	1,042	1,055	1,264	1,317	1,322
	Independent	Frank Godfrey*	8.26	798	841	897	945	1,026	1,039
	Sinn Féin	Imelda Munster	7.62	736	752	771	1,085	1,187	1,191	1,331	1,346	1,350
	Green Party	Bernadette Martin	7.07	683	760	786	830
	Sinn Féin	Tom Cunningham	6.95	671	694	707
	Fianna Fáil	Tommy Murphy	6.06	585	610
	Progressive Democrats	Mark Markey	4.74	458
	Progressive Democrats	Peter O'Reilly	0.83	80
Electorate: 19,204 Valid: 9,658 (50.29%) Spoilt: 263 Quota: 1,610 Turnout: 9,921 (51.66%)

Drogheda West

Drogheda West - 4 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
	Sinn Féin	Matthew Coogan	12.04	853	867	881	904	921	955	978	1,037	1,075	1,090
	Independent	Ken O'Heiligh	11.85	839	851	894	926	939	990	1,087	1,177	1,292	1,312
	Fine Gael	Anthony Donohoe	10.86	769	785	805	835	1,030	1,069	1,109	1,223	1,342	1,382
	Fianna Fáil	Frank Maher	10.79	764	867	910	924	940	1,004	1,055	1,157	1,513
	Labour Party	Gerald Nash*	10.50	744	749	779	834	881	952	1,046	1,105	1,167	1,188
	Fianna Fáil	Maria Campbell-O'Brien*	8.40	595	634	666	697	722	757	827	926
	Independent	Malachy Godfrey	6.40	453	463	491	513	533	579
	Independent	Tommy Byrne	6.31	447	463	497	531	553	594	660
	Fine Gael	Ray Foley*	5.51	390	393	401	411
	Progressive Democrats	Cormac Bohan	5.29	375	391	402	426	453
	Green Party	Michael McKeon	4.35	308	315	319
	Independent	Seán Collins*	3.94	279	290
	Fianna Fáil	John Branigan	3.77	267
Electorate: 12,959 Valid: 7,083 (54.66%) Spoilt: 171 Quota: 1,417 Turnout: 7,254 (55.98%)

Dundalk-Carlingford

Dundalk-Carlingford - 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
	Fianna Fáil	Peter Savage*	13.14	1,452	1,454	1,467	1,469	1,472	1,555	1,590
	Sinn Féin	Tomás Sharkey*	11.90	1,315	1,329	1,377	1,711
	Independent	Jim Ryan	10.37	1,146	1,158	1,200	1,257	1,278	1,312	1,395	1,511	1,546	1,617
	Fine Gael	Terry Brennan*	10.32	1,141	1,147	1,250	1,255	1,255	1,462	1,517	1,791
	Sinn Féin	Jim Loughran	8.07	892	902	910	962	1,057	1,111	1,122	1,152	1,159	1,248
	Fianna Fáil	Seamus Keelan*	7.03	777	780	800	801	803	835	1,142	1,206	1,236	1,585
	Fianna Fáil	Andreas O'Donnell*	6.43	711	711	760	766	767	791	838	866	880
	Green Party	Neil McCann	5.96	659	691	732	744	747	774	817	926	992	1,059
	Fianna Fáil	Seamus Byrne*	5.75	635	635	648	658	661	674
	Fine Gael	Johnny McGahon	5.49	607	612	666	675	679	762	797
	Fine Gael	Pat Keenan	5.11	565	573	629	633	633
	Sinn Féin	Harry Todd	4.93	545	547	552
	Fine Gael	John Reilly	2.53	280	284
	Progressive Democrats	Seán Marmion	1.93	213	216
	Labour Party	Des McKeown	1.03	114
Electorate: 18,578 Valid: 11,052 (59.49%) Spoilt: 286 Quota: 1,579 Turnout: 11,338 (61.03%)

Dundalk South

Dundalk South - 6 seats
Party		Candidate	% 1st Pref	Count 1	Count 2	Count 3	Count 4	Count 5	Count 6	Count 7
	Sinn Féin	Kevin Meenan	15.02	1,592
	Independent	Dr. Mary Grehan*	13.06	1,384	1,401	1,493	1,662
	Fianna Fáil	Declan Breathnach*	12.95	1,373	1,378	1,443	1,477	1,487	1,487	1,550
	Fine Gael	Jim D'Arcy*	12.73	1,349	1,352	1,497	1,551
	Independent	Martin Bellew*	11.53	1,222	1,237	1,300	1,428	1,489	1,499	1,797
	Fianna Fáil	Donal Lynch*	10.69	1,133	1,138	1,154	1,177	1,183	1,190	1,299
	Fianna Fáil	Noel Lennon*	7.43	788	796	836	873	879	880	942
	Green Party	Liam Kieran	5.59	592	602	664	783	835	853
	Independent	Benedicta Attoh	5.52	585	593	651
	Labour Party	Jimmy Gollogly	2.06	218	221
	Fine Gael	Anthony Hoey	1.89	200	202
	Progressive Democrats	Jim Cousins	1.54	163	164
Electorate: 18,504 Valid: 10,599 (57.28%) Spoilt: 188 Quota: 1,515 Turnout: 10,787 (58.30%)

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