Meath County Council election, 2004

11 June 2004

All 29 seats to Meath County Council

	First party	Second party	Third party

Party	Fianna Fáil	Fine Gael	Sinn Féin
Seats won	12	9	2
Seat change	-2	-2	+1

	Fourth party	Fifth party

Party	Green Party	Independent
Seats won	1	5
Seat change	+1	+2

Map showing the area of Meath County Council

Council control after election

TBD

An election to Meath County Council took place on 11 June 2004 as part of that year's Irish local elections. 29 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	12	-2	24,011	38.36
	Fine Gael	9	-2	16,663	26.62
	Sinn Féin	2	+1	5,914	9.45
	Green Party	1	+1	2,690	4.30
	Independent	5	+2	8,539	13.64
Totals		29	-	62,598	100%	—

Results by Electoral Area

Dunshaughlin

Dunshaughlin - 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	Count 11	Count 12
	Fianna Fáil	Nick Killian*	14.74	2,195
	Independent	Brian Fitzgerald*	13.44	2,001	2,007	2,023	2,075	2,118	2,183
	Fianna Fáil	Oliver Brooks*	10.60	1,579	1,588	1,597	1,607	1,621	1,652	1,662	1,675	1,683	1,713	1,776	1,839
	Fianna Fáil	Noel Leonard	9.84	1,465	1,472	1,480	1,487	1,491	1,515	1,518	1,530	1,754	1,770	2,075	2,136
	Fianna Fáil	Conor Tormey*	7.92	1,180	1,190	1,192	1,210	1,230	1,267	1,268	1,318	1,330	1,574	1,610	1,640
	Fine Gael	Charles Bobbett	7.68	1,143	1,154	1,171	1,239	1,272	1,309	1,313	1,419	1,452	1,844	2,552
	Fine Gael	John Fanning*	6.82	1,016	1,018	1,024	1,036	1,062	1,076	1,077	1,189	1,203
	Fine Gael	Ellen Cogavin	6.15	916	918	940	946	966	977	979	1,037	1,300	1,490
	Independent	Joe Bonner	6.10	909	911	913	942	980	1,043	1,054	1,205	1,364	1,551	1,632	1,766
	Independent	Maria Murphy	4.51	671	672	687	719	741	789	804	871
	Labour Party	John King	3.02	449	450	584	599	683	756	759
	Sinn Féin	Keith Emmett	2.97	442	444	452	474	511
	Green Party	Antoin O Lochraigh	2.34	348	350	373	389
	Independent	Joseph Mannering	2.02	301	312	319
	Labour Party	Peter Ward	1.85	276	277
Electorate: 27,800 Valid: 14,891 (53.56%) Spoilt: 265 Quota: 2,128 Turnout: 15,156 (54.52%)

Kells

Kells - 6 seats
Party		Candidate	% 1st Pref	Count 1	Count 2	Count 3	Count 4
	Sinn Féin	Michael Gallagher	12.45	1,619	1,681	1,766	1,966
	Fine Gael	Eugene Cassidy	12.13	1,577	1,601	1,761	1,837
	Fianna Fáil	Bryan Reilly*	11.56	1,503	1,539	1,764	1,950
	Fine Gael	John V. FarrellyTD*	11.35	1,475	1,516	1,613	1,887
	Fianna Fáil	Liz McCormack*	10.89	1,416	1,475	1,652	1,713
	Fianna Fáil	Michael Lynch*	10.82	1,407	1,426	1,713	1,828
	Fine Gael	Gerry Gibney*	10.21	1,328	1,358	1,372	1,463
	Fianna Fáil	Dominic Moran	8.71	1,133	1,143
	Labour Party	Tommy Grimes	8.38	1,089	1,187	1,215
	Green Party	Deirdre Reynolds	3.49	454
Electorate: 21,503 Valid: 13,001 (60.46%) Spoilt: 340 Quota: 1,858 Turnout: 13,341 (62.04%)

Navan

Navan - 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	Count 11	Count 12
	Fianna Fáil	Tommy Reilly*	12.90	1,782
	Sinn Féin	Joe Reilly*	11.47	1,585	1,655	1,661	'1,755
	Fine Gael	Jim Holloway*	10.81	1,494	1,536	1,540	1,609	1,611	1,637	1,751
	Fianna Fáil	Alison Boyle	9.18	1,268	1,299	1,314	1,341	1,343	1,450	1,521	1,524	1,593	1,625	1,736
	Fine Gael	Jenny D'Arcy	7.18	992	1,018	1,020	1,089	1,091	1,121	1,188	1,192	1,260	1,582	1,800
	Fianna Fáil	Shane Cassells	6.77	935	968	978	1,008	1,010	1,118	1,187	1,191	1,249	1,278	1,340	1,358
	Fianna Fáil	Jimmy Mangan*	6.04	834	841	847	856	856	905	915	915	938	1,096	1,193	1,199
	Fine Gael	Patsy O'Neill*	5.58	771	780	781	802	802	972	984	986	1,015	1,134	1,224	1,272
	Fine Gael	Caroline Hogan	5.28	730	743	744	768	769	775	787	791	817
	Fianna Fáil	Brendan Markey	4.65	642	652	655	667	668
	Sinn Féin	Peadar Toibin	4.53	626	632	633	674	687	717	773	775
	Green Party	Fergal O'Byrne	4.52	624	643	643	743	745	760	818	822	956	1,003
	Labour Party	Anton McCabe	4.15	574	616	618
	Independent	Andy Brennan	3.95	546	623	625	680	682	701
	Independent	Christy Gorman	2.99	413
Electorate: 27,418 Valid: 13,816 (50.39%) Spoilt: 310 Quota: 1,728 Turnout: 14,126 (51.52%)

Slane

Slane - 5 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
	Independent	Jimmy Cudden*	14.73	1,145	1,166	1,312	1,358	1,448	1,498	1,536	1,720	1,934
	Fianna Fáil	Hugh Gough*	8.37	911	925	947	975	991	1,258	1,270	1,338	1,406	1,432
	Independent	Dominic Hannigan	8.35	908	929	1,005	1,081	1,173	1,193	1,326	1,417	1,512	1,536
	Fianna Fáil	Patrick Boshell	8.20	892	898	915	946	1,062	1,208	1,354	1,450	1,528	1,556
	Fine Gael	Ann Dillon-Gallagher*	8.00	870	899	913	978	1,031	1,214	1,350	1,409	1,891
	Fine Gael	Shaun Lynch*	7.92	862	875	937	967	1,013	1,052	1,251	1,304
	Fianna Fáil	Gerard Reid	7.70	838	845	866	870	899
	Sinn Féin	Seamus Lynch	7.34	799	815	868	922	959	1,005	1,034
	Fine Gael	Martina Maguire	7.18	781	797	816	886	985	995
	Progressive Democrats	Sirena Campbell	6.46	703	722	736	827
	Labour Party	Shane Cassidy	6.13	667	685	711
	Green Party	Tom Kelly*	5.40	587	741	778	907	1,050	1,078	1,236	1,389	1,527	1,558
	Independent	Pat O'Brien	5.09	554	566
	Green Party	Carol Davis	3.34	363
Electorate: 22,580 Valid: 10,880 (48.18%) Spoilt: 297 Quota: 1,814 Turnout: 11,177 (49.50%)

Trim

Trim - 5 seats
Party		Candidate	% 1st Pref	Count 1	Count 2	Count 3	Count 4	Count 5	Count 6
	Fianna Fáil	Jimmy Fegan*	17.92	1,794
	Fine Gael	Peter Higgins*	15.05	1,507	1,549	1,578	1,682
	Fianna Fáil	Seamus Murray*	12.08	1,209	1,223	1,246	1,340	1,935
	Fine Gael	Willie Carey*	12.00	1,201	1,219	1,222	1,264	1,411	1,482
	Independent	Phil Cantwell	10.90	1,091	1,142	1,160	1,382	1,475	1,549
	Fianna Fáil	Gabriel Cribbin*	10.27	1,028	1,043	1,079	1,149
	Labour Party	Pat Holton	10.22	1,023	1,100	1,106	1,278	1,395	1,464
	Sinn Féin	Caroli Ni Loinsigh	8.42	843	890	900
	Green Party	Carole Doherty	3.14	314
Electorate: 21,185 Valid: 10,010 (47.25%) Spoilt: 281 Quota: 1,669 Turnout: 10,291 (48.58%)

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