Westmeath County Council election, 2004

11 June 2004

All 23 seats to Westmeath County Council

	First party	Second party	Third party

Party	Fianna Fáil	Fine Gael	Labour Party
Seats won	9	8	6
Seat change	-3	+2	+2

Map showing the area of Westmeath County Council

Council control after election

TBD

An election to Westmeath County Council took place on 11 June 2004 as part of that year's Irish local elections. 23 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	-3	11,782	34.0%
	Fine Gael	8	+2	11,294	32.6%
	Labour Party	6	+1	8,736	25.22%
Totals		23	-	34,643	100%	—

Results by Electoral Area

Athlone

Athlone - 7 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	Nicky McFadden*	17.97	1,901
	Fianna Fáil	Kevin (Boxer) Moran*	12.50	1,323
	Fine Gael	Joe Whelan	9.93	1,051	1,108	1,120	1,137	1,162	1,190	1,372
	Fianna Fáil	P.J. Coghill*	8.37	886	908	914	921	950	1,030	1,078	1,086	1,087
	Fianna Fáil	Tom Allen*	8.19	867	887	900	916	948	1,014	1,072	1,091	1,093
	Fianna Fáil	Kieran Molloy*	7.86	832	889	903	943	1,007	1,159	1,212	1,225	1,227
	Fine Gael	Mark Cooney*	7.66	811	1,026	1,052	1,088	1,134	1,228	1,329
	Fianna Fáil	Frankie Keena	7.13	754	810	819	848	894	1,041	1,099	1,108	1,109
	Fianna Fáil	Egbert Moran*	6.15	651	688	701	714	738
	Labour Party	Denis Rohan	4.78	506	534	559	706	804	848
	Sinn Féin	Matt Devlin	4.62	489	508	528	556
	Labour Party	Jim Henson	3.08	326	372	405
	Green Party	Martin McEnroe	1.71	184	205
Electorate: 19,031 Valid: 10,581 (55.60%) Spoilt: 193 Quota: 1,323 Turnout: 10,774 (56.61%)

Coole

Coole - 3 seats
Party		Candidate	% 1st Pref	Count 1	Count 2	Count 3
	Fine Gael	Frank McDermott*	30.73	1,355
	Fianna Fáil	Paddy Hill*	22.48	991	1,069	1,128
	Fianna Fáil	P.J. O'Shaughnessy*	20.62	909	945	981
	Labour Party	Adrian Murray	19.32	852	973	1,127
	Sinn Féin	Niamh Hogg	6.85	302	319
Electorate: 7,087 Valid: 4,409 (62.21%) Spoilt: 104 Quota: 1,103 Turnout: 4,513 (63.68%)

Kilbeggan

Kilbeggan - 4 seats
Party		Candidate	% 1st Pref	Count 1	Count 2	Count 3	Count 4	Count 5	Count 6
	Fine Gael	Joe Flanagan*	28.38	1,683
	Labour Party	Mark Nugent*	17.30	1,026	1,050	1,131	1,310
	Fianna Fáil	Tom Cowley*	14.47	858	884	915	938	947	1,127
	Fine Gael	Michael Newman*	13.66	810	1,016	1,052	1,099	1,127	1,219
	Fianna Fáil	Michael Ryan*	8.99	533	671	714	772	797	854
	Fianna Fáil	Christo Bradley	6.81	404	414	444	465	475
	Sinn Féin	Eddie Seery	5.50	326	351
	Labour Party	Pat Boyce	4.89	290	357	405
Electorate: 9,766 Valid: 1,187 Spoilt: 5,930 (60.72%) Quota: 129 Turnout: 6,059 (62.04%)

Mullingar East

Mullingar East - 4 seats
Party		Candidate	% 1st Pref	Count 1	Count 2	Count 3	Count 4	Count 5	Count 6	Count 7
	Labour Party	Mick Dollard*	28.60	1,809
	Fianna Fáil	Jim Bourke*	13.26	839	905	937	985	1,050	1,106	1,386
	Labour Party	Dan McCarthy*	11.26	744	941	988	1,046	1,071	1,140	1,173
	Fine Gael	Patrick McLoughlin*	10.95	693	714	726	741	801	978	1,093
	Fianna Fáil	Denis Coyne	7.78	492	506	511	524	628	645
	Labour Party	Denis Leonard	7.49	474	612	642	678	771	827	922
	Fine Gael	Graham Temple	6.20	392	437	465	491	503
	Independent	Robert Bagnall	6.01	380	389	408	441
	Sinn Féin	Johnny Creagh	4.84	306	332	355
	Green Party	Seán Corrigan	3.11	197	224
Electorate: 11,089 Valid: 6,326 (57.05%) Spoilt: 147 Quota: 1,266 Turnout: 6,473 (58.37%)

Mullingar West

Mullingar West - 5 seats
Party		Candidate	% 1st Pref	Count 1	Count 2	Count 3	Count 4	Count 5	Count 6	Count 7	Count 8	Count 9
	Labour Party	Johnnie Penrose*	21.25	1,593
	Fine Gael	Fintan Cooney	13.29	996	1,026	1,048	1,090	1,150	1,362
	Fianna Fáil	Ken Glynn*	10.63	797	811	833	888	1,041	1,091	1,152	1,187	1,198
	Labour Party	Detty Cornally	9.10	682	761	798	891	932	1,013	1,437
	Fianna Fáil	Robert Troy	8.62	646	716	781	812	953	987	1,017	1,045	1,061
	Fine Gael	Shay Boyhan*	8.35	626	653	676	700	717	823	859	948	1,033
	Labour Party	Betty Doran*	5.79	434	500	523	588	610	647
	Fine Gael	Peter Burke	6.60	495	511	531	571	601
	Fine Gael	Tommy Wright	6.42	481	492	499	533
	Independent	Frank McIntyre	5.51	413	427	476
	Sinn Féin	Declan Gunning	4.46	334	350
Electorate: 13,184 Valid: 7,497 (56.86%) Spoilt: 124 Quota: 1,250 Turnout: 7,621 (57.80%)

External links

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