2004 Laois County Council election

2004 Laois County Council election
11 June 2004
All 25 seats on Laois County Council
  First party Second party Third party
 
Party Fianna Fáil Fine Gael Progressive Democrats
Seats won 11 9 1
Seat change -3 -1 +1
  Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party
 
Party Labour Sinn Féin Independent
Seats won 1 1 2
Seat change +1 +1 +1
Map showing the area of Laois County Council
Council control after election

TBD

An election to Laois County Council took place on 11 June 2004 as part of that year's Irish local elections. 25 councillors were elected from five local electoral areas (LEAs) for a five-year term of office on the electoral system of proportional representation by means of the single transferable vote (PR-STV).[1][2][3]

Results by party

Party Seats ± First Pref. votes FPv% ±%
Fianna Fáil 11 -3 11,521 37.74
Fine Gael 9 -1 8,504 27.86
Progressive Democrats 1 +1 3,072 10.06
Labour 1 +1 1,250 4.09
Sinn Féin 1 +1 1,147 3.76
Independent 2 +1 4,813 15.77
Totals 25 - 30,527 100.00 —

Results by local electoral area

Borris-in-Ossory

Borris-in-Ossory - 7 seats
PartyCandidateFPv%Count
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Fianna Fáil John Joe Fennelly* 14.66 1,341                
Fine Gael Michael Lalor* 12.85 1,175                
Fianna Fáil Brendan Phelan* 11.96 1,094 1,109 1,110 1,190          
Fine Gael John Bonham* 10.65 974 1,011 1,014 1,021 1,021 1,103 1,280    
Labour Larry Kavanagh 9.45 864 886 897 943 946 979 1,044 1,072 1,125
Fine Gael John King 8.20 750 753 756 842 853 880 899 913 939
Fine Gael Marty Phelan* 7.76 710 719 726 746 749 832 899 924 1,025
Fianna Fáil Bill Delaney* 6.51 595 641 645 702 720 758 786 809 1,039
Independent Jim Ring 4.83 442 470 471 482 484 529      
Fianna Fáil Seosamh Murphy 4.59 420 448 448 454 459 545 618 637  
Progressive Democrats James Walsh 4.28 391 396 396 445 449        
Progressive Democrats Joseph Hanrahan 4.26 390 394 395            
Electorate: 14,162   Valid: 9,146 (64.58%)   Spoilt: 155   Quota: 1,144   Turnout: 9,301 (65.68%)  

Emo

Emo - 4 seats
PartyCandidateFPv%Count
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Fianna Fáil Ray Cribbin* 17.17 832 891 919 953 995
Progressive Democrats Paul Mitchell 15.25 739 749 811 876 931
Fine Gael James Deegan* 15.08 731 757 874 980  
Fianna Fáil Michael Costello* 14.44 700 743 766 789 832
Independent Michael Turley* 11.59 562 606 629 679 918
Independent Kevin Maher 8.50 412 439 456 523  
Progressive Democrats Tom Cushen 7.18 348 363 373    
Fine Gael Trevor Wardrop 5.80 281 285      
Fianna Fáil Joseph Oakley 4.99 242        
Electorate: 8,110   Valid: 4,847 (59.77%)   Spoilt: 82   Quota: 970   Turnout: 4,929 (60.78%)  

Luggacurren

Luggacurren - 4 seats
PartyCandidateFPv%Count
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Fine Gael John Moran* 22.99 1,027      
Fine Gael James Daly* 18.60 831 894    
Fianna Fáil Dick Miller 18.09 808 819 846 950
Fianna Fáil Michael Rice* 18.62 694 733 766 866
Fianna Fáil Mary Wheatley* 12.36 552 562 582 681
Progressive Democrats Jimmy Mulhall 7.05 315 341 404  
Green Matt Diskin 4.93 220 225    
Electorate: 7,301   Valid: 4,467 (61.18%)   Spoilt: 89   Quota: 894   Turnout: 4,556 (62.40%)  

Mountmellick

Mountmellick - 4 seats
PartyCandidateFPv%Count
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Fine Gael David Goodwin* 13.36 671 675 693 807 883 1,096      
Fianna Fáil Paddy Bracken* 14.23 715 732 747 800 903 914 921 1,143  
Fianna Fáil Seamus McDonald* 13.32 669 673 710 722 766 844 863 937 992
Fianna Fáil Michael Moloney 10.93 549 562 576 610 674 685 690 812 864
Fianna Fáil Joe Digan* 10.55 530 538 559 562 579 709 736 751 782
Independent Pat Bowe 8.72 438 463 480 516 561 585 618    
Fine Gael Damien Moran 7.96 400 409 459 520 546        
Progressive Democrats John Joe Dunne 6.81 342 348 400 432          
Fine Gael Paddy Buggy 6.61 332 344 369            
Progressive Democrats Caroline Fitzpatrick-Mulhall 5.00 251 260              
Sinn Féin John Nelson 2.53 127                
Electorate: 7,036   Valid: 5,024 (71.40%)   Spoilt: 71   Quota: 1,005   Turnout: 5,095 (72.41%)  

Portlaoise

Portlaoise - 6 seats
PartyCandidateFPv%Count
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Fine Gael William Aird* 17.61 1,244                
Sinn Féin Brian Stanley 14.44 1,020                
Fine Gael Mary Sweeney* 11.33 800 850 877 906 991 1,073      
Independent Tom Jacob 9.77 690 723 747 786 804 844 893 904 1,021
Fianna Fáil Jerry Lodge* 9.44 667 683 696 717 772 809 953 962 1,018
Fianna Fáil Catherine Fitzgerald* 7.86 555 570 581 598 631 679 772 781 839
Fine Gael Kathleen O'Brien 6.17 436 497 508 544 555 591 617 640 748
Independent Rotimi Adebari 5.82 411 420 437 477 481 523 549 556  
Progressive Democrats Helen Kelly 4.19 296 315 322 333 349        
Fianna Fáil Jack Nolan 3.96 280 292 303 310 361 388      
Fianna Fáil Richard Lyons 3.94 278 284 290 297          
Labour Tom Phelan 2.97 210 213 260            
Labour John Conroy 2.49 176 186              
Electorate: 12,034   Valid: 7,063 (58.69%)   Spoilt: 107   Quota: 1,010   Turnout: 7,170 (59.58%)  

References

  1. ↑ "Laois County Council: (Emo) 2004 Local Election Results, Counts, Transfers". www.irelandelection.com. Retrieved 17 April 2026.
  2. ↑ "Stanley becomes vice chair of Laois County Council | An Phoblacht". www.anphoblacht.com. Retrieved 17 April 2026.
  3. ↑ Whelan, John (15 April 2019). "2004 Election Memories: No TDs, some PDs, a Sinn Féin breakthrough and a split in FF". Laois Today. Retrieved 17 April 2026.
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