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2004 Offaly County Council election

An election to Offaly County Council took place on 11 June 2004 as part of that year's Irish local elections. 21 councillors were elected from four 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).

2004 Offaly County Council election
← 1999 11 June 2004 2009 →
All 21 seats on Offaly County Council
  First party Second party Third party
 
Party Fianna Fáil Fine Gael Progressive Democrats
Seats won 8 6 2
Seat change -1 -1 +2
  Fourth party Fifth party
 
Party Independent Labour
Seats won 5 0
Seat change +1 -1
Map showing the area of Offaly County Council
Council control after election

TBD

Results by party

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Party Seats ± First Pref. votes FPv% ±%
Fianna Fáil 8 -1 10,884 33.78
Fine Gael 6 -1 9,443 29.31
Progressive Democrats 2 +2 2,331 7.23
Independent 5 +1 7,655 23.76
Labour 0 -1 1,251 3.88
Totals 21 - 32,222 100.00 —

Results by local electoral area

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Birr

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Birr - 5 seats
Party Candidate FPv% Count[1]
1 2 3 4 5 6 7
Fianna Fáil Peter Ormond* 13.82 1,067 1,116 1,218 1,271 1,294    
Fine Gael Percy Clendennen* 12.10 934 1,001 1,142 1,244 1,376    
Independent John Carroll 12.09 933 979 1,004 1,074 1,156 1,332  
Independent Tony McLoughlin 11.18 863 898 919 982 1,148 1,270 1,289
Fine Gael Tom Rigney* 10.53 813 818 863 886 986 1,039 1,104
Fianna Fáil Sinead Moylan-Ryan* 10.48 809 859 860 904 922 1,175 1,180
Fianna Fáil William Loughlane 7.72 596 652 669 750 760    
Fine Gael Denis Sheils 6.21 479 491 530 558      
Fine Gael Billy Feighery 5.67 438 456 489        
Progressive Democrats Liam Egan 5.61 433 438          
Fianna Fáil Jimmy O'Brien 4.59 354            
Electorate: 11,941   Valid: 7,719 (64.64%)   Spoilt: 126   Quota: 1,287   Turnout: 7,845 (65.70%)  

Edenderry

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Edenderry - 5 seats
Party Candidate FPv% Count[2]
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
Fianna Fáil Noel Bourke* 25.65 1,819              
Fianna Fáil Ger Killally* 17.44 1,237              
Fine Gael Geraldine McGarrigle 8.72 618 644 650 657 699 782 885 925
Fine Gael John Foran* 7.47 530 610 620 624 695 823 993 1,038
Progressive Democrats Eddie Fitzpatrick 7.09 503 520 616 617 692 878 901 1,092
Fine Gael Liam Hogan 6.91 490 595 597 604 613 641    
Progressive Democrats Fergus McDonnell 6.28 445 624 650 657 692 706 893 947
Fine Gael Jack Deegan 6.91 440 450 514 515 600      
Independent Frank Weir* 6.09 432 463 502 506        
Fianna Fáil Tom Nolan* 4.37 310 491 509 533 619 672 694  
Progressive Democrats Sam Gee 3.77 267 275            
Electorate: 12,817   Valid: 7,091 (55.32%)   Spoilt: 174   Quota: 1,182   Turnout: 7,265 (56.68%)  

Ferbane

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Ferbane - 4 seats
Party Candidate FPv% Count[3]
1 2 3 4 5 6
Fine Gael Connie Hanniffy* 20.75 1,218          
Fine Gael Marcella Corcoran Kennedy* 16.14 947 971 997 1,057 1,195  
Fianna Fáil Eamon Dooley* 15.49 909 914 921 964 995 1,037
Fianna Fáil Tom Feighery* 14.82 870 872 880 903 998 1,209
Labour Timmy Molloy 9.10 534 535 565 592 640  
Independent Ollie Daly 9.06 532 538 549 685 735 871
Progressive Democrats Seán O'Brien 6.47 380 382 402 420    
Independent John Bracken 5.90 346 363        
Independent Christopher Gannon 1.33 78 78        
Green Stephen Hollinshead 0.94 55 56        
Electorate: 9,449   Valid: 5,869 (62.11%)   Spoilt: 99   Quota: 1,174   Turnout: 5,968 (63.16%)  

Tullamore

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Tullamore - 7 seats
Party Candidate FPv% Count[4]
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13
Fine Gael Tommy McKeigue* 13.01 1,502                        
Independent Dervill Dolan* 12.99 1,500                        
Independent Molly Buckley* 11.38 1,314 1,324 1,327 1,342 1,352 1,380 1,452            
Fianna Fáil Barry Cowen* 10.13 1,169 1,172 1,188 1,225 1,245 1,249 1,259 1,275 1,304 1,321 1,485    
Independent Johnny Butterfield 8.76 1,011 1,017 1,019 1,027 1,034 1,054 1,078 1,090 1,134 1,182 1,209 1,286 1,371
Fine Gael Michael Fox* 6.14 709 722 723 758 759 826 841 850 939 961 1,007 1,090 1,134
Fianna Fáil Danny Owens 6.07 701 703 704 704 704 706 709 712 752 772 826 1,031 1,087
Independent Frank Moran 5.60 646 647 669 693 723 724 729 761 767 796 807 821  
Fianna Fáil Paddy Rowland 5.15 594 597 598 602 602 616 620 624 637 653 719    
Labour Seán O'Brien* 4.58 529 535 536 537 542 554 570 664 688 726 781 889 948
Fianna Fáil Brian Digan 3.89 449 452 453 454 455 460 464 472 482 503      
Progressive Democrats Breda Treacy 2.62 303 305 306 308 310 313 330 331          
Sinn Féin Seamus Walsh 2.06 238 239 239 239 322 324 336 346 361        
Green Alison Badrian 1.69 195 196 196 197 197 205              
Labour Peter Greville 1.63 188 189 191 193 199 207 214            
Sinn Féin Oliver O'Connor 1.47 170 170 173 176                  
Fine Gael Kevin Doheny 1.46 168 173 173 185 185                
Fine Gael Noel Reynolds 1.36 157 159 162                    
Electorate: 19,001   Valid: 11,543 (60.75%)   Spoilt: 201   Quota: 1,443   Turnout: 11,744 (61.81%)  

References

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  1. ^ "Offaly County Council: (Birr) 2004 Local Election Results, Counts, Stats and Analysis". irelandelection.com. Retrieved 22 January 2024.
  2. ^ "Offaly County Council: (Edenderry) 2004 Local Election Results, Counts, Stats and Analysis". irelandelection.com. Retrieved 22 January 2024.}
  3. ^ "Offaly County Council: (Ferbane) 2004 Local Election Results, Counts, Stats and Analysis". irelandelection.com. Retrieved 22 January 2024.}
  4. ^ "Offaly County Council: (Tullamore) 2004 Local Election Results, Counts, Stats and Analysis". irelandelection.com. Retrieved 22 January 2024.}
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