2004 Wexford County Council election

An election to Wexford 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 Wexford County Council election

11 June 2004
All 21 seats on Wexford County Council
First party Second party Third party   Party Fine Gael Fianna Fáil Sinn Féin Seats won 7 6 3 Seat change -1 -3 +3   Fourth party Fifth party   Party Labour Independent Seats won 1 4 Seat change - +1
Map showing the area of Wexford County Council
Council control after election TBD

Results by party

Party		Seats	±	First Pref. votes	FPv%	±%
	Fine Gael	7	-1	18,646	32.74
	Fianna Fáil	6	-3	17,419	30.59
	Sinn Féin	3	+3	5,103	8.96
	Labour	1	-	5,012	8.80
	Independent	4	+1	8,830	15.50
Totals		21	-	56,952	100.00	—

Results by local electoral area

Enniscorthy

Enniscorthy - 5 seats

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12
	Fianna Fáil	Peter Byrne*	12.36	1,770	1,779	1,802	1,828	1,846	1,911	1,976	2,371	2,522
	Fianna Fáil	Barbara Ann Murphy*	11.44	1,639	1,644	1,654	1,660	1,760	1,797	1,832	2,010	2,058	2,130	2,158	2,179
	Fine Gael	Oliver Walsh*	10.92	1,564	1,579	1,583	1,593	1,624	1,727	1,778	1,947	2,116	2,197	2,208	2,234
	Fine Gael	Trevor Masterson	9.14	1,309	1,329	1,381	1,390	1,443	1,487	1,520	1,567	1,788	1,860	1,877	1,892
	Independent	Seán Doyle*	8.98	1,286	1,324	1,365	1,397	1,431	1,510	1,657	1,722	1,880	2,500
	Fine Gael	Kathleen Codd-Nolan	8.60	1,232	1,252	1,288	1,294	1,332	1,374	1,398	1,438	1,751	1,845	1,879	1,929
	Fine Gael	Patrick Kavanagh*	7.31	1,047	1,060	1,108	1,133	1,156	1,220	1,250	1,330
	Fianna Fáil	Willie Kavanagh	6.90	988	998	1,001	1,004	1,013	1,157	1,196
	Sinn Féin	Noreen Sheridan	5.07	727	750	755	780	805	823
	Independent	Jackser Owens	6.78	972	987	1,006	1,038	1,067	1,100	1,312	1,370	1,465
	Progressive Democrats	Seán Quirke	2.42	639	650	664	672	686
	Labour	Winnie O'Leary	2.42	346	372	377	466
	Fine Gael	Tara Manning	1.93	277	287
	Labour	Anne Robinson	1.86	266	572	577	613
	Green	Michael Cuthbert	1.84	264
Electorate: 24,684   Valid: 14,326 (58.04%)   Spoilt: 322   Quota: 2,322   Turnout: 14,648 (59.34%)

Gorey

Gorey - 4 seats

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9
	Fine Gael	Michael W. D'Arcy*	15.58	1,952	1,984	2,091	2,201	2,459	2,571
	Independent	Declan McPartlin	13.63	1,707	1,762	1,807	1,896	1,992	2,150	2,162	2,617
	Fianna Fáil	Lorcan Allen*	11.94	1,496	1,511	1,553	1,611	1,717	2,258	2,273	2,430	2,452
	Sinn Féin	Jimmy Fleming	11.81	1,479	1,559	1,594	1,742	1,876	1,982	1,991	2,116	2,148
	Fine Gael	Peter Earle	9.02	1,130	1,166	1,219	1,287	1,416	1,538	1,556	2,012	2,069
	Fine Gael	Michael Kinsella	8.95	1,121	1,141	1,213	1,273	1,429	1,521	1,532
	Fianna Fáil	Pat Rath	8.82	1,105	1,130	1,149	1,190	1,274
	Fine Gael	Colin Webb	6.69	838	867	1,038	1,153
	Labour	Bobby Ireton	5.56	696	749	786
	Fine Gael	Kay O'Gorman	4.85	608	621
	Independent	Eddie Colfer	1.64	206
	Socialist Workers	John Carty	1.51	189
Electorate: 20,363   Valid: 12,527 (61.52%)   Spoilt: 253   Quota: 2,506   Turnout: 12,780 (62.76%)

New Ross

New Ross - 5 seats

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8
	Fianna Fáil	Sean Connick	15.70	1,914	1,994	2,172
	Sinn Féin	John Dwyer	11.22	1,368	1,406	1,548	1,575	1,601	1,678	1,960	1,986
	Fine Gael	Larry O'Brien*	11.09	1,352	1,406	1,485	1,504	1,573	2,002	2,157
	Fianna Fáil	Jimmy Curtis*	10.80	1,317	1,334	1,359	1,365	1,593	1,772	2,026	2,042
	Fine Gael	Denis Kennedy*	10.48	1,278	1,308	1,389	1,403	1,415	1,589	1,690	1,722
	Fianna Fáil	Michael Sheehan*	8.51	1,038	1,074	1,159	1,215	1,277	1,310
	Fianna Fáil	Martin Murphy	8.40	1,024	1,039	1,046	1,053	1,348	1,503	1,661	1,695
	Fine Gael	Patrick Whelan	7.90	963	986	1,020	1,022	1,161
	Fianna Fáil	Seamus Whelan*	7.13	869	877	886	890
	Labour	Bobby Dunphy	5.49	669	737
	Independent	David Maher	3.30	402
Electorate: 21,918   Valid: 12,194 (55.63%)   Spoilt: 322   Quota: 2,033   Turnout: 12,516 (57.10%)

Wexford

Wexford - 7 seats

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12
	Independent	Padge Reck*	8.85	1,608	1,640	1,665	1,735	1,808	1,970	2,059	2,064	2,206	2,326
	Labour	Ted Howlin*	8.50	1,544	1,599	1,609	1,838	1,923	2,035	2,323
	Sinn Féin	Maurice Roche	8.41	1,529	1,552	1,561	1,586	1,598	1,664	1,706	1,709	1,830	1,888	1,950	1,955
	Fine Gael	Pat Codd*	8.04	1,462	1,475	1,494	1,498	1,601	1,607	1,638	1,642	1,678	1,841	2,151	2,166
	Fianna Fáil	Lisa McDonald	7.66	1,392	1,418	1,537	1,567	1,630	1,688	1,805	1,809	1,918	2,204	2,343
	Independent	Leo Carthy*	7.50	1,363	1,460	1,634	1,646	1,668	1,712	1,791	1,797	1,899	1,937	2,301
	Fianna Fáil	Gus Byrne*	6.23	1,133	1,145	1,294	1,319	1,356	1,409	1,445	1,449	1,509	1,737	1,801	1,827
	Fine Gael	Jim Moore	5.63	1,023	1,074	1,171	1,178	1,281	1,289	1,353	1,356	1,426	1,451
	Fianna Fáil	Noel Keane	5.47	995	997	1,039	1,045	1,072	1,083	1,091	1,092	1,105
	Fine Gael	Anna Fenlon*	5.35	972	1,008	1,025	1,127	1,290	1,424	1,480	1,490	1,648	1,692	1,920	1,945
	Green	Danny Forde	4.68	850	876	890	949	973	1,035	1,077	1,088
	Fine Gael	Philomena Roche	4.37	795	805	811	826
	Independent	Michael Furlong	4.35	791	800	805	856	873
	Labour	Gordon Rochford	4.15	755	774	781	849	905	935
	Labour	Davy Hynes	4.05	736	745	751
	Fianna Fáil	Josephine Doyle*	4.02	731	740
	Independent	Angela Leahy	2.72	495
Electorate: 34,708   Valid: 18,174 (52.36%)   Spoilt: 425   Quota: 2,272   Turnout: 18,599 (53.59%)

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