2004 Kerry County Council election

An election to Kerry County Council took place on 11 June 2004 as part of that year's Irish local elections. 27 councillors were elected from five local electoral areas by PR-STV voting for a five-year term of office.

2004 Kerry County Council election

11 June 2004
All 27 seats on Kerry County Council
First party Second party Third party   Party Fianna Fáil Fine Gael Labour Seats won 11 8 2 Seat change 1 2 1   Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party   Party Sinn Féin SKIA Independent Seats won 2 1 3 Seat change 1 1
Aea of Kerry County Council

Results by party

Party		Seats	±	First Pref. votes	FPv%	±%
	Fianna Fáil	11	1	27,689	37.47	2.33
	Fine Gael	8	2	18,346	24.82	1.33
	Labour	2	1	8,502	11.50	2.83
	Sinn Féin	2	1	5,809	7.86	1.87
	SKIA	1		1,618	2.19	0.13
	Green	0		745	1.01	0.62
	Progressive Democrats	0		462	0.63	New
	Independent	3	1	10,735	14.53	0.84
Totals		27		73,906	100.00

Results by local electoral area

Dingle

Dingle - 3 seats

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4
	Fianna Fáil	Michael O'Shea*	23.04	1,898	2,087
	Fianna Fáil	Breandan MacGearailt*	19.58	1,613	1,695	1,834	1,872
	Fine Gael	Seamus (Cosai) Fitzgerald*	19.00	1,565	1,673	2,163
	Independent	Brigid O'Connor	14.52	1,196	1,433	1,744	1,809
	Fine Gael	Brendan Griffin	12.67	1,044	1,239
	Labour	Owen O'Shea	7.00	577
	Sinn Féin	Pat O'Shea	4.19	345
Electorate: 11,918   Valid: 8,238 (69.12%)   Spoilt: 75   Quota: 2,060   Turnout: 8,313 (69.75%)

Killarney

Killarney - 6 seats

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8
	Fianna Fáil	Tom Fleming*	17.52	3,038
	Independent	Brendan Cronin*	11.69	2,027	2,094	2,127	2,179	2,323	2,414	2,582
	Fianna Fáil	Colin Miller	10.62	1,842	1,913	1,942	1,975	2,041	2,144	2,745
	Independent	Danny Healy-Rae*	10.44	1,811	1,902	1,948	2,033	2,097	2,192	2,337	2,393
	SKIA	Michael Gleeson*	9.33	1,618	1,652	1,701	1,798	2,000	2,168	2,445	2,577
	Fianna Fáil	Brian O'Leary*	8.08	1,402	1,527	1,540	1,573	1,625	1,740
	Fine Gael	Tom Sheahan	7.78	1,349	1,481	1,482	1,659	1,998	2,069	2,186	2,226
	Labour	Seán O'Grady	6.07	1,052	1,071	1,113	1,384	1,449	1,767	1,943	1,982
	Independent	Donal Grady	5.78	1,003	1,022	1,047	1,090	1,146
	Fine Gael	Sheila Casey	5.43	942	964	1,022	1,059
	Labour	Andrew McCarthy*	4.88	846	876	904
	Independent	Tom Randles	1.33	231	238
	Green	Bea O'Neill	1.06	184	187
Electorate: 24,541   Valid: 17,345 (70.68%)   Spoilt: 197   Quota: 2,478   Turnout: 17,542 (71.48%)

Killorglin

Killorglin - 5 seats

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8
	Independent	Michael Healy-Rae*	15.11	1,973	1,987	2,051	2,115	2,154	2,236
	Fine Gael	Johnny (Porridge) O'Connor	14.10	1,841	1,860	1,873	1,897	2,075	2,243
	Fianna Fáil	Paul O'Donoghue*	14.01	1,829	1,833	1,841	1,869	1,917	1,975	2,093	2,097
	Fine Gael	P.J. Donovan*	13.25	1,730	1,743	1,750	1,789	1,795	1,933	1,945	1,960
	Fianna Fáil	Michael Cahill*	12.47	1,628	1,646	1,649	1,661	1,902	2,010	2,142	2,174
	Fine Gael	Michael Connor-Scarteen*	9.62	1,256	1,264	1,351	1,375	1,382	1,455	2,041	2,057
	Fianna Fáil	Dan McCarthy	6.94	906	907	943	983	994	1,016
	Labour	Donal Barry	4.83	631	641	664	719	759
	Fianna Fáil	Liam Crowley	4.38	572	581	583	593
	Sinn Féin	Michael O'Leary	2.44	318	320	325
	Independent	Denis McCarthy	2.02	264	267
	Independent	Tom Lyons	0.82	107
Electorate: 19,035   Valid: 13,055 (68.58%)   Spoilt: 172   Quota: 2,176   Turnout: 13,227 (69.49%)

Listowel

Listowel - 6 seats

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10
	Fianna Fáil	Ned O'Sullivan*	12.00	1,922	2,002	2,029	2,153	2,193	2,465
	Fianna Fáil	John Brassil*	10.96	1,755	1,782	1,852	1,872	2,060	2,137	2,170	2,512
	Fine Gael	Tim Buckley*	10.16	1,627	1,683	1,691	1,874	1,888	2,035	2,055	2,405
	Fine Gael	Liam Purtill*	9.35	1,498	1,557	1,567	1,652	1,670	1,749	1,760	1,954	1,984	2,088
	Labour	Pat Leahy*	8.98	1,438	1,488	1,714	1,770	1,824	2,099	2,142	2,273	2,313
	Fianna Fáil	Dan Kiely*	8.75	1,402	1,461	1,500	1,545	1,591	1,724	1,778	1,852	1,908	1,916
	Sinn Féin	Robert Beasley	8.49	1,360	1,454	1,466	1,493	1,927	1,990	1,999	2,070	2,077	2,081
	Fine Gael	Bernie Behan	6.89	1,103	1,117	1,277	1,337	1,410	1,450	1,456
	Fianna Fáil	William Sheehan	6.37	1,020	1,049	1,077	1,171	1,189
	Sinn Féin	Risteard O Fuarain	5.72	916	926	989	1,007
	Fine Gael	Denis Stack	4.46	715	734	752
	Labour	Michael O'Keeffe	4.39	703	716
	Progressive Democrats	Gerard Burke	2.88	462
	Independent	Padraig O'Sullivan	0.61	98
Electorate: 24,738   Valid: 16,019 (64.75%)   Spoilt: 254   Quota: 2,289   Turnout: 16,273 (65.78%)

Tralee

Tralee - 7 seats

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9
	Labour	Terry O'Brien*	12.47	2,401	2,453
	Fianna Fáil	Anne McEllistrim*	12.39	2,385	2,408
	Sinn Féin	Toireasa Ferris*	12.17	2,343	2,619
	Fine Gael	Bobby O'Connell*	8.63	1,662	1,663	1,663	1,673	1,783	1,798	2,099	2,115	2,211
	Fianna Fáil	Norma Foley*	7.64	1,471	1,487	1,495	1,540	1,588	1,764	1,942	2,051	2,220
	Fianna Fáil	Ted Fitzgerald*	7.23	1,391	1,407	1,414	1,436	1,479	1,622	1,752	1,857	2,034
	Fine Gael	Pat McCarthy	7.19	1,384	1,394	1,403	1,453	1,646	1,687	1,755	1,835	2,013
	Independent	Billy Leen*	6.49	1,249	1,272	1,303	1,369	1,402	1,443	1,495	1,680	1,835
	Fianna Fáil	Charlie Farrelly	4.54	873	875	877	889	897	925
	Labour	Donal Tobin	4.44	854	865	877	988	1,063	1,187	1,214	1,390
	Independent	Tommy Foley	4.03	776	809	834	888	915	989	1,000
	Fianna Fáil	Johnnie Wall	3.85	742	761	772	807	829
	Fine Gael	John Shanahan	3.27	630	630	631	660
	Green	David Grey	2.91	561	570	582
	Sinn Féin	Maisie Houlihan	2.74	527
Electorate: 32,127   Valid: 19,249 (59.92%)   Spoilt: 335   Quota: 2,407   Turnout: 19,584 (60.96%)

External links

• Voting data
• Official website
• Council Results
• Old Local Election Results