2004 Wicklow County Council election

An election to Wicklow County Council took place on 11 June 2004 as part of that year's Irish local elections. 24 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).

2004 Wicklow County Council election

← 1999 11 June 2004 2009 →

All 24 seats on Wicklow County Council
  First party Second party Third party
 
Party Fine Gael Fianna Fáil Labour
Seats won 7 6 6
Seat change +1 -2 +1

  Fourth party Fifth party
 
Party Green Independent
Seats won 1 4
Seat change - -

Map showing the area of Wicklow County Council

Council control after election

TBD

Results by party

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Party Seats ± First Pref. votes FPv% ±%
Fine Gael 7 +1 11,695 21.99
Fianna Fáil 6 -2 13,394 25.18
Labour 6 +1 11,661 21.92
Green 1 - 2,490 4.68
Independent 4 - 8,535 16.05
Totals 24 - 53,186 100.00

Results by local electoral area

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Arklow

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Arklow - 5 seats
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4 5 6 7
Labour Nicky Kelly* 28.00 3,398            
Fianna Fáil Dr. Bill O'Connell* 12.81 1,555 1,962 1,977 2,030      
Fine Gael Vincent Blake* 12.41 1,506 1,553 1,640 1,661 1,693 1,818 1,919
Fianna Fáil Pat Doran* 11.26 1,367 1,410 1,459 1,475 1,516 1,801 1,839
Labour Kevin Ryan 8.48 1,029 1,212 1,243 1,321 1,448 1,520 1,622
Fine Gael Sylvester Bourke* 7.65 929 1,130 1,147 1,198 1,264 1,364 1,838
Fianna Fáil Liam O'Loughlin 5.81 705 758 769 786 817    
Fine Gael Donal O'Sullivan 5.17 628 833 834 889 957 1,022  
Sinn Féin Adrian O'Reilly 3.72 452 589 597 654      
Green Tess Enright 2.64 321 414 432        
Progressive Democrats John Deegan 2.04 247 253          
Electorate: 18,837   Valid: 12,137 (64.43%)   Spoilt: 222   Quota: 2,023   Turnout: 12,359 (65.61%)  

Baltinglass

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Baltinglass - 3 seats
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
Independent Tommy Cullen* 22.91 1,832 1,856 1,883 1,893 1,918 1,948 2,041      
Independent Jim Ruttle* 17.00 1,359 1,378 1,424 1,465 1,508 1,565 1,619 1,628 1,785 2,105
Fine Gael Edward Timmins* 14.42 1,153 1,163 1,178 1,181 1,358 1,375 1,480 1,495 1,709 1,846
Progressive Democrats Eileen Cullen 9.93 794 805 847 870 877 940 998 1,006 1,122 1,351
Sinn Féin Gerry O'Neill 8.64 691 698 731 792 794 835 871 875 972  
Fianna Fáil Ina O'Keeffe 7.09 567 570 576 623 641 781 835 841    
Fianna Fáil Joe McCormac 4.29 343 353 367 417 417          
Labour Mary Lee Stapleton 4.17 333 377 397 398 438 469        
Fine Gael John Timmins 4.00 320 322 326 327            
Fianna Fáil Mick O'Connell 2.94 235 236 249              
Independent Assumpta Byrne 2.71 217 230                
Green Pat Pidgeon 1.89 151                  
Electorate: 12,204   Valid: 7,995 (65.51%)   Spoilt: 103   Quota: 1,999   Turnout: 8,098 (66.36%)  

Bray

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Bray - 7 seats
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11
Labour John Byrne* 12.63 1,807                    
Green Déirdre de Búrca* 11.45 1,638 1,643 1,657 1,720 1,781 1,782 1,839        
Fianna Fáil Joe Behan* 11.32 1,620 1,627 1,634 1,645 1,677 1,679 1,693 1,704 1,939    
Independent Christopher Fox* 11.14 1,594 1,601 1,607 1,642 1,698 1,699 1,898        
Fianna Fáil Pat Vance* 8.95 1,280 1,291 1,301 1,333 1,376 1,377 1,392 1,409 1,528 1,574 1,667
Labour Anne Ferris* 8.47 1,212 1,219 1,236 1,279 1,313 1,321 1,392 1,402 1,452 1,466 1,735
Sinn Féin Marie Gavaghan 6.91 988 990 997 1,013 1,023 1,024 1,035 1,043 1,058 1,064  
Fine Gael John Ryan 6.83 977 1,040 1,119 1,156 1,219 1,220 1,415 1,452 1,504 1,517 1,584
Fianna Fáil Michael Lawlor* 6.58 941 949 960 970 1,007 1,008 1,037 1,058 1,183 1,254 1,341
Fianna Fáil David Grant 4.37 625 630 633 641 665 666 674 679      
Fine Gael John Byrne 4.05 580 598 630 634 653 654          
Progressive Democrats Ruairi Hanley 2.84 406 410 413 421              
Independent Seay Ledwidge 1.99 285 290 293                
Fine Gael Brian Kenny 1.31 188 205                  
Fine Gael P.J. Minogue 1.16 166                    
Electorate: 26,906   Valid: 14,307 (53.17%)   Spoilt: 328   Quota: 1,789   Turnout: 14,635 (54.39%)  

Greystones

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Greystones - 4 seats
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
Fine Gael George Jones* 14.74 1,188 1,195 1,214 1,305 1,334 1,436 1,491 1,636
Fine Gael Derek Mitchell* 13.42 1,082 1,095 1,121 1,211 1,255 1,308 1,352 1,425
Labour Tom Fortune 12.19 983 1,011 1,057 1,126 1,244 1,298 1,552 1,668
Fianna Fáil Kathleen Kelleher 11.13 897 906 932 944 962 1,052 1,110 1,501
Fianna Fáil Eleanor Roche* 10.11 815 821 841 864 878 917 1,009  
Sinn Féin David Gahan 9.08 732 769 789 836 870 915    
Independent Veronica O'Reilly* 8.32 671 679 703 733 791 945 1,113 1,235
Independent Chris Maloney 6.36 513 532 559 568 601      
Green Francis Neary 4.71 380 394 411 418        
Fine Gael John Toner 4.60 371 386 400          
Independent Niall Byrne 3.05 246 252            
Independent Charlie Keddy 2.28 184              
Electorate: 14,127   Valid: 8,062 (57.07%)   Spoilt: 138   Quota: 1,613   Turnout: 8,200 (58.04%)  

Wicklow

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Wicklow - 5 seats
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4 5 6 7
Fine Gael Andrew Doyle* 18.19 2,008            
Labour Jimmy O'Shaughnessy* 15.82 1,746 1,781 1,809 1,838 1,896    
Fianna Fáil Fachtna Whittle 11.44 1,262 1,272 1,301 1,371 1,412 1,537 1,731
Fianna Fáil Pat Doyle* 10.71 1,182 1,203 1,221 1,256 1,274 1,321 1,385
Labour Conal Kavanagh* 10.45 1,153 1,163 1,195 1,233 1,310 1,468 1,898
Independent Pat Casey 9.19 1,014 1,047 1,069 1,136 1,192 1,322 1,550
Fine Gael Pat Byrne 8.61 950 997 1,019 1,111 1,111 1,224  
Sinn Féin Eamonn Long 6.35 701 704 715 734 781    
Independent Bob Kearns 3.77 416 419 438 449      
Progressive Democrats Thomas Clarke 3.62 400 404 408        
Independent Paul Leahy 1.85 204 206          
Electorate: 19,250   Valid: 11,036 (57.33%)   Spoilt: 275   Quota: 1,840   Turnout: 11,311 (58.76%)  
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