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2004 Westmeath County Council election

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Part of the 2004 Irish local elections

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2004 Westmeath County Council election
← 1999 11 June 2004 2009 →
All 23 seats on Westmeath County Council
  First party Second party Third party
 
Party Fianna Fáil Fine Gael Labour
Seats won 9 8 6
Seat change -3 +2 +1
Map showing the area of Westmeath County Council
Council control after election

TBD

An election to Westmeath County Council took place on 11 June 2004 as part of that year's Irish local elections. 23 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).

Results by party

Party Seats ± First Pref. votes FPv% ±%
Fianna Fáil 9 -3 11,782 34.00
Fine Gael 8 +2 11,294 32.60
Labour 6 +1 8,736 25.22
Sinn Féin 0 0 1,757 5.07
Green 0 0 381 1.01
Totals 23 0 34,643 100.00 —

Results by local electoral area

Athlone

Athlone - 7 seats
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9
Fine Gael Nicky McFadden* 17.97 1,901                
Fianna Fáil Kevin "Boxer" Moran* 12.50 1,323                
Fine Gael Joe Whelan 9.93 1,051 1,108 1,120 1,137 1,162 1,190 1,372    
Fianna Fáil P.J. Coghill* 8.37 886 908 914 921 950 1,030 1,078 1,086 1,087
Fianna Fáil Tom Allen* 8.19 867 887 900 916 948 1,014 1,072 1,091 1,093
Fianna Fáil Kieran Molloy* 7.86 832 889 903 943 1,007 1,159 1,212 1,225 1,227
Fine Gael Mark Cooney* 7.66 811 1,026 1,052 1,088 1,134 1,228 1,329    
Fianna Fáil Frankie Keena 7.13 754 810 819 848 894 1,041 1,099 1,108 1,109
Fianna Fáil Egbert Moran* 6.15 651 688 701 714 738        
Labour Denis Rohan 4.78 506 534 559 706 804 848      
Sinn Féin Matt Devlin 4.62 489 508 528 556          
Labour Jim Henson 3.08 326 372 405            
Green Martin McEnroe 1.71 184 205              
Electorate: 19,031   Valid: 10,581 (55.60%)   Spoilt: 193   Quota: 1,323   Turnout: 10,774 (56.61%)  

Coole

Coole - 3 seats
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3
Fine Gael Frank McDermott* 30.73 1,355    
Fianna Fáil Paddy Hill* 22.48 991 1,069 1,128
Fianna Fáil P.J. O'Shaughnessy* 20.62 909 945 981
Labour Adrian Murray 19.32 852 973 1,127
Sinn Féin Niamh Hogg 6.85 302 319  
Electorate: 7,087   Valid: 4,409 (62.21%)   Spoilt: 104   Quota: 1,103   Turnout: 4,513 (63.68%)  

Kilbeggan

Kilbeggan - 4 seats
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4 5 6
Fine Gael Joe Flanagan* 28.38 1,683          
Labour Mark Nugent* 17.30 1,026 1,050 1,131 1,310    
Fianna Fáil Tom Cowley* 14.47 858 884 915 938 947 1,127
Fine Gael Michael Newman* 13.66 810 1,016 1,052 1,099 1,127 1,219
Fianna Fáil Michael Ryan* 8.99 533 671 714 772 797 854
Fianna Fáil Christo Bradley 6.81 404 414 444 465 475  
Sinn Féin Eddie Seery 5.50 326 351        
Labour Pat Boyce 4.89 290 357 405      
Electorate: 9,766   Valid: 1,187   Spoilt: 5,930 (60.72%)   Quota: 129   Turnout: 6,059 (62.04%)  

Mullingar East

Mullingar East - 4 seats
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4 5 6 7
Labour Mick Dollard* 28.60 1,809            
Fianna Fáil Jim Bourke* 13.26 839 905 937 985 1,050 1,106 1,386
Labour Dan McCarthy* 11.26 744 941 988 1,046 1,071 1,140 1,173
Fine Gael Patrick McLoughlin* 10.95 693 714 726 741 801 978 1,093
Fianna Fáil Denis Coyne 7.78 492 506 511 524 628 645  
Labour Denis Leonard 7.49 474 612 642 678 771 827 922
Fine Gael Graham Temple 6.20 392 437 465 491 503    
Independent Robert Bagnall 6.01 380 389 408 441      
Sinn Féin Johnny Creagh 4.84 306 332 355        
Green Seán Corrigan 3.11 197 224          
Electorate: 11,089   Valid: 6,326 (57.05%)   Spoilt: 147   Quota: 1,266   Turnout: 6,473 (58.37%)  

Mullingar West

Mullingar West - 5 seats
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9
Labour Johnnie Penrose* 21.25 1,593                
Fine Gael Fintan Cooney 13.29 996 1,026 1,048 1,090 1,150 1,362      
Fianna Fáil Ken Glynn* 10.63 797 811 833 888 1,041 1,091 1,152 1,187 1,198
Labour Detty Cornally 9.10 682 761 798 891 932 1,013 1,437    
Fianna Fáil Robert Troy 8.62 646 716 781 812 953 987 1,017 1,045 1,061
Fine Gael Shay Boyhan* 8.35 626 653 676 700 717 823 859 948 1,033
Labour Betty Doran* 5.79 434 500 523 588 610 647      
Fine Gael Peter Burke 6.60 495 511 531 571 601        
Fine Gael Tommy Wright 6.42 481 492 499 533          
Independent Frank McIntyre 5.51 413 427 476            
Sinn Féin Declan Gunning 4.46 334 350              
Electorate: 13,184   Valid: 7,497 (56.86%)   Spoilt: 124   Quota: 1,250   Turnout: 7,621 (57.80%)  

External links

Elections to Westmeath County Council
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