2004 Galway City Council election

2004 Irish local government election

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2004 Galway City Council election

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All 15 seats on Galway City Council
|  | First party  | Second party  | Third party

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Party  | Labour | Progressive Democrats | Fine Gael
Seats won  | 4  | 3  | 3
Seat change  | +2  | -1  | -1

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| Fourth party  | Fifth party  | Sixth party
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Party  | Fianna Fáil | Sinn Féin | Green
Seats won  | 2  | 1  | 1
Seat change  | -3  | +1  | +1

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| Seventh party  |
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Party  | Independent |
Seats won  | 1  |
Seat change  | +1  |

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Map showing the area of Galway City Council

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|  | Council control after election

TBD

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An election to Galway City Council took place on 11 June 2004 as part of that year's Irish local elections. 15 councillors were elected from three electoral divisions by PR-STV voting for a five-year term of office.

## Results by party

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Party  | Seats  | ±  | First Pref. votes  | FPv%  | ±%

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| Labour | 4  | +2  | 3,816  | 16.49  |
| Progressive Democrats | 3  | -1  | 5,235 | 22.63 |
| Fine Gael | 3  | -1  | 3,945  | 17.05  |
| Fianna Fáil | 2  | -3  | 4,440  | 19.19  |
| Sinn Féin | 1  | +1  | 1,942  | 8.39  |
| Green | 1  | +1  | 1,683  | 7.27  |
| Independent | 1  | +1  | 2,075  | 8.97  |
Totals | 15 | \-  | 23,136  | 100.00 | —

## Results by local electoral area

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### Galway No.1

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Galway No.1 - 7 seats  Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count

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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13
| Independent | Michael Crowe | 10.50  | 1,027  | 1,033  | 1,050  | 1,069  | 1,106  | 1,143  | 1,185  | 1,232 |  |  |  |  |
| Progressive Democrats | Declan McDonnell*  | 10.24  | 1,002  | 1,004  | 1,011  | 1,024  | 1,036  | 1,052  | 1,090  | 1,093  | 1,115  | 1,116  | 1,138  | 1,185  | 1,356
| Fine Gael | Brian Walsh | 8.91  | 872  | 873  | 890  | 950  | 962  | 1,052  | 1,067  | 1,072  | 1,234 |  |  |  |
| Sinn Féin | Daniel Callanan | 8.55  | 836  | 840  | 842  | 851  | 874  | 882  | 903  | 946  | 961  | 961  | 1,042  | 1,071  | 1,117
| Progressive Democrats | Terry O'Flaherty*  | 7.81  | 764  | 773  | 790  | 805  | 840  | 867  | 886  | 900  | 930  | 933  | 959  | 1,055  | 1,193
| Fianna Fáil | Michael Leahy*  | 6.60  | 646  | 652  | 690  | 704  | 707  | 722  | 794  | 811  | 846  | 847  | 874  | 1,078  | 1,151
| Labour | Tom Costello*  | 6.39  | 625  | 647  | 655  | 659  | 691  | 697  | 709  | 741  | 790  | 793  | 904  | 957  | 1,097
| Progressive Democrats | Gary Creaven  | 5.95  | 582  | 585  | 595  | 602  | 627  | 635  | 649  | 654  | 689  | 690  | 715  | 780  |
| Fianna Fáil | Johanna Downes  | 4.53  | 443  | 448  | 474  | 478  | 512  | 518  | 566  | 581  | 595  | 595  | 623  |  |
| Labour | Derek Nolan | 4.50  | 440  | 478  | 486  | 495  | 524  | 539  | 553  | 617  | 641  | 642  | 801  | 835  | 878
| Green | Kieran Cunnane  | 4.25  | 416  | 426  | 428  | 440  | 453  | 469  | 473  | 555  | 578  | 579  |  |  |
| Fine Gael | Fintan Coogan*  | 3.50  | 342  | 344  | 348  | 378  | 393  | 448  | 454  | 469  |  |  |  |  |
| Independent | Tokie Laotan  | 3.18  | 311  | 315  | 316  | 324  | 344  | 351  | 361  |  |  |  |  |  |
| Independent | Peter Rowland  | 3.16  | 309  | 317  | 321  | 323  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
| Fianna Fáil | Michael Kelly  | 3.13  | 306  | 307  | 326  | 331  | 339  | 348  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
| Fine Gael | Niall McNelis  | 2.93  | 287  | 290  | 291  | 330  | 335  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
| Fine Gael | Geraldine Gantly  | 2.60  | 254  | 255  | 258  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
| Fianna Fáil | Fearghal Wall  | 1.94  | 190  | 192  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
| Labour | Nuala O'Hara  | 1.34  | 131  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Electorate: 18,815  Valid: 9,783 (52.0%)  Spoilt: 174  Quota: 1,223  Turnout: 9,957 (52.92%)

### Galway No.2

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Galway No.2 - 4 seats  Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count

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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6
| Fianna Fáil | John Connolly | 16.75  | 887  | 912  | 1,038  | 1,416 |  |
| Sinn Féin | Ann Marie Carroll  | 13.94  | 738  | 794  | 837  | 864  | 892  | 897
| Labour | Billy Cameron | 13.43  | 711  | 831  | 942  | 1,042  | 1,111 |
| Labour | Colette Connolly | 12.16  | 644  | 789  | 854  | 920  | 972  | 986
| Fine Gael | Padraig Conneely | 11.71  | 620  | 656  | 746  | 838  | 900  | 910
| Fianna Fáil | Martin Quinn*  | 11.54  | 611  | 645  | 746  |  |  |
| Progressive Democrats | Mike Geraghty  | 10.39  | 550  | 623  |  |  |  |
| Green | Aoibheann McCann  | 7.29  | 386  |  |  |  |  |
| Independent | Paul Osikoya  | 2.81  | 149  |  |  |  |  |
Electorate: 10,577  Valid: 5,296 (50.07%)  Spoilt: 109  Quota: 1,060  Turnout: 5,405 (51.10%)

### Galway No.3

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Galway No.3 - 4 seats  Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count

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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9
| Progressive Democrats | Donal Lyons*  | 20.55  | 1,656 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
| Labour | Catherine Connolly*  | 15.70  | 1,265  | 1,338  | 1,432  | 1,437  | 1,520  | 1,565  | 1,660 |  |
| Fine Gael | John Mulholland*  | 11.79  | 950  | 975  | 996  | 1,004  | 1,314  | 1,439  | 1,802 |  |
| Green | Niall O Brolchain | 10.93  | 881  | 959  | 1,088  | 1,094  | 1,157  | 1,199  | 1,305  | 1,386  | 1,413
| Fianna Fáil | Tom Cox*  | 9.00  | 725  | 731  | 764  | 767  | 795  | 1,095  | 1,246  | 1,352  | 1,373
| Progressive Democrats | Paul Colleran*  | 8.45  | 681  | 690  | 706  | 719  | 811  | 889  |  |  |
| Fianna Fáil | Val Hanley*  | 7.84  | 632  | 637  | 655  | 661  | 691  |  |  |  |
| Fine Gael | Maureen Egan  | 7.70  | 620  | 634  | 648  | 651  |  |  |  |  |
| Sinn Féin | Conan Campbell  | 4.57  | 368  | 411  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
| Independent | Paul Osikoya  | 3.46  | 279  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Electorate: 14,929  Valid: 8,057 (53.97%)  Spoilt: 141  Quota: 1,612  Turnout: 8,198 (54.91%)

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