2004 North Tipperary County Council election

Part of the 2004 Irish local elections

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2004 North Tipperary County Council election

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All 21 seats on North Tipperary County Council
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Party  | Fianna Fáil | Fine Gael | Labour
Seats won  | 10  | 5  | 2
Seat change  | -2  | \-  | +1

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| Fourth party  |
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Party  | Independent |
Seats won  | 4  |
Seat change  | +1  |

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Map showing the area of North Tipperary County Council

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|  | Council control after election

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An election to North Tipperary 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).

## Results by party

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

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| Fianna Fáil | 10  | -2  | 14,881 | 41.28 |
| Fine Gael | 5  | \-  | 7,749  | 21.50  |
| Labour | 2  | +1  | 3,722  | 10.32  |
| Independent | 4  | +1  | 8,657  | 24.01  |
Totals | 21 | \-  | 36,049  | 100.00 | —

## Results by local electoral area

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### Borrisokane

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Borrisokane - 3 seats  Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count

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1 | 2 | 3 | 4
| Independent | Michael O'Meara | 25.78  | 1,283 |  |  |
| Fianna Fáil | Jim Casey*  | 23.77  | 1,183  | 1,241  | 1,250 |
| Fine Gael | Gerard Darcy*  | 16.17  | 805  | 886  | 894  | 1,092
| Fine Gael | Louis McCormack  | 15.69  | 781  | 840  | 854  | 1,008
| Fianna Fáil | Tony McKenna*  | 12.14  | 604  | 643  | 650  |
| Sinn Féin | Aideen Rosney  | 3.25  | 162  |  |  |
| Labour | Rose Tully  | 3.19  | 159  |  |  |
Electorate: 7,104  Valid: 4,977 (70.06%)  Spoilt: 61  Quota: 1,245  Turnout: 5,038 (70.92%)

### Nenagh

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Nenagh - 7 seats  Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count

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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6
| Fianna Fáil | John Carroll*  | 10.92  | 1,414  | 1,472  | 1,497  | 1,579  | 1,652 |
| Fine Gael | Tom Berkery*  | 10.01  | 1,296  | 1,365  | 1,428  | 1,507  | 1,621 |
| Fianna Fáil | Mattie (Coole) Ryan*  | 9.97  | 1,291  | 1,314  | 1,356  | 1,442  | 1,826 |
| Fianna Fáil | John Sheehy | 9.38  | 1,215  | 1,228  | 1,246  | 1,285  | 1,447  | 1,549
| Labour | Seán Creamer*  | 9.24  | 1,197  | 1,246  | 1,481  | 1,639 |  |
| Fianna Fáil | Tom Harrington*  | 8.99  | 1,164  | 1,216  | 1,274  | 1,332  | 1,420  | 1,452
| Independent | Martin Kennedy*  | 8.48  | 1,098  | 1,130  | 1,140  | 1,209  |  |
| Fine Gael | Phyll Bugler | 8.06  | 1,044  | 1,084  | 1,191  | 1,245  | 1,413  | 1,456
| Fianna Fáil | Tony Sheary*  | 7.71  | 998  | 1,088  | 1,186  | 1,332  | 1,347  | 1,377
| Sinn Féin | Ella O'Dwyer  | 6.78  | 878  | 928  | 1,004  |  |  |
| Labour | Virginia O'Dowd  | 5.53  | 716  | 821  |  |  |  |
| Independent | Joe O'Connor  | 4.22  | 546  |  |  |  |  |
| Independent | Noel Monteith  | 0.70  | 91  |  |  |  |  |
Electorate: 19,702  Valid: 12,948 (65.72%)  Spoilt: 234  Quota: 1,619  Turnout: 13,182 (66.91%)

### Templemore

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Templemore - 5 seats  Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count

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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7
| Fine Gael | Pauline Coonan*  | 15.52  | 1,279  | 1,319  | 1,358  | 1,608 |  |  |
| Fianna Fáil | John Hogan*  | 15.10  | 1,244  | 1,295  | 1,305  | 1,375 |  |  |
| Fianna Fáil | Michael Smith | 14.64  | 1,206  | 1,217  | 1,269  | 1,291  | 1,309  | 1,315  | 1,649
| Fine Gael | Denis Ryan*  | 14.53  | 1,197  | 1,202  | 1,353  | 1,451 |  |  |
| Fianna Fáil | Dr. Joe Hennessy*  | 10.46  | 862  | 878  | 903  | 947  | 989  | 1,000  | 1,233
| Fianna Fáil | Seán Mulrooney*  | 8.94  | 737  | 739  | 797  | 799  | 805  | 807  |
| Independent | Seán Fogarty  | 7.08  | 583  | 617  | 646  | 702  | 789  | 826  | 890
| Fine Gael | Liam Brereton  | 6.46  | 532  | 550  | 563  |  |  |  |
| Labour | P.J. Wright  | 4.39  | 362  | 407  |  |  |  |  |
| Labour | Liam Leahy  | 2.89  | 238  |  |  |  |  |  |
Electorate: 12,441  Valid: 8,240 (66.23%)  Spoilt: 150  Quota: 1,374  Turnout: 8,390 (67.44%)

### Thurles

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Thurles - 6 seats  Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count

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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9
| Independent | Michael Lowry, Jnr*  | 16.91  | 1,671 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
| Independent | Jim Ryan | 15.27  | 1,509 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
| Fianna Fáil | Harry Ryan*  | 11.76  | 1,162  | 1,194  | 1,214  | 1,228  | 1,261  | 1,336  | 1,390  | 1,511 |
| Fianna Fáil | Seamus Hanafin*  | 10.21  | 1,009  | 1,034  | 1,044  | 1,060  | 1,101  | 1,164  | 1,253  | 1,379  | 1,406
| Independent | Willie Kennedy*  | 9.52  | 941  | 1,021  | 1,092  | 1,097  | 1,291  | 1,330  | 1,348  | 1,472 |
| Fianna Fáil | John Egan*  | 8.01  | 792  | 804  | 822  | 827  | 905  | 944  | 963  | 1,023  | 1,041
| Labour | John Kennedy | 5.42  | 536  | 558  | 566  | 576  | 605  | 661  | 941  | 1,116  | 1,140
| Labour | John Kenehan  | 5.20  | 514  | 535  | 546  | 561  | 583  | 653  |  |  |
| Independent | Billy Clancy  | 4.77  | 471  | 485  | 506  | 510  |  |  |  |  |
| Fine Gael | Mae Quinn*  | 4.76  | 470  | 492  | 655  | 665  | 690  | 800  | 866  |  |
| Independent | Noel O'Dwyer  | 4.69  | 464  | 483  | 498  | 515  | 559  |  |  |  |
| Fine Gael | John Ryan  | 3.49  | 345  | 356  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Electorate: 15,201  Valid: 9,884 (65.02%)  Spoilt: 133  Quota: 1,413  Turnout: 10,017 (65.90%)

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