2004 South Dublin County Council election

Part of the 2004 Irish local elections

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2004 South Dublin County Council election

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All 26 seats on South Dublin County Council
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Party  | Labour | Fianna Fáil | Sinn Féin
Seats won  | 7  | 6  | 3
Seat change  | \-  | -2  | +1

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| Fourth party  | Fifth party  | Sixth party
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Party  | Fine Gael | Green | Progressive Democrats
Seats won  | 3  | 2  | 2
Seat change  | \-  | +1  | \-

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| Seventh party  | Eighth party
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Party  | Socialist Party | Independent
Seats won  | 1  | 2
Seat change  | +1  | -1

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Map showing the area of South Dublin County Council

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|  | Council control after election

TBD

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An election to South Dublin County Council took place on 11 June 2004 as part of that year's Irish local elections. 26 councillors were elected from five local electoral areas using the Single transferable vote system 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 | 7  | \-  | 16,826  | 18.94  |
| Fianna Fáil | 6  | -2  | 22,825 | 25.70 |
| Sinn Féin | 3  | +1  | 12,235  | 13.78  |
| Fine Gael | 3  | \-  | 10,857  | 12.22  |
| Green | 2  | +1  | 7,033  | 7.92  |
| Progressive Democrats | 2  | \-  | 6,689  | 7.53  |
| Socialist Party | 1  | +1  | 2,505  | 2.82  |
| Independent | 2  | -1  | 8,804  | 9.91  |
Totals | 26 | \-  | 88,818  | 100.00 | —

## Results by local electoral area

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### Clondalkin

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

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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9
| Sinn Féin | Shane O'Connor | 17.07  | 2,421 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
| Labour | Robert Dowds*  | 14.06  | 1,994  | 2,007  | 2,013  | 2,053  | 2,375 |  |  |  |
| Fine Gael | Therese Ridge*  | 12.08  | 1,714  | 1,723  | 1,729  | 1,771  | 1,847  | 1,936  | 2,051  | 2,247  | 2,503
| Progressive Democrats | Colm Tyndall*  | 11.47  | 1,627  | 1,636  | 1,640  | 1,768  | 1,791  | 1,912  | 2,099  | 2,285  | 2,627
| Socialist Workers | Gino Kenny | 7.36  | 1,044  | 1,068  | 1,083  | 1,092  | 1,164  | 1,183  | 1,203  | 1,336  | 1,451
| Fianna Fáil | Trevor Gilligan | 6.47  | 918  | 927  | 930  | 988  | 1,038  | 1,214  | 1,574  | 1,716  | 1,875
| Green | Dorothy Corrigan  | 6.35  | 900  | 912  | 920  | 930  | 975  | 1,008  | 1,059  |  |
| Independent | Colm McGrath*  | 6.07  | 861  | 905  | 911  | 947  | 968  | 1,013  | 1,103  | 1,238  |
| Labour | Marie Grogan  | 4.84  | 686  | 691  | 696  | 700  |  |  |  |  |
| Fianna Fáil | Sheila O'Brien*  | 4.77  | 677  | 680  | 681  | 783  | 801  | 969  |  |  |
| Fianna Fáil | Neil O'Neill  | 4.21  | 597  | 604  | 606  | 728  | 741  |  |  |  |
| Fianna Fáil | Ray Verso  | 4.18  | 593  | 593  | 594  |  |  |  |  |  |
| Independent | Noel Kelly  | 1.06  | 151  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Electorate: 30,462  Valid: 14,183 (46.56%)  Spoilt: 344  Quota: 2,364  Turnout: 14,527 (47.69%)

### Lucan

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Lucan - 4 seats  Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count

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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8
| Independent | Derek Keating*  | 21.75  | 3,680 |  |  |  |  |  |  |
| Green | Fintan McCarthy*  | 14.40  | 2,440  | 2,547  | 2,691  | 2,923  | 3,036  | 3,454 |  |
| Labour | Eamon Tuffy*  | 10.48  | 1,774  | 1,807  | 1,873  | 2,019  | 2,095  | 2,338  | 2,363  | 3,110
| Independent | Guss O'Connell | 9.98  | 1,688  | 1,720  | 1,742  | 1,820  | 2,192  | 2,542  | 2,574  | 2,879
| Sinn Féin | Feilim MacCriosta  | 9.11  | 1,542  | 1,552  | 1,580  | 1,640  | 1,755  |  |  |
| Fine Gael | Peter Brady  | 8.10  | 1,370  | 1,405  | 1,664  | 1,923  | 2,013  | 2,134  | 2,142  |
| Fianna Fáil | Des Kelly  | 7.42  | 1,255  | 1,274  | 1,399  | 1,588  | 2,066  | 2,175  | 2,179  | 2,607
| Fianna Fáil | Deirdre Doherty-Ryan*  | 7.20  | 1,218  | 1,227  | 1,302  | 1,431  |  |  |  |
| Progressive Democrats | Jeff Aherne  | 6.49  | 1,098  | 1,127  | 1,233  |  |  |  |  |
| Fianna Fáil | Ed O'Brien  | 2.84  | 480  | 493  |  |  |  |  |  |
| Fine Gael | Joe MacEnri  | 2.22  | 376  | 384  |  |  |  |  |  |
Electorate: 32,269  Valid: 16,921 (52.44%)  Spoilt: 311  Quota: 3,385  Turnout: 17,232 (53.40%)

### Tallaght Central

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Tallaght Central - 5 seats  Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count

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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9
| Socialist Party | Mick Murphy | 16.10  | 2,505  | 2,552  | 2,654 |  |  |  |  |  |
| Sinn Féin | Mark Daly*  | 13.74  | 2,138  | 1,308  | 1,360  | 1,404  | 1,440  | 1,501  | 1,504  | 1,506 |
| Fine Gael | Karen Warren | 10.44  | 1,624  | 1,702  | 1,808  | 1,863  | 1,898  | 1,933  | 2,052  | 2,415  | 2,423
| Labour | Eamonn Maloney*  | 9.99  | 1,554  | 1,572  | 1,634  | 1,672  | 1,691  | 1,735  | 1,810  | 2,220  | 2,243
| Labour | Don Tipping*  | 8.50  | 1,322  | 1,352  | 1,422  | 1,454  | 1,495  | 1,558  | 1,628  |  |
| Fianna Fáil | Joe Neville | 8.37  | 1,302  | 1,396  | 1,421  | 1,741  | 1,784  | 1,828  | 2,437  | 2,561  | 2,567
| Labour | Denis Mackin*  | 7.78  | 1,210  | 1,233  | 1,329  | 1,385  | 1,477  | 1,616  | 1,691  | 2,192  | 2,216
| Sinn Féin | Seán O Cadhla  | 6.47  | 1,007  | 1,027  | 1,066  | 1,092  |  |  |  |  |
| Fianna Fáil | Roderick Smyth*  | 6.35  | 988  | 1,067  | 1,088  | 1,191  | 1,223  | 1,249  |  |  |
| Fianna Fáil | Margaret Farrell  | 4.52  | 703  | 735  | 760  |  |  |  |  |  |
| Green | Shauna Hutchinson-Edgar  | 4.17  | 648  | 710  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
| Progressive Democrats | Paula McCormack  | 3.57  | 556  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Electorate: 29,520  Valid: 15,557 (52.70%)  Spoilt: 500  Quota: 2,593  Turnout: 16,057 (54.39%)

### Tallaght South

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Tallaght South - 5 seats  Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count

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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10
| Fianna Fáil | John Hannon*  | 14.63  | 2,221  | 2,226  | 2,314  | 2,406  | 2,494  | 2,731 |  |  |  |
| Sinn Féin | Cathal King*  | 11.74  | 1,782  | 1,812  | 1,901  | 1,908  | 1,957  | 2,026  | 2,030  | 3,234 |  |
| Fianna Fáil | Jim Daly*  | 10.59  | 1,607  | 1,610  | 1,642  | 1,804  | 1,853  | 1,924  | 1,976  | 2,017  | 2,093  | 2,108
| Labour | Marie Corr | 9.77  | 1,483  | 1,500  | 1,538  | 1,587  | 1,793  | 2,055  | 2,101  | 2,204  | 2,433  | 2,565
| Fianna Fáil | Mick Billane*  | 9.73  | 1,477  | 1,487  | 1,631  | 1,663  | 1,713  | 1,786  | 1,822  | 1,891  | 2,007  | 2,018
| Sinn Féin | Brendan Ferron  | 9.68  | 1,469  | 1,484  | 1,520  | 1,532  | 1,624  | 1,716  | 1,721  |  |  |
| Labour | Caitriona Jones | 9.45  | 1,435  | 1,454  | 1,479  | 1,542  | 1,814  | 2,324  | 2,361  | 2,489  | 2,693 |
| Fine Gael | Paul Ringland*  | 8.80  | 1,336  | 1,345  | 1,361  | 1,442  | 1,548  |  |  |  |  |
| Green | Elizabeth Davidson  | 6.59  | 1,000  | 1,041  | 1,063  | 1,125  |  |  |  |  |  |
| Progressive Democrats | Rita Hayes  | 3.91  | 594  | 599  | 609  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
| Fianna Fáil | Ambrose Sheilds  | 3.69  | 560  | 579  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
| Independent | Mark Luttrell  | 1.43  | 217  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Electorate: 34,251  Valid: 15,181 (44.32%)  Spoilt: 538  Quota: 2,531  Turnout: 15,719 (45.89%)

### Terenure-Rathfarnam

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Terenure-Rathfarnam - 7 seats  Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count

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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9
| Fianna Fáil | John Lahart*  | 13.14  | 3,828 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
| Progressive Democrats | Cáit Keane*  | 9.66  | 2,814  | 2,965  | 2,987  | 3,089  | 3,204  | 3,491  | 3,612  | 3,845 |
| Fine Gael | Stanley Laing*  | 8.55  | 2,490  | 2,559  | 2,568  | 2,676  | 3,139  | 3,263  | 3,340  | 3,534  | 3,588
| Independent | Pat Dunne  | 7.57  | 2,207  | 2,250  | 2,252  | 2,308  | 2,323  | 2,362  | 2,718  |  |
| Fianna Fáil | Máire Ardagh*  | 7.42  | 2,161  | 2,607  | 2,650  | 2,694  | 2,723  | 3,333  | 3,490  | 3,703 |
| Labour | Alex White | 7.24  | 2,109  | 2,143  | 2,149  | 2,413  | 2,507  | 2,617  | 2,773  | 2,994  | 3,011
| Green | Tony McDermott | 7.02  | 2,045  | 2,076  | 2,086  | 2,245  | 2,334  | 2,582  | 3,033  | 3,515  | 3,572
| Fine Gael | Michael McLoughlin  | 6.68  | 1,947  | 1,964  | 1,977  | 2,054  | 2,667  | 2,747  | 2,807  | 2,876  | 2,889
| Sinn Féin | Sorcha Nic Cormaic  | 6.44  | 1,876  | 1,913  | 1,919  | 1,989  | 2,010  | 2,082  |  |  |
| Labour | Éamonn Walsh*  | 6.19  | 1,803  | 1,853  | 1,855  | 2,303  | 2,375  | 2,429  | 2,734  | 3,455  | 3,496
| Fianna Fáil | Vincent Kenny*  | 5.44  | 1,585  | 1,818  | 1,869  | 1,911  | 1,973  |  |  |  |
| Labour | Paddy Cosgrave  | 5.00  | 1,456  | 1,476  | 1,485  |  |  |  |  |  |
| Fianna Fáil | Alan Foran  | 4.17  | 1,215  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Electorate: 53,201  Valid: 29,139 (54.77%)  Spoilt: 727  Quota: 3,643  Turnout: 29,866 (56.14%)

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