2004 South Tipperary County Council election

Part of the 2004 Irish local elections

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2004 South Tipperary County Council election

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All 26 seats on South Tipperary County Council
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Party  | Fianna Fáil | Fine Gael | Labour
Seats won  | 10  | 8  | 2
Seat change  | -2  | -1  | +1

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| Fourth party  |
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Party  | Independent |
Seats won  | 6  |
Seat change  | +2  |

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Map showing the area of South Tipperary County Council

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|  | Council control after election

TBD

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An election to South Tipperary 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 (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  | 14,561 | 34.86 |
| Fine Gael | 8  | -1  | 11,641  | 27.87  |
| Labour | 2  | +1  | 4,000  | 9.58  |
| Independent | 6  | +2  | 8,751  | 20.95  |
Totals | 26 | \-  | 41,770  | 100.00 | —

## Results by local electoral area

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### Cahir

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

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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10
| Fianna Fáil | Mattie McGrath*  | 27.58  | 1,902 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
| Fianna Fáil | Michael Anglim*  | 16.24  | 1,120  | 1,315  | 1,322  | 1,363  | 1,474 |  |  |  |  |
| Fine Gael | Liam Ahearn | 11.21  | 773  | 818  | 824  | 849  | 870  | 878  | 900  | 977  | 1,054  | 1,297
| Labour | Seanie Lonergan | 9.15  | 631  | 667  | 693  | 712  | 733  | 740  | 823  | 940  | 978  | 1,080
| Fine Gael | Dan Costigan*  | 7.87  | 543  | 566  | 582  | 604  | 633  | 641  | 694  | 768  | 803  | 941
| Fine Gael | Marie Murphy  | 6.93  | 478  | 522  | 524  | 555  | 568  | 570  | 609  | 651  | 774  |
| Fianna Fáil | Martin Neville  | 5.06  | 349  | 411  | 412  | 428  | 449  | 484  | 504  | 528  |  |
| Independent | Gerry Duffy  | 4.77  | 329  | 351  | 378  | 392  | 401  | 407  | 448  |  |  |
| Sinn Féin | Michael Nugent  | 4.07  | 281  | 306  | 315  | 319  | 345  | 351  |  |  |  |
| Fianna Fáil | Patrick Byron  | 3.22  | 222  | 257  | 257  | 275  |  |  |  |  |  |
| Progressive Democrats | Seán English  | 2.49  | 172  | 195  | 199  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
| Independent | Liam Roche  | 1.41  | 97  | 109  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Electorate: 10,248  Valid: 6,897 (67.30%)  Spoilt: 107  Quota: 1,380  Turnout: 7,004 (68.35%)

### Cashel

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

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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7
| Fine Gael | Jack Crowe*  | 20.62  | 1,565 |  |  |  |  |  |
| Fianna Fáil | Dr. Seán McCarthy*  | 16.53  | 1,255  | 1,262  | 1,337  | 1,398  | 1,481  | 1,522 |
| Independent | Tom Wood*  | 16.39  | 1,244  | 1,250  | 1,375  | 1,474  | 1,731 |  |
| Fianna Fáil | Roger Kennedy | 10.08  | 765  | 771  | 829  | 876  | 984  | 1,029  | 1,427
| Fine Gael | Catherine McLoughlin*  | 9.75  | 740  | 754  | 772  | 862  | 941  | 1,003  | 1,135
| Fianna Fáil | Joseph O'Connell  | 8.27  | 628  | 632  | 652  | 759  | 788  | 805  |
| Independent | Patrick Downey  | 6.44  | 489  | 491  | 556  | 599  |  |  |
| Labour | Jim Hickey  | 5.99  | 455  | 460  | 504  |  |  |  |
| Sinn Féin | Liam Browne  | 5.93  | 450  | 452  |  |  |  |  |
Electorate: 11,949  Valid: 7,591 (63.53%)  Spoilt: 84  Quota: 1,519  Turnout: 7,675 (64.23%)

### Clonmel

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

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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12
| Workers and Unemployed | Phil Prendergast*  | 13.56  | 1,353 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
| Fianna Fáil | Tom Ambrose*  | 10.63  | 1,061  | 1,067  | 1,073  | 1,093  | 1,161  | 1,191  | 1,217  | 1,277 |  |  |  |
| Workers and Unemployed | Billy Shoer | 8.68  | 866  | 895  | 927  | 947  | 983  | 1,064  | 1,169  | 1,198  | 1,198  | 1,299 |  |
| Workers and Unemployed | Pat English | 8.04  | 802  | 815  | 827  | 836  | 866  | 908  | 978  | 1,011  | 1,013  | 1,070  | 1,079  | 1,240
| Fianna Fáil | Pat Norris*  | 7.12  | 710  | 713  | 725  | 762  | 777  | 786  | 794  | 815  | 820  | 956  | 964  | 1,048
| Fine Gael | Seán Nyhan*  | 6.31  | 630  | 638  | 653  | 667  | 699  | 747  | 776  | 918  | 921  | 1,004  | 1,012  | 1,129
| Fianna Fáil | Martin O'Brien  | 6.30  | 629  | 637  | 649  | 660  | 682  | 709  | 738  | 770  | 772  | 885  | 891  | 963
| Fine Gael | Derry Foley*  | 6.21  | 620  | 623  | 627  | 663  | 700  | 717  | 729  | 939  | 946  | 1,006  | 1,014  | 1,142
| Fianna Fáil | Niall Dennehy*  | 5.92  | 591  | 596  | 602  | 620  | 665  | 690  | 710  | 745  | 751  |  |  |
| Fine Gael | Josephine Chamney  | 5.68  | 567  | 571  | 579  | 598  | 627  | 663  | 674  |  |  |  |  |
| Green | Bernard Lennon  | 5.21  | 520  | 526  | 536  | 569  | 591  | 639  | 708  | 770  | 774  | 850  | 862  |
| Sinn Féin | Brian Gearon  | 4.31  | 430  | 433  | 447  | 451  | 462  | 487  |  |  |  |  |  |
| Independent | Ted Boyle  | 3.72  | 371  | 375  | 384  | 393  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
| Labour | Anne Taylor  | 3.64  | 363  | 372  | 434  | 440  | 454  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
| Progressive Democrats | P.J. Long  | 2.49  | 248  | 249  | 251  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
| Labour | Cyril O'Flaherty  | 2.16  | 216  | 219  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Electorate: 16,321  Valid: 9,977 (61.13%)  Spoilt: 177  Quota: 1,248  Turnout: 10,154 (62.21%)

### Fethard

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

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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9
| Labour | Denis Landy*  | 15.30  | 1,449 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
| Independent | Eddie O'Meara*  | 14.35  | 1,359 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
| Fine Gael | John Fahey*  | 11.91  | 1,128  | 1,130  | 1,141  | 1,238  | 1,272  | 1,383 |  |  |
| Fine Gael | Michael O'Brien | 9.52  | 901  | 904  | 917  | 963  | 981  | 1,087  | 1,114  | 1,127  | 1,130
| Fianna Fáil | Susan Meagher*  | 8.99  | 851  | 852  | 895  | 976  | 1,014  | 1,441 |  |  |
| Fine Gael | Joe Brennan  | 8.87  | 840  | 856  | 931  | 965  | 1,067  | 1,108  | 1,117  | 1,127  | 1,129
| Fianna Fáil | Pat O'Meara*  | 8.01  | 758  | 758  | 767  | 916  | 937  |  |  |  |
| Fianna Fáil | Denis Bourke*  | 7.17  | 679  | 702  | 888  | 903  | 1,072  | 1,136  | 1,188  | 1,195  | 1,196
| Sinn Féin | David Dunne  | 5.79  | 548  | 565  | 623  | 655  |  |  |  |  |
| Labour | Noel Quinlan  | 5.37  | 508  | 523  | 534  |  |  |  |  |  |
| Fianna Fáil | Sylvia Cooney-Sheehan  | 4.72  | 447  | 466  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Electorate: 14,623  Valid: 9,468 (64.75%)  Spoilt: 170  Quota: 1,353  Turnout: 9,638 (65.91%)

### Tipperary

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

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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8
| Fine Gael | Michael Fitzgerald*  | 22.04  | 1,727 |  |  |  |  |  |  |
| Fianna Fáil | Michael Maguire*  | 11.94  | 936  | 1,004  | 1,037  | 1,061  | 1,157  | 1,295  | 1,417 |
| Fianna Fáil | Joe Donovan*  | 11.18  | 876  | 949  | 982  | 1,012  | 1,065  | 1,109  | 1,163  | 1,179
| Fianna Fáil | Dr. John Wallace  | 9.98  | 782  | 800  | 829  | 864  | 918  | 999  | 1,142  | 1,172
| Independent | Christy Kinahan*  | 9.20  | 721  | 748  | 762  | 868  | 991  | 1,026  | 1,268  | 1,299
| Independent | Denis Leahy  | 7.75  | 607  | 631  | 645  | 697  | 778  | 822  |  |
| Fine Gael | John Crosse | 7.60  | 596  | 715  | 727  | 772  | 863  | 1,105  | 1,249  | 1,271
| Fine Gael | P.J. Maher  | 6.80  | 533  | 580  | 590  | 605  | 659  |  |  |
| Independent | Mick Byrnes  | 6.55  | 513  | 528  | 539  | 600  |  |  |  |
| Labour | Billy Bourke  | 4.82  | 378  | 391  | 403  |  |  |  |  |
| Progressive Democrats | David Mullins  | 2.14  | 168  | 184  |  |  |  |  |  |
Electorate: 12,473  Valid: 7,837 (62.83%)  Spoilt: 130  Quota: 1,307  Turnout: 7,967 (63.87%)

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