2004 North Tipperary County Council election

2004 North Tipperary County Council election

11 June 2004
All 21 seats on North Tipperary County Council
First party Second party Third party   Party Fianna Fáil Fine Gael Labour Seats won 10 5 2 Seat change -2 - +1   Fourth party   Party Independent Seats won 4 Seat change +1
Map showing the area of North Tipperary County Council
Council control after election TBD

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

Party		Seats	±	First Pref. votes	FPv%	±%
	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

Borrisokane

Borrisokane - 3 seats

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				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

Nenagh - 7 seats

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				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

Templemore - 5 seats

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				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

Thurles - 6 seats

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				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%)