2004 Dún Laoghaire–Rathdown County Council election

An election to Dún Laoghaire–Rathdown County Council took place on 11 June 2004 as part of that year's Irish local elections. 28 councillors were elected from six electoral divisions by PR-STV voting for a five-year term of office.

2004 Dún Laoghaire–Rathdown County Council election

11 June 2004
All 28 seats to Dún Laoghaire–Rathdown County Council
Party Fine Gael Fianna Fáil Labour Seats won 9 7 6 Seat change +1 -3 -   Party Green Progressive Democrats Independent Seats won 4 1 1 Seat change +3 -2 +1
Map showing the area of Dún Laoghaire–Rathdown County Council
Council control after election TBD

Results by party

Party		Seats	±	First Pref. votes	FPv%	±%
	Fine Gael	9	+1	19,613	24.06
	Fianna Fáil	7	-3	20,267	24.86
	Labour	6	-	16,549	20.30
	Green	4	+3	8,432	10.34
	Progressive Democrats	1	-2	6,851	8.40
	Independent	1	+1	3,621	4.44
Totals		28	-	81,517	100%	—

Results by Electoral Area

Ballybrack

Ballybrack - 6 seats

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5
	Fine Gael	Donal Marren*	14.59	2,469
	Labour	Denis O'Callaghan*	13.81	2,337	2,421
	Fianna Fáil	Larry Butler*	12.38	2,094	2,110	2,783
	Fine Gael	Maria Bailey	12.15	2,055	2,070	2,224	2,326	2,432
	Labour	Carrie Smyth*	11.81	1,998	2,040	2,190	2,237	2,662
	Green	Tom Kivlehan	8.98	1,519	1,604	1,657	1,700	2,085
	Progressive Democrats	Dr. Mazhar Bari	8.33	1,410	764	779	806	808
	Fianna Fáil	Bernie Lowe*	7.68	1,299	1,041	1,059	1,101	1,102
	Sinn Féin	Mick Nolan	7.53	1,274	706	746	765	767
	Socialist Workers	Dave Lordan	2.74	464	282	300
Electorate: 33,550   Valid: 16,919 (50.43%)   Spoilt: 375   Quota: 2,418   Turnout: 17,294 (51.55%)

Blackrock

Blackrock - 4 seats

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6
	Labour	Niamh Bhreathnach*	23.40	2,738
	Fine Gael	Marie Baker	18.61	2,177	2,254	2,423
	Progressive Democrats	Victor Boyhan*	12.25	1,433	1,467	1,540	1,553	1,694	2,074
	Fianna Fáil	Barry Conway*	11.91	1,393	1,423	1,456	1,459	2,124	2,319
	Green	Nessa Childers	10.50	1,229	1,293	1,572	1,607	1,721	2,113
	Fianna Fáil	Lorcan Mooney	9.26	1,083	1,108	1,138	1,141
	Fine Gael	William Dockrell*	9.06	1,060	1,091	1,137	1,165	1,247
	Labour	Angela Timlin	5.02	587	723
Electorate: 22,665   Valid: 11,700 (51.62%)   Spoilt: 236   Quota: 2,341   Turnout: 11,936 (52.66%)

Dundrum

Dundrum - 6 seats

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10
	Labour	Aidan Culhane*	12.74	2,216	2,271	2,338	2,418	2,575
	Fianna Fáil	Tony Fox*	12.20	2,121	2,156	2,258	2,377	2,598
	Green	Ciaran Fallon	12.08	2,101	2,219	2,352	2,537
	Fine Gael	Jim O'Leary	10.64	1,850	1,942	1,986	2,015	2,205	2,216	2,237	2,241	2,525
	Fianna Fáil	Trevor Matthews*	8.71	1,515	1,541	1,582	1,616	1,723	1,760	1,768	1,774	2,538
	Fianna Fáil	Tony Kelly*	8.67	1,508	1,534	1,554	1,601	1,682	1,722	1,732	1,737
	Fine Gael	Pat Hand*	8.42	1,465	1,535	1,570	1,602	1,768	1,790	1,829	1,836	2,031	2,075
	Socialist Party	Lisa Maher	7.40	1,287	1,311	1,448	1,757	1,814	1,817	1,829	1,859	1,982	1,991
	Progressive Democrats	Mary Fitzpatrick	5.96	1,037	1,069	1,103	1,134
	Sinn Féin	Ray O'Kelly	5.63	979	1,003	1,075
	Independent	Michael Langsdorf	3.84	667	759
	Independent	Seamus O'Neill	3.71	645
Electorate: 32,053   Valid: 17,391 (54.26%)   Spoilt: 413   Quota: 2,485   Turnout: 17,804 (55.55%)

Dún Laoghaire

Dún Laoghaire - 6 seats

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8
	Fine Gael	John Bailey	12.08	2,189	2,222	2,268	2,500	2,603
	Progressive Democrats	Mary Mitchell O'Connor	11.14	2,018	2,100	2,142	2,282	2,360	2,576	2,771
	Fine Gael	Eugene Regan	10.80	1,957	1,994	2,012	2,454	2,499	2,585	2,679
	Fianna Fáil	Cormac Devlin	9.80	1,776	1,981	2,012	2,067	2,205	3,118
	Green	Kealin Ireland*	9.75	1,767	1,795	1,858	1,920	2,313	2,397	2,469	2,497
	Socialist Workers	Richard Boyd Barrett	7.94	1,439	1,450	1,502	1,527
	Labour	Chris O'Malley*	7.84	1,420	1,444	1,655	1,751	1,967	2,082	2,124	2,167
	Fianna Fáil	Brendan Kiely	7.72	1,399	1,626	1,642	1,664	1,736
	Labour	Jane Dillon-Byrne*	7.43	1,346	1,364	1,748	1,816	2,117	2,207	2,274	2,288
	Fine Gael	Tom O'Higgins	6.38	1,156	1,179	1,201
	Labour	Roger Cole	4.99	905	914
	Fianna Fáil	Eimear McAuliffe	4.14	750
Electorate: 34,737   Valid: 18,122 (52.17%)   Spoilt: 449   Quota: 2,589   Turnout: 18,571 (53.46%)

Glencullen

Glencullen - 3 seats

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5
	Labour	Lettie McCarthy	22.94	1,941	2,112	2,670
	Fianna Fáil	Maria Corrigan*	21.42	1,812	1,899	2,086	2,171
	Fianna Fáil	Tom Murphy*	19.23	1,627	1,700	1,796	1,844	1,864
	Fine Gael	Tom Joyce*	15.26	1,333	1,385	1,628	1,865	1,881
	Green	Terence Corish	11.89	1,006	1,228
	Sinn Féin	Joe Comerford	8.76	741
Electorate: 15,898   Valid: 8,460 (53.21%)   Spoilt: 173   Quota: 2,116   Turnout: 8,633 (54.30%)

Stillorgan

Stillorgan - 3 seats

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6
	Independent	Gearóid O'Keeffe	26.04	2,309
	Fianna Fáil	Gerry Horkan*	16.74	1,497	1,730	1,748	1,831	1,900	2,262
	Labour	Margaret McCluskey	8.70	1,061	1,078	1,093	1,421	1,523	1,764
	Fine Gael	Louise Cosgrave*	17.03	1,039	1,070	1,084	1,208	1,800	2,210
	Progressive Democrats	Barry Saul*	10.65	953	993	1,013	1,112	1,236
	Fine Gael	Shane Molloy	9.65	863	887	898	942
	Green	Simon Curtis	9.06	810	824	838
	Fianna Fáil	Mary White	4.39	393
Electorate: 15,589   Valid: 8,945 (57.38%)   Spoilt: 161   Quota: 2,237   Turnout: 9,106 (58.41%)

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