# 2004 Cork County Council election

An election to Cork County Council took place on 11 June 2004 as part of that year's Irish local elections. 48 councillors were elected from ten local electoral areas by PR-STV voting for a five-year term of office.

## Results by party

| Party | Party | Seats | ± | First Pref. votes | FPv% | ±% |
| | Fine Gael | 24 | +3 | 61,025 | 37.19 | |
| | Fianna Fáil | 16 | -3 | 54,030 | 32.93 | |
| | Labour | 5 | +1 | 16,729 | 10.19 | |
| | Sinn Féin | 1 | +1 | 10,079 | 6.14 | |
| | Independent | 2 | -1 | 13,059 | 7.96 | |
| | Progressive Democrats | 0 | -1 | 2,174 | 1.32 | |
| Totals | Totals | 48 | - | 164,093 | 100.00 | — |

## Results by local electoral area
### Bandon

Bandon - 3 seats :
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | Count | Count | Count |
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 |
| | Fine Gael | Veronica Neville | 20.46 | 2,763 | 2,923 | 3,138 | 3,534 |
| | Fine Gael | Kevin Murphy* | 20.44 | 2,761 | 2,916 | 3,396 | |
| | Fianna Fáil | Alan Coleman* | 16.41 | 2,216 | 2,335 | 2,537 | 3,490 |
| | Fianna Fáil | Jerry Deasy* | 14.02 | 1,894 | 1,952 | 1,995 | |
| | Sinn Féin | John Desmond | 13.62 | 1,840 | 1,926 | 2,065 | 2,399 |
| | Labour | Tomas O'Brien | 8.00 | 1,081 | 1,307 | | |
| | Green | Noel Giles | 4.86 | 656 | | | |
| | Independent | Edmund Butler | 2.18 | 294 | | | |
| Electorate: 21,561 Valid: 13,505 (62.64%) Spoilt: 221 Quota: 3,377 Turnout: 13,726 (63.66%) ||||||||

### Bantry

Bantry - 5 seats :
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count |
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 |
| | Fine Gael | P.J. Sheehan* | 19.10 | 2,101 | | | | | | |
| | Fine Gael | Noel Harrington* | 13.40 | 1,474 | 1,517 | 1,574 | 1,584 | 1,726 | 1,752 | 1,772 |
| | Fine Gael | John P. O'Shea* | 13.03 | 1,433 | 1,514 | 1,516 | 1,578 | 1,757 | 1,897 | |
| | Fianna Fáil | Danny Crowley | 12.92 | 1,421 | 1,426 | 1,463 | 1,471 | 1,505 | 1,600 | 1,768 |
| | Fianna Fáil | Donal Casey* | 11.76 | 1,294 | 1,328 | 1,331 | 1,385 | 1,469 | 2,081 | |
| | Sinn Féin | Anne O'Leary | 9.41 | 1,035 | 1,063 | 1,091 | 1,120 | 1,312 | 1,408 | 1,467 |
| | Fianna Fáil | Vivian O'Callaghan* | 9.05 | 995 | 1,021 | 1,021 | 1,038 | 1,090 | | |
| | Green | Jacqueline Hodgson | 4.63 | 509 | 523 | 526 | 548 | | | |
| | Labour | Eddie Mullins | 3.20 | 352 | 366 | 368 | 381 | | | |
| | Independent | Liam Ward | 2.15 | 237 | 256 | 262 | | | | |
| | Independent | Michael O'Sullivan | 1.35 | 148 | 151 | | | | | |
| Electorate: 17,011 Valid: 10,999 (64.66%) Spoilt: 181 Quota: 1,834 Turnout: 11,180 (65.72%) |||||||||||

### Blarney

Blarney - 4 seats :
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count |
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 |
| | Fine Gael | Gerry Kelly* | 20.57 | 3,402 | | | | | |
| | Fianna Fáil | Dan Fleming* | 19.33 | 3,197 | 3,223 | 3,232 | 3,339 | | |
| | Fine Gael | Tomas Ryan* | 19.13 | 2,667 | 2,698 | 2,730 | 2,832 | 2,988 | 3,125 |
| | Labour | John Gilroy | 11.06 | 1,829 | 1,865 | 1,880 | 2,196 | 2,561 | 2,834 |
| | Progressive Democrats | Michael Burns | 9.11 | 1,507 | 1,522 | 1,537 | 1,677 | 1,801 | 2,376 |
| | Fianna Fáil | Tom Joyce | 8.70 | 1,438 | 1,445 | 1,456 | 1,500 | 1,647 | |
| | Sinn Féin | John Stanton | 7.25 | 1,199 | 1,246 | 1,250 | 1,388 | | |
| | Green | Michelle Brett | 5.97 | 987 | 1,081 | 1,089 | | | |
| | Independent | Celine Spengeman | 1.88 | 311 | | | | | |
| Electorate: 31,074 Valid: 16,537 (53.22%) Spoilt: 374 Quota: 3,308 Turnout: 16,911 (54.42%) ||||||||||

### Carrigaline

Carrigaline - 7 seats :
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count |
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 |
| | Fianna Fáil | Michael McGrath | 13.57 | 3,951 | | | | | | |
| | Fianna Fáil | Mark O'Keeffe* | 10.63 | 3,094 | 3,117 | 3,162 | 3,244 | 3,297 | 3,496 | 3,546 |
| | Fine Gael | Derry Canty* | 10.61 | 3,088 | 3,148 | 3,154 | 3,208 | 3,307 | 3,523 | 3,837 |
| | Fianna Fáil | Deirdre Forde* | 10.16 | 2,957 | 3,030 | 3,088 | 3,441 | 3,598 | 3,718 | |
| | Fine Gael | Tim Lombard* | 7.96 | 2,318 | 2,491 | 2,519 | 2,600 | 2,691 | 2,797 | 3,321 |
| | Fine Gael | Peter Kelly* | 7.38 | 2,148 | 2,303 | 2,318 | 2,548 | 2,732 | 2,839 | 3,128 |
| | Fianna Fáil | Barry Cogan* | 7.02 | 2,044 | 2,093 | 2,157 | 2,218 | 2,283 | 2,387 | 2,831 |
| | Fine Gael | John A. Collins | 6.67 | 1,943 | 2,051 | 2,088 | 2,144 | 2,231 | 2,289 | |
| | Labour | Paula Desmond* | 6.12 | 1,783 | 1,860 | 1,879 | 1,999 | 2,505 | 2,985 | 3,268 |
| | Sinn Féin | Darren O'Keeffe | 5.92 | 1,724 | 1,748 | 1,762 | 1,900 | 2,136 | | |
| | Green | Dominick Donnelly | 5.39 | 1,570 | 1,646 | 1,659 | 1,863 | | | |
| | Independent | Joe Harris | 5.34 | 1,555 | 1,594 | 1,607 | | | | |
| | Fine Gael | Jo Kelleher | 3.22 | 936 | | | | | | |
| Electorate: 56,644 Valid: 29,111 (51.39%) Spoilt: 615 Quota: 3,639 Turnout: 29,726 (52.48%) |||||||||||

### Fermoy

Fermoy - 4 seats :
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count |
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 |
| | Fianna Fáil | Kevin O'Keeffe* | 27.88 | 3,671 | | | | | | |
| | Fianna Fáil | Frank O'Flynn* | 19.39 | 2,553 | 3,202 | | | | | |
| | Fine Gael | Aileen Pyne* | 15.57 | 2,050 | 2,149 | 2,241 | 2,313 | 2,532 | 2,963 | |
| | Fine Gael | Liam O'Doherty | 13.58 | 1,788 | 1,885 | 1,993 | 2,017 | 2,029 | 2,179 | 2,329 |
| | Sinn Féin | Tim White | 7.04 | 927 | 981 | 1,032 | 1,074 | 1,124 | 1,170 | 1,190 |
| | Labour | Tim Fitzgerald | 5.44 | 716 | 767 | 822 | 844 | 948 | 1,027 | 1,067 |
| | Progressive Democrats | Margaret Egerton | 5.07 | 667 | 704 | 771 | 826 | 907 | | |
| | Labour | Tadhg O'Donovan | 3.65 | 480 | 517 | 549 | 611 | | | |
| | Green | Martin O'Keeffe | 2.39 | 315 | 328 | 345 | | | | |
| Electorate: 21,986 Valid: 13,167 (59.89%) Spoilt: 244 Quota: 2,634 Turnout: 13,411 (61.00%) |||||||||||

### Kanturk

Kanturk - 5 seats :
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count |
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 |
| | Fine Gael | Patrick Buckley* | 17.75 | 2,734 | | | | | |
| | Fine Gael | Marian Murphy | 14.44 | 2,379 | 2,424 | 2,499 | 2,711 | | |
| | Fianna Fáil | Marie (The Shamrock) Murphy* | 14.29 | 2,202 | 2,216 | 2,366 | 2,413 | 2,431 | 2,586 |
| | Fianna Fáil | Mike Donegan* | 11.25 | 1,733 | 1,738 | 1,806 | 1,969 | 1,981 | 2,157 |
| | Fianna Fáil | Tony McAuliffe | 11.19 | 1,723 | 1,750 | 1,801 | 1,890 | 1,908 | 2,125 |
| | Fine Gael | Noel Buckley | 10.08 | 1,553 | 1,580 | 1,717 | 1,784 | 1,803 | 2,261 |
| | Fine Gael | Timmy Collins* | 9.20 | 1,417 | 1,446 | 1,499 | 1,694 | 1,765 | |
| | Labour | Ted Linehan | 5.43 | 837 | 843 | 1,041 | | | |
| | Labour | Denis Cremin | 3.03 | 467 | 477 | | | | |
| | Green | Ted Bradley | 2.33 | 359 | 362 | | | | |
| Electorate: 23,934 Valid: 15,404 (64.36%) Spoilt: 347 Quota: 2,568 Turnout: 15,751 (65.81%) ||||||||||

### Macroom

Macroom - 3 seats :
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count |
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 |
| | Fine Gael | Michael Creed* | 29.91 | 3,710 | | | | |
| | Fianna Fáil | Aindrias Moynihan* | 25.24 | 3,130 | | | | |
| | Fine Gael | Frank Metcalfe* | 12.27 | 1,510 | 1,828 | 1,937 | 2,040 | 2,291 |
| | Labour | Martin Coughlan | 11.23 | 1,393 | 1,519 | 1,763 | 2,192 | 2,729 |
| | Independent | Jerry O'Sullivan | 8.80 | 1,092 | 1,163 | 1,357 | 1,516 | |
| | Fianna Fáil | Pat O'Connell | 7.01 | 869 | 934 | 989 | | |
| | Green | Caroline Robinson | 5.64 | 699 | 728 | | | |
| Electorate: 18,445 Valid: 12,403 (67.24%) Spoilt: 271 Quota: 3,101 Turnout: 12,674 (68.71%) |||||||||

### Mallow

Mallow - 4 seats :
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count |
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 |
| | Labour | Seán Sherlock* | 25.32 | 3,184 | | | | | |
| | Fianna Fáil | Dan Joe Fitzgerald* | 20.45 | 2,571 | | | | | |
| | Fine Gael | Tom Sheahan* | 13.60 | 1,710 | 1,795 | 1,874 | 1,967 | 1,975 | 2,252 |
| | Fine Gael | Noel O'Connor* | 13.19 | 1,658 | 1,855 | 2,050 | 2,175 | 2,186 | 2,808 |
| | Fine Gael | Anthony Ahern | 8.49 | 1,067 | 1,144 | 1,289 | 1,399 | 1,407 | |
| | Fianna Fáil | David Willis | 7.36 | 925 | 1,039 | 1,117 | 1,433 | 1,462 | 1,631 |
| | Fianna Fáil | Jim Hogan | 6.49 | 816 | 880 | 943 | | | |
| | Green | Ted Lucey | 5.11 | 642 | 774 | | | | |
| Electorate: 19,908 Valid: 12,573 (63.16%) Spoilt: 220 Quota: 2,515 Turnout: 12,793 (64.26%) ||||||||||

### Midleton

Midleton - 6 seats :
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count |
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 |
| | Fine Gael | Michael Hegarty* | 13.90 | 3,089 | 3,111 | 3,123 | 3,185 | | | | | | |
| | Independent | Noel Collins* | 13.39 | 2,977 | 3,089 | 3,095 | 3,114 | 3,207 | | | | | |
| | Labour | John Mulvihill* | 13.01 | 2,891 | 2,913 | 3,011 | 3,152 | 3,369 | | | | | |
| | Sinn Féin | Martin Hallinan | 9.49 | 2,110 | 2,140 | 2,145 | 2,160 | 2,219 | 2,232 | 2,367 | 2,616 | 2,620 | 2,819 |
| | Fianna Fáil | Maurice Ahern* | 8.49 | 1,887 | 1,902 | 1,993 | 2,004 | 2,028 | 2,030 | 2,258 | 2,708 | 2,711 | 2,967 |
| | Independent | Seán O'Connor | 7.43 | 1,652 | 1,658 | 1,720 | 1,815 | 1,892 | 1,944 | 1,970 | 2,001 | 2,008 | |
| | Independent | Ted Murphy* | 7.23 | 1,608 | 1,632 | 1,641 | 1,653 | 1,706 | 1,729 | 1,874 | 2,017 | 2,028 | 2,211 |
| | Fine Gael | Barbara Murray | 6.93 | 1,540 | 1,555 | 1,562 | 1,645 | 1,732 | 1,780 | 1,939 | 2,397 | 2,403 | 2,538 |
| | Fianna Fáil | David Savage | 6.11 | 1,358 | 1,367 | 1,390 | 1,396 | 1,419 | 1,425 | 1,728 | | | |
| | Fianna Fáil | Art Supple* | 5.25 | 1,167 | 1,175 | 1,201 | 1,205 | 1,220 | 1,223 | | | | |
| | Green | Sarah Iremonger | 3.32 | 737 | 754 | 764 | 782 | | | | | | |
| | Fine Gael | Paddy Whitty | 2.15 | 477 | 482 | 506 | | | | | | | |
| | Fianna Fáil | Joe Dowling | 1.84 | 409 | 412 | | | | | | | | |
| | Independent | Christy Carr | 1.47 | 326 | | | | | | | | | |
| Electorate: 39,660 Valid: 22,228 (56.05%) Spoilt: 469 Quota: 3,176 Turnout: 22,697 (57.23%) ||||||||||||||

### Skibbereen

Skibbereen - 7 seats :
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count |
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 |
| | Independent | Christy O'Sullivan* | 15.74 | 2,859 | | | | | | |
| | Fianna Fáil | Donal O'Rourke* | 12.04 | 2,188 | 2,265 | 2,284 | | | | |
| | Fine Gael | Maura Cal McCarthy* | 8.90 | 1,616 | 1,673 | 1,699 | 1,769 | 1,825 | 1,874 | 2,385 |
| | Fine Gael | John Collins* | 8.35 | 1,516 | 1,542 | 1,559 | 1,858 | 2,224 | 2,302 | |
| | Fine Gael | Jim Daly | 8.15 | 1,481 | 1,570 | 1,614 | 1,656 | 1,692 | 1,799 | 1,955 |
| | Fine Gael | Tadhg O'Donovan* | 8.10 | 1,471 | 1,525 | 1,539 | 1,547 | 1,556 | 1,858 | 1,956 |
| | Fianna Fáil | Joe Carroll | 7.30 | 1,327 | 1,426 | 1,439 | 1,481 | 1,856 | 2,169 | 2,216 |
| | Sinn Féin | Cionnaith O Suilleabhain | 6.85 | 1,244 | 1,300 | 1,380 | 1,419 | 1,486 | 1,587 | 1,766 |
| | Fine Gael | John O'Sullivan | 6.74 | 1,225 | 1,256 | 1,281 | 1,296 | 1,309 | 1,341 | |
| | Fianna Fáil | Tom O'Neill* | 5.50 | 1,000 | 1,032 | 1,037 | 1,155 | | | |
| | Labour | Brendan Leahy* | 4.88 | 887 | 924 | 1,024 | 1,230 | 1,243 | | |
| | Labour | Phyllis McCarthy | 4.56 | 829 | 845 | 946 | | | | |
| | Green | Bernie Connolly | 2.88 | 523 | 537 | | | | | |
| Electorate: 27,444 Valid: 18,166 (66.19%) Spoilt: 338 Quota: 2,271 Turnout: 18,504 (67.42%) |||||||||||