# 2004 Kildare County Council election

An election to Kildare County Council took place on 11 June 2004 as part of that year's Irish local elections. 25 councillors were elected from six 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 | Party | Seats | ± | First Pref. votes | FPv% | ±% |
| | Fianna Fáil | 10 | +1 | 20,653 | 31.47 | |
| | Fine Gael | 7 | +2 | 13,767 | 20.98 | |
| | Labour | 4 | -1 | 12,492 | 19.04 | |
| | Green | 1 | +1 | 4,015 | 6.12 | |
| | Progressive Democrats | 0 | -2 | 2,493 | 3.80 | |
| | Independent | 3 | -1 | 11,719 | 17.86 | |
| Totals | Totals | 25 | 0 | 65,623 | 100.00 | — |

## Results by local electoral area
### Athy

Athy - 3 seats :
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count |
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 |
| | Fianna Fáil | Martin Miley, Jnr* | 26.52 | 2,146 | | | | |
| | Fianna Fáil | Mark Dalton | 16.84 | 1,363 | 1,457 | 1,521 | 1,690 | 1,973 |
| | Fine Gael | Rainsford Hendy* | 16.37 | 1,325 | 1,359 | 1,383 | 1,441 | 1,900 |
| | Labour | Adrian Kane* | 12.59 | 1,019 | 1,105 | 1,115 | 1,542 | 1,738 |
| | Fine Gael | Richard Daly | 11.47 | 928 | 990 | 1,003 | 1,154 | |
| | Labour | John Lawler | 10.41 | 842 | 937 | 948 | | |
| | Green | Eddie Lawler | 5.80 | 469 | | | | |
| Electorate: 15,315 Valid: 8,092 (52.84%) Spoilt: 197 Quota: 2,024 Turnout: 8,289 (54.12%) |||||||||

### Celbridge

Celbridge - 3 seats :
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count |
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 |
| | Labour | Kevin Byrne* | 33.46 | 2,436 | | | | | |
| | Fianna Fáil | Geraldine Conway* | 13.41 | 976 | 1,068 | 1,166 | 1,232 | 1,600 | 1,840 |
| | Fine Gael | Katie Ridge | 12.60 | 917 | 1,031 | 1,047 | 1,262 | 1,364 | 1,658 |
| | Progressive Democrats | John Lyons* | 10.99 | 800 | 884 | 895 | 966 | 1,105 | 1,321 |
| | Fianna Fáil | Margaret Lynch | 9.33 | 679 | 743 | 793 | 834 | | |
| | Independent | Mairead Byrne | 8.83 | 643 | 759 | 768 | 973 | 1,082 | |
| | Green | Marie Percival | 4.06 | 616 | 741 | 766 | | | |
| | Fianna Fáil | James O'Reilly | 2.93 | 213 | 233 | | | | |
| Electorate: 15,857 Valid: 7,280 (45.91%) Spoilt: 151 Quota: 1,821 Turnout: 7,431 (46.86%) ||||||||||

### Clane

Clane - 4 seats :
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count |
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 |
| | Fianna Fáil | Michael Fitzpatrick* | 15.53 | 1,652 | 1,680 | 1,793 | 1,871 | 2,153 |
| | Independent | Tony McEvoy* | 14.07 | 1,497 | 1,571 | 1,844 | 2,093 | 2,154 |
| | Fianna Fáil | Liam Doyle | 13.49 | 1,435 | 1,483 | 1,550 | 1,741 | 1,829 |
| | Fianna Fáil | P.J. Sheridan* | 12.97 | 1,380 | 1,398 | 1,444 | 1,526 | 1,591 |
| | Fine Gael | Brendan Weld | 11.74 | 1,249 | 1,290 | 1,381 | 1,594 | 2,187 |
| | Fine Gael | Jim Reilly* | 9.83 | 1,045 | 1,073 | 1,253 | 1,342 | |
| | Labour | Chris Rowland | 9.28 | 987 | 1,063 | 1,160 | | |
| | Independent | Heike Holstein | 8.85 | 941 | 1,026 | | | |
| | Green | Leo Armstrong | 3.25 | 346 | | | | |
| | Independent | Seanan O Coistin | 0.98 | 104 | | | | |
| Electorate: 20,905 Valid: 10,636 (50.88%) Spoilt: 200 Quota: 2,128 Turnout: 10,836 (51.83%) |||||||||

### Kildare

Kildare - 6 seats :
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count |
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 |
| | Fianna Fáil | Fiona O'Loughlin* | 14.88 | 2,333 | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | Fianna Fáil | Suzanne Doyle* | 10.89 | 1,708 | 1,713 | 1,726 | 1,804 | 1,825 | 1,944 | 1,977 | 2,084 | 2,138 | 2,163 | 2,214 | 2,315 | |
| | Fianna Fáil | Pat Black | 8.88 | 1,392 | 1,418 | 1,436 | 1,443 | 1,454 | 1,524 | 1,618 | 1,657 | 1,685 | 1,765 | 1,853 | 2,054 | 2,138 |
| | Fine Gael | Fionnuala Dukes* | 6.83 | 1,071 | 1,087 | 1,093 | 1,147 | 1,343 | 1,362 | 1,397 | 1,472 | 1,523 | 1,550 | 1,788 | 1,959 | 2,243 |
| | Independent | Matthew Lonergan | 6.81 | 1,068 | 1,082 | 1,084 | 1,090 | 1,111 | 1,114 | 1,128 | 1,159 | 1,172 | 1,277 | 1,291 | 1,322 | |
| | Fine Gael | Michael Nolan, Snr | 6.11 | 959 | 1,000 | 1,006 | 1,012 | 1,033 | 1,069 | 1,119 | 1,140 | 1,190 | 1,284 | 1,490 | 1,652 | 1,699 |
| | Labour | Francis Browne | 5.85 | 917 | 921 | 922 | 989 | 1,022 | 1,034 | 1,062 | 1,120 | 1,260 | 1,288 | 1,352 | 1,412 | 1,760 |
| | Progressive Democrats | Mick Deely* | 4.77 | 748 | 782 | 788 | 795 | 809 | 885 | 950 | 989 | 1,043 | 1,106 | 1,206 | | |
| | Fine Gael | Shane O'Dwyer | 4.73 | 742 | 759 | 763 | 769 | 783 | 810 | 847 | 871 | 959 | 985 | | | |
| | Labour | Seamus Finn | 4.51 | 708 | 742 | 745 | 788 | 805 | 822 | 887 | 934 | 1,065 | 1,230 | 1,274 | 1,408 | 1,461 |
| | Independent | Paddy Kennedy | 3.56 | 559 | 604 | 608 | 613 | 638 | 660 | 758 | 812 | 833 | | | | |
| | Independent | Murty Aspell | 3.56 | 558 | 593 | 597 | 612 | 621 | 648 | | | | | | | |
| | Green | Ger Fitzgibbon | 3.55 | 556 | 581 | 584 | 635 | 657 | 668 | 689 | | | | | | |
| | Labour | Liam Murphy | 3.48 | 546 | 554 | 555 | 621 | 629 | 698 | 718 | 764 | | | | | |
| | Fianna Fáil | Paddy Slattery | 3.32 | 520 | 530 | 540 | 548 | 552 | | | | | | | | |
| | Fine Gael | Leo Conway | 3.05 | 478 | 480 | 490 | 497 | | | | | | | | | |
| | Labour | Mary Kavanagh | 2.93 | 459 | 463 | 464 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | Independent | Daisy Rooney | 2.31 | 362 | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Electorate: 31,046 Valid: 15,684 (50.52%) Spoilt: 359 Quota: 2,241 Turnout: 16,043 (51.67%) |||||||||||||||||

### Leixlip

Leixlip - 4 seats :
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count |
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 |
| | Independent | Catherine Murphy* | 20.58 | 2,101 | | | | | |
| | Labour | John McGinley* | 12.48 | 1,274 | 1,349 | 1,351 | 1,639 | 1,846 | 1,913 |
| | Fianna Fáil | Paul Kelly* | 12.11 | 1,237 | 1,541 | 1,551 | 1,603 | 1,766 | 2,089 |
| | Labour | Colm Purcell | 11.66 | 1,191 | 1,220 | 1,238 | 1,264 | 1,430 | 1,729 |
| | Fine Gael | Tom Neville | 11.11 | 1,134 | 1,152 | 1,163 | 1,190 | 1,356 | |
| | Fine Gael | Senan Griffin* | 10.29 | 1,051 | 1,125 | 1,128 | 1,301 | 1,426 | 1,832 |
| | Green | Shane Fitzgerald | 7.98 | 815 | 853 | 862 | 1,027 | | |
| | Independent | Paul Croghan | 7.62 | 778 | 819 | 824 | | | |
| | Fianna Fáil | Brid Feely | 6.17 | 630 | | | | | |
| Electorate: 20,732 Valid: 10,211 (49.25%) Spoilt: 147 Quota: 2,043 Turnout: 10,358 (49.96%) ||||||||||

### Naas

Naas - 5 seats :
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count |
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 |
| | Labour | Paddy McNamara | 8.81 | 1,254 | 1,320 | 1,373 | 1,384 | 1,494 | 1,552 | 1,574 | 1,983 | 2,063 | 2,158 | 2,267 |
| | Fine Gael | Billy Hillis* | 8.71 | 1,240 | 1,246 | 1,261 | 1,276 | 1,288 | 1,484 | 1,499 | 1,639 | 1,678 | 1,752 | 2,267 |
| | Independent | Mary Glennon* | 8.60 | 1,225 | 1,233 | 1,266 | 1,585 | 1,690 | 1,747 | 1,818 | 1,870 | 2,029 | 2,245 | 2,432 |
| | Green | J.J. Power | 8.52 | 1,213 | 1,230 | 1,346 | 1,376 | 1,434 | 1,512 | 1,557 | 1,631 | 1,802 | 1,946 | 2,087 |
| | Fianna Fáil | Rose Barrett-O'Donoghue | 8.48 | 1,207 | 1,284 | 1,320 | 1,329 | 1,354 | 1,384 | 1,538 | 1,623 | 1,680 | 1,808 | 1,892 |
| | Fianna Fáil | Willie Callaghan* | 7.94 | 1,130 | 1,194 | 1,219 | 1,235 | 1,252 | 1,284 | 1,603 | 1,645 | 1,829 | 1,970 | 2,156 |
| | Progressive Democrats | Pat Clear | 6.64 | 945 | 972 | 983 | 1,002 | 1,034 | 1,098 | 1,133 | 1,165 | 1,249 | | |
| | Fine Gael | Timmy Conway* | 6.29 | 896 | 906 | 917 | 926 | 964 | 1,118 | 1,193 | 1,222 | 1,348 | 1,547 | |
| | Independent | Seamus Moore | 6.05 | 862 | 872 | 901 | 927 | 974 | 1,005 | 1,058 | 1,089 | | | |
| | Labour | John Hubbard | 6.03 | 859 | 862 | 889 | 903 | 921 | 940 | 960 | | | | |
| | Fianna Fáil | Charlie Byrne | 5.44 | 775 | 808 | 830 | 845 | 873 | 896 | | | | | |
| | Fine Gael | Darren Scully | 5.14 | 732 | 748 | 757 | 766 | 796 | | | | | | |
| | Independent | Anthony Egan | 3.65 | 520 | 527 | 554 | 578 | | | | | | | |
| | Independent | Tom Cross | 3.52 | 501 | 525 | 538 | | | | | | | | |
| | Sinn Féin | Cristin McCauley | 3.40 | 484 | 495 | | | | | | | | | |
| | Fianna Fáil | Carmel Kelly | 2.79 | 397 | | | | | | | | | | |
| Electorate: 28,018 Valid: 14,240 (50.82%) Spoilt: 295 Quota: 2,374 Turnout: 14,535 (51.88%) |||||||||||||||