# 2004 Fingal County Council election

An election to Fingal County Council took place on 11 June 2004 as part of that year's Irish local elections. 24 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% | ±% |
| | Labour | 6 | 0 | 14,654 | 17.92 | |
| | Fine Gael | 5 | 0 | 17,641 | 21.57 | |
| | Fianna Fáil | 4 | -2 | 16,817 | 20.56 | |
| | Green | 3 | +2 | 6,423 | 7.85 | |
| | Socialist Party | 2 | 0 | 6,978 | 8.53 | |
| | Progressive Democrats | 1 | 0 | 4,687 | 5.73 | |
| | Sinn Féin | 1 | +1 | 4,075 | 4.98 | |
| | Independent | 2 | -1 | 6,434 | 7.87 | |
| Totals | Totals | 24 | 0 | 81,784 | 100.00 | — |

## Results by local electoral area
### Balbriggan

Balbriggan - 4 seats :
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | 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 |
| | Independent | David O'Connor* | 11.93 | 1,708 | 1,727 | 1,768 | 1,792 | 1,834 | 1,968 | 2,005 | 2,105 | 2,174 | 2,253 | 2,405 | 2,592 |
| | Green | Joe Corr | 10.20 | 1,460 | 1,482 | 1,523 | 1,564 | 1,655 | 1,670 | 1,719 | 1,782 | 1,985 | 2,154 | 2,248 | 2,526 |
| | Fine Gael | Tom O'Leary* | 9.63 | 1,378 | 1,391 | 1,402 | 1,488 | 1,494 | 1,507 | 1,521 | 1,555 | 1,598 | 1,854 | 1,937 | |
| | Fianna Fáil | Dermot Murray* | 8.31 | 1,190 | 1,193 | 1,195 | 1,206 | 1,218 | 1,318 | 1,376 | 1,503 | 1,515 | 1,659 | | |
| | Labour | Ciaran Byrne* | 8.30 | 1,188 | 1,198 | 1,213 | 1,260 | 1,309 | 1,323 | 1,439 | 1,472 | 1,770 | 1,948 | 2,027 | 2,628 |
| | Fianna Fáil | Liam Butterly | 8.28 | 1,185 | 1,212 | 1,276 | 1,298 | 1,305 | 1,420 | 1,430 | 1,466 | 1,677 | 1,716 | 2,115 | 2,306 |
| | Independent | May McKeon | 7.70 | 1,102 | 1,104 | 1,131 | 1,157 | 1,226 | 1,240 | 1,425 | 1,662 | 1,692 | 1,962 | 2,440 | 2,570 |
| | Fine Gael | Seán Brown | 7.10 | 1,017 | 1,026 | 1,040 | 1,052 | 1,082 | 1,102 | 1,139 | 1,295 | 1,343 | | | |
| | Labour | Kevin Thorp | 5.81 | 831 | 859 | 912 | 931 | 954 | 956 | 1,027 | 1,043 | | | | |
| | Progressive Democrats | Gerry Gaughan | 5.63 | 806 | 812 | 822 | 835 | 852 | 867 | 924 | | | | | |
| | Labour | Monica Harford | 4.16 | 596 | 598 | 608 | 625 | 679 | 699 | | | | | | |
| | Fianna Fáil | Stephanie Davis-O'Brien | 3.43 | 491 | 494 | 497 | 504 | 509 | | | | | | | |
| | Socialist Party | Tadhg Kenahan | 3.20 | 458 | 460 | 468 | 481 | | | | | | | | |
| | Independent | Tommy Ryan | 2.63 | 377 | 382 | 404 | | | | | | | | | |
| | Independent | James Archer | 2.10 | 300 | 355 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | Independent | Paddy Boyle | 1.59 | 227 | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Electorate: 21,725 Valid: 14,314 (55.03%) Spoilt: 348 Quota: 2,863 Turnout: 14,662 (56.37%) ||||||||||||||||

### Castleknock

Castleknock - 4 seats :
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count |
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 |
| | Fine Gael | Leo Varadkar* | 38.20 | 4,894 | | | | | |
| | Labour | Peggy Hamill* | 12.13 | 1,554 | 2,235 | 2,348 | 2,449 | 2,749 | |
| | Fianna Fáil | Brenda Clifford | 11.31 | 1,449 | 1,733 | 1,791 | 1,866 | 1,916 | 2,082 |
| | Progressive Democrats | Mags Murray | 10.05 | 1,288 | 1,817 | 1,903 | 1,951 | 2,034 | 2,439 |
| | Fianna Fáil | Marian Quinlan | 9.93 | 1,272 | 1,504 | 1,544 | 1,609 | 1,646 | 1,766 |
| | Green | Roderic O'Gorman | 5.20 | 666 | 944 | 1,054 | 1,187 | 1,434 | |
| | Socialist Party | Susan Fitzgerald | 5.16 | 661 | 758 | 794 | 934 | | |
| | Sinn Féin | Luke Stynes | 4.64 | 594 | 674 | 703 | | | |
| | Independent | Fergal Molloy | 3.38 | 433 | 583 | | | | |
| Electorate: 23,677 Valid: 12,811 (54.11%) Spoilt: 249 Quota: 2,563 Turnout: 13,060 (55.16%) ||||||||||

### Howth

Howth - 3 seats :
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count |
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 |
| | Fine Gael | Joan Maher* | 25.78 | 2,612 | | | | | | | |
| | Fine Gael | Michael Joe Cosgrave* | 15.33 | 1,553 | 1,600 | 1,631 | 1,744 | 1,815 | 1,959 | 2,166 | 2,386 |
| | Green | David Healy | 12.26 | 1,242 | 1,271 | 1,281 | 1,379 | 1,509 | 1,761 | 1,919 | 2,562 |
| | Fianna Fáil | Liam Creaven* | 9.80 | 993 | 1,059 | 1,065 | 1,124 | 1,162 | 1,184 | 1,716 | 1,781 |
| | Socialist Party | Brian Greene | 8.04 | 815 | 846 | 851 | 868 | 1,023 | 1,214 | 1,277 | |
| | Fianna Fáil | Geraldine Wall | 8.02 | 812 | 898 | 907 | 1,057 | 1,104 | 1,169 | | |
| | Labour | Vivienne Kelly | 6.59 | 668 | 681 | 688 | 742 | 804 | | | |
| | Sinn Féin | Bernie Quinn | 5.69 | 576 | 598 | 600 | 610 | | | | |
| | Progressive Democrats | Noelle Ryan | 5.16 | 523 | 543 | 552 | | | | | |
| | Fianna Fáil | Brian Geoghegan | 3.33 | 337 | | | | | | | |
| Electorate: 17,708 Valid: 10,131 (57.21%) Spoilt: 212 Quota: 2,533 Turnout: 10,343 (58.41%) ||||||||||||

### Malahide

Malahide - 4 seats :
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count |
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 |
| | Labour | Peter Coyle* | 33.61 | 3,958 | | | | |
| | Fianna Fáil | Darragh O'Brien* | 16.98 | 2,000 | 2,095 | 2,144 | 2,444 | |
| | Green | Robbie Kelly* | 14.83 | 1,747 | 2,340 | 2,469 | | |
| | Fianna Fáil | Barbara Foley | 12.01 | 1,415 | 1,583 | 1,660 | 1,957 | 1,969 |
| | Fine Gael | Alan Farrell | 8.24 | 971 | 1,139 | 1,642 | 2,080 | 2,140 |
| | Progressive Democrats | Nicola Byrne | 8.93 | 1,052 | 1,308 | 1,410 | | |
| | Fine Gael | Paul Cuddy | 5.38 | 634 | 956 | | | |
| Electorate: 21,109 Valid: 11,777 (55.79%) Spoilt: 318 Quota: 2,356 Turnout: 12,095 (57.30%) |||||||||

### Mulhuddart

Mulhuddart - 4 seats :
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count |
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 |
| | Sinn Féin | Martin Christie | 15.22 | 1,910 | 1,923 | 1,965 | 2,050 | 2,099 | 2,129 | 2,182 | 2,225 | 2,445 |
| | Socialist Party | Ruth Coppinger* | 14.72 | 1,848 | 1,858 | 1,911 | 1,960 | 2,387 | 2,420 | 2,485 | 2,537 | |
| | Labour | Michael O'Donovan* | 13.94 | 1,750 | 1,756 | 1,809 | 1,840 | 1,889 | 1,955 | 2,079 | 2,156 | 2,467 |
| | Fianna Fáil | Margaret Richardson* | 10.17 | 1,277 | 1,284 | 1,291 | 1,311 | 1,324 | 1,375 | 1,436 | 1,940 | 2,161 |
| | Fine Gael | Jon Rainey* | 8.58 | 1,077 | 1,081 | 1,097 | 1,102 | 1,107 | 1,213 | 1,578 | 1,755 | 1,887 |
| | Independent | Gerry Lynam* | 7.55 | 948 | 989 | 1,018 | 1,083 | 1,113 | 1,179 | 1,249 | 1,323 | |
| | Fianna Fáil | Michael Smyth | 7.23 | 908 | 910 | 919 | 922 | 930 | 1,069 | 1,115 | | |
| | Fine Gael | Gary O'Connor | 6.08 | 763 | 769 | 782 | 793 | 802 | 896 | | | |
| | Progressive Democrats | Ben Howe | 4.87 | 611 | 614 | 653 | 659 | 668 | | | | |
| | Socialist Party | Helen Redwood | 4.84 | 607 | 610 | 628 | 656 | | | | | |
| | Green | Robert Bonnie | 2.71 | 340 | 353 | | | | | | | |
| | Independent | Gerard Murray | 2.42 | 304 | 393 | 412 | | | | | | |
| | Independent | Paul Hand | 1.67 | 209 | | | | | | | | |
| Electorate: 25,860 Valid: 12,552 (48.549%) Spoilt: 373 Quota: 2,511 Turnout: 12,925 (49.98%) |||||||||||||

### Swords

Swords - 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 |
| | Socialist Party | Clare Daly* | 16.51 | 2,763 | 2,783 | 2,815 | | | | | | | | |
| | Fianna Fáil | Michael Kennedy* | 13.54 | 2,266 | 2,293 | 2,359 | 2,389 | 2,413 | 2,496 | 2,613 | 2,735 | 3,505 | | |
| | Labour | Gerry McGuire* | 9.00 | 1,506 | 1,512 | 1,539 | 1,553 | 1,753 | 1,814 | 1,872 | 2,001 | 2,040 | 2,098 | 2,419 |
| | Labour | Ken Farrell | 8.22 | 1,375 | 1,475 | 1,484 | 1,501 | 1,511 | 1,549 | 1,572 | 1,649 | 1,697 | 1,727 | |
| | Fine Gael | Anne Devitt* | 7.45 | 1,246 | 1,277 | 1,324 | 1,337 | 1,394 | 1,740 | 1,814 | 1,871 | 2,070 | 2,204 | 2,408 |
| | Labour | Tom Kelleher* | 7.34 | 1,228 | 1,231 | 1,262 | 1,300 | 1,321 | 1,398 | 1,551 | 1,697 | 1,810 | 1,891 | 2,408 |
| | Fianna Fáil | Martina Coombes | 7.30 | 1,222 | 1,230 | 1,273 | 1,285 | 1,316 | 1,353 | 1,438 | 1,519 | | | |
| | Sinn Féin | Matt McCormack | 5.95 | 995 | 1,001 | 1,012 | 1,091 | 1,101 | 1,118 | 1,239 | | | | |
| | Green | Kenneth Duffy | 5.79 | 968 | 988 | 1,033 | 1,089 | 1,143 | 1,221 | 1,353 | 1,588 | 1,713 | 1,800 | 1,992 |
| | Independent | Joe O'Neill | 4.94 | 826 | 827 | 863 | 936 | 942 | 982 | | | | | |
| | Fine Gael | Sean Dolphin* | 4.05 | 678 | 713 | 740 | 749 | 847 | | | | | | |
| | Fine Gael | Bob Dowling | 3.09 | 517 | 536 | 550 | 554 | | | | | | | |
| | Socialist Party | Michael O'Brien | 2.59 | 433 | 433 | 441 | | | | | | | | |
| | Progressive Democrats | Mary O'Donnell | 2.43 | 407 | 421 | | | | | | | | | |
| | Fine Gael | Emer Kernan | 1.80 | 301 | | | | | | | | | | |
| Electorate: 30,694 Valid: 16,731 (54.51%) Spoilt: 317 Quota: 2,789 Turnout: 17,048 (55.54%) |||||||||||||||