# 2004 Laois County Council election

An election to Laois County Council took place on 11 June 2004 as part of that year's Irish local elections. 25 councillors were elected from five 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 | 11 | -3 | 11,521 | 37.74 | |
| | Fine Gael | 9 | -1 | 8,504 | 27.86 | |
| | Progressive Democrats | 1 | +1 | 3,072 | 10.06 | |
| | Labour | 1 | +1 | 1,250 | 4.09 | |
| | Sinn Féin | 1 | +1 | 1,147 | 3.76 | |
| | Independent | 2 | +1 | 4,813 | 15.77 | |
| Totals | Totals | 25 | - | 30,527 | 100.00 | — |

## Results by local electoral area
### Borris-in-Ossory

Borris-in-Ossory - 7 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 |
| | Fianna Fáil | John Joe Fennelly* | 14.66 | 1,341 | | | | | | | | |
| | Fine Gael | Michael Lalor* | 12.85 | 1,175 | | | | | | | | |
| | Fianna Fáil | Brendan Phelan* | 11.96 | 1,094 | 1,109 | 1,110 | 1,190 | | | | | |
| | Fine Gael | John Bonham* | 10.65 | 974 | 1,011 | 1,014 | 1,021 | 1,021 | 1,103 | 1,280 | | |
| | Labour | Larry Kavanagh | 9.45 | 864 | 886 | 897 | 943 | 946 | 979 | 1,044 | 1,072 | 1,125 |
| | Fine Gael | John King | 8.20 | 750 | 753 | 756 | 842 | 853 | 880 | 899 | 913 | 939 |
| | Fine Gael | Marty Phelan* | 7.76 | 710 | 719 | 726 | 746 | 749 | 832 | 899 | 924 | 1,025 |
| | Fianna Fáil | Bill Delaney* | 6.51 | 595 | 641 | 645 | 702 | 720 | 758 | 786 | 809 | 1,039 |
| | Independent | Jim Ring | 4.83 | 442 | 470 | 471 | 482 | 484 | 529 | | | |
| | Fianna Fáil | Seosamh Murphy | 4.59 | 420 | 448 | 448 | 454 | 459 | 545 | 618 | 637 | |
| | Progressive Democrats | James Walsh | 4.28 | 391 | 396 | 396 | 445 | 449 | | | | |
| | Progressive Democrats | Joseph Hanrahan | 4.26 | 390 | 394 | 395 | | | | | | |
| Electorate: 14,162 Valid: 9,146 (64.58%) Spoilt: 155 Quota: 1,144 Turnout: 9,301 (65.68%) |||||||||||||

### Emo

Emo - 4 seats :
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count |
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 |
| | Fianna Fáil | Ray Cribbin* | 17.17 | 832 | 891 | 919 | 953 | 995 |
| | Progressive Democrats | Paul Mitchell | 15.25 | 739 | 749 | 811 | 876 | 931 |
| | Fine Gael | James Deegan* | 15.08 | 731 | 757 | 874 | 980 | |
| | Fianna Fáil | Michael Costello* | 14.44 | 700 | 743 | 766 | 789 | 832 |
| | Independent | Michael Turley* | 11.59 | 562 | 606 | 629 | 679 | 918 |
| | Independent | Kevin Maher | 8.50 | 412 | 439 | 456 | 523 | |
| | Progressive Democrats | Tom Cushen | 7.18 | 348 | 363 | 373 | | |
| | Fine Gael | Trevor Wardrop | 5.80 | 281 | 285 | | | |
| | Fianna Fáil | Joseph Oakley | 4.99 | 242 | | | | |
| Electorate: 8,110 Valid: 4,847 (59.77%) Spoilt: 82 Quota: 970 Turnout: 4,929 (60.78%) |||||||||

### Luggacurren

Luggacurren - 4 seats :
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | Count | Count | Count |
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 |
| | Fine Gael | John Moran* | 22.99 | 1,027 | | | |
| | Fine Gael | James Daly* | 18.60 | 831 | 894 | | |
| | Fianna Fáil | Dick Miller | 18.09 | 808 | 819 | 846 | 950 |
| | Fianna Fáil | Michael Rice* | 18.62 | 694 | 733 | 766 | 866 |
| | Fianna Fáil | Mary Wheatley* | 12.36 | 552 | 562 | 582 | 681 |
| | Progressive Democrats | Jimmy Mulhall | 7.05 | 315 | 341 | 404 | |
| | Green | Matt Diskin | 4.93 | 220 | 225 | | |
| Electorate: 7,301 Valid: 4,467 (61.18%) Spoilt: 89 Quota: 894 Turnout: 4,556 (62.40%) ||||||||

### Mountmellick

Mountmellick - 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 |
| | Fine Gael | David Goodwin* | 13.36 | 671 | 675 | 693 | 807 | 883 | 1,096 | | | |
| | Fianna Fáil | Paddy Bracken* | 14.23 | 715 | 732 | 747 | 800 | 903 | 914 | 921 | 1,143 | |
| | Fianna Fáil | Seamus McDonald* | 13.32 | 669 | 673 | 710 | 722 | 766 | 844 | 863 | 937 | 992 |
| | Fianna Fáil | Michael Moloney | 10.93 | 549 | 562 | 576 | 610 | 674 | 685 | 690 | 812 | 864 |
| | Fianna Fáil | Joe Digan* | 10.55 | 530 | 538 | 559 | 562 | 579 | 709 | 736 | 751 | 782 |
| | Independent | Pat Bowe | 8.72 | 438 | 463 | 480 | 516 | 561 | 585 | 618 | | |
| | Fine Gael | Damien Moran | 7.96 | 400 | 409 | 459 | 520 | 546 | | | | |
| | Progressive Democrats | John Joe Dunne | 6.81 | 342 | 348 | 400 | 432 | | | | | |
| | Fine Gael | Paddy Buggy | 6.61 | 332 | 344 | 369 | | | | | | |
| | Progressive Democrats | Caroline Fitzpatrick-Mulhall | 5.00 | 251 | 260 | | | | | | | |
| | Sinn Féin | John Nelson | 2.53 | 127 | | | | | | | | |
| Electorate: 7,036 Valid: 5,024 (71.40%) Spoilt: 71 Quota: 1,005 Turnout: 5,095 (72.41%) |||||||||||||

### Portlaoise

Portlaoise - 6 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 |
| | Fine Gael | William Aird* | 17.61 | 1,244 | | | | | | | | |
| | Sinn Féin | Brian Stanley | 14.44 | 1,020 | | | | | | | | |
| | Fine Gael | Mary Sweeney* | 11.33 | 800 | 850 | 877 | 906 | 991 | 1,073 | | | |
| | Independent | Tom Jacob | 9.77 | 690 | 723 | 747 | 786 | 804 | 844 | 893 | 904 | 1,021 |
| | Fianna Fáil | Jerry Lodge* | 9.44 | 667 | 683 | 696 | 717 | 772 | 809 | 953 | 962 | 1,018 |
| | Fianna Fáil | Catherine Fitzgerald* | 7.86 | 555 | 570 | 581 | 598 | 631 | 679 | 772 | 781 | 839 |
| | Fine Gael | Kathleen O'Brien | 6.17 | 436 | 497 | 508 | 544 | 555 | 591 | 617 | 640 | 748 |
| | Independent | Rotimi Adebari | 5.82 | 411 | 420 | 437 | 477 | 481 | 523 | 549 | 556 | |
| | Progressive Democrats | Helen Kelly | 4.19 | 296 | 315 | 322 | 333 | 349 | | | | |
| | Fianna Fáil | Jack Nolan | 3.96 | 280 | 292 | 303 | 310 | 361 | 388 | | | |
| | Fianna Fáil | Richard Lyons | 3.94 | 278 | 284 | 290 | 297 | | | | | |
| | Labour | Tom Phelan | 2.97 | 210 | 213 | 260 | | | | | | |
| | Labour | John Conroy | 2.49 | 176 | 186 | | | | | | | |
| Electorate: 12,034 Valid: 7,063 (58.69%) Spoilt: 107 Quota: 1,010 Turnout: 7,170 (59.58%) |||||||||||||