# 2004 Clare County Council election

An election to Clare County Council took place on 11 June 2004 as part of that year's Irish local elections. 32 councillors were elected from six local electoral areas by PR-STV voting for a five-year term of office.

## Results by party

| Party | Party | Seats | ± | First Pref. votes | FPv% | ±% |
| | Fianna Fáil | 15 | -3 | 22,717 | 41.51 | |
| | Fine Gael | 10 | +1 | 15,779 | 28.83 | |
| | Green | 1 | +1 | 2,466 | 4.51 | |
| | Labour | 1 | +1 | 1,815 | 3.32 | |
| | Independent | 5 | +1 | 8,801 | 16.08 | |
| | Progressive Democrats | 0 | -1 | 2,103 | 3.84 | |
| Totals | Totals | 32 | - | 54,725 | 100.00 | — |

## Results by local electoral area
### Ennis

Ennis - 7 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 | Joe Carey* | 15.97 | 1,939 | | | | | | | | | |
| | Fianna Fáil | Pat Daly* | 11.60 | 1,409 | 1,442 | 1,459 | 1,499 | 1,545 | | | | | |
| | Independent | Tommy Brennan* | 9.75 | 1,184 | 1,213 | 1,231 | 1,278 | 1,355 | 1,420 | 1,459 | 1,791 | | |
| | Fine Gael | Sonny Scanlan* | 9.12 | 1,108 | 1,166 | 1,195 | 1,215 | 1,233 | 1,277 | 1,394 | 1,441 | 1,457 | 1,461 |
| | Green | Brian Meaney | 8.33 | 1,011 | 1,033 | 1,057 | 1,105 | 1,174 | 1,349 | 1,425 | 1,516 | 1,551 | |
| | Fianna Fáil | Peter Considine* | 7.72 | 937 | 956 | 963 | 1,008 | 1,044 | 1,069 | 1,203 | 1,294 | 1,359 | 1,362 |
| | Fianna Fáil | Bernard Hanrahan* | 6.86 | 833 | 913 | 938 | 965 | 985 | 999 | 1,160 | 1,250 | 1,280 | 1,281 |
| | Independent | Frankie Neylon | 6.19 | 752 | 770 | 798 | 822 | 875 | 929 | 962 | | | |
| | Fine Gael | Tony Mulqueen | 6.15 | 747 | 835 | 857 | 910 | 942 | 1,007 | 1,044 | 1,177 | 1,226 | 1,240 |
| | Fianna Fáil | Tom Malone | 5.15 | 626 | 636 | 649 | 674 | 701 | 738 | | | | |
| | Labour | Paul O'Shea | 4.91 | 596 | 608 | 610 | 629 | 659 | | | | | |
| | Sinn Féin | Paddy Barrett | 3.59 | 436 | 446 | 464 | 472 | | | | | | |
| | Progressive Democrats | Roger Leyden | 2.96 | 359 | 379 | 384 | | | | | | | |
| | Independent | J.J. McCabe | 1.70 | 207 | 228 | | | | | | | | |
| Electorate: 22,471 Valid: 12,144 (54.04%) Spoilt: 215 Quota: 1,519 Turnout: 12,359 (55.00%) ||||||||||||||

### Ennistymon

Ennistymon - 6 seats :
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count |
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 |
| | Fianna Fáil | Michael Kelly | 14.49 | 1,533 | | | | |
| | Fine Gael | Joe Arkins* | 13.90 | 1,470 | 1,624 | | | |
| | Fianna Fáil | Richard Nagle* | 11.68 | 1,235 | 1,267 | 1,368 | 1,376 | 1,381 |
| | Fine Gael | Martin Conway | 11.67 | 1,234 | 1,324 | 1,438 | 1,488 | 1,506 |
| | Fianna Fáil | Michael Hillery* | 11.54 | 1,221 | 1,251 | 1,313 | 1,318 | 1,321 |
| | Fianna Fáil | Flan Garvey* | 11.42 | 1,208 | 1,272 | 1,526 | | |
| | Independent | Martin Lafferty* | 11.04 | 1,168 | 1,362 | 1,492 | 1,541 | |
| | Fianna Fáil | Tom Burke* | 7.64 | 808 | 852 | | | |
| | Green | Ann Marie Flanagan | 6.62 | 700 | | | | |
| Electorate: 15,711 Valid: 10,577 (67.32%) Spoilt: 129 Quota: 1,512 Turnout: 10,706 (68.14%) |||||||||

### Killaloe

Killaloe - 4 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 |
| | Fianna Fáil | Cathal Crowe | 13.13 | 940 | 971 | 1,105 | 1,163 | 1,320 | 1,326 | 1,701 | |
| | Fine Gael | John McInerney | 12.29 | 880 | 925 | 997 | 1,297 | 1,454 | | | |
| | Fianna Fáil | Pat O'Gorman* | 11.58 | 829 | 839 | 873 | 938 | 988 | 989 | 1,136 | 1,233 |
| | Fianna Fáil | Tony O'Brien | 11.03 | 790 | 827 | 838 | 934 | 978 | 980 | 1,136 | 1,239 |
| | Labour | Pascal Fitzgerald | 10.91 | 781 | 865 | 938 | 979 | 1,141 | 1,149 | 1,252 | 1,299 |
| | Fianna Fáil | Michael Begley* | 10.77 | 771 | 791 | 803 | 877 | 975 | 979 | | |
| | Fine Gael | Batt Skehan | 9.51 | 681 | 719 | 746 | | | | | |
| | Progressive Democrats | Mary Mannion* | 9.12 | 653 | 697 | 757 | 809 | | | | |
| | Independent | Noel Broggy | 6.38 | 457 | 494 | | | | | | |
| | Green | Mick Murtagh | 5.29 | 379 | | | | | | | |
| Electorate: 11,051 Valid: 7,161 (64.80%) Spoilt: 79 Quota: 1,433 Turnout: 7,240 (65.51%) ||||||||||||

### Kilrush

Kilrush - 7 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 |
| | Independent | Christy Curtin* | 13.84 | 1,564 | | | | | | | |
| | Fianna Fáil | P.J. Kelly* | 10.52 | 1,189 | 1,205 | 1,221 | 1,313 | 1,370 | 1,402 | 1,414 | |
| | Fine Gael | Oliver Garry* | 10.25 | 1,158 | 1,169 | 1,187 | 1,205 | 1,251 | 1,422 | | |
| | Fine Gael | Madeleine Taylor-Quinn* | 9.55 | 1,079 | 1,092 | 1,156 | 1,183 | 1,342 | 1,624 | | |
| | Fianna Fáil | Tom Prendeville* | 9.05 | 1,022 | 1,026 | 1,049 | 1,083 | 1,207 | 1,246 | 1,273 | 1,294 |
| | Fianna Fáil | Bill Chambers* | 8.98 | 1,015 | 1,036 | 1,065 | 1,197 | 1,354 | 1,473 | | |
| | Fianna Fáil | Patrick Keane* | 8.90 | 1,006 | 1,011 | 1,036 | 1,061 | 1,123 | 1,184 | 1,206 | 1,228 |
| | Independent | Oliver Keating | 7.25 | 819 | 830 | 906 | 951 | 1,045 | 1,137 | 1,191 | 1,207 |
| | Progressive Democrats | Murt Collins | 6.74 | 762 | 785 | 813 | 848 | | | | |
| | Fine Gael | Tim Donnellan | 5.99 | 677 | 698 | 725 | 894 | 980 | | | |
| | Fianna Fáil | Michael Shannon | 5.42 | 612 | 633 | 649 | | | | | |
| | Sinn Féin | Gerry Malone | 2.35 | 265 | 268 | | | | | | |
| | Green | Cillian Murphy | 1.15 | 130 | 132 | | | | | | |
| Electorate: 16,894 Valid: 11,298 (66.88%) Spoilt: 141 Quota: 1,413 Turnout: 11,439 (67.71%) ||||||||||||

### Scariff

Scariff - 3 seats :
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | Count | Count | Count |
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 |
| | Fianna Fáil | Pat Hayes* | 26.93 | 1,469 | | | |
| | Fine Gael | Paul Bugler* | 18.26 | 996 | 1,113 | 1,213 | 1,234 |
| | Fianna Fáil | Colm Wiley* | 17.77 | 969 | 996 | 1,253 | 1,322 |
| | Fine Gael | Joe Cooney | 17.46 | 952 | 985 | 1,278 | 1,293 |
| | Independent | Jim McInerney | 12.69 | 692 | 793 | | |
| | Green | Colm O'Brien | 4.51 | 246 | | | |
| | Labour | Stanley Airewele | 2.38 | 130 | | | |
| Electorate: 7,798 Valid: 5,454 (69.94%) Spoilt: 53 Quota: 1,364 Turnout: 5,507 (70.62%) ||||||||

### Shannon

Shannon - 5 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 | John Crowe* | 14.84 | 1,201 | 1,214 | 1,225 | 1,280 | 1,300 | 1,511 | | |
| | Fine Gael | Tony Mulcahy* | 14.77 | 1,195 | 1,207 | 1,252 | 1,286 | 1,350 | | | |
| | Independent | Patricia McCarthy* | 13.79 | 1,116 | 1,134 | 1,199 | 1,252 | 1,353 | | | |
| | Fianna Fáil | Pat McMahon* | 12.59 | 1,019 | 1,022 | 1,042 | 1,077 | 1,086 | 1,249 | 1,290 | 1,523 |
| | Independent | Gerry Flynn | 9.43 | 763 | 778 | 829 | 845 | 917 | 956 | 994 | 1,418 |
| | Fianna Fáil | P.J. Ryan | 8.65 | 700 | 722 | 729 | 761 | 766 | 793 | 803 | 940 |
| | Fianna Fáil | Seán Hillery* | 7.12 | 576 | 580 | 598 | 632 | 666 | 692 | 712 | |
| | Fine Gael | Brendan Ryan | 5.71 | 462 | 465 | 477 | 516 | 533 | | | |
| | Progressive Democrats | Mary O'Donnell | 4.07 | 329 | 334 | 340 | | | | | |
| | Sinn Féin | Cathy McCaffrey | 3.83 | 310 | 312 | | | | | | |
| | Labour | Tony McMahon | 3.81 | 308 | 313 | 353 | 375 | | | | |
| | Independent | Michael Naughton | 0.98 | 79 | | | | | | | |
| | Socialist Workers | Dominic Haugh | 0.33 | 27 | | | | | | | |
| | Socialist Workers | John McMahon | 0.07 | 6 | | | | | | | |
| Electorate: 14,273 Valid: 8,091 (56.69%) Spoilt: 113 Quota: 1,349 Turnout: 8,204 (57.48%) ||||||||||||