# 2004 Cork City Council election

An election to Cork City Council took place on 11 June 2004 as part of the 2004 Irish local elections. 31 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 | 11 | -1 | 14,257 | 29.06 | |
| | Fine Gael | 8 | 0 | 10,839 | 22.09 | |
| | Labour | 6 | +1 | 6,493 | 13.23 | |
| | Sinn Féin | 2 | +1 | 5,089 | 10.37 | |
| | Green | 1 | 0 | 3,337 | 6.80 | |
| | Progressive Democrats | 1 | -1 | 2,300 | 4.69 | |
| | Socialist Party | 1 | +1 | 1,390 | 2.83 | |
| | Independent | 1 | -1 | 4,527 | 9.23 | |
| Totals | Totals | 31 | 0 | 49,064 | 100.00 | — |

## Results by local electoral area
### Cork North-Central

Cork North-Central - 5 seats :
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count |
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 |
| | Socialist Party | Mick Barry | 17.47 | 1,390 | | | | | | |
| | Fianna Fáil | Gary O'Flynn* | 13.97 | 1,112 | 1,115 | 1,150 | 1,163 | 1,194 | 1,236 | 1,300 |
| | Fianna Fáil | Damian Wallace* | 13.31 | 1,059 | 1,062 | 1,095 | 1,116 | 1,138 | 1,178 | 1,232 |
| | Labour | Catherine Clancy* | 11.33 | 902 | 913 | 948 | 1,076 | 1,151 | 1,203 | 1,341 |
| | Sinn Féin | Jackie Connolly | 10.25 | 816 | 832 | 858 | 893 | 949 | 988 | 1,135 |
| | Fine Gael | Patricia Gosch* | 9.74 | 775 | 780 | 821 | 860 | 903 | 1,075 | 1,185 |
| | Independent | Paddy Brown | 6.61 | 526 | 535 | 551 | 574 | 640 | 693 | |
| | Fine Gael | Joe O'Callaghan | 5.81 | 462 | 465 | 477 | 486 | 508 | | |
| | Green | Ian Mitchell | 4.34 | 345 | 351 | 368 | 390 | | | |
| | Labour | Suzanne Mullins | 3.78 | 301 | 305 | 315 | | | | |
| | Progressive Democrats | Dave Buckley | 3.39 | 270 | 273 | | | | | |
| Electorate: 14,640 Valid: 7,958 (54.36%) Spoilt: 256 Quota: 1,327 Turnout: 8,214 (56.11%) |||||||||||

### Cork North-East

Cork North-East - 5 seats :
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count |
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 |
| | Progressive Democrats | Mairin Quill* | 17.28 | 1,169 | | | | | |
| | Fianna Fáil | Tim Brosnan* | 15.11 | 1,022 | 1,129 | | | | |
| | Labour | John Kelleher* | 14.78 | 1,000 | 1,033 | 1,042 | 1,154 | | |
| | Fine Gael | Dara Murphy | 10.76 | 728 | 740 | 749 | 909 | 964 | 1,121 |
| | Sinn Féin | Annette Spillanne | 8.88 | 601 | 613 | 615 | 636 | 784 | 975 |
| | Fianna Fáil | David Whyte | 8.40 | 568 | 630 | 639 | 672 | 729 | 796 |
| | Green | Philip Jones | 7.21 | 488 | 494 | 500 | 553 | 679 | |
| | Workers' Party | Ted Tynan | 7.01 | 474 | 489 | 492 | 519 | | |
| | Fine Gael | Derek Connolly | 6.43 | 435 | 447 | 450 | | | |
| | Fianna Fáil | Ernie Nelson* | 4.14 | 280 | | | | | |
| Electorate: 13,501 Valid: 6,765 (50.11%) Spoilt: 123 Quota: 1,128 Turnout: 6,888 (51.02%) ||||||||||

### Cork North-West

Cork North-West - 5 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 | Jonathan O'Brien* | 17.25 | 1,150 | | | | | | | | |
| | Fianna Fáil | Dave McCarthy* | 16.68 | 1,112 | | | | | | | | |
| | Fine Gael | Colm Burke* | 13.26 | 884 | 886 | 916 | 1,012 | 1,109 | 1,134 | | | |
| | Labour | Michael O'Connell* | 10.68 | 712 | 720 | 765 | 778 | 814 | 888 | 893 | 956 | 1,070 |
| | Independent | Mick Ahern | 7.98 | 532 | 537 | 546 | 564 | 571 | 607 | 608 | 632 | 749 |
| | Fianna Fáil | Tony Fitzgerald | 7.11 | 474 | 477 | 481 | 487 | 512 | 552 | 553 | 768 | 871 |
| | Fianna Fáil | Tony O'Neill | 6.54 | 436 | 438 | 448 | 471 | 490 | 513 | 514 | | |
| | Workers' Party | Mick Crowley | 5.37 | 358 | 364 | 383 | 387 | 415 | | | | |
| | Independent | Christine O'Brien | 5.11 | 341 | 346 | 372 | 393 | 435 | 513 | 517 | 566 | |
| | Fine Gael | Patty O'Brien | 4.08 | 272 | 275 | 286 | 291 | | | | | |
| | Independent | John Houlihan | 3.19 | 213 | 214 | 226 | | | | | | |
| | Green | Geoffrey Kane | 2.74 | 183 | 186 | | | | | | | |
| Electorate: 13,376 Valid: 6,667 (49.84%) Spoilt: 186 Quota: 1,112 Turnout: 6,853 (51.23%) |||||||||||||

### Cork South-Central

Cork South-Central - 5 seats :
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count |
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 |
| | Independent | Con O'Connell* | 20.51 | 1,564 | | | | | |
| | Labour | Ciarán Lynch | 16.08 | 1,226 | 1,287 | | | | |
| | Fianna Fáil | Seán Martin* | 15.62 | 1,191 | 1,215 | 1,254 | 1,334 | | |
| | Fianna Fáil | Tom O'Driscoll* | 14.83 | 1,131 | 1,192 | 1,226 | 1,310 | | |
| | Fine Gael | Denis Cregan* | 11.02 | 840 | 880 | 932 | 1,043 | 1,068 | 1,095 |
| | Sinn Féin | Fiona Kerins | 9.22 | 703 | 760 | 845 | 1,039 | 1,052 | 1,064 |
| | Green | Mary Ryder | 8.00 | 610 | 637 | 721 | | | |
| | Independent | Paudie Dineen | 3.28 | 250 | 264 | | | | |
| | Independent | Ted Neville | 1.44 | 110 | 119 | | | | |
| Electorate: 14,777 Valid: 7,625 (51.60%) Spoilt: 198 Quota: 1,271 Turnout: 7,823 (52.94%) ||||||||||

### Cork South-East

Cork South-East - 6 seats :
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count |
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 |
| | Fine Gael | Deirdre Clune* | 20.26 | 2,307 | | | | | |
| | Fianna Fáil | Donal Counihan* | 12.55 | 1,429 | 1,477 | 1,499 | 1,526 | 1,630 | |
| | Fianna Fáil | Terry Shannon* | 11.86 | 1,351 | 1,390 | 1,414 | 1,430 | 1,525 | 1,625 |
| | Labour | Denis O'Flynn* | 11.74 | 1,337 | 1,391 | 1,417 | 1,464 | 1,517 | 1,651 |
| | Green | Chris O'Leary* | 9.54 | 1,086 | 1,123 | 1,174 | 1,252 | 1,404 | 1,742 |
| | Fine Gael | Jim Corr* | 8.80 | 1,002 | 1,357 | 1,459 | 1,478 | 1,514 | 1,565 |
| | Progressive Democrats | Teresa O'Brien* | 7.56 | 861 | 924 | 942 | 965 | 994 | 1,040 |
| | Sinn Féin | Dermot O'Mahony | 7.02 | 799 | 807 | 824 | 878 | 946 | |
| | Fianna Fáil | Seán Hourihan | 5.09 | 580 | 590 | 607 | 653 | | |
| | Independent | Paddy Dennehy | 3.23 | 368 | 377 | 395 | | | |
| | Fine Gael | Trevor O'Sullivan | 2.36 | 269 | 325 | | | | |
| Electorate: 20,064 Valid: 11,389 (56.76%) Spoilt: 288 Quota: 1,628 Turnout: 11,677 (58.20%) ||||||||||

### Cork South-West

Cork South-West - 5 seats :
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | Count | Count | Count |
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 |
| | Fine Gael | Jerry Buttimer | 22.73 | 1,968 | | | |
| | Fianna Fáil | Fergal Dennehy* | 16.26 | 1,408 | 1,455 | | |
| | Fianna Fáil | Mary Shields* | 12.75 | 1,104 | 1,177 | 1,321 | 1,472 |
| | Sinn Féin | Henry Cremin | 11.78 | 1,020 | 1,047 | 1,102 | 1,223 |
| | Labour | Michael Ahern* | 11.72 | 1,015 | 1,076 | 1,167 | 1,386 |
| | Fine Gael | Brian Bermingham* | 10.36 | 897 | 1,119 | 1,236 | 1,394 |
| | Green | Patrick Murray | 7.22 | 625 | 683 | 832 | |
| | Independent | Mick Murphy | 7.19 | 623 | 659 | | |
| Electorate: 15,222 Valid: 8,660 (56.89%) Spoilt: 153 Quota: 1,444 Turnout: 8,813 (57.90%) ||||||||