# 2004 Waterford City Council election

An election to Waterford City Council took place on 11 June 2004 as part of that year's Irish local elections. 15 councillors were elected from three 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% | ±% |
| | Fine Gael | 4 | +1 | 3,235 | 18.52 | |
| | Labour | 3 | +1 | 2,660 | 15.23 | |
| | Sinn Féin | 2 | +2 | 2,366 | 13.55 | |
| | Workers' Party | 2 | -1 | 1,774 | 10.16 | |
| | Fianna Fáil | 1 | -3 | 2,435 | 13.94 | |
| | Independent | 3 | +1 | 3,702 | 21.19 | |
| | Progressive Democrats | 0 | -1 | 516 | 2.95 | |
| Totals | Totals | 15 | 0 | 17,467 | 100.00 | — |

## Results by local electoral area
### Waterford No.1

Waterford No.1 - 4 seats :
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count |
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 |
| | Fine Gael | Hilary Quinlan* | 20.82 | 923 | | | | | |
| | Labour | Pat Hayes* | 19.69 | 873 | 884 | 896 | | | |
| | Sinn Féin | Joe Kelly | 14.89 | 660 | 663 | 674 | 699 | 765 | 817 |
| | Workers' Party | Davy Walsh* | 11.28 | 500 | 504 | 511 | 576 | 640 | 759 |
| | Fianna Fáil | Sean Dower* | 9.90 | 439 | 442 | 503 | 530 | 589 | 688 |
| | Independent | Pat Power | 7.58 | 336 | 340 | 351 | 387 | 464 | |
| | Independent | Oli Dempsey | 7.08 | 314 | 316 | 331 | 367 | | |
| | Fine Gael | Dick Hayden | 5.64 | 250 | 258 | 264 | | | |
| | Fianna Fáil | Maurice Walsh | 3.11 | 138 | 139 | | | | |
| Electorate: 7,534 Valid: 4,433 (58.84%) Spoilt: 145 Quota: 887 Turnout: 4,578 (60.76%) ||||||||||

### Waterford No.2

Waterford No.2 - 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 |
| | Independent | Davy Daniels* | 23.10 | 1,620 | | | | | | | |
| | Labour | Jack Walsh | 10.49 | 736 | 778 | 810 | 835 | 892 | 1,047 | 1,218 | |
| | Independent | Mary Roche* | 9.53 | 668 | 752 | 803 | 866 | 976 | 1,139 | 1,319 | |
| | Fine Gael | Jim D'Arcy | 8.61 | 604 | 646 | 673 | 702 | 787 | 869 | 921 | 950 |
| | Sinn Féin | Frank Walsh | 8.51 | 597 | 616 | 629 | 656 | 708 | 764 | | |
| | Fine Gael | Tom Cunningham* | 8.40 | 589 | 651 | 733 | 782 | 902 | 959 | 1,008 | 1,033 |
| | Green | Brendan McCann | 7.53 | 528 | 561 | 590 | 614 | 651 | | | |
| | Fine Gael | Jacqueline Kelly | 6.72 | 471 | 513 | 549 | 601 | | | | |
| | Fianna Fáil | Stephanie Keating | 6.16 | 432 | 469 | 500 | | | | | |
| | Fianna Fáil | Michael Ivory* | 6.02 | 422 | 467 | 518 | 697 | 743 | 774 | 830 | 856 |
| | Progressive Democrats | Oliver Clery* | 4.93 | 346 | 391 | | | | | | |
| Electorate: 11,949 Valid: 7,013 (58.69%) Spoilt: 108 Quota: 1,169 Turnout: 7,121 (59.59%) ||||||||||||

### Waterford No.3

Waterford No.3 - 6 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 |
| | Workers' Party | John Halligan* | 18.65 | 1,123 | | | | | | | | | |
| | Sinn Féin | David Cullinane | 18.42 | 1,109 | | | | | | | | | |
| | Labour | Seamus Ryan* | 17.46 | 1,051 | | | | | | | | | |
| | Fianna Fáil | Tom Murphy* | 11.97 | 721 | 756 | 788 | 812 | 818 | 864 | | | | |
| | Independent | Laurence (Cha) O'Neill* | 9.58 | 577 | 609 | 654 | 709 | 718 | 756 | 788 | 875 | | |
| | Fine Gael | Mary O'Halloran* | 6.61 | 398 | 411 | 426 | 454 | 461 | 488 | 499 | 541 | 545 | 617 |
| | Fianna Fáil | Chuck O'Connell | 4.70 | 283 | 294 | 308 | 321 | 323 | 342 | 353 | | | |
| | Green | Catherine Kinsella | 3.31 | 199 | 220 | 252 | 274 | 291 | 314 | 381 | 423 | 429 | 508 |
| | Independent | Jim Boland | 3.11 | 187 | 212 | 248 | 260 | 277 | 280 | | | | |
| | Progressive Democrats | Padraig O Griofa | 2.82 | 170 | 178 | 185 | 195 | 196 | | | | | |
| | Workers' Party | Billy McCarthy* | 2.51 | 151 | 255 | 293 | 312 | 327 | 340 | 388 | 420 | 424 | |
| | Socialist Workers | Roy Hassey | 0.86 | 52 | 65 | 94 | 101 | | | | | | |
| Electorate: 10,649 Valid: 6,021 (56.54%) Spoilt: 139 Quota: 861 Turnout: 6,160 (57.85%) ||||||||||||||