# 2004 Waterford County Council election

An election to Waterford County Council took place on 11 June 2004 as part of that year's Irish local elections. 23 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% | ±% |
| | Fine Gael | 11 | +3 | 10,392 | 35.44 | |
| | Fianna Fáil | 7 | -4 | 10,747 | 36.65 | |
| | Labour | 4 | +1 | 4,291 | 16.63 | |
| | Sinn Féin | 1 | +1 | 865 | 2.95 | |
| | Independent | 0 | -1 | 2,208 | 7.53 | |
| Totals | Totals | 23 | - | 29,324 | 100.00 | — |

## Results by local electoral area
### Dungarvan

Dungarvan - 7 seats :
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | Count | Count | 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 | 13 | 14 | 15 |
| | Fianna Fáil | Tom Cronin* | 10.07 | 869 | 871 | 877 | 879 | 913 | 941 | 949 | 993 | 1,084 | | | | | | |
| | Fine Gael | Tom Higgins* | 9.13 | 788 | 797 | 822 | 858 | 912 | 931 | 1,007 | 1,065 | 1,103 | | | | | | |
| | Fine Gael | Damien Geoghegan* | 8.91 | 769 | 774 | 790 | 832 | 854 | 862 | 940 | 967 | 985 | 1,069 | 1,077 | 1,078 | 1,126 | | |
| | Sinn Féin | Brendan Mansfield | 7.67 | 662 | 669 | 686 | 702 | 709 | 719 | 726 | 744 | 791 | 819 | 821 | 876 | 888 | 893 | 895 |
| | Fine Gael | Pat Nugent | 7.60 | 656 | 658 | 669 | 672 | 680 | 700 | 760 | 780 | 816 | 1,051 | 1,059 | 1,059 | 1,204 | | |
| | Labour | Billy Kyne* | 7.45 | 643 | 651 | 672 | 717 | 728 | 732 | 752 | 799 | 811 | 829 | 829 | 829 | 884 | 896 | 905 |
| | Labour | Fiachra O Ceillchair* | 7.16 | 618 | 622 | 635 | 646 | 654 | 671 | 673 | 686 | 771 | 803 | 803 | 804 | 834 | 845 | 848 |
| | Fine Gael | Geraldine Veale* | 6.10 | 527 | 531 | 535 | 536 | 539 | 594 | 625 | 642 | 666 | | | | | | |
| | Labour | Teresa Wright | 5.79 | 500 | 514 | 545 | 582 | 593 | 615 | 623 | 693 | 716 | 784 | 787 | 787 | 832 | 841 | 852 |
| | Fianna Fáil | Patrick Kenneally* | 5.63 | 486 | 489 | 491 | 493 | 515 | 527 | 536 | 602 | 694 | 777 | 779 | 780 | | | |
| | Fianna Fáil | Seamus O'Donnell | 5.13 | 443 | 446 | 452 | 453 | 464 | 468 | 476 | 526 | | | | | | | |
| | Fianna Fáil | Nuala Ryan* | 4.36 | 376 | 379 | 397 | 401 | 444 | 455 | 471 | | | | | | | | |
| | Fine Gael | Oliver Coffey | 3.66 | 316 | 320 | 328 | 329 | 334 | 340 | | | | | | | | | |
| | Independent | Garry O'Halloran | 2.75 | 237 | 241 | 247 | 247 | 248 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | Fianna Fáil | Damien Dillon | 2.62 | 226 | 231 | 244 | 246 | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | Labour | Lar Hart | 2.51 | 217 | 222 | 227 | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | Independent | Mel Shanley | 2.33 | 201 | 210 | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | Independent | Dan Dineen | 1.15 | 99 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Electorate: 13,731 Valid: 8,633 (62.87%) Spoilt: 113 Quota: 1,080 Turnout: 8,746 (63.70%) |||||||||||||||||||

### Kilmacthomas

Kilmacthomas - 3 seats :
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | Count | Count |
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| | Fine Gael | Liam Brazil | 27.78 | 1,094 | | |
| | Fianna Fáil | Pat Leahy* | 24.20 | 953 | 968 | 1,004 |
| | Labour | Ger Barron* | 21.33 | 840 | 884 | 1,026 |
| | Fianna Fáil | Tom Cunningham* | 19.73 | 777 | 803 | 854 |
| | Independent | Roisin O'Shea | 6.96 | 274 | 298 | |
| Electorate: 6,346 Valid: 3,938 (62.05%) Spoilt: 58 Quota: 985 Turnout: 3,996 (62.97%) |||||||

### Lismore

Lismore - 4 seats :
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count |
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 |
| | Fine Gael | Nora Flynn* | 19.45 | 1,012 | 1,034 | 1,102 | | | |
| | Fianna Fáil | James Tobin* | 16.35 | 851 | 876 | 890 | 897 | 927 | 1,049 |
| | Fianna Fáil | Kevin Wilkinson* | 15.89 | 827 | 857 | 876 | 882 | 979 | 1,092 |
| | Fianna Fáil | Bernard Leddy | 11.55 | 601 | 635 | 645 | 648 | 666 | 728 |
| | Fine Gael | Declan Doocey | 11.01 | 573 | 609 | 673 | 690 | 853 | 983 |
| | Labour | John Pratt | 9.03 | 470 | 486 | 514 | 523 | 608 | |
| | Fine Gael | Cathy McGrath | 7.42 | 386 | 399 | 459 | 476 | | |
| | Independent | John Cashman | 5.34 | 278 | 297 | | | | |
| | Independent | William Lane | 3.96 | 206 | | | | | |
| Electorate: 8,313 Valid: 5,204 (62.60%) Spoilt: 84 Quota: 1,041 Turnout: 5,288 (63.61%) ||||||||||

### Suir

Suir - 3 seats :
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count |
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 |
| | Fine Gael | Mary Greene* | 22.75 | 835 | 864 | 888 | 958 | |
| | Fine Gael | Paudie Coffey* | 22.64 | 831 | 839 | 874 | 898 | 916 |
| | Fianna Fáil | Kieran O'Ryan* | 21.69 | 796 | 815 | 833 | 911 | 924 |
| | Fianna Fáil | Liam Fogarty | 10.93 | 401 | 412 | 437 | 508 | 516 |
| | Fianna Fáil | Niall Kirwan | 6.59 | 242 | 224 | 256 | 267 | |
| | Labour | John Rockett | 6.51 | 239 | 249 | 312 | 315 | 316 |
| | Sinn Féin | John Power | 5.53 | 203 | 219 | | | |
| | Independent | Bobby Moore | 3.35 | 123 | | | | |
| Electorate: 5,759 Valid: 3,670 (63.73%) Spoilt: 52 Quota: 918 Turnout: 3,722 (64.63%) |||||||||

### Tramore

Tramore - 6 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 Carey* | 14.20 | 1,119 | 1,144 | | | | | | |
| | Fine Gael | Ann Marie Power | 11.36 | 895 | 939 | 996 | 1,081 | 1,169 | | | |
| | Fianna Fáil | Pat Daly* | 11.23 | 885 | 939 | 948 | 997 | 1,020 | 1,022 | 1,025 | 1,060 |
| | Fine Gael | Lola O'Sullivan* | 10.38 | 818 | 846 | 922 | 973 | 1,100 | 1,120 | 1,126 | |
| | Labour | Paddy O'Callaghan | 9.70 | 764 | 784 | 801 | 840 | 916 | 921 | 925 | 1,193 |
| | Fianna Fáil | Geoff Power* | 9.04 | 712 | 720 | 731 | 746 | 780 | 782 | 784 | 861 |
| | Fianna Fáil | Dan Cowman* | 8.43 | 664 | 682 | 695 | 812 | 860 | 867 | 869 | 929 |
| | Green | Michael Power | 6.78 | 534 | 562 | 625 | 640 | 722 | 729 | 730 | |
| | Independent | Joe Conway | 5.95 | 469 | 487 | 525 | 556 | | | | |
| | Fianna Fáil | Blaise Hannigan | 5.22 | 411 | 427 | 439 | | | | | |
| | Independent | Betty Twomey* | 4.07 | 321 | 333 | | | | | | |
| | Progressive Democrats | Paul Dunne | 3.64 | 287 | | | | | | | |
| Electorate: 13,607 Valid: 7,879 (57.90%) Spoilt: 153 Quota: 1,126 Turnout: 8,032 (59.03%) ||||||||||||