# 2004 Westmeath County Council election

An election to Westmeath 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% | ±% |
| | Fianna Fáil | 9 | -3 | 11,782 | 34.00 | |
| | Fine Gael | 8 | +2 | 11,294 | 32.60 | |
| | Labour | 6 | +1 | 8,736 | 25.22 | |
| | Sinn Féin | 0 | 0 | 1,757 | 5.07 | |
| | Green | 0 | 0 | 381 | 1.01 | |
| Totals | Totals | 23 | 0 | 34,643 | 100.00 | — |

## Results by local electoral area
### Athlone

Athlone - 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 |
| | Fine Gael | Nicky McFadden* | 17.97 | 1,901 | | | | | | | | |
| | Fianna Fáil | Kevin "Boxer" Moran* | 12.50 | 1,323 | | | | | | | | |
| | Fine Gael | Joe Whelan | 9.93 | 1,051 | 1,108 | 1,120 | 1,137 | 1,162 | 1,190 | 1,372 | | |
| | Fianna Fáil | P.J. Coghill* | 8.37 | 886 | 908 | 914 | 921 | 950 | 1,030 | 1,078 | 1,086 | 1,087 |
| | Fianna Fáil | Tom Allen* | 8.19 | 867 | 887 | 900 | 916 | 948 | 1,014 | 1,072 | 1,091 | 1,093 |
| | Fianna Fáil | Kieran Molloy* | 7.86 | 832 | 889 | 903 | 943 | 1,007 | 1,159 | 1,212 | 1,225 | 1,227 |
| | Fine Gael | Mark Cooney* | 7.66 | 811 | 1,026 | 1,052 | 1,088 | 1,134 | 1,228 | 1,329 | | |
| | Fianna Fáil | Frankie Keena | 7.13 | 754 | 810 | 819 | 848 | 894 | 1,041 | 1,099 | 1,108 | 1,109 |
| | Fianna Fáil | Egbert Moran* | 6.15 | 651 | 688 | 701 | 714 | 738 | | | | |
| | Labour | Denis Rohan | 4.78 | 506 | 534 | 559 | 706 | 804 | 848 | | | |
| | Sinn Féin | Matt Devlin | 4.62 | 489 | 508 | 528 | 556 | | | | | |
| | Labour | Jim Henson | 3.08 | 326 | 372 | 405 | | | | | | |
| | Green | Martin McEnroe | 1.71 | 184 | 205 | | | | | | | |
| Electorate: 19,031 Valid: 10,581 (55.60%) Spoilt: 193 Quota: 1,323 Turnout: 10,774 (56.61%) |||||||||||||

### Coole

Coole - 3 seats :
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | Count | Count |
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| | Fine Gael | Frank McDermott* | 30.73 | 1,355 | | |
| | Fianna Fáil | Paddy Hill* | 22.48 | 991 | 1,069 | 1,128 |
| | Fianna Fáil | P.J. O'Shaughnessy* | 20.62 | 909 | 945 | 981 |
| | Labour | Adrian Murray | 19.32 | 852 | 973 | 1,127 |
| | Sinn Féin | Niamh Hogg | 6.85 | 302 | 319 | |
| Electorate: 7,087 Valid: 4,409 (62.21%) Spoilt: 104 Quota: 1,103 Turnout: 4,513 (63.68%) |||||||

### Kilbeggan

Kilbeggan - 4 seats :
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count |
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 |
| | Fine Gael | Joe Flanagan* | 28.38 | 1,683 | | | | | |
| | Labour | Mark Nugent* | 17.30 | 1,026 | 1,050 | 1,131 | 1,310 | | |
| | Fianna Fáil | Tom Cowley* | 14.47 | 858 | 884 | 915 | 938 | 947 | 1,127 |
| | Fine Gael | Michael Newman* | 13.66 | 810 | 1,016 | 1,052 | 1,099 | 1,127 | 1,219 |
| | Fianna Fáil | Michael Ryan* | 8.99 | 533 | 671 | 714 | 772 | 797 | 854 |
| | Fianna Fáil | Christo Bradley | 6.81 | 404 | 414 | 444 | 465 | 475 | |
| | Sinn Féin | Eddie Seery | 5.50 | 326 | 351 | | | | |
| | Labour | Pat Boyce | 4.89 | 290 | 357 | 405 | | | |
| Electorate: 9,766 Valid: 1,187 Spoilt: 5,930 (60.72%) Quota: 129 Turnout: 6,059 (62.04%) ||||||||||

### Mullingar East

Mullingar East - 4 seats :
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count |
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 |
| | Labour | Mick Dollard* | 28.60 | 1,809 | | | | | | |
| | Fianna Fáil | Jim Bourke* | 13.26 | 839 | 905 | 937 | 985 | 1,050 | 1,106 | 1,386 |
| | Labour | Dan McCarthy* | 11.26 | 744 | 941 | 988 | 1,046 | 1,071 | 1,140 | 1,173 |
| | Fine Gael | Patrick McLoughlin* | 10.95 | 693 | 714 | 726 | 741 | 801 | 978 | 1,093 |
| | Fianna Fáil | Denis Coyne | 7.78 | 492 | 506 | 511 | 524 | 628 | 645 | |
| | Labour | Denis Leonard | 7.49 | 474 | 612 | 642 | 678 | 771 | 827 | 922 |
| | Fine Gael | Graham Temple | 6.20 | 392 | 437 | 465 | 491 | 503 | | |
| | Independent | Robert Bagnall | 6.01 | 380 | 389 | 408 | 441 | | | |
| | Sinn Féin | Johnny Creagh | 4.84 | 306 | 332 | 355 | | | | |
| | Green | Seán Corrigan | 3.11 | 197 | 224 | | | | | |
| Electorate: 11,089 Valid: 6,326 (57.05%) Spoilt: 147 Quota: 1,266 Turnout: 6,473 (58.37%) |||||||||||

### Mullingar West

Mullingar 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 |
| | Labour | Johnnie Penrose* | 21.25 | 1,593 | | | | | | | | |
| | Fine Gael | Fintan Cooney | 13.29 | 996 | 1,026 | 1,048 | 1,090 | 1,150 | 1,362 | | | |
| | Fianna Fáil | Ken Glynn* | 10.63 | 797 | 811 | 833 | 888 | 1,041 | 1,091 | 1,152 | 1,187 | 1,198 |
| | Labour | Detty Cornally | 9.10 | 682 | 761 | 798 | 891 | 932 | 1,013 | 1,437 | | |
| | Fianna Fáil | Robert Troy | 8.62 | 646 | 716 | 781 | 812 | 953 | 987 | 1,017 | 1,045 | 1,061 |
| | Fine Gael | Shay Boyhan* | 8.35 | 626 | 653 | 676 | 700 | 717 | 823 | 859 | 948 | 1,033 |
| | Labour | Betty Doran* | 5.79 | 434 | 500 | 523 | 588 | 610 | 647 | | | |
| | Fine Gael | Peter Burke | 6.60 | 495 | 511 | 531 | 571 | 601 | | | | |
| | Fine Gael | Tommy Wright | 6.42 | 481 | 492 | 499 | 533 | | | | | |
| | Independent | Frank McIntyre | 5.51 | 413 | 427 | 476 | | | | | | |
| | Sinn Féin | Declan Gunning | 4.46 | 334 | 350 | | | | | | | |
| Electorate: 13,184 Valid: 7,497 (56.86%) Spoilt: 124 Quota: 1,250 Turnout: 7,621 (57.80%) |||||||||||||