# 2004 Louth County Council election

An election to Louth County Council took place on 11 June 2004 as part of that year's Irish local elections. 26 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 | -5 | 13,843 | 29.23 | |
| | Fine Gael | 7 | - | 11,173 | 23.59 | |
| | Sinn Féin | 5 | +4 | 8,029 | 16.95 | |
| | Labour | 1 | - | 2,221 | 4.69 | |
| | Independent | 4 | +1 | 7,995 | 16.88 | |
| Totals | Totals | 26 | - | 47,363 | 100.00 | — |

## Results by local electoral area
### Ardee

Ardee - 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 | Pearse McGeough | 15.54 | 1,425 | 1,459 | 1,483 | 1,504 | 1,594 | | | | |
| | Fine Gael | Jim Lennon* | 14.41 | 1,321 | 1,337 | 1,353 | 1,425 | 1,603 | | | | |
| | Fianna Fáil | Thomas Clare* | 11.52 | 1,056 | 1,062 | 1,167 | 1,222 | 1,279 | 1,287 | 1,297 | 1,433 | 1,510 |
| | Fianna Fáil | Tommy Reilly* | 10.97 | 1,006 | 1,015 | 1,041 | 1,047 | 1,100 | 1,108 | 1,123 | 1,284 | 1,326 |
| | Fine Gael | Finnan McCoy* | 9.99 | 916 | 955 | 966 | 1,014 | 1,144 | 1,195 | 1,210 | 1,298 | 1,516 |
| | Independent | Jim Tenanty | 9.18 | 842 | 887 | 895 | 911 | 928 | 929 | 932 | 1,059 | 1,312 |
| | Fianna Fáil | Padraig McKenny | 6.36 | 583 | 598 | 644 | 654 | 662 | 663 | 663 | | |
| | Progressive Democrats | Leonard Hatrick | 6.23 | 571 | 621 | 640 | 668 | 682 | 687 | 694 | 775 | |
| | Fine Gael | Thomas McGrory | 5.77 | 529 | 534 | 566 | 622 | | | | | |
| | Fianna Fáil | Benny Devlin | 3.46 | 317 | 326 | | | | | | | |
| | Fine Gael | Gerry Crilly | 3.32 | 304 | 327 | 346 | | | | | | |
| | Labour | Gerry Halpenny | 3.25 | 298 | | | | | | | | |
| Electorate: 15,926 Valid: 9,126 (57.57%) Spoilt: 244 Quota: 1,529 Turnout: 9,412 (59.10%) |||||||||||||

### Drogheda East

Drogheda East - 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 |
| | Fine Gael | Oliver Tully* | 14.31 | 1,382 | 1,456 | 1,483 | 1,530 | 1,623 | | | | |
| | Fine Gael | Michael O'Dowd* | 13.98 | 1,350 | 1,429 | 1,484 | 1,515 | 1,657 | | | | |
| | Fianna Fáil | Jimmy Mulroy* | 12.08 | 1,167 | 1,221 | 1,485 | 1,516 | 1,585 | 1,594 | 1,839 | | |
| | Fianna Fáil | Jacqui McConville* | 9.33 | 901 | 957 | 1,015 | 1,077 | 1,167 | 1,175 | 1,269 | 1,326 | 1,330 |
| | Labour | Michael Bell | 8.77 | 847 | 872 | 905 | 959 | 1,042 | 1,055 | 1,264 | 1,317 | 1,322 |
| | Independent | Frank Godfrey* | 8.26 | 798 | 841 | 897 | 945 | 1,026 | 1,039 | | | |
| | Sinn Féin | Imelda Munster | 7.62 | 736 | 752 | 771 | 1,085 | 1,187 | 1,191 | 1,331 | 1,346 | 1,350 |
| | Green | Bernadette Martin | 7.07 | 683 | 760 | 786 | 830 | | | | | |
| | Sinn Féin | Tom Cunningham | 6.95 | 671 | 694 | 707 | | | | | | |
| | Fianna Fáil | Tommy Murphy | 6.06 | 585 | 610 | | | | | | | |
| | Progressive Democrats | Mark Markey | 4.74 | 458 | | | | | | | | |
| | Progressive Democrats | Peter O'Reilly | 0.83 | 80 | | | | | | | | |
| Electorate: 19,204 Valid: 9,658 (50.29%) Spoilt: 263 Quota: 1,610 Turnout: 9,921 (51.66%) |||||||||||||

### Drogheda West

Drogheda West - 4 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 |
| | Sinn Féin | Matthew Coogan | 12.04 | 853 | 867 | 881 | 904 | 921 | 955 | 978 | 1,037 | 1,075 | 1,090 |
| | Independent | Ken O'Heiligh | 11.85 | 839 | 851 | 894 | 926 | 939 | 990 | 1,087 | 1,177 | 1,292 | 1,312 |
| | Fine Gael | Anthony Donohoe | 10.86 | 769 | 785 | 805 | 835 | 1,030 | 1,069 | 1,109 | 1,223 | 1,342 | 1,382 |
| | Fianna Fáil | Frank Maher | 10.79 | 764 | 867 | 910 | 924 | 940 | 1,004 | 1,055 | 1,157 | 1,513 | |
| | Labour | Gerald Nash* | 10.50 | 744 | 749 | 779 | 834 | 881 | 952 | 1,046 | 1,105 | 1,167 | 1,188 |
| | Fianna Fáil | Maria Campbell-O'Brien* | 8.40 | 595 | 634 | 666 | 697 | 722 | 757 | 827 | 926 | | |
| | Independent | Malachy Godfrey | 6.40 | 453 | 463 | 491 | 513 | 533 | 579 | | | | |
| | Independent | Tommy Byrne | 6.31 | 447 | 463 | 497 | 531 | 553 | 594 | 660 | | | |
| | Fine Gael | Ray Foley* | 5.51 | 390 | 393 | 401 | 411 | | | | | | |
| | Progressive Democrats | Cormac Bohan | 5.29 | 375 | 391 | 402 | 426 | 453 | | | | | |
| | Green | Michael McKeon | 4.35 | 308 | 315 | 319 | | | | | | | |
| | Independent | Seán Collins* | 3.94 | 279 | 290 | | | | | | | | |
| | Fianna Fáil | John Branigan | 3.77 | 267 | | | | | | | | | |
| Electorate: 12,959 Valid: 7,083 (54.66%) Spoilt: 171 Quota: 1,417 Turnout: 7,254 (55.98%) ||||||||||||||

### Dundalk-Carlingford

Dundalk-Carlingford - 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 |
| | Fianna Fáil | Peter Savage* | 13.14 | 1,452 | 1,454 | 1,467 | 1,469 | 1,472 | 1,555 | 1,590 | | | |
| | Sinn Féin | Tomás Sharkey* | 11.90 | 1,315 | 1,329 | 1,377 | 1,711 | | | | | | |
| | Independent | Jim Ryan | 10.37 | 1,146 | 1,158 | 1,200 | 1,257 | 1,278 | 1,312 | 1,395 | 1,511 | 1,546 | 1,617 |
| | Fine Gael | Terry Brennan* | 10.32 | 1,141 | 1,147 | 1,250 | 1,255 | 1,255 | 1,462 | 1,517 | 1,791 | | |
| | Sinn Féin | Jim Loughran | 8.07 | 892 | 902 | 910 | 962 | 1,057 | 1,111 | 1,122 | 1,152 | 1,159 | 1,248 |
| | Fianna Fáil | Seamus Keelan* | 7.03 | 777 | 780 | 800 | 801 | 803 | 835 | 1,142 | 1,206 | 1,236 | 1,585 |
| | Fianna Fáil | Andreas O'Donnell* | 6.43 | 711 | 711 | 760 | 766 | 767 | 791 | 838 | 866 | 880 | |
| | Green | Neil McCann | 5.96 | 659 | 691 | 732 | 744 | 747 | 774 | 817 | 926 | 992 | 1,059 |
| | Fianna Fáil | Seamus Byrne* | 5.75 | 635 | 635 | 648 | 658 | 661 | 674 | | | | |
| | Fine Gael | Johnny McGahon | 5.49 | 607 | 612 | 666 | 675 | 679 | 762 | 797 | | | |
| | Fine Gael | Pat Keenan | 5.11 | 565 | 573 | 629 | 633 | 633 | | | | | |
| | Sinn Féin | Harry Todd | 4.93 | 545 | 547 | 552 | | | | | | | |
| | Fine Gael | John Reilly | 2.53 | 280 | 284 | | | | | | | | |
| | Progressive Democrats | Seán Marmion | 1.93 | 213 | 216 | | | | | | | | |
| | Labour | Des McKeown | 1.03 | 114 | | | | | | | | | |
| Electorate: 18,578 Valid: 11,052 (59.49%) Spoilt: 286 Quota: 1,579 Turnout: 11,338 (61.03%) ||||||||||||||

### Dundalk South

Dundalk South - 6 seats :
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count |
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 |
| | Sinn Féin | Kevin Meenan | 15.02 | 1,592 | | | | | | |
| | Independent | Dr. Mary Grehan* | 13.06 | 1,384 | 1,401 | 1,493 | 1,662 | | | |
| | Fianna Fáil | Declan Breathnach* | 12.95 | 1,373 | 1,378 | 1,443 | 1,477 | 1,487 | 1,487 | 1,550 |
| | Fine Gael | Jim D'Arcy* | 12.73 | 1,349 | 1,352 | 1,497 | 1,551 | | | |
| | Independent | Martin Bellew* | 11.53 | 1,222 | 1,237 | 1,300 | 1,428 | 1,489 | 1,499 | 1,797 |
| | Fianna Fáil | Donal Lynch* | 10.69 | 1,133 | 1,138 | 1,154 | 1,177 | 1,183 | 1,190 | 1,299 |
| | Fianna Fáil | Noel Lennon* | 7.43 | 788 | 796 | 836 | 873 | 879 | 880 | 942 |
| | Green | Liam Kieran | 5.59 | 592 | 602 | 664 | 783 | 835 | 853 | |
| | Independent | Benedicta Attoh | 5.52 | 585 | 593 | 651 | | | | |
| | Labour | Jimmy Gollogly | 2.06 | 218 | 221 | | | | | |
| | Fine Gael | Anthony Hoey | 1.89 | 200 | 202 | | | | | |
| | Progressive Democrats | Jim Cousins | 1.54 | 163 | 164 | | | | | |
| Electorate: 18,504 Valid: 10,599 (57.28%) Spoilt: 188 Quota: 1,515 Turnout: 10,787 (58.30%) |||||||||||