# 2004 South Tipperary County Council election

An election to South Tipperary 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 | 10 | -2 | 14,561 | 34.86 | |
| | Fine Gael | 8 | -1 | 11,641 | 27.87 | |
| | Labour | 2 | +1 | 4,000 | 9.58 | |
| | Independent | 6 | +2 | 8,751 | 20.95 | |
| Totals | Totals | 26 | - | 41,770 | 100.00 | — |

## Results by local electoral area
### Cahir

Cahir - 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 |
| | Fianna Fáil | Mattie McGrath* | 27.58 | 1,902 | | | | | | | | | |
| | Fianna Fáil | Michael Anglim* | 16.24 | 1,120 | 1,315 | 1,322 | 1,363 | 1,474 | | | | | |
| | Fine Gael | Liam Ahearn | 11.21 | 773 | 818 | 824 | 849 | 870 | 878 | 900 | 977 | 1,054 | 1,297 |
| | Labour | Seanie Lonergan | 9.15 | 631 | 667 | 693 | 712 | 733 | 740 | 823 | 940 | 978 | 1,080 |
| | Fine Gael | Dan Costigan* | 7.87 | 543 | 566 | 582 | 604 | 633 | 641 | 694 | 768 | 803 | 941 |
| | Fine Gael | Marie Murphy | 6.93 | 478 | 522 | 524 | 555 | 568 | 570 | 609 | 651 | 774 | |
| | Fianna Fáil | Martin Neville | 5.06 | 349 | 411 | 412 | 428 | 449 | 484 | 504 | 528 | | |
| | Independent | Gerry Duffy | 4.77 | 329 | 351 | 378 | 392 | 401 | 407 | 448 | | | |
| | Sinn Féin | Michael Nugent | 4.07 | 281 | 306 | 315 | 319 | 345 | 351 | | | | |
| | Fianna Fáil | Patrick Byron | 3.22 | 222 | 257 | 257 | 275 | | | | | | |
| | Progressive Democrats | Seán English | 2.49 | 172 | 195 | 199 | | | | | | | |
| | Independent | Liam Roche | 1.41 | 97 | 109 | | | | | | | | |
| Electorate: 10,248 Valid: 6,897 (67.30%) Spoilt: 107 Quota: 1,380 Turnout: 7,004 (68.35%) ||||||||||||||

### Cashel

Cashel - 4 seats :
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count |
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 |
| | Fine Gael | Jack Crowe* | 20.62 | 1,565 | | | | | | |
| | Fianna Fáil | Dr. Seán McCarthy* | 16.53 | 1,255 | 1,262 | 1,337 | 1,398 | 1,481 | 1,522 | |
| | Independent | Tom Wood* | 16.39 | 1,244 | 1,250 | 1,375 | 1,474 | 1,731 | | |
| | Fianna Fáil | Roger Kennedy | 10.08 | 765 | 771 | 829 | 876 | 984 | 1,029 | 1,427 |
| | Fine Gael | Catherine McLoughlin* | 9.75 | 740 | 754 | 772 | 862 | 941 | 1,003 | 1,135 |
| | Fianna Fáil | Joseph O'Connell | 8.27 | 628 | 632 | 652 | 759 | 788 | 805 | |
| | Independent | Patrick Downey | 6.44 | 489 | 491 | 556 | 599 | | | |
| | Labour | Jim Hickey | 5.99 | 455 | 460 | 504 | | | | |
| | Sinn Féin | Liam Browne | 5.93 | 450 | 452 | | | | | |
| Electorate: 11,949 Valid: 7,591 (63.53%) Spoilt: 84 Quota: 1,519 Turnout: 7,675 (64.23%) |||||||||||

### Clonmel

Clonmel - 7 seats :
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | 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 |
| | Workers and Unemployed | Phil Prendergast* | 13.56 | 1,353 | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | Fianna Fáil | Tom Ambrose* | 10.63 | 1,061 | 1,067 | 1,073 | 1,093 | 1,161 | 1,191 | 1,217 | 1,277 | | | | |
| | Workers and Unemployed | Billy Shoer | 8.68 | 866 | 895 | 927 | 947 | 983 | 1,064 | 1,169 | 1,198 | 1,198 | 1,299 | | |
| | Workers and Unemployed | Pat English | 8.04 | 802 | 815 | 827 | 836 | 866 | 908 | 978 | 1,011 | 1,013 | 1,070 | 1,079 | 1,240 |
| | Fianna Fáil | Pat Norris* | 7.12 | 710 | 713 | 725 | 762 | 777 | 786 | 794 | 815 | 820 | 956 | 964 | 1,048 |
| | Fine Gael | Seán Nyhan* | 6.31 | 630 | 638 | 653 | 667 | 699 | 747 | 776 | 918 | 921 | 1,004 | 1,012 | 1,129 |
| | Fianna Fáil | Martin O'Brien | 6.30 | 629 | 637 | 649 | 660 | 682 | 709 | 738 | 770 | 772 | 885 | 891 | 963 |
| | Fine Gael | Derry Foley* | 6.21 | 620 | 623 | 627 | 663 | 700 | 717 | 729 | 939 | 946 | 1,006 | 1,014 | 1,142 |
| | Fianna Fáil | Niall Dennehy* | 5.92 | 591 | 596 | 602 | 620 | 665 | 690 | 710 | 745 | 751 | | | |
| | Fine Gael | Josephine Chamney | 5.68 | 567 | 571 | 579 | 598 | 627 | 663 | 674 | | | | | |
| | Green | Bernard Lennon | 5.21 | 520 | 526 | 536 | 569 | 591 | 639 | 708 | 770 | 774 | 850 | 862 | |
| | Sinn Féin | Brian Gearon | 4.31 | 430 | 433 | 447 | 451 | 462 | 487 | | | | | | |
| | Independent | Ted Boyle | 3.72 | 371 | 375 | 384 | 393 | | | | | | | | |
| | Labour | Anne Taylor | 3.64 | 363 | 372 | 434 | 440 | 454 | | | | | | | |
| | Progressive Democrats | P.J. Long | 2.49 | 248 | 249 | 251 | | | | | | | | | |
| | Labour | Cyril O'Flaherty | 2.16 | 216 | 219 | | | | | | | | | | |
| Electorate: 16,321 Valid: 9,977 (61.13%) Spoilt: 177 Quota: 1,248 Turnout: 10,154 (62.21%) ||||||||||||||||

### Fethard

Fethard - 6 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 | Denis Landy* | 15.30 | 1,449 | | | | | | | | |
| | Independent | Eddie O'Meara* | 14.35 | 1,359 | | | | | | | | |
| | Fine Gael | John Fahey* | 11.91 | 1,128 | 1,130 | 1,141 | 1,238 | 1,272 | 1,383 | | | |
| | Fine Gael | Michael O'Brien | 9.52 | 901 | 904 | 917 | 963 | 981 | 1,087 | 1,114 | 1,127 | 1,130 |
| | Fianna Fáil | Susan Meagher* | 8.99 | 851 | 852 | 895 | 976 | 1,014 | 1,441 | | | |
| | Fine Gael | Joe Brennan | 8.87 | 840 | 856 | 931 | 965 | 1,067 | 1,108 | 1,117 | 1,127 | 1,129 |
| | Fianna Fáil | Pat O'Meara* | 8.01 | 758 | 758 | 767 | 916 | 937 | | | | |
| | Fianna Fáil | Denis Bourke* | 7.17 | 679 | 702 | 888 | 903 | 1,072 | 1,136 | 1,188 | 1,195 | 1,196 |
| | Sinn Féin | David Dunne | 5.79 | 548 | 565 | 623 | 655 | | | | | |
| | Labour | Noel Quinlan | 5.37 | 508 | 523 | 534 | | | | | | |
| | Fianna Fáil | Sylvia Cooney-Sheehan | 4.72 | 447 | 466 | | | | | | | |
| Electorate: 14,623 Valid: 9,468 (64.75%) Spoilt: 170 Quota: 1,353 Turnout: 9,638 (65.91%) |||||||||||||

### Tipperary

Tipperary - 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 |
| | Fine Gael | Michael Fitzgerald* | 22.04 | 1,727 | | | | | | | |
| | Fianna Fáil | Michael Maguire* | 11.94 | 936 | 1,004 | 1,037 | 1,061 | 1,157 | 1,295 | 1,417 | |
| | Fianna Fáil | Joe Donovan* | 11.18 | 876 | 949 | 982 | 1,012 | 1,065 | 1,109 | 1,163 | 1,179 |
| | Fianna Fáil | Dr. John Wallace | 9.98 | 782 | 800 | 829 | 864 | 918 | 999 | 1,142 | 1,172 |
| | Independent | Christy Kinahan* | 9.20 | 721 | 748 | 762 | 868 | 991 | 1,026 | 1,268 | 1,299 |
| | Independent | Denis Leahy | 7.75 | 607 | 631 | 645 | 697 | 778 | 822 | | |
| | Fine Gael | John Crosse | 7.60 | 596 | 715 | 727 | 772 | 863 | 1,105 | 1,249 | 1,271 |
| | Fine Gael | P.J. Maher | 6.80 | 533 | 580 | 590 | 605 | 659 | | | |
| | Independent | Mick Byrnes | 6.55 | 513 | 528 | 539 | 600 | | | | |
| | Labour | Billy Bourke | 4.82 | 378 | 391 | 403 | | | | | |
| | Progressive Democrats | David Mullins | 2.14 | 168 | 184 | | | | | | |
| Electorate: 12,473 Valid: 7,837 (62.83%) Spoilt: 130 Quota: 1,307 Turnout: 7,967 (63.87%) ||||||||||||