2004 Louth County Council election
Map showing the area of Louth County Council
Council control after election
TBD
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 electoral divisions by PR-STV voting for a five-year term of office.
Results by party
Results by Electoral Area
Ardee
Ardee - 5 seats
Party
Candidate
FPv%
Count
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
Candidate
FPv%
Count
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
Candidate
FPv%
Count
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
Candidate
FPv%
Count
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
Candidate
FPv%
Count
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%)
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