2004 Laois County Council election

Part of the 2004 Irish local elections April 2026 December 2020 December 2020 2004 Laois County Council election Ireland Parliamentary no yes 1999 Laois County Council election 1999 2009 Laois County Council election 2009 All 25 seats on Laois County Council 11 June 2004 Fianna Fáil 11 -3 Fine Gael 9 -1 Progressive Democrats 1 +1 Labour Party (Ireland) 1 +1 Sinn Féin 1 +1 Independent (politician) 2 +1 Laois in Ireland.svg 300px Map showing the area of Laois County Council Council control Council control after election An election to Laois County Council took place on 11 June 2004 as part of that year's Irish local elections. 25 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).Laois County Council: (Emo) 2004 Local Election Results, Counts, Transfers https://www.irelandelection.com/electiondetail.php?elecid=174&constitid=377 2026-04-17 www.irelandelection.comStanley becomes vice chair of Laois County Council An Phoblacht https://www.anphoblacht.com/contents/17077 2026-04-17 www.anphoblacht.comWhelan John 2019-04-15 2004 Election Memories: No TDs, some PDs, a Sinn Féin breakthrough and a split in FF https://www.laoistoday.ie/2019/04/15/local-election-memories-2004-no-tds-some-pds-a-sinn-fein-breakthrough-and-a-split-in-ff/ 2026-04-17 Laois Today en-GB Results by party PartySeats±First Pref. votesFPv%±% Fianna Fáil11-311,52137.74 Fine Gael9-18,50427.86 Progressive Democrats1+13,07210.06 Labour Party (Ireland)1+11,2504.09 Sinn Féin1+11,1473.76 Independent politician (Ireland)2+14,81315.77Totals25-30,527100.00— Results by local electoral area Borris-in-Ossory Borris-in-Ossory - 7 seats 9 Fianna Fáil John Joe Fennelly* 1,341 14.66                 Fine Gael Michael Lalor* 1,175 12.85                 Fianna Fáil Brendan Phelan* 1,094 11.96 1,109 1,110 1,190           Fine Gael John Bonham* 974 10.65 1,011 1,014 1,021 1,021 1,103 1,280     Labour Party (Ireland) Larry Kavanagh 864 9.45 886 897 943 946 979 1,044 1,072 1,125 Fine Gael John King 750 8.20 753 756 842 853 880 899 913 939 Fine Gael Marty Phelan* 710 7.76 719 726 746 749 832 899 924 1,025 Fianna Fáil Bill Delaney* 595 6.51 641 645 702 720 758 786 809 1,039 Independent politician (Ireland) Jim Ring 442 4.83 470 471 482 484 529       Fianna Fáil Seosamh Murphy 420 4.59 448 448 454 459 545 618 637   Progressive Democrats James Walsh 391 4.28 396 396 445 449         Progressive Democrats Joseph Hanrahan 390 4.26 394 395             9 14,162 9,146 (64.58%) 155 1,144 9,301 (65.68%) Emo Emo - 4 seats 5 Fianna Fáil Ray Cribbin* 832 17.17 891 919 953 995 Progressive Democrats Paul Mitchell 739 15.25 749 811 876 931 Fine Gael James Deegan* 731 15.08 757 874 980   Fianna Fáil Michael Costello* 700 14.44 743 766 789 832 Independent politician (Ireland) Michael Turley* 562 11.59 606 629 679 918 Independent politician (Ireland) Kevin Maher 412 8.50 439 456 523   Progressive Democrats Tom Cushen 348 7.18 363 373     Fine Gael Trevor Wardrop 281 5.80 285       Fianna Fáil Joseph Oakley 242 4.99         5 8,110 4,847 (59.77%) 82 970 4,929 (60.78%) Luggacurren Luggacurren - 4 seats 4 Fine Gael John Moran* 1,027 22.99       Fine Gael James Daly* 831 18.60 894     Fianna Fáil Dick Miller 808 18.09 819 846 950 Fianna Fáil Michael Rice* 694 18.62 733 766 866 Fianna Fáil Mary Wheatley* 552 12.36 562 582 681 Progressive Democrats Jimmy Mulhall 315 7.05 341 404   Green Party (Ireland) Matt Diskin 220 4.93 225     4 7,301 4,467 (61.18%) 89 894 4,556 (62.40%) Mountmellick Mountmellick - 4 seats 9 Fine Gael David Goodwin* 671 13.36 675 693 807 883 1,096       Fianna Fáil Paddy Bracken* 715 14.23 732 747 800 903 914 921 1,143   Fianna Fáil Seamus McDonald* 669 13.32 673 710 722 766 844 863 937 992 Fianna Fáil Michael Moloney 549 10.93 562 576 610 674 685 690 812 864 Fianna Fáil Joe Digan* 530 10.55 538 559 562 579 709 736 751 782 Independent politician (Ireland) Pat Bowe 438 8.72 463 480 516 561 585 618     Fine Gael Damien Moran 400 7.96 409 459 520 546         Progressive Democrats John Joe Dunne 342 6.81 348 400 432           Fine Gael Paddy Buggy 332 6.61 344 369             Progressive Democrats Caroline Fitzpatrick-Mulhall 251 5.00 260               Sinn Féin John Nelson 127 2.53                 9 7,036 5,024 (71.40%) 71 1,005 5,095 (72.41%) Portlaoise Portlaoise - 6 seats 9 Fine Gael William Aird* 1,244 17.61                 Sinn Féin Brian Stanley 1,020 14.44                 Fine Gael Mary Sweeney* 800 11.33 850 877 906 991 1,073       Independent politician (Ireland) Tom Jacob 690 9.77 723 747 786 804 844 893 904 1,021 Fianna Fáil Jerry Lodge* 667 9.44 683 696 717 772 809 953 962 1,018 Fianna Fáil Catherine Fitzgerald* 555 7.86 570 581 598 631 679 772 781 839 Fine Gael Kathleen O'Brien 436 6.17 497 508 544 555 591 617 640 748 Independent politician (Ireland) Rotimi Adebari 411 5.82 420 437 477 481 523 549 556   Progressive Democrats Helen Kelly 296 4.19 315 322 333 349         Fianna Fáil Jack Nolan 280 3.96 292 303 310 361 388       Fianna Fáil Richard Lyons 278 3.94 284 290 297           Labour Party (Ireland) Tom Phelan 210 2.97 213 260             Labour Party (Ireland) John Conroy 176 2.49 186               9 12,034 7,063 (58.69%) 107 1,010 7,170 (59.58%) References External links Official websiteDecember 2017 InternetArchiveBot yes Category:2004 Irish local elections 2004