2004 Waterford City Council election

An election to Waterford City Council took place on 10 June 1999 as part of that year's Irish local elections. 15 councillors were elected from three electoral divisions by PR-STV voting for a five-year term of office.

2004 Waterford City Council election

11 June 2004
All 15 seats to Waterford City Council
Party Fine Gael Labour Sinn Féin Seats won 4 3 2 Seat change +1 +1 +2   Party Workers' Party Fianna Fáil Independent Seats won 2 1 3 Seat change -1 -3 +1   Party Progressive Democrats Seats won 0 Seat change -1
Map showing the area of Waterford City Council
Council control after election TBD

Results by party

Party		Seats	±	First Pref. votes	FPv%	±%
	Fine Gael	4	+1	3,235	18.52%
	Labour	3	+1	2,660	15.23%
	Sinn Féin	2	+2	2,366	13.55%
	Workers' Party	2	-1	1,774	10.16%
	Fianna Fáil	1	-3	2,435	13.94%
	Independent	3	+1	3,702	21.19%
	Progressive Democrats	0	-1	516	2.95%
Totals		15	-	17,467	100%	—

Results by Electoral Area

Waterford No.1

Waterford No.1 - 4 seats

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6
	Fine Gael	Hilary Quinlan*	20.82	923
	Labour	Pat Hayes*	19.69	873	884	896
	Sinn Féin	Joe Kelly	14.89	660	663	674	699	765	817
	Workers' Party	Davy Walsh*	11.28	500	504	511	576	640	759
	Fianna Fáil	Sean Dower*	9.90	439	442	503	530	589	688
	Independent	Pat Power	7.58	336	340	351	387	464
	Independent	Oli Dempsey	7.08	314	316	331	367
	Fine Gael	Dick Hayden	5.64	250	258	264
	Fianna Fáil	Maurice Walsh	3.11	138	139
Electorate: 7,534   Valid: 4,433 (58.84%)   Spoilt: 145   Quota: 887   Turnout: 4,578 (60.76%)

Waterford No.2

Waterford No.2 - 5 seats

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8
	Independent	Davy Daniels*	23.10	1,620
	Labour	Jack Walsh	10.49	736	778	810	835	892	1,047	1,218
	Independent	Mary Roche*	9.53	668	752	803	866	976	1,139	1,319
	Fine Gael	Jim D'Arcy	8.61	604	646	673	702	787	869	921	950
	Sinn Féin	Frank Walsh	8.51	597	616	629	656	708	764
	Fine Gael	Tom Cunningham*	8.40	589	651	733	782	902	959	1,008	1,033
	Green	Brendan McCann	7.53	528	561	590	614	651
	Fine Gael	Jacqueline Kelly	6.72	471	513	549	601
	Fianna Fáil	Stephanie Keating	6.16	432	469	500
	Fianna Fáil	Michael Ivory*	6.02	422	467	518	697	743	774	830	856
	Progressive Democrats	Oliver Clery*	4.93	346	391
Electorate: 11,949   Valid: 7,013 (58.69%)   Spoilt: 108   Quota: 1,169   Turnout: 7,121 (59.59%)

Waterford No.3

Waterford No.3 - 6 seats

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10
	Workers' Party	John Halligan*	18.65	1,123
	Sinn Féin	David Cullinane	18.42	1,109
	Labour	Seamus Ryan*	17.46	1,051
	Fianna Fáil	Tom Murphy*	11.97	721	756	788	812	818	864
	Independent	Laurence (Cha) O'Neill*	9.58	577	609	654	709	718	756	788	875
	Fine Gael	Mary O'Halloran*	6.61	398	411	426	454	461	488	499	541	545	617
	Fianna Fáil	Chuck O'Connell	4.70	283	294	308	321	323	342	353
	Green	Catherine Kinsella	3.31	199	220	252	274	291	314	381	423	429	508
	Independent	Jim Boland	3.11	187	212	248	260	277	280
	Progressive Democrats	Padraig O Griofa	2.82	170	178	185	195	196
	Workers' Party	Billy McCarthy*	2.51	151	255	293	312	327	340	388	420	424
	Socialist Workers	Roy Hassey	0.86	52	65	94	101
Electorate: 10,649   Valid: 6,021 (56.54%)   Spoilt: 139   Quota: 861   Turnout: 6,160 (57.85%)

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