Kildare County Council

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Kildare County Council is the local authority for County Kildare, founded by the Local Government (Ireland) Act 1898 along with the other councils of Ireland. It covers the whole of County Kildare, although three towns - Leixlip, Naas and Athy - have separate Town Councils under the Local Government Act 2001.

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[edit] Elections

For electoral purposes, 6 electoral areas exist - the Athy, Celbridge, Clane, Kildare, Leixlip and Naas Electoral Areas. The council is controlled by a Fine Gael/Labour Party/Green Party coalition along with the independent councillors Gerry McDonagh and Mary Glennon. The current mayor is Mary Glennon, with Senan Griffin of Fine Gael as deputy. Previous mayors in the current session have included John McGinley of the Labour Party and Fionnuala Dukes of Fine Gael.

Elections are by Single Transferrable Vote.

[edit] 2004 Elections

Only councillors who successfully obtained a seat are listed. The title of Councillor indicates a sitting councillor.

[edit] Athy Electoral Area

2004 Elections
Party Candidate 1st Pref  % Seat Count
Fianna Fáil Cllr. Martin Miley, Jr 2,146 25.90 1 2
Fianna Fáil Mark Dalton 1,973 24.38 2 5
Fine Gael Cllr. Rainsford Hendy 1,900 23.47 3 5

[edit] Celbridge Electoral Area

2004 Elections
Party Candidate 1st Pref  % Seat Count
Labour Party Cllr. Kevin Byrne 2,436 33.46 1 1
Fianna Fáil Cllr. Geraldine Conway 1,840 25.27 2 6
Fine Gael Katie Ridge 1,658 22.77 2 6

[edit] Clane Electoral Area

2004 Elections
Party Candidate 1st Pref  % Seat Count
Fine Gael Brendan Weld 2,187 20.56 1 5
Independent Cllr. Tony McEvoy 2,154 20.25 2 5
Fianna Fáil Cllr. Michael Fitzpatrick 2,153 20.24 3 5
Fianna Fáil Liam Doyle 1829 17.19 4 5

[edit] Kildare Electoral Area

2004 Elections
Party Candidate 1st Pref  % Seat Count
Fianna Fáil Cllr. Fiona O'Loughlin 2,333 14.8 1 3
Fianna Fáil Cllr. Suzanne Doyle 2,315 14.7 2 12
Fine Gael Cllr. Fionnuala Dukes 2,243 14.3 3 13
Fianna Fáil Pat Black 2,138 13.6 4 13
Labour Party Francis Browne 1,760 11.2 5 13
Fine Gael Michael "Spike" Nolan 1,699 10.8 6 13

[edit] Leixlip Electoral Area

2004 Elections
Party Candidate 1st Pref  % Seat Count
Independent Cllr. Catherine Murphy 2,101 20.5 1 3
Fianna Fáil Cllr. Paul Kelly 2,089 20.4 2 6
Labour Party Cllr. John McGinley 1,913 18.7 3 6
Fine Gael Cllr. Senan Griffin 1,832 17.9 4 6
2004 Elections
Party Candidate 1st Pref  % Seat Count
Independent Cllr. Mary Glennon 2,432 17.1 1 11
Fine Gael Cllr. Billy Hillis 2,267 15.9 2 11
Labour Party Paddy McNamara 2,267 15.9 3 11
Fianna Fáil Cllr. Willie Callaghan 2,156 15.1 4 11
Green Party J.J Power 2,087 14.6 5 11

[edit] Changes Since Last Election

In February 2005, Catherine Murphy was elected to Dáil Éireann for the Kildare North constituency and was required to resign her seat. Gerry McDonagh was co-opted to take her seat.

In May 2007, Michael Fitzpatrick was elected to Dáil Éireann] for the Kildare North constituency and was required to resign his seat. His son, Darragh Fitzpatrick, was co-opted to take his seat.

[edit] Party Standings

Party June 2004
  Fianna Fáil 8
  Fine Gael 6
  Labour 4
  Independent 3
  Green Party 1

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