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Sunday June 13, 2004 16:49

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CWI report of the initial SP results from the Council elections

Carried from the CWI site:

Victory for Socialist Party in local elections!

As counting proceeds, the Socialist Party in Ireland, a leading force in the anti-Bin Tax campaign last year, has already won four councillors in the local elections, doubling its representation in the process.

Councillor Clare Daly, imprisoned for a month last year for fighting the Bin Tax, topped the poll in Swords ward with 2771 first preference votes to rewin her seat on Fingal County Council (this represents more than a doubling of her vote since the last local elections). Together with the very creditable vote (443) of Michael O’Brien who stood in the same ward, the Socialist Party captured 20% of the vote in this area!

In Mulhuddart ward, Councillor Ruth Coppinger was elected to Fingal County Council with over 1800 votes. Together with Helen Redwood who stood in the same ward, the Socialist Party received 20% of the vote in this area as well!

Mick Murphy, a Socialist Party member who went to jail for three weeks for opposing the Bin Tax, was elected top of the poll in Tallaght ward, South Dublin Council, winning 2506 votes (17%). This is the first time the Socialist Party has had a councillor in this area and represents an excellent victory for the Party.

For the first time since its formation the Socialist Party now has a councillor outside Dublin. Mick Barry, a leading community activist, was elected top of the poll in his ward and will represent the party on Cork City Council. Mick received a fantastic 1390 votes which represented over 17% of the votes in the ward. This compares to the 4.9% he received in the same area at the time of the last local elections.

As we go to press, Lisa Maher, a Socialist Party candidate in the Dun Loghaire/Rathdown council in south-west Dublin is fighting to win the last seat in her Dundrum ward. She received 1289 first preference votes in the first round of counting.

CWI members internationally, will welcome these excellent results, and also the very good votes that other Socialist Party members got in Fingal, Dublin City, Drogheda, Limmerick, and Letterkenny.

[Local comment - congrats to all those involved in this campaign.
Now, a brief period to draw breath and it's back to business and fighting the bosses on the ground, and to prepare for GW Bush.]

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Comments (55 of 55)

#	Title	Author	Date
1	Congrats to Mick Barry	Dominic Carroll	Sun Jun 13, 2004 17:39
2	Good results for the left	Tiredsoverytired	Sun Jun 13, 2004 17:57
3	Final Results for Fingall County Council	POM	Sun Jun 13, 2004 19:02
4	Yeeeessssssss......	jeff	Sun Jun 13, 2004 19:25
5	No Fingal SP Surge	Tallyman	Sun Jun 13, 2004 20:14
6	Oh Dear	Brian C.	Sun Jun 13, 2004 20:32
7	SF squeezed by SP?	f	Sun Jun 13, 2004 20:35
8	SPuppy SPindoctors	Tallyman	Sun Jun 13, 2004 20:44
9	Tallyman	Brian C.	Sun Jun 13, 2004 21:06
10	Tallyman?	Alphabet Soup	Sun Jun 13, 2004 21:37
11	Fight the English language keyboard mafia	Keyboard politics	Sun Jun 13, 2004 22:00
12	ok. now you don't have to goto prison to get elected.	political dyslexia	Sun Jun 13, 2004 22:55
13	Joe Higgins	Pinko	Mon Jun 14, 2004 01:16
14	More good news for SP - CWI	SP Member	Mon Jun 14, 2004 01:35
15	Just for comparison purposes	SP Member	Mon Jun 14, 2004 01:45
16	Belgian CWI election result	f	Mon Jun 14, 2004 05:45
17	Socialist Party local election results	f	Mon Jun 14, 2004 06:10
18	20.000	KaM	Mon Jun 14, 2004 11:41
19	Ah God help yous	SPurious	Mon Jun 14, 2004 14:09
20	Answer	Brian C.	Mon Jun 14, 2004 15:22
21	Frank Gallagher	Mark Hoskins	Mon Jun 14, 2004 15:51
22	Important Gains for Socialist Party	Joe Higgins T.D.	Mon Jun 14, 2004 16:05
23	Disappointing result for McCann in the North	Disappointed	Mon Jun 14, 2004 16:42
24	SP in Howth	Cathal Brennan	Mon Jun 14, 2004 17:27
25	Sectarian SP?	Peter	Mon Jun 14, 2004 17:34
26	Socialist Alternative (CWI) wins first councillor in Rostock,Germany	f	Mon Jun 14, 2004 17:44
27	Correction	f	Mon Jun 14, 2004 17:51
28	the results show a single list of anti bin charge candidates would have been better.	john throne	Tue Jun 15, 2004 03:49
29	Wrong thread?	Forgive My Cynicism	Tue Jun 15, 2004 05:07
30	Socialist Alternative (CWI) Lose Seat In Coventry	TrotSPot	Tue Jun 15, 2004 11:03
31	Howth - Green (Healy) Beats Greene (SP)	Green Genii	Tue Jun 15, 2004 11:19
32	A sect, or a mass movement?	Voter	Tue Jun 15, 2004 11:33
33	MIndless Crowing?	Brian C	Tue Jun 15, 2004 11:47
34	Eh?	Voter	Tue Jun 15, 2004 11:51
35	Run along now.	Brian C	Tue Jun 15, 2004 12:00
36	Real Names?	Beria	Tue Jun 15, 2004 12:07
37	last comment	Voter	Tue Jun 15, 2004 12:11
38	"The SWP have shown that they are far stronger."	SP member (personal capacity)	Tue Jun 15, 2004 13:28
39	Yes	Beria	Tue Jun 15, 2004 13:57
40	Collins Vote An SP Vote	SY Member (pc)	Tue Jun 15, 2004 14:22
41	Gallagher Vote An SP Vote	Spuppie	Tue Jun 15, 2004 14:30
42	Collins Vote	voter	Tue Jun 15, 2004 14:38
43	Yes his real surname is C	Mark H	Tue Jun 15, 2004 15:23
44	Coventry	f	Tue Jun 15, 2004 16:08
45	f	TrotSPot	Wed Jun 16, 2004 14:57
46	Brian C inconsistent	Clive Barker	Wed Jun 16, 2004 15:30
47	A different perspective	Interested	Thu Jun 17, 2004 17:54
48	Aaaaaaaaaaahhhhhh	Fell asleep	Thu Jun 17, 2004 22:53
49	no wonder	good god!	Fri Jun 18, 2004 02:05
50	'Socialism' V 'Democracy'	C.Coady	Mon Jun 21, 2004 03:20
51	NOT S.P. VOTE	Michael Gallagher	Thu Jul 08, 2004 06:45
52	Somebody posted More Years for the Locust	Ray	Thu Jul 08, 2004 12:23
53	membership	Buck Mulligan	Thu Jul 08, 2004 17:26
54	Somebody posted More Years for the Locust	Roderick	Thu Jul 08, 2004 18:14
55	More Years for the Locust	Ray	Thu Jul 08, 2004 18:21

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