Dublin Mid-West (Dáil constituency)
Dublin Mid-West is a parliamentary constituency represented in Dáil Éireann, the lower house of the Irish parliament or Oireachtas. The constituency elects 4 deputies (Teachtaí Dála, commonly known as TDs) on the system of proportional representation by means of the single transferable vote (PR-STV).
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Created | 2002 |
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Local government area | South Dublin |
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EP constituency | Dublin |
History and boundaries
editDublin Mid-West contains the areas of Clondalkin, Lucan, Palmerstown, Rathcoole and Saggart. The constituency was created by the Electoral (Amendment) (No. 2) Act 1998 as a three-seat constituency, composed of areas which had previously been in the constituencies of Dublin South-West and Dublin West, and came into operation at the 2002 general election.[1] Under the Electoral (Amendment) Act 2005, the town of Palmerstown was incorporated into Dublin Mid-West (having been in Dublin South-West), with an increase to 4 seats, taking effect at the 2007 general election.[2] It has retained these boundaries since 2007.
The Constituency Review Report 2023 of the Electoral Commission recommended that at the next general election Dublin Mid-West become a five-seat constituency, with transfers of territory from Dublin South-West and Dublin South-Central.[3]
For the next general election, the Electoral (Amendment) Act 2023 defines the constituency as:[4]
In the county of South Dublin, the electoral divisions of:
- Clondalkin-Cappaghmore, Clondalkin-Dunawley, Clondalkin-Monastery, Clondalkin-Moorfield, Clondalkin-Rowlagh, Clondalkin Village, Lucan-Esker, Lucan Heights, Lucan-St. Helens, Newcastle, Palmerston Village, Palmerston West, Rathcoole, Saggart, Tallaght-Fettercairn.
Years | TDs | Boundaries | Notes |
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2002–2007 | 3 | In the county of South Dublin[1] the electoral divisions of Clondalkin-Cappaghmore, Clondalkin-Dunawley, Clondalkin-Moorfield, Clondalkin-Rowlagh, Clondalkin Village, Lucan-Esker, Lucan Heights, Lucan-St. Helens, Newcastle, Rathcoole, Saggart; |
Created from Dublin South-West and Dublin West. |
2007– | 4 | the electoral divisions of Clondalkin-Cappaghmore, Clondalkin-Dunawley, Clondalkin-Moorfield, Clondalkin-Rowlagh, Clondalkin Village, Lucan-Esker, Lucan Heights, Lucan-St. Helens, Newcastle, Palmerston Village, Palmerston West, Rathcoole, Saggart; |
Territory added from Dublin South-West. |
TDs
editTeachtaí Dála (TDs) for Dublin Mid-West 2002– | |||||||||
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Key to parties
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Dáil | Election | Deputy (Party) |
Deputy (Party) |
Deputy (Party) |
Deputy (Party) | ||||
29th | 2002[8] | Paul Gogarty (GP) |
3 seats 2002–2007 |
Mary Harney (PDs) |
John Curran (FF) | ||||
30th | 2007[9] | Joanna Tuffy (Lab) | |||||||
31st | 2011[10] | Robert Dowds (Lab) |
Frances Fitzgerald (FG) |
Derek Keating (FG) | |||||
32nd | 2016[11] | Gino Kenny (AAA–PBP) |
Eoin Ó Broin (SF) |
John Curran (FF) | |||||
2019 by-election[12][13] | Mark Ward (SF) | ||||||||
33rd | 2020[14] | Gino Kenny (S–PBP) |
Emer Higgins (FG) |
Note: The columns in this table are used only for presentational purposes, and no significance should be attached to the order of columns. For details of the order in which seats were won at each election, see the detailed results of that election.
Elections
edit^ *: Outgoing TD
2020 general election
editParty | Candidate | FPv% | Count | |||||||||
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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | ||||
Sinn Féin | Eoin Ó Broin[*] | 26.1 | 11,842 | |||||||||
Sinn Féin | Mark Ward[*] | 16.7 | 7,621 | 9,808 | ||||||||
Fine Gael | Emer Higgins | 9.9 | 4,487 | 4,514 | 4,526 | 4,571 | 4,651 | 4,879 | 5,370 | 8,230 | 9,735 | |
Solidarity–PBP | Gino Kenny[*][a] | 7.9 | 3,572 | 3,819 | 4,228 | 4,416 | 4,871 | 5,115 | 6,153 | 6,302 | 8,089 | |
Fianna Fáil | John Curran[*] | 10.8 | 4,931 | 4,980 | 4,997 | 5,449 | 5,555 | 5,704 | 6,049 | 6,454 | 7,383 | |
Independent | Paul Gogarty | 6.5 | 2,950 | 2,994 | 3,049 | 3,186 | 3,427 | 3,784 | 4,836 | 5,412 | ||
Fine Gael | Vicki Casserly | 7.7 | 3,501 | 3,518 | 3,529 | 3,582 | 3,616 | 3,835 | 4,208 | |||
Green | Peter Kavanagh | 6.1 | 2,785 | 2,855 | 2,924 | 3,031 | 3,229 | 3,669 | ||||
Labour | Joanna Tuffy | 3.4 | 1,541 | 1,573 | 1,599 | 1,679 | 1,751 | |||||
Independent | Francis Timmons | 2.4 | 1,103 | 1,160 | 1,238 | 1,299 | ||||||
Fianna Fáil | Catriona McClean | 1.5 | 667 | 674 | 677 | |||||||
Workers' Party | David Gardiner | 1.0 | 452 | 466 | 503 | |||||||
Electorate: 74,506 Valid: 45,452 Spoilt: 480 (1.0%) Quota: 9,091 Turnout: 45,932 (61.5%) |
- ^ Kenny was a member of People Before Profit.
2019 by-election
editA by-election was held in the constituency on 29 November 2019 to fill the seat vacated by Frances Fitzgerald on her election to the European Parliament in May 2019.[19]
Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | |||||||||
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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | ||||
Sinn Féin | Mark Ward | 24.0 | 4,622 | 4,729 | 4,812 | 5,228 | 5,426 | 5,616 | 6,293 | 6,652 | 7,669 | |
Fine Gael | Emer Higgins | 18.6 | 3,576 | 3,603 | 3,703 | 3,748 | 3,959 | 4,362 | 4,583 | 5,287 | 7,144 | |
Independent | Paul Gogarty | 12.7 | 2,435 | 2,557 | 2,680 | 2,840 | 3,176 | 3,731 | 4,099 | 5,063 | ||
Fianna Fáil | Shane Moynihan | 11.8 | 2,264 | 2,304 | 2,360 | 2,394 | 2,564 | 2,758 | 2,894 | |||
Independent | Francis Timmons | 6.8 | 1,299 | 1,365 | 1,442 | 1,590 | 1,807 | 1,929 | ||||
Labour | Joanna Tuffy | 6.7 | 1,294 | 1,333 | 1,442 | 1,547 | 1,775 | |||||
Green | Peter Kavanagh | 6.4 | 1,222 | 1,268 | 1,393 | 1,544 | ||||||
Solidarity–PBP | Kellie Sweeney | 5.1 | 983 | 1,138 | 1,281 | |||||||
Social Democrats | Anne-Marie McNally | 4.1 | 788 | 845 | ||||||||
Workers' Party | David Gardiner | 1.6 | 317 | |||||||||
Inds. 4 Change | Ruth Nolan | 1.4 | 271 | |||||||||
Independent | Charlie Keddy | 0.5 | 95 | |||||||||
Independent | Peter Madden | 0.4 | 71 | |||||||||
Electorate: 73,152 Valid: 19,237 Spoilt: 210 (0.3%) Quota: 9,619 Turnout: 19,447 (26.6%) |
2016 general election
editParty | Candidate | FPv% | Count | ||||||||||||
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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | ||||
Sinn Féin | Eoin Ó Broin | 22.7 | 9,782 | ||||||||||||
Fine Gael | Frances Fitzgerald[*] | 20.9 | 9,028 | ||||||||||||
Fianna Fáil | John Curran | 16.2 | 6,971 | 7,054 | 7,109 | 7,114 | 7,145 | 7,180 | 7,218 | 7,274 | 7,383 | 7,685 | 8,287 | 9,497 | |
AAA–PBP | Gino Kenny | 10.7 | 4,629 | 5,257 | 5,270 | 5,321 | 5,331 | 5,397 | 5,474 | 5,791 | 6,331 | 6,542 | 7,498 | 7,911 | |
Social Democrats | Anne-Marie McNally | 6.1 | 2,633 | 2,730 | 2,747 | 2,766 | 2,773 | 2,804 | 2,867 | 3,048 | 3,235 | 3,679 | 4,460 | 5,320 | |
Fine Gael | Derek Keating[*] | 5.4 | 2,337 | 2,356 | 2,549 | 2,559 | 2,603 | 2,636 | 2,653 | 2,696 | 2,725 | 3,640 | 4,179 | ||
Independent | Paul Gogarty | 5.9 | 2,522 | 2,593 | 2,623 | 2,646 | 2,658 | 2,700 | 2,741 | 2,863 | 3,164 | 3,505 | |||
Labour | Joanna Tuffy[*] | 5.0 | 2,146 | 2,175 | 2,252 | 2,259 | 2,311 | 2,342 | 2,355 | 2,475 | 2,515 | ||||
Independent | Francis Timmons | 2.5 | 1,085 | 1,195 | 1,200 | 1,210 | 1,214 | 1,233 | 1,318 | 1,422 | |||||
Workers' Party | Lorraine Hennessey | 1.2 | 502 | 553 | 555 | 568 | 570 | 584 | 613 | ||||||
Green | Tom Kivlehan | 0.9 | 388 | 405 | 410 | 413 | 417 | 430 | 443 | ||||||
Independent | Clare Leonard | 0.8 | 358 | 379 | 383 | 398 | 403 | 422 | |||||||
Independent | Patrick Akpoveta | 0.7 | 288 | 307 | 311 | 318 | 343 | ||||||||
Independent | Haroon Khan | 0.6 | 268 | 272 | 273 | 275 | |||||||||
Direct Democracy | Christopher Healy | 0.4 | 167 | 179 | 180 | ||||||||||
Electorate: 69,388 Valid: 43,104 Spoilt: 446 (1.0%) Quota: 8,621 Turnout: 43,550 (62.8%) |
2011 general election
editParty | Candidate | FPv% | Count | |||||||||
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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | ||||
Labour | Joanna Tuffy[*] | 17.5 | 7,495 | 7,513 | 7,533 | 7,553 | 7,633 | 7,827 | 8,948 | |||
Fine Gael | Frances Fitzgerald | 17.0 | 7,281 | 7,285 | 7,303 | 7,323 | 7,424 | 7,493 | 7,903 | 9,213 | ||
Labour | Robert Dowds | 13.2 | 5,643 | 5,645 | 5,661 | 5,695 | 5,734 | 5,870 | 6,519 | 7,934 | 8,112 | |
Fine Gael | Derek Keating | 13.9 | 5,933 | 5,938 | 5,945 | 5,964 | 5,992 | 6,072 | 6,503 | 7,244 | 7,703 | |
Sinn Féin | Eoin Ó Broin | 11.8 | 5,060 | 5,066 | 5,088 | 5,117 | 5,164 | 5,399 | 6,628 | 7,120 | 7,151 | |
Fianna Fáil | John Curran[*] | 11.8 | 5,043 | 5,047 | 5,068 | 5,095 | 5,130 | 5,193 | 5,513 | |||
People Before Profit | Gino Kenny[a] | 5.8 | 2,471 | 2,481 | 2,513 | 2,536 | 2,597 | 3,059 | ||||
Green | Paul Gogarty[*] | 3.5 | 1,484 | 1,490 | 1,498 | 1,509 | 1,534 | 1,605 | ||||
Workers' Party | Mick Finnegan | 1.6 | 694 | 700 | 712 | 722 | 735 | |||||
Socialist Party | Robert Connolly[b] | 1.5 | 622 | 624 | 634 | 637 | 649 | |||||
Independent | Michael Ryan | 0.9 | 375 | 397 | 429 | 514 | ||||||
Independent | Jim McHale | 0.6 | 255 | 269 | 319 | |||||||
Independent | Colm McGrath | 0.6 | 253 | 264 | ||||||||
Independent | Niall Smith | 0.3 | 113 | |||||||||
Electorate: 64,880 Valid: 42,722 Spoilt: 471 (1.1%) Quota: 8,545 Turnout: 43,193 (66.6%) |
- ^ Kenny campaigned as a member of the United Left Alliance.
- ^ Connolly campaigned as a member of the United Left Alliance.
2007 general election
editParty | Candidate | FPv% | Count | ||||||
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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | ||||
Fianna Fáil | John Curran[*] | 23.2 | 8,650 | ||||||
Green | Paul Gogarty[*] | 10.8 | 4,043 | 4,123 | 4,393 | 5,557 | 6,700 | 7,920 | |
Progressive Democrats | Mary Harney[*] | 12.5 | 4,663 | 4,956 | 5,066 | 5,454 | 5,668 | 7,786 | |
Labour | Joanna Tuffy | 10.9 | 4,075 | 4,145 | 4,440 | 4,895 | 6,004 | 6,672 | |
Fine Gael | Frances Fitzgerald | 12.0 | 4,480 | 4,532 | 4,680 | 4,975 | 5,344 | 5,664 | |
Fianna Fáil | Luke Moriarty | 9.8 | 3,671 | 4,200 | 4,333 | 4,666 | 5,185 | ||
Sinn Féin | Joanne Spain | 9.3 | 3,462 | 3,529 | 3,970 | 4,138 | |||
Independent | Derek Keating | 7.2 | 2,701 | 2,729 | 2,907 | ||||
People Before Profit | Gino Kenny | 2.8 | 1,058 | 1,099 | |||||
Workers' Party | Mick Finnegan | 1.0 | 366 | 378 | |||||
Independent | Jim McHale | 0.5 | 170 | 180 | |||||
Electorate: 61,347 Valid: 37,339 Spoilt: 319 (0.9%) Quota: 7,468 Turnout: 37,658 (61.4%) |
2002 general election
editParty | Candidate | FPv% | Count | ||||||||||
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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | ||||
Fianna Fáil | John Curran | 20.7 | 5,904 | 5,928 | 5,979 | 6,112 | 6,292 | 6,508 | 6,909 | 7,086 | 9,350 | ||
Progressive Democrats | Mary Harney[*] | 20.0 | 5,706 | 5,719 | 5,732 | 5,812 | 5,953 | 6,196 | 6,348 | 6,924 | 7,524 | ||
Green | Paul Gogarty | 12.3 | 3,508 | 3,523 | 3,541 | 3,627 | 3,870 | 3,947 | 4,594 | 5,260 | 5,645 | 6,345 | |
Labour | Joanna Tuffy | 9.0 | 2,563 | 2,566 | 2,602 | 2,744 | 2,891 | 3,199 | 3,594 | 4,495 | 4,808 | 5,371 | |
Fianna Fáil | Des Kelly | 11.3 | 3,218 | 3,232 | 3,237 | 3,290 | 3,381 | 3,434 | 3,625 | 3,737 | |||
Fine Gael | Austin Currie[*] | 7.1 | 2,008 | 2,017 | 2,023 | 2,051 | 2,100 | 2,573 | 2,687 | ||||
Sinn Féin | Tony Flannery | 6.5 | 1,855 | 1,861 | 1,912 | 2,031 | 2,244 | 2,326 | |||||
Fine Gael | Therese Ridge | 4.5 | 1,268 | 1,271 | 1,314 | 1,419 | 1,536 | ||||||
Independent | David Green | 3.8 | 1,078 | 1,092 | 1,170 | 1,313 | |||||||
Independent | Colm McGrath | 1.7 | 487 | 488 | 521 | ||||||||
Workers' Party | Andrew McGuinness | 1.4 | 393 | 393 | 407 | ||||||||
Independent | Michael O'Mara | 1.3 | 361 | 362 | |||||||||
Christian Solidarity | Colm Callanan | 0.4 | 107 | ||||||||||
Electorate: 55,184 Valid: 28,456 Spoilt: 237 (0.8%) Quota: 7,115 Turnout: 28,693 (52.0%) |
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ a b Electoral (Amendment) (No. 2) Act 1998, Schedule (No. 19 of 1998, Schedule). Enacted on 16 June 1998. Act of the Oireachtas. Retrieved from Irish Statute Book on 30 December 2021.
- ^ a b Electoral (Amendment) Act 2005, Schedule (No. 16 of 2005, Schedule). Enacted on 9 July 2005. Act of the Oireachtas. Retrieved from Irish Statute Book on 6 October 2021.
- ^ "Constituency Review Report 2023" (PDF). Electoral Commission. pp. 113, 129. Archived (PDF) from the original on 30 August 2023. Retrieved 1 September 2023.
- ^ Electoral (Amendment) Act 2023, Schedule (No. 40 of 2023, Schedule). Enacted on 19 December 2023. Act of the Oireachtas. Retrieved from Irish Statute Book on 16 February 2024.
- ^ Electoral (Amendment) Act 2009, Schedule (No. 4 of 2009, Schedule). Enacted on 24 February 2009. Act of the Oireachtas. Retrieved from Irish Statute Book on 30 December 2021.
- ^ Electoral (Amendment) (Dáil Constituencies) Act 2013, Schedule (No. 7 of 2013, Schedule). Act of the Oireachtas. Retrieved from Irish Statute Book on 30 December 2021.
- ^ Electoral (Amendment) (Dáil Constituencies) Act 2017, Schedule (No. 39 of 2017, Schedule). Enacted on 23 December 2017. Act of the Oireachtas. Retrieved from Irish Statute Book on 30 December 2021.
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- ^ a b "General election 2016: Mid-West". ElectionsIreland.org. Archived from the original on 22 February 2016. Retrieved 20 February 2016.
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