Offaly is a parliamentary constituency represented in Dáil Éireann, the lower house of the Irish parliament or Oireachtas. The constituency elects three deputies (Teachtaí Dála, commonly known as TDs) on the system of proportional representation by means of the single transferable vote (PR-STV).
| Offaly | |
|---|---|
| Dáil constituency | |
_2025.svg) Location of Offaly within Ireland | |
| Future constituency | |
| Created | 2024 |
| Seats | 3 |
| Local government area | County Offaly |
| Created from | Laois–Offaly |
| Offaly | |
|---|---|
| Former Dáil constituency | |
| Former constituency | |
| Created | 2016 |
| Abolished | 2020 |
| Seats | 3 |
| Local government areas | |
| Created from | |
| Replaced by | |
History and boundaries
editThe Constituency Commission proposed in its 2012 report that at the next general election a new constituency called Offaly be created.[1] The report proposed changes to the constituencies of Ireland so as to reduce the total number of TDs from 166 to 158.[2]
It was established by the Electoral (Amendment) (Dáil Constituencies) Act 2013.[3] The constituency incorporated all of County Offaly from the previous Laois–Offaly constituency, and additionally twenty-four electoral divisions from Tipperary North.
The 2013 Act defined the constituency as:[3]
"The county of Offaly;and in the county of North Tipperary the electoral divisions of:
- Aglishcloghane, Ballingarry, Ballylusky, Borrisokane, Carrig, Cloghjordan, Cloghprior, Clohaskin, Finnoe, Graigue, Kilbarron, Lorrha East, Lorrha West, Mertonhall, Rathcabban, Redwood, Riverstown, Terryglass, Uskane, in the former Rural District of Borrisokane;
- Ardcrony, Ballygibbon, Ballymackey, Knigh, Monsea, in the former Rural District of Nenagh".
It was abolished at the 2020 general election, along with the Laois constituency. They were replaced by a re-created Laois–Offaly constituency, with the transfer of the electoral division of Portarlington North to Kildare South.[4]
In 2023, the Electoral Commission recommended the establishment of a three-seat constituency of Offaly, comprising the entire county of Offaly.[5]
For the 2024 general election, the Electoral (Amendment) Act 2023 defines the constituency as:[6]
"The county of Offaly."
TDs
edit| Teachtaí Dála (TDs) for Offaly 2016–2020 | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Key to parties
| |||||||||||
| Dáil | Election | Deputy (Party) |
Deputy (Party) |
Deputy (Party) | |||||||
| 32nd | 2016[7] | Carol Nolan (SF) |
Barry Cowen (FF) |
Marcella Corcoran Kennedy (FG) | |||||||
| 33rd | 2020 | Constituency abolished. See Laois–Offaly and Tipperary. | |||||||||
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
2024 general election
edit| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ||||
| Fine Gael | John Clendennen | |||
| Independent | Eddie Fitzpatrick | |||
| Green | Pippa Hackett | |||
| Fianna Fáil | Tony McCormack | |||
| Independent Ireland | Fergus McDonnell | |||
| Sinn Féin | Aoife Masterson | |||
| Fianna Fáil | Claire Murray | |||
| Independent | Carol Nolan[*] | |||
| PBP–Solidarity | Keishia Taylor[a] | |||
| Aontú | Maureen Ward | |||
| Quota: | ||||
- ^ Taylor is a member of Solidarity.
2016 general election
edit| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | ||||
| Fianna Fáil | Barry Cowen[*] | 28.1 | 12,366 | |||||||
| Fine Gael | Marcella Corcoran Kennedy[*] | 15.5 | 6,838 | 6,919 | 7,270 | 7,798 | 9,484 | 11,313 | ||
| Independent | Joe Hannigan | 11.8 | 5,188 | 5,226 | 5,536 | 5,816 | ||||
| Sinn Féin | Carol Nolan | 10.9 | 4,804 | 4,882 | 5,459 | 6,295 | 7,195 | 8,785 | 8,890 | |
| Renua | John Leahy | 10.4 | 4,596 | 4,759 | 5,319 | 5,833 | 6,588 | |||
| Independent | John Foley | 9.5 | 4,200 | 4,241 | 4,536 | |||||
| Fianna Fáil | Eddie Fitzpatrick | 7.7 | 3,394 | 4,297 | 4,578 | 6,147 | 7,141 | 8,521 | 8,720 | |
| Irish Democratic | Ken Smollen | 2.2 | 971 | 999 | ||||||
| Independent | Teresa Ryan Feehan | 1.4 | 603 | 616 | ||||||
| Independent | Kate Bopp | 1.2 | 549 | 554 | ||||||
| Green | Christopher Fettes | 1.2 | 525 | 532 | ||||||
| Electorate: 65,636 Valid: 44,034 Spoilt: 411 Quota: 11,009 Turnout: 67.7% | ||||||||||
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ "Constituency Commission Report 2012 – Waterford – Tipperary – Laois – Offaly – Kildare area" (PDF). Constituency Commission. 21 June 2012. Retrieved 7 April 2013.
- ^ "Constituency Commission Report 2012 – Introduction and summary of recommendation" (PDF). Constituency Commission. 21 June 2012. Retrieved 7 April 2013.
- ^ a b Electoral (Amendment) (Dáil Constituencies) Act 2013, Schedule (No. 7 of 2013, Schedule). Act of the Oireachtas. Retrieved from Irish Statute Book on 7 April 2013.
- ^ Electoral (Amendment) (Dáil Constituencies) Act 2017, Schedule (No. 39 of 2017, Schedule). Act of the Oireachtas. Retrieved from Irish Statute Book on 12 April 2018.
- ^ "Offaly to stand alone as three-seat constituency". Offaly Independent. 30 August 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.
- ^ a b "General election 2016: Offaly". ElectionsIreland.org. Retrieved 23 February 2016.
- ^ "General Election 2024 Profiles – Offaly". RTÉ News. November 2024. Retrieved 9 November 2024.
- ^ "Offaly Results 2016". Irelandelection.com. Retrieved 21 January 2020.
- ^ "Offaly Results 2016". RTÉ. Archived from the original on 15 March 2019. Retrieved 21 January 2020.