Dublin South West (Dáil Éireann constituency)

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Dublin South West
Dáil Éireann Parliamentary Constituency
Dublin South West Dáil Éireann constituency.png
Dublin South West shown within County Dublin
Created 1981 (1981)
TDs 4
Counties South Dublin
EP constituency Dublin

Dublin South West is a parliamentary constituency in Ireland, which is represented in Dáil Éireann, the lower house of the Irish parliament or Oireachtas. Located in the southern part of South Dublin County, it has an electorate of 67,947 and at present elects 4 deputies (Teachtaí Dála, commonly known in English as TDs) to the Dáil, using the Single Transferable Vote method of proportional representation (PR-STV).

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[edit] History and boundaries

A constituency of this name was first created in the 1940s [1] and was used for elections from 1948 to 1973 inclusive. The original constituency was based around the areas of Ballyfermot, Crumlin and Kilmainham[2] The constituency was then abolished and was mostly replaced by a Dublin Ballyfermot constituency. In its current incarnation the seat was created in 1981 and had completely different boundaries from the original pre-1977 constituency, being based around the areas of Tallaght, Newcastle, Rathcoole, Saggart, parts of Terenure, and Clondalkin. [3]

The constituency elected 5 TDs for elections from 1981 onwards.

In 1998, it was reduced in size and electorate, losing territory, including Newcastle, Rathcoole, Saggart and Clondalkin, to the new Dublin Mid West seat. Major components today include Tallaght and surrounding localities, Firhouse and parts of Terenure.

[edit] TDs

[edit] TDs 1948–1977

Teachtaí Dála (TDs) for Dublin South West 1948–1977[1]
Key to parties
Dáil Election Deputy
(Party)		 Deputy
(Party)		 Deputy
(Party)		 Deputy
(Party)		 Deputy
(Party)
13th 1948 Seán MacBride
(CnaP)		 Peadar Doyle
(FG)		 Bernard Butler
(FF)		 Michael O'Higgins
(FG)		 Robert Briscoe
(FF)
14th 1951 Michael ffrench-O'Carroll
(Ind)
15th 1954 Michael O'Higgins
(FG)
16th 1957 Noel Lemass
(FF)		 James Carroll
(Ind)
17th 1961 Richie Ryan
(FG)		 James O'Keeffe
(FG)
18th 1965 John O'Connell
(Lab)		 Joseph Dowling
(FF)		 Ben Briscoe
(FF)
19th 1969 Seán Dunne
(Lab)		 4 seats
1969–1977
20th 1973 Declan Costello
(FG)
1976 by-election Brendan Halligan
(Lab)
21st 1977 constituency abolished

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.

[edit] TDs since 1981

Teachtaí Dála (TDs) for Dublin South West 1981–[1]
Key to parties
Dáil Election Deputy
(Party)		 Deputy
(Party)		 Deputy
(Party)		 Deputy
(Party)		 Deputy
(Party)
22nd 1981 Seán Walsh
(FF)		 Larry McMahon
(FG)		 Mary Harney
(FF)		 Mervyn Taylor
(Lab)		 4 seats
1981–1992
23rd 1982 (Feb)
24th 1982 (Nov) Michael O'Leary
(FG)
25th 1987 Chris Flood
(FF)		 Mary Harney
(PD)
26th 1989 Pat Rabbitte
(WP)
27th 1992[2] Pat Rabbitte
(DL)		 Eamonn Walsh
(Lab)
28th 1997[3] Conor Lenihan
(FF)		 Brian Hayes
(FG)
29th 2002[4] Pat Rabbitte
(Lab)		 Charlie O'Connor
(FF)		 Seán Crowe
(SF)		 4 seats
from 2002
30th 2007[5] Brian Hayes
(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.

[edit] Elections

[edit] 2007 general election

2007 General Election: Dublin South West[5]
Party Candidate 1st Pref  % Seat Count
Fianna Fáil Conor Lenihan 8,542 20.5 1 1
Fine Gael Brian Hayes 8,346 20.0 2 1
Labour Party Pat Rabbitte 8,325 20.0 3 2
Fianna Fáil Charlie O'Connor 7,813 18.8 4 5
Sinn Féin Seán Crowe 5,066 12.2
Socialist Party Mick Murphy 1,580 3.8    
Green Party Elizabeth Davidson 1,546 3.7
Fathers Rights Ray Kelly 434 1.0    
Electorate: 67,148   Valid: 41,65   Spoilt: 370   Quota: 8,331   Turnout: 62.58%

[edit] 2002 general election

2002 General Election: Dublin South West[4]
Party Candidate 1st Pref  % Seat Count
Sinn Féin Seán Crowe 7,466 20.29 1 1
Fianna Fáil Charlie O'Connor 7,155 19.44 2 4
Fianna Fáil Conor Lenihan 7,080 19.24 3 6
Labour Party Pat Rabbitte 6,314 17.16 4 6
Fine Gael Brian Hayes 4,654 12.65    
Green Party Patrick Quinn 1,157 3.14    
Socialist Party Mick Murphy 954 2.59    
Labour Party Eamonn Walsh 971 2.64    
Christian Solidarity Darragh O'Reilly 760 2.07    
Independent Ray Kelly 291 0.79    
Electorate: 67,947   Valid: 36,802   Spoilt: 414   Quota: 7,361   Turnout: 54.77%

[edit] 1981 general election

22nd Irish General Election – 11 June 1981
Candidate Party Count 1 Count 2 Count 3 Count 4 Count 5 Count 6 Count 7
Seán Walsh Fianna Fáil 7311
Lawrence McMahon Fine Gael 6266 6302 6421 7121 8751
Mervyn Taylor Labour Party 5522 6197 6517 6737 7188 7514
Mary Harney Fianna Fáil 4192 4222 4626 4783 4861 4879 7822
Conal Brennan Fine Gael 2946 2990 3107 3813 4567 5712 5863
Richard Conroy Fianna Fáil 2916 2931 3171 3224 3276 3304
George Laing Fine Gael 2444 2470 2522 3002
John Garvey Fine Gael 2154 2207 2289
Kevin Boland Independent 1519 1535
Electorate=51182, Valid=36167, spoiled=389, quota=7234

[edit] References

  1. ^ a b Walker, Brian M, ed (1992). Parliamentary election results in Ireland, 1918-92. Dublin: Royal Irish Academy. ISBN 0 901714 96 8. 
  2. ^ "General election 1992: Dublin South West". ElectionsIreland.org. http://www.electionsireland.org/result.cfm?election=1992&cons=105. Retrieved 2009-03-06. 
  3. ^ "General election 1997: Dublin South West". ElectionsIreland.org. http://www.electionsireland.org/result.cfm?election=1997&cons=105. Retrieved 2009-03-06. 
  4. ^ a b "General election 2002: Dublin South West". ElectionsIreland.org. http://www.electionsireland.org/result.cfm?election=2002&cons=105. Retrieved 2009-03-06. 
  5. ^ a b "General election 2007: Dublin South West". ElectionsIreland.org. http://www.electionsireland.org/result.cfm?election=2007&cons=105. Retrieved 2009-03-06. 

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