Dublin West (Dáil Éireann constituency)
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| Dublin West Dáil Éireann Parliamentary Constituency |
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| Dublin West shown within County Dublin | |
| Created | 1981 |
| TDs | 3 |
| Counties | Fingal |
| EP constituency | Dublin |
Dublin West (Irish: Baile Atha Cliath Thiar) is a parliamentary constituency represented in Dáil Éireann, the lower house of the Irish parliament or Oireachtas. The constituency currently elects 3 deputies (Teachtaí Dála, commonly known in English as TDs). The method of election is the Single Transferable Vote form of proportional representation (PR-STV).
The area of west Dublin in recent years is probably the most redrawn constituency in the Republic of Ireland. The constituency is currently made up of the Castleknock and most of the Mulhuddart electoral areas of Fingal County Council and the Palmerstown part of the Lucan electoral area of South Dublin County Council. Currently the constituency forms a rough rectangular shape encompassing Mulhuddart and Corduff in the top left then east to Blanchardstown and Castleknock, south to Palmerstown and then west to Carpenterstown, Barberstown, Clonsilla and Ongar.
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[edit] History
A Dublin West constituency was created for the first time under the terms of the Electoral (Amendment) Act 1980[1] and was first used for the 1981 general election. It drew its electorate from the abolished constituencies of Dublin County West, Dublin Ballyfermot and Dublin Cabra together with a small part of Dublin South East. Following the Electoral (Amendment) (No. 2) Act 1998 which took effect for the 2002 general election, the constituency was reduced in size and representation, being the largest source of voters for the new Dublin Mid West seat. As a result it was reduced from a five-seat constituency to a three-seat constituency.
[edit] TDs
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| Dáil | Election | Deputy (Party) |
Deputy (Party) |
Deputy (Party) |
Deputy (Party) |
Deputy (Party) |
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| 22nd | 1981[3] | Jim Mitchell (FG) |
Brian Lenihan, Snr (FF) |
Richard Burke (FG) |
Eileen Lemass (FF) |
Brian Fleming (FG) |
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| 23rd | 1982 (Feb)[4] | Liam Lawlor (FF) |
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| 1982 by-election[5] | Liam Skelly (FG) |
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| 24th | 1982 (Nov)[6] | Eileen Lemass (FF) |
Tomás Mac Giolla (WP) |
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| 25th | 1987[7] | Patrick O'Malley (PD) |
Liam Lawlor (FF) |
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| 26th | 1989[8] | Austin Currie (FG) |
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| 27th | 1992[9] | Joan Burton (Lab) |
4 seats 1992–2002 |
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| 1996 by-election[10] | Brian Lenihan, Jnr (FF) |
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| 28th | 1997[11] | Joe Higgins (SP) |
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| 29th | 2002[12] | Joan Burton (Lab) |
3 seats from 2002 |
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| 30th | 2007[13] | Leo Varadkar (FG) |
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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 West | ||||||
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| Party | Candidate | 1st Pref | % | Seat | Count | |
| Fianna Fáil | Brian Lenihan, Jnr | 11,125 | 32.7 | 1 | 1 | |
| Fine Gael | Leo Varadkar | 6,928 | 20.4 | 2 | 5 | |
| Labour Party | Joan Burton | 5,799 | 17.1 | 3 | 5 | |
| Socialist Party | Joe Higgins | 5,066 | 14.9 | |||
| Sinn Féin | Felix Gallagher | 1,624 | 4.8 | |||
| Fianna Fáil | Gerry Lynam | 1,601 | 4.7 | |||
| Green Party | Roderic O'Gorman | 1,286 | 3.8 | |||
| Progressive Democrats | Mags Murray | 553 | 1.6 | |||
[edit] 2002 general election
| 2002 General Election: Dublin West | ||||||
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| Party | Candidate | 1st Pref | % | Seat | Count | |
| Fianna Fáil | Brian Lenihan, Jnr | 8,086 | 26.96 | 1 | 1 | |
| Socialist Party | Joe Higgins | 6,442 | 21.48 | 2 | 4 | |
| Labour Party | Joan Burton | 3,810 | 12.71 | 3 | 6 | |
| Fine Gael | Sheila Terry | 3,694 | 12.32 | |||
| Sinn Féin | Mary Lou McDonald | 2,404 | 8.02 | |||
| Fianna Fáil | Deirdre Doherty Ryan | 2,300 | 7.67 | |||
| Progressive Democrats | Tom Morrissey | 2,370 | 7.90 | |||
| Green Party | Robert Bonnie | 748 | 2.49 | |||
| Christian Solidarity | John Smyth | 134 | 0.45 | |||
[edit] See also
- Parliamentary constituencies in the Republic of Ireland
- Politics of the Republic of Ireland
- List of political parties in the Republic of Ireland
- List of Irish by-elections
- Elections in the Republic of Ireland
[edit] References
- ^ "Electoral (Amendment) Act, 1980: Schedule (constituencies)". Irish Statute Book database. http://www.irishstatutebook.ie/1980/en/act/pub/0017/gen_1.html#gen_1. Retrieved 2009-02-12.
- ^ Walker, Brian M, ed (1992). Parliamentary election results in Ireland, 1918-92. Dublin: Royal Irish Academy. ISBN 0 901714 96 8.
- ^ "General election 1981, Dublin West". electionsireland.org. http://www.electionsireland.org/result.cfm?election=1981&cons=112. Retrieved 2009-03-04.
- ^ "General election February 1982, Dublin West". electionsireland.org. http://www.electionsireland.org/result.cfm?election=1982feb&cons=112. Retrieved 2009-03-04.
- ^ "Dublin West by-election, May 1982". electionsireland.org. http://www.electionsireland.org/result.cfm?election=1982febB&cons=112&ref=104. Retrieved 2009-03-04.
- ^ "General election November 1982, Dublin West". electionsireland.org. http://www.electionsireland.org/result.cfm?election=1982nov&cons=112. Retrieved 2009-03-04.
- ^ "General election 1987, Dublin West". electionsireland.org. http://www.electionsireland.org/result.cfm?election=1987&cons=112. Retrieved 2009-03-04.
- ^ "General election 1989, Dublin West". electionsireland.org. http://www.electionsireland.org/result.cfm?election=1989&cons=112. Retrieved 2009-03-04.
- ^ "General election 1992, Dublin West". electionsireland.org. http://www.electionsireland.org/result.cfm?election=1992&cons=112. Retrieved 2009-02-10.
- ^ "Dublin West by-election 1996". electionsireland.org. http://www.electionsireland.org/result.cfm?election=1992B&cons=112&ref=115. Retrieved 2009-02-10.
- ^ "General election 1997, Dublin West". electionsireland.org. http://www.electionsireland.org/result.cfm?election=1997&cons=112. Retrieved 2009-02-10.
- ^ "General election 2002, Dublin West". electionsireland.org. http://www.electionsireland.org/result.cfm?election=2002&cons=112. Retrieved 2009-02-10.
- ^ "General election 2007, Dublin West". electionsireland.org. http://www.electionsireland.org/result.cfm?election=2007&cons=112. Retrieved 2009-02-10.
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