Meath West (Dáil Éireann constituency)

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Meath West
Dáil Éireann
Parliamentary constituency
Meath West (Dáil Éireann constituency).png
Meath West shown within Ireland
Created 2007
Seats 3
TDs Ray Butler (FG)
Damien English (FG)
Peadar Tóibín (SF)
County/City council County Meath
County Westmeath
EP constituency East

Meath West is a parliamentary constituency represented in Dáil Éireann, the lower house of the Irish parliament or Oireachtas. The constituency elects 3 deputies (Teachtaí Dála, commonly known as TDs). The method of election is the single transferable vote form of proportional representation (PR-STV).

Contents

[edit] History

The constituency was created under the Electoral (Amendment) Act 2005[1] when the previous 5 seat Meath constituency was divided into two 3 seat constituencies of Meath East and Meath West. It was first used at the 2007 general election electing members of the 30th Dáil. The town of Kells was moved to Meath East for the 2011 general election.

[edit] Boundaries

It spans the western portions of County Meath, including the towns of Trim, Navan and Oldcastle, along with the north-eastern part of County Westmeath.[2]

The Electoral (Amendment) Act 2009 defines the constituency as:

"The county of Meath, except the parts thereof which are comprised in the constituencies of Meath East and Louth, and the county of Westmeath, except the part thereof which is comprised in the constituency of Longford–Westmeath."

[edit] TDs

Teachtaí Dála (TDs) for Meath West 2007–
Key to parties
Dáil Election Deputy
(Party)		 Deputy
(Party)		 Deputy
(Party)
30th 2007[3] Noel Dempsey
(FF)		 Johnny Brady
(FF)		 Damien English
(FG)
31st 2011[4] Ray Butler
(FG)		 Peadar Tóibín
(SF)

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] 2011 general election

2011 general election: Meath West[4]
Party Candidate  % 1st Pref Count 1 Count 2 Count 3 Count 4 Count 5
Fine Gael Damien English 23.1 9,290 9,609 10,122    
Sinn Féin Peadar Tóibín 17.4 6,989 7,421 7,711 8,155 9,112
Fine Gael Ray Butler 13.1 5,262 5,414 5,574 7,879 8,926
Labour Party Jenny McHugh 13.5 5,432 5,852 6,040 6,794 7,798
Fianna Fáil Johnny Brady 9.4 3,789 3,874 6,065 6,437  
Fine Gael Catherine Yore 9.7 3,898 4,072 4,208    
Fianna Fáil Shane Cassells 8.7 3,496 3,631      
Green Party Fiona Irwin 1.2 479        
Independent Stephen Ball 1.2 475        
Independent Daithi Stephens 1.0 387        
Independent Ronan Carolan 0.6 258        
Christian Solidarity Manus MacMeanmain 0.6 234        
Workers' Party Seamus McDonagh 0.5 189        
Electorate: 62,776   Valid: 40,178   Spoilt: 413 (1.0%)   Quota: 10,045   Turnout: 40,591 (64.7%)

[edit] 2007 general election

2007 general election: Meath West[3]
Party Candidate  % 1st Pref Count 1 Count 2 Count 3 Count 4 Count 5 Count 6 Count 7
Fianna Fáil Noel Dempsey 29.7 12,006            
Fianna Fáil Johnny Brady 21.9 8,868 10,178          
Fine Gael Damien English 17.9 7,227 7,427 7,566 7,856 8,527 9,548 12,934
Sinn Féin Joe Reilly 11.3 4,567 4,697 4,803 5,024 5,187 5,588 6,015
Fine Gael Peter Higgins 8.0 3,234 3,335 3,424 3,534 3,960 4,379  
Labour Party Brian Collins 4.0 1,634 1,663 1,734 2,097 2,181    
Fine Gael Graham Geraghty 3.2 1,284 1,326 1,360 1,420      
Green Party Brian Flanagan 2.5 1,011 1,047 1,194        
Independent Phil Cantwell 1.3 506 544          
Fathers Rights Paul Coleman 0.3 127 130          
Electorate: 56,267   Valid: 40,464   Spoilt: 388 (0.9%)   Quota: 10,117   Turnout: 40,852 (72.6%)

[edit] See also

[edit] References

  1. ^ "Electoral (Amendment) Act 2005: Schedule". Irish Statute Book database. http://www.irishstatutebook.ie/2005/en/act/pub/0016/sched.html#sched. Retrieved 24 September 2010. 
  2. ^ "Electoral (Amendment) Act 2009: Schedule". Irish Statute Book database. http://www.irishstatutebook.ie/2009/en/act/pub/0004/sched.html. Retrieved 29 September 2010. 
  3. ^ a b "General election 2007: Meath East". ElectionsIreland.org. http://www.electionsireland.org/result.cfm?election=2007&cons=732. Retrieved 27 April 2010. 
  4. ^ a b "General election 2011: Meath East". ElectionsIreland.org. http://www.electionsireland.org/result.cfm?election=2011&cons=732. Retrieved 27 February 2011. 

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