Midlands–North-West (European Parliament constituency)
| Midlands–North-West | |
|---|---|
| European Parliament constituency | |
| Member state | Ireland |
| Created | [[2014 European Parliament election in {{{memberstatelink2}}}|2014]] |
| MEPs | 4 |
Midlands–North-West is a constituency of the European Parliament in Ireland, which will be represented from the 2014 European Parliament election. It will elect 4 Members of the European Parliament (MEPs) using the single transferable vote form of proportional representation (PR-STV).
History and boundaries
The Constituency Commission proposed in its 2013 report that at the next European Parliament election a new constituency called Midlands–North-West be created.[1] The report proposed changes to the constituencies of Ireland so as to reduce the total number of MEPs from 12 to 11, due to the accession of Croatia to the European Union.[2]
The constituency will comprise the counties of Cavan, Donegal, Galway, Kildare, Laois, Leitrim, Longford, Louth, Mayo, Meath, Monaghan, Offaly, Roscommon, Sligo and Westmeath; and the city of Galway. It will comprise all the area of the current North-West constituency, with the exception of County Clare which is being moved to the South constituency; as well the north Leinster part of the East constituency.
2014 election
| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ||||
| Fianna Fáil | Thomas Byrne | |||
| Sinn Féin | Matt Carthy | |||
| Green | Mark Dearey | |||
| Independent | Mark Fitzsimons[3] | |||
| Independent | Luke 'Ming' Flanagan[4] | |||
| Fianna Fáil | Pat the Cope Gallagher | |||
| Direct Democracy | Ben Gilroy | |||
| Independent | Marian Harkin | |||
| Fine Gael | Jim Higgins | |||
| Labour | Lorraine Higgins | |||
| Fine Gael | Mairead McGuinness | |||
| Independent | Rónán Mullen | |||
| Quota: | ||||
See also
References
- ^ "Report on European Parliament Constituencies 2013" (PDF). Constituency Commission. 25 September 2013. Retrieved 25 September 2013.
- ^ "New Irish MEP constituencies announced". RTÉ News. 25 September 2013. Retrieved 25 September 2013.
- ^ "Mark launches Euro election campaign after 'whirlwind response' to cannabis stance". Dundalk Democrat. 28 January 2014. Retrieved 13 March 2014.
- ^ "Luke 'Ming' Flanagan to stand in European election". The Irish Times. 21 March 2014. Retrieved 22 March 2014.
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