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Wexford is a parliamentary constituency represented in Dáil Éireann , the lower house of the Irish parliament or Oireachtas . The constituency elects 5 deputies (Teachtaí Dála , commonly known as TDs). The method of election is the single transferable vote form of proportional representation (PR-STV).
History and boundaries
The constituency was created for the 1921 elections electing 4 deputies. For the 1923 general election , it gained a fifth seat. From 1961, it was reduced to 4 seats and from 1981 it has again elected 5 deputies. It spans the entire area of County Wexford , taking in Wexford , New Ross and Gorey .[1]
The Electoral (Amendment) Act 2009 defines the constituency as:
"The county of Wexford."
TDs
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
2016 general election
2011 general election
2011 general election : Wexford[34]
Party
Candidate
FPv%
Count
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
Independent
Mick Wallace
17.6
13,329
Labour
Brendan Howlin
14.6
11,005
11,166
11,662
14,514
Fianna Fáil
John Browne
9.7
7,352
7,394
7,470
7,749
8,175
8,400
12,757
Fine Gael
Liam Twomey
12.2
9,230
9,349
9,525
9,693
10,453
10,874
11,596
Fine Gael
Paul Kehoe
11.1
8,386
8,459
8,627
9,125
9,674
10,256
11,046
Fine Gael
Michael W. D'Arcy
11.1
8,418
8,466
8,595
8,960
9,492
9,986
10,410
Fianna Fáil
Seán Connick
8.8
6,675
6,744
7,014
7,144
7,396
7,515
Sinn Féin
Anthony Kelly
5.8
4,353
4,422
4,901
5,181
Labour
Pat Cody
5.9
4,457
4,505
4,752
Independent
John Dwyer
1.2
908
943
People Before Profit
Seamus O'Brien[35]
1.0
741
778
Green
Danny Forde
0.5
391
399
Independent
Siobhán Roseingrave
0.2
175
195
Independent
Ruairí de Valera
0.2
119
129
Electorate: 111,063 Valid: 75,539 Spoilt: 812 (1.1%) Quota: 12,590 Turnout: 76,351 (68.7%)
2007 general election
2007 general election : Wexford[33]
Party
Candidate
FPv%
Count
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
Fianna Fáil
John Browne
18.6
12,768
Labour
Brendan Howlin
13.8
9,445
9,540
10,008
10,413
11,852
Fianna Fáil
Seán Connick
14.3
9,826
10,396
10,476
10,862
11,850
Fine Gael
Paul Kehoe
12.3
8,459
8,628
8,728
8,931
9,567
12,879
Fine Gael
Michael W. D'Arcy
11.2
7,692
7,756
7,861
8,274
8,730
10,373
11,673
Fianna Fáil
Lisa McDonald
9.3
6,355
6,669
6,757
7,189
7,752
8,430
8,572
Fine Gael
Liam Twomey
8.0
5,507
5,531
5,678
5,927
6,308
Sinn Féin
John Dwyer
7.4
5,065
5,125
5,302
5,431
Progressive Democrats
Colm O'Gorman
3.1
2,162
2,188
2,322
Green
Tom Harpur
1.2
802
807
Independent
Alan McGuire
0.8
532
539
Electorate: 103,562 Valid: 68,616 Spoilt: 827 (1.2%) Quota: 11,437 Turnout: 69,443 (67.1%)
2002 general election
2002 general election : Wexford[32]
Party
Candidate
FPv%
Count
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
Fianna Fáil
John Browne
15.1
9,150
9,181
9,518
9,609
10,178
Labour
Brendan Howlin
13.2
7,995
8,073
8,201
8,924
10,135
Fine Gael
Paul Kehoe
11.7
7,048
7,099
7,387
8,791
9,195
12,631
Independent
Liam Twomey
9.6
5,815
6,010
6,213
6,574
8,062
8,740
10,082
Fianna Fáil
Tony Dempsey
12.4
7,520
7,560
7,635
7,793
8,196
8,823
9,102
9,150
Fianna Fáil
Hugh Byrne
12.5
7,556
7,574
7,620
7,755
8,236
8,702
9,013
9,072
Fine Gael
Michael D'Arcy
7.5
4,564
4,597
4,625
5,645
5,835
Sinn Féin
John Dwyer
8.2
4,964
5,020
5,148
5,217
Fine Gael
Avril Doyle
6.5
3,940
3,969
4,011
Independent
Seán Doyle
2.1
1,274
1,315
Independent
Miranda Ó Bulguidhir
0.7
424
Christian Solidarity
Michael O'Connor
0.3
173
Electorate: 94,586 Valid: 60,423 Spoilt: 1,017 (1.7%) Quota: 10,071 Turnout: 61,440 (64.9%)
1997 general election
1997 general election : Wexford[31]
Party
Candidate
1st Pref
%
Seat
Count
Fine Gael
Ivan Yates
10,024
18.0
1
1
Labour
Brendan Howlin
9,510
17.1
2
1
Fine Gael
Michael D'Arcy
6,561
11.8
3
7
Fianna Fáil
John Browne
8,646
15.5
4
7
Fianna Fáil
Hugh Byrne
7,003
12.6
5
8
Fianna Fáil
Denis Asple
6,038
10.5
Fine Gael
Avril Doyle
4,896
8.8
Democratic Left
Michael Enright
1,454
2.6
Green
Marie Percival
938
1.7
Independent
Michael O'Connor
616
1.1
Electorate: 83,775 Valid: 55,686 Spoilt: 678 (1.2%) Quota: 9,282 Turnout: 56,364 (67.3%)
1992 general election
1992 general election : Wexford[30]
Party
Candidate
FPv%
Count
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
Labour
Brendan Howlin
19.8
10,338
Fine Gael
Ivan Yates
13.5
7,043
7,371
7,403
7,673
10,716
Fianna Fáil
John Browne
16.1
8,407
8,502
8,572
8,662
9,233
Fine Gael
Avril Doyle
10.2
5,314
5,673
5,680
6,045
7,527
9,303
Fianna Fáil
Hugh Byrne
14.0
7,299
7,384
7,426
7,534
7,780
7,915
8,145
8,423
Fianna Fáil
Séamus Cullimore
12.3
6,436
6,622
6,696
7,105
7,351
7,460
7,581
7,783
Fine Gael
Michael D'Arcy
10.8
5,626
5,757
5,805
5,936
Democratic Left
Michael Enright
1.5
797
1,195
1,244
Independent
Michael O'Connor
1.0
502
533
582
Sinn Féin
Oliver Murray
0.8
410
439
Electorate: 75,886 Valid: 52,172 Spoilt: 765 (1.5%) Quota: 8,696 Turnout: 52,937 (69.8%)
1989 general election
1989 general election : Wexford[29]
Party
Candidate
1st Pref
%
Seat
Count
Labour
Brendan Howlin
9,253
18.0
1
1
Fianna Fáil
John Browne
6,983
13.6
2
Fine Gael
Ivan Yates
7,161
14.0
3
Fine Gael
Michael D'Arcy
5,161
10.1
4
Fianna Fáil
Séamus Cullimore
6,893
13.4
5
Fianna Fáil
Hugh Byrne
5,128
10.0
Fine Gael
Avril Doyle
4,596
9.0
Fianna Fáil
Lorcan Allen
4,489
8.8
Workers' Party of Ireland
Michael Enright
1,049
2.0
Progressive Democrats
William Willoughby
599
1.2
Electorate: ? Valid: 51,312 Quota: 8,553 Turnout:
1987 general election
1987 general election : Wexford[28]
Party
Candidate
1st Pref
%
Seat
Count
Fianna Fáil
John Browne
9,457
17.9
1
1
Fianna Fáil
Hugh Byrne
7,551
14.3
2
Fine Gael
Ivan Yates
6,018
11.4
3
Fine Gael
Avril Doyle
5,518
10.4
4
Labour
Brendan Howlin
5,086
9.6
5
Fianna Fáil
Lorcan Allen
6,225
11.76
Fine Gael
Michael D'Arcy
5,247
9.9
Progressive Democrats
Eoin Minihan
2,630
5.0
Progressive Democrats
Gerald Doyle
2,078
3.9
Independent
Padge Reck
1,829
3.5
Workers' Party of Ireland
Michael Enright
1,250
2.4
Independent
Jim Tallon
33
0.1
Electorate: ? Valid: 52,922 Quota: 8,821 Turnout:
November 1982 general election
November 1982 general election : Wexford[27]
Party
Candidate
1st Pref
%
Seat
Count
Fine Gael
Michael D'Arcy
7,943
15.8
1
Fine Gael
Ivan Yates
7,166
14.2
2
Fianna Fáil
Hugh Byrne
6,492
12.9
3
Fine Gael
Avril Doyle
5,753
11.4
4
Fianna Fáil
John Browne
5,891
11.7
5
Fianna Fáil
Lorcan Allen
5,976
11.9
Labour
Brendan Howlin
4,962
9.9
Fianna Fáil
Gus Byrne
4,895
9.7
Workers' Party of Ireland
John Roche
920
1.8
Independent
James Hayes
363
0.7
Electorate: ? Valid: 50,361 Quota: 8,394 Turnout:
February 1982 general election
February 1982 general election : Wexford[26]
Party
Candidate
1st Pref
%
Seat
Count
Fine Gael
Michael D'Arcy
8,787
18.0
1
1
Fine Gael
Ivan Yates
8,005
16.4
2
Fianna Fáil
Hugh Byrne
6,772
13.9
3
Fianna Fáil
Seán Browne
5,863
12.0
4
Fianna Fáil
Lorcan Allen
5,902
12.1
5
Fianna Fáil
Gus Byrne
5,184
10.6
Labour
Desmond Corish
3,692
7.6
Independent
Seán Doyle
1,622
3.3
Fine Gael
Louise Hennessy
1,590
3.3
Labour
William Moroney
1,002
2.1
Independent
James Hayes
396
0.8
Electorate: ? Valid: 48,815 Quota: 8,136 Turnout:
1981 general election
1981 general election : Wexford[25]
Party
Candidate
1st Pref
%
Seat
Count
Fine Gael
Michael D'Arcy
10,290
20.7
1
1
Fine Gael
Ivan Yates
5,522
11.1
2
Fianna Fáil
Lorcan Allen
7,465
15.0
3
Labour
Brendan Corish
5,265
10.6
4
Fianna Fáil
Hugh Byrne
6,353
12.8
5
Fianna Fáil
Seán Browne
5,859
11.8
Fianna Fáil
Gus Byrne
4,350
8.7
Fine Gael
Louise Hennessy
2,210
4.4
Labour
Denis North
1,523
3.1
Independent
James Hayes
536
1.1
Socialist Labour
John Teehan
447
0.9
Electorate: ? Valid: 49,820 Quota: 9,965 Turnout:
1977 general election
1977 general election : Wexford[24]
Party
Candidate
1st Pref
%
Seat
Count
Labour
Brendan Corish
7,886
17.8
1
Fianna Fáil
Seán Browne
8,701
19.7
2
Fine Gael
Michael D'Arcy
4,541
10.3
3
Fianna Fáil
Lorcan Allen
7,733
17.5
4
Fianna Fáil
Séamus Whelan
5,139
11.6
Fine Gael
John Esmonde
4,142
9.4
Fine Gael
Pat Codd
2,681
6.1
Labour
Denis North
2,036
4.6
Labour
William Rossiter
1,406
3.2
Electorate: ? Valid: 44,265 Quota: 8,854 Turnout:
1973 general election
1973 general election : Wexford[23]
Party
Candidate
1st Pref
%
Seat
Count
Labour
Brendan Corish
7,863
20.8
1
Fianna Fáil
Seán Browne
6,289
16.6
2
Fianna Fáil
Lorcan Allen
5,978
15.8
3
Fine Gael
John Esmonde
5,074
13.4
4
Fine Gael
Michael D'Arcy
4,487
11.9
Fianna Fáil
Seán O'Gorman
3,487
9.2
Labour
Andrew Doyle
2,781
7.4
Fine Gael
Patrick Ronan
1,887
5.0
Electorate: ? Valid: 37,846 Quota: 7,570 Turnout:
1969 general election
1969 general election : Wexford[22]
Party
Candidate
1st Pref
%
Seat
Count
Labour
Brendan Corish
6,939
18.5
1
Fine Gael
Anthony Esmonde
6,380
17.0
2
Fianna Fáil
Lorcan Allen
6,632
17.7
3
Fianna Fáil
Seán Browne
4,354
11.6
4
Fianna Fáil
Seán O'Gorman
3,730
9.9
Labour
Andrew Doyle
3,115
8.3
Fine Gael
James Jenkins
2,229
5.9
Fine Gael
Michael Hart
1,601
4.3
Independent
Leo Carty
900
2.4
Labour
Patrick McDonald
817
2.2
Independent
James Mahoney
813
2.2
Electorate: ? Valid: 37,510 Quota: 7,503 Turnout:
1965 general election
1961 general election
1957 general election
1954 general election
1954 general election : Wexford[18]
Party
Candidate
1st Pref
%
Seat
Count
Fianna Fáil
James Ryan
7,214
17.3
1
1
Labour
Brendan Corish
7,001
16.8
2
1
Fine Gael
Anthony Esmonde
6,247
15.0
3
Fianna Fáil
Denis Allen
6,173
14.8
4
Labour
John O'Leary
6,150
14.8
5
Fianna Fáil
Seán Browne
3,834
9.2
Fine Gael
James Bowe
3,510
8.4
Fine Gael
John Doran
1,498
3.6
Electorate: ? Valid: 41,627 Quota: 6,938 Turnout:
1951 general election
1951 general election : Wexford[17]
Party
Candidate
1st Pref
%
Seat
Count
Fianna Fáil
Denis Allen
7,352
17.5
1
1
Labour
John O'Leary
6,179
14.7
2
Labour
Brendan Corish
5,914
14.1
3
Fianna Fáil
James Ryan
6,440
15.3
4
Fine Gael
Anthony Esmonde
4,047
9.6
5
Fine Gael
James Bowe
3,852
9.2
Fianna Fáil
Seán Browne
3,827
9.1
Fine Gael
James Galvin
2,060
4.9
Labour
James Sinnott
1,561
3.7
Clann na Poblachta
Seamus O'Neill
837
2.0
Electorate: ? Valid: 42,069 Quota: 7,012 Turnout:
1948 general election
1948 general election : Wexford[16]
Party
Candidate
1st Pref
%
Seat
Count
Labour
Brendan Corish
6,590
15.6
1
Fine Gael
John Esmonde
5,968
14.1
2
Fianna Fáil
Denis Allen
6,872
16.3
3
Fianna Fáil
James Ryan
6,103
14.4
4
National Labour Party
John O'Leary
5,513
13.1
5
Fianna Fáil
Thomas O'Hanlon
3,008
7.1
Fine Gael
James Bowe
1,799
4.3
Clann na Poblachta
Patrick Carson
1,431
3.4
Independent
John Keating
1,314
3.1
Clann na Poblachta
Seamus O'Neill
1,189
2.8
Clann na Poblachta
Thomas Cullimore
862
2.0
Labour
Martin Dunbar
674
1.6
Fine Gael
William Corcoran
518
1.2
Independent
Robert Murphy
418
1.0
Electorate: ? Valid: 42,259 Quota: 7,044 Turnout: 54.3%
1945 by-election
Following the death of Labour Party TD Richard Corish , a by-election was held on 4 December 1945. The seat was won by the Labour Party candidate Brendan Corish, son of the deceased TD.
1944 general election
1944 general election : Wexford[14]
Party
Candidate
1st Pref
%
Seat
Count
Fianna Fáil
James Ryan
8,005
18.6
1
1
Fianna Fáil
Denis Allen
7,644
17.7
2
1
National Labour Party
John O'Leary
6,864
15.9
3
Labour
Richard Corish
5,118
11.9
4
Fine Gael
John Keating
5,937
13.8
5
Fine Gael
John Esmonde
5,337
12.4
Fianna Fáil
Robert Moran
2,543
5.9
Independent
Thomas Byrne
1,173
2.7
Labour
John Kelly
536
1.2
Electorate: ? Valid: 43,157 Quota: 7,193 Turnout:
1943 general election
1943 general election : Wexford[13]
Party
Candidate
1st Pref
%
Seat
Count
Labour
Richard Corish
6,986
15.2
1
Fine Gael
John Esmonde
6,004
13.1
2
Fianna Fáil
Denis Allen
7,320
16.0
3
Fianna Fáil
James Ryan
7,518
16.4
4
Labour
John O'Leary
4,197
9.1
5
Fine Gael
John Keating
4,502
9.8
Fianna Fáil
Patrick Kehoe
3,554
7.7
Fine Gael
James Bowe
3,362
7.3
Labour
Christopher Culleton
2,458
5.4
Electorate: ? Valid: 45,901 Quota: 7,651 Turnout:
1938 general election
1937 general election
1936 by-election
Following the death of Fine Gael TD Osmond Esmonde , a by-election was held on 17 August 1936. The seat was won by the Fianna Fáil candidate Denis Allen.
1933 general election
1933 general election : Wexford[9]
Party
Candidate
1st Pref
%
Seat
Count
Labour
Richard Corish
8,214
17.3
1
1
Cumann na nGaedheal
John Keating
6,773
14.3
2
Cumann na nGaedheal
Osmond Esmonde
6,305
13.3
3
Fianna Fáil
Patrick Kehoe
7,365
15.5
4
Fianna Fáil
James Ryan
6,818
14.4
5
Fianna Fáil
Denis Allen
5,384
11.4
National Centre Party
Michael Doyle
3,606
7.6
Cumann na nGaedheal
James Walsh
2,944
6.2
Electorate: ? Valid: 47,409 Quota: 7,902 Turnout:
1932 general election
1932 general election : Wexford[8]
Party
Candidate
1st Pref
%
Seat
Count
Fianna Fáil
James Ryan
7,813
18.1
1
1
Fianna Fáil
Denis Allen
6,888
16.0
2
Labour
Richard Corish
5,803
13.4
3
Cumann na nGaedheal
Osmond Esmonde
5,364
12.4
4
Cumann na nGaedheal
John Keating
3,848
8.9
5
Fianna Fáil
Patrick Kehoe
4,229
9.8
Independent
Michael Doyle
3,322
7.7
Labour
James Shannon
2,715
6.3
Cumann na nGaedheal
Michael Jordan
2,612
6.1
Labour
John Noctor
574
1.3
Electorate: ? Valid: 43,168 Quota: 7,195 Turnout:
September 1927 general election
September 1927 general election : Wexford[7]
Party
Candidate
1st Pref
%
Seat
Count
Fianna Fáil
Denis Allen
7,270
18.6
1
1
Fianna Fáil
James Ryan
5,987
15.3
2
Cumann na nGaedheal
Osmond Esmonde
6,362
16.3
3
Farmers' Party
Michael Jordan
3,944
10.1
4
Labour
Richard Corish
4,989
12.7
5
Labour
James Shannon
4,546
11.6
Farmers' Party
Michael Doyle
3,407
8.7
Independent
John Keating
2,654
6.8
Electorate: ? Valid: 39,159 Quota: 6,527 Turnout:
June 1927 general election
June 1927 general election : Wexford[6]
Party
Candidate
1st Pref
%
Seat
Count
Labour
Richard Corish
6,644
16.6
1
Fianna Fáil
James Ryan
5,166
12.9
2
Farmers' Party
Michael Doyle
4,022
10.1
3
National League
John Keating
3,402
8.5
4
Labour
James Shannon
3,757
9.4
5
Fianna Fáil
Denis Allen
4,059
10.1
Farmers' Party
Michael Jordan
3,533
8.8
Independent
Patrick Fanning
2,667
6.7
Fianna Fáil
John Roche
1,965
4.9
Cumann na nGaedheal
James Stafford
1,733
4.3
Cumann na nGaedheal
Seán O'Kennedy
1,673
4.2
Cumann na nGaedheal
Thomas McCarthy
1,411
3.5
Electorate: ? Valid: 40,032 Quota: 6,673 Turnout:
1923 general election
1923 general election : Wexford[5]
Party
Candidate
1st Pref
%
Seat
Count
Labour
Richard Corish
7,744
20.3
1
1
Farmers' Party
Michael Doyle
7,176
18.9
2
1
Republican
Robert Lambert
6,751
17.7
3
1
Cumann na nGaedheal
Osmond Esmonde
5,434
14.3
4
Republican
James Ryan
3,557
9.3
5
Farmers' Party
Michael Jordan
1,976
5.2
Labour
James Shannon
1,845
4.9
Cumann na nGaedheal
Thomas McCarthy
1,270
3.3
Labour
Daniel O'Callaghan
863
2.3
Independent
John Cummins
625
1.6
Independent
Barry Brereton
500
1.3
Independent
Hector Hughes
330
0.9
Electorate: 60,171 Valid: 38,071 Quota: 6,346 Turnout: 63.3%
1922 general election
1922 general election : Wexford[4]
Party
Candidate
1st Pref
%
Seat
Count
Labour
Richard Corish
11,692
35.5
1
1
Farmers' Party
Michael Doyle
6,263
19.0
2
2
Labour
Daniel O'Callaghan
2,229
6.8
3
5
Sinn Féin (Anti-Treaty)
Séamus Doyle
2,819
8.6
4
7
Sinn Féin (Anti-Treaty)
James Ryan
3,879
11.8
Sinn Féin (Pro-Treaty)
John O'Byrne
2,370
7.2
Sinn Féin (Anti-Treaty)
Seán Etchingham
2,185
6.6
Farmers' Party
Michael Jordan
1,524
4.6
Electorate: 49,058 Valid: 32,961 Quota: 6,593 Turnout: 67.2%
1921 general election
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