Meath East (Dáil constituency)

Meath East
Meath East
Dáil Éireann; Parliamentary constituency
	Location of Meath East within Ireland
Current constituency
Created	2007
Seats	3
TDs	Helen McEntee (FG); Regina Doherty (FG); Thomas Byrne (FF);
County councilmeath east is a place	Meath County Council
EP constituency	Midlands–North-West

Meath East 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).

History

It was established by 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.

Boundaries

It spans the eastern portions of County Meath. It includes Nobber, Slane, Dunboyne, Kells and Ashbourne, the constituency's biggest town.^[2]

The Electoral (Amendment) (Dáil Constituencies) Act 2013 defines the constituency as:^[2]

"In the county of Meath the electoral divisions of:

Drumcondra, Grangegeeth, Killary, in the former Rural District of Ardee No. 2;

Culmullin, Donaghmore, Dunboyne, Dunshaughlin, Kilbrew, Killeen, Kilmore, Rathfeigh, Ratoath, Rodanstown, Skreen, in the former Rural District of Dunshaughlin;

Ardagh, Carrickleck, Ceanannas Mór Rural, Cruicetown, Kilmainham, Maperath, Moybolgue, Moynalty, Newcastle, Newtown, Nobber, Posseckstown, Staholmog, Trohanny, in the former Rural District of Kells;

Ardcath, Duleek, Mellifont, Stamullin, in the former Rural District of Meath;

Ardmulchan, Castletown, Domhnach Phádraig, Kentstown, Painestown, Rathkenny, Slane, Stackallan, Tara, in the former Rural District of Navan;

and the town of Kells."

TDs

Teachtaí Dála (TDs) for Meath East 2007–
Key to parties FF = Fianna Fáil FG = Fine Gael Lab = Labour
Dáil	Election	Deputy (Party)		Deputy (Party)		Deputy (Party)
30th	2007^[3]		Thomas Byrne (FF)		Shane McEntee (FG)		Mary Wallace (FF)
31st	2011^[4]		Dominic Hannigan (Lab)		Shane McEntee (FG)		Regina Doherty (FG)
31st	2013 by-election^[5]		Dominic Hannigan (Lab)		Helen McEntee (FG)
32nd	2016^[6]		Thomas Byrne (FF)		Helen McEntee (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.

Elections

2016 general election

2016 general election: Meath East^[6]
Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
Party		Candidate	FPv%	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9
	Fianna Fáil	Thomas Byrne	26.1	10,138
	Fine Gael	Helen McEntee	18.3	7,556	7,656	7,671	7,749	7,841	7,887	8,237	8,435	9,958
	Fine Gael	Regina Doherty	16.5	6,830	6,889	6,899	6,979	7,064	7,109	7,247	7,477	9,612
	Sinn Féin	Darren O'Rourke	14	5,780	5,860	5,970	6,017	6,096	6,341	6,637	7,236	8,556
	Independent	Joe Bonner	6	2,482	2,527	2,545	2,600	2,665	2,857	3,215	3,825
	Labour	Dominic Hannigan	5.5	2,270	2,307	2,325	2,350	2,494	2,525	2,680	3,084
	Social Democrats	Aisling O'Neill	4.1	1,715	1,740	1,801	1,885	2,148	2,300	2,463
	Independent	Sharon Keogan	3.7	1,528	1,579	1,600	1,663	1,709	1,805
	Direct Democracy	Ben Gilroy	1.9	794	809	841	876	899
	Green	Seán Ó Buachalla	1.9	766	784	801	853
	Renua	Sarah Tyrrell	1.3	523	554	563
	Workers' Party of Ireland	Seamus McDonagh	0.8	326	335
Electorate: 65588 Valid: 41388 Spoilt: 240 Quota: 10348 Turnout: 63.5%

2013 by-election

Following the death of Fine Gael TD Shane McEntee, a by-election was held on the 27 March 2013, the seat was won by his daughter Helen McEntee.

2013 by-election: Meath East^[5]
Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
Party		Candidate	FPv%	1	2	3
	Fine Gael	Helen McEntee	38.5	9,356	9,547	11,473
	Fianna Fáil	Thomas Byrne	32.9	8,002	8,106	9,582
	Sinn Féin	Darren O'Rourke	13.0	3,165	3,370
	Direct Democracy	Ben Gilroy	6.5	1,568	1,793
	Labour	Eoin Holmes	4.6	1,112	1,245
	Green	Seán Ó Buachalla	1.7	423
	Workers' Party of Ireland	Seamus McDonagh	1.1	263
	Independent	Mick Martin	0.8	190
	Independent	Charlie Keddy	0.5	110
	Independent	Gerard O'Brien	0.3	73
	Independent	Jim Tallon	0.2	47
Electorate: 64,164 Valid: 24,309 Spoilt: 259 Quota: 12,155 Turnout: 38.3%

2011 general election

2011 general election: Meath East^[4]
Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
Party		Candidate	FPv%	1	2	3	4
	Labour	Dominic Hannigan	21.0	8,994	9,383	9,669	12,382
	Fine Gael	Regina Doherty	20.3	8,677	8,858	9,305	10,447
	Fine Gael	Shane McEntee	20.6	8,794	8,994	9,142	10,143
	Fianna Fáil	Thomas Byrne	13.4	5,715	5,892	7,354	8,173
	Sinn Féin	Michael Gallagher	8.9	3,795	3,958	4,025
	Independent	Joe Bonner	5.8	2,479	2,866	3,074
	Fianna Fáil	Nick Killian	6.2	2,669	2,719
	New Vision	Sharon Keogan	2.7	1,168
	Green	Seán Ó Buachalla	1.1	461
Electorate: 64,873 Valid: 42,752 Spoilt: 346 (0.8%) Quota: 10,689 Turnout: 43,098 (66.4%)

2007 general election

2007 general election: Meath East^[3]
Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
Party		Candidate	FPv%	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8
	Fianna Fáil	Mary Wallace	25.3	10,901
	Fine Gael	Shane McEntee	15.7	6,766	6,789	6,877	6,941	7,106	7,351	7,870	11,619
	Fianna Fáil	Thomas Byrne	18.2	7,834	7,866	8,267	8,469	8,628	9,079	9,770	10,077
	Labour	Dominic Hannigan	11.9	5,136	5,193	5,337	5,575	6,095	6,554	7,247	8,596
	Fine Gael	Regina Doherty	10.1	4,363	4,377	4,508	4,764	4,992	5,164	5,972
	Independent	Brian FitzGerald	6.0	2,586	2,617	2,659	2,816	3,008	3,334
	Sinn Féin	Joanne Finnegan	3.9	1,695	1,723	1,762	1,859	2,008
	Green	Seán Ó Buachalla	3.1	1,330	1,355	1,417	1,547
	Independent	Joseph Bonner	2.7	1,170	1,195	1,223
	Progressive Democrats	Sirena Campbell	2.2	957	983
	Independent	A. J. Cahill	0.6	269
Electorate: 67,443 Valid: 43,007 Spoilt: 359 (0.8%) Quota: 10,752 Turnout: 43,366 (64.3%)

References

^ "Electoral (Amendment) Act 2005: Schedule". Irish Statute Book database. Retrieved 24 September 2010.
^ ^a ^b "Electoral (Amendment) (Dáil Constituencies) Act 2013: Schedule". Irish Statute Book database. Retrieved 4 February 2016.
^ ^a ^b "General election 2007: Meath East". ElectionsIreland.org. Retrieved 26 April 2010.
^ ^a ^b "General election 2011: Meath East". ElectionsIreland.org. Retrieved 27 February 2011.
^ ^a ^b "By-election 2013: Meath East". ElectionsIreland.org. Retrieved 28 March 2013.
^ ^a ^b "General election 2016: Meath East". ElectionsIreland.org. Retrieved 23 February 2016.

External links

Oireachtas Members Database

[ea-2005-1] "Electoral (Amendment) Act 2005: Schedule". Irish Statute Book database. Retrieved 24 September 2010.

[ea-2013-2] "Electoral (Amendment) (Dáil Constituencies) Act 2013: Schedule". Irish Statute Book database. Retrieved 4 February 2016.

[ei-meatheast-2007-3] "General election 2007: Meath East". ElectionsIreland.org. Retrieved 26 April 2010.

[ei-meatheast-2011-4] "General election 2011: Meath East". ElectionsIreland.org. Retrieved 27 February 2011.

[ei-meatheast-2013-5] "By-election 2013: Meath East". ElectionsIreland.org. Retrieved 28 March 2013.

[ei-meatheast-2016-6] "General election 2016: Meath East". ElectionsIreland.org. Retrieved 23 February 2016.

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