Connacht–Ulster (European Parliament constituency)

Connacht–Ulster European Parliament constituency
Shown within Ireland
Created	1979
Dissolved	2004
MEP(s)	3
Member State	Ireland
Source(s)	[1]

Connacht–Ulster was a constituency of the European Parliament in Ireland between 1979 and 2004. Comprising the historic province of Connacht together with the Ulster counties of Donegal, Cavan, and Monaghan, it elected 3 Members of the European Parliament (MEPs). For the 2004 election County Clare was moved from the Munster constituency, and together with Connacht–Ulster becoming the new North-West constituency.

MEPs

Members of the European Parliament (MEPs) for Connacht–Ulster 1979–2009
Key to parties   FF = Fianna Fáil ·   FG = Fine Gael ·   IFF = Independent Fianna Fáil ·   Ind = Independent
Parl.	Election	Member (Party)		Member (Party)		Member (Party)
1st	1979[1]		Neil Blaney (IFF)		Seán Flanagan (FF)		Joe McCartin (FG)
2nd	1984[2]		Ray MacSharry (FF)
	1987[3]		Mark Killilea (FF)
3rd	1989[4]				Neil Blaney (IFF)
4th	1994[5]				Pat the Cope Gallagher (FF)
5th	1999[6]		Dana Rosemary Scallon (Ind)
	2002[7]				Seán Ó Neachtain (FF)
6th	2004	Constituency abolished. See North-West

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.

1999 election

1999 European Parliament election: Connacht–Ulster[6]
Party		Candidate	% 1st Pref	Count 1	Count 2	Count 3	Count 4	Count 5	Count 6
	Fianna Fáil	Pat the Cope Gallagher[7]	20.6	66,055	66,381	66,902	72,673	98,258
	Fine Gael	Joe McCartin	19.9	63,632	63,811	64,506	68,388	72,764	75,275
	Independent	Dana Rosemary Scallon	16.0	51,086	51,366	52,802	59,444	67,887	72,855
	Independent	Marian Harkin	14.8	47,372	47,712	48,632	56,141	60,316	64,152
	Fianna Fáil	Noel Treacy	15.0	47,933	48,060	48,470	51,544
	Sinn Féin	Seán MacManus	6.4	20,457	20,571	20,801
	Labour Party	Gerard Gibbons	3.3	10,522	10,827	10,972
	Independent	Luke 'Ming' Flanagan	1.6	5,000	5,539	5,650
	Independent	Liam Sharkey	1.7	5,334	5,404
	Natural Law	Paul Campbell	0.6	1,920
	Independent	Paul Raymond	0.3	840
Electorate: 541,552   Valid: 320,151   Spoilt: 12,085 (3.6%)   Quota: 80,038   Turnout: 332,236 (61.4%)

Mark Killilea retired and his seat was gained by Independent Dana Rosemary Scallon.

1994 election

1994 European Parliament election: Connacht–Ulster[5]
Party		Candidate	1st Pref	%	Seat	Count
	Fianna Fáil	Pat the Cope Gallagher	53,171	22.9	1	4
	Fianna Fáil	Mark Killilea	45,638	19.6	2	5
	Fine Gael	Joe McCartin	38,039	16.4	3	5
	Fine Gael	Jim Higgins	30,947	13.3
	Labour Party	Ann Gallagher	19,826	8.5
	Progressive Democrats	Bobby Molloy	21,219	9.1
	Sinn Féin	Pat Doherty	13,939	6.0
	Green Party	Richard Douthwaite	8,628	3.7
	Natural Law	Mary Louise Lacey	1,223	0.5
Electorate: 496,352   Valid: 232,630   Spoilt: 4,971 (2.1%)   Quota: 58,158   Turnout: 237,601 (47.9%)

Pat the Cope Gallagher of Fianna Fáil gained the seat vacated by Neil Blaney.

1989 election

1989 European Parliament election: Connacht–Ulster[4]
Party		Candidate	1st Pref	%	Seat	Count
	Fine Gael	Joe McCartin	46,523	14.9	1	9
	Independent Fianna Fáil	Neil Blaney	52,852	16.9	2	9
	Fianna Fáil	Mark Killilea	53,842	17.2	3	9
	Fianna Fáil	Seán Doherty	48,288	15.5
	Progressive Democrats	Bobby Molloy	40,476	13.0
	Fine Gael	Paddy Harte	30,745	9.8
	Fine Gael	Angela Lupton	10,165	3.3
	Sinn Féin	Pat Doherty	7,716	2.5
	Workers' Party	Jimmy Brick	6,173	2.0
	Sinn Féin	Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin	4,969	1.6
	Labour Party	Ivan McPhillips	4,759	1.5
	Workers' Party	Seamus Rodgers	4,097	1.3
	Sinn Féin	Dermot Guy	1,697	0.5
Electorate: 464,661   Valid: 312,302   Spoilt: 10,362 (3.2%)   Quota: 78,076   Turnout: 322,664 (69.4%)

Neil Blaney regained his seat at the expense of Fianna Fáil.

1984 election

1984 European Parliament election: Connacht–Ulster[2]
Party		Candidate	1st Pref	%	Seat	Count
	Fianna Fáil	Ray MacSharry[3]	56,803	24.1	1	7
	Fine Gael	Joe McCartin	51,164	21.7	2	8
	Fianna Fáil	Seán Flanagan	40,760	17.3	3	9
	Independent Fianna Fáil	Neil Blaney	32,504	13.8
	Fine Gael	Joseph Murrin	20,107	8.5
	Sinn Féin	Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin	6,103	2.6
	Labour Party	Michael D. Higgins	8,337	3.5
	Fine Gael	Pól Ó Foighil	7,144	3.0
	Sinn Féin	Eddie Fullerton	5,771	2.5
	Sinn Féin	Mary McGing	4,176	1.8
	Workers' Party	Jimmy Brick	2,612	1.1
Electorate: 471,577   Valid: 235,481   Spoilt: 5,763 (2.4%)   Quota: 58,871   Turnout: 241,244 (51.2%)

Neil Blaney lost his seat to Ray MacSharry of Fianna Fáil.

1979 election

1979 European Parliament election: Connacht–Ulster[1]
Party		Candidate	1st Pref	%	Seat	Count
	Independent Fianna Fáil	Neil Blaney	81,522	26.6	1	1
	Fianna Fáil	Seán Flanagan	38,233	12.5	2	7
	Fine Gael	Joe McCartin	47,519	15.5	3	7
	Fine Gael	Patrick Cooney	33,360	10.9
	Fianna Fáil	Jim Doolan	27,739	9.1
	Fine Gael	Myles Staunton	32,485	10.6
	Fianna Fáil	Seán McEniff	25,774	8.4
	Labour Party	Michael D. Higgins	13,062	4.3
	Sinn Féin (Workers' Party)	Tony Coffey	3,329	1.1
	Sinn Féin (Workers' Party)	Séamus Rodgers	2,696	0.9
	Independent	Christopher Morris	447	0.2
Electorate: 442,471   Valid: 306,166   Spoilt: 14,547 (4.5%)   Quota: 76,542   Turnout: 320,713 (72.5%)

References

1. ^ ^{a b} "1979 European Parliament election result – Connacht–Ulster constituency". ElectionsIreland.org. http://www.electionsireland.org/result.cfm?election=1979E&cons=48. Retrieved 22 March 2009. 
2. ^ ^{a b} "1984 European Parliament election result – Connacht–Ulster constituency". ElectionsIreland.org. http://www.electionsireland.org/result.cfm?election=1984E&cons=48. Retrieved 22 March 2009. 
3. ^ ^{a b} Ray MacSharry resigned on 10 March 1987 and was substituted by Mark Killilea (FF / EDA) on 24 March 1987.
4. ^ ^{a b} "1989 European Parliament election result – Connacht–Ulster constituency". ElectionsIreland.org. http://www.electionsireland.org/result.cfm?election=1989E&cons=48. Retrieved 22 March 2009. 
5. ^ ^{a b} "1994 European Parliament election result – Connacht–Ulster constituency". ElectionsIreland.org. http://www.electionsireland.org/result.cfm?election=1994E&cons=48. Retrieved 22 March 2009. 
6. ^ ^{a b} "1999 European Parliament election result – Connacht–Ulster constituency". ElectionsIreland.org. http://www.electionsireland.org/result.cfm?election=1999E&cons=48. Retrieved 22 March 2009. 
7. ^ ^{a b} Pat the Cope Gallagher was substituted by Seán Ó Neachtain (FF / UEN) on 2 July 2002, following the 2002 general election.