- North-West (European Parliament constituency)
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North-West
European Parliament constituencyLocation amongst the 2007 constituencies North-West shown within Ireland Created 2004 MEP(s) 3 Member State Ireland Source(s) [1] North-West is a constituency of the European Parliament in Ireland. It elects 3 Members of the European Parliament (MEPs) using the single transferable vote form of proportional representation (PR-STV).
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History and boundaries
The constituency was created in 2004 and is a successor to the old Connacht–Ulster constituency. For 2004 election, County Clare was moved from the Munster constituency to the new North-West constituency. For the 2009 election the counties of Longford and Westmeath were transferred from the East constituency to North-West.
It comprises the counties of Cavan, Clare, Donegal, Galway, Leitrim, Longford, Mayo, Monaghan, Roscommon, Sligo and Westmeath; and the city of Galway.[1]
MEPs
Members of the European Parliament (MEPs) for North-West 2004– Key to partiesParl. Election Member
(Party)Member
(Party)Member
(Party)6th 2004[2] Marian Harkin
(Ind)Jim Higgins
(FG)Seán Ó Neachtain
(FF)7th 2009[3] Pat the Cope Gallagher
(FF)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.
2009 election
2009 European Parliament election: North-West[3][4] Party Candidate % 1st Pref Count 1 Count 2 Count 3 Count 4 Count 5 Count 6 Independent Marian Harkin 17.1 84,813 89,938 99,561 103,942 112,210 121,672 Fianna Fáil Pat the Cope Gallagher 16.7 82,643 84,680 85,842 87,714 112,622 120,930 Fine Gael Jim Higgins 16.2 80,093 82,457 86,597 111,133 113,810 120,185 Libertas Declan Ganley 14.3 67,638 69,925 72,475 73,994 75,705 84,277 Sinn Féin Pádraig Mac Lochlainn 9.2 45,515 47,413 50,225 52,384 54,737 Fianna Fáil Paschal Mooney 8.7 42,985 44,719 45,687 47,702 Fine Gael Joe O'Reilly 7.6 37,564 38,854 42,350 Labour Party Susan O'Keeffe 5.8 28,658 31,176 Independent Michael McNamara 2.6 12,744 Independent Fiachra Ó Luain 1.3 6,510 Independent John Francis Higgins 0.6 3,030 Independent Noel McCullagh 0.4 1,940 Independent Thomas King 0.2 1,124 Electorate: 805,626 Valid: 495,257 Spoilt: 15,675 (3.1%) Quota: 123,815 Turnout: 510,932 (63.4%) 2004 election
2004 European Parliament election: North-West[2] Party Candidate % 1st Pref Count 1 Count 2 Count 3 Count 4 Count 5 Fianna Fáil Seán Ó Neachtain 14.7 62,085 62,855 66,130 90,830 102,384 Independent Marian Harkin 15.8 66,664 71,458 76,195 81,610 100,522 Fine Gael Jim Higgins 14.1 56,396 61,262 78,938 81,623 92,657 Sinn Féin Pearse Doherty 15.5 65,321 68,412 70,309 76,315 85,996 Independent Dana Rosemary Scallon 13.5 56,992 58,774 66,739 72,889 Fianna Fáil Jim McDaid 12.4 52,139 52,938 54,654 Fine Gael Madeleine Taylor-Quinn 9.9 41,570 43,093 Labour Party Hughie Baxter 3.3 13,948 Independent Mary Hainsworth 0.8 3,308 Electorate: 688,804 Valid: 421,423 Spoilt: 14,487 (3.3%) Quota: 105,356 Turnout: 435,910 (63.3%) See also
References
- ^ "Electoral (Amendment) Act 2009". Irish Statute Book database. http://www.irishstatutebook.ie/2009/en/act/pub/0004/sec0008.html. Retrieved 28 September 2010.
- ^ a b "2004 European Parliament election – North-West constituency". ElectionsIreland.org. http://www.electionsireland.org/result.cfm?election=2004E&cons=241. Retrieved 22 March 2009.
- ^ a b "2009 European Parliament election – North-West constituency". ElectionsIreland.org. http://www.electionsireland.org/result.cfm?election=2009E&cons=241. Retrieved 21 April 2009.
- ^ "Nominations close for Europe elections". RTÉ News. 11 May 2009. http://www.rte.ie/news/2009/0511/euelection.html. Retrieved 12 May 2009.
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