Wexford (Dáil Éireann constituency)

Dáil Éireann constituency infobox
Name = Wexford
Entity = Ireland


Year = 1921
TDs = 5
Counties = County Wexford
EP = East

Wexford is a constituency represented in Dáil Éireann, the lower house of the Irish parliament or Oireachtas. The constituency has an electorate of 94,969 and at present is served by 5 Teachtaí Dála (TDs). The method of election is the Single Transferable Vote. The constituency spans the entire area of the county in Leinster, taking in Wexford, New Ross and Gorey.

One of the most high profile TDs in the constituency is Brendan Howlin, the former deputy-leader of the Labour Party. He follows in the footsteps of the former Labour Party leader and Tánaiste, Brendan Corish, who served the area for many years.

2007 Election result

*Total Valid Poll: 68,616
*Quota: 11,437Irish Election box begin
title=2007 General Election: WexfordIrish Election box candidate with party link
candidate = John Browne
party = Fianna Fáil
votes = 12,768
percentage = 18.6
seat = 1
count = 1Irish Election box candidate with party link
candidate = Brendan Howlin
party = Labour Party (Ireland)
votes = 9,445
percentage = 13.8
seat = 2
count = 5Irish Election box candidate with party link
candidate = Seán Connick
party = Fianna Fáil
votes = 9,826
percentage = 14.3
seat = 3
count = 5Irish Election box candidate with party link
candidate = Paul Kehoe
party = Fine Gael
votes = 8,459
percentage = 12.3
seat = 4
count = 6Irish Election box candidate with party link
candidate = Michael D'Arcy
party = Fine Gael
votes = 7,692
percentage = 11.2
seat = 5
count = 7Irish Election box candidate with party link
candidate = Lisa McDonald
party = Fianna Fáil
votes = 6,355
percentage = 9.3
seat =
count =Irish Election box candidate with party link
candidate = Liam Twomey
party = Fine Gael
votes = 5,507
percentage = 8.0
seat =
count = Irish Election box candidate with party link
candidate = John Dwyer
party = Sinn Féin
votes = 5,065
percentage = 7.4
seat =
count =Irish Election box candidate with party link
candidate = Colm O'Gorman
party = Progressive Democrats
votes = 2,162
percentage = 3.1
seat =
count = Irish Election box candidate with party link
|candidate = Tom Harpur
party = Green Party (Ireland)
votes = 802
percentage = 1.2
seat =
count = Irish Election box candidate with party link
candidate = Alan McGuire
party = Independent (politician)
votes = 532
percentage = 0.8
seat =
count =

2002 Election result

Irish Election box begin
title=2002 General Election: WexfordIrish Election box candidate with party link
candidate = John Browne
party = Fianna Fáil
votes = 9,150
percentage = 15.1
seat = 1
count = 5Irish Election box candidate with party link
candidate = Brendan Howlin
party = Labour Party (Ireland)
votes = 7,995
percentage = 13.2
seat = 2
count = 5Irish Election box candidate with party link
candidate = Paul Kehoe
party = Fine Gael
votes = 7,048
percentage = 11.7
seat = 3
count = 6Irish Election box candidate
candidate = Liam Twomey
party = Independent
votes = 5,815
percentage = 9.6
seat = 4
count = 7Irish Election box candidate with party link
candidate = Tony Dempsey
party = Fianna Fáil
votes = 7,520
percentage = 12.4
seat = 5
count = 8Irish Election box candidate with party link
candidate = Hugh Byrne
party = Fianna Fáil
votes = 7,556
percentage = 12.5
seat =
count =Irish Election box candidate with party link
candidate = John Dwyer
party = Sinn Féin
votes = 4,964
percentage = 8.2
seat =
count =Irish Election box candidate with party link
candidate = Michael D'Arcy
party = Fine Gael
votes = 4,564
percentage = 7.5
seat =
count =Irish Election box candidate with party link
candidate = Avril Doyle
party = Fine Gael
votes = 3,940
percentage = 6.5
seat =
count =Irish Election box candidate
candidate = Seán Doyle
party = Independent
votes = 1,274
percentage = 2.1
seat =
count =Irish Election box candidate
candidate = Miranda Ó Bulguidhir
party = Independent
votes = 424
percentage = 0.7
seat =
count =Irish Election box candidate with party link
candidate = Michael O'Connor
party = Christian Solidarity Party
votes = 173
percentage = 0.3
seat =
count =

Former TDs

* Brendan Corish
* Ivan Yates

ee also

* Politics of the Republic of Ireland
* List of political parties in Ireland
* List of Irish by-elections
* Elections in Ireland