Wicklow (Dáil Éireann constituency)

Dáil Éireann constituency infobox
Name = Wicklow
Entity = Ireland


Year = 1923
TDs = 5
Counties = Wicklow, Carlow
EP = East

Wicklow is a constituency represented in Dáil Éireann, the lower house of the Irish parliament or Oireachtas. The constituency has an electorate of 86,763 and at present is served by 5 Teachtaí Dála (TDs). The method of election is the Single Transferable Vote.

The constituency returned three members to the Dáil Éireann in 1977 and this was increased to four members in 1981. In part this was because, in 1977, parts of the county had been placed in the constituencies of Dublin County Mid and Dublin County West [http://www.irishstatutebook.ie/1974/en/act/pub/0007/gen_1.html] while the 1981 constituency included the entire county. [http://www.irishstatutebook.ie/1980/en/act/pub/0017/gen_1.html]

The constituency spans the entire area of County Wicklow in Leinster, including the towns of Wicklow, Arklow, Greystones and Bray and includes a small part of eastern County Carlow containing the villages of Hacketstown and Rathvilly .

One of the most high profile TDs in the constituency is the current Minister of State for European Affairs, Dick Roche. Another TD, Liz McManus, is currently the deputy-leader of the Labour Party.

Members of Dáil Éireann

2007 Election result

Irish Election box begin
title=2007 General Election: WicklowIrish Election box candidate with party link
candidate = Dick Roche
party = Fianna Fáil
votes = 10,246
percentage = 15.78
seat = 1
count = 3Irish Election box candidate with party link
candidate = Joe Behan
party = Fianna Fáil
votes = 9,431
percentage = 14.53
seat = 2
count = 4Irish Election box candidate with party link
candidate = Liz McManus
party = Labour Party (Ireland)
votes = 6,751
percentage = 10.40
seat = 3
count = 7Irish Election box candidate with party link
candidate = Billy Timmins
party = Fine Gael
votes = 8,072
percentage = 12.43
seat = 4
count = 8Irish Election box candidate with party link
candidate = Andrew Doyle
party = Fine Gael
votes = 6,961
percentage = 10.72
seat = 5
count = 8Irish Election box candidate with party link
candidate = Pat Fitzgerald
party = Fianna Fáil
votes = 5,029
percentage = 7.75
seat =
count = Irish Election box candidate with party link
candidate = Deirdre de Burca
party = Green Party (Ireland)
votes = 4,790
percentage = 7.38
seat =
count = Irish Election box candidate with party link
candidate = Nicky Kelly
party = Labour Party (Ireland)
votes = 3,857
percentage = 5.94
seat =
count = Irish Election box candidate with party link
candidate = John Brady
party = Sinn Féin
votes = 3,234
percentage = 4.98
seat =
count =Irish Election box candidate with party link
candidate = Pat Doran
party = Independent (politician)
votes = 2,841
percentage = 4.38
seat =
count = Irish Election box candidate with party link
candidate = Evelyn Cawley
party = Independent (politician)
votes = 2,246
percentage = 3.46
seat =
count = Irish Election box candidate with party link
candidate = Dónal Ó Siocháin
party = Progressive Democrats
votes = 903
percentage = 1.39
seat =
count = Irish Election box candidate with party link
candidate = Carmel McKenna
party = People Before Profit Alliance
votes = 365
percentage = 0.56
seat =
count = Irish Election box candidate with party link
candidate = Jim Tallon
party = Independent (politician)
votes = 120
percentage = 0.18
seat =
count = Irish Election box candidate with party link
candidate = Norman Newell
party = Fathers Rights-Responsibility Party
votes = 79
percentage = 0.12
seat =
count = Quota: 10,821

2002 Election result

Irish Election box begin
|title=2002 General Election: WicklowIrish Election box candidate with party link
|candidate = Dick Roche
party = Fianna Fáil
votes = 9,213
percentage = 16.9
seat = 1
count = 1Irish Election box candidate with party link
|candidate = Liz McManus
party = Labour Party (Ireland)
votes = 7,595
percentage = 13.9
seat = 2
count = 5Irish Election box candidate with party link
|candidate = Billy Timmins
party = Fine Gael
votes = 7,372
percentage = 13.5
seat = 3
count = 8Irish Election box candidate with party link
|candidate = Joe Jacob
party = Fianna Fáil
votes = 7,836
percentage = 14.4
seat = 4
count = 9Irish Election box candidate
|candidate = Mildred Fox
party = Independent
votes = 6,324
percentage = 11.6
seat = 5
count = 10Irish Election box candidate with party link
|candidate = Nicky Kelly
party = Labour Party (Ireland)
votes = 6,529
percentage = 12.0
seat =
count = Irish Election box candidate with party link
|candidate = Deirdre de Burca
party = Green Party (Ireland)
votes = 3,208
percentage = 5.9
seat =
count = Irish Election box candidate with party link
|candidate = Jimmy O'Shaughnessy
party = Labour Party (Ireland)
votes = 2,029
percentage = 3.7
seat =
count = Irish Election box candidate with party link
|candidate = Mairéad Keane
party = Sinn Féin
votes = 1,527
percentage = 2.8
seat =
count = Irish Election box candidate with party link
|candidate = Raymond O'Rourke
party = Fine Gael
votes = 1,332
percentage = 2.4
seat =
count = Irish Election box candidate
|candidate = Robert Kearns
party = Independent
votes = 406
percentage = 0.7
seat =
count = Irish Election box candidate with party link
|candidate = Catherine Kennedy
party = Socialist Workers Party (Ireland)
votes = 399
percentage = 0.7
seat =
count = Irish Election box candidate
|candidate = Charlie Keddy
party = Independent
votes = 383
percentage = 0.7
seat =
count = Irish Election box candidate
|candidate = Brian Kenny
party = Independent
votes = 236
percentage = 0.4
seat =
count = Irish Election box candidate
|candidate = Barbara Hyland
party = Independent
votes = 171
percentage = 0.3
seat =
count =

November 1982 - 2002 full election results

Online at [http://www.election.polarbears.com/online/da2002.htm]

February 1982 full result

Former TDs

* James Everett

ee also

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