Tipperary North (Dáil Éireann constituency)

Dáil Éireann constituency infobox
Name = Tipperary North
Entity = Ireland


Year = 1918, 1948
TDs = 3
Counties = County Tipperary
EP = South

Tipperary North is a constituency represented in Dáil Éireann, the lower house of the Irish parliament or Oireachtas. It was created for the 1948 general election when the old Tipperary constituency divided into north and South.

Details

The Tipperary North constituency has an electorate of 59,427 and at present is served by 3 Teachtaí Dála (TDs). The method of election is the Single Transferable Vote.

The constituency encompasses the whole area of Tipperary North County Council and a small part of South Tipperary County Council, taking in Thurles, Templemore, Nenagh and Roscrea. One of the most high profile TDs in the constituency is Michael Lowry, a former Fine Gael TD who was expelled from the party. Until the 2007 general election, Tipperary North was a rare example of a bellwether constituency in Ireland; since 1982, it returned two Fianna Fáil deputies out of three when that party achieved government and returned only one when the party failed to do so.

2007 Election result

Irish Election box begin
title=2007 General Election: Tipperary NorthIrish Election box candidate with party link
party = Independent (politican)
candidate = Michael Lowry
votes = 12,919
percentage = 29.1
seat = 1
count = 1Irish Election box candidate with party link
party = Fine Gael
candidate = Noel Coonan
votes = 7,061
percentage = 15.9
seat = 2
count = 6Irish Election box candidate with party link
party = Fianna Fáil
candidate = Máire Hoctor
votes = 7,374
percentage = 16.6
seat = 3
count = 6Irish Election box candidate with party link
party = Fianna Fáil
candidate = Michael Smith
votes = 7,871
percentage = 17.7
seat =
count = Irish Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (Ireland)
candidate = Kathleen O'Meara
votes = 4,561
percentage = 10.3
seat =
count = Irish Election box candidate with party link
party = Independent (politician)
candidate = Jim Ryan
votes = 1,844
percentage = 4.2
seat =
count = Irish Election box candidate with party link
party = Sinn Féin
candidate = Séamus Morris
votes = 1,672
percentage = 3.8
seat =
count = Irish Election box candidate with party link
party = Progressive Democrats
candidate = Tony Sheary
votes = 634
percentage = 1.4
seat =
count = Irish Election box candidate with party link
party = Green Party (Ireland)
candidate = Paul McNally
votes = 495
percentage = 1.1
seat =
count =

2002 Election result

Irish Election box begin
title=2002 General Election: Tipperary NorthIrish Election box candidate
candidate = Michael Lowry
party = Independent
votes = 10,400
percentage = 25.39
seat = 1
count = 1Irish Election box candidate with party link
candidate = Máire Hoctor
party = Fianna Fáil
votes = 8,949
percentage = 21.84
seat = 2
count = 3Irish Election box candidate with party link
candidate = Michael Smith
party = Fianna Fáil
votes = 8,526
percentage = 10.47
seat = 3
count = 4Irish Election box candidate with party link
candidate = Noel Coonan
party = Fine Gael
votes = 6,108
percentage = 14.91
seat =
count =Irish Election box candidate with party link
candidate = Kathleen O'Meara
party = Labour Party (Ireland)
votes = 5,537
percentage = 13.52
seat =
count =Irish Election box candidate with party link
candidate = Bill Dwan
party = Progressive Democrats
votes = 1,446
percentage = 3.53
seat =
count =

Former TDs

* Daniel Morrissey
* Michael O'Kennedy
* Michael Smith

ee also

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