- Dún Laoghaire (Dáil Éireann constituency)
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Dún Laoghaire Dáil Éireann
Parliamentary constituency
Dún Laoghaire shown within County DublinCreated 1977 Seats 4 (1977–1981)
5 (1981–2011)
4 (2011–)TDs Mary Mitchell O'Connor (FG)
Seán Barrett (FG)
Eamon Gilmore (Lab)
Richard Boyd Barrett (PBP)[1]County/City council Dun Laoghaire-Rathdown EP constituency Dublin Dún Laoghaire is a parliamentary constituency represented in Dáil Éireann, the lower house of the Irish parliament or Oireachtas. The constituency elects 4 deputies (Teachtaí Dála, commonly known as TDs). The method of election is the single transferable vote form of proportional representation (PR-STV).
History
The constituency was created in 1977, replacing the earlier Dún Laoghaire and Rathdown constituency which was created in 1948.
At the 2011 general election the number of seats was reduced to 4 from 5.[2]
Boundaries
The constituency is located in the eastern area of Dun Laoghaire-Rathdown county, consisting of the area around the town of Dún Laoghaire and including Ballybrack, Blackrock, Booterstown, Dalkey, Deansgrange, Glasthule, Killiney, Loughlinstown, Monkstown, Sallynoggin, Shankill, and Stillorgan.[3]
The Electoral (Amendment) Act 2009 defines the constituency as:[2]
- "In the county of Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown the electoral divisions of:
- Ballybrack, Blackrock-Booterstown, Blackrock-Carysfort, Blackrock-Central, Blackrock-Glenomena, Blackrock-Monkstown, Blackrock-Newpark, Blackrock-Seapoint, Blackrock-Stradbrook, Blackrock-Templehill, Blackrock-Williamstown, Cabinteely-Granitefield, Cabinteely-Kilbogget, Cabinteely-Pottery, Dalkey-Avondale, Dalkey-Bullock, Dalkey-Coliemore, Dalkey Hill, Dalkey Upper, Dún Laoghaire-East Central, Dún Laoghaire-Glasthule, Dún Laoghaire-Glenageary, Dún Laoghaire-Monkstown Farm, Dún Laoghaire-Mount Town, Dún Laoghaire-Sallynoggin East, Dún Laoghaire-Sallynoggin South, Dún Laoghaire-Sallynoggin West, Dún Laoghaire-Salthill, Dún Laoghaire-Sandycove, Dún Laoghaire-West Central, Foxrock-Beechpark, Foxrock-Deansgrange, Killiney North, Killiney South, Shankill-Rathmichael, Shankill-Rathsallagh, Shankill-Shanganagh, Stillorgan-Priory."
TDs
Teachtaí Dála (TDs) for Dún Laoghaire 1977–[4] Key to partiesDáil Election Deputy
(Party)Deputy
(Party)Deputy
(Party)Deputy
(Party)Deputy
(Party)21st 1977[5] David Andrews
(FF)Liam Cosgrave
(FG)Barry Desmond
(Lab)Martin O'Donoghue
(FF)4 seats
1977–198122nd 1981[6] Liam T. Cosgrave
(FG)Seán Barrett
(FG)23rd 1982 (Feb)[7] 24th 1982 (Nov)[8] Monica Barnes
(FG)25th 1987[9] Geraldine Kennedy
(PD)26th 1989[10] Brian Hillery
(FF)Eamon Gilmore
(WP)27th 1992[11] Helen Keogh
(PD)Eamon Gilmore
(DL)Niamh Bhreathnach
(Lab)28th 1997[12] Mary Hanafin
(FF)Eamon Gilmore
(Lab)Monica Barnes
(FG)29th 2002[13] Barry Andrews
(FF)Fiona O'Malley
(PD)Ciarán Cuffe
(GP)30th 2007[14] Seán Barrett
(FG)31st 2011[15] Mary Mitchell O'Connor
(FG)Richard Boyd Barrett
(PBP)4 seats
from 2011Note: 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.
Elections
2011 general election
2011 general election: Dún Laoghaire[15] Party Candidate % 1st Pref Count 1 Count 2 Count 3 Count 4 Count 5 Count 6 Count 7 Count 8 Count 9 Count 10 Count 11 Labour Party Eamon Gilmore 20.2 11,468 Fine Gael Seán Barrett 18.5 10,504 10,516 10,538 10,573 10,666 10,913 11,274 11,723 Fine Gael Mary Mitchell O'Connor 16.0 9,087 9,094 9,120 9,163 9,239 9,568 9,998 10,309 10,451 13,005 People Before Profit Richard Boyd Barrett[1] 10.9 6,206 6,228 6,271 6,332 6,384 6,795 7,132 7,413 7,453 9,914 10,794 Fianna Fáil Mary Hanafin 9.0 5,090 5,096 5,107 5,130 5,217 5,392 5,606 7,874 8,013 8,889 9,420 Labour Party Ivana Bacik 10.1 5,749 5,826 5,857 5,904 5,916 6,200 6,953 7,260 7,306 Fianna Fáil Barry Andrews 6.2 3,542 3,545 3,554 3,569 3,594 3,713 3,886 Green Party Ciarán Cuffe 3.8 2,156 2,158 2,187 2,222 2,234 2,429 Independent Victor Boyhan 1.5 834 835 851 912 941 Independent Carl Haughton 0.8 456 457 500 563 594 Independent Trevor Patton 0.8 445 446 467 500 515 Christian Solidarity Daire Fitzgerald 0.8 434 434 441 450 New Vision Nick Crawford 0.7 394 394 438 Independent Mike Deegan 0.5 311 311 Electorate: 80,115 Valid: 56,676 Spoilt: 481 (0.8%) Quota: 11,336 Turnout: 57,157 (71.3%) 2007 general election
2007 general election: Dún Laoghaire[14] Party Candidate % 1st Pref Count 1 Count 2 Count 3 Count 4 Count 5 Count 6 Count 7 Count 8 Count 9 Count 10 Fianna Fáil Mary Hanafin 20.2 11,884 Fianna Fáil Barry Andrews 14.6 8,587 9,977 Labour Party Eamon Gilmore 12.2 7,127 7,254 7,492 7,514 8,720 9,225 9,937 Fine Gael Seán Barrett 9.2 5,361 5,418 5,456 5,465 5,640 6,274 8,581 8,633 13,090 Green Party Ciarán Cuffe 7.7 4,534 4,626 4,865 4,886 5,173 6,045 6,368 6,399 7,357 9,910 People Before Profit Richard Boyd Barrett 8.9 5,233 5,294 5,798 5,813 5,943 6,362 6,705 6,732 7,139 7,890 Fine Gael Eugene Regan 7.1 4,162 4,209 4,230 4,237 4,497 5,186 6,248 6,289 Fine Gael John Bailey 7.3 4,309 4,359 4,406 4,415 4,547 4,932 Progressive Democrats Fiona O'Malley 6.7 3,959 4,165 4,212 4,309 4,437 Labour Party Oisín Quinn 3.9 2,265 2,316 2,366 2,377 Sinn Féin Eoin Ó Broin 2.2 1,292 1,309 Electorate: 89,035 Valid: 58,713 Spoilt: 397 (0.7%) Quota: 9,786 Turnout: 59,110 (66.4%) 2002 general election
2002 general election: Dún Laoghaire[13] Party Candidate % 1st Pref Count 1 Count 2 Count 3 Count 4 Count 5 Count 6 Count 7 Count 8 Count 9 Count 10 Count 11 Fianna Fáil Mary Hanafin 16.4 8,818 8,827 8,920 8,950 Labour Party Eamon Gilmore 15.4 8,271 8,284 8,297 8,343 8,375 8,414 8,762 8,942 Progressive Democrats Fiona O'Malley 13.4 7,166 7,171 7,188 7,217 7,260 7,309 7,498 7,577 7,707 8,259 9,264 Fianna Fáil Barry Andrews 13.8 7,425 7,431 7,449 7,459 7,483 7,519 7,676 7,742 8,289 8,367 8,918 Green Party Ciarán Cuffe 9.3 5,002 5,012 5,033 5,108 5,177 5,306 5,695 5,799 6,599 6,918 8,670 Fine Gael Liam T. Cosgrave 5.9 3,135 3,137 3,153 3,167 3,181 3,205 3,272 3,911 3,996 6,326 7,530 Labour Party Niamh Bhreathnach 7.3 3,893 3,899 3,900 3,935 3,970 4,002 4,102 4,247 4,550 5,090 Fine Gael Helen Keogh 6.0 3,229 3,230 3,233 3,252 3,272 3,288 3,342 3,869 3,916 Sinn Féin Michael O'Brien 4.0 2,159 2,160 2,173 2,176 2,192 2,205 2,405 2,421 Fine Gael John Bailey 3.2 1,705 1,706 1,712 1,720 1,735 1,745 1,795 Socialist Workers Richard Boyd Barrett 1.6 876 878 880 890 916 932 Independent Patrick O'Keefe 1.1 593 596 614 628 684 724 Independent Vincent MacDowell 0.6 345 354 369 394 418 Independent Denis O'Buachalla 0.7 346 353 361 380 Ind. Health Alliance Heather Williams 0.6 319 323 338 Christian Solidarity Michael Redmond 0.5 265 267 Independent Barbara Hyland 0.2 86 Electorate: 91,522 Valid: 53,633 Spoilt: 438 (0.8%) Quota: 8,939 Turnout: 54,071 (59.1%) 1997 general election
1997 general election: Dún Laoghaire[12] Party Candidate 1st Pref % Seat Count Fine Gael Seán Barrett 9,223 17.0 1 1 Fianna Fáil David Andrews 8,933 16.5 2 3 Fine Gael Monica Barnes 7,576 13.9 3 7 Fianna Fáil Mary Hanafin 5,079 9.4 4 7 Democratic Left Eamon Gilmore 7,534 13.9 5 7 Labour Party Niamh Bhreathnach 4,698 8.6 Progressive Democrats Helen Keogh 4,636 8.6 Green Party Vincent MacDowell 2,762 5.1 Christian Solidarity Gerard Casey 2,000 3.7 Independent Paddy Madigan 1,082 2.0 Independent Olaf Paul Tyaransen 348 0.6 Independent Jog Monster Raving Looney Abum 288 0.5 Independent Hazel Allshire Tyrrell 53 0.1 Independent Rory Stokes 41 0.1 Electorate: 87,994 Valid: 54,253 Spoilt: 393 (0.7%) Quota: 9,043 Turnout: 54,646 (62.1%) 1992 general election
1992 general election: Dún Laoghaire[11] Party Candidate 1st Pref % Seat Count Fianna Fáil David Andrews 13,418 22.6 1 1 Labour Party Niamh Bhreathnach 10,074 17.0 2 1 Fine Gael Seán Barrett 4,852 8.2 3 11 Progressive Democrats Helen Keogh 6,497 10.9 4 12 Democratic Left Eamon Gilmore 7,045 11.9 5 12 Fianna Fáil Brian Hillery 2,973 5.0 Fine Gael Monica Barnes 4,261 7.2 Fine Gael Liam T. Cosgrave 3,683 6.2 Fianna Fáil Betty Coffey 2,119 3.6 Green Party Vincent MacDowell 1,784 3.0 Independent Michael Quinn 1,705 2.9 Sinn Féin Kevin Fitzpatrick 801 1.4 Workers' Party Eamonn Murdock 110 0.2 Independent Martin McAneny 48 0.1 Electorate: 87,495 Valid: 59,370 Spoilt: 679 (1.1%) Quota: 9,896 Turnout: 60,049 (68.6%) 1989 general election
1989 general election: Dún Laoghaire[10] Party Candidate 1st Pref % Seat Count Fianna Fáil David Andrews 9,987 19.0 1 Workers' Party Eamon Gilmore 6,723 12.8 2 Fine Gael Seán Barrett 6,941 13.2 3 Fine Gael Monica Barnes 4,792 9.1 4 Fianna Fáil Brian Hillery 3,795 7.2 5 Fine Gael Liam T. Cosgrave 5,453 10.4 Progressive Democrats Geraldine Kennedy 4,713 9.0 Fianna Fáil Betty Coffey 3,333 6.4 Green Party Patricia Griffin 2,683 5.1 Labour Party Flor O'Mahony 1,760 3.4 Labour Party Jane Dillon Byrne 1,228 2.3 Sinn Féin Kevin Fitzpatrick 938 1.8 Independent Ann McGoldrick 110 0.2 Electorate: ? Valid: 52,456 Quota: 8,743 Turnout: 1987 general election
1987 general election: Dun Laoghaire[9] Party Candidate 1st Pref % Seat Count Fianna Fáil David Andrews 8,414 15.1 1 Fine Gael Seán Barrett 7,284 13.1 2 Progressive Democrats Geraldine Kennedy 5,228 9.4 3 Labour Party Barry Desmond 6,484 11.6 4 Fine Gael Monica Barnes 4,923 8.8 5 Fine Gael Liam T. Cosgrave 4,870 8.7 Progressive Democrats Helen Keogh 4,203 7.6 Workers' Party Eamon Gilmore 4,054 7.3 Fianna Fáil Edward McDonald 3,265 5.9 Fianna Fáil Richard Conroy 2,897 5.2 Progressive Democrats Larry Lohan 1,592 2.9 Sinn Féin Kevin Fitzpatrick 1,202 2.2 Independent Ann McGoldrick 929 1.67 Independent Patrick O'Reilly 233 0.4 Independent Barbara Hyland 124 0.2 Electorate: ? Valid: 55,702 Quota: 9,284 Turnout: November 1982 general election
November 1982 general election: Dun Laoghaire[8] Party Candidate 1st Pref % Seat Count Fine Gael Monica Barnes 10,115 20.2 1 1 Fine Gael Seán Barrett 9,511 19.0 2 1 Fine Gael Liam T. Cosgrave 6,732 13.4 3 Labour Party Barry Desmond 6,130 12.2 4 Fianna Fáil David Andrews 7,643 15.2 5 Fianna Fáil Martin O'Donoghue 4,053 8.08 Fianna Fáil Valerie Goulding 2,492 5.0 Workers' Party Eamon Gilmore 1,368 2.7 Democratic Socialist Party John de Courcy Ireland 1,036 2.1 Fianna Fáil Owen Hammond 893 1.8 Independent Anthony Clarke 205 0.4 Electorate: ? Valid: 50,178 Quota: 8,364 Turnout: February 1982 general election
February 1982 general election: Dun Laoghaire[7] Party Candidate 1st Pref % Seat Count Fine Gael Seán Barrett 11,157 23.0 1 1 Fine Gael Liam T. Cosgrave 7,202 14.9 2 Labour Party Barry Desmond 7,776 16.0 3 Fianna Fáil David Andrews 7,931 16.4 4 Fianna Fáil Martin O'Donoghue 6,944 14.3 5 Fine Gael Monica Barnes 5,021 10.4 Fianna Fáil Clare Ó Mealóid 945 2.0 Independent Osgur Breathnach 574 1.2 Independent Ubi Dwyer 418 0.9 Independent Martin Donohoe 318 0.7 Independent Marion Kennedy 225 0.5 Electorate: ? Valid: 48,511 Quota: 8,086 Turnout: 1981 general election
1981 general election: Dun Laoghaire[6] Party Candidate 1st Pref % Seat Count Fianna Fáil David Andrews 9,471 19.7 1 1 Fine Gael Seán Barrett 8,207 17.0 2 1 Labour Party Barry Desmond 5,935 12.3 3 Fine Gael Liam T. Cosgrave 7,296 15.2 4 Fianna Fáil Martin O'Donoghue 6,045 12.6 5 Fine Gael Monica Barnes 3,739 7.8 Fine Gael Aine Elliott 1,674 3.5 Fianna Fáil William Harvey 1,270 2.6 Fianna Fáil Hazel Boland 1,244 2.6 Labour Party Jane Dillon Byrne 1,026 2.1 Independent Ubi Dwyer 927 1.9 Labour Party Frank Smyth 761 1.6 Socialist Labour Party Dermot Boucher 575 1.2 Electorate: ? Valid: 48,170 Quota: 8,029 Turnout: 1977 general election
1977 general election: Dún Laoghaire[5] Party Candidate % 1st Pref Count 1 Count 2 Count 3 Count 4 Count 5 Count 6 Count 7 Fine Gael Liam Cosgrave 28.9 11,024 Fianna Fáil David Andrews 23.0 8,754 Labour Party Barry Desmond 12.2 4,642 5,235 5,296 6,001 6,081 6,503 8,115 Fianna Fáil Martin O'Donoghue 10.8 4,099 4,140 4,555 4,593 6,897 6,946 7,936 Fine Gael Michael Carroll 4.7 1,791 2,964 2,993 3,048 3,096 5,316 6,117 Independent Una O'Higgins-O'Malley 8.7 3,305 3,412 3,438 3,561 3,681 3,884 Fine Gael Percy Dockrell 3.9 1,472 2,886 2,896 2,950 2,986 Fianna Fáil John O'Connor 5.2 1,984 2,017 2,606 2,649 Labour Party John Loughran 2.4 898 948 960 Independent Frank Stein 0.2 86 87 87 Electorate: ? Valid: 38,055 Quota: 7,612 Turnout: See also
- Parliamentary constituencies in the Republic of Ireland
- Politics of the Republic of Ireland
- List of political parties in the Republic of Ireland
- List of Irish by-elections
- Elections in the Republic of Ireland
References
- ^ a b Boyd Barrett campaigned as a member of the United Left Alliance.
- ^ a b "Electoral (Amendment) Act 2009: Schedule". Irish Statute Book database. http://www.irishstatutebook.ie/2009/en/act/pub/0004/sched.html. Retrieved 29 September 2010.
- ^ "Electoral (Amendment) Act 2005: Schedule". Irish Statute Book database. http://www.irishstatutebook.ie/2005/en/act/pub/0016/sched.html#sched. Retrieved 24 September 2010.
- ^ Walker, Brian M, ed (1992). Parliamentary election results in Ireland, 1918–92. Dublin: Royal Irish Academy. ISBN 0 901714 96 8. ISSN 0332-0286.
- ^ a b "General election 1977: Dún Laoghaire". ElectionsIreland.org. http://www.electionsireland.org/result.cfm?election=1977&cons=113. Retrieved 18 June 2010.
- ^ a b "General election 1981: Dún Laoghaire". ElectionsIreland.org. http://www.electionsireland.org/result.cfm?election=1981&cons=113. Retrieved 29 September 2010.
- ^ a b "General election February 1982: Dún Laoghaire". ElectionsIreland.org. http://www.electionsireland.org/result.cfm?election=1982feb&cons=113. Retrieved 29 September 2010.
- ^ a b "General election November 1982: Dún Laoghaire". ElectionsIreland.org. http://www.electionsireland.org/result.cfm?election=1982nov&cons=113. Retrieved 29 September 2010.
- ^ a b "General election 1987: Dún Laoghaire". ElectionsIreland.org. http://www.electionsireland.org/result.cfm?election=1987&cons=113. Retrieved 29 September 2010.
- ^ a b "General election 1989: Dún Laoghaire". ElectionsIreland.org. http://www.electionsireland.org/result.cfm?election=1989&cons=113. Retrieved 29 September 2010.
- ^ a b "General election 1992: Dún Laoghaire". ElectionsIreland.org. http://www.electionsireland.org/result.cfm?election=1992&cons=113. Retrieved 6 March 2009.
- ^ a b "General election 1997: Dún Laoghaire". ElectionsIreland.org. http://www.electionsireland.org/result.cfm?election=1997&cons=113. Retrieved 6 March 2009.
- ^ a b "General election 2002: Dún Laoghaire". ElectionsIreland.org. http://www.electionsireland.org/result.cfm?election=2002&cons=113. Retrieved 6 March 2009.
- ^ a b "General election 2007: Dún Laoghaire". ElectionsIreland.org. http://www.electionsireland.org/result.cfm?election=2007&cons=113. Retrieved 6 March 2009.
- ^ a b "General election 2011: Dún Laoghaire". ElectionsIreland.org. http://www.electionsireland.org/result.cfm?election=2011&cons=113. Retrieved 2 March 2011.
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