Dublin South West (Dáil Éireann constituency)

Dáil Éireann constituency infobox
Name = Dublin South West
Entity = County Dublin


Year = 1981
TDs = 4
Counties = Dublin
EP= Dublin

Dublin South West is a constituency represented in Dáil Éireann, the lower house of the Irish parliament or Oireachtas. It is located in the south-western part of County Dublin. The constituency has an electorate of 67,947 and at present is served by 4 Teachtaí Dála (TDs). The method of election is the Single Transferable Vote.

History and boundaries

A constituency of this name was first created in the 1940's [http://electionsireland.org/results/general/boundary/allrevisions.cfm#dublin] and was used for elections from 1948 to 1973 inclusive. The original constituency was based around the areas of Ballyfermot, Crumlin and Kilmainham [http://www.irishstatutebook.ie/1969/en/act/pub/0003/gen_1.html] The constituency was then abolished and was mostly replaced by a Dublin Ballyfermot constituency. In its current incarnation the seat was created in 1981 and had completely different boundaries from the original pre-1977 constituency, being based around the areas of Tallaght, Newcastle, Rathcoole, Saggart, Terenure and Clondalkin. [http://www.irishstatutebook.ie/1980/en/act/pub/0017/gen_1.html]

The constituency elected 5 TDs for elections from 1981 onwards. In 1998 however, it was reduced in size and electorate, losing territory to the new Dublin Mid West seat.

Members of Dáil Éireann

2007 Election

Irish Election box begin
title=2007 General Election: Dublin South WestIrish Election box candidate with party link
party = Fianna Fáil
candidate = Conor Lenihan
votes = 8,542
percentage = 20.5
seat = 1
count = 1Irish Election box candidate with party link
party = Fine Gael
candidate = Brian Hayes
votes = 8,346
percentage = 20.0
seat = 2
count = 1Irish Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (Ireland)
candidate = Pat Rabbitte
votes = 8,325
percentage = 20.0
seat = 3
count = 2Irish Election box candidate with party link
party = Fianna Fáil
candidate = Charlie O'Connor
votes = 7,813
percentage = 18.8
seat = 4
count = 5Irish Election box candidate with party link
party = Sinn Féin
candidate = Seán Crowe
votes = 5,066
percentage = 12.2
seat =
count = Irish Election box candidate with party link
party = Socialist Party (Ireland)
candidate = Mick Murphy
votes = 1,580
percentage = 3.8
seat =
count = Irish Election box candidate with party link
party = Green Party (Ireland)
candidate = Elizabeth Davidson
votes = 1,546
percentage = 3.7
seat =
count = Irish Election box candidate with party link
party = Fathers Rights-Responsibility Party
candidate = Ray Kelly
votes = 434
percentage = 1.0
seat =
count =

2002 Election results

Irish Election box begin
title=2002 General Election: Dublin South WestIrish Election box candidate with party link
party = Sinn Féin
candidate = Seán Crowe
votes = 7,466
percentage = 20.29
seat = 1
count = 1Irish Election box candidate with party link
party = Fianna Fáil
candidate = Charlie O'Connor
votes = 7,155
percentage = 19.44
seat = 2
count = 4Irish Election box candidate with party link
party = Fianna Fáil
candidate = Conor Lenihan
votes = 7,080
percentage = 19.24
seat = 3
count = 6Irish Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (Ireland)
candidate = Pat Rabbitte
votes = 6,314
percentage = 17.16
seat = 4
count = 6Irish Election box candidate with party link
party = Fine Gael
candidate = Brian Hayes
votes = 4,654
percentage = 12.65
seat =
count = Irish Election box candidate with party link
party = Green Party (Ireland)
candidate = Patrick Quinn
votes = 1,157
percentage = 3.14
seat =
count = Irish Election box candidate with party link
party = Socialist Party (Ireland)
candidate = Mick Murphy
votes = 954
percentage = 2.59
seat =
count = Irish Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (Ireland)
candidate = Eamonn Walsh
votes = 971
percentage = 2.64
seat =
count = Irish Election box candidate with party link
party = Christian Solidarity Party
candidate = Darragh O'Reilly
votes = 760
percentage = 2.07
seat =
count = Irish Election box candidate
party = Independent
candidate = Ray Kelly
votes = 291
percentage = 0.79
seat =
count =

November 1982 - 2002 full election results

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

1981 full result

Former TDs

* Richie Ryan
* Ben Briscoe 1965 to 1969, then moved to Dublin South Central
* Robert Briscoe, 1948 to 1965
* Mervyn Taylor, Labour Party

ee also

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