Dublin North West (Dáil Éireann constituency)

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Dublin North West
Dáil Éireann Parliamentary Constituency
Dublin North West shown within County Dublin
Created: 1937, 1977
TDs: Noel Ahern
Róisín Shortall
Pat Carey
Counties: Dublin
EP constituency: Dublin

Dublin North West is a constituency represented in Dáil Éireann, the lower house of the Irish parliament or Oireachtas. It was created for the 1937 general election when the old Dublin North constituency divided into Dublin North West and Dublin North East. The constituency was briefly abolished in 1977, under the Electoral (Amendment) Act 1974 [1], with most of the constituency going to the new constituency of Dublin Finglas with a smaller but significant portion going to a new Dublin Cabra constituency. Dublin North West was then re-created in 1981.

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It is located in the north-western area of County Dublin. The constituency has an electorate of 47,641 and at present is served by 3 Teachtaí Dála (TDs), although in the elections from 1981 to 1997 it had 4 TDs. The method of election is the Single Transferable Vote.

The constituency is overwhelmingly urbanised and encompasses the Finglas and Ballymun electoral areas of Dublin City Council in their entirety together with the Santry area of Fingal County Council and the area of Whitehall to the west of Swords Road. The constituency gained some extra territory at the 2007 general election. Parts of the Dublin North Central constituency were moved to this constituency and the Dunsink and Scribblestown areas were moved out of the Dublin West constituency.

[edit] 2007 Election result

2007 General Election: Dublin North West
Party Candidate 1st Pref  % Seat Count
Fianna Fáil Noel Ahern 7,913 25.6 1 1
Labour Party Róisín Shortall 6,286 20.3 2 3
Fianna Fáil Pat Carey 7,211 23.3 3 3
Sinn Féin Dessie Ellis 4,873 15.7
Fine Gael Bill Tormey 3,083 10.0
Green Party Declan Fitzgerald 853 2.8
Irish Socialist Network John O'Neill 505 1.6
Workers' Party Owen Martin 240 0.8

[edit] 2002 Election result

2002 General Election: Dublin North West
Party Candidate 1st Pref  % Seat Count
Fianna Fáil Noel Ahern 6,912 26.42 1 1
Labour Party Róisín Shortall 4,391 16.79 1 6
Fianna Fáil Pat Carey 5,523 21.11 3 6
Sinn Féin Dessie Ellis 4,781 18.28 (6)
Fine Gael Brendan Brady 2,082 7.96 (5)
Independent Bill Tormey 1,100 4.21 (5)
Green Party Eugene O'Brien 607 2.32 (4)
Workers' Party Seán Ó Cionnaith 608 2.32 (3)
Christian Solidarity Michael Larkin 154 0.59 (1)

[edit] November 1982 - 2002 full election results

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[edit] February 1982 full result

23rd Irish General Election – 18th February, 1982
Candidate Party Count 1 Count 2 Count 3 Count 4 Count 5 Count 6 Count 7 Count 8 Count 9
Jim Tunney Fianna Fáil 8570
Mary Flaherty (politician) Fine Gael 4551 4653 4677 5103 5770 6702
Proinsias De Rossa Sinn Féin the Workers Party 3906 4033 4144 4183 4349 5000 5069 5319 6078
Michael Barrett Fianna Fáil 3798 4689 4728 4762 4883 5097 5117 8460
Timothy Killeen Fianna Fáil 2808 3768 3803 3825 3848 4095 4117
Hugh Byrne Fine Gael 2449 2485 2494 2670 3551 4143 4417 4635 5223
Paddy Dunne Labour Party 2412 2466 2517 2584 2792
Frank Barr Fine Gael 1803 1841 1850 2097
Rita Boyle Fine Gael 984 1004 1017
William Keegan Non-Party 300 325
Electorate=48705, valid=31581, spoiled=370, quota=6317

[edit] 1981 full result

22nd Irish General Election – June, 1981
Candidate Party Count 1 Count 2 Count 3 Count 4 Count 5 Count 6 Count 7 Count 8 Count 9 Count 10 Count 11
Jim Tunney Fianna Fáil 8667
Michael Flaherty Fine Gael 4141 4277 4284 4294 4301 4334 4534 5267 5573 5764 6012
Hugh Byrne Fine Gael 4047 4106 4117 4135 4152 4171 4290 5666 5997 6159 6477
Michael Barrett Fianna Fáil 3162 3939 3947 3957 3966 4003 4030 4154 4350 7499
Timothy Killeen Fianna Fáil 2655 3641 3647 3653 3680 3735 3772 3809 3976
Frank Barr Fine Gael 2447 2486 2492 2503 2511 2532 2615
Paddy Dunne Labour Party 2293 2336 2352 2378 2392 2484 3770 3944 4830 5098 5547
Proinsias De Rossa Sinn Féin the Workers Party 2071 2124 2135 2191 2405 2613 2734 2850
Brendan Halligan Labour Party 1729 1771 1784 1800 1811 1931
Matthew Merrigan Socialist Labour 473 495 618 671 694
Michael Kenny Sinn Féin the Workers Party 289 298 310 339
Eamonn Farrell Socialist 236 240 246
William Keegan Socialist Labour 209 222
Electorate=48075, valid=32419, spoiled=474, quota=6484

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