Kildare North (Dáil Éireann constituency)

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Kildare North
Dáil Éireann Parliamentary Constituency
Kildare North shown within Ireland
Created: 2002
TDs: 4
Counties: County Kildare
EP constituency: East

Kildare North is a constituency represented in Dáil Éireann, the lower house of the Irish parliament or Oireachtas. The constituency has an electorate of 60,094 and at present is served by 4 Teachtaí Dála (TDs). The method of election is the Single Transferable Vote. The constituency was created for the 2002 general election after the breakup of the former 5-seat Kildare constituency, with Kildare South being the other constituency formed.

The Kildare North parliamentary constituency spans the entire area of the northern half of the Leinster county of Kildare, taking in the towns of Celbridge, Clane, Leixlip, Maynooth and Naas. It was expanded to a 4-seater for the 2007 general election.

The former most high profile TD in the constituency was Charlie McCreevy, the former Minister for Finance and current European Commissioner. He resigned his seat at the end of 2004 and the Kildare North by-election was held on March 11, 2005.

The by-election was won by Catherine Murphy, an Independent candidate. From then until the 2007 general election Kildare North was the only constituency in the country without any TDs from the governing Fianna Fáil party.

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[edit] 2007 Election result

2007 General Election: Kildare North
Party Candidate 1st Pref  % Seat Count
Fianna Fáil Áine Brady 11,245 24.9 1 1
Labour Party Emmet Stagg 7,882 17.4 2 5
Fianna Fáil Michael Fitzpatrick 6,606 14.6 3 5
Fine Gael Bernard Durkan 5,340 11.8 4 6
Independent Catherine Murphy 5,188 11.5
Fine Gael Darren Scully 4,250 9.4
Green Party Shane Fitzgerald 2,215 4.9
Sinn Féin Cristin McCauley 1,103 2.4
Progressive Democrats Jeff Aherne 983 2.2
Independent John Corish 234 0.5
Independent Gerry Browne 145 0.3

[edit] 2005 By-election result

2005 By-election: Kildare North
Party Candidate 1st Pref  % Seat Count
Independent Catherine Murphy 5,985 23.64 1 5
Fianna Fáil Áine Brady 6,201 24.50
Fine Gael Darren Scully 4,630 18.29
Labour Party Paddy MacNamara 4,507 17.81
Progressive Democrats Kate Walsh 2,006 7.92
Green Party J. J. Power 1,547 6.11
Independent Gerry Browne 226 0.89
Independent Seanán Ó Coistín 211 0.83

[edit] 2002 Election result

2002 General Election: Kildare North
Party Candidate 1st Pref  % Seat Count
Fianna Fáil Charlie McCreevy 9,082 27.54 1 1
Labour Party Emmet Stagg 7.051 21.38 2 4
Fine Gael Bernard Durkan 5,786 17.54 3 5
Fianna Fáil Paul Kelly 5,168 15.67
Progressive Democrats Kate Walsh 3,919 11.88
Green Party Anne Kelly McCormack 1,974 5.99

[edit] See also

v • d • e
Parliamentary constituencies in County Kildare
Parliament of Ireland
to 1800

Athy (1614–1800) · Harrisown (1684–1800) · Kildare Borough (????–1800) · Kildare County (????–1800) Naas (1570–1800) ·
Westminster
1801–1922

Kildare (1801–1885) · North Kildare (1885–1922) · South Kildare (1885–1922)
Dáil Éireann
1918–present:

Kildare-Wicklow (1921–1923) · Kildare (1923–1937, 1948–2002) · Carlow-Kildare (1937–1948) · Kildare North (2002— ) · Kildare South (2002— ) ·
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Parliamentary constituencies in the Republic of Ireland
Government of Ireland