- Kildare North (Dáil Éireann constituency)
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Kildare North Dáil Éireann
Parliamentary constituency
Kildare North shown within IrelandCreated 1997 Seats 3 (1997–2007)
4 (2007–)TDs Catherine Murphy (Ind)
Bernard Durkan (FG)
Anthony Lawlor (FG)
Emmet Stagg (Lab)County/City council County Kildare EP constituency East Kildare North 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).
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History and boundaries
The constituency was created for the 1997 general election, when the former 5 seat Kildare constituency was divided into Kildare North and Kildare South. At the 1997 and 2002 elections, Kildare North was a 3-seat constituency, but it was allocated an extra seat for the 2007 general election
The Kildare North parliamentary constituency spans the more densely populated north-eastern corner of County Kildare, taking in the towns of Celbridge, Clane, Leixlip, Maynooth and Naas.[1]
The Electoral (Amendment) Act 2009 defines the constituency as:
- "In the county of Kildare the electoral divisions of:
- Balraheen, Celbridge, Cloncurry, Donadea, Donaghcumper, Kilcock, Leixlip, Maynooth, Straffan, in the former Rural District of Celbridge No. 1;
- Ballynadrumny, Cadamstown, Carbury, Carrick, Drehid, Dunfierth, Kilpatrick, Kilrainy, Windmill Cross, in the former Rural District of Edenderry No. 2;
- Bodenstown, Clane, Downings, Kill, Kilteel, Naas Rural, Newtown, Oughterard, Rathmore, Robertstown, Timahoe North, Timahoe South, in the former Rural District of Naas No. 1;
- and the town of Naas."
TDs
Teachtaí Dála (TDs) for Kildare North 1997– Key to partiesDáil Election Deputy
(Party)Deputy
(Party)Deputy
(Party)Deputy
(Party)28th 1997[2] Charlie McCreevy
(FF)Bernard Durkan
(FG)Emmet Stagg
(Lab)3 seats
until 200729th 2002[3] 2005 by-election[4] Catherine Murphy
(Ind)30th 2007[5] Áine Brady
(FF)Michael Fitzpatrick
(FF)31st 2011[6] Catherine Murphy
(Ind)Anthony Lawlor
(FG)Note: 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: Kildare North[6] Party Candidate % 1st Pref Count 1 Count 2 Count 3 Count 4 Count 5 Fine Gael Bernard Durkan 19.9 10,168 10,420 Labour Party Emmet Stagg 19.0 9,718 9,976 10,264 Independent Catherine Murphy 13.5 6,911 7,474 7,696 8,716 11,639 Fine Gael Anthony Lawlor 13.4 6,882 7,074 7,283 7,667 9,088 Fianna Fáil Áine Brady 9.3 4,777 4,910 6,627 6,821 7,288 Labour Party John McGinley 10.3 5,261 5,489 5,590 6,449 Sinn Féin Martin Kelly 5.7 2,896 3,043 3,111 Fianna Fáil Michael Fitzpatrick 5.2 2,659 2,714 Green Party Shane Fitzgerald 1.8 905 Independent Eric Doyle-Higgins 0.8 423 Independent Michael Beirne 0.8 422 Independent Bart Murphy 0.4 200 Electorate: 76,773 Valid: 51,222 Spoilt: 388 (0.8%) Quota: 10,245 Turnout: 51,610 (67.2%) 2007 general election
2007 general election: Kildare North[5] Party Candidate % 1st Pref Count 1 Count 2 Count 3 Count 4 Count 5 Count 6 Fianna Fáil Áine Brady 24.9 11,245 Labour Party Emmet Stagg 17.4 7,882 8,063 8,107 8,468 9,220 Fianna Fáil Michael Fitzpatrick 14.6 6,606 8,113 8,151 8,817 9,097 Fine Gael Bernard Durkan 11.8 5,340 5,427 5,471 5,663 5,912 9,229 Independent Catherine Murphy 11.5 5,188 5,339 5,474 5,881 6,733 7,652 Fine Gael Darren Scully 9.4 4,250 4,306 4,332 4,489 4,832 Green Party Shane Fitzgerald 4.9 2,215 2,289 2,342 2,668 Sinn Féin Cristin McCauley 2.4 1,103 1,135 1,154 Progressive Democrats Jeff Aherne 2.1 983 1,083 1,103 Independent John Corish 0.5 234 244 Independent Gerry Browne 0.3 145 153 Electorate: 71,311 Valid: 45,191 Spoilt: 232 (0.5%) Quota: 9,039 Turnout: 45,423 (63.7%) 2005 by-election
2005 by-election: Kildare North[4] Party Candidate % 1st Pref Count 1 Count 2 Count 3 Count 4 Count 5 Independent Catherine Murphy 23.6 5,985 6,189 7,176 8,809 12,256 Fianna Fáil Áine Brady 24.5 6,201 6,255 7,265 8,133 9,818 Fine Gael Darren Scully 18.3 4,630 4,660 5,382 7,421 Labour Party Paddy MacNamara 17.8 4,507 4,545 5,199 Progressive Democrats Kate Walsh 7.9 2,006 2,023 Green Party J. J. Power 6.1 1,547 1,621 Independent Gerry Browne 0.9 226 Independent Seanán Ó Coistín 0.8 211 Electorate: 65,080 Valid: 25,313 Spoilt: 211 (0.8%) Quota: 12,657 Turnout: 25,524 (39.2%) 2002 general election
2002 general election: Kildare North[3] Party Candidate % 1st Pref Count 1 Count 2 Count 3 Count 4 Count 5 Fianna Fáil Charlie McCreevy 27.5 9,082 Labour Party Emmet Stagg 21.4 7,051 7,168 8,005 9,472 Fine Gael Bernard Durkan 17.5 5,786 5,859 6,177 7,341 8,025 Fianna Fáil Paul Kelly 15.7 5,168 5,681 5,923 7,382 7,890 Progressive Democrats Kate Walsh 11.9 3,919 4,027 4,473 Green Party Anne Kelly McCormack 6.0 1,974 1,999 Electorate: 60,094 Valid: 32,980 Spoilt: 291 (0.9%) Quota: 8,246 Turnout: 33,271 (55.4%) 1997 general election
1997 general election: Kildare North[2] Party Candidate 1st Pref % Seat Count Fine Gael Bernard Durkan 6,653 21.2 1 3 Fianna Fáil Charlie McCreevy 6,905 21.9 2 4 Labour Party Emmet Stagg 5,964 19.0 3 5 Fianna Fáil Paul Kelly 4,039 12.9 Democratic Left Catherine Murphy 2,762 8.8 Progressive Democrats Timmy Conway 2,101 6.7 Fine Gael Mary French 1,569 5.0 Green Party Sean English 1,403 4.5 Electorate: 52,388 Valid: 31,396 Spoilt: 295 (0.9%) Quota: 7,850 Turnout: 31,691 (60.5%) 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
- ^ "Electoral (Amendment) Act 2009: Schedule". Irish Statute Book database. http://www.irishstatutebook.ie/2009/en/act/pub/0004/sched.html. Retrieved 29 September 2010.
- ^ a b "General election 1997: Kildare North". ElectionsIreland.org. http://www.electionsireland.org/result.cfm?election=1997&cons=142. Retrieved 17 February 2009.
- ^ a b "General election 2002: Kildare North". ElectionsIreland.org. http://www.electionsireland.org/result.cfm?election=2002&cons=142. Retrieved 17 February 2009.
- ^ a b "By-election 2005: Kildare North". ElectionsIreland.org. http://www.electionsireland.org/result.cfm?election=2002B&cons=142&ref=122. Retrieved 17 February 2009.
- ^ a b "General election 2007: Kildare North". ElectionsIreland.org. http://www.electionsireland.org/result.cfm?election=2007&cons=142. Retrieved 17 February 2009.
- ^ a b "General election 2011: Kildare North". ElectionsIreland.org. http://www.electionsireland.org/result.cfm?election=2011&cons=142. Retrieved 4 March 2011.
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