Cork North Central (Dáil Éireann constituency)

Dáil Éireann constituency infobox
Name = Cork North Central
Entity = Ireland


Year = 1981
TDs = 4
Counties = County Cork
EP= South

Cork North Central is a constituency represented in Dáil Éireann, the lower house of the Irish parliament or Oireachtas. The constituency had an electorate of 79,063 in 2005 and was served by 5 Teachtaí Dála (TDs), until the Irish general election, 2007 when it was reduced to four seats. The method of election is the Single Transferable Vote.

The constituency was created under the terms of the Electoral (Amendment) Act 1980 [http://www.irishstatutebook.ie/1980/en/act/pub/0017/print.html] , taking in parts of the former Cork City and Mid Cork constituncies. It was first used in the 1981 General Election.

It is made up of the electoral areas of Cork City Council north of the River Lee, namely Cork North Central, Cork North East and Cork North West, and much of the Blarney electoral area of Cork County Council.

Members of Dáil Éireann

2007 Election

Irish Election box begin
title=2007 General Election: Cork North CentralIrish Election box candidate with party link
candidate = Billy Kelleher
party = Fianna Fáil
votes = 9,456
percentage = 22.3
seat = 1
count = 1Irish Election box candidate with party link
candidate = Bernard Allen
party = Fine Gael
votes = 6,866
percentage = 16.2
seat = 2
count = 7Irish Election box candidate with party link
candidate = Noel O'Flynn
party = Fianna Fáil
votes = 5,680
percentage = 13.4
seat = 4
count = 7Irish Election box candidate with party link
candidate = Kathleen Lynch
party = Labour Party (Ireland)
votes = 5,221
percentage = 12.3
seat = 3
count = 7Irish Election box candidate with party link
candidate = Gerry Kelly
party = Fine Gael
votes = 4,808
percentage = 11.4
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candidate = Jonathan O'Brien
party = Sinn Féin
votes = 3,456
percentage = 8.2
seat =
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candidate = Dave McCarthy
party = Independent (politician)
votes = 2,492
percentage = 5.9
seat =
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candidate = Mick Barry
party = Socialist Party (Ireland)
votes = 1,700
percentage = 4.0
seat =
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candidate = Chris O'Leary
party = Green Party (Ireland)
votes = 1,503
percentage = 3.5
seat =
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candidate = John McCarthy
party = Independent (politician)
votes = 702
percentage = 1.7
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candidate = Ted Tynan
party = Workers Party (Ireland)
votes = 263
percentage = 0.6
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candidate = Stephen Saleh
party = Independent (politician)
votes = 116
percentage = 0.3
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candidate = Niall Brennan
party = Fathers Rights-Responsibility Party
votes = 84
percentage = 0.2
seat =
count =

2002 Election results

Irish Election box begin
title=2002 General Election: Cork North CentralIrish Election box candidate with party link
candidate = Noel O'Flynn
party = Fianna Fáil
votes = 7,387
percentage = 16.36
seat = 1
count = 4Irish Election box candidate with party link
candidate = Kathleen Lynch
party = Labour Party (Ireland)
votes = 5,313
percentage = 11.77
seat = 2
count = 7Irish Election box candidate with party link
candidate = Bernard Allen
party = Fine Gael
votes = 5,458
percentage = 12.09
seat = 3
count = 7Irish Election box candidate with party link
candidate = Billy Kelleher
party = Fianna Fáil
votes = 5,801
percentage = 12.85
seat = 4
count = 7Irish Election box candidate with party link
candidate = Dan Wallace
party = Fianna Fáil
votes = 5,537
percentage = 12.27
seat = 5
count = 7Irish Election box candidate with party link
candidate = Gerry Kelly
party = Fine Gael
votes = 3,744
percentage = 8.29
seat =
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candidate = Joe O'Callaghan
party = Independent
votes = 3,154
percentage = 6.99
seat =
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candidate = Jonathan O'Brien
party = Sinn Féin
votes = 2,860
percentage = 6.34
seat =
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candidate = John Minihan
party = Progressive Democrats
votes = 3,126
percentage = 6.92
seat =
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candidate = Nicholas McMurray
party = Green Party (Ireland)
votes = 1,155
percentage = 2.56
seat =
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candidate = Mick Barry
party = Socialist Party (Ireland)
votes = 936
percentage = 2.07
seat =
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candidate = Ted Tynan
party = Workers Party (Ireland)
votes = 458
percentage = 1.01
seat =
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candidate = Gerry Duffy
party = Christian Solidarity Party
votes = 215
percentage = 0.48
seat =
count =

November 1982 - 2002 full election results

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

February 1982 full result

ee also

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

External links

* [http://www.breakingnews.ie/election/constituency/pdfs/Cork-North-Central.pdf Constituency Profile]