Dublin North West (Dáil Éireann constituency)

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


Year = 1937, 1977
TDs = Noel Ahern
Róisín Shortall
Pat Carey
Counties = Dublin
EP= 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 [http://www.irishstatutebook.ie/1974/en/act/pub/0007/index.html] , 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.

Details

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.

2007 Election result

Irish Election box begin
title=2007 General Election: Dublin North WestIrish Election box candidate with party link
party = Fianna Fáil
candidate = Noel Ahern
votes = 7,913
percentage = 25.6
seat = 1
count = 1Irish Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (Ireland)
candidate = Róisín Shortall
votes = 6,286
percentage = 20.3
seat = 2
count = 3Irish Election box candidate with party link
party = Fianna Fáil
candidate = Pat Carey
votes = 7,211
percentage = 23.3
seat = 3
count = 3Irish Election box candidate with party link
party = Sinn Féin
candidate = Dessie Ellis
votes = 4,873
percentage = 15.7
seat =
count = Irish Election box candidate with party link
party = Fine Gael
candidate = Bill Tormey
votes = 3,083
percentage = 10.0
seat =
count = Irish Election box candidate with party link
party = Green Party (Ireland)
candidate = Declan Fitzgerald
votes = 853
percentage = 2.8
seat =
count = Irish Election box candidate with party link
party = Irish Socialist Network
candidate = John O'Neill
votes = 505
percentage = 1.6
seat =
count = Irish Election box candidate with party link
party = Workers Party (Ireland)
candidate = Owen Martin
votes = 240
percentage = 0.8
seat =
count =

2002 Election result

Irish Election box begin
title=2002 General Election: Dublin North WestIrish Election box candidate with party link
candidate = Noel Ahern
party = Fianna Fáil
votes = 6,912
percentage = 26.42
seat = 1
count = 1Irish Election box candidate with party link
candidate = Róisín Shortall
party = Labour Party (Ireland)
votes = 4,391
percentage = 16.79
seat = 1
count = 6Irish Election box candidate with party link
candidate = Pat Carey
party = Fianna Fáil
votes = 5,523
percentage = 21.11
seat = 3
count = 6Irish Election box candidate with party link
candidate = Dessie Ellis
party = Sinn Féin
votes = 4,781
percentage = 18.28
seat =
count = (6)Irish Election box candidate with party link
candidate = Brendan Brady
party = Fine Gael
votes = 2,082
percentage = 7.96
seat =
count = (5)Irish Election box candidate
candidate = Bill Tormey
party = Independent
votes = 1,100
percentage = 4.21
seat =
count = (5)Irish Election box candidate with party link
candidate = Eugene O'Brien
party = Green Party (Ireland)
votes = 607
percentage = 2.32
seat =
count = (4)Irish Election box candidate with party link
candidate = Seán Ó Cionnaith
party = Workers Party of Ireland
votes = 608
percentage = 2.32
seat =
count = (3)Irish Election box candidate with party link
candidate = Michael Larkin
party = Christian Solidarity Party
votes = 154
percentage = 0.59
seat =
count = (1)

November 1982 - 2002 full election results

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

February 1982 full result

1981 full result

Former TDs

* Seán T. O'Kelly
* Vivion de Valera

ee also

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