- Meath West (Dáil Éireann constituency)
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Meath West Dáil Éireann
Parliamentary constituency
Meath West shown within IrelandCreated 2007 Seats 3 TDs Ray Butler (FG)
Damien English (FG)
Peadar Tóibín (SF)County/City council County Meath
County WestmeathEP constituency East Meath West is a parliamentary constituency represented in Dáil Éireann, the lower house of the Irish parliament or Oireachtas. The constituency elects 3 deputies (Teachtaí Dála, commonly known as TDs). The method of election is the single transferable vote form of proportional representation (PR-STV).
Contents
History
The constituency was created under the Electoral (Amendment) Act 2005[1] when the previous 5 seat Meath constituency was divided into two 3 seat constituencies of Meath East and Meath West. It was first used at the 2007 general election electing members of the 30th Dáil. The town of Kells was moved to Meath East for the 2011 general election.
Boundaries
It spans the western portions of County Meath, including the towns of Trim, Navan and Oldcastle, along with the north-eastern part of County Westmeath.[2]
The Electoral (Amendment) Act 2009 defines the constituency as:
- "The county of Meath, except the parts thereof which are comprised in the constituencies of Meath East and Louth, and the county of Westmeath, except the part thereof which is comprised in the constituency of Longford–Westmeath."
TDs
Teachtaí Dála (TDs) for Meath West 2007– Key to partiesDáil Election Deputy
(Party)Deputy
(Party)Deputy
(Party)30th 2007[3] Noel Dempsey
(FF)Johnny Brady
(FF)Damien English
(FG)31st 2011[4] Ray Butler
(FG)Peadar Tóibín
(SF)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: Meath West[4] Party Candidate % 1st Pref Count 1 Count 2 Count 3 Count 4 Count 5 Fine Gael Damien English 23.1 9,290 9,609 10,122 Sinn Féin Peadar Tóibín 17.4 6,989 7,421 7,711 8,155 9,112 Fine Gael Ray Butler 13.1 5,262 5,414 5,574 7,879 8,926 Labour Party Jenny McHugh 13.5 5,432 5,852 6,040 6,794 7,798 Fianna Fáil Johnny Brady 9.4 3,789 3,874 6,065 6,437 Fine Gael Catherine Yore 9.7 3,898 4,072 4,208 Fianna Fáil Shane Cassells 8.7 3,496 3,631 Green Party Fiona Irwin 1.2 479 Independent Stephen Ball 1.2 475 Independent Daithi Stephens 1.0 387 Independent Ronan Carolan 0.6 258 Christian Solidarity Manus MacMeanmain 0.6 234 Workers' Party Seamus McDonagh 0.5 189 Electorate: 62,776 Valid: 40,178 Spoilt: 413 (1.0%) Quota: 10,045 Turnout: 40,591 (64.7%) 2007 general election
2007 general election: Meath West[3] Party Candidate % 1st Pref Count 1 Count 2 Count 3 Count 4 Count 5 Count 6 Count 7 Fianna Fáil Noel Dempsey 29.7 12,006 Fianna Fáil Johnny Brady 21.9 8,868 10,178 Fine Gael Damien English 17.9 7,227 7,427 7,566 7,856 8,527 9,548 12,934 Sinn Féin Joe Reilly 11.3 4,567 4,697 4,803 5,024 5,187 5,588 6,015 Fine Gael Peter Higgins 8.0 3,234 3,335 3,424 3,534 3,960 4,379 Labour Party Brian Collins 4.0 1,634 1,663 1,734 2,097 2,181 Fine Gael Graham Geraghty 3.2 1,284 1,326 1,360 1,420 Green Party Brian Flanagan 2.5 1,011 1,047 1,194 Independent Phil Cantwell 1.3 506 544 Fathers Rights Paul Coleman 0.3 127 130 Electorate: 56,267 Valid: 40,464 Spoilt: 388 (0.9%) Quota: 10,117 Turnout: 40,852 (72.6%) 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 2005: Schedule". Irish Statute Book database. http://www.irishstatutebook.ie/2005/en/act/pub/0016/sched.html#sched. Retrieved 24 September 2010.
- ^ "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 2007: Meath East". ElectionsIreland.org. http://www.electionsireland.org/result.cfm?election=2007&cons=732. Retrieved 27 April 2010.
- ^ a b "General election 2011: Meath East". ElectionsIreland.org. http://www.electionsireland.org/result.cfm?election=2011&cons=732. Retrieved 27 February 2011.
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