Dublin North
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Dublin North is a parliamentary constituency in the Republic of Ireland, located in the northern area of County Dublin. The constituency has an electorate of 72,908 and at present is served by 4 Teachtaí Dála (TDs). The method of election is the Single Transferable Vote.
The constituency is made up of the Balbriggan and Malahide electoral areas of Fingal County Council and the majority of the Swords electoral area. Towns in this constituency also include Lusk and Rush. Recent boundary revisions have seen rural parts of the Swords area appended to the Dublin West constituency but the constituency will retain its four seats with the growth in new housing throughout the constituency largely in the Balbriggan area. In the 2007 general election three sitting TDs, Seán Ryan, G.V. Wright, and Jim Glennon will not be running. Among the candidates for 2007 are Trevor Sargent TD (Green Party), Cllr. Michael Kennedy (FF), Brendan Ryan (Labour), Cllr. Clare Daly (Socialist Party) and John O'Leary(FF).
[edit] Recent Results
| 2002 General Election: Dublin North | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Candidate | Party | 1st Pref | % | Seat | Count | |
| Trevor Sargent | Green | 7,294 | 16.60 | 1 | 6 | |
| Seán Ryan | Labour | 6,359 | 14.47 | 2 | 7 | |
| Jim Glennon | Fianna Fáil | 5,892 | 13.41 | 3 | 8 | |
| G.V. Wright | Fianna Fáil | 5,658 | 12.88 | 4 | 8 | |
| Clare Daly | Socialist | 5,501 | 12.52 | |||
| Michael Kennedy | Fianna Fáil | 5,253 | 11.95 | |||
| Nora Owen | Fine Gael | 4,012 | 9.13 | |||
| Mick Davis | Sinn Féin | 1,350 | 3.07 | |||
| Cathal Boland | Fine Gael | 1,177 | 2.68 | |||
| Ciarán Goulding | Independent | 914 | 2.08 | |||
| Eamon Quinn | Independent | 285 | 0.65 | |||
| David Walshe | Christian Solidarity | 247 | 0.56 | |||
[edit] See also
- Politics of the Republic of Ireland
- List of political parties in Ireland
- List of Irish by-elections
- Elections in Ireland
