Galway West
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The Galway West parliamentary constituency spans the entire area of the western half of the Connacht county, in the heart of the Gaeltacht, taking in the towns of Galway City, Clifden and many other areas. The constituency has an electorate of 82,213 and at present is served by 5 Teachtaí Dála (TDs). The method of election is proportional representation. The constituency contains the Galway Galetacht, but is largely an urban constituency, and becoming increasingly more so. Since 1987, it has been represented by one candidate from Labour, the Progressive Democrats and Fine Gael, and 2 candidates from Fianna Fáil. The constituency has been a very weak one for Fine Gael in the past. The current Mayor of Galway, Niall Ó Brolcháin, is the first Green Mayor of Galway, and is a TD for the Irish Green Party in 2007.
The most high profile TD from the constituency is the current Minister for Community, Rural & Gaeltacht Affairs, Éamon Ó Cuív.
[edit] Recent Results
| 2002 General Election: Galway West | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Candidate | Party | 1st Pref | % | Seat | Count | |
| Éamon Ó Cúiv | Fianna Fáil | 9,947 | 20.13 | 1 | 1 | |
| Frank Fahey | Fianna Fáil | 7,226 | 14.63 | 2 | 7 | |
| Michael D. Higgins | Labour | 5,213 | 10.55 | 3 | 15 | |
| Pádraic McCormack | Fine Gael | 4,760 | 9.63 | 4 | 13 | |
| Noel Grealish | Progressive Democrats | 2,735 | 5.54 | 5 | 16 | |
| Margaret Cox | Fianna Fáil | 3,269 | 6.62 | |||
| Niall Ó Brolcháin | Green | 2,193 | 4.44 | |||
| Séamus Walsh | Independent | 2,439 | 4.94 | |||
| Michael McDonagh | Fine Gael | 2,279 | 4.61 | |||
| Donal Lyons | Progressive Democrats | 1,935 | 3.92 | |||
| Daniel Callanan | Sinn Féin | 1,468 | 2.97 | |||
| Dana Rosemary Scallon | Independent | 1,677 | 3.39 | |||
| Declan McDonnell | Progressive Democrats | 1,462 | 2.96 | |||
| Seán Coistealbha | Sinn Féin | 1,311 | 2.65 | |||
| Fidelma Healy Eames | Fine Gael | 1,320 | 2.67 | |||
| Eileen Manning | Independent | 96 | 0.19 | |||
| Joseph Nulty | Independent | 76 | 0.15 | |||
==Next Election==
| 2007 General Election: Galway West | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Candidate | Party | 1st Pref | % | Seat | Count | |
| Éamon Ó Cúiv | Fianna Fáil | |||||
| Frank Fahey | Fianna Fáil | |||||
| Michael D. Higgins | Labour | |||||
| Pádraic McCormack | Fine Gael | |||||
| Noel Grealish | Progressive Democrats | |||||
| Micheal Crowe | Fianna Fáil | |||||
| Niall Ó Brolcháin | Green | |||||
| Séan Kyne | Fine Gael | |||||
| Catherine Connolly | Independent | |||||
| Ann Marie Carroll | Sinn Féin | |||||
| Colm O'Ceannabhain | Sinn Féin | |||||
| Fidelma Healy Eames | Fine Gael | |||||
[edit] Former TDs
[edit] See also
- Politics of the Republic of Ireland
- List of political parties in Ireland
- List of Irish by-elections
- Elections in Ireland
