Mayo (Dáil Éireann constituency)
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The Mayo parliamentary constituency spans the entire area of Mayo County Council in the Connacht county of Mayo. These areas include Castlebar, Westport and Ballina. The constituency has an electorate of 94,854 and at present is served by 5 Teachtaí Dála (TDs). The method of election is the Single Transferable Vote. Geographically, Mayo is the largest constituency in the state.
Presently, the leader of Fine Gael and the Leader of the Opposition, Enda Kenny is one of the most high profile TDs from the constituency. His party colleague, Michael Ring, is outspoken on a range of issues. Beverley Flynn, who was elected as a Fianna Fáil TD, has since been expelled from the Parliamentary Party after losing a libel action against RTÉ. In effect this means that she is an Independent TD but she still votes in favour of Fianna Fáil. Recently, Fianna Fáil leader Bertie Ahern disbanded a cumann (branch) of the party that continued to support her. Her father, Pádraig Flynn, served the constituency for over twenty-five years before his retirement from domestic politics.
[edit] Recent results
| 2002 General Election: Mayo | ||||||
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| Candidate | Party | 1st Pref | % | Seat | Count | |
| Jerry Cowley | Independent | 8,709 | 13.72 | 1 | 5 | |
| Michael Ring | Fine Gael | 9,880 | 15.56 | 2 | 5 | |
| Enda Kenny | Fine Gael | 5,834 | 9.19 | 3 | 9 | |
| John Carty | Fianna Fáil | 6,457 | 10.17 | 4 | 10 | |
| Beverley Flynn | Fianna Fáil | 6,661 | 10.49 | 5 | 10 | |
| Tom Moffatt | Fianna Fáil | 6,536 | 10.30 | |||
| Jim Higgins | Fine Gael | 5,858 | 9.23 | |||
| Frank Chambers | Fianna Fáil | 5,726 | 9.02 | |||
| Ernie Caffrey | Fine Gael | 2,290 | 3.61 | |||
| Vincent Wood | Sinn Féin | 2,085 | 3.28 | |||
| Michael Holmes | Independent | 1,754 | 2.76 | |||
| Billy Heffron | Progressive Democrats | 919 | 1.45 | |||
| Ann Crowley | Green | 669 | 1.05 | |||
| Thomas King | Independent | 102 | 0.16 | |||
[edit] See also
- Joseph Blowick
- Pádraig Flynn
- Micheál Ó Móráin
- Politics of the Republic of Ireland
- List of political parties in Ireland
- List of Irish by-elections
- Elections in Ireland
