Derek McDowell

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Derek McDowell (born 1958) is an Irish politician and member of the 22nd Seanad Éireann for the Labour Party, and a former TD.

McDowell was an unsuccessful candidate at the 1989 general election in the Dublin North Central constituency, but at the 1992 general election he was returned to the 27th Dáil, topping the poll with 23% of the first-preference votes. He was re-elected at the 1997 election with a much reduced share of the vote, but lost his seat at the 2002 election to the indepenedent candidate Finian McGrath.

After the loss of his seat in Dáil Éireann, McDowell was elected to the 22nd Seanad by the Industrial and Commercial Panel. He is Labour's Seanad spokesperson on Finance, Transport, Enterprise, Trade and Employment. Mc Dowell will contest the 2007 general election for the Labour Party in Dublin North Central