Dublin North (Dáil Éireann constituency)
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| Dublin North Dáil Éireann Parliamentary Constituency |
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| Dublin North shown within County Dublin | |
| Created: | 1981 |
| TDs: | Michael Kennedy Trevor Sargent Darragh O'Brien James Reilly |
| Counties: | Dublin |
| EP constituency: | Dublin |
Dublin North is a constituency represented in Dáil Éireann, the lower house of the Irish parliament or Oireachtas, located in the northern area of County Dublin. In its current incarnation the constituency was created by the Electoral (Amendment) Act 1980 largely replacing the former North County Dublin constituency.
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 north & west Swords Wards (Brackenstown Ward & Seatown Ward). Settlements in this constituency also include Lusk, Rush, Donabate, Skerries and Portmarnock (the latter pending legislation).
The Minister of the Environment has (October 24 2007) recommended the adoption without amendment of the recommendations of the current Constituency Commission, which will see Dublin North lose around 9,000 voters (Portmarnock and Balgriffin) to Dublin North East and lose south Swords (Rivervalley Ward) to the Dublin West constituency but the constituency is scheduled to retain its four seats with growth in new housing throughout the constituency, especially in the Balbriggan area.
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[edit] 2007 Election result
| 2007 General Election: Dublin North | ||||||
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| Party | Candidate | 1st Pref | % | Seat | Count | |
| Fianna Fáil | Michael Kennedy | 10,869 | 19.9 | 1 | 3 | |
| Green Party | Trevor Sargent | 7,448 | 13.6 | 2 | 8 | |
| Fianna Fáil | Darragh O'Brien | 7,058 | 12.9 | 3 | 9 | |
| Fine Gael | James Reilly | 7,677 | 14.0 | 4 | 10 | |
| Labour Party | Brendan Ryan | 5,256 | 9.6 | |||
| Fianna Fáil | John O'Leary | 5,074 | 9.3 | |||
| Socialist Party | Clare Daly | 4,872 | 8.9 | |||
| Green Party | Joe Corr | 1,659 | 3.0 | |||
| Sinn Féin | Matt McCormack | 1,454 | 2.7 | |||
| Independent | David O'Connor | 1,396 | 2.6 | |||
| Progressive Democrats | Tom Morrissey | 1,395 | 2.6 | |||
| Immigration Control | John Donnelly | 286 | 0.5 | |||
| Christian Solidarity | Cathal Loftus | 210 | 0.4 | |||
[edit] 2002 Election result
| 2002 General Election: Dublin North | ||||||
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| Party | Candidate | 1st Pref | % | Seat | Count | |
| Green Party | Trevor Sargent | 7,294 | 16.60 | 1 | 6 | |
| Labour Party | Seán Ryan | 6,359 | 14.47 | 2 | 7 | |
| Fianna Fáil | Jim Glennon | 5,892 | 13.41 | 3 | 8 | |
| Fianna Fáil | G. V. Wright | 5,658 | 12.88 | 4 | 8 | |
| Socialist Party | Clare Daly | 5,501 | 12.52 | |||
| Fianna Fáil | Michael Kennedy | 5,253 | 11.95 | |||
| Fine Gael | Nora Owen | 4,012 | 9.13 | |||
| Sinn Féin | Mick Davis | 1,350 | 3.07 | |||
| Fine Gael | Cathal Boland | 1,177 | 2.68 | |||
| Independent | Ciarán Goulding | 914 | 2.08 | |||
| Independent | Eamon Quinn | 285 | 0.65 | |||
| Christian Solidarity | David Walshe | 247 | 0.56 | |||
[edit] November 1982 - 2002 full election results
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[edit] February 1982 full result
| 21st Irish General Election – 18th February, 1982 | |||||||
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| Candidate | Party | Count 1 | Count 2 | Count 3 | Count 4 | Count 5 | |
| Ray Burke | Fianna Fáil | 7922 | |||||
| John Boland | Fine Gael | 5873 | 5925 | 6006 | 7749 | ||
| Nora Owen | Fine Gael | 4739 | 4772 | 4943 | 6219 | 7062 | |
| Hugh Reilly | Labour Party | 3911 | 3946 | 4038 | |||
| G. V. Wright | Fianna Fáil | 2397 | 2698 | ||||
| Patricia McGill | Fianna Fáil | 2312 | 3024 | 5342 | 5968 | 6085 | |
| Electorate=38117, valid=27154, spoiled=235, quota=6789 | |||||||
[edit] See also
- Politics of the Republic of Ireland
- List of political parties in Ireland
- List of Irish by-elections
- Elections in Ireland
