Dublin South West (Dáil Éireann constituency)

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Dublin South West
Dáil Éireann Parliamentary Constituency
Dublin South West shown within County Dublin
Created: 1981
TDs: 4
Counties: Dublin
EP constituency: Dublin

Dublin South West is a constituency represented in Dáil Éireann, the lower house of the Irish parliament or Oireachtas. It is located in the south-western part of County Dublin. The constituency has an electorate of 67,947 and at present is served by 4 Teachtaí Dála (TDs). The method of election is the Single Transferable Vote.

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[edit] History and boundaries

A constituency of this name was first created in the 1940's [1] and was used for elections from 1948 to 1973 inclusive. The original constituency was based around the areas of Ballyfermot, Crumlin and Kilmainham[2] The constituency was then abolished and was mostly replaced by a Dublin Ballyfermot constituency. In its current incarnation the seat was created in 1981 and had completely different boundaries from the original pre-1977 constituency, being based around the areas of Tallaght, Newcastle, Rathcoole, Saggart, Terenure and Clondalkin. [3]

The constituency elected 5 TDs for elections from 1981 onwards. In 1998 however, it was reduced in size and electorate, losing territory to the new Dublin Mid West seat.

[edit] Members of Dáil Éireann

Election 1st Member
(Party)		 2nd Member
(Party)		 3rd Member
(Party)		 4th Member
(Party)
29th Dáil
(2002)		 Charlie O'Connor
(Fianna Fáil)		 Conor Lenihan
(Fianna Fáil)		 Pat Rabbitte
(Labour Party)		 Seán Crowe
(Sinn Féin)
30th Dáil
(2007)		 Brian Hayes
(Fine Gael)

[edit] 2007 Election

2007 General Election: Dublin South West
Party Candidate 1st Pref  % Seat Count
Fianna Fáil Conor Lenihan 8,542 20.5 1 1
Fine Gael Brian Hayes 8,346 20.0 2 1
Labour Party Pat Rabbitte 8,325 20.0 3 2
Fianna Fáil Charlie O'Connor 7,813 18.8 4 5
Sinn Féin Seán Crowe 5,066 12.2
Socialist Party Mick Murphy 1,580 3.8    
Green Party Elizabeth Davidson 1,546 3.7
Fathers Rights Ray Kelly 434 1.0    

[edit] 2002 Election results

2002 General Election: Dublin South West
Party Candidate 1st Pref  % Seat Count
Sinn Féin Seán Crowe 7,466 20.29 1 1
Fianna Fáil Charlie O'Connor 7,155 19.44 2 4
Fianna Fáil Conor Lenihan 7,080 19.24 3 6
Labour Party Pat Rabbitte 6,314 17.16 4 6
Fine Gael Brian Hayes 4,654 12.65    
Green Party Patrick Quinn 1,157 3.14    
Socialist Party Mick Murphy 954 2.59    
Labour Party Eamonn Walsh 971 2.64    
Christian Solidarity Darragh O'Reilly 760 2.07    
Independent Ray Kelly 291 0.79    

[edit] November 1982 - 2002 full election results

Online at [4]

[edit] 1981 full result

22nd Irish General Election – June 11, 1981
Candidate Party Count 1 Count 2 Count 3 Count 4 Count 5 Count 6 Count 7
Sean Walsh Fianna Fáil 7311
Lawrence McMahon Fine Gael 6266 6302 6421 7121 8751
Mervyn Taylor Labour Party 5522 6197 6517 6737 7188 7514
Mary Harney Fianna Fáil 4192 4222 4626 4783 4861 4879 7822
Conal Brennan Fine Gael 2946 2990 3107 3813 4567 5712 5863
Richard Conroy Fianna Fáil 2916 2931 3171 3224 3276 3304
George Laing Fine Gael 2444 2470 2522 3002
John Garvey Fine Gael 2154 2207 2289
Kevin Boland Independent 1519 1535
Electorate=51182, Valid=36167, spoiled=389, quota=7234


[edit] Former TDs

[edit] See also


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