Meath West (Dáil Éireann constituency)
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| Meath West Dáil Éireann Parliamentary Constituency |
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| Created: | 2007 |
| TDs: | 3 |
| Counties: | County Meath, County Westmeath |
| EP constituency: | East |
Meath West is a constituency represented by three Teachtaí Dála (TDs) in Dáil Éireann, the lower house of the Oireachtas. As of 2005, the constituency has an electorate of 56,267. The method of election is the Single Transferable Vote. It spans the western portions of County Meath in the province of Leinster, including the county town of Trim, neighbouring towns of Navan and Kells along with the north-eastern part of County Westmeath.
It was established by the Electoral (Amendment) Act 2005 when the previous 5-seat constituency of Meath was divided into two 3-seat constituencies of Meath East and Meath West. It was first used in the 2007 general election electing Members of the 30th Dáil.
[edit] 2007 Election result
| 2007 General Election: Meath West | ||||||
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| Party | Candidate | 1st Pref | % | Seat | Count | |
| Fianna Fáil | *Noel Dempsey | 12,006 | 29.7 | 1 | 1 | |
| Fianna Fáil | *Johnny Brady | 8,868 | 21.9 | 2 | 2 | |
| Fine Gael | *Damien English | 7,227 | 17.9 | 3 | 7 | |
| Sinn Féin | Joe Reilly | 4,567 | 11.3 | |||
| Fine Gael | Peter Higgins | 3,234 | 8.0 | |||
| Labour Party | Brian Collins | 1,634 | 4.0 | |||
| Fine Gael | Graham Geraghty | 1,284 | 3.2 | |||
| Green Party | Brian Flanagan | 1,011 | 2.5 | |||
| Independent | Phil Cantwell | 506 | 1.3 | |||
| Fathers Rights | Paul Coleman | 127 | 0.3 | |||
*Denotes sitting TD
[edit] See also
- Politics of the Republic of Ireland
- List of political parties in Ireland
- List of Irish by-elections
- Elections in Ireland
