Cork North–Central (Dáil Éireann constituency)

Cork North–Central
Dáil Éireann Parliamentary constituency
Cork North–Central shown within Ireland
Created	1981
Seats	5 (1981–2007) 4 (2007–)
TDs	Billy Kelleher (FF) Dara Murphy (FG) Kathleen Lynch (Lab) Jonathan O'Brien (SF)
County/City council	County Cork Cork City
EP constituency	South

Cork North–Central is a parliamentary constituency represented in Dáil Éireann, the lower house of the Irish parliament or Oireachtas. The constituency elects 4 deputies (Teachtaí Dála, commonly known as TDs). The method of election is the single transferable vote method of proportional representation (PR-STV).

1 History and boundaries
2 TDs
3 Elections
4 See also
5 References
6 External links

History and boundaries

The constituency was created under the terms of the Electoral (Amendment) Act 1980,^[1] taking in parts of the former Cork City and Cork Mid constituencies. It was first used at the 1981 general election as a 5 seat constituency. It was reduced to 4 seats for the 2007 general election.

It is made up of the electoral areas of Cork City Council north of the River Lee, namely Cork North Central, Cork North East and Cork North West, and much of the Blarney electoral area of Cork County Council.^[2]

The Electoral (Amendment) Act 2009 defines the constituency as:

"In the city of Cork the electoral divisions of:

Blackpool A, Blackpool B, Churchfield, Commons, Fair Hill A, Fair Hill B, Fair Hill C, Farranferris A, Farranferris B, Farranferris C, Gurranebraher A, Gurranebraher B, Gurranebraher C, Gurranebraher D, Gurranebraher E, Knocknaheeny, Mayfield, Montenotte A, Montenotte B, St. Patrick's A, St. Patrick's B, St. Patrick's C, Shanakiel, Shandon A, Shandon B, Sunday's Well A, Sunday's Well B, The Glen A, The Glen B, Tivoli A, Tivoli B;

and, in the county of Cork, the electoral divisions of:

Ballynaglogh, Blackpool, Blarney, Caherlag, Carrignavar, Carrigrohane Beg, Dripsey, Firmount, Glenville, Greenfort, Killeagh, Knockantota, Matehy, Rathcooney, Riverstown, St. Mary's, Whitechurch, in the former Rural District of Cork;

Carrig, Kildinan, Watergrasshill, in the former Rural District of Fermoy;

Gowlane, Kilcullen, Mountrivers, in the former Rural District of Macroom;

Ballynamona, Dromore, Kilshannig, Rahan, in the former Rural District of Mallow."

TDs

Teachtaí Dála (TDs) for Cork North–Central 1981–^[3]
Key to parties DL = Democratic Left · FF = Fianna Fáil · FG = Fine Gael · Lab = Labour Party · PD = Progressive Democrats · SF = Sinn Féin
Dáil	Election	Deputy (Party)		Deputy (Party)		Deputy (Party)		Deputy (Party)		Deputy (Party)
22nd	1981^[4]		Toddy O'Sullivan (Lab)		Liam Burke (FG)		Bernard Allen (FG)		Denis Lyons (FF)		Seán French (FF)
23rd	1982 (Feb)^[5]										Seán French (FF)
24th	1982 (Nov)^[6]										Dan Wallace (FF)
25th	1987^[7]		Máirín Quill (PD)
26th	1989^[8]				Gerry O'Sullivan (Lab)
27th	1992^[9]				Gerry O'Sullivan (Lab)				Liam Burke (FG)
27th	1994 by-election^[10]				Kathleen Lynch (DL)
28th	1997^[11]		Billy Kelleher (FF)		Noel O'Flynn (FF)
29th	2002^[12]								Kathleen Lynch (Lab)
30th	2007^[13]									4 seats from 2007
31st	2011^[14]				Jonathan O'Brien (SF)		Dara Murphy (FG)			4 seats from 2007

Note: The columns in this table are used only for presentational purposes, and no significance should be attached to the order of columns. For details of the order in which seats were won at each election, see the detailed results of that election.

Elections

2011 general election

2011 general election: Cork North–Central^[14]
Party		Candidate	% 1st Pref	Count 1	Count 2	Count 3	Count 4	Count 5	Count 6	Count 7	Count 8	Count 9	Count 10	Count 11
	Sinn Féin	Jonathan O'Brien	15.2	7,923	7,942	7,978	8,022	8,053	8,254	8,567	11,131
	Labour Party	Kathleen Lynch	14.7	7,676	7,696	7,734	7,749	7,847	7,953	8,236	9,504	9,905	14,088
	Fianna Fáil	Billy Kelleher	15.1	7,896	7,933	7,941	7,981	8,023	8,057	8,384	8,542	8,574	9,183	9,595
	Fine Gael	Dara Murphy	12.7	6,597	6,615	6,642	6,682	6,768	6,809	7,038	7,271	7,356	8,367	9,515
	Fine Gael	Pat Burton	13.6	7,072	7,104	7,117	7,155	7,240	7,263	7,585	7,778	7,816	8,453	9,233
	Labour Party	John Gilroy	11.7	6,125	6,134	6,154	6,158	6,245	6,303	6,659	7,156	7,293
	Socialist Party	Mick Barry^[15]	9.2	4,803	4,826	4,876	4,903	4,940	5,131	5,319
	New Vision	Pádraig O'Sullivan	2.0	1,020	1,050	1,085	1,136
	Independent	Kevin Conway	1.8	958	969	996	1020
	Workers' Party	Ted Tynan	1.3	681	688	701	724
	Green Party	Ken Walsh	1.0	524
	Christian Solidarity	Harry Rea	0.6	324
	An Chomhdháil Phobail	John Adams	0.5	282
	Independent	Benjamin Ashu Arrah	0.3	161
	Independent	Fergus O'Rourke	0.2	95
Electorate: 75,302 Valid: 52,137 Spoilt: 572 (1.1%) Quota: 10,428 Turnout: 52,709 (70.0%)

2007 general election

2007 general election: Cork North–Central^[13]
Party		Candidate	% 1st Pref	Count 1	Count 2	Count 3	Count 4	Count 5	Count 6	Count 7
	Fianna Fáil	Billy Kelleher	22.3	9,456
	Fine Gael	Bernard Allen	16.2	6,866	6,935	7,066	7,267	7,515	8,193	9,258
	Fianna Fáil	Noel O'Flynn	13.4	5,680	6,298	6,410	6,531	6,612	7,043	7,646
	Labour Party	Kathleen Lynch	12.3	5,221	5,315	5,513	6,104	6,673	7,366	9,061
	Fine Gael	Gerry Kelly	11.4	4,808	4,890	5,025	5,251	5,352	5,533	5,893
	Sinn Féin	Jonathan O'Brien	8.2	3,456	3,487	3,621	3,776	4,333	5,074
	Independent	Dave McCarthy	5.9	2,492	2,533	2,662	2,776	3,064
	Socialist Party	Mick Barry	4.0	1,700	1,707	1,841	1,995
	Green Party	Chris O'Leary	3.5	1,503	1,528	1,690
	Independent	John McCarthy	1.7	702	713
	Workers' Party	Ted Tynan	0.6	263	267
	Independent	Stephen Saleh	0.3	116	119
	Fathers Rights	Niall Brennan	0.2	84	85
Electorate: 67,777 Valid: 42,347 Spoilt: 471 (1.1%) Quota: 8,470 Turnout: 42,818 (63.1%)

2002 general election

2002 general election: Cork North–Central^[12]
Party		Candidate	% 1st Pref	Count 1	Count 2	Count 3	Count 4	Count 5	Count 6	Count 7
	Fianna Fáil	Noel O'Flynn	16.4	7,387	7,441	7,495	7,525
	Labour Party	Kathleen Lynch	11.8	5,313	5,402	5,628	6,142	6,683	7,496	8,418
	Fine Gael	Bernard Allen	12.1	5,458	5,503	5,597	5,672	6,184	6,601	7,650
	Fianna Fáil	Billy Kelleher	12.8	5,801	5,849	5,885	5,940	6,630	6,969	7,456
	Fianna Fáil	Dan Wallace	12.3	5,537	5,608	5,632	5,675	6,235	6,577	7,187
	Fine Gael	Gerry Kelly	8.3	3,744	3,767	3,818	3,911	4,404	4,568	4,937
	Independent	Joe O'Callaghan	6.9	3,154	3,222	3,319	3,457	3,705	4,465
	Sinn Féin	Jonathan O'Brien	6.3	2,860	2,965	3,223	3,405	3,483
	Progressive Democrats	John Minihan	6.9	3,126	3,152	3,173	3,286
	Green Party	Nicholas McMurray	2.5	1,155	1,196	1,329
	Socialist Party	Mick Barry	2.1	936	1,026
	Workers' Party	Ted Tynan	1.0	458
	Christian Solidarity	Gerry Duffy	0.5	215
Electorate: 79,063 Valid: 45,144 Spoilt: 548 (1.2%) Quota: 7,525 Turnout: 45,692 (57.8%)

1997 general election

1997 general election: Cork North–Central^[11]
Party		Candidate	1st Pref	%	Seat	Count
	Fine Gael	Bernard Allen	7,746	17.6	1	1
	Fine Gael	Liam Burke	5,527	12.6	2	9
	Fianna Fáil	Dan Wallace	5,273	12.0	3	10
	Fianna Fáil	Billy Kelleher	5,419	12.3	4	11
	Fianna Fáil	Noel O'Flynn	4,943	11.2	5	11
	Democratic Left	Kathleen Lynch	3,146	7.2
	Progressive Democrats	Máirín Quill	3,304	7.5
	Labour Party	Sheila O'Sullivan	2,321	5.3
	Sinn Féin	Don O'Leary	1,654	3.8
	Green Party	Jane Power	1,340	3.0
	National Party	Con O'Leary	1,114	2.5
	Independent	Paddy Mulcahy	899	2.0
	Christian Solidarity	Eddie Mullins	777	1.8
	Workers' Party	Jimmy Homan	545	1.2
Electorate: 71,873 Valid: 44,008 Spoilt: 408 (0.9%) Quota: 7,335 Turnout: 44,416 (61.8%)

1994 by-election

Following the death of Labour Party TD Gerry O'Sullivan, a by-election was held on 10 November 1994. The seat was won by the Democratic Left candidate Kathleen Lynch.

1994 by-election: Cork North–Central^[10]
Party		Candidate	1st Pref	%	Seat	Count
	Democratic Left	Kathleen Lynch	9,843	26.4	1	8
	Fianna Fáil	Billy Kelleher	9,528	25.5
	Fine Gael	Colm Burke	6,035	16.2
	Labour Party	Lisa O'Sullivan	4,003	10.7
	Green Party	Jane Power	1,856	5.0
	Progressive Democrats	Michael Burns	1,628	4.4
	Sinn Féin	Don O'Leary	1,304	3.5
	Independent	Con O'Leary	1,036	2.8
	Workers' Party	Jimmy Homan	1,082	2.9
	Independent	Donie O'Leary	445	1.2
	Independent	Gerry Duffy	426	1.1
	Natural Law	Nora Ann Luck	162	0.4
Electorate: 68,479 Valid: 37,348 Quota: 18,675 Turnout: 54.5%

1992 general election

1992 general election: Cork North–Central^[9]
Party		Candidate	1st Pref	%	Seat	Count
	Labour Party	Gerry O'Sullivan	10,008	22.3	1	1
	Fianna Fáil	Dan Wallace	6,455	14.4	2	12
	Fine Gael	Bernard Allen	5,263	11.7	3	14
	Progressive Democrats	Máirín Quill	5,192	11.6	4	16
	Fine Gael	Liam Burke	4,051	9.0	5	16
	Fianna Fáil	Billy Kelleher	3,017	6.7
	Democratic Left	John Kelleher	1,795	4.0
	Fianna Fáil	Denis Lyons	2,460	5.5
	Independent	Con O'Leary	1,036	2.3
	Workers' Party	Jimmy Homan	737	1.6
	Green Party	Donogh MacCarthy Morrogh	818	1.8
	Fine Gael	Michael O'Leary	894	2.0
	Fianna Fáil	Gene McCarthy	755	1.7
	Sinn Féin	Don O'Leary	618	1.4
	Workers' Party	Ted Tynan	446	1.0
	Independent	Donie O'Leary	481	1.1
	Independent	John O'Mahony	422	0.9
	Christian Centrist	Gerry Duffy	447	1.0
Electorate: 68,479 Valid: 44,895 Spoilt: 841 (1.8%) Quota: 7,483 Turnout: 45,736 (66.8%)

1989 general election

1989 general election: Cork North–Central^[8]
Party		Candidate	1st Pref	%	Seat	Count
	Labour Party	Gerry O'Sullivan	7,058	17.1	1	1
	Fianna Fáil	Dan Wallace	5,405	13.1	2
	Fine Gael	Bernard Allen	6,032	14.6	3
	Fianna Fáil	Denis Lyons	4,008	9.7	4
	Progressive Democrats	Máirín Quill	4,203	10.2	5
	Fine Gael	Liam Burke	4,757	11.5
	Workers' Party	John Kelleher	3,395	8.2
	Fianna Fáil	Michael Bowes	2,865	7.0
	Fianna Fáil	Tim Brosnan	1,310	3.2
	Independent	Con O'Leary	1,180	2.9
	Sinn Féin	Kevin Wallace	766	1.9
	Independent	Noel Murphy	133	0.3
	Independent	Michael T. Murphy	68	0.2
	Independent	William Fitzsimon	67	0.2
Electorate: ? Valid: 41,247 Quota: 6,875 Turnout:

1987 general election

1987 general election: Cork North–Central^[7]
Party		Candidate	1st Pref	%	Seat	Count
	Fianna Fáil	Dan Wallace	7,509	17.3	1	1
	Fianna Fáil	Denis Lyons	5,039	11.6	2
	Progressive Democrats	Máirín Quill	5,046	11.6	3
	Fine Gael	Bernard Allen	5,934	13.7	4
	Fine Gael	Liam Burke	5,438	12.6	5
	Workers' Party	John Kelleher	2,628	6.1
	Labour Party	Gerry O'Sullivan	2,553	5.9
	Fianna Fáil	Paud Black	2,435	5.6
	Progressive Democrats	Joseph McCarthy	2,199	5.1
	Labour Party	Joseph O'Callaghan	1,167	2.7
	Fianna Fáil	Ann Whyte	1,144	2.6
	Independent	Bernie Murphy	684	1.6
	Sinn Féin	Don O'Leary	681	1.6
	Independent	Denis Tobin	576	1.3
	Independent	Noel Murphy	182	0.4
	Independent	Con O'Connell	75	0.2
	Independent	Michael T. Murphy	53	0.1
Electorate: ? Valid: 43,343 Quota: 7,224 Turnout:

November 1982 general election

November 1982 general election: Cork North–Central^[6]
Party		Candidate	1st Pref	%	Seat	Count
	Fianna Fáil	Dan Wallace	7,173	16.8	1	1
	Fine Gael	Bernard Allen	7,101	16.6	2
	Labour Party	Toddy O'Sullivan	5,623	13.2	3
	Fine Gael	Liam Burke	5,219	12.2	4
	Fianna Fáil	Denis Lyons	4,999	11.7	5
	Fianna Fáil	Seán French	4,129	9.7
	Fine Gael	Colm Burke	2,368	5.5
	Fianna Fáil	Donal O'Connell	1,880	4.4
	Workers' Party	John Kelleher	1,836	4.3
	Independent	James Kenneally	1,725	4.0
	Fine Gael	William Nolan	714	1.7
Electorate: ? Valid: 42,767 Quota: 7,128 Turnout:

February 1982 general election

February 1982 general election: Cork North–Central^[5]
Party		Candidate	% 1st Pref	Count 1	Count 2	Count 3	Count 4	Count 5	Count 6	Count 7	Count 8	Count 9	Count 10	Count 11
	Fianna Fáil	Denis Lyons	15.7	6,694	6,699	6,733	6,770	7,376
	Fine Gael	Bernard Allen	15.1	6,407	6,410	6,428	6,526	6,584	6,587	7,052	8,144
	Fine Gael	Liam Burke	14.6	6,234	6,237	6,255	6,300	6,336	6,338	6,476	7,502
	Labour Party	Toddy O'Sullivan	13.2	5,629	5,635	5,698	6,030	6,133	6,140	6,752	7,056	7,899
	Fianna Fáil	Seán French	11.7	4,975	4,981	5,005	5,053	5,628	5,759	5,969	6,027	6,067	6,169	6,263
	Fianna Fáil	Dan Wallace	11.3	4,798	4,800	4,837	4,914	5,450	5,583	5,989	6,039	6,058	6,147	6,258
	Fine Gael	Tomás Ryan	6.0	2,562	2,563	2,565	2,587	2,592	2,594	2,611
	Independent	James Kenneally	4.2	1,785	1,805	1,968	2,249	2,283	2,284
	Fianna Fáil	Liam Ó Murchu	4.4	1,894	1,897	1,935	1,986
	Sinn Féin (Workers' Party)	Ted Tynan	2.3	962	983	1,093
	Irish Republican Socialist	Jim Lane	1.3	542	560
	Independent	James Corcoran	0.2	95
Electorate: 61,463 Valid: 42,577 Spoilt: 421 (0.9%) Quota: 7,097 Turnout: 42,998 (69.9%)

1981 general election

1981 general election: Cork North–Central^[4]
Party		Candidate	1st Pref	%	Seat	Count
	Labour Party	Toddy O'Sullivan	7,163	15.8	1
	Fine Gael	Liam Burke	6,497	14.3	2
	Fine Gael	Bernard Allen	4,308	9.5	3
	Fianna Fáil	Denis Lyons	5,394	11.9	4
	Fianna Fáil	Seán French	4,913	10.8	5
	Fianna Fáil	Máirín Quill	3,614	8.0
	Fianna Fáil	Dan Wallace	3,327	7.3
	Anti H-Block	Mairéad Farrell	2,751	6.1
	Fine Gael	Tomás Ryan	2,614	5.8
	Fine Gael	John Blair	2,046	4.5
	Sinn Féin (Workers' Party)	Ted Tynan	1,501	3.3
	Independent	James Kenneally	1,324	2.9
Electorate: ? Valid: 45,452 Quota: 7,576 Turnout:

References

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^ Walker, Brian M, ed (1992). Parliamentary election results in Ireland, 1918–92. Dublin: Royal Irish Academy. ISBN 0 901714 96 8. ISSN 0332-0286.
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^ Barry campaigned as a member of the United Left Alliance.

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