Kildare North (Dáil Éireann constituency)

Kildare North
Dáil Éireann Parliamentary constituency
Location of Kildare North within Ireland
Current constituency
Created	1997
Seats	3 (1997–2007) 4 (2007–)
TDs	Bernard Durkan (FG) Anthony Lawlor (FG) Catherine Murphy (Ind) Emmet Stagg (Lab)
County/City council	County Kildare
EP constituency	Midlands–North-West

Kildare North 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 form of proportional representation (PR-STV).

History and boundaries

The constituency was created for the 1997 general election, when the former 5 seat Kildare constituency was divided into Kildare North and Kildare South. At the 1997 and 2002 elections, Kildare North was a 3-seat constituency, but it was allocated an extra seat for the 2007 general election

The Kildare North parliamentary constituency spans the more densely populated north-eastern corner of County Kildare, taking in the towns of Celbridge, Clane, Leixlip, Maynooth and Naas.^[1]

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

"In the county of Kildare the electoral divisions of:

Balraheen, Celbridge, Cloncurry, Donadea, Donaghcumper, Kilcock, Leixlip, Maynooth, Straffan, in the former Rural District of Celbridge No. 1;

Ballynadrumny, Cadamstown, Carbury, Carrick, Drehid, Dunfierth, Kilpatrick, Kilrainy, Windmill Cross, in the former Rural District of Edenderry No. 2;

Bodenstown, Clane, Downings, Kill, Kilteel, Naas Rural, Newtown, Oughterard, Rathmore, Robertstown, Timahoe North, Timahoe South, in the former Rural District of Naas No. 1;

and the town of Naas."

TDs

Teachtaí Dála (TDs) for Kildare North 1997–
Key to parties FF = Fianna Fáil FG = Fine Gael Ind = Independent Lab = Labour Party
Dáil	Election	Deputy (Party)		Deputy (Party)		Deputy (Party)		Deputy (Party)
28th	1997^[2]		Charlie McCreevy (FF)		Bernard Durkan (FG)		Emmet Stagg (Lab)	3 seats until 2007
29th	2002^[3]		Charlie McCreevy (FF)
29th	2005 by-election^[4]		Catherine Murphy (Ind)
30th	2007^[5]		Áine Brady (FF)						Michael Fitzpatrick (FF)
31st	2011^[6]		Catherine Murphy (Ind)						Anthony Lawlor (FG)

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: Kildare North^[6]
Party		Candidate	% 1st Pref	Count 1	Count 2	Count 3	Count 4	Count 5
	Fine Gael	Bernard Durkan	19.9	10,168	10,420
	Labour Party	Emmet Stagg	19.0	9,718	9,976	10,264
	Independent	Catherine Murphy	13.5	6,911	7,474	7,696	8,716	11,639
	Fine Gael	Anthony Lawlor	13.4	6,882	7,074	7,283	7,667	9,088
	Fianna Fáil	Áine Brady	9.3	4,777	4,910	6,627	6,821	7,288
	Labour Party	John McGinley	10.3	5,261	5,489	5,590	6,449
	Sinn Féin	Martin Kelly	5.7	2,896	3,043	3,111
	Fianna Fáil	Michael Fitzpatrick	5.2	2,659	2,714
	Green Party	Shane Fitzgerald	1.8	905
	Independent	Eric Doyle-Higgins	0.8	423
	Independent	Michael Beirne	0.8	422
	Independent	Bart Murphy	0.4	200
Electorate: 76,773 Valid: 51,222 Spoilt: 388 (0.8%) Quota: 10,245 Turnout: 51,610 (67.2%)

2007 general election

2007 general election: Kildare North^[5]
Party		Candidate	% 1st Pref	Count 1	Count 2	Count 3	Count 4	Count 5	Count 6
	Fianna Fáil	Áine Brady	24.9	11,245
	Labour Party	Emmet Stagg	17.4	7,882	8,063	8,107	8,468	9,220
	Fianna Fáil	Michael Fitzpatrick	14.6	6,606	8,113	8,151	8,817	9,097
	Fine Gael	Bernard Durkan	11.8	5,340	5,427	5,471	5,663	5,912	9,229
	Independent	Catherine Murphy	11.5	5,188	5,339	5,474	5,881	6,733	7,652
	Fine Gael	Darren Scully	9.4	4,250	4,306	4,332	4,489	4,832
	Green Party	Shane Fitzgerald	4.9	2,215	2,289	2,342	2,668
	Sinn Féin	Cristin McCauley	2.4	1,103	1,135	1,154
	Progressive Democrats	Jeff Aherne	2.1	983	1,083	1,103
	Independent	John Corish	0.5	234	244
	Independent	Gerry Browne	0.3	145	153
Electorate: 71,311 Valid: 45,191 Spoilt: 232 (0.5%) Quota: 9,039 Turnout: 45,423 (63.7%)

2005 by-election

2005 by-election: Kildare North^[4]
Party		Candidate	% 1st Pref	Count 1	Count 2	Count 3	Count 4	Count 5
	Independent	Catherine Murphy	23.6	5,985	6,189	7,176	8,809	12,256
	Fianna Fáil	Áine Brady	24.5	6,201	6,255	7,265	8,133	9,818
	Fine Gael	Darren Scully	18.3	4,630	4,660	5,382	7,421
	Labour Party	Paddy MacNamara	17.8	4,507	4,545	5,199
	Progressive Democrats	Kate Walsh	7.9	2,006	2,023
	Green Party	J. J. Power	6.1	1,547	1,621
	Independent	Gerry Browne	0.9	226
	Independent	Seanán Ó Coistín	0.8	211
Electorate: 65,080 Valid: 25,313 Spoilt: 211 (0.8%) Quota: 12,657 Turnout: 25,524 (39.2%)

2002 general election

2002 general election: Kildare North^[3]
Party		Candidate	% 1st Pref	Count 1	Count 2	Count 3	Count 4	Count 5
	Fianna Fáil	Charlie McCreevy	27.5	9,082
	Labour Party	Emmet Stagg	21.4	7,051	7,168	8,005	9,472
	Fine Gael	Bernard Durkan	17.5	5,786	5,859	6,177	7,341	8,025
	Fianna Fáil	Paul Kelly	15.7	5,168	5,681	5,923	7,382	7,890
	Progressive Democrats	Kate Walsh	11.9	3,919	4,027	4,473
	Green Party	Anne Kelly McCormack	6.0	1,974	1,999
Electorate: 60,094 Valid: 32,980 Spoilt: 291 (0.9%) Quota: 8,246 Turnout: 33,271 (55.4%)

1997 general election

1997 general election: Kildare North^[2]
Party		Candidate	1st Pref	%	Seat	Count
	Fine Gael	Bernard Durkan	6,653	21.2	1	3
	Fianna Fáil	Charlie McCreevy	6,905	21.9	2	4
	Labour Party	Emmet Stagg	5,964	19.0	3	5
	Fianna Fáil	Paul Kelly	4,039	12.9
	Democratic Left	Catherine Murphy	2,762	8.8
	Progressive Democrats	Timmy Conway	2,101	6.7
	Fine Gael	Mary French	1,569	5.0
	Green Party	Sean English	1,403	4.5
Electorate: 52,388 Valid: 31,396 Spoilt: 295 (0.9%) Quota: 7,850 Turnout: 31,691 (60.5%)

References

↑ "Electoral (Amendment) Act 2009: Schedule". Irish Statute Book database. Retrieved 29 September 2010.
↑ 2.0 2.1 "General election 1997: Kildare North". ElectionsIreland.org. Retrieved 17 February 2009.
↑ 3.0 3.1 "General election 2002: Kildare North". ElectionsIreland.org. Retrieved 17 February 2009.
↑ 4.0 4.1 "By-election 2005: Kildare North". ElectionsIreland.org. Retrieved 17 February 2009.
↑ 5.0 5.1 "General election 2007: Kildare North". ElectionsIreland.org. Retrieved 17 February 2009.
↑ 6.0 6.1 "General election 2011: Kildare North". ElectionsIreland.org. Retrieved 4 March 2011.

External links

Oireachtas Members Database

Current Parliamentary constituencies in the Republic of Ireland

Parliamentary constituencies in County Kildare

Parliament of Ireland to 1800	Athy (1614–1800) Harristown (1684–1800) Kildare Borough (????–1800) Kildare County (????–1800) Naas (1570–1800)

Westminster 1801–1922 and First Dáil 1918	Kildare (1801–85) North Kildare (1885–1922) South Kildare (1885–1922)

Dáil Éireann 1918–present	Kildare–Wicklow (1921–23) Kildare (1923–37, 1948–2002) Carlow–Kildare (1937–48) Kildare North (2002– ) Kildare South (2002– )

European Parliament 1979–present	Leinster (1979–2004) East (2004–2014) Midlands–North-West (2014– )

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