Meath West (Dáil Éireann constituency)

Meath West
Dáil Éireann Parliamentary Constituency
Location of Meath West within Ireland
Current constituency
Created	2007
Seats	3
County council	County Meath
EP constituency	Midlands–North-West

Meath West is a parliamentary constituency represented in Dáil Éireann, the lower house of the Irish parliament or Oireachtas. The constituency elects 3 deputies (Teachtaí Dála, commonly known as TDs). The method of election is the single transferable vote form of proportional representation (PR-STV).

History

The constituency was created under the Electoral (Amendment) Act 2005^[1] when the previous 5-seat Meath constituency was divided into two 3-seat constituencies of Meath East and Meath West. It was first used at the 2007 general election electing members of the 30th Dáil. The town of Kells was moved into Meath East for the 2011 general election.

Boundaries

It spans the western portions of County Meath, including the towns of Trim and Navan, along with the north-eastern part of County Westmeath.^[2]

The Electoral (Amendment) (Dáil Constituencies) Act 2013 defines the constituency as:^[2]

"The county of Meath, except the parts thereof which are comprised in the constituencies of Meath East and Louth,

and the county of Westmeath, except the part thereof which is comprised in the constituency of Longford–Westmeath."

TDs

Teachtaí Dála (TDs) for Meath West 2007–
Key to parties FF = Fianna Fáil FG = Fine Gael SF = Sinn Féin
Dáil	Election	Deputy (Party)		Deputy (Party)		Deputy (Party)
30th	2007^[3]		Noel Dempsey (FF)		Johnny Brady (FF)		Damien English (FG)
31st	2011^[4]		Ray Butler (FG)		Peadar Tóibín (SF)		Damien English (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

2016 general election

2016 general election: Meath West
Party		Candidate	% 1st Pref	Count 1
	Fine Gael	Ray Butler
	Fianna Fáil	Shane Cassels
	Fine Gael	Damien English
	Independent	Trevor Golden
	Direct Democracy	Alan Lawes
	Labour Party	Tracy McElhinney
	Green Party	Seamus McMenamin
	Sinn Féin	Peadar Tóibín

2011 general election

2011 general election: Meath West^[4]
Party		Candidate	% 1st Pref	Count 1	Count 2	Count 3	Count 4	Count 5
	Fine Gael	Damien English	23.1	9,290	9,609	10,122
	Sinn Féin	Peadar Tóibín	17.4	6,989	7,421	7,711	8,155	9,112
	Fine Gael	Ray Butler	13.1	5,262	5,414	5,574	7,879	8,926
	Labour Party	Jenny McHugh	13.5	5,432	5,852	6,040	6,794	7,798
	Fianna Fáil	Johnny Brady	9.4	3,789	3,874	6,065	6,437
	Fine Gael	Catherine Yore	9.7	3,898	4,072	4,208
	Fianna Fáil	Shane Cassells	8.7	3,496	3,631
	Green Party	Fiona Irwin	1.2	479
	Independent	Stephen Ball	1.2	475
	Independent	Daithi Stephens	1.0	387
	Independent	Ronan Carolan	0.6	258
	Christian Solidarity	Manus MacMeanmain	0.6	234
	Workers' Party	Seamus McDonagh	0.5	189
Electorate: 62,776 Valid: 40,178 Spoilt: 413 (1.0%) Quota: 10,045 Turnout: 40,591 (64.7%)

2007 general election

2007 general election: Meath West^[3]
Party		Candidate	% 1st Pref	Count 1	Count 2	Count 3	Count 4	Count 5	Count 6	Count 7
	Fianna Fáil	Noel Dempsey	29.7	12,006
	Fianna Fáil	Johnny Brady	21.9	8,868	10,178
	Fine Gael	Damien English	17.9	7,227	7,427	7,566	7,856	8,527	9,548	12,934
	Sinn Féin	Joe Reilly	11.3	4,567	4,697	4,803	5,024	5,187	5,588	6,015
	Fine Gael	Peter Higgins	8.0	3,234	3,335	3,424	3,534	3,960	4,379
	Labour Party	Brian Collins	4.0	1,634	1,663	1,734	2,097	2,181
	Fine Gael	Graham Geraghty	3.2	1,284	1,326	1,360	1,420
	Green Party	Brian Flanagan	2.5	1,011	1,047	1,194
	Independent	Phil Cantwell	1.3	506	544
	Fathers Rights	Paul Coleman	0.3	127	130
Electorate: 56,267 Valid: 40,464 Spoilt: 388 (0.9%) Quota: 10,117 Turnout: 40,852 (72.6%)

References

↑ "Electoral (Amendment) Act 2005: Schedule". Irish Statute Book database. Retrieved 24 September 2010.
1 2 "Electoral (Amendment) (Dáil Constituencies) Act 2013: Schedule". Irish Statute Book database. Retrieved 4 February 2016.
1 2 "General election 2007: Meath East". ElectionsIreland.org. Retrieved 27 April 2010.
1 2 "General election 2011: Meath East". ElectionsIreland.org. Retrieved 27 February 2011.

External links

Oireachtas Members Database

Current Parliamentary constituencies in the Republic of Ireland

Parliamentary constituencies in County Meath

Parliament of Ireland to 1800	Athboy (1613–1800) Duleek (1727–1800) Kells (1561–1800) Meath (????–1800) Navan (1469–1800) Ratoath (????–1800) Trim (1572–1800)

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

Dáil Éireann 1918–present	Louth–Meath (1921–23) Meath (1923–37, 1948–2007) Meath–Westmeath (1937–48) Meath East (2007–) Meath West (2007–)

European Parliament 1979–present	Leinster (1979–2004) East (2004–14) Midlands–North-West (2004–)

Irish counties: Carlow Cavan Clare Cork Donegal Dublin Galway Kerry Kildare Kilkenny Laois Leitrim Limerick Longford Louth Mayo Meath Monaghan Offaly Roscommon Sligo Tipperary Waterford Westmeath Wexford Wicklow

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