Mayo (Dáil Éireann constituency)

Mayo
Dáil Éireann
Parliamentary Constituency

Outline map

Location of Mayo within Ireland
Current constituency
Created 1997
Seats 5 (1997–2016)
4 (2016–)
TDs
County council Mayo County Council
EP constituency Midlands–North-West

Mayo 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 by combining the former constituencies of Mayo East and Mayo West, and used for the first time at the 1997 general election. It spanned the entire area of County Mayo.[1] since creation until a small portion of the county around Ballinrobe was removed and added to Galway West before the 2016 General election.[2]

The constituency includes Castlebar, Westport and Ballina. Mayo is the largest Dáil constituency in Ireland by area.

At the 2011 general election, this was the constituency of Fine Gael leader Enda Kenny, who subsequently became Taoiseach. Fine Gael won four out of five seats in Mayo at that election. This was the first time in the modern era that any party won four seats in a Dáil Éireann constituency; the last such time was in the era of six- and seven-seat constituencies. It was the first time that any party won four seats in any five-seat Dáíl Éireann constituency. At the 2002 general election Fine Gael suffered its worst electoral performance ever, losing 23 seats nationally, a figure larger than expected and with its overall vote down 5%. Kenny himself came close to losing his seat and even went so far as to prepare a concession speech. In the end he won the third seat in the five-seat constituency.

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

"The county of Mayo, except the part thereof which is comprised in the constituency of Galway West."

TDs

Teachtaí Dála (TDs) for Mayo 1997–
DáilElectionDeputy
(Party)		Deputy
(Party)		Deputy
(Party)		Deputy
(Party)		Deputy
(Party)
28th 1997[3] Enda Kenny
(FG)		 Michael Ring
(FG)		 Jim Higgins
(FG)		 Tom Moffatt
(FF)		 Beverley Flynn
(FF)
29th 2002[4] Jerry Cowley
(Ind)		 John Carty
(FF)
30th 2007[5] John O'Mahony
(FG)		 Beverley Flynn[6]
(Ind)		 Dara Calleary
(FF)
31st 2011[7] Michelle Mulherin
(FG)
32nd 2016[8] 4 seats
from 2016		 Lisa Chambers
(FF)

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: Mayo[8]
Party Candidate % 1st Pref Count 1 Count 2Count 3Count 4Count 5Count 6Count 7Count 8Count 9Count 10
Fine Gael Enda Kenny 20.9 13,318                  
Fine Gael Michael Ring 17.7 11,275 11,533 11,534 11,545 11,558 11,567 11,613 12,034 13,149  
Fianna Fáil Dara Calleary 14.8 9,402 9,417 9,419 9,432 9,441 9,450 9,495 9,933 10,425 12,150
Fianna Fáil Lisa Chambers 12.9 8,231 8,265 8,266 8,280 8,296 8,307 8,354 8,718 9,503 11,686
Fine Gael Michelle Mulherin 12.3 7,841 8,084 8,088 8,094 8,123 8,131 8,182 8,496 8,900 9,593
Sinn Féin Rose Conway-Walsh 10.1 6,414 6,423 6,423 6,445 6,453 6,485 6,548 7,022 7,853  
Independent Jerry Cowley 5.5 3,479 3,495 3,504 3,513 3,523 3,553 3,668 4,375    
Renua Ireland Michael Farrington 2.5 1,574 1,579 1,582 1,590 1,600 1,608 1,659      
Green Party Margaret Sheehan 1 629 631 632 636 651 665 680      
AAA–PBP Tom Moran 0.9 576 577 582 587 597 626 664      
Independent George O'Malley 0.4 262 263 263 276 284 301        
Independent Peter Jordan 0.3 176 176 181 189 192 197        
Independent Stephen Manning 0.2 157 158 159 166 174          
Independent Mohammad Kamal Uddin 0.2 144 146 149 150            
Independent Gerry O'Boyle 0.2 126 127 130              
Independent Seán Forkin 0.1 42 42                
Electorate: 92,958   Valid: 63,646   Spoilt: 600   Quota: 12,730   Turnout: 69.1%

    2011 general election

    2011 general election: Mayo[7]
    Party Candidate % 1st Pref Count 1 Count 2Count 3Count 4Count 5Count 6Count 7Count 8
    Fine Gael Enda Kenny 23.6 17,472              
    Fine Gael Michael Ring 17.8 13,180              
    Fine Gael Michelle Mulherin 11.9 8,851 10,814 11,110 11,434 11,577 11,672 12,162 13,303
    Fianna Fáil Dara Calleary 11.6 8,577 8,745 8,775 8,969 9,063 11,602 12,222 12,997
    Fine Gael John O'Mahony 11.7 8,667 10,290 10,511 10,688 10,864 11,004 11,340 12,111
    Independent Michael Kilcoyne 5.4 3,996 4,641 4,715 4,947 5,128 5,462 6,137 7,379
    Labour Party Jerry Cowley 4.9 3,644 3,955 4,037 4,294 4,529 4,714 5,899  
    Sinn Féin Rose Conway-Walsh 3.6 2,660 2,752 2,813 2,939 4,367 4,527    
    Fianna Fáil Lisa Chambers 4.5 3,343 3,464 3,491 3,552 3,619      
    Sinn Féin Thérèse Ruane 2.9 2,142 2,260 2,277 2,438        
    New Vision Martin Daly 1.2 893 919 926          
    Green Party John Carey 0.4 266 280 282          
    Independent Dermot McDonnell 0.3 216 237 238          
    Independent Loretta Clarke 0.3 218 226 228          
    Independent Seán Forkin   29 31 31          
    Electorate: 99,504   Valid: 74,154   Spoilt: 641 (0.9%)   Quota: 12,360   Turnout: 74,795 (75.2%)

      2007 general election

      2007 general election: Mayo[5]
      Party Candidate % 1st Pref Count 1 Count 2Count 3Count 4Count 5Count 6Count 7Count 8
      Fine Gael Enda Kenny 20.6 14,717              
      Fine Gael Michael Ring 16.0 11,412 12,441            
      Fine Gael John O'Mahony 9.6 6,869 7,544 7,759 8,003 8,717 8,855 9,587 13,736
      Fianna Fáil Dara Calleary 10.1 7,225 7,248 7,251 7,438 7,699 8,803 9,345 11,269
      Independent Beverley Flynn 9.5 6,779 7,131 7,212 7,387 8,043 9,322 10,684 11,250
      Fianna Fáil John Carty 8.2 5,889 5,926 5,937 5,991 6,519 7,825 8,214 8,303
      Fine Gael Michelle Mulherin 7.6 5,428 5,877 6,016 6,416 6,681 6,763 7,644  
      Independent Jerry Cowley 4.8 3,407 3,487 3,529 3,910 4,784 5,342    
      Fianna Fáil Frank Chambers 6.1 4,345 4,386 4,406 4,499 4,705      
      Sinn Féin Gerry Murray 5.1 3,608 3,660 3,668 3,845        
      Labour Party Harry Barrett 1.2 831 896 917          
      Green Party Peter Enright 0.8 580 594 597          
      Progressive Democrats Tommy Cooke 0.4 296 298 298          
      Electorate: 98,696   Valid: 71,386   Spoilt: 700 (1.0%)   Quota: 11,898   Turnout: 72,086 (73.0%)

        2002 general election

        2002 general election: Mayo[4]
        Party Candidate % 1st Pref Count 1 Count 2Count 3Count 4Count 5Count 6Count 7Count 8Count 9Count 10
        Independent Jerry Cowley 13.7 8,709 9,213 9,808 10,573 11,128          
        Fine Gael Michael Ring 15.6 9,880 10,045 10,384 10,576 10,907          
        Fine Gael Enda Kenny 9.2 5,834 5,954 6,045 6,142 6,478 6,576 6,707 7,307 11,922  
        Fianna Fáil John Carty 10.2 6,457 6,512 6,555 6,756 6,817 6,822 6,824 8,284 9,531 10,157
        Fianna Fáil Beverley Flynn 10.5 6,661 6,741 6,886 7,123 7,167 7,178 7,187 9,517 9,749 9,910
        Fianna Fáil Tom Moffatt 10.3 6,536 6,749 6,892 7,084 7,521 7,661 7,697 8,625 8,878 9,187
        Fine Gael Jim Higgins 9.2 5,858 5,971 6,035 6,155 6,833 6,998 7,100 7,220    
        Fianna Fáil Frank Chambers 9.0 5,726 5,792 6,045 6,266 6,307 6,315 6,319      
        Fine Gael Ernie Caffrey 3.6 2,290 2,419 2,486 2,558            
        Sinn Féin Vincent Wood 3.3 2,085 2,181 2,274              
        Independent Michael Holmes 2.8 1,754 1,873                
        Progressive Democrats Billy Heffron 1.5 919                  
        Green Party Ann Crowley 1.1 669                  
        Independent Thomas King 0.2 102                  
        Electorate: 94,854   Valid: 63,480   Spoilt: 790 (1.2%)   Quota: 10,581   Turnout: 64,270 (67.8%)

          1997 general election

          1997 general election: Mayo[3]
          Party Candidate 1st Pref % Seat Count
          Fine Gael Michael Ring 10,066 16.3 1 3
          Fine Gael Jim Higgins 6,945 11.2 2 7
          Fianna Fáil Beverley Flynn 8,353 13.5 3 7
          Fine Gael Enda Kenny 8,568 13.9 4 7
          Fianna Fáil Tom Moffatt 5,735 9.3 5 8
          Fianna Fáil Séamus Hughes 6,791 11.0
          Fianna Fáil P. J. Morley 5,692 9.2
          Fine Gael Ernie Caffrey 4,579 7.4
          Independent Richard Finn 1,683 2.7
          Independent Gerry Ginty 1,656 2.7
          Green Party Ann Crowley 938 1.5
          National Party Ciaran Sherry 733 1.2
          Independent Cormac Cullen 119 0.2
          Electorate: 87,719   Valid: 61,858   Spoilt: 614 (1.0%)   Quota: 10,310   Turnout: 62,472 (71.2%)

          See also

          References

          1. ↑ "Electoral (Amendment) Act 2009: Schedule". Irish Statute Book database. Retrieved 29 September 2010.
          2. 1 2 "Electoral (Amendment) (Dáil Constituencies) Act 2013: Schedule". Irish Statute Book database. Retrieved 4 February 2016.
          3. 1 2 "General election 1997: Mayo". ElectionsIreland.org. Retrieved 13 February 2009.
          4. 1 2 "General election 2002: Mayo". ElectionsIreland.org. Retrieved 13 February 2009.
          5. 1 2 "General election 2007: Mayo". ElectionsIreland.org. Retrieved 13 February 2009.
          6. ↑ Beverley Flynn was elected in 2007 as an independent candidate, was readmitted to the Fianna Fáil party in 2008. "Beverly Flynn readmitted to FF". RTÉ News. 3 April 2008. Retrieved 17 February 2009.
          7. 1 2 "General election 2011: Mayo". ElectionsIreland.org. Retrieved 4 March 2011.
          8. 1 2 "General election 2016: Mayo". ElectionsIreland.org. Retrieved 22 February 2016.

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