Limerick City (Dáil Éireann constituency)

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Limerick City
Dáil Éireann
Parliamentary Constituency
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Location of Limerick City within Ireland
Current constituency
Created 2011
Seats 4
TDs
County/City council
EP constituency South

Limerick City is a parliamentary constituency 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 Commission proposed in 2007 that at the next general election a new constituency called Limerick City be created.[1]

It was established by the Electoral (Amendment) Act 2009[2] when it replaced the former constituency of Limerick East. Most of the rural parts of the Limerick East constituency have been transferred to the Limerick constituency. It was first used at the 2011 general election.

The constituency comprises Limerick City and suburbs, part of County Limerick and a small part of County Clare.

The 2009 Act defines the constituency as:[2]

"In the county of Limerick the electoral divisions of:
Ballycummin, Ballysimon, Ballyvarra, Castleconnell, Limerick South Rural, in the former Rural District of Limerick No. 1;
and the city of Limerick;
and, in the former Rural District of Meelick, in the county of Clare, the electoral division of Ballyglass."

TDs

Teachtaí Dála (TDs) for Limerick 2011–
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Key to parties
Dáil Election Deputy
(Party)
Deputy
(Party)
Deputy
(Party)
Deputy
(Party)
31st 2011[3] Michael Noonan
(FG)
Kieran O'Donnell
(FG)
Willie O'Dea
(FF)
Jan O'Sullivan
(Lab)

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: Limerick City
Party Candidate  % 1st Pref Count 1
Green Party James Gaffney    
Social Democrats Sarah Jane Hennelly    
Fine Gael Michael Noonan    
Fianna Fáil Willie O'Dea    
Fine Gael Kieran O'Donnell    
Labour Party Jan O'Sullivan    
AAA–PBP Cian Prenderville    
Sinn Féin Maurice Quinlivan    

2011 general election

2011 general election: Limerick City[3]
Party Candidate  % 1st Pref Count 1 Count 2 Count 3 Count 4 Count 5 Count 6 Count 7
Fine Gael Michael Noonan 30.8 13,291            
Fine Gael Kieran O'Donnell 12.5 5,405 8,306 8,414 8,545 8,774    
Fianna Fáil Willie O'Dea 16.1 6,956 7,369 7,403 7,432 7,768 9,424  
Labour Party Jan O'Sullivan 14.7 6,353 7,122 7,161 7,314 7,728 8,079 8,520
Sinn Féin Maurice Quinlivan 8.6 3,711 3,829 3,877 3,894 4,518 4,634 4,758
Labour Party Joe Leddin 5.6 2,411 2,628 2,645 2,712 2,926 3,084 3,291
Fianna Fáil Peter Power 5.3 2,303 2,399 2,429 2,466 2,533    
Independent Kevin Kiely 2.6 1,129 1,200 1,270 1,306      
Socialist Party Cian Prendiville[4] 1.7 721 740 769 799      
Green Party Sheila Cahill 1.1 490 520 542        
Christian Solidarity Conor O'Donoghue 0.4 186 197          
Independent Denis Riordan 0.4 173 178          
Independent Matt Larkin 0.1 59 62          
Electorate: 64,909   Valid: 43,188   Spoilt: 429 (1.0%)   Quota: 8,638   Turnout: 43,617 (67.2%)

See also

References

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  4. Prendiville campaigned as a member of the United Left Alliance.

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