Dublin Bay North (Dáil Éireann constituency)
Dublin Bay North | |
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Dáil Éireann Parliamentary Constituency |
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Current constituency | |
Created | 2016 |
Seats | 5 |
TDs | |
County/City council | Dublin City Council Fingal County Council |
EP constituency | Dublin |
Dublin Bay North is a parliamentary constituency that has been represented in Dáil Éireann, the lower house of the Irish parliament or Oireachtas, from the 2016 general election. The constituency elects 5 deputies (Teachtaí Dála, commonly known as TDs). The method of election is the single transferable vote form of proportional representation (PR-STV).
Contents
History and boundaries
The Constituency Commission proposed in its 2012 report that at the next general election a new constituency called Dublin Bay North be created.[1] The report proposed changes to the constituencies of Ireland so as to reduce the total number of TDs from 166 to 158.[2]
It was established by the Electoral (Amendment) (Dáil Constituencies) Act 2013.[3] The constituency incorporates the entirety of Dublin North-Central and most of Dublin North-East; with the transfer of an area around the village of Portmarnock from Dublin North-East into Dublin Fingal.
The 2013 Act defines the constituency as:[3]
- "In the city of Dublin the electoral divisions of:
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- Ayrfield, Beaumont B, Beaumont C, Beaumont D, Beaumont E, Beaumont F, Clontarf East A, Clontarf East B, Clontarf East C, Clontarf East D, Clontarf East E, Clontarf West A, Clontarf West B, Clontarf West C, Clontarf West D, Clontarf West E, Drumcondra South A, Edenmore, Grace Park, Grange A, Grange B, Grange C, Grange D, Grange E, Harmonstown A, Harmonstown B, Kilmore A, Kilmore B, Kilmore C, Kilmore D, Priorswood A, Priorswood B, Priorswood C, Priorswood D, Priorswood E, Raheny-Foxfield, Raheny-Greendale, Raheny-St. Assam;
- and, in the county of Fingal, the electoral divisions of:
TDs
Teachtaí Dála (TDs) for Dublin Bay North 2016– | |||||||||||
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Key to parties
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Dáil | Election | Deputy (Party) |
Deputy (Party) |
Deputy (Party) |
Deputy (Party) |
Deputy (Party) |
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32nd | 2016[4] | Denise Mitchell (SF) |
Seán Haughey (FF) |
Tommy Broughan (I4C) |
Finian McGrath (Ind) |
Richard Bruton (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
The constituency was dubbed the "group of death" by media because of the large number and high profile of candidates, the close contest, and the protracted nature of the count.[5]
2016 general election: Dublin Bay North[4] | ||||||||||||||||||
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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 | Count 12 | Count 13 | Count 14 | Count 15 | |
Fine Gael | Richard Bruton | 13.3 | 9,792 | 9,804 | 9,860 | 9,924 | 9,934 | 10,568 | 10,578 | 13,092 | ||||||||
Fianna Fáil | Seán Haughey | 10.9 | 8,007 | 8,029 | 8,094 | 8,123 | 8,157 | 8,189 | 8,232 | 8,293 | 8,345 | 9,311 | 9,378 | 11,659 | 11,956 | 12,754 | ||
Independents 4 Change | Tommy Broughan | 7.3 | 5,361 | 5,398 | 5,511 | 5,578 | 5,778 | 5,856 | 6,038 | 6,065 | 6,099 | 6,583 | 6,823 | 7,003 | 7,735 | 9,477 | 11,565 | |
Sinn Féin | Denise Mitchell | 6.8 | 5,039 | 5,051 | 5,067 | 5,081 | 5,247 | 5,255 | 5,510 | 5,515 | 5,517 | 5,573 | 8,281 | 8,386 | 8,596 | 9,047 | 11,348 | |
Independent | Finian McGrath | 8.0 | 5,878 | 5,913 | 5,990 | 6,075 | 6,150 | 6,213 | 6,321 | 6,396 | 6,450 | 6,828 | 6,930 | 7,353 | 8,069 | 9,553 | 11,191 | |
Labour Party | Aodhán Ó Ríordáin | 7.7 | 5,675 | 5,683 | 5,701 | 5,920 | 5,932 | 6,183 | 6,201 | 6,581 | 7,057 | 7,299 | 7,320 | 7,544 | 8,547 | 9,947 | 10,329 | |
AAA–PBP | John Lyons | 6.0 | 4,409 | 4,455 | 4,532 | 4,600 | 4,981 | 5,002 | 6,475 | 6,494 | 6,497 | 6,682 | 7,116 | 7,209 | 7,760 | 8,476 | ||
Independent | Averil Power | 6.7 | 4,911 | 4,934 | 5,052 | 5,145 | 5,294 | 5,529 | 5,678 | 5,768 | 5,828 | 6,237 | 6,338 | 6,674 | 7,668 | |||
Social Democrats | Cian O'Callaghan | 5.2 | 3,864 | 3,875 | 3,909 | 4,093 | 4,128 | 4,179 | 4,291 | 4,313 | 4,347 | 4,587 | 4,637 | 4,796 | ||||
Fianna Fáil | Deirdre Heney | 4.6 | 3,360 | 3,376 | 3,408 | 3,448 | 3,458 | 3,498 | 3,514 | 3,577 | 3,619 | 3,943 | 3,974 | |||||
Sinn Féin | Micheál MacDonncha | 4.8 | 3,527 | 3,540 | 3,563 | 3,576 | 3,663 | 3,668 | 3,787 | 3,790 | 3,791 | 3,850 | ||||||
Renua Ireland | Terence Flanagan | 4.4 | 3,205 | 3,273 | 3,302 | 3,348 | 3,372 | 3,418 | 3,462 | 3,525 | 3,588 | |||||||
Fine Gael | Naoise Ó Muirí | 3.9 | 2,868 | 2,870 | 2,875 | 2,905 | 2,908 | 3,376 | 3,381 | |||||||||
AAA–PBP | Michael O'Brien | 3.0 | 2,236 | 2,253 | 2,271 | 2,282 | 2,559 | 2,562 | ||||||||||
Fine Gael | Stephanie Regan | 2.5 | 1,857 | 1,865 | 1,883 | 1,939 | 1,957 | |||||||||||
Independent | Damien O'Neill | 2.0 | 1,446 | 1,470 | 1,506 | 1,517 | ||||||||||||
Green Party | Donna Cooney | 1.4 | 1,024 | 1,038 | 1,055 | |||||||||||||
Independent | Jimmy Guerin | 1.0 | 756 | 782 | ||||||||||||||
Independent | Paul Clarke | 0.4 | 306 | |||||||||||||||
Independent | Proinsias Ó Conaráin | 0.1 | 104 | |||||||||||||||
Electorate: 109,516 Valid: 73,625 Spoilt: 709 (1.0%) Quota: 12,271 Turnout: 74,334 (67.9%) |
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See also
- Parliamentary constituencies in the Republic of Ireland
- Politics of the Republic of Ireland
- List of political parties in the Republic of Ireland
- List of Irish by-elections
- Elections in the Republic of Ireland
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