Dublin Fingal (Dáil constituency)

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Dublin Fingal
Dáil Constituency
Dublin Dail Eireann Constituencies (2020).png
Constituencies in County Dublin; Dublin Fingal is at the top, coloured green.
Major settlements
Current constituency
Created2016
Seats5
TDs
  •   Alan Farrell (FG)
  •   Darragh O'Brien (FF)
  •   Joe O'Brien (GP)
  •   Louise O'Reilly (SF)
  •   Duncan Smith (Lab)
County councilFingal County Council
EP constituencyDublin

Dublin Fingal is a parliamentary constituency which is represented in Dáil Éireann, the lower house of the Irish parliament or Oireachtas, from the 2016 general election onwards. The constituency elects 5 deputies (Teachtaí Dála, commonly known as TDs) on the system of proportional representation by means of the single transferable vote (PR-STV).

History and boundaries[]

The constituency was established by the Electoral (Amendment) (Dáil Constituencies) Act 2013.[1] It incorporated all of the old Dublin North, Swords-Forrest and Kilsallaghan from Dublin West, and Balgriffin and Turnapin from Dublin North-East.

The Electoral (Amendment) (Dáil Constituencies) Act 2017 defines the constituency as:[2]

"In the county of Fingal the electoral divisions of:
Balbriggan Rural, Balbriggan Urban, Balgriffin, Ballyboghil, Balscadden, Clonmethan, Donabate, Garristown, Hollywood, Holmpatrick, Kilsallaghan, Kinsaley, Lusk, Malahide East, Malahide West, Portmarnock North, Portmarnock South, Rush, Skerries, Swords-Forrest, Swords-Glasmore, Swords-Lissenhall, Swords-Seatown, Swords Village;
and those parts of the electoral divisions of Airport, Dubber and Turnapin situated north of a line drawn along the Northern Cross Route (M50), passing in a clockwise direction around and excluding roundabout No. 3 at the junction of the Northern Cross Route (M50) with the M1 Motorway."

TDs[]

Teachtaí Dála (TDs) for Dublin Fingal 2016–
Key to parties
Dáil Election Deputy
(Party)		 Deputy
(Party)		 Deputy
(Party)		 Deputy
(Party)		 Deputy
(Party)
32nd 2016[3] Louise O'Reilly
(SF) 		Clare Daly
(I4C) 		Brendan Ryan
(Lab) 		Darragh O'Brien
(FF) 		Alan Farrell
(FG)
2019 by-election Joe O'Brien
(GP)
33rd 2020 Duncan Smith
(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[]

2020 general election[]

2020 general election: Dublin Fingal[4][5][6][7]
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12
Sinn Féin Louise O'Reilly 24.9 15,792                      
Fianna Fáil Darragh O'Brien 15.9 10,111 10,306 10,323 10,354 10,365 10,503 10,530 10,652        
Green Joe O'Brien 13.2 8,400 9,067 9,104 9,181 9,289 9,428 9,680 10,720        
Fine Gael Alan Farrell 9.8 6,213 6,278 6,283 6,312 6,329 6,385 6,406 6,492 8,732 9,754 10,577  
Labour Duncan Smith 7.1 4,513 4,898 4,936 4,988 5,052 5,138 5,222 5,691 6,126 7,135 8,258 8,340
Independent Tony Murphy 5.7 3,622 4,135 4,183 4,262 4,347 4,768 4,920 5,133 5,346 5,838    
Fianna Fáil Lorraine Clifford-Lee 5.6 3,523 3,668 3,681 3,732 3,748 3,841 3,868 4,020 4,275      
Fine Gael James Reilly 5.2 3,280 3,347 3,366 3,377 3,403 3,433 3,450 3,503        
Inds. 4 Change Dean Mulligan 4.0 2,529 3,700 3,762 3,882 3,985 4,202 4,979 5,862 5,972 6,447 8,088 8,152
Social Democrats Paul Mulville 3.5 2,206 2,628 2,656 2,729 2,804 2,879 3,226          
Independent Gemma O'Doherty[a] 2.0 1,252 1,462 1,538 1,573 1,614              
PBP/Solidarity Terry Kelleher[b] 1.1 674 1,391 1,424 1,513 1,800 1,883            
Independent Glenn Brady 0.8 536 668 703                  
PBP/Solidarity John Uwhumiakpor[c] 0.8 487 845 875 895                
Independent Sandra Sweetman 0.4 259 376                    
United People Alistair Smith 0.1 43 97                    
Electorate: 101,045   Valid: 63,440   Spoilt: 451 (0.7%)   Quota: 10,574   Turnout: 63,891 (63.2%)
  1. ^ O'Doherty contested this election as member of Anti Corruption Ireland. It is not registered as a political party, so candidates appeared on the ballot as non-party.
  2. ^ Kelleher was a member of Solidarity.
  3. ^ Uwhumiakpor was a member of People Before Profit.

2019 by-election[]

A by-election was held in the constituency on 29 November 2019, to fill the seat vacated by Clare Daly on her election to the European Parliament in May 2019.[8][9]

2019 Dublin Fingal by-election
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
Green Joe O'Brien 22.9 5,744 5,837 5,965 6,091 6,784 7,984 9,183 12,315
Fianna Fáil Lorraine Clifford-Lee 18.5 4,631 4,672 4,766 4,929 5,252 5,648 6,547 7,754
Labour Duncan Smith 15.2 3,821 3,866 3,926 4,008 4,347 4,999 6,300  
Fine Gael James Reilly 14.8 3,707 3,753 3,803 3,882 3,992 4,200    
Inds. 4 Change Dean Mulligan 10.2 2,550 2,606 2,745 2,909 3,754      
Sinn Féin Ann Graves 5.3 1,327 1,361 1,402 1,481        
Social Democrats Tracey Carey 4.4 1,106 1,125 1,214 1,273        
Independent Gemma O'Doherty 4.1 1,026 1,088 1,149          
Independent Glenn Brady 2.7 670 726            
Independent Peadar O'Kelly 1.4 350              
Independent Charlie Keddy 0.4 112              
Independent Cormac McKay 0.2 46              
Electorate: 99,039   Valid: 25,090   Spoilt: 254 (1.0%)   Quota: 12,546   Turnout: 25,344 (25.6%)

2016 general election[]

2016 general election: Dublin Fingal[10][11][3]
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
Fianna Fáil Darragh O'Brien 17.9 10,826                  
Inds. 4 Change Clare Daly 15.7 9,480 9,552 9,827 10,566            
Fine Gael Alan Farrell 12.4 7,514 7,563 7,627 7,664 7,672 8,082 8,244 8,709 8,969 9,965
Labour Brendan Ryan 10.0 6,009 6,054 6,125 6,193 6,210 6,358 6,800 7,794 8,424 9,406
Sinn Féin Louise O'Reilly 8.7 5,228 5,246 5,314 5,621 5,719 5,858 6,193 6,465 7,911 8,771
Fine Gael James Reilly 7.7 4,666 4,699 4,735 4,767 4,769 4,955 5,259 5,549 5,756 6,215
Fianna Fáil Lorraine Clifford-Lee 5.6 3,359 3,788 3,871 3,937 3,953 4,339 4,705 5,099 5,595  
Green Joe O'Brien 4.6 2,783 2,802 2,964 3,105 3,125 3,430 3,758      
Independent Alliance Tony Murphy 4.1 2,503 2,520 2,679 2,863 2,896 3,104        
Inds. 4 Change Barry Martin 4.0 2,412 2,424 2,694 3,126 3,404 3,649 4,298 5,077    
Renua Gerry Molloy 3.5 2,091 2,139 2,219 2,326 2,355          
AAA–PBP Terry Kelleher 3.4 2,067 2,076 2,210              
Independent Roslyn Fuller 1.3 772 775                
Independent Marcus de Brun 1.0 627 633                
Independent Fergal O'Connell 0.1 51 52                
Electorate: 93,486   Valid: 60,388   Spoilt: 462   Quota: 10,065   Turnout: 65.1%

See also[]

References[]

  1. ^ Electoral (Amendment) (Dáil Constituencies) Act, Schedule (No. 7 of 2013, Schedule). 20 March 2013. Act of the Oireachtas. Retrieved 5 October 2021, Irish Statute Book.
  2. ^ Electoral (Amendment) (Dáil Constituencies) Act, Schedule (No. 39 of 2017, Schedule). 23 December 2017. Act of the Oireachtas. Retrieved 5 October 2021, Irish Statute Book.
  3. ^ a b "General election 2016: Dublin Fingal". ElectionsIreland.org. Retrieved 20 February 2016.
  4. ^ "General Election 2020 Results – Dublin Fingal". RTÉ News. Retrieved 24 May 2020.
  5. ^ "Dublin Fingal: 2020 General Election". Irelandelection.com. Retrieved 24 May 2020.
  6. ^ Wall, Martin. "Dublin Fingal results: SF wave results in high-profile Fine Gael casualty". Irish Times. Dublin. Archived from the original on 6 June 2021. Retrieved 5 June 2021.
  7. ^ "Election 2020: Dublin Fingal". Irish Times. Dublin. 10 February 2020. Archived from the original on 6 June 2021. Retrieved 5 June 2021.
  8. ^ "Writs moved for four Dáil by-elections". RTÉ News. 7 November 2019.
  9. ^ Friday's byelections: All you need to know about candidates, constituencies and issues by Jennifer Bray, Irish Times, November 26, 2019.
  10. ^ "Dublin Fingal Results 2016". Irelandelection.com. Irelandelection.com. Retrieved 21 January 2020.
  11. ^ "Dublin Fingal Results 2016". RTÉ. Archived from the original on 15 March 2019. Retrieved 21 January 2020.
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