Dublin Rathdown (Dáil constituency)

Dublin Rathdown
Dublin Rathdown
Dáil Constituency
	Constituencies in County Dublin; Dublin Rathdown is at the bottom, coloured red.
County	Dún Laoghaire–Rathdown
Major settlements	Ballinteer; Churchtown; Clonskeagh; Dundrum; Stillorgan;
Current constituency
Created	2016
Seats	3
TDs	Josepha Madigan (FG); Catherine Martin (GP); Neale Richmond (FG);
EP constituency	Dublin

Dublin Rathdown is a parliamentary constituency represented in Dáil Éireann, the lower house of the Irish parliament or Oireachtas, since the 2016 general election. The constituency elects three 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[]

It was established by the Electoral (Amendment) (Dáil Constituencies) Act 2013 and first used at the 2016 election.^[1] It largely replaced the old constituency of Dublin South, with the electoral divisions in Dún Laoghaire–Rathdown of Cabinteely-Loughlinstown, Foxrock-Carrickmines, Foxrock-Torquay and Stillorgan-Leopardstown being transferred to the Dún Laoghaire constituency; and the electoral divisions in South Dublin of Ballyboden, Edmondstown, Firhouse-Ballycullen, Firhouse-Knocklyon, Rathfarnham-Ballyroan, Rathfarnham-Butterfield, Rathfarnham-Hermitage, Rathfarnham-St. Enda's, Rathfarnham Village being transferred to the Dublin South-West constituency. There was a minor boundary revision in the Electoral (Amendment) (Dáil Constituencies) Act 2017.^[2]

Years	TDs	Boundaries	Law
2016–2020	3	In the county of Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown the electoral divisions of: Ballinteer-Broadford, Ballinteer-Ludford, Ballinteer-Marley, Ballinteer-Meadowbroads, Ballinteer-Meadowmount, Ballinteer-Woodpark, Churchtown-Castle, Churchtown-Landscape, Churchtown-Nutgrove, Churchtown-Orwell, Churchtown-Woodlawn, Clonskeagh-Belfield, Clonskeagh-Farranboley, Clonskeagh-Milltown, Clonskeagh-Roebuck, Clonskeagh-Windy Arbour, Dundrum-Balally, Dundrum-Kilmacud, Dundrum-Sandyford, Dundrum-Sweetmount, Dundrum-Taney, Glencullen, Stillorgan-Deerpark, Stillorgan-Kilmacud, Stillorgan-Merville, Stillorgan-Mount Merrion, Tibradden.^[1]	2013 Act
2020–	3	In the county of Dún Laoghaire–Rathdown the electoral divisions of: Ballinteer-Broadford, Ballinteer-Ludford, Ballinteer-Marley, Ballinteer-Meadowbroads, Ballinteer-Meadowmount, Ballinteer-Woodpark, Churchtown-Castle, Churchtown-Landscape, Churchtown-Nutgrove, Churchtown-Orwell, Churchtown-Woodlawn, Clonskeagh-Belfield, Clonskeagh-Farranboley, Clonskeagh-Milltown, Clonskeagh-Roebuck, Clonskeagh-Windy Arbour, Dundrum-Balally, Dundrum-Kilmacud, Dundrum-Sandyford, Dundrum-Sweetmount, Dundrum-Taney, Stillorgan-Deerpark, Stillorgan-Kilmacud, Stillorgan-Merville, Stillorgan-Mount Merrion, Tibradden; and the electoral division of Glencullen except for that part that is in the constituency of Dún Laoghaire [that part that lies to the east of the M50 Motorway and to the south of the N31 and the Leopardstown Road].^[2]	2017 Act

TDs[]

Teachtaí Dála (TDs) for Dublin Rathdown 2016–
Key to parties FG = Fine Gael GP = Green Ind = Independent
Dáil	Election	Deputy (Party)		Deputy (Party)		Deputy (Party)
32nd	2016^[3]		Catherine Martin (GP)		Shane Ross (Ind)		Josepha Madigan (FG)
33rd	2020		Catherine Martin (GP)		Neale Richmond (FG)		Josepha Madigan (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[]

2020 general election[]

2020 general election: Dublin Rathdown^[4]^[5]
Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
Party		Candidate	FPv%	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8
	Green	Catherine Martin	21.1	8,958	9,171	9,431	9,949	11,444
	Fine Gael	Neale Richmond	15.9	6,743	6,789	6,887	6,926	7,461	8,675	8,950	9,704
	Fine Gael	Josepha Madigan	15.3	6,482	6,555	6,603	6,624	6,964	7,835	8,065	8,677
	Sinn Féin	Sorcha Nic Cormaic	11.6	4,926	4,980	5,082	5,716	5,991	6,538	6,726
	Fianna Fáil	Shay Brennan	10.7	4,549	5,118	5,532	5,599	5,913	6,904	7,054	8,277
	Independent	Shane Ross	8.1	3,419	3,474	3,651	3,780	4,215
	Labour	Lettie McCarthy	7.5	3,179	3,242	3,328	3,519
	PBP/Solidarity	Eoghan Ó Ceannabháin^[a]	3.5	1,498	1,597	1,680
	Aontú	Liam Coughlan	3.3	1,413	1,450
	Fianna Fáil	Deirdre Conroy	2.1	886
	Independent	Patrick Noonan	0.8	350
Electorate: 67,012 Valid: 42,403 Spoilt: 251 (0.6%) Quota: 10,601 Turnout: 42,654 (63.7%)

^ Ó Ceannabháin was a member of People Before Profit.

2016 general election[]

2016 general election: Dublin Rathdown^[6]^[7]^[3]
Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
Party		Candidate	FPv%	1	2	3	4	5	6
	Independent	Shane Ross	24.8	10,202	10,411
	Fine Gael	Josepha Madigan	16.2	6,668	6,835	7,180	7,290	8,579	9,488
	Fine Gael	Alan Shatter	14.4	5,905	5,979	6,195	6,268	7,745	8,444
	Fianna Fáil	Mary White	10.3	4,220	4,325	4,761	5,165	5,463
	Green	Catherine Martin	10.0	4,122	4,314	4,812	6,105	7,255	9,421
	Labour	Alex White	9.8	4,048	4,080	4,258	4,436
	Sinn Féin	Sorcha Nic Cormaic	7.0	2,858	2,896	3,076
	Independent	Peter Mathews	4.9	2,021	2,241
	Renua	Alan Daveron	2.6	1,055
Electorate: 62,340 Valid: 41,099 Spoilt: 226 (0.5%) Quota: 10,275 Turnout: 41,325 (66.3%)

References[]

^ ^a ^b Electoral (Amendment) (Dáil Constituencies) Act, Schedule (No. 7 of 2013, Schedule). 20 March 2013. Act of the Oireachtas. Retrieved 8 October 2021, Irish Statute Book.
^ ^a ^b Electoral (Amendment) (Dáil Constituencies) Act, Schedule (No. 39 of 2017, Schedule). 23 December 2017. Act of the Oireachtas. Retrieved 8 October 2021, Irish Statute Book.
^ ^a ^b "General election 2016: Dublin Rathdown". ElectionsIreland.org. Retrieved 20 February 2016.
^ "General Election 2020 Results – Dublin Rathdown". RTÉ News. Retrieved 25 May 2020.
^ "Dublin Rathdown: 2020 General Election". Irelandelection.com. Retrieved 25 May 2020.
^ "Dublin Rathdown Results 2016". Irelandelection.com. Irelandelection.com. Retrieved 22 January 2020.
^ "Dublin Rathdown Results 2016". RTÉ. Archived from the original on 15 March 2019. Retrieved 22 January 2020.

[6] Ó Ceannabháin was a member of People Before Profit.

[ea-2013-1] Electoral (Amendment) (Dáil Constituencies) Act, Schedule (No. 7 of 2013, Schedule). 20 March 2013. Act of the Oireachtas. Retrieved 8 October 2021, Irish Statute Book.

[ea-2017-2] Electoral (Amendment) (Dáil Constituencies) Act, Schedule (No. 39 of 2017, Schedule). 23 December 2017. Act of the Oireachtas. Retrieved 8 October 2021, Irish Statute Book.

[ei-dublin-rathdown-2016-3] "General election 2016: Dublin Rathdown". ElectionsIreland.org. Retrieved 20 February 2016.

[4] "General Election 2020 Results – Dublin Rathdown". RTÉ News. Retrieved 25 May 2020.

[5] "Dublin Rathdown: 2020 General Election". Irelandelection.com. Retrieved 25 May 2020.

[7] "Dublin Rathdown Results 2016". Irelandelection.com. Irelandelection.com. Retrieved 22 January 2020.

[8] "Dublin Rathdown Results 2016". RTÉ. Archived from the original on 15 March 2019. Retrieved 22 January 2020.

[1]

[2]

[3]

[4]

[5]

[a]

[6]

[7]