Dáil constituency (1981–present)
Dublin West 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) on the system of proportional representation by means of the single transferable vote (PR-STV).
History [ ]
A Dublin West constituency was created for the first time as a 5-seater, under the terms of the Electoral (Amendment) Act 1980 [1] and was first used for the 1981 general election . It drew its electorate from the abolished constituencies of Dublin County West , Dublin Ballyfermot and Dublin Cabra together with a small part of Dublin South-East . It was reduced to 4 seats for the 1992 general election . Following the Electoral (Amendment) (No. 2) Act 1998 which took effect for the 2002 general election , the constituency was reduced in size and representation, being the largest source of voters for the new Dublin Mid-West seat. As a result, it was reduced from a 4-seat to a 3-seat constituency. At the 2011 general election the number of seats was increased to 4.[2]
Boundaries [ ]
The constituency is made up of the Castleknock and most of the Mulhuddart local electoral areas of Fingal . The constituency includes Mulhuddart, Corduff , Blanchardstown , Castleknock, Carpenterstown, Barberstown, Clonsilla and Ongar . The portion in Dublin City includes Dublin Zoo and Áras an Uachtaráin , the official residence of the President of Ireland .
The Electoral (Amendment) (Dáil Constituencies) Act 2017 defines the constituency as:[3]
"In the county of Fingal the electoral divisions of:
Blanchardstown-Blakestown, Blanchardstown-Coolmine, Blanchardstown-Corduff, Blanchardstown-Delwood, Blanchardstown-Mulhuddart, Blanchardstown-Roselawn, Blanchardstown-Tyrrelstown, Castleknock-Knockmaroon, Castleknock-Park, Lucan North;
and those parts of the electoral divisions of Blanchardstown-Abbotstown, and The Ward situated north of a line drawn along the Northern Cross Route (M50);
and, in the city of Dublin, the electoral divisions of:
Ashtown A, Ashtown B;
and that part of the electoral division of Phoenix Park situated north of a line drawn along Chapelizod Road, Conyngham Road and Parkgate Street."
TDs [ ]
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 West[20] [21] [22] [23] [24]
Party
Candidate
FPv%
Count
1
2
3
4
5
6
Sinn Féin
Paul Donnelly
28.6
12,456
Fine Gael
Leo Varadkar
19.4
8,478
8,596
8,641
8,706
8,763
Fianna Fáil
Jack Chambers
15.8
6,892
7,187
7,330
7,385
7,836
9,107
Green
Roderic O'Gorman
11.2
4,901
5,371
5,471
5,919
6,270
8,260
PBP/Solidarity
Ruth Coppinger [n 1]
10.0
4,353
6,212
6,430
6,808
6,991
7,580
Labour
Joan Burton
4.8
2,096
2,201
2,236
2,321
2,406
Fine Gael
Emer Currie
4.3
1,870
1,905
1,947
1,980
2,030
Aontú
Edward Mac Manus
2.4
1,062
1,218
1,420
1,522
Social Democrats
Aengus Ó Maoláin
1.9
817
1,114
1,249
Independent
Peter Casey
1.1
495
708
Independent
Stephen O'Loughlin
0.4
184
325
Independent
Sean O'Leary
0.1
24
65
Electorate: 70,337 Valid: 43,628 Spoilt: 270 (0.6%) Quota: 8,726 Turnout: 43,898 (62.4%)
2016 general election [ ]
2016 general election : Dublin West[25] [26] [19]
Party
Candidate
FPv%
Count
1
2
3
4
5
Fine Gael
Leo Varadkar
19.7
8,247
8,328
9,021
Fianna Fáil
Jack Chambers
16.5
6,917
7,148
7,236
7,330
8,315
AAA–PBP
Ruth Coppinger
15.5
6,520
6,626
6,690
7,011
8,548
Labour
Joan Burton
15.4
6,445
6,508
6,668
6,769
8,009
Sinn Féin
Paul Donnelly
14.4
6,034
6,073
6,093
6,188
7,091
Independent
David McGuinness
7.1
2,991
3,081
3,112
3,405
Green
Roderic O'Gorman
4.1
1,730
1,839
1,864
2,098
Independent
T J Clare
2.6
1,092
1,191
1,214
Fine Gael
Catherine Noone
2.6
1,074
1,125
Renua
Jo O'Brien
1.6
677
Independent
Dermot Casey
0.5
225
Electorate: 64,639 Valid: 41,952 Spoilt: 320 (0.8%) Quota: 8,391 Turnout: 42,272 (65.4%)
2014 by-election [ ]
Following the resignation of Independent TD Patrick Nulty , a by-election was held on 23 May 2014, on the same day as the 2014 European and local elections .
2014 by-election : Dublin West[18] [27]
Party
Candidate
FPv%
Count
1
2
3
4
5
6
Sinn Féin
Paul Donnelly
20.9
6,056
6,120
6,296
6,516
7,028
Socialist Party
Ruth Coppinger
20.6
5,977
6,112
6,744
7,342
8,807
12,334
Fianna Fáil
David McGuinness
17.5
5,053
5,156
5,691
6,789
8,163
9,237
Independent
David Hall
13.1
3,803
4,133
4,783
5,846
Fine Gael
Eamonn Coghlan
12.8
3,715
3,788
4,693
Green
Roderic O'Gorman
6.4
1,856
1,951
Labour
Lorraine Mulligan
5.2
1,505
1,540
Independent
Seán Lyons
2.2
649
Independent
John Kidd
0.8
228
Fís Nua
Daniel Boyne
0.4
113
Electorate: 63,521 Valid: 28,955 Spoilt: 395 (1.4%) Quota: 14,478 Turnout: 29,350 (46.2%)
2011 by-election [ ]
Following the death of Fianna Fáil TD Brian Lenihan Jnr , a by-election was held on 27 October 2011, on the same day as the Irish presidential election and two constitutional referendums .
2011 by-election : Dublin West[28] [17]
Party
Candidate
FPv%
Count
1
2
3
4
5
Labour
Patrick Nulty
24.3
8,665
8,885
10,186
13,027
17,636
Fianna Fáil
David McGuinness
21.7
7,742
7,935
8,720
9,873
11,590
Socialist Party
Ruth Coppinger
21.1
7,542
7,834
9,368
9,873
Fine Gael
Eithne Loftus
14.7
5,263
5,410
5,942
Sinn Féin
Paul Donnelly
8.9
3,173
3,309
Green
Roderic O'Gorman
5.0
1,787
1,925
Independent
Barry Caesar Hunt
2.2
775
Independent
John Frank Kidd
0.9
311
Independent
Gary Bermingham
0.5
185
Independent
Brendan Doris
0.3
95
Independent
Jim Tallon
0.2
73
Independent
Benny Cooney
0.1
51
Independent
Peadar Ó Ceallaigh
0.1
40
Electorate: 62,396 Valid: 35,702 Spoilt: 689 (1.9%) Quota: 17,852 Turnout: 36,391 (58.3%)
2011 general election [ ]
2011 general election : Dublin West[16]
Party
Candidate
FPv%
Count
1
2
3
4
5
Labour
Joan Burton
22.7
9,627
Fine Gael
Leo Varadkar
19.7
8,359
8,555
Socialist Party
Joe Higgins [29]
19.0
8,084
8,304
8,603
Fianna Fáil
Brian Lenihan Jnr
15.1
6,421
6,494
7,050
7,323
8,289
Fine Gael
Kieran Dennison
7.5
3,190
3,248
3,440
3,693
Labour
Patrick Nulty
6.3
2,686
3,186
3,450
4,701
6,329
Sinn Féin
Paul Donnelly
6.1
2,597
2,646
2,749
Fianna Fáil
David McGuinness
1.5
623
631
Green
Roderic O'Gorman
1.4
605
625
Independent
Clement Esebamen
0.7
280
288
Electorate: 62,348 Valid: 42,472 Spoilt: 327 (0.8%) Quota: 8,495 Turnout: 42,799 (68.6%)
2007 general election [ ]
2007 general election : Dublin West[15]
Party
Candidate
FPv%
Count
1
2
3
4
5
Fianna Fáil
Brian Lenihan Jnr
32.7
11,125
Fine Gael
Leo Varadkar
20.4
6,928
7,199
7,360
7,753
8,710
Labour
Joan Burton
17.1
5,799
6,101
6,215
6,673
7,905
Socialist Party
Joe Higgins
14.9
5,066
5,270
5,325
5,607
7,472
Sinn Féin
Felix Gallagher
4.8
1,624
1,677
1,683
1,777
Fianna Fáil
Gerry Lynam
4.7
1,601
3,214
3,455
3,587
Green
Roderic O'Gorman
3.8
1,286
1,349
1,417
Progressive Democrats
Mags Murray
1.6
553
676
Electorate: 52,193 Valid: 33,982 Spoilt: 206 (0.6%) Quota: 8,496 Turnout: 34,188 (65.5%)
2002 general election [ ]
2002 general election : Dublin West[14]
Party
Candidate
FPv%
Count
1
2
3
4
5
6
Fianna Fáil
Brian Lenihan Jnr
26.9
8,086
Socialist Party
Joe Higgins
21.5
6,442
6,660
6,731
7,853
Labour
Joan Burton
12.7
3,810
4,020
4,079
4,375
5,125
6,300
Fine Gael
Sheila Terry
12.3
3,694
3,783
3,829
3,982
4,863
5,669
Sinn Féin
Mary Lou McDonald
8.0
2,404
2,498
2,524
Progressive Democrats
Tom Morrissey
7.9
2,370
2,480
2,554
2,662
Fianna Fáil
Deirdre Doherty Ryan
7.7
2,300
2,386
2,698
3,056
3,728
Green
Robert Bonnie
2.5
748
Christian Solidarity
John Smyth
0.5
134
Electorate: 53,780 Valid: 29,988 Spoilt: N/A[30] Quota: 7,498 Turnout: 29,988 (55.8%)
1997 general election [ ]
1997 general election : Dublin West[31]
Party
Candidate
FPv%
Count
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
Fianna Fáil
Brian Joseph Lenihan
17.1
6,842
6,919
6,976
7,028
7,209
7,488
8,544
Socialist Party
Joe Higgins
16.2
6,496
6,616
6,886
6,960
7,285
8,094
Fine Gael
Austin Currie
13.1
5,256
5,330
5,397
6,335
6,663
6,764
6,942
7,645
7,698
Labour
Joan Burton
12.1
4,853
4,941
5,116
5,429
5,851
6,077
6,186
6,802
6,852
Fianna Fáil
Liam Lawlor
10.6
4,241
4,271
4,360
4,387
4,497
4,838
5,674
7,371
7,797
Progressive Democrats
Tom Morrissey
7.6
3,050
3,133
3,168
3,241
3,439
3,533
3,767
Fianna Fáil
Finbarr Hanrahan
5.5
2,216
2,246
2,273
2,302
2,457
2,564
Sinn Féin
John McCann
5.0
2,004
2,035
2,246
2,257
2,348
Green
Paul Gogarty
4.3
1,732
1,799
1,926
2,011
Fine Gael
Joanne Harmon
3.8
1,532
1,586
1,622
Workers' Party
Tomás Mac Giolla
2.8
1,135
1,157
Independent
Seán Lyons
1.5
585
Independent
Colin Butler
0.2
96
Independent
Ciara Malone
0.1
36
Electorate: 66,419 Valid: 40,074 Spoilt: 223 (0.6%) Quota: 8,015 Turnout: 40,297 (60.7%)
1996 by-election [ ]
Following the death of Fianna Fáil TD Brian Lenihan Snr , a by-election was held on 2 April 1996. The seat was won by the Fianna Fáil candidate Brian Lenihan Jnr , son of the deceased TD.
1996 by-election : Dublin West[12]
Party
Candidate
FPv%
Count
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
Fianna Fáil
Brian Lenihan Jnr
24.6
6,995
7,023
7,111
7,293
7,458
7,661
8,032
8,303
8,688
9,670
11,754
Independent
Joe Higgins [32]
23.7
6,743
6,785
6,881
6,983
7,243
7,397
7,559
7,911
8,352
9,810
11,384
Fine Gael
Tom Morrissey
13.1
3,728
3,750
3,836
3,955
4,163
4,245
4,750
4,821
5,160
5,876
Workers' Party
Tomás Mac Giolla
10.2
2,909
2,993
3,045
3,085
3,294
3,766
3,895
4,463
4,888
Sinn Féin
John McCann
5.5
1,574
1,636
1,643
1,673
1,691
1,788
1,810
Progressive Democrats
Sheila Terry
4.6
1,314
1,328
1,377
1,433
1,506
1,543
Green
Paul Gogarty
4.5
1,286
1,311
1,356
1,483
1,576
1,692
1,899
2,041
Independent
Vincent Jackson
4.0
1,131
1,186
1,195
1,247
1,290
Labour
Michael O'Donovan
3.7
1,058
1,072
1,101
1,122
Christian Solidarity
Gerard Casey
2.7
768
774
806
Independent
Sean Lyons
1.8
514
524
Independent
John O'Halloran
1.3
369
Independent
Benny Cooney
0.1
21
Electorate: 65,534 Valid: 28,410 Quota: 14,206 Turnout: 43.4%
1992 general election [ ]
1992 general election : Dublin West[33]
Party
Candidate
FPv%
Count
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
Labour
Joan Burton
22.6
8,398
Fianna Fáil
Brian Lenihan Snr
13.9
5,171
5,210
5,215
5,242
5,349
5,395
5,450
5,653
5,826
6,052
6,337
6,590
8,007
Fianna Fáil
Liam Lawlor
10.1
3,736
3,765
3,772
3,828
3,854
3,904
4,030
4,087
4,126
4,258
4,365
4,605
5,655
6,097
Fine Gael
Austin Currie
9.0
3,360
3,551
3,559
3,821
3,930
4,067
4,088
4,273
5,146
5,329
6,444
6,724
7,155
7,226
Fianna Fáil
Finbarr Hanrahan
7.3
2,727
2,759
2,765
2,785
2,836
2,947
2,984
3,068
3,127
3,184
3,357
3,460
Workers' Party
Tomás Mac Giolla
7.3
2,726
2,915
2,929
3,025
3,070
3,238
3,550
3,652
3,700
4,287
4,483
5,814
5,984
6,047
Independent
Vincent Ballyfermot Jackson
5.8
2,171
2,233
2,248
2,296
2,311
2,412
2,640
2,706
2,726
3,001
3,115
Progressive Democrats
Sheila Terry
4.0
1,498
1,583
1,591
1,678
1,781
1,893
1,904
2,090
2,385
2,478
Independent
Joe Higgins
3.8
1,407
1,500
1,505
1,523
1,555
1,645
1,741
1,891
1,933
Fine Gael
Tom Morrissey
3.2
1,179
1,220
1,222
1,360
1,583
1,615
1,628
1,731
Sinn Féin
John McCann
2.8
1,032
1,045
1,054
1,094
1,106
1,126
Independent
Seán Lyons
2.8
1,027
1,070
1,078
1,084
1,186
1,278
1,322
Independent
Marie Blake
2.5
916
948
952
965
Green
Paul Nicholas Gogarty
2.4
906
979
984
999
1,090
Fine Gael
Therese Ridge
2.2
799
835
840
Independent
Liam Lynch
0.3
99
108
Electorate: 57,955 Valid: 37,152 Spoilt: 519 (1.4%) Quota: 7,431 Turnout: 37,671 (65.0%)
1989 general election [ ]
1989 general election : Dublin West[34]
Party
Candidate
FPv%
Count
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
Fianna Fáil
Brian Lenihan Snr
23.1
11,109
Workers' Party
Tomás Mac Giolla
17.1
8,218
Fine Gael
Jim Mitchell
14.4
6,920
7,067
7,084
7,118
7,145
7,306
7,411
7,632
8,666
Fine Gael
Austin Currie
10.2
4,886
5,000
5,006
5,018
5,023
5,055
5,098
5,417
6,461
7,901
8,475
Fianna Fáil
Liam Lawlor
8.6
4,144
5,504
5,514
5,528
5,544
5,573
5,662
5,813
5,977
6,348
6,390
6,469
Fianna Fáil
Olga Bennett
8.2
3,924
5,240
5,245
5,255
5,276
5,333
5,414
5,678
5,835
6,201
6,246
6,396
Progressive Democrats
Pat O'Malley
5.4
2,572
2,628
2,634
2,647
2,652
2,694
2,734
3,005
Labour
Eamon Tuffy
4.3
2,063
2,092
2,126
2,189
2,220
2,370
2,567
3,360
3,707
Green
Bridin O'Connor
4.0
1,915
1,965
2,003
2,031
2,070
2,182
2,484
Sinn Féin
John David McCann
1.8
853
867
889
905
1,301
1,364
Democratic Socialist
Michael Conaghan
1.4
668
676
703
716
735
Sinn Féin
Ursula Quinn
1.1
545
553
593
603
Communist Party
John Montgomery
0.4
209
211
Electorate: 77,766 Valid: 48,026 Quota: 8,005 Turnout:
1987 general election [ ]
1987 general election : Dublin West[9]
Party
Candidate
1st Pref
%
Seat
Count
Fianna Fáil
Brian Lenihan Snr
8,278
16.0
1
Fianna Fáil
Liam Lawlor
7,020
13.6
5
Workers' Party
Tomás Mac Giolla
6,651
12.9
2
Fine Gael
Jim Mitchell
6,585
12.7
3
Fianna Fáil
Olga Bennett
5,622
10.9
Fine Gael
Brian Fleming
4,011
7.8
Progressive Democrats
Patrick O'Malley
3,308
6.4
4
Progressive Democrats
James Fay
2,706
5.2
Independent
Liam Skelly
1,734
3.4
Labour
Eamon Tuffy
1,185
2.3
Sinn Féin
James Delaney
1,041
2.0
Fine Gael
Eithne Loftus
860
1.7
Independent
Seán Lyons
675
1.3
Democratic Socialist
Michael Conaghan
600
1.2
Independent
Bridin O'Connor
587
1.1
Independent
Gerry Gallagher
312
0.6
Independent
Brian McMenamy
239
0.5
Independent
John Montgomery
183
0.4
Independent
Jean Roche
72
0.1
Independent
Barbara Hyland
43
0.1
Electorate: ? Valid: 51,712 Quota: 8,619 Turnout:
November 1982 general election [ ]
November 1982 general election : Dublin West[8]
Party
Candidate
1st Pref
%
Seat
Count
Fine Gael
Jim Mitchell
7,426
16.0
2
Fine Gael
Liam Skelly
6,876
14.8
5
Workers' Party
Tomás Mac Giolla
6,844
14.7
1
Fianna Fáil
Eileen Lemass
6,544
14.1
3
Fine Gael
Brian Fleming
5,804
12.5
Fianna Fáil
Brian Lenihan Snr
5,464
11.7
4
Fianna Fáil
Liam Lawlor
4,055
8.7
Labour
Michael Brennan
1,835
3.9
Fianna Fáil
Seán Sherwin
983
2.1
Democratic Socialist
Michael Conaghan
476
1.0
Independent
John Montgomery
259
0.6
Electorate: ? Valid: 46,566 Quota: 7,762 Turnout:
1982 by-election [ ]
Following the resignation of Fine Gael TD Richard Burke on his appointment as European Commissioner , a by-election was held on 25 May 1982. The seat was won by the Fine Gael candidate Liam Skelly.
February 1982 general election [ ]
February 1982 general election : Dublin West[6]
Party
Candidate
1st Pref
%
Seat
Count
Fine Gael
Jim Mitchell
8,657
19.1
1
1
Fianna Fáil
Brian Lenihan Snr
6,972
15.4
3
Fianna Fáil
Liam Lawlor
6,223
13.8
4
Fine Gael
Brian Fleming
5,764
12.7
2
Fianna Fáil
Eileen Lemass
5,662
12.5
Fine Gael
Richard Burke
4,790
10.6
5
Sinn Féin – The Workers' Party
Tomás Mac Giolla
3,285
7.3
Labour
Michael Gannon
2,617
5.8
Independent
Anthony O'Hara
800
1.8
Independent
John Montgomery
222
0.5
Independent
Seán Corr
183
0.4
Independent
Rod Eley
59
0.1
Electorate: ? Valid: 45,234 Quota: 7,540 Turnout:
1981 general election [ ]
1981 general election : Dublin West[5]
Party
Candidate
1st Pref
%
Seat
Count
Fine Gael
Jim Mitchell
9,326
20.0
1
1
Fianna Fáil
Brian Lenihan Snr
7,169
15.3
2
Fine Gael
Richard Burke
5,301
11.3
4
Fine Gael
Brian Fleming
5,052
10.8
3
Fianna Fáil
Eileen Lemass
4,953
10.6
5
Fianna Fáil
Liam Lawlor
3,272
7.0
Anti H-Block
Anthony O'Hara
3,034
6.5
Fianna Fáil
Thomas Boland
2,682
5.7
Labour
Mary Robinson
2,342
5.0
Sinn Féin – The Workers' Party
Tomás Mac Giolla
1,678
3.6
Labour
Anne McStay
876
1.9
Labour
Eamon Tuffy
476
1.0
Sinn Féin – The Workers' Party
Mick Finnegan
332
0.7
Communist Party
John Montgomery
202
0.4
Socialist Labour
Ivor Nolan
63
0.1
Electorate: ? Valid: 46,758 Quota: 7,794 Turnout:
See also [ ]
References [ ]
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