Kildare South (Dáil constituency)

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Kildare South
Dáil Éireann
Parliamentary Constituency
Outline map
Location of Kildare South within Ireland
Major settlements
Current constituency
Created1997
Seats3 (1997–2020)
4 (2020–present)
TDs
  •   Cathal Berry (Ind)
  •   Martin Heydon (FG)
  •   Seán Ó Fearghaíl (CC)
  •   Patricia Ryan (SF)
County councilKildare County Council
EP constituencyMidlands–North-West

Kildare South 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 and boundaries[]

The constituency was created for the 1997 general election, when the former 5-seat Kildare constituency was divided into Kildare South and Kildare North.

The Kildare South constituency spans the more rural southern and western areas of County Kildare, taking in the towns of Newbridge, Kildare, Athy, Caragh and many other areas.[1]

At the 2020 general election, it gained an extra seat to become a 4-seat constituency.[2]

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

"The county of Kildare, except the part thereof which is comprised in the constituency of Kildare North;
and in the county of Laois, the electoral divisions of:
Ballybrittas, Jamestown, Kilmullen, Portarlington South, in the former Rural District of Mountmellick;
and in the county of Offaly, the electoral division of:
Portarlington North, in the former Rural District of Tullamore."

TDs[]

Teachtaí Dála (TDs) for Kildare South 1997–
Key to parties
Dáil Election Deputy
(Party)		 Deputy
(Party)		 Deputy
(Party)		 Deputy
(Party)
28th 1997[3] Jack Wall
(Lab) 		Alan Dukes
(FG) 		Seán Power
(FF) 		3 seats
1997–2020
29th 2002[4] Seán Ó Fearghaíl
[note 1]
(FF)
30th 2007[5]
31st 2011[6] Martin Heydon
(FG)
32nd 2016[7] Fiona O'Loughlin
(FF)
33rd 2020 Patricia Ryan
(SF) 		Seán Ó Fearghaíl
(Ceann Comhairle) 		Cathal Berry
(Ind)

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.

  1. ^ Elected Ceann Comhairle March 2016

Elections[]

2020 general election[]

2020 general election: Kildare South[8][9][10]
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
Ceann Comhairle Seán Ó Fearghaíl Automatically Returned N/A              
Sinn Féin Patricia Ryan 21.5 10,155 10,461 10,719 11,072 11,295 12,152    
Fine Gael Martin Heydon 17.1 8,069 8,120 8,218 8,567 9,010 9,651 11,676 11,710
Fianna Fáil Fiona O’Loughlin 12.6 5,927 5,985 6,043 6,176 8,177 8,936 10,370 10,425
Labour Mark Wall 12.5 5,899 5,974 6,142 6,648 6,984 7,484    
Independent Cathal Berry 12.2 5,742 5,961 6,176 6,501 6,876 8,270 10,693 10,940
Independent Fiona McLoughlin Healy 7.7 3,616 3,730 3,938 4,221 4,471      
Fianna Fáil Suzanne Doyle 7.6 3,580 3,665 3,703 3,782        
Green Ronan Maher 3.5 1,639 1,754 2,144          
Social Democrats Linda Hayden 2.8 1,338 1,474            
Aontú Anita Mhic Gib 1.5 697              
PBP/Solidarity Róisín Uí Bhroin[n 1] 1.3 598              
Electorate: 77,719   Valid: 47,260   Spoilt: 440 (0.9%)   Quota: 11,815   Turnout: 47,700 (61.4%)
  1. ^ People Before Profit, Solidarity and RISE contested this election as Solidarity–People Before Profit, so candidates appeared on the ballot under this name. Uí Bhroin was a member of People Before Profit.

2016 general election[]

2016 general election: Kildare South[11][12][7]
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4 5 6
Fine Gael Martin Heydon 21.3 7,851 8,048 8,297 10,321    
Fianna Fáil Fiona O'Loughlin 18.8 6,906 7,073 7,373 7,905 8,149 8,974
Fianna Fáil Seán Ó Fearghaíl 17.6 6,469 6,583 6,891 7,166 7,343 8,220
Labour Mark Wall 11.6 4,277 4,504 4,764 5,154 5,806 6,864
Sinn Féin Patricia Ryan 11.6 4,267 4,459 5,294 5,434 5,485  
Fine Gael Fiona McLoughlin Healy 8.8 3,250 3,416 3,554      
Independent Declan Crowe 5.8 2,143 2,609        
Green Suzanne McEneaney 2.3 836          
Renua Mary Kennedy 2.1 787          
Electorate: 59,162   Valid: 36,786   Spoilt: 386   Quota: 9,197   Turnout: 37,172 (62.83%)

2011 general election[]

2011 general election: Kildare South[13][6]
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4 5 6 7
Fine Gael Martin Heydon 33.3 12,755            
Labour Jack Wall 27.8 10,645            
Fianna Fáil Seán Ó Fearghaíl 11.8 4,514 4,961 5,097 5,177 5,315 5,552 8,707
Fianna Fáil Seán Power 9.9 3,793 4,307 4,445 4,542 4,650 4,888  
Independent Paddy Kennedy 7.3 2,806 3,825 4,081 4,387 5,156 6,841 7,710
Sinn Féin Jason Turner 6.0 2,308 2,610 2,882 2,905 3,253    
Independent Clifford T. Reid 2.4 926 1,410 1,644 1,873      
Green Vivian Cummins 1.4 523 944 1,045        
Electorate: 58,867   Valid: 38,270   Spoilt: 353 (0.9%)   Quota: 9,568   Turnout: 38,623 (65.6%)

2007 general election[]

2007 general election: Kildare South[5]
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3
Fianna Fáil Seán Ó Fearghaíl 25.2 8,731    
Fianna Fáil Seán Power 25.1 8,694    
Labour Jack Wall 20.7 7,154 7,712 9,145
Fine Gael Richard Daly 9.7 3,353 3,654 4,039
Fine Gael Alan Gillis 7.5 2,586 2,861 3,178
Green J. J. Power 6.2 2,136 2,658  
Progressive Democrats Jane Mullins 4.4 1,513    
Independent Tom Doyle 1.2 424    
Electorate: 56,670   Valid: 34,591   Spoilt: 347 (1.0%)   Quota: 8,648   Turnout: 34,938 (61.7%)

2002 general election[]

2002 general election: Kildare South[4]
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4 5 6
Fianna Fáil Seán Power 23.9 7,782 7,817 7,860 9,169    
Fianna Fáil Seán Ó Fearghaíl 22.6 7,370 7,458 7,501 8,426    
Labour Jack Wall 18.5 6,043 6,148 6,264 7,443 7,849 7,977
Fine Gael Alan Dukes 15.2 4,967 5,040 5,546 7,170 7,650 7,790
Progressive Democrats John Dardis 11.9 3,887 3,946 4,058      
Green J. J. Power 3.7 1,208 1,335 1,351      
Fine Gael Rainsford Hendy 2.5 828 850        
Independent Ger Fitzgibbon 1.7 546          
Electorate: 58,354   Valid: 32,631   Spoilt: 501 (1.5%)   Quota: 8,158   Turnout: 33,132 (56.8%)

1997 general election[]

1997 general election: Kildare South[14]
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4 5
Fine Gael Alan Dukes 21.7 6,260 6,426 7,419    
Labour Jack Wall 20.3 5,834 6,077 6,251 6,870 7,039
Fianna Fáil Sean Power 19.7 5,665 6,048 6,124 8,066  
Fianna Fáil Seán Ó Fearghaíl 15.6 4,503 4,750 4,795 5,907 6,601
Progressive Democrats John Dardis 13.5 3,895 4,038 4,114    
Fine Gael Rainsford F. Hendy 4.8 1,371 1,399      
Fianna Fáil Christy Walsh 2.3 662        
Independent Francis J. Browne 2.1 618        
Electorate: 47,030   Valid: 28,808   Spoilt: 365 (1.3%)   Quota: 7,203   Turnout: 29,173 (60.9%)

See also[]

References[]

  1. ^ "Electoral (Amendment) (Dáil Constituencies) Act 2013: Schedule". Irish Statute Book database. Retrieved 4 February 2016.
  2. ^ a b "Electoral (Amendment) (Dáil Constituencies) Act 2017: Schedule". Irish Statute Book database. Retrieved 12 April 2018.
  3. ^ "General election 1997: Kildare South". ElectionsIreland.org. Retrieved 17 February 2009.
  4. ^ a b "General election 2002: Kildare South". ElectionsIreland.org. Retrieved 17 February 2009.
  5. ^ a b "General election 2007: Kildare South". ElectionsIreland.org. Retrieved 17 February 2009.
  6. ^ a b "General election 2011: Kildare South". ElectionsIreland.org. Retrieved 4 March 2010.
  7. ^ a b "General election 2016: Kildare South". ElectionsIreland.org. Retrieved 20 February 2016.
  8. ^ "General Election 2020 Results – Kildare South". RTÉ News. Retrieved 23 May 2020.
  9. ^ "Kildare South Results 2020". Irish Times. Retrieved 10 February 2020.
  10. ^ "Kildare South: 2020 General Election". Irelandelection.com. Retrieved 23 May 2020.
  11. ^ "Kildare South Results 2016". Irelandelection.com. Irelandelection.com. Retrieved 21 January 2020.
  12. ^ "Kildare South Results 2016". RTÉ. Archived from the original on 15 March 2019. Retrieved 21 January 2020.
  13. ^ "Kildare South Results 2011". Irelandelection.com. Irelandelection.com. Retrieved 21 January 2020.
  14. ^ Government of Ireland (1998). 28th Dáil General Election June, 1997 Election Results and Transfer of Votes. Stationery Office, Government of Ireland.

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