Kildare South (Dáil constituency)
Kildare South | |
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Dáil Éireann Parliamentary Constituency | |
Major settlements | |
Current constituency | |
Created | 1997 |
Seats | 3 (1997–2020) 4 (2020–present) |
TDs | |
County council | Kildare County Council |
EP constituency | Midlands–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– | |||||||||
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Key to parties
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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.
- ^ Elected Ceann Comhairle March 2016
Elections[]
2020 general election[]
Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | ||||||||||
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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%) |
- ^ 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[]
Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | ||||||
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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[]
Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | |||||||
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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[]
Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | |||
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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[]
Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | ||||||
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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[]
Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | |||||
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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[]
- Dáil constituencies
- Elections in the Republic of Ireland
- Politics of the Republic of Ireland
- List of Dáil by-elections
- List of political parties in the Republic of Ireland
References[]
- ^ "Electoral (Amendment) (Dáil Constituencies) Act 2013: Schedule". Irish Statute Book database. Retrieved 4 February 2016.
- ^ a b "Electoral (Amendment) (Dáil Constituencies) Act 2017: Schedule". Irish Statute Book database. Retrieved 12 April 2018.
- ^ "General election 1997: Kildare South". ElectionsIreland.org. Retrieved 17 February 2009.
- ^ a b "General election 2002: Kildare South". ElectionsIreland.org. Retrieved 17 February 2009.
- ^ a b "General election 2007: Kildare South". ElectionsIreland.org. Retrieved 17 February 2009.
- ^ a b "General election 2011: Kildare South". ElectionsIreland.org. Retrieved 4 March 2010.
- ^ a b "General election 2016: Kildare South". ElectionsIreland.org. Retrieved 20 February 2016.
- ^ "General Election 2020 Results – Kildare South". RTÉ News. Retrieved 23 May 2020.
- ^ "Kildare South Results 2020". Irish Times. Retrieved 10 February 2020.
- ^ "Kildare South: 2020 General Election". Irelandelection.com. Retrieved 23 May 2020.
- ^ "Kildare South Results 2016". Irelandelection.com. Irelandelection.com. Retrieved 21 January 2020.
- ^ "Kildare South Results 2016". RTÉ. Archived from the original on 15 March 2019. Retrieved 21 January 2020.
- ^ "Kildare South Results 2011". Irelandelection.com. Irelandelection.com. Retrieved 21 January 2020.
- ^ Government of Ireland (1998). 28th Dáil General Election June, 1997 Election Results and Transfer of Votes. Stationery Office, Government of Ireland.
- Dáil constituencies
- Politics of County Kildare
- 1997 establishments in Ireland
- Constituencies established in 1997