Dublin Fingal (Dáil constituency)

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).

Dublin Fingal
Dáil constituency
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)
Local government areaFingal
EP constituencyDublin

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 name Dublin Fingal for the constituency that became Dublin North had been proposed by John Boland in 1980.[2]

The Electoral (Amendment) (Dáil Constituencies) Act 2017 defines the constituency as:[3]

"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."

In August 2023, the Electoral Commission published its review of constituency boundaries in Ireland, which recommended that the constituency of Dublin Fingal be abolished, with the creation of two new three-seat constituencies: Dublin Fingal East and Dublin Fingal West.[4] Each new constituency would elect 3 deputies. These changes would commence at the next general election.

TDs
Teachtaí Dála (TDs) for Dublin Fingal 2016–
Key to parties
DáilElectionDeputy
(Party)		Deputy
(Party)		Deputy
(Party)		Deputy
(Party)		Deputy
(Party)
32nd2016[5] Louise O'Reilly
(SF)		 Clare Daly
(I4C)		 Brendan Ryan
(Lab)		 Darragh O'Brien
(FF)		 Alan Farrell
(FG)
2019 by-election Joe O'Brien
(GP)
33rd2020 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[6][7][8][9]
PartyCandidateFPv%Count
123456789101112
Sinn Féin Louise O'Reilly 24.9 15,792                      
Green Joe O'Brien 13.2 8,400 9,067 9,104 9,181 9,289 9,428 9,680 10,720        
Fianna Fáil Darragh O'Brien 15.9 10,111 10,306 10,323 10,354 10,365 10,503 10,530 10,652        
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
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
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        
Social Democrats Paul Mulville 3.5 2,206 2,628 2,656 2,729 2,804 2,879 3,226          
Solidarity–PBP Terry Kelleher[lower-alpha 1] 1.1 674 1,391 1,424 1,513 1,800 1,883            
Independent Gemma O'Doherty[lower-alpha 2] 2.0 1,252 1,462 1,538 1,573 1,614              
Solidarity–PBP John Uwhumiakpor[lower-alpha 3] 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. Kelleher was a member of Solidarity.
    2. 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.
    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.[10][11]

    2019 Dublin Fingal by-election
    PartyCandidateFPv%Count
    12345678
    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[12][13][5]
      PartyCandidateFPv%Count
      12345678910
      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  
      Inds. 4 Change Barry Martin 4.0 2,412 2,424 2,694 3,126 3,404 3,649 4,298 5,077    
      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        
      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
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