Dublin Mid-West (Dáil constituency)

Dublin Mid-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).

Dublin Mid-West
Dáil constituency
Major settlements
Current constituency
Created2002
Seats
  • 3 (2002–2007)
  • 4 (2007–)
TDs
  •   Emer Higgins (FG)
  •   Gino Kenny (PBP–S)
  •   Eoin Ó Broin (SF)
  •   Mark Ward (SF)
Local government areaSouth Dublin
Created from
EP constituencyDublin

History and boundaries

Dublin Mid-West contains the areas of Clondalkin, Lucan, Palmerstown, Rathcoole and Saggart. The constituency was created by the Electoral (Amendment) (No. 2) Act 1998 as a three-seat constituency, composed of areas which had previously been in the constituencies of Dublin South-West and Dublin West, and came into operation at the 2002 general election.[1] Under the Electoral (Amendment) Act 2005, the town of Palmerstown was incorporated into Dublin Mid-West (having been in Dublin South-West), with an increase to 4 seats, taking effect at the 2007 general election.[2] It has retained these boundaries since 2007.

The Constituency Review Report 2023 of the Electoral Commission recommended that at the next general election Dublin Mid-West become a five-seat constituency, with transfers of territory from Dublin South-West and Dublin South-Central.[3] It proposed the following boundaries:

In the county of South Dublin, the electoral divisions of:
Clondalkin-Cappaghmore, Clondalkin-Dunawley, Clondalkin-Monastery, Clondalkin-Moorfield, Clondalkin-Rowlagh, Clondalkin Village, Lucan-Esker, Lucan Heights, Lucan-St. Helens, Newcastle, Palmerston Village, Palmerston West, Rathcoole, Saggart, Tallaght-Fettercairn.
Changes to the Dublin Mid-West constituency
Years TDs Boundaries Notes
2002–2007 3
In the county of South Dublin[1]

the electoral divisions of Clondalkin-Cappaghmore, Clondalkin-Dunawley, Clondalkin-Moorfield, Clondalkin-Rowlagh, Clondalkin Village, Lucan-Esker, Lucan Heights, Lucan-St. Helens, Newcastle, Rathcoole, Saggart;

and that part of the electoral division of Clondalkin-Monastery situated west of a line drawn along the M50 Western Parkway.
 Created from Dublin South-West and Dublin West.
2007– 4
In the county of South Dublin[2][4][5][6]

the electoral divisions of Clondalkin-Cappaghmore, Clondalkin-Dunawley, Clondalkin-Moorfield, Clondalkin-Rowlagh, Clondalkin Village, Lucan-Esker, Lucan Heights, Lucan-St. Helens, Newcastle, Palmerston Village, Palmerston West, Rathcoole, Saggart;

and that part of the electoral division of Clondalkin-Monastery situated west of a line drawn along the M50 Western Parkway.
 Territory added from Dublin South-West.

TDs
Teachtaí Dála (TDs) for Dublin Mid-West 2002–
Key to parties
DáilElectionDeputy
(Party)		Deputy
(Party)		Deputy
(Party)		Deputy
(Party)
29th2002[7] Paul Gogarty
(GP)		 3 seats
2002–2007		 Mary Harney
(PD)		 John Curran
(FF)
30th2007[8] Joanna Tuffy
(Lab)
31st2011[9] Robert Dowds
(Lab)		 Frances Fitzgerald
(FG)		 Derek Keating
(FG)
32nd2016[10] Gino Kenny
(AAA–PBP)		 Eoin Ó Broin
(SF)		 John Curran
(FF)
2019 by-election[11] Mark Ward
(SF)
33rd2020 Gino Kenny
(S–PBP)		 Emer Higgins
(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 Mid-West[12][13][14][15]
PartyCandidateFPv%Count
123456789
Sinn Féin Eoin Ó Broin 26.1 11,842                
Sinn Féin Mark Ward 16.7 7,621 9,808              
Fine Gael Emer Higgins 9.9 4,487 4,514 4,526 4,571 4,651 4,879 5,370 8,230 9,735
Solidarity–PBP Gino Kenny[lower-alpha 1] 7.9 3,572 3,819 4,228 4,416 4,871 5,115 6,153 6,302 8,089
Fianna Fáil John Curran 10.8 4,931 4,980 4,997 5,449 5,555 5,704 6,049 6,454 7,383
Independent Paul Gogarty 6.5 2,950 2,994 3,049 3,186 3,427 3,784 4,836 5,412  
Fine Gael Vicki Casserly 7.7 3,501 3,518 3,529 3,582 3,616 3,835 4,208    
Green Peter Kavanagh 6.1 2,785 2,855 2,924 3,031 3,229 3,669      
Labour Joanna Tuffy 3.4 1,541 1,573 1,599 1,679 1,751        
Independent Francis Timmons 2.4 1,103 1,160 1,238 1,299          
Fianna Fáil Catriona McClean 1.5 667 674 677            
Workers' Party David Gardiner 1.0 452 466 503            
Electorate: 74,506   Valid: 45,452   Spoilt: 480 (1.0%)   Quota: 9,091   Turnout: 45,932 (61.5%)  
    1. Kenny 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 Frances Fitzgerald on her election to the European Parliament in May 2019.[16]

    2019 by-election: Dublin Mid-West[17][18]
    PartyCandidateFPv%Count
    123456789
    Sinn Féin Mark Ward 24.0 4,622 4,729 4,812 5,228 5,426 5,616 6,293 6,652 7,669
    Fine Gael Emer Higgins 18.6 3,576 3,603 3,703 3,748 3,959 4,362 4,583 5,287 7,144
    Independent Paul Gogarty 12.7 2,435 2,557 2,680 2,840 3,176 3,731 4,099 5,063  
    Fianna Fáil Shane Moynihan 11.8 2,264 2,304 2,360 2,394 2,564 2,758 2,894    
    Independent Francis Timmons 6.8 1,299 1,365 1,442 1,590 1,807 1,929      
    Labour Joanna Tuffy 6.7 1,294 1,333 1,442 1,547 1,775        
    Green Peter Kavanagh 6.4 1,222 1,268 1,393 1,544          
    Solidarity–PBP Kellie Sweeney 5.1 983 1,138 1,281            
    Social Democrats Anne-Marie McNally 4.1 788 845              
    Workers' Party David Gardiner 1.6 317                
    Inds. 4 Change Ruth Nolan 1.4 271                
    Independent Charlie Keddy 0.5 95                
    Independent Peter Madden 0.4 71                
    Electorate: 73,152   Valid: 19,237   Spoilt: 210 (0.3%)   Quota: 9,619   Turnout: 19,447 (26.6%)  

      2016 general election
      2016 general election: Dublin Mid-West[19][20][10]
      PartyCandidateFPv%Count
      123456789101112
      Sinn Féin Eoin Ó Broin 22.7 9,782                      
      Fine Gael Frances Fitzgerald 20.9 9,028                      
      Fianna Fáil John Curran 16.2 6,971 7,054 7,109 7,114 7,145 7,180 7,218 7,274 7,383 7,685 8,287 9,497
      AAA–PBP Gino Kenny 10.7 4,629 5,257 5,270 5,321 5,331 5,397 5,474 5,791 6,331 6,542 7,498 7,911
      Social Democrats Anne-Marie McNally 6.1 2,633 2,730 2,747 2,766 2,773 2,804 2,867 3,048 3,235 3,679 4,460 5,320
      Fine Gael Derek Keating 5.4 2,337 2,356 2,549 2,559 2,603 2,636 2,653 2,696 2,725 3,640 4,179  
      Independent Paul Gogarty 5.9 2,522 2,593 2,623 2,646 2,658 2,700 2,741 2,863 3,164 3,505    
      Labour Joanna Tuffy 5.0 2,146 2,175 2,252 2,259 2,311 2,342 2,355 2,475 2,515      
      Independent Francis Timmons 2.5 1,085 1,195 1,200 1,210 1,214 1,233 1,318 1,422        
      Workers' Party Lorraine Hennessey 1.2 502 553 555 568 570 584 613          
      Green Tom Kivlehan 0.9 388 405 410 413 417 430 443          
      Independent Clare Leonard 0.8 358 379 383 398 403 422            
      Independent Patrick Akpoveta 0.7 288 307 311 318 343              
      Independent Haroon Khan 0.6 268 272 273 275                
      Direct Democracy Christopher Healy 0.4 167 179 180                  
      Electorate: 69,388   Valid: 43,104   Spoilt: 446 (1.0%)   Quota: 8,621   Turnout: 43,550 (62.8%)  

        2011 general election
        2011 general election: Dublin Mid-West[21][9]
        PartyCandidateFPv%Count
        123456789
        Labour Joanna Tuffy 17.5 7,495 7,513 7,533 7,553 7,633 7,827 8,948    
        Fine Gael Frances Fitzgerald 17.0 7,281 7,285 7,303 7,323 7,424 7,493 7,903 9,213  
        Labour Robert Dowds 13.2 5,643 5,645 5,661 5,695 5,734 5,870 6,519 7,934 8,112
        Fine Gael Derek Keating 13.9 5,933 5,938 5,945 5,964 5,992 6,072 6,503 7,244 7,703
        Sinn Féin Eoin Ó Broin 11.8 5,060 5,066 5,088 5,117 5,164 5,399 6,628 7,120 7,151
        Fianna Fáil John Curran 11.8 5,043 5,047 5,068 5,095 5,130 5,193 5,513    
        People Before Profit Gino Kenny[lower-alpha 1] 5.8 2,471 2,481 2,513 2,536 2,597 3,059      
        Green Paul Gogarty 3.5 1,484 1,490 1,498 1,509 1,534 1,605      
        Workers' Party Mick Finnegan 1.6 694 700 712 722 735        
        Socialist Party Robert Connolly[lower-alpha 2] 1.5 622 624 634 637 649        
        Independent Michael Ryan 0.9 375 397 429 514          
        Independent Jim McHale 0.6 255 269 319            
        Independent Colm McGrath 0.6 253 264              
        Independent Niall Smith 0.3 113                
        Electorate: 64,880   Valid: 42,722   Spoilt: 471 (1.1%)   Quota: 8,545   Turnout: 43,193 (66.6%)  
          1. Kenny campaigned as a member of the United Left Alliance.
          2. Connolly campaigned as a member of the United Left Alliance.

          2007 general election
          2007 general election: Dublin Mid-West[8]
          PartyCandidateFPv%Count
          123456
          Fianna Fáil John Curran 23.2 8,650          
          Green Paul Gogarty 10.8 4,043 4,123 4,393 5,557 6,700 7,920
          Progressive Democrats Mary Harney 12.5 4,663 4,956 5,066 5,454 5,668 7,786
          Labour Joanna Tuffy 10.9 4,075 4,145 4,440 4,895 6,004 6,672
          Fine Gael Frances Fitzgerald 12.0 4,480 4,532 4,680 4,975 5,344 5,664
          Fianna Fáil Luke Moriarty 9.8 3,671 4,200 4,333 4,666 5,185  
          Sinn Féin Joanne Spain 9.3 3,462 3,529 3,970 4,138    
          Independent Derek Keating 7.2 2,701 2,729 2,907      
          People Before Profit Gino Kenny 2.8 1,058 1,099        
          Workers' Party Mick Finnegan 1.0 366 378        
          Independent Jim McHale 0.5 170 180        
          Electorate: 61,347   Valid: 37,339   Spoilt: 319 (0.9%)   Quota: 7,468   Turnout: 37,658 (61.4%)  

            2002 general election
            2002 general election: Dublin Mid-West[7]
            PartyCandidateFPv%Count
            12345678910
            Fianna Fáil John Curran 20.7 5,904 5,928 5,979 6,112 6,292 6,508 6,909 7,086 9,350  
            Progressive Democrats Mary Harney 20.0 5,706 5,719 5,732 5,812 5,953 6,196 6,348 6,924 7,524  
            Green Paul Gogarty 12.3 3,508 3,523 3,541 3,627 3,870 3,947 4,594 5,260 5,645 6,345
            Labour Joanna Tuffy 9.0 2,563 2,566 2,602 2,744 2,891 3,199 3,594 4,495 4,808 5,371
            Fianna Fáil Des Kelly 11.3 3,218 3,232 3,237 3,290 3,381 3,434 3,625 3,737    
            Fine Gael Austin Currie 7.1 2,008 2,017 2,023 2,051 2,100 2,573 2,687      
            Sinn Féin Tony Flannery 6.5 1,855 1,861 1,912 2,031 2,244 2,326        
            Fine Gael Therese Ridge 4.5 1,268 1,271 1,314 1,419 1,536          
            Independent David Green 3.8 1,078 1,092 1,170 1,313            
            Independent Colm McGrath 1.7 487 488 521              
            Workers' Party Andrew McGuinness 1.4 393 393 407              
            Independent Michael O'Mara 1.3 361 362                
            Christian Solidarity Colm Callanan 0.4 107                  
            Electorate: 55,184   Valid: 28,456   Spoilt: 237 (0.8%)   Quota: 7,115   Turnout: 28,693 (52.0%)  

              See also

              References
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