Meath East (Dáil constituency)

Meath East
Meath East
Dáil constituency
	Location of Meath East within Ireland
Major settlements	Ashbourne; Dunboyne; Dunshaughlin; Kells; Ratoath;
Current constituency
Created	2007
Seats	3
TDs	Thomas Byrne (FF); Helen McEntee (FG); Darren O'Rourke (SF);
Local government area	County Meath
EP constituency	Midlands–North-West

Meath East is a parliamentary constituency represented in Dáil Éireann, the lower house of the Irish parliament or Oireachtas. The constituency elects 3 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

It was established by the Electoral (Amendment) Act 2005 when the previous 5-seat Meath constituency was divided into two 3-seat constituencies of Meath East and Meath West.[1] It was first used at the 2007 general election to the 30th Dáil.

It spans the eastern portions of County Meath. It includes Nobber, Slane, Dunboyne, Kells and Ashbourne, the constituency's biggest town.[2]

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

"In the county of Meath the electoral divisions of:
Grangegeeth, Killary, in the former Rural District of Ardee No. 2;

Culmullin, Donaghmore, Dunboyne, Dunshaughlin, Kilbrew, Killeen, Kilmore, Rathfeigh, Ratoath, Rodanstown, Skreen, in the former Rural District of Dunshaughlin;

Ceanannas Mór Rural, Cruicetown, Maperath, Moynalty, Newcastle, Newtown, Nobber, Staholmog, in the former Rural District of Kells;

Ardcath, Duleek, Mellifont, Stamullin, in the former Rural District of Meath;

Ardmulchan, Castletown, Domhnach Phádraig, Kentstown, Painestown, Rathkenny, Slane, Stackallan, Tara, in the former Rural District of Navan;

and Ceannanas Mór Urban."

The Constituency Review Report 2023 of the Electoral Commission recommended that at the next general election, Meath East be increased to a four-seat constituency with the transfer of territory from Cavan–Monaghan and Louth.[4] It proposed the following boundaries:

"In the county of Meath, the electoral divisions of:
Drumcondra, Grangegeeth, Killary, in the former Rural District of Ardee No. 2;

Culmullin, Donaghmore, Dunboyne, Dunshaughlin, Kilbrew, Killeen, Kilmore, Rathfeigh, Ratoath, Rodanstown, Skreen, in the former Rural District of Dunshaughlin;

Ardagh, Carrickleck, Ceanannas Mór Rural, Cruicetown, Kilmainham, Maperath, Moybolgue, Moynalty, Newcastle, Newtown, Nobber, Posseckstown, Staholmog, Trohanny, in the former Rural District of Kells;

Ardcath, Duleek, Julianstown, Mellifont, Stamullin, in the former Rural District of Meath;

Ardmulchan, Castletown, Domhnach Phádraig, Kentstown, Painestown, Rathkenny, Slane, Stackallan, Tara, in the former Rural District of Navan;

and Ceannanas Mór Urban."

Changes to the Meath East constituency 2007–present
Years	TDs	Boundaries	Notes
2007–2011	3	In County Meath, the electoral divisions of[1] Drumcondra, Grangegeeth, Killary, in the former Rural District of Ardee No. 2; Culmullin, Donaghmore, Dunboyne, Dunshaughlin, Kilbrew, Killeen, Kilmore, Rathfeigh, Ratoath, Rodanstown, Skreen, in the former Rural District of Dunshaughlin;;; Ardagh, Carrickleck, Cruicetown, Kilmainham, Moybolgue, Moynalty, Newcastle, Newtown, Nobber, Posseckstown, Trohanny, in the former Rural District of Kells; Ardcath, Duleek, Julianstown, Mellifont, St. Mary's (part), Stamullin, in the former Rural District of Meath; Ardmulchan, Castletown, Domhnach Phádraig, Kentstown, Painestown, Rathkenny, Slane, Stackallan, Tara, in the former Rural District of Navan.	Created from Meath[5]
2011–2020	3	In County Meath, the electoral divisions of[6][7] Drumcondra, Grangegeeth, Killary, in the former Rural District of Ardee No. 2; Culmullin, Donaghmore, Dunboyne, Dunshaughlin, Kilbrew, Killeen, Kilmore, Rathfeigh, Ratoath, Rodanstown, Skreen, in the former Rural District of Dunshaughlin; Ardagh, Carrickleck, Ceanannas Mór Rural, Cruicetown, Kilmainham, Maperath, Moybolgue, Moynalty, Newcastle, Newtown, Nobber, Posseckstown, Staholmog, Trohanny, in the former Rural District of Kells; Ardcath, Duleek, Mellifont, Stamullin, in the former Rural District of Meath; Ardmulchan, Castletown, Domhnach Phádraig, Kentstown, Painestown, Rathkenny, Slane, Stackallan, Tara, in the former Rural District of Navan; and the town of Kells.	Transfer from Meath West of[8][9] Ceanannas Mór Urban, and of Ceanannas Mór Rural, Maperath and Staholmog in the former Rural District of Kells; and transfer to Louth of Julianstown and St. Mary’s (part in County Meath) in the former Rural District of Meath.
2020–	3	In County Meath, the electoral divisions of[3] Grangegeeth, Killary, in the former Rural District of Ardee No. 2; Culmullin, Donaghmore, Dunboyne, Dunshaughlin, Kilbrew, Killeen, Kilmore, Rathfeigh, Ratoath, Rodanstown, Skreen, in the former Rural District of Dunshaughlin; Ceanannas Mór Rural, Cruicetown, Maperath, Moynalty, Newcastle, Newtown, Nobber, Staholmog, in the former Rural District of Kells; Ardcath, Duleek, Mellifont, Stamullin, in the former Rural District of Meath; Ardmulchan, Castletown, Domhnach Phádraig, Kentstown, Painestown, Rathkenny, Slane, Stackallan, Tara, in the former Rural District of Navan; and Ceannanas Mór Urban.	Transfer to Cavan–Monaghan of[10] Ardagh, Carrickleck, Kilmainhamm, Moybolgue, Posseckstown and Trohanny, in the former Rural District of Kells, and Drumcondra in the former Rural District of Ardee No. 2.

TDs

Teachtaí Dála (TDs) for Meath East 2007–
Key to parties FF = Fianna Fáil FG = Fine Gael Lab = Labour SF = Sinn Féin
Dáil	Election	Deputy (Party)		Deputy (Party)		Deputy (Party)
30th	2007[11]		Thomas Byrne (FF)		Mary Wallace (FF)		Shane McEntee (FG)
31st	2011[12]		Dominic Hannigan (Lab)		Regina Doherty (FG)		Shane McEntee (FG)
31st	2013 by-election[13]		Dominic Hannigan (Lab)				Helen McEntee (FG)
32nd	2016[14]		Thomas Byrne (FF)
33rd	2020[15]		Thomas Byrne (FF)		Darren O'Rourke (SF)

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: Meath East[16][17][18][19]
Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
Party		Candidate	FPv%	1	2	3	4	5	6	7
	Sinn Féin	Darren O'Rourke	24.4	10,223	10,617
	Fine Gael	Helen McEntee	18.3	7,691	7,856	8,123	8,333	8,937	9,416	12,984
	Fianna Fáil	Thomas Byrne	14.4	6,039	6,095	6,348	7,637	8,222	8,999	9,622
	Green	Seán McCabe	7.8	3,251	3,756	4,036	4,167	4,677	5,999	6,547
	Fine Gael	Regina Doherty	10.0	4,180	4,272	4,330	4,505	4,643	5,122
	Independent	Joe Bonner	7.0	2,934	3,053	3,240	3,338	4,037
	Independent	Sharon Keogan	5.9	2,475	2,570	2,939	3,024
	Fianna Fáil	Deirdre Geraghty-Smith	4.6	1,941	1,977	2,047
	Aontú	Emer Tóibín	3.9	1,634	1,705
	Labour	Annie Hoey	2.1	874
	Solidarity–PBP	Andrew Keegan[lower-alpha 1]	1.4	569
	Workers' Party	Seamus McDonagh	0.3	134
Electorate: 66,507 Valid: 41,945 Spoilt: 253 Quota: 10,487 Turnout: 42,198 (63.4%)

Keegan was a member of People Before Profit.

2016 general election

2016 general election: Meath East[20][21][14]
Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
Party		Candidate	FPv%	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9
	Fianna Fáil	Thomas Byrne	26.1	10,818
	Fine Gael	Helen McEntee	18.3	7,556	7,656	7,671	7,749	7,841	7,887	8,237	8,435	9,958
	Fine Gael	Regina Doherty	16.5	6,830	6,889	6,899	6,979	7,064	7,109	7,247	7,477	9,612
	Sinn Féin	Darren O'Rourke	14.0	5,780	5,860	5,970	6,017	6,096	6,341	6,637	7,236	8,556
	Independent	Joe Bonner	6.0	2,482	2,527	2,545	2,600	2,665	2,857	3,215	3,825
	Labour	Dominic Hannigan	5.5	2,270	2,307	2,325	2,350	2,494	2,525	2,680	3,084
	Social Democrats	Aisling O'Neill	4.1	1,715	1,740	1,801	1,885	2,148	2,300	2,463
	Independent	Sharon Keogan	3.7	1,528	1,579	1,600	1,663	1,709	1,805
	Direct Democracy	Ben Gilroy	1.9	794	809	841	876	899
	Green	Seán Ó Buachalla	1.9	766	784	801	853
	Renua	Sarah Tyrrell	1.3	523	554	563
	Workers' Party	Seamus McDonagh	0.8	326	335
Electorate: 65,588 Valid: 41,388 Spoilt: 240 Quota: 10,348 Turnout: 63.5%

2013 by-election

Following the death of Fine Gael TD Shane McEntee, a by-election was held on 27 March 2013, the seat was won by his daughter Helen McEntee.

2013 by-election: Meath East[13]
Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
Party		Candidate	FPv%	1	2	3
	Fine Gael	Helen McEntee	38.5	9,356	9,547	11,473
	Fianna Fáil	Thomas Byrne	32.9	8,002	8,106	9,582
	Sinn Féin	Darren O'Rourke	13.0	3,165	3,370
	Direct Democracy	Ben Gilroy	6.5	1,568	1,793
	Labour	Eoin Holmes	4.6	1,112	1,245
	Green	Seán Ó Buachalla	1.7	423
	Workers' Party	Seamus McDonagh	1.1	263
	Independent	Mick Martin	0.8	190
	Independent	Charlie Keddy	0.5	110
	Independent	Gerard O'Brien	0.3	73
	Independent	Jim Tallon	0.2	47
Electorate: 64,164 Valid: 24,309 Spoilt: 259 Quota: 12,155 Turnout: 38.3%

2011 general election

2011 general election: Meath East[12]
Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
Party		Candidate	FPv%	1	2	3	4
	Labour	Dominic Hannigan	21.0	8,994	9,383	9,669	12,382
	Fine Gael	Regina Doherty	20.3	8,677	8,858	9,305	10,447
	Fine Gael	Shane McEntee	20.6	8,794	8,994	9,142	10,143
	Fianna Fáil	Thomas Byrne	13.4	5,715	5,892	7,354	8,173
	Sinn Féin	Michael Gallagher	8.9	3,795	3,958	4,025
	Independent	Joe Bonner	5.8	2,479	2,866	3,074
	Fianna Fáil	Nick Killian	6.2	2,669	2,719
	New Vision	Sharon Keogan	2.7	1,168
	Green	Seán Ó Buachalla	1.1	461
Electorate: 64,873 Valid: 42,752 Spoilt: 346 (0.8%) Quota: 10,689 Turnout: 43,098 (66.4%)

2007 general election

2007 general election: Meath East[11]
Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
Party		Candidate	FPv%	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8
	Fianna Fáil	Mary Wallace	25.3	10,901
	Fine Gael	Shane McEntee	15.7	6,766	6,789	6,877	6,941	7,106	7,351	7,870	11,619
	Fianna Fáil	Thomas Byrne	18.2	7,834	7,866	8,267	8,469	8,628	9,079	9,770	10,077
	Labour	Dominic Hannigan	11.9	5,136	5,193	5,337	5,575	6,095	6,554	7,247	8,596
	Fine Gael	Regina Doherty	10.1	4,363	4,377	4,508	4,764	4,992	5,164	5,972
	Independent	Brian Fitzgerald	6.0	2,586	2,617	2,659	2,816	3,008	3,334
	Sinn Féin	Joanne Finnegan	3.9	1,695	1,723	1,762	1,859	2,008
	Green	Seán Ó Buachalla	3.1	1,330	1,355	1,417	1,547
	Independent	Joseph Bonner	2.7	1,170	1,195	1,223
	Progressive Democrats	Sirena Campbell	2.2	957	983
	Independent	A. J. Cahill	0.6	269
Electorate: 67,443 Valid: 43,007 Spoilt: 359 (0.8%) Quota: 10,752 Turnout: 43,366 (64.3%)

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