Dublin Bay North (Dáil constituency)
| Dublin Bay North | |
|---|---|
| Dáil constituency | |
_2024.svg) Location of Dublin Bay North within County Dublin | |
| Major settlements | |
| Current constituency | |
| Created | 2016 |
| Seats | 5 |
| TDs | |
| Local government areas | |
| EP constituency | Dublin |
Dublin Bay North is a parliamentary constituency that has been represented in Dáil Éireann, the lower house of the Irish parliament or Oireachtas, since the 2016 general election. The constituency elects 5 deputies (Teachtaí Dála, commonly known as TDs). The method of election is proportional representation by means of the single transferable vote (PR-STV).
History and boundaries
The Constituency Commission proposed in its 2012 report that at the next general election a new constituency called Dublin Bay North be created.[1] The report proposed changes to the constituencies of Ireland so as to reduce the total number of TDs from 166 to 158.[2]
The constituency was established by the Electoral (Amendment) (Dáil Constituencies) Act 2013.[3] It incorporated the entirety of Dublin North-Central and most of Dublin North-East; with the transfer of an area around the village of Portmarnock from Dublin North-East into Dublin Fingal.
The Electoral (Amendment) (Dáil Constituencies) Act 2017 defines the constituency as:[4]
"In the city of Dublin the electoral divisions of:
- Ayrfield, Beaumont B, Beaumont C, Beaumont D, Beaumont E, Beaumont F, Clontarf East A, Clontarf East B, Clontarf East C, Clontarf East D, Clontarf East E, Clontarf West A, Clontarf West B, Clontarf West C, Clontarf West D, Clontarf West E, Edenmore, Grace Park, Grange A, Grange B, Grange C, Grange D, Grange E, Harmonstown A, Harmonstown B, Kilmore A, Kilmore B, Kilmore C, Kilmore D, Priorswood A, Priorswood B, Priorswood C, Priorswood D, Priorswood E, Raheny-Foxfield, Raheny-Greendale, Raheny-St. Assam;
and, in the county of Fingal, the electoral divisions of:
The Constituency Review Report 2023 of the Electoral Commission recommended that at the next general election Dublin Bay North be altered by the transfer of territory from Dublin Fingal and the transfer of territory to Dublin North-West.[5][6]
For the next general election, the Electoral (Amendment) Act 2023 defines the constituency as:[7]
"In the city of Dublin, the electoral divisions of:
- Ayrfield, Beaumont C, Beaumont D, Beaumont E, Clontarf East A, Clontarf East B, Clontarf East C, Clontarf East D, Clontarf East E, Clontarf West A, Clontarf West B, Clontarf West C, Clontarf West D, Clontarf West E, Edenmore, Grace Park, Grange A, Grange B, Grange C, Grange D, Grange E, Harmonstown A, Harmonstown B, Kilmore B, Kilmore C, Kilmore D, Priorswood A, Priorswood B, Priorswood C, Priorswood D, Priorswood E, Raheny-Foxfield, Raheny-Greendale, Raheny-St. Assam;
and, in the county of Fingal, the electoral divisions of:
- Baldoyle, Balgriffin, Howth, Sutton.
TDs
| Teachtaí Dála (TDs) for Dublin Bay North 2016– | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Key to parties
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| Dáil | Election | Deputy (Party) |
Deputy (Party) |
Deputy (Party) |
Deputy (Party) |
Deputy (Party) | |||||
| 32nd | 2016[8][9] | Denise Mitchell (SF) |
Tommy Broughan (I4C) |
Finian McGrath (Ind) |
Seán Haughey (FF) |
Richard Bruton (FG) | |||||
| 33rd | 2020[10] | Cian O'Callaghan (SD) |
Aodhán Ó Ríordáin (Lab) | ||||||||
| 2024 | (Vacant) | ||||||||||
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
^ *: Outgoing TD
2024 general election
| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ||||
| Fianna Fáil | Tom Brabazon | |||
| Independent | Michael Burke | |||
| Independent | Kevin Coyle[a] | |||
| Irish Freedom | Paul Fitzsimons | |||
| Labour | Shane Folan | |||
| Independent | Brian Garrigan | |||
| Green | David Healy | |||
| Independent | Barry Heneghan | |||
| Fianna Fáil | Deirdre Heney | |||
| Independent Left | John Lyons[b] | |||
| Sinn Féin | Mícheál Mac Donncha | |||
| Sinn Féin | Denise Mitchell[*] | |||
| Aontú | James Morris | |||
| PBP–Solidarity | Bernard Mulvany[c] | |||
| Social Democrats | Cian O'Callaghan[*] | |||
| Independent | Diarmaid Ó Conoráin | |||
| Fine Gael | Naoise Ó Muirí | |||
| Fine Gael | Aoibhinn Tormey | |||
| Quota: | ||||
- ^ Affiliated with the National Alliance.
- ^ Independent Left is an unregistered political party, so Lyons appears on the ballot as non-party.
- ^ Mulvany is a member of People Before Profit.
2020 general election
| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | ||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | ||||
| Sinn Féin | Denise Mitchell[*] | 29.8 | 21,344 | ||||||||||||||
| Fine Gael | Richard Bruton[*] | 15.6 | 11,156 | 11,315 | 11,334 | 11,388 | 11,419 | 11,442 | 11,485 | 11,522 | 11,542 | 13,367 | |||||
| Social Democrats | Cian O'Callaghan | 8.7 | 6,229 | 7,420 | 7,443 | 7,541 | 7,581 | 7,611 | 7,699 | 7,805 | 8,184 | 8,281 | 8,463 | 8,732 | 10,157 | 12,438 | |
| Labour | Aodhán Ó Ríordáin | 11.3 | 8,127 | 8,736 | 8,765 | 8,795 | 8,833 | 8,862 | 8,927 | 8,989 | 9,091 | 9,251 | 9,727 | 10,312 | 10,735 | 11,283 | |
| Fianna Fáil | Seán Haughey[*] | 9.3 | 6,651 | 7,012 | 7,026 | 7,068 | 7,111 | 7,159 | 7,367 | 7,506 | 7,561 | 7,607 | 7,796 | 10,575 | 10,697 | 10,955 | |
| Green | David Healy | 7.0 | 5,042 | 5,715 | 5,728 | 5,778 | 5,822 | 5,873 | 6,005 | 6,149 | 6,227 | 6,305 | 6,645 | 7,008 | 7,597 | 8,527 | |
| Independent Left | John Lyons[a] | 2.6 | 1,882 | 3,705 | 3,792 | 3,824 | 3,893 | 4,074 | 4,125 | 4,601 | 4,975 | 4,986 | 5,004 | 5,096 | 6,421 | ||
| Solidarity–PBP | Bernard Mulvany[b] | 2.0 | 1,409 | 3,369 | 3,398 | 3,416 | 3,444 | 3,488 | 3,528 | 3,708 | 4,637 | 4,671 | 4,680 | 4,759 | |||
| Fianna Fáil | Deirdre Heney | 5.1 | 3,643 | 3,804 | 3,822 | 3,844 | 3,857 | 3,878 | 4,051 | 4,175 | 4,193 | 4,303 | 4,521 | ||||
| Fine Gael | Catherine Noone | 3.2 | 2,279 | 2,341 | 2,354 | 2,366 | 2,376 | 2,381 | 2,389 | 2,405 | 2,412 | ||||||
| Solidarity–PBP | Michael O'Brien[c] | 1.0 | 722 | 1,915 | 1,935 | 1,945 | 1,968 | 1,995 | 2,037 | 2,163 | |||||||
| Irish Freedom | Ben Gilroy | 1.1 | 771 | 1,274 | 1,283 | 1,293 | 1,351 | 1,532 | 1,759 | ||||||||
| Aontú | Proinsias O'Conarain | 1.4 | 973 | 1,092 | 1,106 | 1,110 | 1,132 | 1,174 | |||||||||
| Independent | Michael Burke | 0.5 | 370 | 602 | 623 | 657 | 779 | ||||||||||
| Independent | Brian Garrigan | 0.5 | 372 | 529 | 551 | 588 | |||||||||||
| Independent | Conor Creaven | 0.6 | 418 | 481 | 487 | ||||||||||||
| Independent | Linda McEvoy | 0.3 | 202 | 326 | |||||||||||||
| Independent | Sean O'Leary | 0.0 | 16 | 35 | |||||||||||||
| Electorate: 112,047 Valid: 71,606 Spoilt: 645 (0.9%) Quota: 11,935 Turnout: 72,251 (64.5%) | |||||||||||||||||
- ^ Independent Left is an unregistered political party, so Lyons appeared on the ballot as non-party.
- ^ Mulvany was a member of People Before Profit.
- ^ O'Brien was a member of Solidarity.
2016 general election
The constituency was dubbed the "group of death" by media because of the large number and high profile of candidates, the close contest, and the protracted nature of the count.[17]
| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | |||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | ||||
| Fine Gael | Richard Bruton[*] | 13.3 | 9,792 | 9,804 | 9,860 | 9,924 | 9,934 | 10,568 | 10,578 | 13,092 | ||||||||
| Fianna Fáil | Seán Haughey | 10.9 | 8,007 | 8,029 | 8,094 | 8,123 | 8,157 | 8,189 | 8,232 | 8,293 | 8,345 | 9,311 | 9,378 | 11,659 | 11,956 | 12,754 | ||
| Inds. 4 Change | Tommy Broughan[*] | 7.3 | 5,361 | 5,398 | 5,511 | 5,578 | 5,778 | 5,856 | 6,038 | 6,065 | 6,099 | 6,583 | 6,823 | 7,003 | 7,735 | 9,477 | 11,565 | |
| Sinn Féin | Denise Mitchell | 6.8 | 5,039 | 5,051 | 5,067 | 5,081 | 5,247 | 5,255 | 5,510 | 5,515 | 5,517 | 5,573 | 8,281 | 8,386 | 8,596 | 9,047 | 11,348 | |
| Independent | Finian McGrath[*] | 8.0 | 5,878 | 5,913 | 5,990 | 6,075 | 6,150 | 6,213 | 6,321 | 6,396 | 6,450 | 6,828 | 6,930 | 7,353 | 8,069 | 9,553 | 11,191 | |
| Labour | Aodhán Ó Ríordáin[*] | 7.7 | 5,675 | 5,683 | 5,701 | 5,920 | 5,932 | 6,183 | 6,201 | 6,581 | 7,057 | 7,299 | 7,320 | 7,544 | 8,547 | 9,947 | 10,329 | |
| AAA–PBP | John Lyons | 6.0 | 4,409 | 4,455 | 4,532 | 4,600 | 4,981 | 5,002 | 6,475 | 6,494 | 6,497 | 6,682 | 7,116 | 7,209 | 7,760 | 8,476 | ||
| Independent | Averil Power | 6.7 | 4,911 | 4,934 | 5,052 | 5,145 | 5,294 | 5,529 | 5,678 | 5,768 | 5,828 | 6,237 | 6,338 | 6,674 | 7,668 | |||
| Social Democrats | Cian O'Callaghan | 5.2 | 3,864 | 3,875 | 3,909 | 4,093 | 4,128 | 4,179 | 4,291 | 4,313 | 4,347 | 4,587 | 4,637 | 4,796 | ||||
| Fianna Fáil | Deirdre Heney | 4.6 | 3,360 | 3,376 | 3,408 | 3,448 | 3,458 | 3,498 | 3,514 | 3,577 | 3,619 | 3,943 | 3,974 | |||||
| Sinn Féin | Mícheál Mac Donncha | 4.8 | 3,527 | 3,540 | 3,563 | 3,576 | 3,663 | 3,668 | 3,787 | 3,790 | 3,791 | 3,850 | ||||||
| Renua | Terence Flanagan[*] | 4.4 | 3,205 | 3,273 | 3,302 | 3,348 | 3,372 | 3,418 | 3,462 | 3,525 | 3,588 | |||||||
| Fine Gael | Naoise Ó Muirí | 3.9 | 2,868 | 2,870 | 2,875 | 2,905 | 2,908 | 3,376 | 3,381 | |||||||||
| AAA–PBP | Michael O'Brien | 3.0 | 2,236 | 2,253 | 2,271 | 2,282 | 2,559 | 2,562 | ||||||||||
| Fine Gael | Stephanie Regan | 2.5 | 1,857 | 1,865 | 1,883 | 1,939 | 1,957 | |||||||||||
| Independent | Damien O'Neill | 2.0 | 1,446 | 1,470 | 1,506 | 1,517 | ||||||||||||
| Green | Donna Cooney | 1.4 | 1,024 | 1,038 | 1,055 | |||||||||||||
| Independent | Jimmy Guerin | 1.0 | 756 | 782 | ||||||||||||||
| Independent | Paul Clarke | 0.4 | 306 | |||||||||||||||
| Independent | Proinsias Ó Conaráin | 0.1 | 104 | |||||||||||||||
| Electorate: 109,516 Valid: 73,625 Spoilt: 709 (1.0%) Quota: 12,271 Turnout: 74,334 (67.9%) | ||||||||||||||||||
See also
- 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
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