Meath West is a parliamentary constituency represented in Dáil Éireann, the lower house of the Irish parliament or Oireachtas. The constituency elects three deputies (Teachtaí Dála, commonly known as TDs) on the system of proportional representation by means of the single transferable vote (PR-STV).
| Meath West | |
|---|---|
| Dáil constituency | |
 Location of Meath West within Ireland | |
| Major settlements | |
| Current constituency | |
| Created | 2007 |
| Seats | 3 |
| Local government areas | County Meath |
| EP constituency | Midlands–North-West |
History and boundaries
editThe constituency was created under 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. The town of Kells was moved to Meath East at the 2011 general election.
It spans the western portions of County Meath, including the towns of Trim and Navan, along with the north-eastern part of County Westmeath.[2]
The Electoral (Amendment) (Dáil Constituencies) Act 2017 defines the constituency as:[3]
"The county of Meath, except the parts thereof which are comprised in the constituencies of Cavan–Monaghan, Louth and Meath East, and the county of Westmeath, except the part thereof which is comprised in the constituency of Longford–Westmeath."
The Constituency Review Report 2023 of the Electoral Commission recommended that at the next general election, Meath West remain a three-seat constituency with the transfer of the part in County Westmeath to Longford–Westmeath.[4]
For the 2024 general election, the Electoral (Amendment) Act 2023 defines the constituency as:[5]
"The county of Meath, except the parts thereof which are comprised in the constituencies of Louth and Meath East."
| Years | TDs | Boundaries | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2007–2011 | 3 | County Meath, except that part in the constituency of Meath East,
and County Westmeath, except that part in the constituency of Longford–Westmeath.[1] |
Created from Meath and Westmeath[6] |
| 2011–2020 | 3 | County Meath, except the parts in the constituencies of Louth and Meath East,
and County Westmeath, except that part in the constituency of Longford–Westmeath.[7][8] |
Ceanannas Mór Urban, and of Ceanannas Mór Rural, Maperath and Staholmog in the former Rural District of Kells. |
| 2020– | 3 | County Meath, except the parts in the constituencies of Cavan–Monaghan, Louth and Meath East,
and County Westmeath, except that part in the constituency of Longford–Westmeath.[3] |
TDs
edit| Teachtaí Dála (TDs) for Meath West 2007– | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Key to parties
| |||||||
| Dáil | Election | Deputy (Party) |
Deputy (Party) |
Deputy (Party) | |||
| 30th | 2007[11] | Johnny Brady (FF) |
Noel Dempsey (FF) |
Damien English (FG) | |||
| 31st | 2011[12] | Peadar Tóibín[a] (SF) |
Ray Butler (FG) | ||||
| 32nd | 2016[13] | Shane Cassells (FF) | |||||
| 33rd | 2020[14] | Peadar Tóibín (Aon) |
Johnny Guirke (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
edit^ *: Outgoing TD
2024 general election
edit| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ||||
| Fianna Fáil | Aisling Dempsey | |||
| Independent | Noel French | |||
| Liberty Republic | Ben Gilroy | |||
| Sinn Féin | Johnny Guirke[*] | |||
| PBP–Solidarity | Finbar Lynch[a] | |||
| The Irish People | Ian McGauley | |||
| Green | Séamus McMenamin | |||
| Social Democrats | Ronan Moore | |||
| Fine Gael | Linda Murray Nelson | |||
| Irish Freedom | David O'Shea | |||
| Independent | Damien Reilly | |||
| Aontú | Peadar Tóibín[*] | |||
| Quota: | ||||
- ^ Lynch is a member of People Before Profit.
2020 general election
edit| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | ||||
| Sinn Féin | Johnny Guirke | 30.5 | 12,652 | ||||||
| Aontú | Peadar Tóibín[*] | 17.6 | 7,322 | 8,249 | 8,616 | 9,075 | 9,714 | 11,410 | |
| Fine Gael | Damien English[*] | 13.2 | 5,499 | 5,604 | 6,513 | 6,802 | 8,699 | 9,558 | |
| Fianna Fáil | Shane Cassells[*] | 16.2 | 6,742 | 6,926 | 7,117 | 7,311 | 7,644 | 8,224 | |
| Social Democrats | Ronan Moore | 5.7 | 2,376 | 2,931 | 3,045 | 4,141 | 4,569 | ||
| Fine Gael | Noel French | 7.1 | 2,952 | 3,006 | 3,361 | 3,534 | |||
| Green | Séamus McMenamin | 4.7 | 1,935 | 2,224 | 2,380 | ||||
| Fine Gael | Sarah Reilly | 4.4 | 1,817 | 1,897 | |||||
| Renua | John Malone | 0.5 | 209 | 290 | |||||
| Electorate: 67,982 Valid: 41,504 Spoilt: 320 Quota: 10,377 Turnout: 61.5% | |||||||||
2016 general election
edit| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | ||||
| Fianna Fáil | Shane Cassells | 27.4 | 10,585 | ||||||
| Sinn Féin | Peadar Tóibín[*] | 24.5 | 9,442 | 9,713 | |||||
| Fine Gael | Damien English[*] | 21.0 | 8,123 | 8,333 | 8,376 | 8,785 | 8,880 | 10,371 | |
| Fine Gael | Ray Butler[*] | 11.5 | 4,432 | 4,519 | 4,552 | 4,853 | 4,904 | 5,841 | |
| Independent | Trevor Golden | 4.5 | 1,718 | 1,844 | 1,984 | 2,137 | 2,616 | ||
| Green | Séamus McMenamin | 3.7 | 1,421 | 1,519 | 1,587 | 1,807 | 2,178 | ||
| Direct Democracy | Alan Lawes | 3.3 | 1,279 | 1,310 | 1,380 | 1,440 | |||
| Labour | Tracy McElhinney | 3.0 | 1,166 | 1,229 | 1,241 | ||||
| Independent | John Malone | 1.1 | 439 | 486 | |||||
| Electorate: 64,600 Valid: 38,605 Spoilt: 315 Quota: 9,652 Turnout: 38,920 (60.25%) | |||||||||
2011 general election
edit| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | ||||
| Fine Gael | Damien English[*] | 23.1 | 9,290 | 9,609 | 10,122 | |||
| Sinn Féin | Peadar Tóibín | 17.4 | 6,989 | 7,421 | 7,711 | 8,155 | 9,112 | |
| Fine Gael | Ray Butler | 13.1 | 5,262 | 5,414 | 5,574 | 7,879 | 8,926 | |
| Labour | Jenny McHugh | 13.5 | 5,432 | 5,852 | 6,040 | 6,794 | 7,798 | |
| Fianna Fáil | Johnny Brady[*] | 9.4 | 3,789 | 3,874 | 6,065 | 6,437 | ||
| Fine Gael | Catherine Yore | 9.7 | 3,898 | 4,072 | 4,208 | |||
| Fianna Fáil | Shane Cassells | 8.7 | 3,496 | 3,631 | ||||
| Green | Fiona Irwin | 1.2 | 479 | |||||
| Independent | Stephen Ball | 1.2 | 475 | |||||
| Independent | Dáithí Stephens | 1.0 | 387 | |||||
| Independent | Ronan Carolan | 0.6 | 258 | |||||
| Christian Solidarity | Manus MacMeanmain | 0.6 | 234 | |||||
| Workers' Party | Séamus McDonagh | 0.5 | 189 | |||||
| Electorate: 62,776 Valid: 40,178 Spoilt: 413 (1.0%) Quota: 10,045 Turnout: 40,591 (64.7%) | ||||||||
2007 general election
edit| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | ||||
| Fianna Fáil | Noel Dempsey[*] | 29.7 | 12,006 | |||||||
| Fianna Fáil | Johnny Brady[*] | 21.9 | 8,868 | 10,178 | ||||||
| Fine Gael | Damien English[*] | 17.9 | 7,227 | 7,427 | 7,566 | 7,856 | 8,527 | 9,548 | 12,934 | |
| Sinn Féin | Joe Reilly | 11.3 | 4,567 | 4,697 | 4,803 | 5,024 | 5,187 | 5,588 | 6,015 | |
| Fine Gael | Peter Higgins | 8.0 | 3,234 | 3,335 | 3,424 | 3,534 | 3,960 | 4,379 | ||
| Labour | Brian Collins | 4.0 | 1,634 | 1,663 | 1,734 | 2,097 | 2,181 | |||
| Fine Gael | Graham Geraghty | 3.2 | 1,284 | 1,326 | 1,360 | 1,420 | ||||
| Green | Brian Flanagan | 2.5 | 1,011 | 1,047 | 1,194 | |||||
| Independent | Phil Cantwell | 1.3 | 506 | 544 | ||||||
| Fathers Rights | Paul Coleman | 0.3 | 127 | 130 | ||||||
| Electorate: 56,267 Valid: 40,464 Spoilt: 388 (0.9%) Quota: 10,117 Turnout: 40,852 (72.6%) | ||||||||||
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ a b Electoral (Amendment) Act 2005, Schedule (No. 16 of 2005, Schedule). Act of the Oireachtas. Retrieved from Irish Statute Book on 25 August 2022.
- ^ "Dáil Constituency Map Meath East and Meath West 2018" (PDF). Government of Ireland. 18 July 2018. Archived (PDF) from the original on 26 February 2021. Retrieved 28 August 2022.
- ^ a b Electoral (Amendment) (Dáil Constituencies) Act 2017, Schedule (No. 39 of 2017, Schedule). Enacted on 23 December 2017. Act of the Oireachtas. Archived from the original on 18 July 2018. Retrieved from Irish Statute Book on 25 August 2022.
- ^ "Constituency Review Report 2023" (PDF). Electoral Commission. pp. 64, 132. Archived (PDF) from the original on 30 August 2023. Retrieved 12 September 2023.
- ^ Electoral (Amendment) Act 2023, Schedule (No. 40 of 2023, Schedule). Enacted on 19 December 2023. Act of the Oireachtas. Retrieved from Irish Statute Book on 16 February 2024.
- ^ "Report on Dáil Constituencies, 2004" (PDF). Constituency Commission. pp. 26–27. Archived (PDF) from the original on 24 January 2022. Retrieved 25 August 2022.
- ^ Electoral (Amendment) Act 2009, Schedule (No. 4 of 2009, Schedule). Enacted on 24 February 2009. Act of the Oireachtas. Retrieved from Irish Statute Book on 25 August 2022.
- ^ Electoral (Amendment) (Dáil Constituencies) Act 2013, Schedule (No. 7 of 2013, Schedule). Act of the Oireachtas. Retrieved from Irish Statute Book on 25 August 2022.
- ^ "Report on Dáil and European Parliament Constituencies 2007" (PDF). Constituency Commission. 23 October 2007. p. 64. Archived (PDF) from the original on 19 November 2007. Retrieved 25 August 2022.
- ^ "Constituency Commission Report 2012: Dáil and European Parliament Constituencies" (PDF). Constituency Commission. 21 June 2012. p. 15. Archived (PDF) from the original on 13 July 2022. Retrieved 25 August 2022.
- ^ a b "General election 2007: Meath West". ElectionsIreland.org. Archived from the original on 21 February 2011. Retrieved 27 April 2010.
- ^ a b "General election 2011: Meath West". ElectionsIreland.org. Archived from the original on 28 February 2011. Retrieved 27 February 2011.
- ^ a b "General election 2016: Meath West". ElectionsIreland.org. Archived from the original on 22 February 2016. Retrieved 23 February 2016.
- ^ a b "General election 2020: Meath West". ElectionsIreland.org. Retrieved 27 November 2023.
- ^ "General Election 2024 Profiles – Meath West". RTÉ News. November 2024. Retrieved 9 November 2024.
- ^ "General Election 2020 Results – Meath West". RTÉ News. Archived from the original on 13 February 2020. Retrieved 23 May 2020.
- ^ "Meath West: 2020 General Election". Irelandelection.com. Archived from the original on 23 May 2020. Retrieved 23 May 2020.
- ^ Walsh, Louise (10 February 2020) [9 February 2020]. "Meath West results: Surprise at Fianna Fáil loss as seismic shift to left". The Irish Times. Dublin. Archived from the original on 9 June 2021. Retrieved 9 June 2021.
- ^ "Election 2020: Meath West". The Irish Times. Dublin. 10 February 2020. Archived from the original on 9 June 2021. Retrieved 9 June 2021.
- ^ "Meath West Results 2016". Irelandelection.com. Irelandelection.com. Archived from the original on 20 January 2020. Retrieved 20 January 2020.
- ^ "Meath West Results 2016". RTÉ. Archived from the original on 15 March 2019. Retrieved 20 January 2020.