Kerry North–West Limerick (Dáil constituency)
| Kerry North–West Limerick | |
|---|---|
| Former Dáil constituency | |
.svg) Location of Kerry North–West Limerick within Ireland | |
| Former constituency | |
| Created | 2011 |
| Abolished | 2016 |
| Seats | 3 |
| Local government areas | |
| Created from | |
| Replaced by | |
Kerry North–West Limerick was a parliamentary constituency represented in Dáil Éireann, the house of representatives of the Oireachtas (the Irish parliament), for a single Dáil term, from 2011 to 2016. The constituency elected 3 deputies (Teachtaí Dála, commonly known as TDs). The method of election was proportional representation by means of the single transferable vote (PR-STV).
History and boundaries
[edit]The Constituency Commission proposed in 2007 that at the next general election the constituency of Kerry North be renamed as Kerry North–West Limerick, with the transfer of certain electoral divisions from Limerick West and other electoral divisions to Kerry South.[1]
It was established by the Electoral (Amendment) Act 2009.[2] It was only used at the 2011 general election.
The constituency comprised the northern half of County Kerry, located between the River Shannon estuary and the Slieve Mish Mountains; taking in Tralee, Listowel, Tarbert, Ballybunion and Castleisland; and the western part of County Limerick taking in the town of Abbeyfeale; and the villages of Athea, Glin, Mountcollins, Templeglantine and Tournafulla.
The 2009 Act defined the constituency as:[2]
"In the county of Kerry the electoral divisions of:
- Ardagh, Astee, Ballincloher, Ballyconry, Ballyduff, Ballyegan, Ballyhorgan, Beal, Carrig, Causeway, Cloontubbrid, Drommartin, Duagh, Ennismore, Gullane, Gunsborough, Kilfeighny, Killehenny, Killury, Kilmeany, Kilshenane, Kiltomy, Leitrim, Lislaughtin, Lisselton, Listowel Rural, Lixnaw, Moynsha, Newtownsandes, Rathea, Shronowen, Tarbert, Tarmon, Trienearagh, Urlee, in the former Rural District of Listowel;
- Abbeydorney, Arabela, Ardfert, Ballyegan, Ballyheige, Ballynahaglish, Ballynorig, Ballyseedy, Banna, Blennerville, Brosna, Clogherbrien, Crinny, Doon, Gneeves, Kerryhead, Kilflyn, Killahan, Kilmurry, Knocknagashel, Lackabaun, Mount Eagle, Nohaval, O'Brennan, Ratass, Tralee Rural, Tubrid, in the former Rural District of Tralee;
- and the towns of Listowel and Tralee;
and, in the county of Limerick, the electoral divisions of:
- Fleanmore, Glin, Kilfergus, Kilmoylan, in the former Rural District of Glin;
- Abbeyfeale, Ardagh, Caher, Dromtrasna, Garryduff, Glenagower, Glengort, Glensharrold, Monagay, Mountcollins, Port, Rathronan, Rooskagh, Templeglentan, in the former Rural District of Newcastle."
At the 2016 general election, it was superseded by the constituencies of Kerry and Limerick County.
TDs
[edit]| Teachtaí Dála (TDs) for Kerry North–West Limerick 2011–2016 | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dáil | Election | Deputy (Party) |
Deputy (Party) |
Deputy (Party) | |||
| 31st | 2011[3] | Arthur Spring (Lab) |
Martin Ferris (SF) |
Jimmy Deenihan (FG) | |||
| 32nd | 2016 | Constituency abolished. See Kerry and Limerick County | |||||
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]2011 general election
[edit]| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | ||||
| Fine Gael | Jimmy Deenihan | 27.0 | 12,304 | |||||||
| Sinn Féin | Martin Ferris | 20.3 | 9,282 | 9,440 | 9,489 | 9,540 | 9,784 | 10,164 | 11,416 | |
| Labour | Arthur Spring | 20.1 | 9,159 | 9,415 | 9,514 | 9,571 | 9,947 | 10,685 | 12,245 | |
| Fine Gael | John Sheahan | 13.8 | 6,295 | 6,677 | 6,726 | 6,781 | 6,892 | 7,142 | 8,044 | |
| Fianna Fáil | Tom McEllistrim | 11.5 | 5,230 | 5,275 | 5,306 | 5,329 | 5,451 | 5,678 | ||
| Independent | Bridget O'Brien | 3.2 | 1,455 | 1,477 | 1,521 | 1,577 | 1,950 | |||
| Independent | Mary Fitzgibbon | 1.5 | 706 | 722 | 765 | 849 | ||||
| Independent | Sam Locke | 1.1 | 486 | 492 | 498 | 519 | ||||
| New Vision | Mick Reidy | 0.8 | 357 | 362 | 373 | |||||
| Green | Tom Donovan | 0.5 | 239 | 247 | ||||||
| Independent | John McKenna | 0.2 | 101 | 103 | ||||||
| Electorate: 63,614 Valid: 45,614 Spoilt: 413 (0.9%) Quota: 11,404 Turnout: 46,027 (72.4%) | ||||||||||
See also
[edit]- Elections in the Republic of Ireland
- Historic Dáil constituencies
- Politics of the Republic of Ireland
References
[edit]- ^ "Constituency Commission: Report on Dáil and European Parliament Constituencies 2007" (PDF). The Stationery Office, Dublin. pp. 23–24. Archived (PDF) from the original on 19 November 2007. Retrieved 10 August 2021.
- ^ a b Electoral (Amendment) Act 2009, Schedule (No. 4 of 2009, Schedule). Act of the Oireachtas. Retrieved from Irish Statute Book on 29 September 2010.
- ^ a b "General election 2011: Kerry North–West Limerick". ElectionsIreland.org. Retrieved 28 February 2011.
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