Cork South-Central

Cork South-Central

  • No of Seats: 5
  • No of Male Candidates: 15
  • No of Female Candidates: 2
  • Total number of GE11 candidates: 17
  • No of sitting TDs: 5
  • No of sitting Senators: 2
  • No of sitting Councillors: 3
  • No of sitting MEPs: 0
  • Population (2006): 129,379
  • Population per TD*: 25,875.8
  • Average Population per TD*: 25,541
  • Variance (from average): 334.8
  • % Variance: 1.31%

Candidates

  • Independent candidates, ULA and other small parties: Cllr. Mick Finn, David McCarthy (NV), Eric Isherwood, Diarmad O'Cadhla (CPPC), Ted Neville, Sean JB Dunphy, Gerard Linehan, Finbar O'Driscoll
  • Green Party Candidates: Sen. Dan Boyle
  • Labour Candidates: Ciaran Lynch TD, Cllr. Paula Desmond
  • Sinn Fein Candidates: Cllr. Chris O'Leary
  • Fianna Fail Candidates: Michael Martin TD, Michael McGrath TD
  • Fine Gael Candidates: Deirdre Clune TD, Simon Coveney TD, Sen. Jerry Buttimer
  • Independent Candidates who previously ran for another party:
  • Young Candidates (21-35):
  • Retired/Retiring TDs: Cork South-Central:

Polls

Red C-Sunday Business Post Poll (published 20-02-2011, adjusted to this constituency)

  • FF: 19.00%
  • FG: 45.30%
  • Lab: 17.40%
  • Green Party: 4.00%
  • Sinn Fein: 9.90%
  • Other: 4.40%

This translates to seats as follows (according to Adrian Kavanagh of http://geographyspecialinterestgroup.wordpress.com):

  • FF: 1
  • FG: 3
  • Lab: 1
  • Green Party: 0
  • Sinn Fein: 0
  • Other: 0

Sunday Independent Milward Brown Poll (published 20-02-2011 - adjusted to this constituency)

  • FF: 19.30%
  • FG: 43.50%
  • Lab: 20.70%
  • Green Party: 2.00%
  • Sinn Fein: 10.00%
  • Other: 4.50%

This translates to seats as follows (according to Adrian Kavanagh of http://geographyspecialinterestgroup.wordpress.com):

  • FF: 1
  • FG: 3
  • Lab: 1
  • Green Party: 0
  • Sinn Fein: 0
  • Other: 0

2007 Election Stats for Cork South-Central

  • Size of Electorate: 91,090
  • Total No. Votes: 59,660
  • No. of Valid votes: 59,068
  • No. of spoiled votes: 592
  • Quota: 9,845

Constituency Polls

Source: Red C Research

  • Coveney, Simon (FG) 19
  • Martin, Micheál (FF) 18
  • Lynch, Ciarán (LAB) 14
  • McGrath, Michael (FF) 9
  • Buttimer, Jerry (FG) 9
  • O'Leary, Chris (SF) 8
  • Clune, Deirdre (FG) 8
  • Desmond, Paula (LAB) 5
  • Finn, Michael (IND) 5
  • McCarthy, David (IND) 3
  • Boyle, Dan (GREEN) 2
  • Isherwood, Eric (IND) 0

Credits: Thanks to Adrian Kavanagh of NUI Maynooth who has created an excellent resource at this website. Other data is drawn from Oireachtas.ie, the Central Statistics Office and ElectionsIreland.org

Demographics, socio-economic indicators and other statistics based on 2006 Census (via CSO and Oireachtas.ie):

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