Dublin North-West

Dublin North-West

  • No of Seats: 3
  • No of Male Candidates: 11
  • No of Female Candidates: 1
  • Total number of GE11 candidates: 12
  • No of sitting TDs: 2
  • No of sitting Senators: 0
  • No of sitting Councillors: 4
  • No of sitting MEPs: 0
  • Population (2006) 73327
  • Population per TD* 24442.33333
  • Average Population per TD* 25541
  • Variance (from average) -1098.666667
  • % Variance -4.30%

Candidates

  • Independent candidates, ULA and other small parties: John Dunne (WP), Andrew Keegan (PBP-ULA), Michael J Loftus (NV), Michael Pearse Francis Larkin (CSP), Sean Mooney
  • Green Party Candidates: Ruari Houlohan
  • Labour Candidates: Roisin Shortall TD, Cllr. John Lyons
  • Sinn Fein Candidates: Cllr. Dessie Ellis
  • Fianna Fail Candidates: Pat Carey TD
  • Fine Gael Candidates: Cllr. Bill Tormey, Cllr. Gerry Breen
  • Independent Candidates who previously ran for another party:
  • Young Candidates (21-35):
  • Retired/Retiring TDs: Noel Ahern (FF)

Polls

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

  • FF: 18.70%
  • FG: 14.10%
  • Lab: 33.90%
  • Green Party: 1.20%
  • Sinn Fein: 27.10%
  • Other: 5.10%

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

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

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

  • FF: 17.90%
  • FG: 12.80%
  • Lab: 38.10%
  • Green Party: 0.60%
  • Sinn Fein: 25.80%
  • Other: 4.80%

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

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

2007 Election Stats for Dublin North West

  • Size of Electorate: 51,951
  • Total No. Votes: 31,387
  • No. of Valid votes: 30,964
  • No. of spoiled votes: 423
  • Quota: 7,742

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):