Kildare North

Kildare North

  • No of Seats: 4
  • No of Male Candidates: 10
  • No of Female Candidates: 2
  • Total number of GE11 candidates: 12
  • No of TDs standing: 4
  • No of Senators standing: 0
  • No of Councillors standing: 4
  • No of MEPs standing: 0
  • No of Seats: 4
  • Population (2006): 106500
  • Population per TD: 26625
  • Average Population per TD: 25541
  • Variance (from average): 1084
  • % Variance: 4.24%

Sources of data: CSO, Oireachtas.ie, Dr Adrian Kavanagh (NUI Maynooth), ElectionsIreland.org, Electoral Commission, Ipsos/MRBI - Irish Times, Red C.

Candidates

  • Independent candidates, ULA and other small parties: Cllr Catherine Murphy, Eric Doyle-Higgins, Bart Murphy, Michael Beirne
  • Green Party candidates: Shane Fitzgerald TC
  • Labour Party candidates: Emmett Stagg TD, Cllr. John McGinley
  • Sinn Fein candidates: Martin Kelly
  • Fianna Fail candidates: Aine Brady TD, Michael Fitzpatrick TD
  • Fine Gael candidates: Bernard Durkan TD, Cllr. Anthony Lawlor
  • Independent candidates who previously ran for another party: Catherine Murphy DL/LB
  • Young candidates (21-35):
  • Retired/Retiring TDs: none

Opinion Polls

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

  • FF: 14.20%
  • FG: 28.30%
  • Lab: 27.30%
  • Green Party: 2.00%
  • Sinn Fein: 3.90%
  • Other: 24.30%

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

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

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

  • FF: 13.90%
  • FG: 26.20%
  • Lab: 31.40%
  • Green Party: 1.00%
  • Sinn Fein: 3.80%
  • Other: 23.70%

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

  • FF: 0
  • FG: 1
  • Lab: 2
  • Green Party: 0
  • Sinn Fein: 0
  • Other: 1

2007 Election Stats

  • Size of electorate: 71,311
  • Total no. votes: 45,423
  • No. of valid votes: 45,191
  • No. of spoiled votes: 232
  • Quota: 9,039