Meath-West
Meath West
- No of Seats: 3
- No of Male Candidates: 10
- No of Female Candidates: 3
- Total number of GE11 candidates: 13
- No of TDs standing: 2
- No of Senators standing: 0
- No of Councillors standing: 5
- No of MEPs standing: 0
- No of Seats: 3
- Population (2006): 76393
- Population per TD: 25464
- Average Population per TD: 25541
- Variance (from average): -77
- % Variance: -0.30%
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: Seamus McDonagh (WP), Manus MacMeanmain (CSP), Stephen Ball, Ronan Carolan, Daithi Stephens
- Green Party candidates: Fiona Irwin
- Labour Party candidates: Cllr. Jenny McHugh
- Sinn Fein candidates: Cllr Peadar Toibin
- Fianna Fail candidates: Johnny Brady TD, Cllr. Shane Cassells
- Fine Gael candidates: Damien English TD, Cllr. Catherine Yore, Cllr. Ray Butler
- Independent candidates who previously ran for another party:
- Young candidates (21-35):
- Retired/Retiring TDs: Noel Dempsey FF
Opinion Polls
Red C-Sunday Business Post Poll (published 20-02-2011, adjusted to this constituency):
- FF: 21.60%
- FG: 45.10%
- Lab: 7.40%
- Green Party: 1.20%
- Sinn Fein: 21.20%
- Other: 3.60%
This translates to seats as follows (according to Adrian Kavanagh of http://geographyspecialinterestgroup.wordpress.com):
- FF: 1
- FG: 2
- Lab: 0
- Green Party: 0
- Sinn Fein: 0
- Other: 0
Sunday Independent Milward Brown Poll (published 20-02-2011 - adjusted to this constituency):
- FF: 21.90%
- FG: 43.40%
- Lab: 8.80%
- Green Party: 0.60%
- Sinn Fein: 21.60%
- Other: 3.70%
This translates to seats as follows (according to Adrian Kavanagh of http://geographyspecialinterestgroup.wordpress.com):
- FF: 1
- FG: 2
- Lab: 0
- Green Party: 0
- Sinn Fein: 0
- Other: 0
2007 Election Stats
- Size of Electorate: 56,267
- Total No. Votes: 40,852
- No. of valid votes: 40,464
- No. of spoiled votes: 388
- Quota: 10,117