Wexford

Wexford

  • No of Seats: 5
  • No of Male Candidates: 13
  • No of Female Candidates: 1
  • Total number of GE11 candidates: 14
  • No of TDs standing: 5
  • No of Senators standing: 1
  • No of Councillors standing: 3
  • No of MEPs standing: 0
  • Population (2006): 131749
  • Population per TD: 26349.8
  • Average Population per TD: 25541
  • Variance (from average): 808.8
  • % Variance: 3.17%

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 O'Brien (PBPA-ULA), John Dwyer TC, Mick Wallace, Ruairi De Valera, Siobhain Roseingrave
  • Green Party candidates:Danny Forde
  • Labour Party candidates: Brendan Howlin TD, Cllr. Pat Cody
  • Sinn Fein candidates:Anthony Kelly TC
  • Fianna Fail candidates:Sean Connick TD, John Browne TD
  • Fine Gael Candidates: Paul Kehoe TD, Michael D'Arcy TD, Sen. Liam Twomey
  • Independent Candidates who previously ran for another party: Seamus O'Brien LB, John Dwyer SF
  • 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: 16.40%
  • FG: 45.40%
  • Lab: 23.30%
  • Green Party: 0.50%
  • Sinn Fein: 12.90%
  • Other: 1.60%

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: 16.10%
  • FG: 42.40%
  • Lab: 27.00%
  • Green Party: 0.20%
  • Sinn Fein: 12.70%
  • Other: 1.60%

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

  • Size of electorate: 103,562
  • Total no. votes: 69,443
  • No. of valid votes: 68,616
  • No. of spoiled votes: 827
  • Quota: 11,437

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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