Cork East

Cork East

  • No of Seats: 4
  • No of Male Candidates: 11
  • No of Female Candidates: 2
  • Total number of GE11 candidates: 13
  • No of sitting TDs: 3
  • No of sitting Senators: 0
  • No of sitting Councillors: 5
  • No of sitting MEPs: 0
  • Population (2006): 100,168
  • Population per TD*: 25,042
  • Average Population per TD*: 25,541
  • Variance (from average): -499
  • % Variance: -1.95%

Candidates

  • Independent candidates, ULA and other small parties: Paul O'Neill (NV), Claire Cullinane (CPPC), Patrick Bullman (CPPC), Paul Burke
  • Green Party Candidates: Malachy Harty
  • Labour Candidates: Sean Sherlock TD, Cllr. John Mulvihill
  • Sinn Fein Candidates: Cllr. Sandra McLellan
  • Fianna Fail Candidates: Michael Ahern TD, Cllr. Kevin O'Keeffe
  • Fine Gael Candidates: David Stanton TD, Cllr. Tom Barry, Cllr. Pa O'Driscoll
  • Independent Candidates who previously ran for another party:
  • Young Candidates (21-35):
  • Retired/Retiring TDs: Cork East: Ned O'Keeffe (FF)

Polls

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

  • FF: 13.50%
  • FG: 40.80%
  • Lab: 32.50%
  • Green Party: 1.20%
  • Sinn Fein: 10.90%
  • Other: 1.00%

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

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

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

  • FF: 13.10%
  • FG: 37.60%
  • Lab: 37.10%
  • Green Party: 0.60%
  • Sinn Fein: 10.60%
  • Other: 1.00%

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

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

2007 Election Stats for Cork East

  • Size of Electorate: 84,354
  • Total No. Votes: 54,285
  • No. of Valid votes: 53,808
  • No. of spoiled votes: 477
  • Quota: 10,762

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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