Cork North-West

Cork North-West

  • No of Seats: 3
  • No of Male Candidates: 7
  • No of Female Candidates: 2
  • Total number of GE11 candidates: 9
  • No of sitting TDs: 2
  • No of sitting Senators: 0
  • No of sitting Councillors: 2
  • No of sitting MEPs: 0
  • Population (2006): 74,619
  • Population per TD*: 24,873
  • Average Population per TD*: 25,541
  • Variance (from average): -668
  • % Variance: -2.62%

Candidates

  • Independent candidates, ULA and other small parties: Anne Foley (PBPA-ULA)
  • Green Party Candidates: Mark Collins
  • Labour Candidates: Cllr. Martin Coughlan
  • Sinn Fein Candidates: Des O'Grady
  • Fianna Fail Candidates: Michael Moynihan TD, Daithí Ó Donnabháin
  • Fine Gael Candidates: Michael Creed TD, Cllr. Derry Canty, Aine Collins
  • Independent Candidates who previously ran for another party:
  • Young Candidates (21-35):
  • Retired/Retiring TDs: Cork North-West: Batt O'Keeffe (FF)

Polls

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

  • FF: 24.00%
  • FG: 64.50%
  • Lab: 9.70%
  • Green Party: 1.80%
  • Sinn Fein: 0.00%
  • Other: 0.00%

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: 24.60%
  • FG: 62.70%
  • Lab: 11.70%
  • Green Party: 0.90%
  • Sinn Fein: 0.00%
  • Other: 0.00%

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 for Cork North-West

  • Size of Electorate: 64,085
  • Total No. Votes: 47,021
  • No. of Valid votes: 46,620
  • No. of spoiled votes: 401
  • Quota: 11,656

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):