Kerry North-West Limerick

Kerry North-West Limerick

• No of Seats: 3
• No of Male Candidates: 9
• No of Female Candidates: 2
• Total number of GE11 candidates: 11
• No of TDs standing: 3
• No of Senators standing: 0
• No of Councillors standing: 2
• No of MEPs standing: 0
• No of Seats: 3
• Population (2006): 77492
• Population per TD: 25831
• Average Population per TD: 25541
• Variance (from average): 290
• % Variance: 1.13%

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: Mary Fitzgibbon, Bridget O'Brien, Mick Reidy (NV), John McKenna, Sam Locke
• Green Party candidates: Tom Donovan
• Labour Party candidates: Cllr. Arthur Spring
• Sinn Fein candidates: Martin Ferris TD
• Fianna Fail candidates: Tom McEllistrim TD
• Fine Gael candidates: Jimmy Deenihan TD, Cllr. John Sheahan
• Independent candidates who previously ran for another party:
• 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: 10.10%
• FG: 38.60%
• Lab: 15.30%
• Green Party: 0.70%
• Sinn Fein: 29.60%
• Other: 5.60%

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

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

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

• FF: 10.10%
• FG: 36.50%
• Lab: 18.00%
• Green Party: 0.30%
• Sinn Fein: 29.50%
• Other: 5.60%

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

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

2007 Election Stats (Kerry North)

• Size of electorate: 56,216
• Total no. votes: 39,647
• No. of valid votes: 39,313
• No. of spoiled votes: 334
• Quota: 9,829