Cork North Central (Dáil Éireann constituency)

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Cork North Central
Dáil Éireann Parliamentary Constituency
Image:Cork North Central (Dáil Éireann constituency).png
Cork North Central shown within Ireland
Created: 1981
TDs:4
Counties: County Cork
EP constituency:South

Cork North Central is a constituency represented in Dáil Éireann, the lower house of the Irish parliament or Oireachtas. The constituency had an electorate of 79,063 in 2005 and was served by 5 Teachtaí Dála (TDs), until the Irish general election, 2007 when it was reduced to four seats. The method of election is the Single Transferable Vote.

The constituency was created under the terms of the Electoral (Amendment) Act 1980 [1], taking in parts of the former Cork City and Mid Cork constituncies. It was first used in the 1981 General Election.

It is made up of the electoral areas of Cork City Council north of the River Lee, namely Cork North Central, Cork North East and Cork North West, and much of the Blarney electoral area of Cork County Council.

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[edit] Members of Dáil Éireann

Election1st Member
(Party)
2nd Member
(Party)
3rd Member
(Party)
4th Member
(Party)
5th Member
(Party)
29th Dáil
(2002)
Noel O'Flynn
(Fianna Fáil)
Kathleen Lynch
(Labour Party)
Bernard Allen
(Fine Gael)
Billy Kelleher
(Fianna Fáil)
Dan Wallace
(Fianna Fáil)
30th Dáil
(2007)

[edit] 2007 Election

2007 General Election: Cork North Central
Party Candidate 1st Pref % Seat Count
Fianna Fáil Billy Kelleher 9,456 22.3 1 1
Fine Gael Bernard Allen 6,866 16.2 2 7
Fianna Fáil Noel O'Flynn 5,680 13.4 4 7
Labour Party Kathleen Lynch 5,221 12.3 3 7
Fine Gael Gerry Kelly 4,808 11.4
Sinn Féin Jonathan O'Brien 3,456 8.2
Independent Dave McCarthy 2,492 5.9
Socialist Party Mick Barry 1,700 4.0
Green Party Chris O'Leary 1,503 3.5
Independent John McCarthy 702 1.7
Workers' Party Ted Tynan 263 0.6
Independent Stephen Saleh 116 0.3
Fathers Rights Niall Brennan 84 0.2

[edit] 2002 Election results

2002 General Election: Cork North Central
Party Candidate 1st Pref % Seat Count
Fianna Fáil Noel O'Flynn 7,387 16.36 1 4
Labour Party Kathleen Lynch 5,313 11.77 2 7
Fine Gael Bernard Allen 5,458 12.09 3 7
Fianna Fáil Billy Kelleher 5,801 12.85 4 7
Fianna Fáil Dan Wallace 5,537 12.27 5 7
Fine Gael Gerry Kelly 3,744 8.29
Independent Joe O'Callaghan 3,154 6.99
Sinn Féin Jonathan O'Brien 2,860 6.34
Progressive Democrats John Minihan 3,126 6.92
Green Party Nicholas McMurray 1,155 2.56
Socialist Party Mick Barry 936 2.07
Workers' Party Ted Tynan 458 1.01
Christian Solidarity Gerry Duffy 215 0.48

[edit] November 1982 - 2002 full election results

Online at [2]

[edit] February 1982 full result

23rd Irish General Election – 18th February, 1982
Candidate Party Count 1 Count 2 Count 3 Count 4 Count 5 Count 6 Count 7 Count 8 Count 9 Count 10 Count 11
Denis Lyons Fianna Fáil 6694 6699 6733 6770 7376
Bernard Allen Fine Gael 6407 6410 6428 6526 6584 6587 7052 8144
Liam Burke Fine Gael 6234 6237 6255 6300 6336 6338 6476 7502 7502
Toddy O'Sullivan Labour Party 5629 5635 5698 6030 6133 6140 6752 7056 7899 7899
Sean French Fianna Fáil 4975 4981 5005 5053 5628 5759 5969 6027 6067 6169 6263
Dan Wallace Fianna Fáil 4798 4800 4837 4914 5450 5583 5989 6039 6058 6147 6258
Tomas Ryan Fine Gael 2562 2563 2565 2587 2592 2594 2611
Liam O'Murchu Fianna Fáil 1894 1897 1935 1986
James Kenneally Independent 1785 1805 1968 2249 2283 2284
Ted Tynan Sinn Féin the Workers Party 962 983 1093
James Lane Irish Republican Socialist Party 542 560
James Corcoran Independent 95
Electorate = 61,463; Valid = 42,577; Spoiled = 421; Quota = 7097

[edit] See also

[edit] External links

nl:Cork North Central (kiesdistrict)
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