Cork North West (Dáil Éireann constituency)
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| Cork North West Dáil Éireann Parliamentary Constituency | |
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| Image:Cork North West (Dáil Éireann constituency).png | |
| Cork North West shown within Ireland | |
| Created: | 1981 |
| TDs: | 3 |
| Counties: | County Cork |
| EP constituency: | South |
Cork North West is a constituency represented in Dáil Éireann, the lower house of the Irish parliament or Oireachtas. It has an electorate of 53,699 (73000 approx with the boundary change) and at present is served by 3 Teachtaí Dála (TDs). The method of election is the Single Transferable Vote.
It is a large rural 3 seat constituency. Due to its size and landscape it is considered one of the most difficult constituencies to canvass in Ireland. The constituency itself encompasses the western part of Ireland's largest county of Cork. It runs from Charleville in the north to Ballingeary and Crookstown, south of Macroom, in the south. The constituency also takes in parts of the Mallow and Fermoy electoral areas.
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[edit] 2007 Election results
| 2007 General Election: Cork North West | ||||||
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| Party | Candidate | 1st Pref | % | Seat | Count | |
| Fine Gael | Michael Creed | 10,516 | 22.56% | 1 | 3 | |
| Fianna Fáil | *Michael Moynihan | 10,146 | 21.76% | 2 | 4 | |
| Fianna Fáil | Batt O'Keeffe | 8,040 | 17.25% | 3 | 5 | |
| Fine Gael | *Gerard Murphy | 7,397 | 15.87% | |||
| Fianna Fáil | *Donal Moynihan | 6,546 | 14.04% | |||
| Labour Party | Martin Coughlan | 2,288 | 4.91% | |||
| Green Party | Caroline Robinson | 1,687 | 3.62% | |||
[edit] 2002 Election results
| 2002 General Election: Cork North West | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | 1st Pref | % | Seat | Count | |
| Fianna Fáil | Michael Moynihan | 10,540 | 27.15 | 1 | 1 | |
| Fianna Fáil | Donal Moynihan | 8,893 | 22.91 | 2 | 3 | |
| Fine Gael | Gerard Murphy | 8,548 | 22.02 | 3 | 4 | |
| Fine Gael | Michael Creed | 7,787 | 20.06 | |||
| Labour Party | Martin Coughlan | 2,668 | 6.87 | |||
| Christian Solidarity | Gerry Duffy | 383 | 0.99 | |||
[edit] 1997 Election results
| 1997 General Election: Cork North West | ||||||
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| Party | Candidate | 1st Pref | % | Seat | Count | |
| Fine Gael | Michael Creed | 8,041 | 23.13 | 1 | 2 | |
| Fianna Fáil | Michael Moynihan | 8,299 | 23.87 | 2 | 2 | |
| Fianna Fáil | Donal Moynihan | 7,867 | 22.91 | 3 | 3 | |
| Fine Gael | Frank Crowley | 6,253 | 17.99 | |||
| Labour Party | Bill Cashin | 2,574 | 7.4 | |||
| Independent | Donnie Howard | 1,729 | 4.97 | |||
[edit] November 1982 - 2002 full election results
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[edit] Full February 1982 result
| 23rd Irish General Election – 18th February, 1982 | ||||||
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| Candidate | Party | Count 1 | Count 2 | Count 3 | Count 4 | |
| Donal Creed | Fine Gael | 7305 | 8038 | 8115 | 8142 | |
| Frank Crowley | Fine Gael | 7240 | 8342 | 8754 | 8754 | |
| Thomas Meaney | Fianna Fáil | 7025 | 7433 | 10037 | ||
| Donal Moynihan | Fianna Fáil | 5137 | 5356 | 6095 | 7731 | |
| Michael Donegan | Fianna Fáil | 3726 | 3953 | |||
| Michael Smith | Labour Party | 3061 | ||||
| Electorate=40156, valid=33494, spoiled=237, quota=8374 | ||||||
[edit] See also
- Parliamentary Constituencies in the Republic of Ireland
- Politics of the Republic of Ireland
- List of political parties in Ireland
- List of Irish by-elections
- Elections in Ireland
Parliamentary constituencies in County Cork and Borough/City | |
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| Parliament of Ireland to 1800 | Baltimore (1614–1800) · Bandonbridge (1614–1800) · Castlemartyr (1676–1800) · Charleville (1673–1800) · Clonakilty (1613–1800) · Cork City (1264–1800) · Cork County (????–1800) · Doneraile (1640–1800) · Kinsale (1334?–1800) · Mallow (1613–1800) · Midleton (1671–1800) · Rathcormack (c.1611–1800) · Youghal (????–1800) |
| Westminster 1801–1922 | Bandon (1801–1885) · Cork County (1801–1885) · Cork City (1801–1922) · East Cork (1885–1922) · Mid Cork (1885–1922) · North Cork (1885–1922) · North East Cork (1885–1922) · South Cork (1885–1922) · South East Cork (1885–1922) · West Cork (1885–1922) · Kinsale (1801–1885) · Mallow (1801–1885) · Youghal (1801–1885) · |
| Dáil Éireann 1918–present | Cork Borough (1921–1969) · Cork City (1918–1921) · Cork City (1977–1981) · Cork City North West (1969–1977) · Cork City South East (1969–1977) · East Cork (1918–1921) · Cork East (1923–1937), 1948–1961, 1981— ) · Cork East and North East (1921–1923) · Mid Cork (1918–1921) · Cork Mid (1961–1981) · Cork Mid, North, South, South East and West (1921–1923) · North Cork (1918–1921) · Cork North (1923–1961) · Cork North Central (1981— ) · North East Cork (1918–1921) · Cork North East (1961–1981) · Cork North West (1981— ) · South Cork (1918–1921) · Cork South (1948–1961) · Cork South Central (1981— ) · South East Cork (1918–1921) · Cork South East (1937–1948) · Cork South West (1961— ) · West Cork (1918–1921) · Cork West (1923–1961) · |
