Dublin County West (Dáil constituency)

Dublin County West
Former Dáil constituency
Former constituency
Created1977
Abolished1981
Seats3
Local government areas

Dublin County West was a parliamentary constituency represented in Dáil Éireann, the lower house of the Irish parliament or Oireachtas from 1977 to 1981. The constituency elected 3 deputies (Teachtaí Dála, commonly known as TDs) to the Dáil, using proportional representation by means of the single transferable vote (PR-STV).

History and boundaries

The constituency was created by the Electoral (Amendment) Act 1974,[1] and used at the 1977 general election. It was abolished by the Electoral (Amendment) Act 1980.[2] It largely became part of the new Dublin West constituency, first used at the 1981 general election.

It consisted of the following areas:[1]

"In the administrative county of Dublin, the district electoral divisions of:
Blanchardstown, Castleknock, Clondalkin Number One, Clondalkin Number Two, Clonsilla,
Lucan Number One, Lucan Number Two, Newcastle, Palmerston Number One,
Palmerston Number Two, Rathcoole, Saggart, Terenure Number One;

and, in the administrative county of Kildare, the district electoral divisions of:

Celbridge, Donaghcumper, Leixlip, Maynooth, in the former Rural District of Celbridge No. 1;

and the following wards in the county borough of Dublin:

Ballyfermot H, Crumlin F."

TDs

Teachtaí Dála (TDs) for Dublin County West 1977–1981[3]
Key to parties
Dáil Election Deputy
(Party)		 Deputy
(Party)		 Deputy
(Party)
21st 1977[4] Liam Lawlor
(FF) 		Brian Lenihan
(FF) 		Mark Clinton
(FG)
22nd 1981 Constituency abolished

Note: The columns in this table are used only for presentational purposes, and no significance should be attached to the order of columns. For details of the order in which seats were won at each election, see the detailed results of that election.

1977 general election

^ *: Outgoing TD

1977 general election: Dublin County West[3][4][5]
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4 5
Fianna Fáil Brian Lenihan 27.6 10,010        
Fine Gael Mark Clinton[*] 20.0 7,255 7,276 8,339 8,851 9,222
Fianna Fáil Liam Lawlor 17.5 6,328 6,960 7,090 7,350 11,389
Fianna Fáil Terence Boylan 11.8 4,287 4,548 4,606 4,725  
Labour Justin Keating[*] 10.8 3,931 3,943 4,216 6,156 6,292
Labour Joseph Connolly 7.6 2,769 2,778 2,922    
Fine Gael Brian Fleming 4.6 1,683 1,692      
Electorate: 49,829   Valid: 36,263   Quota: 9,066   Turnout: 72.8%  

See also

References

  1. ^ a b "Electoral (Amendment) Act, 1974: Schedule (Constituencies)". Irish Statute Book database. Archived from the original on 20 January 2012. Retrieved 5 March 2009.
  2. ^ "Electoral (Amendment) Act, 1980: Schedule (Constituencies)". Irish Statute Book database. Archived from the original on 21 October 2012. Retrieved 5 March 2009.
  3. ^ a b Walker, Brian M, ed. (1992). Parliamentary election results in Ireland, 1918–92. Dublin: Royal Irish Academy. ISBN 0-901714-96-8. ISSN 0332-0286.
  4. ^ a b "General election 1977: Dublin County West". ElectionsIreland.org. Retrieved 12 February 2009.
  5. ^ "21st Dáil 1977 general election results" (PDF). Houses of the Oireachtas. February 1978. Retrieved 12 November 2023.