Dublin Rathdown (Dáil constituency)

Dublin Rathdown
Dáil constituency
Location of Dublin Rathdown within County Dublin
Major settlements
Current constituency
Created2016
Seats
  • 3 (2016–2024)
  • 4 (2024–)
TDs
  •   Shay Brennan (FF)
  •   Sinéad Gibney (SD)
  •   Maeve O'Connell (FG)
  •   Neale Richmond (FG)
Local government areaDún Laoghaire–Rathdown
EP constituencyDublin

Dublin Rathdown is a parliamentary constituency represented in Dáil Éireann, the lower house of the Irish parliament or Oireachtas, since the 2016 general election. The constituency elects four deputies (Teachtaí Dála, commonly known as TDs) on the system of proportional representation by means of the single transferable vote (PR-STV). It is in the western part of the county of Dún Laoghaire–Rathdown.

History and boundaries

It was established by the Electoral (Amendment) (Dáil Constituencies) Act 2013 and first used at the 2016 election.[1] It largely replaced the old constituency of Dublin South, with the electoral divisions in Dún Laoghaire–Rathdown of Cabinteely-Loughlinstown, Foxrock-Carrickmines, Foxrock-Torquay and Stillorgan-Leopardstown being transferred to the Dún Laoghaire constituency; and the electoral divisions in South Dublin of Ballyboden, Edmondstown, Firhouse-Ballycullen, Firhouse-Knocklyon, Rathfarnham-Ballyroan, Rathfarnham-Butterfield, Rathfarnham-Hermitage, Rathfarnham-St. Enda's, Rathfarnham Village being transferred to the Dublin South-West constituency. There was a minor boundary revision at the 2020 general election.[2]

Years TDs Boundaries
Changes to the Dublin Rathdown constituency
2016–2020 3
In the county of Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown the electoral divisions of:
Ballinteer-Broadford, Ballinteer-Ludford, Ballinteer-Marley, Ballinteer-Meadowbroads, Ballinteer-Meadowmount, Ballinteer-Woodpark, Churchtown-Castle, Churchtown-Landscape, Churchtown-Nutgrove, Churchtown-Orwell, Churchtown-Woodlawn, Clonskeagh-Belfield, Clonskeagh-Farranboley, Clonskeagh-Milltown, Clonskeagh-Roebuck, Clonskeagh-Windy Arbour, Dundrum-Balally, Dundrum-Kilmacud, Dundrum-Sandyford, Dundrum-Sweetmount, Dundrum-Taney, Glencullen, Stillorgan-Deerpark, Stillorgan-Kilmacud, Stillorgan-Merville, Stillorgan-Mount Merrion, Tibradden.[1]
2020– 3
In the county of Dún Laoghaire–Rathdown the electoral divisions of:
Ballinteer-Broadford, Ballinteer-Ludford, Ballinteer-Marley, Ballinteer-Meadowbroads, Ballinteer-Meadowmount, Ballinteer-Woodpark, Churchtown-Castle, Churchtown-Landscape, Churchtown-Nutgrove, Churchtown-Orwell, Churchtown-Woodlawn, Clonskeagh-Belfield, Clonskeagh-Farranboley, Clonskeagh-Milltown, Clonskeagh-Roebuck, Clonskeagh-Windy Arbour, Dundrum-Balally, Dundrum-Kilmacud, Dundrum-Sandyford, Dundrum-Sweetmount, Dundrum-Taney, Stillorgan-Deerpark, Stillorgan-Kilmacud, Stillorgan-Merville, Stillorgan-Mount Merrion, Tibradden;
and the electoral division of Glencullen except for that part that is in the constituency of Dún Laoghaire [that part that lies to the east of the M50 Motorway and to the south of the N31 and the Leopardstown Road].[2]

The Constituency Review Report 2023 of the Electoral Commission recommended that at the next general election Dublin Rathdown be increased to a four-seat constituency with the transfer of territory from Dún Laoghaire.[3][4]

The Electoral (Amendment) Act 2023 defines the constituency as:[5]

"In the county of Dún Laoghaire–Rathdown, the electoral divisions of:
Ballinteer-Broadford, Ballinteer-Ludford, Ballinteer-Marley, Ballinteer-Meadowbroads, Ballinteer-Meadowmount, Ballinteer-Woodpark, Churchtown-Castle, Churchtown-Landscape, Churchtown-Nutgrove, Churchtown-Orwell, Churchtown-Woodlawn, Clonskeagh-Belfield, Clonskeagh-Farranboley, Clonskeagh-Milltown, Clonskeagh-Roebuck, Clonskeagh-Windy Arbour, Dundrum-Balally, Dundrum-Kilmacud, Dundrum-Sandyford, Dundrum-Sweetmount, Dundrum-Taney, Foxrock-Carrickmines, Foxrock-Torquay, Glencullen, Stillorgan-Deerpark, Stillorgan-Kilmacud, Stillorgan-Leopardstown, Stillorgan-Merville, Stillorgan-Mount Merrion, Tibradden."

TDs

Teachtaí Dála (TDs) for Dublin Rathdown 2016–
Key to parties
Dáil Election Deputy
(Party)		 Deputy
(Party)		 Deputy
(Party)		 Deputy
(Party)
32nd 2016[6] Catherine Martin
(GP) 		Shane Ross
(Ind) 		Josepha Madigan
(FG) 		3 seats
2016–2024
33rd 2020[7] Neale Richmond
(FG)
34th 2024[8] Sinéad Gibney
(SD) 		Maeve O'Connell
(FG) 		Shay Brennan
(FF)

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.

Elections

^ *: Outgoing TD

2024 general election

2024 general election: Dublin Rathdown[8][9]
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
Fine Gael Neale Richmond[*] 20.6 10,044                  
Fine Gael Maeve O'Connell 13.1 6,375 6,573 6,599 6,620 6,858 7,440 7,615 8,123 8,218 9,752
Fianna Fáil Shay Brennan 12.1 5,913 5,943 5,978 5,993 6,823 7,199 7,601 7,908 8,096 8,999
Independent Michael Fleming 9.0 4,380 4,394 4,582 4,646 4,742 5,035 5,861 6,291 7,486 8,002
Social Democrats Sinéad Gibney 8.8 4,277 4,281 4,296 4,939 4,989 5,080 5,214 6,244 8,125 10,612
Green Catherine Martin[*] 8.5 4,146 4,161 4,175 4,262 4,330 4,472 4,560 5,480 5,881  
Sinn Féin Shaun Tracey 7.3 3,551 3,552 3,590 3,896 3,913 3,976 4,223 4,382    
Labour Lettie McCarthy 6.2 3,043 3,054 3,068 3,182 3,250 3,382 3,478      
Aontú Liam Coughlan 3.7 1,808 1,809 2,041 2,075 2,097 2,267        
Independent Alan Shatter 3.7 1,783 1,793 1,852 1,893 1,925          
Fianna Fáil Elaine Dunne 2.9 1,417 1,425 1,439 1,443            
PBP–Solidarity Síomha Ní Aonghusa[a] 2.7 1,336 1,336 1,351              
National Party Garrett McCafferty 0.8 367 367                
Independent Kevin Daly 0.5 253 253                
Independent Conor Murphy 0.1 66 66                
Electorate: 80,852   Valid: 48,759   Spoilt: 241   Quota: 9,752   Turnout: 49,000 (60.6%)  
  1. ^ Ní Aonghusa is a member of People Before Profit.

2020 general election

2020 general election: Dublin Rathdown[7][10][11]
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
Green Catherine Martin[*] 21.1 8,958 9,171 9,431 9,949 11,444      
Fine Gael Neale Richmond 15.9 6,743 6,789 6,887 6,926 7,461 8,675 8,950 9,704
Fine Gael Josepha Madigan[*] 15.3 6,482 6,555 6,603 6,624 6,964 7,835 8,065 8,677
Sinn Féin Sorcha Nic Cormaic 11.6 4,926 4,980 5,082 5,716 5,991 6,538 6,726  
Fianna Fáil Shay Brennan 10.7 4,549 5,118 5,532 5,599 5,913 6,904 7,054 8,277
Independent Shane Ross[*] 8.1 3,419 3,474 3,651 3,780 4,215      
Labour Lettie McCarthy 7.5 3,179 3,242 3,328 3,519        
Solidarity–PBP Eoghan Ó Ceannabháin[a] 3.5 1,498 1,597 1,680          
Aontú Liam Coughlan 3.3 1,413 1,450            
Fianna Fáil Deirdre Conroy 2.1 886              
Independent Patrick Noonan 0.8 350              
Electorate: 67,012   Valid: 42,403   Spoilt: 251 (0.6%)   Quota: 10,601   Turnout: 42,654 (63.7%)  
  1. ^ Ó Ceannabháin was a member of People Before Profit.

2016 general election

2016 general election: Dublin Rathdown[12][13][6]
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4 5 6
Independent Shane Ross[*] 24.8 10,202 10,411        
Fine Gael Josepha Madigan 16.2 6,668 6,835 7,180 7,290 8,579 9,488
Fine Gael Alan Shatter[*] 14.4 5,905 5,979 6,195 6,268 7,745 8,444
Fianna Fáil Mary White 10.3 4,220 4,325 4,761 5,165 5,463  
Green Catherine Martin 10.0 4,122 4,314 4,812 6,105 7,255 9,421
Labour Alex White[*] 9.8 4,048 4,080 4,258 4,436    
Sinn Féin Sorcha Nic Cormaic 7.0 2,858 2,896 3,076      
Independent Peter Mathews[*] 4.9 2,021 2,241        
Renua Alan Daveron 2.6 1,055          
Electorate: 62,340   Valid: 41,099   Spoilt: 226 (0.5%)   Quota: 10,275   Turnout: 41,325 (66.3%)  

See also

References

  1. ^ a b Electoral (Amendment) (Dáil Constituencies) Act 2013, Schedule (No. 7 of 2013, Schedule). Enacted on 20 March 2013. Act of the Oireachtas. Retrieved from Irish Statute Book on 8 October 2021.
  2. ^ a b Electoral (Amendment) (Dáil Constituencies) Act 2017, Schedule (No. 39 of 2017, Schedule). Enacted on 23 December 2017. Act of the Oireachtas. Retrieved from Irish Statute Book on 8 October 2021.
  3. ^ "Constituency Review Report 2023" (PDF). Electoral Commission. pp. 115, 129. Archived (PDF) from the original on 30 August 2023. Retrieved 4 September 2023.
  4. ^ "Constituency Review Report 2023: Map C: Dublin County" (PDF). Electoral Commission. Archived (PDF) from the original on 4 September 2023. Retrieved 4 September 2023.
  5. ^ Electoral (Amendment) Act 2023, Schedule (No. 40 of 2023, Schedule). Enacted on 19 December 2023. Act of the Oireachtas. Retrieved from Irish Statute Book on 16 February 2024.
  6. ^ a b "General election 2016: Dublin Rathdown". ElectionsIreland.org. Archived from the original on 22 February 2016. Retrieved 20 February 2016.
  7. ^ a b "General election 2020: Dublin Rathdown". ElectionsIreland.org. Retrieved 25 November 2023.
  8. ^ a b "General election 2024: Dublin Rathdown". ElectionsIreland.org. Retrieved 1 December 2024.
  9. ^ "General Election 2024 Results – Dublin Rathdown". RTÉ News. December 2024. Retrieved 6 December 2024.
  10. ^ "General Election 2020 Results – Dublin Rathdown". RTÉ News. Archived from the original on 8 April 2020. Retrieved 25 May 2020.
  11. ^ "Dublin Rathdown: 2020 General Election". Irelandelection.com. Archived from the original on 24 May 2020. Retrieved 25 May 2020.
  12. ^ "Dublin Rathdown Results 2016". Irelandelection.com. Archived from the original on 20 January 2020. Retrieved 22 January 2020.
  13. ^ "Dublin Rathdown Results 2016". RTÉ. Archived from the original on 15 March 2019. Retrieved 22 January 2020.