Dún Laoghaire (Dáil constituency)
Dáil constituency (1977–present)
Dún Laoghaire is a parliamentary constituency represented in Dáil Éireann , the lower house of the Irish parliament or Oireachtas . 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 eastern part of the county of Dún Laoghaire–Rathdown .
History and boundaries
The constituency was created in 1977, succeeding the earlier Dún Laoghaire and Rathdown constituency which had been created in 1948. The constituency is in the eastern coastal area of Dún Laoghaire–Rathdown county (part of Dublin County Council till 1994), including the town of Dún Laoghaire and the villages of Ballybrack , Blackrock , Booterstown , Cabinteely (east of the N11 road ), Dalkey , Deansgrange , Glasthule , Killiney , Loughlinstown , Monkstown , Sallynoggin , Shankill , and Stillorgan .
The Constituency Review Report 2023 of the Electoral Commission recommended that at the next general election , Dún Laoghaire be altered with the transfer of territory to Dublin Rathdown .[ 2] [ 3]
For the 2024 general election , the Electoral (Amendment) Act 2023 defines the constituency as:[ 4]
"In the county of Dún Laoghaire–Rathdown, the electoral divisions of:
Ballybrack, Blackrock-Booterstown, Blackrock-Carysfort, Blackrock-Central, Blackrock-Glenomena, Blackrock-Monkstown, Blackrock-Newpark, Blackrock-Seapoint, Blackrock-Stradbrook, Blackrock-Templehill, Blackrock-Williamstown, Cabinteely-Granitefield, Cabinteely-Kilbogget, Cabinteely-Loughlinstown, Cabinteely-Pottery, Dalkey-Avondale, Dalkey-Bullock, Dalkey-Coliemore, Dalkey Hill, Dalkey Upper, Dún Laoghaire-East Central, Dún Laoghaire-Glasthule, Dún Laoghaire-Glenageary, Dún Laoghaire-Monkstown Farm, Dún Laoghaire-Mount Town, Dún Laoghaire-Sallynoggin East, Dún Laoghaire-Sallynoggin South, Dún Laoghaire-Sallynoggin West, Dún Laoghaire-Salthill, Dún Laoghaire-Sandycove, Dún Laoghaire-West Central, Foxrock-Beechpark, Foxrock-Deansgrange, Killiney North, Killiney South, Shankill-Rathmichael, Shankill-Rathsallagh, Shankill-Shanganagh, Stillorgan-Priory."
Changes to the Dún Laoghaire constituency
Years
TDs
Boundaries
Notes
1977–1981
4
In County Dublin, the borough of Dún Laoghaire
Stillorgan Number Two, Stillorgan Number Three, Stillorgan Number Four, Stillorgan Number Five;
and that part of the district electoral division of Stillorgan Number One situated within a line drawn as follows:
commencing at the point where the centre line of Kilmacud Road Upper meets the northern boundary of the district electoral division, then in a south-westerly direction along the centre of Kilmacud Road Upper to the point where it meets the imaginary north-westerly projection of the southern boundary of St. Josephs Carmelite Monastery, then continuing, initially in a south-easterly direction, along the aforesaid projection and boundary to the point where it meets the western boundary of No. 75 Merville Road, then continuing, initially in a south-easterly direction, along the western boundary of each of the following—No. 75 Merville Road, Merville Road and No. 78 Merville Road—to the point where the western boundary of No. 78 Merville Road meets the rear boundary of No. 1 Weirview Drive, then continuing, initially in a south-easterly direction, along the rear boundary of the houses on the western and southern sides of Weirview Drive to the point where the rear boundary of No. 131 Weirview Drive meets the southern boundary of the Electricity Supply Board property on Brewery Road, then continuing from that point, initially in an easterly direction, along the southern boundary of the said property and the imaginary easterly projection of that boundary to the point where that projection meets the district electoral division boundary, then continuing, initially in a north-easterly direction, along the district electoral division boundary to the point first mentioned.
Created from the former constituency of Dún Laoghaire and Rathdown .
1981–1992
5
In County Dublin, the borough of Dún Laoghaire
Ballybrack Number One, Ballybrack Number Two, Rathmichael, Stillorgan Number Two, Stillorgan Number Three, Stillorgan Number Four, Stillorgan Number Five.
Transfer of Ballybrack Number One, Ballybrack Number Two, Rathmichael and the remainder of Stillorgan Number One from South County Dublin .
1992–2007
5
In County Dublin, the borough of Dún Laoghaire and the district electoral divisions of
[ 9]
Ballybrack, Blackrock-Carysfort, Blackrock-Newpark, Blackrock-Stradbrook, Cabinteely-Granitefield, Cabinteely-Kilbogget, Cabinteely-Loughlinstown, Cabinteely-Pottery, Dalkey-Avondale, Dún Laoghaire-Sallynoggin South, Foxrock-Beechpark, Foxrock-Carrickmines, Foxrock-Deansgrange, Foxrock-Torquay, Shankill-Rathmichael, Shankill-Rathsallagh, Shankill-Shanganagh, Stillorgan-Leopardstown, Stillorgan-Priory;
and that part of the district electoral division of Glencullen situated east of a line drawn along the Enniskerry Road;
and those parts of the district electoral divisions of Stillorgan-Merville and Stillorgan-Mount Merrion situated east of a line drawn-along the Stillorgan Road.
Transfer of the Kilternan-Stepaside area from Dublin South .[ 10] New definitions of DEDs.[ 11]
1997–2002
5
In Dún Laoghaire–Rathdown, the electoral divisions of
[ 12]
Ballybrack, Blackrock-Carysfort, Blackrock-Central, Blackrock-Monkstown, Blackrock-Newpark, Blackrock-Seapoint, Blackrock-Stradbrook, Blackrock-Templehill, Blackrock-Williamstown, Cabinteely-Granitefield, Cabinteely-Kilbogget, Cabinteely-Loughlinstown, Cabinteely-Pottery, Dalkey-Avondale, Dalkey-Bullock, Dalkey-Coliemore, Dalkey Hill, Dalkey Upper, Dún Laoghaire-East Central, Dún Laoghaire-Glasthule, Dún Laoghaire-Glenageary, Dún Laoghaire-Monkstown Farm, Dún Laoghaire-Mount Town, Dún Laoghaire-Sandycove, Dún Laoghaire-Sallynoggin East, Dún Laoghaire-Sallynoggin South, Dún Laoghaire-Sallynoggin West, Dún Laoghaire-Salthill, Dún Laoghaire-West Central, Foxrock-Beechpark, Foxrock-Carrickmines, Foxrock-Deansgrange, Foxrock-Torquay, Killiney North, Killiney South, Shankill-Rathmichael, Shankill-Rathsallagh, Shankill-Shanganagh, Stillorgan-Leopardstown, Stillorgan-Priory;
and those parts of the district electoral divisions of Stillorgan-Merville and Stillorgan-Mount Merrion situated east of a line drawn along the Old Stillorgan Road;
and that part of the district electoral division of Blackrock-Booterstown situated south of a line drawn as follows—
commencing at the southernmost junction of the western boundary of the district electoral division with the rear boundary of number 36 Trimleston Gardens, thence commencing in a north-easterly direction and proceeding along the said rear boundary and the rear boundaries of numbers 35 to 1 Trimleston Gardens to the junction of the rear boundary of number 1 Trimleston Gardens with the rear boundary of number 14 Trimleston Avenue, thence commencing in a north-easterly direction and proceeding along the rear boundaries of numbers 14 to 1 Trimleston Avenue to the junction of the rear boundary of number 1 Trimleston Avenue with the eastern boundary of the said number 1 Trimleston Avenue, thence in a south-easterly direction along the imaginary south-easterly projection of the said eastern boundary to its junction with the northern boundary of number 9 Rock Road, thence commencing in a north-easterly direction and proceeding along the said boundary and its imaginary easterly projection to its junction with the eastern boundary of the district electoral division.
Transfer of Glencullen to Dublin South. Transfer of the Trimleston area of Booterstown to Dublin South-East .[ 13]
2002–2011
5
In Dún Laoghaire–Rathdown, the electoral divisions of
[ 14] [ 15]
Ballybrack, Blackrock-Booterstown, Blackrock-Carysfort, Blackrock-Central, Blackrock-Glenomena, Blackrock-Monkstown, Blackrock-Newpark, Blackrock-Seapoint, Blackrock-Stradbrook, Blackrock-Templehill, Blackrock-Williamstown, Cabinteely-Granitefield, Cabinteely-Kilbogget, Cabinteely-Pottery, Dalkey-Avondale, Dalkey-Bullock, Dalkey-Coliemore, Dalkey Hill, Dalkey Upper, Dún Laoghaire-East Central, Dún Laoghaire-Glasthule, Dún Laoghaire-Glenageary, Dún Laoghaire-Monkstown Farm, Dún Laoghaire-Mount Town, Dún Laoghaire-Sallynoggin East, Dún Laoghaire-Sallynoggin South, Dún Laoghaire-Sallynoggin West, Dún Laoghaire-Salthill, Dún Laoghaire-Sandycove, Dún Laoghaire-West Central, Foxrock-Beechpark, Foxrock-Carrickmines, Foxrock-Deansgrange, Foxrock-Torquay, Killiney North, Killiney South, Shankill-Rathmichael, Shankill-Rathsallagh, Shankill-Shanganagh, Stillorgan-Priory;
and those parts of the electoral divisions of Cabinteely-Loughlinstown and Stillorgan-Leopardstown which are not comprised in the constituency of Dublin South.
Transfer of Trimleston area of Booterstown from Dublin South-East, transfer of areas in Stillorgan, Leopardstown and Glenamuck to Dublin South.[ 16] [ 17]
2011–2016
4
In Dún Laoghaire–Rathdown, the electoral divisions of
[ 18]
Ballybrack, Blackrock-Booterstown, Blackrock-Carysfort, Blackrock-Central, Blackrock-Glenomena, Blackrock-Monkstown, Blackrock-Newpark, Blackrock-Seapoint, Blackrock-Stradbrook, Blackrock-Templehill, Blackrock-Williamstown, Cabinteely-Granitefield, Cabinteely-Kilbogget, Cabinteely-Pottery, Dalkey-Avondale, Dalkey-Bullock, Dalkey-Coliemore, Dalkey Hill, Dalkey Upper, Dún Laoghaire-East Central, Dún Laoghaire-Glasthule, Dún Laoghaire-Glenageary, Dún Laoghaire-Monkstown Farm, Dún Laoghaire-Mount Town, Dún Laoghaire-Sallynoggin East, Dún Laoghaire-Sallynoggin South, Dún Laoghaire-Sallynoggin West, Dún Laoghaire-Salthill, Dún Laoghaire-Sandycove, Dún Laoghaire-West Central, Foxrock-Beechpark, Foxrock-Deansgrange, Killiney North, Killiney South, Shankill-Rathmichael, Shankill-Rathsallagh, Shankill-Shanganagh, Stillorgan-Priory.
Transfer to Dubin South of Foxrock-Carrickmines, Foxrock-Torquay and the remaining parts of Cabinteely-Loughlinstown and Stillorgan-Leopardstown (part north-east of former Harcourt Street-Bray railway line).[ 19]
2016–2020
4
In Dún Laoghaire–Rathdown, the electoral divisions of
[ 20]
Ballybrack, Blackrock-Booterstown, Blackrock-Carysfort, Blackrock-Central, Blackrock-Glenomena, Blackrock-Monkstown, Blackrock-Newpark, Blackrock-Seapoint, Blackrock-Stradbrook, Blackrock-Templehill, Blackrock-Williamstown, Cabinteely-Granitefield, Cabinteely-Kilbogget, Cabinteely-Loughlinstown, Cabinteely-Pottery, Dalkey-Avondale, Dalkey-Bullock, Dalkey-Coliemore, Dalkey Hill, Dalkey Upper, Dún Laoghaire-East Central, Dún Laoghaire-Glasthule, Dún Laoghaire-Glenageary, Dún Laoghaire-Monkstown Farm, Dún Laoghaire-Mount Town, Dún Laoghaire-Sallynoggin East, Dún Laoghaire-Sallynoggin South, Dún Laoghaire-Sallynoggin West, Dún Laoghaire-Salthill, Dún Laoghaire-Sandycove, Dún Laoghaire-West Central, Foxrock-Beechpark, Foxrock-Carrickmines, Foxrock-Deansgrange, Foxrock-Torquay, Killiney North, Killiney South, Shankill-Rathmichael, Shankill-Rathsallagh, Shankill-Shanganagh, Stillorgan-Leopardstown, Stillorgan-Priory.
Transfer of Cabinteely-Loughlinstown, Foxrock-Carrickmines, Foxrock-Torquay and Stillorgan-Leopardstown from the former Dublin South.[ 21]
2020–
4
In Dún Laoghaire–Rathdown, the electoral divisions of
[ 22]
Ballybrack, Blackrock-Booterstown, Blackrock-Carysfort, Blackrock-Central, Blackrock-Glenomena, Blackrock-Monkstown, Blackrock-Newpark, Blackrock-Seapoint, Blackrock-Stradbrook, Blackrock-Templehill, Blackrock-Williamstown, Cabinteely-Granitefield, Cabinteely-Kilbogget, Cabinteely-Loughlinstown, Cabinteely-Pottery, Dalkey-Avondale, Dalkey-Bullock, Dalkey-Coliemore, Dalkey Hill, Dalkey Upper, Dún Laoghaire-East Central, Dún Laoghaire-Glasthule, Dún Laoghaire-Glenageary, Dún Laoghaire-Monkstown Farm, Dún Laoghaire-Mount Town, Dún Laoghaire-Sallynoggin East, Dún Laoghaire-Sallynoggin South, Dún Laoghaire-Sallynoggin West, Dún Laoghaire-Salthill, Dún Laoghaire-Sandycove, Dún Laoghaire-West Central, Foxrock-Beechpark, Foxrock-Carrickmines, Foxrock-Deansgrange, Foxrock-Torquay, Killiney North, Killiney South, Shankill-Rathmichael, Shankill-Rathsallagh, Shankill-Shanganagh, Stillorgan-Leopardstown, Stillorgan-Priory;
and that part of the electoral division of Glencullen that lies to the east of the M50 Motorway and to the south of the N31 and the Leopardstown Road.
that part of the electoral division of Glencullen which lies to the east of the M50 motorway and to the south of the N31 and the Leopardstown Road.
TDs
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.
^ Served as Ceann Comhairle in the 31st Dáil from 2011 to 2016 and was returned automatically at the 2016 general election.
Elections
^ *: Outgoing TD
2024 general election
2024 general election : Dún Laoghaire[ 38] [ 39]
Party
Candidate
FPv%
Count
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
Fine Gael
Jennifer Carroll MacNeill [*]
21.0
11,685
Fianna Fáil
Cormac Devlin [*]
15.9
8,831
8,947
8,993
9,820
10,161
11,066
11,381
Fine Gael
Barry Ward
15.0
8,337
8,696
8,743
9,000
9,476
10,805
10,992
PBP–Solidarity
Richard Boyd Barrett [*] [ a]
12.2
6,795
6,809
6,915
7,242
7,717
8,512
12,130
Sinn Féin
Shane O'Brien
9.0
4,995
4,997
5,082
5,453
5,568
5,668
Green
Ossian Smyth [*]
7.7
4,297
4,320
4,348
4,434
5,320
Social Democrats
Hugo Mills
7.5
4,192
4,204
4,269
4,488
5,486
7,489
8,512
Labour
Martha Fanning
5.7
3,169
3,188
3,220
3,367
Aontú
Mairéad Tóibín
4.2
2,376
2,380
2,828
The Irish People
Cathy Lynch
1.2
649
650
Independent
Michael O'Doherty
0.6
343
344
Electorate: 95,462 Valid: 55,669 Spoilt: 247 Quota: 11,134 Turnout: 55,916 (58.6%)
2020 general election
2020 general election : Dún Laoghaire[ 37] [ 40] [ 41] [ 42] [ 43] [ 44]
Party
Candidate
FPv%
Count
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
Solidarity–PBP
Richard Boyd Barrett [*] [ a]
15.5
9,632
9,746
10,119
10,628
10,902
11,119
16,364
Green
Ossian Smyth
14.9
9,300
9,391
10,170
11,532
11,900
12,510
Fine Gael
Jennifer Carroll MacNeill
12.4
7,754
7,787
7,891
8,337
8,656
11,488
11,666
12,061
Fine Gael
Mary Mitchell O'Connor [*]
11.8
7,330
7,355
7,440
7,685
8,067
10,136
10,281
10,612
Sinn Féin
Shane O'Brien
9.6
6,002
6,054
6,226
6,349
6,401
6,432
Fine Gael
Barry Ward
9.2
5,744
5,796
5,892
6,140
6,349
Fianna Fáil
Cormac Devlin
9.2
5,715
5,815
6,331
6,530
9,527
9,994
10,301
11,071
Fianna Fáil
Mary Hanafin
6.7
4,196
4,262
4,603
4,752
Labour
Juliet O'Connell
4.8
3,009
3,048
3,372
Social Democrats
Dave Quinn
2.2
1,382
1,419
Aontú
Mairéad Tóibín
1.9
1,185
1,539
Independent
John Waters [ b]
1.5
925
Irish Freedom
Con Óg Ó Laoghaire
0.2
119
Electorate: 99,811 Valid: 62,293 Spoilt: 357 (0.6%) Quota: 12,459 Turnout: 62,250 (62.8%)
2016 general election
Seán Barrett was Ceann Comhairle at the dissolution of the 31st Dáil and therefore deemed to be returned automatically. The constituency was treated as a three-seater for the purposes of calculating the quota.
2016 general election : Dún Laoghaire[ 45] [ 46] [ 36]
Party
Candidate
FPv%
Count
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
Fine Gael
Seán Barrett [*]
N/A
Returned automatically
Fine Gael
Mary Mitchell O'Connor [*]
18.3
10,817
11,088
11,130
11,433
11,967
12,393
14,941
Fine Gael
Maria Bailey
17.7
10,489
10,882
10,934
11,270
11,854
12,422
15,198
AAA–PBP
Richard Boyd Barrett [*]
16.5
9,775
10,008
12,215
13,287
14,761
15,718
Fianna Fáil
Mary Hanafin
10.9
6,478
6,709
6,792
6,986
7,290
10,221
10,969
Labour
Carrie Smyth
8.8
5,192
5,296
5,385
5,739
6,895
7,165
Fianna Fáil
Cormac Devlin
7.9
4,665
4,877
5,055
5,265
5,564
Green
Ossian Smyth
5.9
3,478
3,677
3,833
4,750
Sinn Féin
Shane O'Brien
5.3
3,167
3,209
Independent
Carol Hunt
5.3
3,152
3,410
3,610
Renua
Frank Cronin
3.1
1,812
Direct Democracy
Raymond Whitehead
0.4
213
Electorate: 92,248 Valid: 59,238 Spoilt: 401 Quota: 14,810 Turnout: 59,639 (64.7%)
2011 general election
2011 general election : Dún Laoghaire[ 47] [ 35]
Party
Candidate
FPv%
Count
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
Labour
Eamon Gilmore [*]
20.2
11,468
Fine Gael
Seán Barrett [*]
18.5
10,504
10,516
10,538
10,573
10,666
10,913
11,274
11,723
Fine Gael
Mary Mitchell O'Connor
16.0
9,087
9,094
9,120
9,163
9,239
9,568
9,998
10,309
10,451
13,005
People Before Profit
Richard Boyd Barrett [ a]
10.9
6,206
6,228
6,271
6,332
6,384
6,795
7,132
7,413
7,453
9,914
10,794
Labour
Ivana Bacik
10.1
5,749
5,826
5,857
5,904
5,916
6,200
6,953
7,260
7,306
Fianna Fáil
Mary Hanafin [*]
9.0
5,090
5,096
5,107
5,130
5,217
5,392
5,606
7,874
8,013
8,889
9,420
Fianna Fáil
Barry Andrews [*]
6.2
3,542
3,545
3,554
3,569
3,594
3,713
3,886
Green
Ciarán Cuffe [*]
3.8
2,156
2,158
2,187
2,222
2,234
2,429
Independent
Victor Boyhan
1.5
834
835
851
912
941
Independent
Carl Haughton
0.8
456
457
500
563
594
Independent
Trevor Patton
0.8
445
446
467
500
515
Christian Solidarity
Daire Fitzgerald
0.8
434
434
441
450
New Vision
Nick Crawford
0.7
394
394
438
Independent
Mike Deegan
0.5
311
311
Electorate: 80,115 Valid: 56,676 Spoilt: 481 (0.8%) Quota: 11,336 Turnout: 57,157 (71.3%)
2007 general election
2007 general election : Dún Laoghaire[ 34]
Party
Candidate
FPv%
Count
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
Fianna Fáil
Mary Hanafin [*]
20.2
11,884
Fianna Fáil
Barry Andrews [*]
14.6
8,587
9,977
Labour
Eamon Gilmore [*]
12.2
7,127
7,254
7,492
7,514
8,720
9,225
9,937
Fine Gael
Seán Barrett
9.2
5,361
5,418
5,456
5,465
5,640
6,274
8,581
8,633
13,090
People Before Profit
Richard Boyd Barrett
8.9
5,233
5,294
5,798
5,813
5,943
6,362
6,705
6,732
7,139
7,890
Green
Ciarán Cuffe [*]
7.7
4,534
4,626
4,865
4,886
5,173
6,045
6,368
6,399
7,357
9,910
Fine Gael
John Bailey
7.3
4,309
4,359
4,406
4,415
4,547
4,932
Fine Gael
Eugene Regan
7.1
4,162
4,209
4,230
4,237
4,497
5,186
6,248
6,289
Progressive Democrats
Fiona O'Malley [*]
6.7
3,959
4,165
4,212
4,309
4,437
Labour
Oisín Quinn
3.9
2,265
2,316
2,366
2,377
Sinn Féin
Eoin Ó Broin
2.2
1,292
1,309
Electorate: 89,035 Valid: 58,713 Spoilt: 397 (0.7%) Quota: 9,786 Turnout: 59,110 (66.4%)
2002 general election
2002 general election : Dún Laoghaire[ 33]
Party
Candidate
FPv%
Count
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
Fianna Fáil
Mary Hanafin [*]
16.4
8,818
8,827
8,920
8,950
Labour
Eamon Gilmore [*]
15.4
8,271
8,284
8,297
8,343
8,375
8,414
8,762
8,942
Fianna Fáil
Barry Andrews
13.8
7,425
7,431
7,449
7,459
7,483
7,519
7,676
7,742
8,289
8,367
8,918
Progressive Democrats
Fiona O'Malley
13.4
7,166
7,171
7,188
7,217
7,260
7,309
7,498
7,577
7,707
8,259
9,264
Green
Ciarán Cuffe
9.3
5,002
5,012
5,033
5,108
5,177
5,306
5,695
5,799
6,599
6,918
8,670
Labour
Niamh Bhreathnach
7.3
3,893
3,899
3,900
3,935
3,970
4,002
4,102
4,247
4,550
5,090
Fine Gael
Helen Keogh
6.0
3,229
3,230
3,233
3,252
3,272
3,288
3,342
3,869
3,916
Fine Gael
Liam T. Cosgrave
5.9
3,135
3,137
3,153
3,167
3,181
3,205
3,272
3,911
3,996
6,326
7,530
Sinn Féin
Michael O'Brien
4.0
2,159
2,160
2,173
2,176
2,192
2,205
2,405
2,421
Fine Gael
John Bailey
3.2
1,705
1,706
1,712
1,720
1,735
1,745
1,795
Socialist Workers
Richard Boyd Barrett
1.6
876
878
880
890
916
932
Independent
Patrick O'Keefe
1.1
593
596
614
628
684
724
Independent
Vincent MacDowell
0.6
345
354
369
394
418
Independent
Denis O'Buachalla
0.7
346
353
361
380
Ind. Health Alliance
Heather Williams
0.6
319
323
338
Christian Solidarity
Michael Redmond
0.5
265
267
Independent
Barbara Hyland
0.2
86
Electorate: 91,522 Valid: 53,633 Spoilt: 438 (0.8%) Quota: 8,939 Turnout: 54,071 (59.1%)
1997 general election
1997 general election : Dún Laoghaire[ 32] [ 48]
Party
Candidate
FPv%
Count
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
Fine Gael
Seán Barrett [*]
17.0
9,223
Fianna Fáil
David Andrews [*]
16.5
8,933
8,940
9,195
Fine Gael
Monica Barnes
13.9
7,576
7,701
7,945
8,145
8,778
8,801
9,857
Democratic Left
Eamon Gilmore [*]
13.9
7,534
7,551
7,819
8,000
8,949
8,967
9,381
Fianna Fáil
Mary Hanafin
9.4
5,079
5,080
5,245
6,198
6,591
6,668
9,584
Labour
Niamh Bhreathnach [*]
8.6
4,698
4,719
4,876
4,947
5,500
5,509
5,846
Progressive Democrats
Helen Keogh [*]
8.6
4,636
4,640
4,800
4,975
5,400
5,425
Green
Vincent MacDowell
5.1
2,762
2,764
3,139
3,454
Christian Solidarity
Gerard Casey
3.7
2,000
2,002
2,093
Independent
Paddy Madigan
2.0
1,082
1,083
Independent
Olaf Tyaransen
0.6
348
348
Independent
Jog Monster Raving Looney Abum
0.5
288
288
Independent
Hazel Allshire-Tyrrell
0.1
53
53
Independent
Rory Stokes
0.1
41
41
Electorate: 87,994 Valid: 54,253 Spoilt: 393 (0.7%) Quota: 9,043 Turnout: 54,646 (62.1%)
1992 general election
1992 general election : Dún Laoghaire[ 31] [ 49]
Party
Candidate
FPv%
Count
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
Fianna Fáil
David Andrews [*]
22.6
13,418
Labour
Niamh Bhreathnach
17.0
10,074
Democratic Left
Eamon Gilmore [*]
11.9
7,045
7,263
7,269
7,304
7,558
7,731
7,799
8,480
8,761
9,012
9,429
9,788
Progressive Democrats
Helen Keogh
10.9
6,497
6,708
6,709
6,719
6,735
6,828
6,856
7,235
7,416
7,760
8,856
10,038
Fine Gael
Seán Barrett [*]
8.2
4,852
5,095
5,097
5,102
5,138
5,239
5,256
5,376
5,523
7,567
11,590
Fine Gael
Monica Barnes [*]
7.2
4,261
4,456
4,461
4,465
4,479
4,514
4,545
4,779
4,971
6,068
Fine Gael
Liam T. Cosgrave
6.2
3,683
3,802
3,803
3,804
3,819
4,196
4,207
4,316
4,422
Fianna Fáil
Brian Hillery [*]
5.0
2,973
4,146
4,151
4,153
4,237
4,625
4,629
4,772
7,254
7,602
7,757
7,910
Fianna Fáil
Betty Coffey
3.6
2,119
3,346
3,350
3,355
3,446
3,533
3,538
3,688
Green
Vincent MacDowell
3.0
1,784
1,849
1,863
1,882
2,035
2,323
2,337
Independent
Michael Quinn
2.9
1,705
1,740
1,749
1,756
1,823
Sinn Féin
Kevin Barry Fitzpatrick
1.4
801
831
832
849
Workers' Party
Eamonn Murdock
0.2
110
115
115
Independent
Martin Joseph McAneny
0.1
48
49
Electorate: 87,495 Valid: 59,370 Spoilt: 679 (1.1%) Quota: 9,896 Turnout: 60,049 (68.6%)
1989 general election
1989 general election : Dún Laoghaire[ 30] [ 50]
Party
Candidate
FPv%
Count
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
Fianna Fáil
David Andrews [*]
19.0
9,980
Fine Gael
Seán Barrett [*]
13.2
6,940
6,990
6,993
7,022
7,070
7,282
7,514
7,584
7,750
11,002
Workers' Party
Eamon Gilmore
12.8
6,729
6,769
6,777
7,141
7,348
8,417
9,379
Fine Gael
Liam T. Cosgrave
10.4
5,448
5,472
5,482
5,511
5,550
5,680
5,834
5,910
6,021
Fine Gael
Monica Barnes [*]
9.1
4,786
4,817
4,825
4,829
4,914
5,162
5,663
5,839
6,034
7,634
9,506
Progressive Democrats
Geraldine Kennedy [*]
9.0
4,710
4,735
4,743
4,755
4,821
5,050
5,660
5,861
6,049
6,629
6,958
Fianna Fáil
Brian Hillery
7.2
3,797
4,163
4,171
4,214
4,231
4,291
4,508
4,548
8,079
8,337
8,397
Fianna Fáil
Betty Coffey
6.4
3,330
3,994
3,998
4,090
4,121
4,214
4,469
4,522
Green
Patricia Joan Griffin
5.1
2,686
2,700
2,739
2,911
3,017
3,298
Labour
Flor O'Mahony
3.4
1,761
1,770
1,779
1,815
2,474
Labour
Jane Dillon-Byrne
2.3
1,226
1,234
1,237
1,278
Sinn Féin
Kevin Barry Fitzpatrick
1.8
940
948
951
Independent
Ann McGoldrick
0.2
110
110
Electorate: 81,169 Valid: 52,443 Quota: 8,741 Turnout: 64.6%
1987 general election
1987 general election : Dún Laoghaire[ 29] [ 51]
Party
Candidate
FPv%
Count
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
Fianna Fáil
David Andrews [*]
15.1
8,414
8,418
8,456
8,510
8,744
8,777
10,387
Fine Gael
Seán Barrett [*]
13.1
7,284
7,294
7,316
7,358
7,409
7,508
7,564
7,582
8,015
10,989
Labour
Barry Desmond [*]
11.6
6,484
6,500
6,525
6,742
6,828
6,897
6,979
7,012
8,555
8,935
9,043
9,575
Progressive Democrats
Geraldine Kennedy
9.4
5,228
5,241
5,254
5,322
5,351
5,797
5,854
5,878
6,293
6,607
6,772
10,991
Fine Gael
Monica Barnes [*]
8.8
4,923
4,927
4,940
5,052
5,070
5,096
5,111
5,118
5,311
6,396
7,690
8,319
9,810
Fine Gael
Liam T. Cosgrave [*]
8.7
4,870
4,879
4,893
4,930
4,959
4,998
5,040
5,048
5,290
Progressive Democrats
Helen Keogh
7.5
4,203
4,211
4,223
4,292
4,307
5,173
5,214
5,230
5,475
5,704
5,824
Workers' Party
Eamon Gilmore
7.3
4,054
4,070
4,087
4,260
4,740
4,779
4,847
4,872
Fianna Fáil
Edward McDonald
5.9
3,265
3,270
3,279
3,317
3,431
3,445
4,469
5,441
6,285
6,413
6,431
6,572
6,788
Fianna Fáil
Richard Conroy
5.2
2,897
2,903
2,919
2,947
3,018
3,033
Progressive Democrats
Larry Lohan
2.9
1,592
1,594
1,601
1,645
1,656
Sinn Féin
Kevin Fitzpatrick
2.2
1,202
1,203
1,212
1,253
Green
Ann McGoldrick
1.7
929
954
982
Independent
Patrick O'Reilly
0.4
233
236
Independent
Barbara Hyland
0.2
124
Electorate: 77,325 Valid: 55,702 Quota: 9,284 Turnout: 72.0%
November 1982 general election
November 1982 general election : Dún Laoghaire[ 28] [ 52]
Party
Candidate
FPv%
Count
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
Fine Gael
Monica Barnes
20.2
10,115
Fine Gael
Seán Barrett [*]
19.0
9,511
Fianna Fáil
David Andrews [*]
15.2
7,643
7,659
7,691
7,719
7,735
8,048
8,324
Fine Gael
Liam T. Cosgrave [*]
13.4
6,732
8,191
9,131
Labour
Barry Desmond [*]
12.2
6,130
6,349
6,483
7,128
7,176
7,246
8,941
Fianna Fáil
Martin O'Donoghue [*]
8.1
4,053
4,061
4,073
4,090
4,101
4,308
4,467
Fianna Fáil
Valerie Goulding
5.0
2,492
2,502
2,509
2,523
2,533
2,815
2,975
Workers' Party
Eamon Gilmore
2.7
1,368
1,376
1,386
1,405
1,463
1,492
Democratic Socialist
John de Courcy Ireland
2.1
1,036
1,057
1,063
1,091
1,140
1,146
Fianna Fáil
Owen Hammond
1.8
893
894
896
901
918
Independent
Anthony Clarke
0.4
205
214
218
229
Electorate: 70,819 Valid: 50,178 Quota: 8,364 Turnout: 70.8%
February 1982 general election
February 1982 general election : Dún Laoghaire[ 27] [ 53]
Party
Candidate
FPv%
Count
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
Fine Gael
Seán Barrett [*]
23.0
11,157
Fianna Fáil
David Andrews [*]
16.4
7,931
7,999
8,010
8,019
8,026
8,135
Labour
Barry Desmond [*]
16.0
7,776
8,209
Fine Gael
Liam T. Cosgrave [*]
14.9
7,202
8,605
Fianna Fáil
Martin O'Donoghue [*]
14.3
6,944
6,973
6,978
6,983
6,992
7,030
7,110
7,324
8,259
Fine Gael
Monica Barnes
10.4
5,021
6,133
6,625
6,727
6,737
6,784
6,954
7,177
7,242
Fianna Fáil
Clare Ó Méalóid
2.0
945
950
952
953
958
983
1,011
1,094
Irish Republican Socialist
Osgur Breatnach
1.2
574
584
587
588
764
781
921
Independent
Ubi Dwyer
0.9
418
422
424
425
439
501
Independent
Martin Donohoe
0.7
318
3222
325
328
332
Irish Republican Socialist
Marion Kennedy
0.5
225
228
229
230
Electorate: 69,091 Valid: 48,511 Quota: 8,086 Turnout: 70.2%
1981 general election
1981 general election : Dún Laoghaire[ 26] [ 54]
Party
Candidate
FPv%
Count
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
Fianna Fáil
David Andrews [*]
19.7
9,471
Fine Gael
Seán Barrett [*]
17.0
8,207
Fine Gael
Liam T. Cosgrave
15.2
7,296
7,334
7,355
7,427
7,462
7,532
7,585
7,654
8,512
Fianna Fáil
Martin O'Donoghue [*]
12.6
6,045
6680
6717
6720
6751
6850
7659
7750
7830
7,855
Labour
Barry Desmond [*]
12.3
5,935
6,022
6,192
6,212
6,658
6,920
7,077
8,095
Fine Gael
Monica Barnes
7.8
3,739
3,776
3,794
3,847
3,893
3,983
4,013
4,223
5,097
5,548
Fine Gael
Aine Elliott
3.5
1,674
1,682
1,690
1,711
1,731
1,796
1,812
1,923
Fianna Fáil
William Harvey
2.6
1,270
1,436
1,441
1,442
1,451
1,485
Fianna Fáil
Hazel Boland
2.6
1,244
1,681
1,701
1,703
1,723
1,778
2,142
2,183
2,226
2,233
Labour
Jane Dillon Byrne
2.1
1,026
1,036
1,193
1,195
1,376
1,609
1,625
Independent
Ubi Dwyer
1.9
927
933
1,002
1,003
1,030
Labour
Frank Smyth
1.6
761
772
831
834
Socialist Labour
Dermot Boucher
1.2
575
582
Electorate: 69,091 Valid: 48,170 Quota: 8,029 Turnout: 69.7%
1977 general election
1977 general election : Dún Laoghaire[ 55] [ 56]
Party
Candidate
FPv%
Count
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
Fine Gael
Liam Cosgrave [*]
28.9
11,024
Fianna Fáil
David Andrews [*]
23.0
8,754
Labour
Barry Desmond [*]
12.2
4,642
5,235
5,296
6,001
6,081
6,503
8,015
Fianna Fáil
Martin O'Donoghue
10.8
4,099
4,140
4,555
4,593
6,897
6,946
7,936
Independent
Una O'Higgins-O'Malley
8.7
3,305
3,412
3,438
3,561
3,681
3,884
Fianna Fáil
John O'Connor
5.2
1,984
2,017
2,606
2,649
Fine Gael
Michael Carroll
4.7
1,791
2,964
2,993
3,048
3,096
5,316
6,117
Fine Gael
Percy Dockrell [*]
3.9
1,472
2,886
2,896
2,950
2,986
Labour
Jack Loughran
2.4
898
948
960
Independent
Frank Stein
0.2
86
87
87
Electorate: 54,064 Valid: 38,055 Quota: 7,612 Turnout: 70.4%
See also
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