Roscommon–Galway is a parliamentary constituency in Dáil Éireann, the lower house of the Irish parliament or Oireachtas in place since the 2016 general election. It returns 3 members (Teachtaí Dála, commonly known as TDs) on the electoral system of proportional representation by means of the single transferable vote (PR-STV).
Roscommon–Galway | |
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Dáil constituency | |
Location of Roscommon–Galway within Ireland | |
Major settlements | |
Current constituency | |
Created | 2016 |
Seats | 3 |
TDs | |
Local government areas | |
Created from | |
EP constituency | Midlands–North-West |
History and boundaries
editThe constituency was established by the Electoral (Amendment) (Dáil Constituencies) Act 2013 and first used at the 2016 election. The Electoral (Amendment) (Dáil Constituencies) Act 2017 defines the constituency as:[1]
"The county of Roscommon, except the part which is comprised in the constituency of Sligo–Leitrim; and the county of Galway except the part thereof which is comprised in the constituencies of Galway East and Galway West."
The Constituency Review Report 2023 of the Electoral Commission recommended that at the next general election, the boundary of Roscommon–Galway be altered with the transfer of territory from Sligo–Leitrim and the transfer of territory to Galway East.[2]
For the next general election, the Electoral (Amendment) Act 2023 defines the constituency as:[3]
"The county of Roscommon; and the county of Galway except the part thereof which is comprised in the constituencies of Galway East and Galway West."
Years | No. of TDs | Area | Formed by |
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2016–2020 | 3 | County Roscommon, and the parts of County Galway not in the constituencies of Galway East and Galway West.[4] | County Roscommon, from Roscommon–South Leitrim,[5]
Transfer from Galway East of:
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2020– | 3 | County Roscommon, except for the part in the constituency of Sligo–Leitrim, and the parts of County Galway not in the constituencies of Galway East and Galway West.[1] | Transfer from Galway East of:[6]
Transfer to Sligo–Leitrim of:
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TDs
editTeachtaí Dála (TDs) for Roscommon–Galway 2016– | |||||||
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Key to parties
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Dáil | Election | Deputy (Party) |
Deputy (Party) |
Deputy (Party) | |||
32nd | 2016[7] | Eugene Murphy (FF) |
Michael Fitzmaurice (Ind) |
Denis Naughten (Ind) | |||
33rd | 2020[8] | Claire Kerrane (SF) |
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
edit2020 general election
editParty | Candidate | FPv% | Count | ||||||
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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | ||||
Independent | Michael Fitzmaurice | 28.7 | 13,077 | ||||||
Independent | Denis Naughten | 18.5 | 8,422 | 9,057 | 9,419 | 10,866 | 14,683 | ||
Sinn Féin | Claire Kerrane | 17.5 | 8,003 | 8,322 | 8,690 | 9,402 | 10,082 | 10,545 | |
Fianna Fáil | Eugene Murphy | 10.8 | 4,945 | 5,201 | 5,381 | 7,242 | 8,058 | 9,204 | |
Fine Gael | Aisling Dolan | 12.0 | 5,466 | 5,635 | 5,710 | 6,162 | |||
Fianna Fáil | Orla Leyden | 6.5 | 2,953 | 3,124 | 3,197 | ||||
Green | Julie O'Donoghue | 3.1 | 1,413 | 1,445 | 1,610 | ||||
Aontú | James Hope | 1.1 | 504 | 542 | |||||
Solidarity–PBP | Kenny Tynan[a] | 0.9 | 422 | 442 | |||||
National Party | Paul Hanley | 0.7 | 319 | 331 | |||||
Independent | Thomas Fallon | 0.2 | 88 | 109 | |||||
Electorate: 69,598 Valid: 45,612 Spoilt: 330 Quota: 11,404 Turnout: 45,942 (66.0%) |
- ^ Tynan was a member of People Before Profit.
2016 general election
editParty | Candidate | FPv% | Count | ||||||||
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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | ||||
Independent | Denis Naughten | 30.5 | 13,936 | ||||||||
Independent | Michael Fitzmaurice | 21.3 | 9,750 | 10,964 | 10,996 | 11,073 | 11,275 | 11,630 | |||
Fianna Fáil | Eugene Murphy | 14.9 | 6,813 | 7,157 | 7,162 | 7,192 | 7,260 | 7,368 | 7,565 | 10,104 | |
Fine Gael | Maura Hopkins | 14.9 | 6,812 | 7,317 | 7,324 | 7,428 | 7,555 | 7,698 | 8,388 | 9,313 | |
Sinn Féin | Claire Kerrane | 6.7 | 3,075 | 3,196 | 3,207 | 3,256 | 3,301 | 3,591 | 3,826 | ||
Fianna Fáil | Shane Curran | 4.4 | 2,006 | 2,164 | 2,168 | 2,198 | 2,240 | 2,294 | 2,389 | ||
Labour | John Kelly | 2.7 | 1,211 | 1,254 | 1,258 | 1,320 | 1,373 | 1,442 | |||
AAA–PBP | Eddie Conroy | 2.1 | 982 | 1,008 | 1,015 | 1,146 | 1,172 | ||||
Renua | Anne Farrell | 1.1 | 520 | 577 | 580 | 616 | |||||
Green | Miriam Hennesy | 0.6 | 286 | 305 | 307 | ||||||
Independent | Anthony Coleman | 0.5 | 214 | 229 | 237 | ||||||
Independent | Thomas Fallon | 0.2 | 75 | 88 | |||||||
Electorate: 64,235 Valid: 45,680 Spoilt: 315 Quota: 11,421 Turnout: 71.6% |
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ a b Electoral (Amendment) (Dáil Constituencies) Act 2017, Schedule (No. 39 of 2017, Schedule). Enacted on 23 December 2017. Act of the Oireachtas. Archived from the original on 18 July 2018. Retrieved from Irish Statute Book on 28 September 2022.
- ^ "Constituency Review Report 2023" (PDF). Electoral Commission. pp. 48–49, 132. Archived (PDF) from the original on 30 August 2023. Retrieved 9 September 2023.
- ^ 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.
- ^ 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 28 September 2022.
- ^ "Constituency Commission Report 2012 – Galway – Mayo – Roscommon area" (PDF). Constituency Commission. 21 June 2012. Archived (PDF) from the original on 18 October 2012. Retrieved 7 April 2013.
- ^ "Constituency Commission Report 2017: Dáil and European Parliament Constituencies" (PDF). Constituency Commission. 27 June 2017. p. 71. Archived (PDF) from the original on 8 March 2022. Retrieved 19 May 2022.
- ^ a b "General election 2016: Roscommon–Galway". ElectionsIreland.org. Archived from the original on 22 February 2016. Retrieved 23 February 2016.
- ^ a b "General election 2020: Roscommon–Galway". ElectionsIreland.org. Archived from the original on 18 February 2020. Retrieved 9 February 2020.
- ^ "General Election 2020 Results – Roscommon–Galway". RTÉ News. Archived from the original on 13 February 2020. Retrieved 23 May 2020.
- ^ "Roscommon–Galway: 2020 General Election". Irelandelection.com. Archived from the original on 23 May 2020. Retrieved 23 May 2020.
- ^ "Roscommon Galway Results 2016". Irelandelection.com. Archived from the original on 20 January 2020. Retrieved 20 January 2020.
- ^ "Roscommon Galway Results 2016". RTÉ. Archived from the original on 7 June 2019.