Dublin Central Dáil Éireann Parliamentary Constituency
Dublin Central shown within County Dublin
Created	1981 (1981)
TDs	4
Counties	Dublin
EP constituency	Dublin

Dublin Central (Irish: Baile Atha Cliath Lár) is a parliamentary constituency in Ireland which is represented in Dáil Éireann, the lower house of the Irish parliament or Oireachtas. It is located in the north inner city and suburbs of Dublin. The constituency has an electorate of 62,180 and at present is served by 4 deputies (Teachtaí Dála, commonly known in English as TDs). The method of election is the single transferable vote form of proportional representation (PR-STV).

A Dublin Central constituency was created for the first time in 1969 and used in the 1969 and 1973 general elections. However it was abolished in 1977. In its current incarnation, the seat was created in 1980, taking in most of the abolished Dublin Cabra constituency together with the inner half of Dublin North Central and smaller parts of the abolished Dublin Finglas.

Contents 1 Details 2 TDs 2.1 TDs 1969–1977 2.2 TDs since 1981 3 Elections 3.1 2009 by-election 3.2 2007 general election 3.3 2002 general election 3.4 February 1982 general election 4 See also 5 References 6 External links

[edit] Details

The Dublin Central constituency encompasses an area to the north side of the river Liffey including:

• Stoneybatter
• Markets
• Mountjoy Square
• Phibsboro
• Cabra
• Dorset Street
• Henrietta Street
• O'Connell Street
• Arbour Hill
• Montpelier Hill
• Navan Road
• Glasnevin
• North Wall
• East Wall
• Drumcondra.

It comprises the local government wards of:

• North Inner City and
• Cabra Glasnevin.

The most high profile TD in the constituency is the former Taoiseach, Bertie Ahern. The death of sitting TD Tony Gregory on 2 January 2009 precipitated a by-election, which was held on 5 June 2009. Maureen O'Sullivan was elected.

[edit] TDs

[edit] TDs 1969–1977

Teachtaí Dála (TDs) for Dublin Central 1969–1977[1]
Key to parties   FF = Fianna Fáil ·   FG = Fine Gael ·   Lab = Labour Party
Dáil	Election	Deputy (Party)		Deputy (Party)		Deputy (Party)		Deputy (Party)
19th	1969		Vivion de Valera (FF)		Frank Cluskey (Lab)		Maurice E. Dockrell (FG)		Thomas J. Fitzpatrick (FF)
20th	1973
21st	1977	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.

[edit] TDs since 1981

Teachtaí Dála (TDs) for Dublin Central 1981–[1]
Key to parties   FF = Fianna Fáil ·   FG = Fine Gael ·   Ind = Independent ·   Lab = Labour Party ·   PD = Progressive Democrats
Dáil	Election	Deputy (Party)		Deputy (Party)		Deputy (Party)		Deputy (Party)		Deputy (Party)
22nd	1981		Bertie Ahern (FF)		Michael Keating (FG)		George Colley (FF)		Alice Glenn (FG)		Michael O'Leary (Lab)
23rd	1982 (Feb)								Tony Gregory (Ind)
24th	1982 (Nov)										Alice Glenn (FG)
	1983 by-election						Tom Leonard (FF)
25th	1987[2]				Michael Keating (PD)		Dermot Fitzpatrick (FF)				John Stafford (FF)
26th	1989[3]				Pat Lee (FG)
27th	1992[4]				Jim Mitchell (FG)		Joe Costello (Lab)			4 seats from 1992
28th	1997[5]						Marian McGennis (FF)
29th	2002[6]				Joe Costello (Lab)		Dermot Fitzpatrick (FF)
30th	2007[7]						Cyprian Brady (FF)
	2009 by-election								Maureen O'Sullivan (Ind)

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.

[edit] Elections

[edit] 2009 by-election

Following the death of Tony Gregory, a by-election was held on 5 June 2009. It was won by Independent candidate Maureen O'Sullivan.

Dublin Central by-election, 2009[8]
Party		Candidate	% 1st Pref	Count 1	Count 2	Count 3	Count 4	Count 5	Count 6	Count 7	Count 8
	Independent	Maureen O'Sullivan[9]	26.9	7,639	7,711	7,862	8,105	8,341	9,352	11,062	13,739
	Fine Gael	Paschal Donohoe[10]	22.7	6,439	6,461	6,488	6,578	6,737	7,412	7,880	10,198
	Labour Party	Ivana Bacik[11]	17.3	4,926	4,931	5,008	5,073	5,338	5,774	6,537
	Sinn Féin	Christy Burke[12]	13.3	3,770	3,780	3,902	3,990	4,042	4,420
	Fianna Fáil	Maurice Ahern[13]	12.3	3,483	3,512	3,526	3,564	3,621
	Green Party	David Geary[10]	2.9	819	829	849	893
	Immigration Control	Patrick Talbot[14]	2.2	614	636	676
	Workers Party	Malachy Steenson[15]	1.8	519	528
	Christian Solidarity	Paul O'Loughlin[16]	0.7	203
Electorate: 62,141   Valid: 28,412   Spoilt: 391   Quota: 14,207   Turnout: 46.3%

[edit] 2007 general election

2007 General Election: Dublin Central[7]
Party		Candidate	1st Pref	%	Seat	Count
	Fianna Fáil	Bertie Ahern	12,734	36.8	1	1
	Independent	Tony Gregory	4,649	13.4	2	6
	Labour Party	Joe Costello	4,353	12.6	3	8
	Fianna Fáil	Cyprian Brady	939	2.7	4	8
	Fine Gael	Paschal Donohoe	3,302	9.5
	Sinn Féin	Mary Lou McDonald	3,182	9.2
	Green Party	Patricia McKenna	1,995	5.8
	Fianna Fáil	Mary Fitzpatrick	1,725	5.0
	Independent	Cieran Perry	952	2.7
	Christian Solidarity	Paul O'Loughlin	260	0.8
	Immigration Control	Patrick Talbot	239	0.7
	Progressive Democrats	Jerry Hannon	193	0.6
	Fathers Rights	Alan Beirne	116	0.3

[edit] 2002 general election

2002 General Election: Dublin Central[6]
Party		Candidate	1st Pref	%	Seat	Count
	Fianna Fáil	Bertie Ahern	10,896	31.97	1	1
	Independent	Tony Gregory	5,675	16.65	2	4
	Labour Party	Joe Costello	4,149	12.17	3	7
	Fianna Fáil	Dermot Fitzpatrick	2,592	7.61	4	7
	Sinn Féin	Nicky Kehoe	4,979	14.61
	Fine Gael	Jim Mitchell	3,798	11.06
	Green Party	Tommy Simpson	1,470	4.31
	Christian Solidarity	Paul O'Loughlin	366	1.07
	Independent	Tom Prendeville	97	0.28
	Independent	Patrick O'Donnell	89	0.26

[edit] February 1982 general election

23rd Irish General Election – 18 February 1982
Candidate		Party	Count 1	Count 2	Count 3	Count 4	Count 5	Count 6	Count 7	Count 8	Count 9	Count 10
	Bertie Ahern	Fianna Fáil	8570
	Michael Keating	Fine Gael	8000
	George Colley	Fianna Fáil	7542	8174
	Michael O'Leary	Labour Party	5042	5063	5137	5151	5183	5210	5320	5715	6012	6511
	Tony Gregory	Independent	4703	4730	4752	4768	4815	4861	5414	6458	6555	7737
	Tom Leonard	Fianna Fáil	2990	3131	3137	3551	3558	4113	4276	4485	4525
	Alice Glenn	Fine Gael	2971	2991	3164	3168	3180	3193	3239	3337	5061	5412
	Luke Belton	Fine Gael	2023	2046	2138	2140	2147	2162	2187	2246
	Michael White	Sinn Féin the Workers Party	1672	1678	1681	1684	1710	1740	2084
	Christy Burke	Sinn Féin	1458	1472	1475	1479	1485	1505
	Michael Ward	Fianna Fáil	611	670	672	764	776
	Leo Martin	Independent	160	163	164	165
Electorate=74713, Valid=45742, Spoilt=438, Quota=7624

[edit] See also

• Parliamentary constituencies in the Republic of Ireland
• Politics of the Republic of Ireland
• List of political parties in the Republic of Ireland
• List of Irish by-elections
• Elections in the Republic of Ireland

[edit] References

[edit] External links

• Detailed map of the constituency

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