Mayo Dáil Éireann Parliamentary Constituency
Mayo shown within Ireland
Created	1997 (1997)
TDs	5
Counties	County Mayo
EP constituency	North–West

Mayo is a parliamentary constituency represented in Dáil Éireann, the lower house of the Oireachtas (the parliament of Ireland). The constituency elects 5 deputies (Teachtaí Dála, commonly known in English as TDs). The method of election is the Single Transferable Vote form of proportional representation (PR-STV).

The constituency was created in 1995 by combining the former constituencies of Mayo East and Mayo West, and used for the first time in the 1997 General Election. It spans the entire area of Mayo County Council, all of the Connacht county of Mayo. These areas include Castlebar, Westport and Ballina. Geographically, Mayo is the largest constituency in Ireland.

Presently, the leader of Fine Gael and the Leader of the Opposition, Enda Kenny is one of the most high-profile TDs from the constituency. His party colleague, Michael Ring, is outspoken on a range of issues. Beverley Flynn was elected as an Independent TD, having been expelled from Fianna Fáil after losing a libel action against RTÉ. She was readmitted to Fianna Fáil in 2008, after settling with the broadcaster. Her father, Pádraig Flynn, served the constituency from 1977 to 1993 before his retirement from domestic politics. Dara Calleary's father and grandfather both represented Mayo in Dáil Éireann for many years. John O'Mahony is the current manager of Mayo's Gaelic football team.

Contents 1 TDs 2 Elections 2.1 2007 general election 2.2 2002 general election 3 References 4 See also 5 External links

[edit] TDs

Teachtaí Dála (TDs) for Mayo 1997–[1]
Key to parties   FF = Fianna Fáil ·   FG = Fine Gael ·   Ind = Independent
Dáil	Election	Deputy (Party)		Deputy (Party)		Deputy (Party)		Deputy (Party)		Deputy (Party)
28th	1997[2]		Michael Ring (FG)		Jim Higgins (FG)		Enda Kenny (FG)		Tom Moffatt (FF)		Beverley Flynn (FF)
29th	2002[3]				Jerry Cowley (Ind)				John Carty (FF)
30th	2007[4]				John O'Mahony (FG)				Dara Calleary (FF)		Beverley Flynn[5] (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] 2007 general election

2007 General Election: Mayo[4]
Party		Candidate	1st Pref	%	Seat	Count
	Fine Gael	*Enda Kenny	14,717	20.6	1	1
	Fine Gael	*Michael Ring	11,412	16.0	2	2
	Fine Gael	John O'Mahony	6,869	9.6	3	8
	Fianna Fáil	Dara Calleary	7,225	10.1	4	8
	Independent	*Beverley Flynn	6,779	9.5	5	8
	Fianna Fáil	*John Carty	5,889	8.2
	Fine Gael	Michelle Mulherin	5,428	7.6
	Fianna Fáil	Frank Chambers	4,345	6.1
	Sinn Féin	Gerry Murray	3,608	5.1
	Independent	*Jerry Cowley	3,407	4.8
	Labour Party	Harry Barrett	831	1.2
	Green Party	Peter Enright	580	0.8
	Progressive Democrats	Tommy Cooke	296	0.4
Electorate: 98,696   Valid: 71,386   Spoilt: 700   Quota: 11,898   Turnout: 73.04%

*Denotes outgoing TD

[edit] 2002 general election

2002 General Election: Mayo[3]
Party		Candidate	1st Pref	%	Seat	Count
	Independent	Jerry Cowley	8,709	13.72	1	5
	Fine Gael	Michael Ring	9,880	15.56	2	5
	Fine Gael	Enda Kenny	5,834	9.19	3	9
	Fianna Fáil	John Carty	6,457	10.17	4	10
	Fianna Fáil	Beverley Flynn	6,661	10.49	5	10
	Fianna Fáil	Tom Moffatt	6,536	10.30
	Fine Gael	Jim Higgins	5,858	9.23
	Fianna Fáil	Frank Chambers	5,726	9.02
	Fine Gael	Ernie Caffrey	2,290	3.61
	Sinn Féin	Vincent Wood	2,085	3.28
	Independent	Michael Holmes	1,754	2.76
	Progressive Democrats	Billy Heffron	919	1.45
	Green Party	Ann Crowley	669	1.05
	Independent	Thomas King	102	0.16
Electorate: 94,854   Valid: 63,480   Spoilt: 790   Quota: 10,581   Turnout: 67.76%

[edit] References

[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] External links

• Oireachtas Members Database

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