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Dún Laoghaire (Dáil Éireann constituency)

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EP constituency
  
Dublin

Founded
  
1977

Elevation
  
24 m

Province
  
Leinster

Dún Laoghaire (Dáil Éireann constituency)

Seats
  
4 (1977–1981) 5 (1981–2011) 4 (2011–)

TDs
  
Seán Barrett (FG)      Maria Bailey (FG)      Mary Mitchell O'Connor (FG)      Richard Boyd Barrett (AAA–PBP)

County council
  
Dún Laoghaire–Rathdown County Council

Created
  
Irish general election, 1977

Dún Laoghaire is a parliamentary constituency represented in Dáil Éireann, the lower house of the Irish parliament or Oireachtas. The constituency elects 4 deputies (Teachtaí Dála, commonly known as TDs). The method of election is the single transferable vote form of proportional representation (PR-STV).

Contents

Map of D%C3%BAn Laoghaire, Co. Dublin, Ireland

History

The constituency was created in 1977, replacing the earlier Dún Laoghaire and Rathdown constituency which was created in 1948.

At the 2011 general election the number of seats was reduced to 4 from 5.

Boundaries

The constituency is located in the eastern area of Dún Laoghaire–Rathdown county, consisting of the area around the town of Dún Laoghaire and including Ballybrack, Blackrock, Booterstown, Cabinteely (east of the N11 road), Dalkey, Deansgrange, Glasthule, Killiney, Loughlinstown, Monkstown, Sallynoggin, Shankill, and Stillorgan.

For the 2016 general election the constituency was redrawn to include the electoral areas of Cabinteely-Loughlinstown, Foxrock-Carrickmines, Foxrock-Torquay and Stillorgan-Leopardstown, taken from the now-dissolved Dublin South constituency.

The Electoral (Amendment) (Dáil Constituencies) Act 2013 defines the constituency as:

"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-Carrickmines, Foxrock-Deansgrange, Foxrock-Torquay, Killiney North, Killiney South, Shankill-Rathmichael, Shankill-Rathsallagh, Shankill-Shanganagh, Stillorgan-Leopardstown, Stillorgan-Priory."

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.

References

Dún Laoghaire (Dáil Éireann constituency) Wikipedia