Members of the 31st Dáil
Wikipedia on Answers.com:
Top
Members of the 31st Dáil
| 29th Dáil | (2002) |
| 30th Dáil | (2007) |
| 31st Dáil | (2011) |
This is a list of the members who were elected to the 31st Dáil Éireann, the lower house of the Oireachtas (legislature) of Ireland. These TDs (Members of Parliament) were elected at the 2011 general election on 25 February 2011 and met at midday on 9 March 2011.[1] Almost half of the members of the 30th Dáil were absent from the 31st: 31 members retired before the poll and a further 45 sitting TDs lost their seats in the election itself. 76 new TDs were elected to the Dáil, 46% of the total.[2]
|
Contents
|
Composition of the 31st Dáil
| Party | Feb. 2011[na 1] | Dec. 2011[na 2] | |
|---|---|---|---|
| • | Fine Gael | 76 | 74[na 3] |
| • | Labour Party | 37 | 35 |
| Fianna Fáil | 19[na 4] | 19 | |
| Sinn Féin | 14 | 14 | |
| People Before Profit Alliance[nb 1] | 2 | 2 | |
| Socialist Party[nb 1] | 2 | 2 | |
| Workers and Unemployed Action Group[nb 1] | 1 | 1 | |
| Independents | 14 | 18 | |
| Ceann Comhairle[3] | 1 | 1 | |
| Total | 166 | ||
Government coalition parties denoted with bullets (•)
- Notes
- ^ February 2011 column refers to the state of parties after the 2011 general election.
- ^ December 2011 column refers to the state of parties after Patrick Nulty lost the Labour Party whip.
- ^ Seán Barrett was elected as Ceann Comhairle, and so is not counted as a member of the Fine Gael parliamentary party.
- ^ Fianna Fáil's total at the 2011 general election does not include the outgoing Ceann Comhairle Séamus Kirk, who was re-elected automatically.
Graphical representation
Diagram of party strengths in the 31st Dáil as of December 2011.
- Note that this is not the official seating plan.
TDs by party
This is a list of TDs elected to Dáil Éireann in the 2011 general election, sorted by party.
TDs by constituency
The list is given in alphabetical order by constituency.
Changes
| Date | Constituency | Gain | Loss | Note | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 March 2011 | Louth | Fianna Fáil | Ceann Comhairle | Séamus Kirk (FF) stands down as Ceann Comhairle | ||
| 9 March 2011 | Dún Laoghaire | Ceann Comhairle | Fine Gael | Seán Barrett (FG) is elected Ceann Comhairle | ||
| 10 June 2011 | Dublin West | Fianna Fáil | Death of Brian Lenihan (FF)[4] | |||
| 7 July 2011 | Roscommon–South Leitrim | Independent | Fine Gael | Denis Naughten (FG) loses the Fine Gael party whip for opposing closure of Roscommon County Hospital emergency department.[5] | ||
| 29 October 2011 | Dublin West | Labour Party | Patrick Nulty (Lab) takes the seat vacated by the death of Brian Lenihan.[6] | |||
| 15 November 2011 | Longford–Westmeath | Independent | Labour Party | Willie Penrose (Lab) resigns the Labour Party whip over the closure of an army barracks.[7] | ||
| 1 December 2011 | Dublin North–East | Independent | Labour Party | Tommy Broughan (Lab) loses the Labour Party whip after voting against the Government on a vote relating to the Bank Guarantee Scheme.[8] | ||
| 6 December 2011 | Dublin West | Independent | Labour Party | Patrick Nulty (Lab) loses the Labour Party whip after voting against the VAT increase in the 2012 budget.[9] | ||
See also
- Government of the 31st Dáil
- Ministers of State of the 31st Dáil
- Members of the 24th Seanad
- Parliamentary constituencies in the Republic of Ireland
Notes
- ^ a b c d e f g h Members of the Socialist Party, the People Before Profit Alliance and the Workers and Unemployed Action Group campaigned together under the banner of the United Left Alliance (ULA), but only their individual party names appeared on the ballot paper.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z aa ab ac ad ae af ag ah ai aj ak al am an ao ap aq ar as at au av aw ax ay az ba bb bc bd be bf bg bh bi bj bk bl bm bn bo bp bq br bs bt bu bv bw bx TD who was elected for the first time at the 2011 general election.
References
- ^ "Final Day of 30th Dáil". RTÉ News. http://www.rte.ie/news/2011/0201/politics.html. Retrieved 1 February 2011.
- ^ "Election 2011 Results: National Summary". RTÉ News. http://www.rte.ie/news/election2011/results/index.html. Retrieved 1 March 2011.
- ^ "Electoral Act, 1992 sec.36: Re-election of outgoing Chairman of Dáil.". Irish Statute Book. Government of Ireland. 5 November 1992. http://www.irishstatutebook.ie/1992/en/act/pub/0023/sec0036.html. Retrieved 10 December 2010.
- ^ "Brian Lenihan remembered as a politician of integrity". The Irish Times. 10 June 2011. http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/breaking/2011/0610/breaking18.html. Retrieved 7 July 2011.
- ^ "Naughten loses Fine Gael whip". The Irish Times. 7 July 2011. http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/breaking/2011/0707/breaking8.html. Retrieved 7 July 2011.
- ^ "Patrick Nulty secures Dublin West seat". RTÉ News. 29 October 2011. http://www.rte.ie/news/2011/1029/dublinwest.html.
- ^ Cullen, Paul; Minihan, Mary (16 November 2011). "Minister's resignation increases fears over budget cuts". The Irish Times. http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/frontpage/2011/1116/1224307640970.html.
- ^ "Strike three: Broughan finds himself back outside the tent". Irish Independent. 3 December 2011. http://www.independent.ie/national-news/budget/news/strike-three-broughan-finds-himself-back-outside-the-tent-2953055.html.
- ^ O'Halloran, Marie; O'Regan, Michael (6 December 2011). "Labour TD votes against Vat measure". The Irish Times. http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/breaking/2011/1206/breaking55.html.
External links
- "The 31st Dáil: A historic parliament". RTÉ News. 9 March 2011. http://www.rte.ie/news/election2011/historicdail.html. Retrieved 9 March 2011.
|
|||||
This entry is from Wikipedia, the leading user-contributed encyclopedia. It may not have been reviewed by professional editors (see full disclaimer)
Post a question - any question - to the WikiAnswers community:
Copyrights:
Wikipedia on Answers.com
This article is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License. It uses material from the Wikipedia article Members of the 31st Dáil.
Read more