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North–West
European Parliament constituency
North–West (European Parliament constituency) is located in European Parliament constituencies 2007
Location amongst the 2007 constituencies
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Shown within Ireland
Created 2004
MEP(s) 3
Member State Ireland
Source(s) [1]

North–West is a constituency of the European Parliament in Ireland. It elects three MEPs using the single transferable vote system. The constituency was created in 2004 and is a successor to the old Connacht–Ulster constituency.

The following counties are represented by this constituency:

Contents

2009 Election

2009 European Election: North–West[1][2]
Party Candidate  % 1st Pref Count 1 Count 2 Count 3 Count 4 Count 5 Count 6
Independent *Marian Harkin 17.1 84,813 89,938 99,561 103,942 112,210 121,672
Fianna Fáil Pat "the Cope" Gallagher 16.7 82,643 84,680 85,842 87,714 112,622 120,930
Fine Gael *Jim Higgins 16.2 80,093 82,457 86,597 111,133 113,810 120,185
Libertas Declan Ganley 14.3 67,638 69,925 72,475 73,994 75,705 84,277
Sinn Féin Pádraig Mac Lochlainn 9.2 45,515 47,413 50,225 52,384 54,737  
Fianna Fáil Paschal Mooney 8.7 42,985 44,719 45,687 47,702    
Fine Gael Joe O'Reilly 7.6 37,564 38,854 42,350      
Labour Party Susan O'Keefe 5.8 28,658 31,176        
Independent Michael McNamara 2.6 12,744          
Independent Fiachra Ó Luain 1.3 6,510          
Independent John Francis Higgins 0.6 3,030          
Independent Noel McCullagh 0.4 1,940          
Independent Thomas King 0.2 1,124          
Electorate: 805,626   Valid: 495,257   Spoilt: 15,675 (3.1%)   Quota: 123,815   Turnout: 510,932 (63.4%)

For the 2009 election the counties of Longford and Westmeath were transferred from the East constituency to North–West.

2004 Election result

2004–2009 North–West constituency boundaries
2004 European Elecion: North–West[3]
Party Candidate 1st Pref  % Seat Count
Fianna Fáil *Seán Ó Neachtain 62,085 14.73 1 5
Independent Marian Harkin 66,664 15.82 2 5
Fine Gael Jim Higgins 56,396 14.09 3 5
Sinn Féin Pearse Doherty 65,321 15.50 Not elected 5
Independent Dana Rosemary Scallon 56,992 13.52 Excluded 4
Fianna Fáil Jim McDaid 52,139 12.37 Excluded 3
Fine Gael Madeleine Taylor-Quinn 41,570 9.86 Excluded 2
Labour Party Hughie Baxter 13,948 3.31 Excluded 1
Independent Mary Hainsworth 3,308 0.78 Excluded 1
Electorate: 688,804   Valid: 421,423   Spoilt: 14,487   Quota: 105,356   Turnout: 63.29%

*Denotes outgoing MEP

See also

References

  1. ^ "2009 European Parliament election – North–West constituency". ElectionsIreland.org. http://www.electionsireland.org/result.cfm?election=2009E&cons=241. Retrieved 21 April 2009. 
  2. ^ "Nominations close for Europe elections". RTÉ News. 11 May 2009. http://www.rte.ie/news/2009/0511/euelection.html. Retrieved 12 May 2009. 
  3. ^ "2004 European Parliament election result – North–West constituency". ElectionsIreland.org. http://www.electionsireland.org/result.cfm?election=2004E&cons=241. Retrieved 22 March 2009. 

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