Dún Laoghaire (Dáil constituency)

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Dún Laoghaire
Dáil constituency
Constituencies in County Dublin; Dún Laoghaire is at the bottom right, coloured purple.
Population123,546 (2016)[1]
Major settlements
Current constituency
Created1977
Seats
  • 4 (1977–1981)
  • 5 (1981–2011)
  • 4 (2011–)
TDs
Local government areas
EP constituencyDublin

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) on the system of proportional representation by means of the single transferable vote (PR-STV).

History and boundaries[edit]

Map
Dún Laoghaire (2020–present)

The constituency was created in 1977, succeeding the earlier Dún Laoghaire and Rathdown constituency which had been created in 1948. The constituency is in the eastern coastal area of Dún Laoghaire–Rathdown county (part of County Dublin till 1994), including the town of Dún Laoghaire and the villages of Ballybrack, Blackrock, Booterstown, Cabinteely (east of the N11 road), Dalkey, Deansgrange, Glasthule, Killiney, Loughlinstown, Monkstown, Sallynoggin, Shankill, and Stillorgan. At the 2016 general election the constituency was redrawn to include the electoral divisions of Cabinteely-Loughlinstown, Foxrock-Carrickmines, Foxrock-Torquay and Stillorgan-Leopardstown from the now-dissolved Dublin South constituency.[2]

The Constituency Review Report 2023 of the Electoral Commission recommended that at the next general election, Dún Laoghaire be altered with the transfer of territory to Dublin Rathdown.[3][4]

For the next general election, the Electoral (Amendment) Act 2023 defines the constituency as:[5]

"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-Deansgrange, Killiney North, Killiney South, Shankill-Rathmichael, Shankill-Rathsallagh, Shankill-Shanganagh, Stillorgan-Priory."
Changes to the Dún Laoghaire constituency
Years TDs Boundaries Notes
1977–1981 4 In County Dublin, the borough of Dún Laoghaire

Stillorgan Number Two, Stillorgan Number Three, Stillorgan Number Four, Stillorgan Number Five;

and that part of the district electoral division of Stillorgan Number One situated within a line drawn as follows:

commencing at the point where the centre line of Kilmacud Road Upper meets the northern boundary of the district electoral division, then in a south-westerly direction along the centre of Kilmacud Road Upper to the point where it meets the imaginary north-westerly projection of the southern boundary of St. Josephs Carmelite Monastery, then continuing, initially in a south-easterly direction, along the aforesaid projection and boundary to the point where it meets the western boundary of No. 75 Merville Road, then continuing, initially in a south-easterly direction, along the western boundary of each of the following—No. 75 Merville Road, Merville Road and No. 78 Merville Road—to the point where the western boundary of No. 78 Merville Road meets the rear boundary of No. 1 Weirview Drive, then continuing, initially in a south-easterly direction, along the rear boundary of the houses on the western and southern sides of Weirview Drive to the point where the rear boundary of No. 131 Weirview Drive meets the southern boundary of the Electricity Supply Board property on Brewery Road, then continuing from that point, initially in an easterly direction, along the southern boundary of the said property and the imaginary easterly projection of that boundary to the point where that projection meets the district electoral division boundary, then continuing, initially in a north-easterly direction, along the district electoral division boundary to the point first mentioned.
Created from the former constituency of Dún Laoghaire and Rathdown.
1981–1992 5 In County Dublin, the borough of Dún Laoghaire
Ballybrack Number One, Ballybrack Number Two, Rathmichael, Stillorgan Number Two, Stillorgan Number Three, Stillorgan Number Four, Stillorgan Number Five.
Transfer of Ballybrack Number One, Ballybrack Number Two, Rathmichael and the remainder of Stillorgan Number One from South County Dublin.
1992–2007 5 In County Dublin, the borough of Dún Laoghaire
and the district electoral divisions of[10]

Ballybrack, Blackrock-Carysfort, Blackrock-Newpark, Blackrock-Stradbrook, Cabinteely-Granitefield, Cabinteely-Kilbogget, Cabinteely-Loughlinstown, Cabinteely-Pottery, Dalkey-Avondale, Dún Laoghaire-Sallynoggin South, Foxrock-Beechpark, Foxrock-Carrickmines, Foxrock-Deansgrange, Foxrock-Torquay, Shankill-Rathmichael, Shankill-Rathsallagh, Shankill-Shanganagh, Stillorgan-Leopardstown, Stillorgan-Priory;

and that part of the district electoral division of Glencullen situated east of a line drawn along the Enniskerry Road;

and those parts of the district electoral divisions of Stillorgan-Merville and Stillorgan-Mount Merrion situated east of a line drawn-along the Stillorgan Road.
Transfer of the Kilternan-Stepaside area from Dublin South.[11] New definitions of DEDs.[12]
1997–2002 5
In Dún Laoghaire–Rathdown, the electoral divisions of[13]


Ballybrack, Blackrock-Carysfort, Blackrock-Central, 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-Sandycove, Dún Laoghaire-Sallynoggin East, Dún Laoghaire-Sallynoggin South, Dún Laoghaire-Sallynoggin West, Dún Laoghaire-Salthill, 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;

and those parts of the district electoral divisions of Stillorgan-Merville and Stillorgan-Mount Merrion situated east of a line drawn along the Old Stillorgan Road;

and that part of the district electoral division of Blackrock-Booterstown situated south of a line drawn as follows—

commencing at the southernmost junction of the western boundary of the district electoral division with the rear boundary of number 36 Trimleston Gardens, thence commencing in a north-easterly direction and proceeding along the said rear boundary and the rear boundaries of numbers 35 to 1 Trimleston Gardens to the junction of the rear boundary of number 1 Trimleston Gardens with the rear boundary of number 14 Trimleston Avenue, thence commencing in a north-easterly direction and proceeding along the rear boundaries of numbers 14 to 1 Trimleston Avenue to the junction of the rear boundary of number 1 Trimleston Avenue with the eastern boundary of the said number 1 Trimleston Avenue, thence in a south-easterly direction along the imaginary south-easterly projection of the said eastern boundary to its junction with the northern boundary of number 9 Rock Road, thence commencing in a north-easterly direction and proceeding along the said boundary and its imaginary easterly projection to its junction with the eastern boundary of the district electoral division.
Transfer of Glencullen to Dublin South. Transfer of the Trimleston area of Booterstown to Dublin South-East.[14]
2002–2011 5
In Dún Laoghaire–Rathdown, the electoral divisions of[15][16]

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-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-Priory;

and those parts of the electoral divisions of Cabinteely-Loughlinstown and Stillorgan-Leopardstown which are not comprised in the constituency of Dublin South.
Transfer of Trimleston area of Booterstown from Dublin South-East, transfer of areas in Stillorgan, Leopardstown and Glenamuck to Dublin South.[17][18]
2011–2016 4
In Dún Laoghaire–Rathdown, the electoral divisions of[19]
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-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-Deansgrange, Killiney North, Killiney South, Shankill-Rathmichael, Shankill-Rathsallagh, Shankill-Shanganagh, Stillorgan-Priory.
Transfer to Dubin South of Foxrock-Carrickmines, Foxrock-Torquay and the remaining parts of Cabinteely-Loughlinstown and Stillorgan-Leopardstown (part north-east of former Harcourt Street-Bray railway line).[20]
2016–2020 4
In Dún Laoghaire–Rathdown, the electoral divisions of[2]
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.
Transfer of Cabinteely-Loughlinstown, Foxrock-Carrickmines, Foxrock-Torquay and Stillorgan-Leopardstown from the former Dublin South.[21]
2020– 4
In Dún Laoghaire–Rathdown, the electoral divisions of[22]

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;

and that part of the electoral division of Glencullen that lies to the east of the M50 Motorway and to the south of the N31 and the Leopardstown Road.
Transfer from Dublin Rathdown of[23]
that part of the electoral division of Glencullen which lies to the east of the M50 motorway and to the south of the N31 and the Leopardstown Road.

TDs[edit]

Teachtaí Dála (TDs) for Dún Laoghaire 1977–[24]
Key to parties
Dáil Election Deputy
(Party)
Deputy
(Party)
Deputy
(Party)
Deputy
(Party)
Deputy
(Party)
21st 1977[25] David Andrews
(FF)
Liam Cosgrave
(FG)
Barry Desmond
(Lab)
Martin O'Donoghue
(FF)
4 seats
1977–1981
22nd 1981[26] Liam T. Cosgrave
(FG)
Seán Barrett
(FG)
23rd 1982 (Feb)[27]
24th 1982 (Nov)[28] Monica Barnes
(FG)
25th 1987[29] Geraldine Kennedy
(PD)
26th 1989[30] Brian Hillery
(FF)
Eamon Gilmore
(WP)
27th 1992[31] Niamh Bhreathnach
(Lab)
Eamon Gilmore
(DL)
Helen Keogh
(PD)
28th 1997[32] Mary Hanafin
(FF)
Eamon Gilmore
(Lab)
Monica Barnes
(FG)
29th 2002[33] Barry Andrews
(FF)
Fiona O'Malley
(PD)
Ciarán Cuffe
(GP)
30th 2007[34] Seán Barrett[a]
(FG)
31st 2011[35] Mary Mitchell O'Connor
(FG)
Richard Boyd Barrett
(PBP)
4 seats
from 2011
32nd 2016[36] Richard Boyd Barrett
(AAA–PBP)
Maria Bailey
(FG)
33rd 2020[37] Jennifer Carroll MacNeill
(FG)
Richard Boyd Barrett
(S–PBP)
Cormac Devlin
(FF)
Ossian Smyth
(GP)

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.

  1. ^ Served as Ceann Comhairle in the 31st Dáil from 2011 to 2016 and was returned automatically at the 2016 general election.

Elections[edit]

2020 general election[edit]

2020 general election: Dún Laoghaire[37][38][39][40][41][42]
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
Green Ossian Smyth 14.9 9,300 9,391 10,170 11,532 11,900 12,510    
Solidarity–PBP Richard Boyd Barrett[a] 15.5 9,632 9,746 10,119 10,628 10,902 11,119 16,364  
Fine Gael Jennifer Carroll MacNeill 12.4 7,754 7,787 7,891 8,337 8,656 11,488 11,666 12,061
Fianna Fáil Cormac Devlin 9.2 5,715 5,815 6,331 6,530 9,527 9,994 10,301 11,071
Fine Gael Mary Mitchell O'Connor 11.8 7,330 7,355 7,440 7,685 8,067 10,136 10,281 10,612
Sinn Féin Shane O'Brien 9.6 6,002 6,054 6,226 6,349 6,401 6,432    
Fine Gael Barry Ward 9.2 5,744 5,796 5,892 6,140 6,349      
Fianna Fáil Mary Hanafin 6.7 4,196 4,262 4,603 4,752        
Labour Juliet O'Connell 4.8 3,009 3,048 3,372          
Aontú Mairéad Tóibín 1.9 1,185 1,539            
Social Democrats Dave Quinn 2.2 1,382 1,419            
Independent John Waters[b] 1.5 925              
Irish Freedom Con Óg Ó Laoghaire 0.2 119              
Electorate: 99,811   Valid: 62,293   Spoilt: 357 (0.6%)   Quota: 12,459   Turnout: 62,250 (62.8%)  
  1. ^ Boyd Barrett was a member of People Before Profit.
  2. ^ Waters was endorsed by Anti-Corruption Ireland.

2016 general election[edit]

Seán Barrett was Ceann Comhairle at the dissolution of the 31st Dáil and therefore deemed to be returned automatically. The constituency was treated as a three-seater for the purposes of calculating the quota.

2016 general election: Dún Laoghaire[43][44][36]
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4 5 6 7
Fine Gael Seán Barrett Automatically Returned N/A            
AAA–PBP Richard Boyd Barrett 16.5 9,775 10,008 12,215 13,287 14,761 15,718  
Fine Gael Maria Bailey 17.7 10,489 10,882 10,934 11,270 11,854 12,422 15,198
Fine Gael Mary Mitchell O'Connor 18.3 10,817 11,088 11,130 11,433 11,967 12,393 14,941
Fianna Fáil Mary Hanafin 10.9 6,478 6,709 6,792 6,986 7,290 10,221 10,969
Labour Carrie Smyth 8.8 5,192 5,296 5,385 5,739 6,895 7,165  
Fianna Fáil Cormac Devlin 7.9 4,665 4,877 5,055 5,265 5,564    
Green Ossian Smyth 5.9 3,478 3,677 3,833 4,750      
Independent Carol Hunt 5.3 3,152 3,410 3,610        
Sinn Féin Shane O'Brien 5.3 3,167 3,209          
Renua Frank Cronin 3.1 1,812            
Direct Democracy Raymond Whitehead 0.4 213            
Electorate: 92,248   Valid: 59,238   Spoilt: 401   Quota: 14,810   Turnout: 59,639 (64.65%)  

2011 general election[edit]

2011 general election: Dún Laoghaire[45][35]
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11
Labour Eamon Gilmore 20.2 11,468                    
Fine Gael Seán Barrett 18.5 10,504 10,516 10,538 10,573 10,666 10,913 11,274 11,723      
Fine Gael Mary Mitchell O'Connor 16.0 9,087 9,094 9,120 9,163 9,239 9,568 9,998 10,309 10,451 13,005  
People Before Profit Richard Boyd Barrett[a] 10.9 6,206 6,228 6,271 6,332 6,384 6,795 7,132 7,413 7,453 9,914 10,794
Fianna Fáil Mary Hanafin 9.0 5,090 5,096 5,107 5,130 5,217 5,392 5,606 7,874 8,013 8,889 9,420
Labour Ivana Bacik 10.1 5,749 5,826 5,857 5,904 5,916 6,200 6,953 7,260 7,306    
Fianna Fáil Barry Andrews 6.2 3,542 3,545 3,554 3,569 3,594 3,713 3,886        
Green Ciarán Cuffe 3.8 2,156 2,158 2,187 2,222 2,234 2,429          
Independent Victor Boyhan 1.5 834 835 851 912 941            
Independent Carl Haughton 0.8 456 457 500 563 594            
Independent Trevor Patton 0.8 445 446 467 500 515            
Christian Solidarity Daire Fitzgerald 0.8 434 434 441 450              
New Vision Nick Crawford 0.7 394 394 438                
Independent Mike Deegan 0.5 311 311                  
Electorate: 80,115   Valid: 56,676   Spoilt: 481 (0.8%)   Quota: 11,336   Turnout: 57,157 (71.3%)  
  1. ^ Boyd Barrett campaigned as a member of the United Left Alliance.

2007 general election[edit]

2007 general election: Dún Laoghaire[34]
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
Fianna Fáil Mary Hanafin 20.2 11,884                  
Fianna Fáil Barry Andrews 14.6 8,587 9,977                
Labour Eamon Gilmore 12.2 7,127 7,254 7,492 7,514 8,720 9,225 9,937      
Fine Gael Seán Barrett 9.2 5,361 5,418 5,456 5,465 5,640 6,274 8,581 8,633 13,090  
Green Ciarán Cuffe 7.7 4,534 4,626 4,865 4,886 5,173 6,045 6,368 6,399 7,357 9,910
People Before Profit Richard Boyd Barrett 8.9 5,233 5,294 5,798 5,813 5,943 6,362 6,705 6,732 7,139 7,890
Fine Gael Eugene Regan 7.1 4,162 4,209 4,230 4,237 4,497 5,186 6,248 6,289    
Fine Gael John Bailey 7.3 4,309 4,359 4,406 4,415 4,547 4,932        
Progressive Democrats Fiona O'Malley 6.7 3,959 4,165 4,212 4,309 4,437          
Labour Oisín Quinn 3.9 2,265 2,316 2,366 2,377            
Sinn Féin Eoin Ó Broin 2.2 1,292 1,309                
Electorate: 89,035   Valid: 58,713   Spoilt: 397 (0.7%)   Quota: 9,786   Turnout: 59,110 (66.4%)  

2002 general election[edit]

2002 general election: Dún Laoghaire[33]
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11
Fianna Fáil Mary Hanafin 16.4 8,818 8,827 8,920 8,950              
Labour Eamon Gilmore 15.4 8,271 8,284 8,297 8,343 8,375 8,414 8,762 8,942      
Progressive Democrats Fiona O'Malley 13.4 7,166 7,171 7,188 7,217 7,260 7,309 7,498 7,577 7,707 8,259 9,264
Fianna Fáil Barry Andrews 13.8 7,425 7,431 7,449 7,459 7,483 7,519 7,676 7,742 8,289 8,367 8,918
Green Ciarán Cuffe 9.3 5,002 5,012 5,033 5,108 5,177 5,306 5,695 5,799 6,599 6,918 8,670
Fine Gael Liam T. Cosgrave 5.9 3,135 3,137 3,153 3,167 3,181 3,205 3,272 3,911 3,996 6,326 7,530
Labour Niamh Bhreathnach 7.3 3,893 3,899 3,900 3,935 3,970 4,002 4,102 4,247 4,550 5,090  
Fine Gael Helen Keogh 6.0 3,229 3,230 3,233 3,252 3,272 3,288 3,342 3,869 3,916    
Sinn Féin Michael O'Brien 4.0 2,159 2,160 2,173 2,176 2,192 2,205 2,405 2,421      
Fine Gael John Bailey 3.2 1,705 1,706 1,712 1,720 1,735 1,745 1,795        
Socialist Workers Richard Boyd Barrett 1.6 876 878 880 890 916 932          
Independent Patrick O'Keefe 1.1 593 596 614 628 684 724          
Independent Vincent MacDowell 0.6 345 354 369 394 418            
Independent Denis O'Buachalla 0.7 346 353 361 380              
Ind. Health Alliance Heather Williams 0.6 319 323 338                
Christian Solidarity Michael Redmond 0.5 265 267                  
Independent Barbara Hyland 0.2 86                    
Electorate: 91,522   Valid: 53,633   Spoilt: 438 (0.8%)   Quota: 8,939   Turnout: 54,071 (59.1%)  

1997 general election[edit]

1997 general election: Dún Laoghaire[32][46]
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4 5 6 7
Fine Gael Seán Barrett 17.0 9,223            
Fianna Fáil David Andrews 16.5 8,933 8,940 9,195        
Fine Gael Monica Barnes 13.9 7,576 7,701 7,945 8,145 8,778 8,801 9,857
Fianna Fáil Mary Hanafin 9.4 5,079 5,080 5,245 6,198 6,591 6,668 9,584
Democratic Left Eamon Gilmore 13.9 7,534 7,551 7,819 8,000 8,949 8,967 9,381
Labour Niamh Bhreathnach 8.6 4,698 4,719 4,876 4,947 5,500 5,509 5,846
Progressive Democrats Helen Keogh 8.6 4,636 4,640 4,800 4,975 5,400 5,425  
Green Vincent MacDowell 5.1 2,762 2,764 3,139 3,454      
Christian Solidarity Gerard Casey 3.7 2,000 2,002 2,093        
Independent Paddy Madigan 2.0 1,082 1,083          
Independent Olaf Paul Tyaransen 0.6 348 348          
Independent Jog Monster Raving Looney Abum 0.5 288 288          
Independent Hazel Allshire-Tyrrell 0.1 53 53          
Independent Rory Stokes 0.1 41 41          
Electorate: 87,994   Valid: 54,253   Spoilt: 393 (0.7%)   Quota: 9,043   Turnout: 54,646 (62.1%)  

1992 general election[edit]

1992 general election: Dún Laoghaire[31][47]
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12
Fianna Fáil David Andrews 22.6 13,418                      
Labour Niamh Bhreathnach 17.0 10,074                      
Fine Gael Seán Barrett 8.2 4,852 5,095 5,097 5,102 5,138 5,239 5,256 5,376 5,523 7,567 11,590  
Progressive Democrats Helen Keogh 10.9 6,497 6,708 6,709 6,719 6,735 6,828 6,856 7,235 7,416 7,760 8,856 10,038
Democratic Left Eamon Gilmore 11.9 7,045 7,263 7,269 7,304 7,558 7,731 7,799 8,480 8,761 9,012 9,429 9,788
Fianna Fáil Brian Hillery 5.0 2,973 4,146 4,151 4,153 4,237 4,625 4,629 4,772 7,254 7,602 7,757 7,910
Fine Gael Monica Barnes 7.2 4,261 4,456 4,461 4,465 4,479 4,514 4,545 4,779 4,971 6,068    
Fine Gael Liam T. Cosgrave 6.2 3,683 3,802 3,803 3,804 3,819 4,196 4,207 4,316 4,422      
Fianna Fáil Betty Coffey 3.6 2,119 3,346 3,350 3,355 3,446 3,533 3,538 3,688        
Green Vincent MacDowell 3.0 1,784 1,849 1,863 1,882 2,035 2,323 2,337          
Independent Michael Quinn 2.9 1,705 1,740 1,749 1,756 1,823              
Sinn Féin Kevin Barry Fitzpatrick 1.4 801 831 832 849                
Workers' Party Eamonn Murdock 0.2 110 115 115                  
Independent Martin Joseph McAneny 0.1 48 49                    
Electorate: 87,495   Valid: 59,370   Spoilt: 679 (1.1%)   Quota: 9,896   Turnout: 60,049 (68.6%)  

1989 general election[edit]

1989 general election: Dún Laoghaire[30][48]
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11
Fianna Fáil David Andrews 19.0 9,980                    
Workers' Party Eamon Gilmore 12.8 6,729 6,769 6,777 7,141 7,348 8,417 9,379        
Fine Gael Seán Barrett 13.2 6,940 6,990 6,993 7,022 7,070 7,282 7,514 7,584 7,750 11,002  
Fine Gael Monica Barnes 9.1 4,786 4,817 4,825 4,829 4,914 5,162 5,663 5,839 6,034 7,634 9,506
Fianna Fáil Brian Hillery 7.2 3,797 4,163 4,171 4,214 4,231 4,291 4,508 4,548 8,079 8,337 8,397
Progressive Democrats Geraldine Kennedy 9.0 4,710 4,735 4,743 4,755 4,821 5,050 5,660 5,861 6,049 6,629 6,958
Fine Gael Liam T. Cosgrave 10.4 5,448 5,472 5,482 5,511 5,550 5,680 5,834 5,910 6,021    
Fianna Fáil Betty Coffey 6.4 3,330 3,994 3,998 4,090 4,121 4,214 4,469 4,522      
Green Patricia Joan Griffin 5.1 2,686 2,700 2,739 2,911 3,017 3,298          
Labour Flor O'Mahony 3.4 1,761 1,770 1,779 1,815 2,474            
Labour Jane Dillon-Byrne 2.3 1,226 1,234 1,237 1,278              
Sinn Féin Kevin Barry Fitzpatrick 1.8 940 948 951                
Independent Ann McGoldrick 0.2 110 110                  
Electorate: 81,169   Valid: 52,443   Quota: 8,741   Turnout: 64.6%  

1987 general election[edit]

1987 general election: Dún Laoghaire[29][49]
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13
Fianna Fáil David Andrews 15.1 8,414 8,418 8,456 8,510 8,744 8,777 10,387            
Fine Gael Seán Barrett 13.1 7,284 7,294 7,316 7,358 7,409 7,508 7,564 7,582 8,015 10,989      
Progressive Democrats Geraldine Kennedy 9.4 5,228 5,241 5,254 5,322 5,351 5,797 5,854 5,878 6,293 6,607 6,772 10,991  
Labour Barry Desmond 11.6 6,484 6,500 6,525 6,742 6,828 6,897 6,979 7,012 8,555 8,935 9,043 9,575  
Fine Gael Monica Barnes 8.8 4,923 4,927 4,940 5,052 5,070 5,096 5,111 5,118 5,311 6,396 7,690 8,319 9,810
Fianna Fáil Edward McDonald 5.9 3,265 3,270 3,279 3,317 3,431 3,445 4,469 5,441 6,285 6,413 6,431 6,572 6,788
Progressive Democrats Helen Keogh 7.5 4,203 4,211 4,223 4,292 4,307 5,173 5,214 5,230 5,475 5,704 5,824    
Fine Gael Liam T. Cosgrave 8.7 4,870 4,879 4,893 4,930 4,959 4,998 5,040 5,048 5,290        
Workers' Party Eamon Gilmore 7.3 4,054 4,070 4,087 4,260 4,740 4,779 4,847 4,872          
Fianna Fáil Richard Conroy 5.2 2,897 2,903 2,919 2,947 3,018 3,033              
Progressive Democrats Larry Lohan 2.9 1,592 1,594 1,601 1,645 1,656                
Sinn Féin Kevin Fitzpatrick 2.2 1,202 1,203 1,212 1,253                  
Green Ann McGoldrick 1.7 929 954 982                    
Independent Patrick O'Reilly 0.4 233 236                      
Independent Barbara Hyland 0.2 124                        
Electorate: 77,325   Valid: 55,702   Quota: 9,284   Turnout: 72.0%  

November 1982 general election[edit]

November 1982 general election: Dún Laoghaire[28][50]
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4 5 6 7
Fine Gael Monica Barnes 20.2 10,115            
Fine Gael Seán Barrett 19.0 9,511            
Fine Gael Liam T. Cosgrave 13.4 6,732 8,191 9,131        
Labour Barry Desmond 12.2 6,130 6,349 6,483 7,128 7,176 7,246 8,941
Fianna Fáil David Andrews 15.2 7,643 7,659 7,691 7,719 7,735 8,048 8,324
Fianna Fáil Martin O'Donoghue 8.1 4,053 4,061 4,073 4,090 4,101 4,308 4,467
Fianna Fáil Valerie Goulding 5.0 2,492 2,502 2,509 2,523 2,533 2,815 2,975
Workers' Party Eamon Gilmore 2.7 1,368 1,376 1,386 1,405 1,463 1,492  
Democratic Socialist John de Courcy Ireland 2.1 1,036 1,057 1,063 1,091 1,140 1,146  
Fianna Fáil Owen Hammond 1.8 893 894 896 901 918    
Independent Anthony Clarke 0.4 205 214 218 229      
Electorate: 70,819   Valid: 50,178   Quota: 8,364   Turnout: 70.8%  

February 1982 general election[edit]

February 1982 general election: Dún Laoghaire[27][51]
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9
Fine Gael Seán Barrett 23.0 11,157                
Fianna Fáil David Andrews 16.4 7,931 7,999 8,010 8,019 8,026 8,135      
Labour Barry Desmond 16.0 7,776 8,209              
Fine Gael Liam T. Cosgrave 14.9 7,202 8,605              
Fianna Fáil Martin O'Donoghue 14.3 6,944 6,973 6,978 6,983 6,992 7,030 7,110 7,324 8,259
Fine Gael Monica Barnes 10.4 5,021 6,133 6,625 6,727 6,737 6,784 6,954 7,177 7,242
Fianna Fáil Clare Ó Méalóid 2.0 945 950 952 953 958 983 1,011 1,094  
Irish Republican Socialist Osgur Breatnach 1.2 574 584 587 588 764 781 921    
Independent Ubi Dwyer 0.9 418 422 424 425 439 501      
Independent Martin Donohoe 0.7 318 3222 325 328 332        
Irish Republican Socialist Marion Kennedy 0.5 225 228 229 230          
Electorate: 69,091   Valid: 48,511   Quota: 8,086   Turnout: 70.2%  

1981 general election[edit]

1981 general election: Dún Laoghaire[26][52]
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
Fianna Fáil David Andrews 19.7 9,471                  
Fine Gael Seán Barrett 17.0 8,207                  
Fine Gael Liam T. Cosgrave 15.2 7,296 7,334 7,355 7,427 7,462 7,532 7,585 7,654 8,512  
Fianna Fáil Martin O'Donoghue 12.6 6,045 6680 6717 6720 6751 6850 7659 7750 7830 7,855
Labour Barry Desmond 12.3 5,935 6,022 6,192 6,212 6,658 6,920 7,077 8,095    
Fine Gael Monica Barnes 7.8 3,739 3,776 3,794 3,847 3,893 3,983 4,013 4,223 5,097 5,548
Fine Gael Aine Elliott 3.5 1,674 1,682 1,690 1,711 1,731 1,796 1,812 1,923    
Fianna Fáil William Harvey 2.6 1,270 1,436 1,441 1,442 1,451 1,485        
Fianna Fáil Hazel Boland 2.6 1,244 1,681 1,701 1,703 1,723 1,778 2,142 2,183 2,226 2,233
Labour Jane Dillon Byrne 2.1 1,026 1,036 1,193 1,195 1,376 1,609 1,625      
Independent Ubi Dwyer 1.9 927 933 1,002 1,003 1,030          
Labour Frank Smyth 1.6 761 772 831 834            
Socialist Labour Dermot Boucher 1.2 575 582                
Electorate: 69,091   Valid: 48,170   Quota: 8,029   Turnout: 69.7%  

1977 general election[edit]

1977 general election: Dún Laoghaire[53][54]
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4 5 6 7
Fine Gael Liam Cosgrave 28.9 11,024            
Fianna Fáil David Andrews 23.0 8,754            
Labour Barry Desmond 12.2 4,642 5,235 5,296 6,001 6,081 6,503 8,015
Fianna Fáil Martin O'Donoghue 10.8 4,099 4,140 4,555 4,593 6,897 6,946 7,936
Fine Gael Michael Carroll 4.7 1,791 2,964 2,993 3,048 3,096 5,316 6,117
Independent Una O'Higgins-O'Malley 8.7 3,305 3,412 3,438 3,561 3,681 3,884  
Fine Gael Percy Dockrell 3.9 1,472 2,886 2,896 2,950 2,986    
Fianna Fáil John O'Connor 5.2 1,984 2,017 2,606 2,649      
Labour Jack Loughran 2.4 898 948 960        
Independent Frank Edward Stein 0.2 86 87 87        
Electorate: 54,064   Valid: 38,055   Quota: 7,612   Turnout: 70.39%  

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