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Kildare North 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 electoral system of proportional representation by means of the single transferable vote (PR-STV).
Kildare North | |
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Dáil constituency | |
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Current constituency | |
Created | 1997 |
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TDs | |
Local government area | County Kildare |
Created from | Kildare |
EP constituency | Midlands–North-West |
The constituency was created at the 1997 general election, when the former 5-seat Kildare constituency was divided into Kildare North and Kildare South. At the 1997 and 2002 elections, Kildare North was a 3-seat constituency, but it was allocated an extra seat at the 2007 general election. The constituency spans the more densely populated north-eastern corner of County Kildare, taking in the towns of Celbridge, Clane, Leixlip, Kilcock, Maynooth and Naas.
The Electoral (Amendment) (Dáil Constituencies) Act 2017 defines the constituency as:[1]
"In the county of Kildare the electoral divisions of:
- Balraheen, Celbridge, Cloncurry, Donadea, Donaghcumper, Kilcock, Leixlip, Maynooth, Straffan, in the former Rural District of Celbridge No. 1;
- Ballynadrumny, Cadamstown, Dunfierth, in the former Rural District of Edenderry No. 2;
- Bodenstown, Clane, Downings, Kill, Kilteel, Naas Rural, Newtown, Oughterard, Rathmore, Timahoe North, in the former Rural District of Naas No. 1;
- and Naas Urban."
The Constituency Review Report 2023 of the Electoral Commission recommended that at the next general election, Kildare North be increased to a five-seat constituency with the transfer of territory from Kildare South.[2]
For the next general election, the Electoral (Amendment) Act 2023 defines the constituency as:[3]
"In the county of Kildare, the electoral divisions of:
- Balraheen, Celbridge, Cloncurry, Donadea, Donaghcumper, Kilcock, Leixlip, Maynooth, Straffan, in the former Rural District of Celbridge No. 1;
- Ballynadrumny, Cadamstown, Dunfierth in the former Rural District of Edenderry No. 2;
- Bodenstown, Clane, Carragh, Donore, Downings, Kill, Killashee, Kilteel, Ladytown, Naas Rural, Newtown, Oughterard, Rathmore, Timahoe North, in the former Rural District of Naas No. 1;
- and Naas Urban."
Years | TDs | Boundaries | Notes |
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1997–2002 | 3 | In County Kildare, the electoral divisions of[4] Balraheen, Celbridge, Cloncurry, Donadea, Donaghcumper, Kilcock, Leixlip, Maynooth, Straffan, in the former Rural District of Celbridge No. 1; Ballynadrumny, Cadamstown, Carbury, Carrick, Drehid, Dunfierth, Kilrainy, Windmill Cross, in the former Rural District of Edenderry No. 2; Bodenstown, Clane, Kill, Kilteel, Naas Rural, Oughterard, Rathmore, Timahoe North, in the former Rural District of Naas; and the urban district of Naas. |
Created from Kildare[5] |
2002–2007 | 3 | In County Kildare, the electoral divisions of[6] Balraheen, Celbridge, Cloncurry, Donadea, Donaghcumper, Kilcock, Leixlip, Maynooth, Straffan, in the former Rural District of Celbridge No. 1; Bodenstown, Clane, Kill, Kilteel, Naas Rural, Oughterard, Rathmore, Timahoe North, in the former Rural District of Naas; and the urban district of Naas. |
Transfer to Kildare South of[7]
Ballynadrumny, Cadamstown, Carbury, Carrick, Drehid, Dunfierth, Kilrainy, Windmill Cross, in the former Rural District of Edenderry No. 2. |
2007–2011 | 4 | In County Kildare, the electoral divisions of[8] Balraheen, Celbridge, Cloncurry, Donadea, Donaghcumper, Kilcock, Leixlip, Maynooth, Straffan, in the former Rural District of Celbridge No. 1; Ballynadrumny, Cadamstown, Carbury, Carrick, Drehid, Dunfierth, Kilrainy, Windmill Cross, in the former Rural District of Edenderry No. 2; Bodenstown, Clane, Downings, Kill, Kilteel, Naas Rural, Oughterard, Rathmore, Robertstown, Timahoe North, Timahoe South, in the former Rural District of Naas No. 1; and the town of Naas. |
Transfer from Kildare South of[9] Ballynadrumny, Cadamstown, Carbury, Carrick, Drehid, Dunfierth, Kilrainy, Windmill Cross, in the former Rural District of Edenderry No. 2, and Downings, Robertstown, and Timahoe South, in the former Rural District of Naas No. 1. |
2011–2016 | 4 | In County Kildare, the electoral divisions of[10] Balraheen, Celbridge, Cloncurry, Donadea, Donaghcumper, Kilcock, Leixlip, Maynooth, Straffan, in the former Rural District of Celbridge No. 1; Ballynadrumny, Cadamstown, Carbury, Carrick, Drehid, Dunfierth, Kilpatrick, Kilrainy, Windmill Cross, in the former Rural District of Edenderry No. 2; Bodenstown, Clane, Downings, Kill, Kilteel, Naas Rural, Newtown, Oughterard, Rathmore, Robertstown, Timahoe North, Timahoe South, in the former Rural District of Naas No. 1; and the town of Naas. |
Transfer from Kildare South of[11]
Kilpatrick, in the former Rural District of Edenderry No. 2, and Newtown, in the former Rural District of Naas No. 1. |
2016–2020 | 4 | In County Kildare, the electoral divisions of[12] Balraheen, Celbridge, Cloncurry, Donadea, Donaghcumper, Kilcock, Leixlip, Maynooth, Straffan, in the former Rural District of Celbridge No. 1; Ballynadrumny, Cadamstown, Carbury, Carrick, Drehid, Dunfierth, Kilrainy, in the former Rural District of Edenderry No. 2; Bodenstown, Clane, Downings, Kill, Kilteel, Naas Rural, Newtown, Oughterard, Rathmore, Timahoe North, in the former Rural District of Naas No. 1; and the town of Naas. |
Transfer to Kildare South of[13]
Kilpatrick and Windmill Cross, in the former Rural District of Edenderry No. 2, and Robertstown and Timahoe South, in the former Rural District of Naas No. 1. |
2020– | 4 | In County Kildare, the electoral divisions of[1] Balraheen, Celbridge, Cloncurry, Donadea, Donaghcumper, Kilcock, Leixlip, Maynooth, Straffan, in the former Rural District of Celbridge No. 1; Ballynadrumny, Cadamstown, Dunfierth, in the former Rural District of Edenderry No. 2; Bodenstown, Clane, Downings, Kill, Kilteel, Naas Rural, Newtown, Oughterard, Rathmore, Timahoe North, in the former Rural District of Naas No. 1; and Naas Urban. |
Transfer to Kildare South of[14]
Carbury, Carrick, Drehid and Kilrainy, in the former Rural District of Edenderry No. 2. |
Teachtaí Dála (TDs) for Kildare North 1997– | |||||||||
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Key to parties
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Dáil | Election | Deputy (Party) | Deputy (Party) | Deputy (Party) | Deputy (Party) | ||||
28th | 1997[15] | Emmet Stagg (Lab) |
Charlie McCreevy (FF) |
Bernard Durkan (FG) |
3 seats until 2007 | ||||
29th | 2002[16] | ||||||||
2005 by-election[17] | Catherine Murphy (Ind) | ||||||||
30th | 2007[18] | Áine Brady (FF) |
Michael Fitzpatrick (FF) | ||||||
31st | 2011[19] | Catherine Murphy (Ind) |
Anthony Lawlor (FG) | ||||||
32nd | 2016[20] | Frank O'Rourke (FF) |
Catherine Murphy (SD) |
James Lawless (FF) | |||||
33rd | 2020[21] | Réada Cronin (SF) |
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.
^ *: Outgoing TD
Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | ||||||
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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | ||||
Social Democrats | Catherine Murphy[*] | 19.3 | 9,808 | 10,180 | 11,008 | ||||
Sinn Féin | Réada Cronin | 17.1 | 8,705 | 9,192 | 9,508 | 9,623 | 9,732 | 11,079 | |
Fine Gael | Bernard Durkan[*] | 10.7 | 5,447 | 5,522 | 5,910 | 6,006 | 8,521 | 10,258 | |
Fianna Fáil | James Lawless[*] | 13.8 | 7,029 | 7,146 | 7,357 | 7,417 | 7,909 | 9,357 | |
Fianna Fáil | Frank O'Rourke[*] | 12.4 | 6,336 | 6,596 | 6,945 | 7,035 | 7,238 | 7,956 | |
Green | Vincent P. Martin | 10.0 | 5,100 | 5,473 | 5,901 | 6,211 | 6,674 | ||
Fine Gael | Anthony Lawlor | 7.1 | 3,621 | 3,693 | 3,871 | 3,920 | |||
Labour | Emmet Stagg | 5.4 | 2,751 | 2,853 | |||||
Renua | Séamus Ó Riain | 1.9 | 967 | ||||||
Solidarity–PBP | Paul Mahon[lower-alpha 1] | 1.7 | 861 | ||||||
Independent | David Monaghan | 0.4 | 197 | ||||||
Independent | Wayne Swords | 0.2 | 123 | ||||||
Electorate: 81,884 Valid: 50,945 Spoilt: 382 (0.74%) Quota: 10,190 Turnout: 51,327 (62.68%) |
Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | |||||||||
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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | ||||
Social Democrats | Catherine Murphy[*] | 22.7 | 11,108 | |||||||||
Fianna Fáil | James Lawless | 15.3 | 7,461 | 7,592 | 7,696 | 7,737 | 7,919 | 8,003 | 8,256 | 8,850 | 9,444 | |
Fine Gael | Bernard Durkan[*] | 12.6 | 6,147 | 6,268 | 6,302 | 6,322 | 6,472 | 6,531 | 6,740 | 6,974 | 8,890 | |
Fianna Fáil | Frank O'Rourke | 12.9 | 6,341 | 6,486 | 6,528 | 6,562 | 6,711 | 6,879 | 7,138 | 7,684 | 8,479 | |
Fine Gael | Anthony Lawlor[*] | 11.1 | 5,406 | 5,490 | 5,544 | 5,572 | 5,714 | 5,767 | 6,046 | 6,213 | 7,402 | |
Labour | Emmet Stagg[*] | 8.4 | 4,087 | 4,288 | 4,349 | 4,408 | 4,488 | 4,632 | 5,181 | 5,775 | ||
Sinn Féin | Réada Cronin | 6.5 | 3,205 | 3,323 | 3,390 | 3,621 | 3,708 | 4,146 | 4,497 | |||
Green | Maebh Ní Fhallúin | 3.0 | 1,485 | 1,649 | 1,715 | 1,804 | 2,020 | 2,419 | ||||
Independent | Brendan Young | 2.4 | 1,200 | 1,323 | 1,467 | 1,737 | 1,858 | |||||
Renua | Shane Fitzgerald | 2.0 | 994 | 1,086 | 1,154 | 1,236 | ||||||
AAA–PBP | Ashling Merriman | 1.6 | 781 | 873 | 943 | |||||||
Independent | Michael Beirne | 0.7 | 372 | 389 | ||||||||
Independent | Gerard Dunne | 0.5 | 249 | 261 | ||||||||
Independent | Elizabeth O'Sullivan | 0.2 | 99 | 119 | ||||||||
Electorate: 77,609 Valid: 48,935 Spoilt: 291 (0.6%) Quota: 9,788 Turnout: 49,226 (63.4%) |
Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | |||||
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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | ||||
Fine Gael | Bernard Durkan[*] | 19.9 | 10,168 | 10,420 | ||||
Labour | Emmet Stagg[*] | 19.0 | 9,718 | 9,976 | 10,264 | |||
Independent | Catherine Murphy | 13.5 | 6,911 | 7,474 | 7,696 | 8,716 | 11,639 | |
Fine Gael | Anthony Lawlor | 13.4 | 6,882 | 7,074 | 7,283 | 7,667 | 9,088 | |
Fianna Fáil | Áine Brady[*] | 9.3 | 4,777 | 4,910 | 6,627 | 6,821 | 7,288 | |
Labour | John McGinley | 10.3 | 5,261 | 5,489 | 5,590 | 6,449 | ||
Sinn Féin | Martin Kelly | 5.7 | 2,896 | 3,043 | 3,111 | |||
Fianna Fáil | Michael Fitzpatrick[*] | 5.2 | 2,659 | 2,714 | ||||
Green | Shane Fitzgerald | 1.8 | 905 | |||||
Independent | Eric Doyle-Higgins | 0.8 | 423 | |||||
Independent | Michael Beirne | 0.8 | 422 | |||||
Independent | Bart Murphy | 0.4 | 200 | |||||
Electorate: 76,773 Valid: 51,222 Spoilt: 388 (0.8%) Quota: 10,245 Turnout: 51,610 (67.2%) |
Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | ||||||
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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | ||||
Fianna Fáil | Áine Brady | 24.9 | 11,245 | ||||||
Labour | Emmet Stagg[*] | 17.4 | 7,882 | 8,063 | 8,107 | 8,468 | 9,220 | ||
Fianna Fáil | Michael Fitzpatrick | 14.6 | 6,606 | 8,113 | 8,151 | 8,817 | 9,097 | ||
Fine Gael | Bernard Durkan[*] | 11.8 | 5,340 | 5,427 | 5,471 | 5,663 | 5,912 | 9,229 | |
Independent | Catherine Murphy[*] | 11.5 | 5,188 | 5,339 | 5,474 | 5,881 | 6,733 | 7,652 | |
Fine Gael | Darren Scully | 9.4 | 4,250 | 4,306 | 4,332 | 4,489 | 4,832 | ||
Green | Shane Fitzgerald | 4.9 | 2,215 | 2,289 | 2,342 | 2,668 | |||
Sinn Féin | Cristin McCauley | 2.4 | 1,103 | 1,135 | 1,154 | ||||
Progressive Democrats | Jeff Aherne | 2.1 | 983 | 1,083 | 1,103 | ||||
Independent | John Corish | 0.5 | 234 | 244 | |||||
Independent | Gerry Browne | 0.3 | 145 | 153 | |||||
Electorate: 71,311 Valid: 45,191 Spoilt: 232 (0.5%) Quota: 9,039 Turnout: 45,423 (63.7%) |
Fianna Fáil TD Charlie McCreevy was appointed as a European Commissioner on 22 November 2004.[27] A writ of election to fill the vacancy was moved on 15 February 2004.[28] The by-election was held on 11 March 2005.[29]
Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | |||||
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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | ||||
Independent | Catherine Murphy | 23.6 | 5,985 | 6,189 | 7,176 | 8,809 | 12,256 | |
Fianna Fáil | Áine Brady | 24.5 | 6,201 | 6,255 | 7,265 | 8,133 | 9,818 | |
Fine Gael | Darren Scully | 18.3 | 4,630 | 4,660 | 5,382 | 7,421 | ||
Labour | Paddy MacNamara | 17.8 | 4,507 | 4,545 | 5,199 | |||
Progressive Democrats | Kate Walsh | 7.9 | 2,006 | 2,023 | ||||
Green | J. J. Power | 6.1 | 1,547 | 1,621 | ||||
Independent | Gerry Browne | 0.9 | 226 | |||||
Independent | Seanán Ó Coistín | 0.8 | 211 | |||||
Electorate: 65,080 Valid: 25,313 Spoilt: 211 (0.8%) Quota: 12,657 Turnout: 25,524 (39.2%) |
Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | |||||
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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | ||||
Fianna Fáil | Charlie McCreevy[*] | 27.5 | 9,082 | |||||
Labour | Emmet Stagg[*] | 21.4 | 7,051 | 7,168 | 8,005 | 9,472 | ||
Fine Gael | Bernard Durkan[*] | 17.5 | 5,786 | 5,859 | 6,177 | 7,341 | 8,025 | |
Fianna Fáil | Paul Kelly | 15.7 | 5,168 | 5,681 | 5,923 | 7,382 | 7,890 | |
Progressive Democrats | Kate Walsh | 11.9 | 3,919 | 4,027 | 4,473 | |||
Green | Anne Kelly McCormack | 6.0 | 1,974 | 1,999 | ||||
Electorate: 60,094 Valid: 32,980 Spoilt: 291 (0.9%) Quota: 8,246 Turnout: 33,271 (55.4%) |
Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | |||||
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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | ||||
Fine Gael | Bernard Durkan[*] | 21.2 | 6,653 | 6,804 | 7,932 | |||
Fianna Fáil | Charlie McCreevy[*] | 21.9 | 6,905 | 7,055 | 7,152 | 8,156 | ||
Labour | Emmet Stagg[*] | 19.0 | 5,964 | 6,255 | 6,445 | 6,721 | 8,952 | |
Fianna Fáil | Paul Kelly | 12.9 | 4,039 | 4,160 | 4,197 | 4,879 | 5,582 | |
Democratic Left | Catherine Murphy | 8.8 | 2,762 | 3,067 | 3,204 | 3,392 | ||
Progressive Democrats | Timmy Conway | 6.7 | 2,101 | 2,252 | 2,351 | |||
Fine Gael | Mary French | 5.0 | 1,569 | 1,719 | ||||
Green | Seán English | 4.5 | 1,403 | |||||
Electorate: 50,957 Valid: 31,396 Spoilt: 295 (0.9%) Quota: 7,850 Turnout: 31,691 (60.5%) |
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