Roscommon–Galway (Dáil constituency)

Roscommon–Galway is a parliamentary constituency in Dáil Éireann, the lower house of the Irish parliament or Oireachtas. It first returned 3 members (Teachtaí Dála, commonly known as TDs) in the 2016 general election. The method of election is the single transferable vote form of proportional representation (PR-STV).

Roscommon–Galway
Dáil Éireann
Parliamentary Constituency
Current constituency
Created2016
Seats3
TDs
  •   Denis Naughten (Ind)
  •   Michael Fitzmaurice (Ind)
  •   Claire Kerrane (SF)
County councilRoscommon County Council
Galway County Council
EP constituencyMidlands–North-West

History and boundaries

The Constituency Commission proposed in its 2012 report that at the following general election a new constituency called Roscommon–Galway be created.[1] The report proposed changes to the constituencies of Ireland so as to reduce the total number of TDs from 166 to 158.[2]

It was established by the Electoral (Amendment) (Dáil Constituencies) Act 2013.[3] The constituency incorporates all of County Roscommon from the existing Roscommon–South Leitrim constituency, and thirty three electoral divisions from the Galway East constituency.

The Electoral (Amendment) (Dáil Constituencies) Act 2017 defines the constituency as:[4]

"The county of Roscommon, except the part which is comprised in the constituency of Sligo–Leitrim;
and the county of Galway except the part thereof which is comprised in the constituencies of Galway East and Galway West.

TDs
Teachtaí Dála (TDs) for Roscommon–Galway 2016–
Key to parties
DáilElectionDeputy
(Party)		Deputy
(Party)		Deputy
(Party)
32nd2016[5] Eugene Murphy
(FF)		 Michael Fitzmaurice
(Ind)		 Denis Naughten
(Ind)
33rd2020[6] Claire Kerrane
(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.

Elections

2020 general election
2020 general election: Roscommon–Galway[7][8]
PartyCandidateFPv%Count
123456
Independent Michael Fitzmaurice 28.7 13,077          
Independent Denis Naughten 18.5 8,422 9,057 9,419 10,866 14,683  
Sinn Féin Claire Kerrane 17.5 8,003 8,322 8,690 9,402 10,082 10,545
Fianna Fáil Eugene Murphy 10.8 4,945 5,201 5,381 7,242 8,058 9,204
Fine Gael Aisling Dolan 12.0 5,466 5,635 5,710 6,162    
Fianna Fáil Orla Leyden 6.5 2,953 3,124 3,197      
Green Julie O'Donoghue 3.1 1,413 1,445 1,610      
Aontú James Hope 1.1 504 542        
Solidarity–PBP Kenny Tynan[n 1] 0.9 422 442        
National Party Paul Hanley 0.7 319 331        
Independent Thomas Fallon 0.2 88 109        
Electorate: 69,598   Valid: 45,612   Spoilt: 330   Quota: 11,404   Turnout: 45,942 (66.0%)
    1. People Before Profit, Solidarity and RISE contested this election as Solidarity–People Before Profit, so candidates appeared on the ballot under this name. Tynan was a member of People Before Profit.

    2016 general election
    2016 general election: Roscommon–Galway[9][10][5]
    PartyCandidateFPv%Count
    12345678
    Independent Denis Naughten 30.5 13,936              
    Independent Michael Fitzmaurice 21.3 9,750 10,964 10,996 11,073 11,275 11,630    
    Fianna Fáil Eugene Murphy 14.9 6,813 7,157 7,162 7,192 7,260 7,368 7,565 10,104
    Fine Gael Maura Hopkins 14.9 6,812 7,317 7,324 7,428 7,555 7,698 8,388 9,313
    Sinn Féin Claire Kerrane 6.7 3,075 3,196 3,207 3,256 3,301 3,591 3,826  
    Fianna Fáil Shane Curran 4.4 2,006 2,164 2,168 2,198 2,240 2,294 2,389  
    Labour John Kelly 2.7 1,211 1,254 1,258 1,320 1,373 1,442    
    AAA–PBP Eddie Conroy 2.1 982 1,008 1,015 1,146 1,172      
    Renua Anne Farrell 1.1 520 577 580 616        
    Green Miriam Hennesy 0.6 286 305 307          
    Independent Anthony Coleman 0.5 214 229 237          
    Independent Thomas Fallon 0.2 75 88            
    Electorate: 64,235   Valid: 45,680   Spoilt: 315   Quota: 11,421   Turnout: 71.6%

      See also

      References
      1. "Constituency Commission Report 2012 – Galway – Mayo – Roscommon area" (PDF). Constituency Commission. 21 June 2012. Retrieved 7 April 2013.
      2. "Constituency Commission Report 2012 – Introduction and summary of recommendation" (PDF). Constituency Commission. 21 June 2012. Retrieved 7 April 2013.
      3. "Electoral (Amendment) (Dáil Constituencies) Act 2013: Schedule". Irish Statute Book database. Retrieved 7 April 2013.
      4. "Electoral (Amendment) (Dáil Constituencies) Act 2017: Schedule". Irish Statute Book database. Retrieved 18 July 2018.
      5. "General election 2016: Roscommon–Galway". ElectionsIreland.org. Retrieved 23 February 2016.
      6. "General election 2020: Roscommon–Galway". ElectionsIreland.org. Retrieved 9 February 2020.
      7. "General Election 2020 Results – Roscommon–Galway". RTÉ News. Retrieved 23 May 2020.
      8. "Roscommon–Galway: 2020 General Election". Irelandelection.com. Retrieved 23 May 2020.
      9. "Roscommon Galway Results 2016". Irelandelection.com.
      10. "Roscommon Galway Results 2016". RTÉ. Archived from the original on 7 June 2019.
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