Dublin Rathdown (Dáil constituency)

Dáil constituency (2016–present)

Dublin Rathdown

Dáil constituency

Location of Dublin Rathdown within County Dublin

Major settlements|

* Ballinteer
* Churchtown
* Clonskeagh
* Dundrum
* Stillorgan

Current constituency
Created| 2016
Seats|

* 3 (2016–2024)
* 4 (2024–)

Local government area| Dún Laoghaire–Rathdown
EP constituency| Dublin

Dublin Rathdown is a parliamentary constituency represented in Dáil Éireann, the lower house of the Irish parliament or Oireachtas, since the 2016 general election. The constituency elects four deputies (Teachtaí Dála, commonly known as TDs) on the system of proportional representation by means of the single transferable vote (PR-STV). It is in the western part of the county of Dún Laoghaire–Rathdown.

## History and boundaries

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It was established by the Electoral (Amendment) (Dáil Constituencies) Act 2013 and first used at the 2016 election.[1] It largely replaced the old constituency of Dublin South, with the electoral divisions in Dún Laoghaire–Rathdown of Cabinteely-Loughlinstown, Foxrock-Carrickmines, Foxrock-Torquay and Stillorgan-Leopardstown being transferred to the Dún Laoghaire constituency; and the electoral divisions in South Dublin of Ballyboden, Edmondstown, Firhouse-Ballycullen, Firhouse-Knocklyon, Rathfarnham-Ballyroan, Rathfarnham-Butterfield, Rathfarnham-Hermitage, Rathfarnham-St. Enda's, Rathfarnham Village being transferred to the Dublin South-West constituency. There was a minor boundary revision at the 2020 general election.[2]

Years  | TDs  | Boundaries

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Changes to the Dublin Rathdown constituency  2016–2020 | 3  |

In the county of Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown the electoral divisions of:

Ballinteer-Broadford, Ballinteer-Ludford, Ballinteer-Marley, Ballinteer-Meadowbroads, Ballinteer-Meadowmount, Ballinteer-Woodpark, Churchtown-Castle, Churchtown-Landscape, Churchtown-Nutgrove, Churchtown-Orwell, Churchtown-Woodlawn, Clonskeagh-Belfield, Clonskeagh-Farranboley, Clonskeagh-Milltown, Clonskeagh-Roebuck, Clonskeagh-Windy Arbour, Dundrum-Balally, Dundrum-Kilmacud, Dundrum-Sandyford, Dundrum-Sweetmount, Dundrum-Taney, Glencullen, Stillorgan-Deerpark, Stillorgan-Kilmacud, Stillorgan-Merville, Stillorgan-Mount Merrion, Tibradden.[1]

2020– | 3  |

In the county of Dún Laoghaire–Rathdown the electoral divisions of:

Ballinteer-Broadford, Ballinteer-Ludford, Ballinteer-Marley, Ballinteer-Meadowbroads, Ballinteer-Meadowmount, Ballinteer-Woodpark, Churchtown-Castle, Churchtown-Landscape, Churchtown-Nutgrove, Churchtown-Orwell, Churchtown-Woodlawn, Clonskeagh-Belfield, Clonskeagh-Farranboley, Clonskeagh-Milltown, Clonskeagh-Roebuck, Clonskeagh-Windy Arbour, Dundrum-Balally, Dundrum-Kilmacud, Dundrum-Sandyford, Dundrum-Sweetmount, Dundrum-Taney, Stillorgan-Deerpark, Stillorgan-Kilmacud, Stillorgan-Merville, Stillorgan-Mount Merrion, Tibradden;
and the electoral division of Glencullen except for that part that is in the constituency of Dún Laoghaire [that part that lies to the east of the M50 Motorway and to the south of the N31 and the Leopardstown Road].[2]

The Constituency Review Report 2023 of the Electoral Commission recommended that at the next general election Dublin Rathdown be increased to a four-seat constituency with the transfer of territory from Dún Laoghaire.[3][4]

For the 2024 general election, the Electoral (Amendment) Act 2023 defines the constituency as:[5]

> "In the county of Dún Laoghaire–Rathdown, the electoral divisions of:

>     Ballinteer-Broadford, Ballinteer-Ludford, Ballinteer-Marley, Ballinteer-Meadowbroads, Ballinteer-Meadowmount, Ballinteer-Woodpark, Churchtown-Castle, Churchtown-Landscape, Churchtown-Nutgrove, Churchtown-Orwell, Churchtown-Woodlawn, Clonskeagh-Belfield, Clonskeagh-Farranboley, Clonskeagh-Milltown, Clonskeagh-Roebuck, Clonskeagh-Windy Arbour, Dundrum-Balally, Dundrum-Kilmacud, Dundrum-Sandyford, Dundrum-Sweetmount, Dundrum-Taney, Foxrock-Carrickmines, Foxrock-Torquay, Glencullen, Stillorgan-Deerpark, Stillorgan-Kilmacud, Stillorgan-Leopardstown, Stillorgan-Merville, Stillorgan-Mount Merrion, Tibradden."

## TDs

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Teachtaí Dála (TDs) for Dublin Rathdown 2016-

Key to parties

* FG = Fine Gael
* GP = Green
* Ind = Independent
*   *   *   *   *   *   *   *   *   *   *   *   *   *   *   *   *   *   *   *   *   *   *   *   *   *   *   *

Dáil | Election | Deputy
(Party) | Deputy
(Party) | Deputy
(Party)
32nd | 2016[6] |  | Catherine Martin
(GP)  |  | Shane Ross
(Ind)  |  | Josepha Madigan
(FG)
33rd | 2020[7] |  | Neale Richmond
(FG)

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

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^ *: Outgoing TD

### 2024 general election

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2024 general election: Dublin Rathdown[8] Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count

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| Fianna Fáil | Shay Brennan  |  |
| Aontú | Liam Coughlan  |  |
| Independent | Kevin Daly  |  |
| Fianna Fáil | Elaine Dunne  |  |
| Independent | Michael Fleming  |  |
| Social Democrats | Sinéad Gibney  |  |
| Green | Catherine Martin[*] |  |
| National Party | Garrett McCafferty  |  |
| Labour | Lettie McCarthy  |  |
| Independent | Conor Murphy  |  |
| PBP–Solidarity | Síomha Ní Aonghusa[a] |  |
| Fine Gael | Maeve O'Connell  |  |
| Fine Gael | Neale Richmond[*] |  |
| Independent | Alan Shatter |  |
| Sinn Féin | Shaun Tracey  |  |
Quota:

1. ^ Ní Aonghusa is a member of People Before Profit.

### 2020 general election

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2020 general election: Dublin Rathdown[7][9][10] Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count

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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8
| Green | Catherine Martin[*] | 21.1  | 8,958  | 9,171  | 9,431  | 9,949  | 11,444 |  |  |
| Fine Gael | Neale Richmond | 15.9  | 6,743  | 6,789  | 6,887  | 6,926  | 7,461  | 8,675  | 8,950  | 9,704
| Fine Gael | Josepha Madigan[*] | 15.3  | 6,482  | 6,555  | 6,603  | 6,624  | 6,964  | 7,835  | 8,065  | 8,677
| Sinn Féin | Sorcha Nic Cormaic  | 11.6  | 4,926  | 4,980  | 5,082  | 5,716  | 5,991  | 6,538  | 6,726  |
| Fianna Fáil | Shay Brennan  | 10.7  | 4,549  | 5,118  | 5,532  | 5,599  | 5,913  | 6,904  | 7,054  | 8,277
| Independent | Shane Ross[*] | 8.1  | 3,419  | 3,474  | 3,651  | 3,780  | 4,215  |  |  |
| Labour | Lettie McCarthy  | 7.5  | 3,179  | 3,242  | 3,328  | 3,519  |  |  |  |
| Solidarity–PBP | Eoghan Ó Ceannabháin[a] | 3.5  | 1,498  | 1,597  | 1,680  |  |  |  |  |
| Aontú | Liam Coughlan  | 3.3  | 1,413  | 1,450  |  |  |  |  |  |
| Fianna Fáil | Deirdre Conroy  | 2.1  | 886  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
| Independent | Patrick Noonan  | 0.8  | 350  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Electorate: 67,012  Valid: 42,403  Spoilt: 251 (0.6%)  Quota: 10,601  Turnout: 42,654 (63.7%)

1. ^ Ó Ceannabháin was a member of People Before Profit.

### 2016 general election

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2016 general election: Dublin Rathdown[11][12][6] Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count

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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6
| Independent | Shane Ross[*] | 24.8  | 10,202  | 10,411 |  |  |  |
| Fine Gael | Josepha Madigan | 16.2  | 6,668  | 6,835  | 7,180  | 7,290  | 8,579  | 9,488
| Fine Gael | Alan Shatter[*] | 14.4  | 5,905  | 5,979  | 6,195  | 6,268  | 7,745  | 8,444
| Fianna Fáil | Mary White | 10.3  | 4,220  | 4,325  | 4,761  | 5,165  | 5,463  |
| Green | Catherine Martin | 10.0  | 4,122  | 4,314  | 4,812  | 6,105  | 7,255  | 9,421
| Labour | Alex White[*] | 9.8  | 4,048  | 4,080  | 4,258  | 4,436  |  |
| Sinn Féin | Sorcha Nic Cormaic  | 7.0  | 2,858  | 2,896  | 3,076  |  |  |
| Independent | Peter Mathews[*] | 4.9  | 2,021  | 2,241  |  |  |  |
| Renua | Alan Daveron  | 2.6  | 1,055  |  |  |  |  |
Electorate: 62,340  Valid: 41,099  Spoilt: 226 (0.5%)  Quota: 10,275  Turnout: 41,325 (66.3%)

## See also

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* Elections in the Republic of Ireland
* Politics of the Republic of Ireland
* List of Dáil by-elections
* List of political parties in the Republic of Ireland

## References

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1. ^ a b Electoral (Amendment) (Dáil Constituencies) Act 2013, Schedule (No. 7 of 2013, Schedule). Enacted on 20 March 2013. Act of the Oireachtas. Retrieved from Irish Statute Book on 8 October 2021.
2. ^ a b Electoral (Amendment) (Dáil Constituencies) Act 2017, Schedule (No. 39 of 2017, Schedule). Enacted on 23 December 2017. Act of the Oireachtas. Retrieved from Irish Statute Book on 8 October 2021.
3. ^ "Constituency Review Report 2023" (PDF). Electoral Commission. pp. 115, 129. Archived (PDF) from the original on 30 August 2023. Retrieved 4 September 2023.
4. ^ "Constituency Review Report 2023: Map C: Dublin County" (PDF). Electoral Commission. Archived (PDF) from the original on 4 September 2023. Retrieved 4 September 2023.
5. ^ Electoral (Amendment) Act 2023, Schedule (No. 40 of 2023, Schedule). Enacted on 19 December 2023. Act of the Oireachtas. Retrieved from Irish Statute Book on 16 February 2024.
6. ^ a b "General election 2016: Dublin Rathdown". ElectionsIreland.org. Archived from the original on 22 February 2016. Retrieved 20 February 2016.
7. ^ a b "General election 2020: Dublin Rathdown". ElectionsIreland.org. Retrieved 25 November 2023.
8. ^ "General Election 2024 Profiles – Dublin Rathdown". RTÉ News. November 2024. Retrieved 4 November 2024.
9. ^ "General Election 2020 Results – Dublin Rathdown". RTÉ News. Archived from the original on 8 April 2020. Retrieved 25 May 2020.
10. ^ "Dublin Rathdown: 2020 General Election". Irelandelection.com. Archived from the original on 24 May 2020. Retrieved 25 May 2020.
11. ^ "Dublin Rathdown Results 2016". Irelandelection.com. Archived from the original on 20 January 2020. Retrieved 22 January 2020.
12. ^ "Dublin Rathdown Results 2016". RTÉ. Archived from the original on 15 March 2019. Retrieved 22 January 2020.

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