North-West (European Parliament constituency)

Former European Parliament constituency

Not to be confused with North West England (European Parliament constituency), North-West France (European Parliament constituency), North-West Italy (European Parliament constituency), or Midlands–North-West (European Parliament constituency).

North-West

European Parliament constituency

Location within Europe

North-West shown within Ireland
(2009–2014 boundaries)

Member state| Ireland
Created| 2004
Dissolved| 2014
MEPs| 3
Sources
[1]

North-West was a constituency of the European Parliament in Ireland between 2004 and 2014. It elected 3 Members of the European Parliament (MEPs) using the single transferable vote form of proportional representation (PR-STV).

## History and boundaries

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The constituency was created in 2004 and was a successor to the Connacht–Ulster constituency. For 2004 election, County Clare was moved from the Munster constituency to the new North-West constituency. For the 2009 election the counties of Longford and Westmeath were transferred from the East constituency to North-West.

From 2009 it comprised the counties of Cavan, Clare, Donegal, Galway, Leitrim, Longford, Mayo, Monaghan, Roscommon, Sligo and Westmeath; and the city of Galway.[1]

For the 2014 European Parliament election the constituency was abolished. All of its area became part of the new Midlands–North-West constituency;[2] with the exception of County Clare which was transferred to the South constituency.

## MEPs

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Members of the European Parliament (MEPs) for North-West 2004-2014

Key to parties

* FF = Fianna Fáil
* FG = Fine Gael
* Ind = Independent
*   *   *   *   *   *   *   *   *   *   *   *   *   *   *   *   *   *   *   *   *   *   *   *   *   *   *   *

Parl. | Election | Member
(Party) | Member
(Party) | Member
(Party)
6th | 2004[3] |  | Marian Harkin
(Ind)  |  | Jim Higgins
(FG)  |  | Seán Ó Neachtain
(FF)
7th | 2009[4] |  | Pat "the Cope" Gallagher
(FF)
8th | 2014 | Constituency abolished. See Midlands–North-West and South.

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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### 2009 election

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2009 European Parliament election: North-West[4][5] Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count

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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 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 | Susan O'Keeffe | 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%)

### 2004 election

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2004–2009 North-West constituency boundaries 2004 European Parliament election: North-West[3] Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count

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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5
| Independent | Marian Harkin | 15.8  | 66,664  | 71,458  | 76,195  | 81,610  | 100,522
| Sinn Féin | Pearse Doherty | 15.5  | 65,321  | 68,412  | 70,309  | 76,315  | 85,996
| Fianna Fáil | Seán Ó Neachtain | 14.7  | 62,085  | 62,855  | 66,130  | 90,830  | 102,384
| Fine Gael | Jim Higgins | 14.1  | 56,396  | 61,262  | 78,938  | 81,623  | 92,657
| Independent | Dana Rosemary Scallon | 13.5  | 56,992  | 58,774  | 66,739  | 72,889  |
| Fianna Fáil | Jim McDaid | 12.4  | 52,139  | 52,938  | 54,654  |  |
| Fine Gael | Madeleine Taylor-Quinn | 9.9  | 41,570  | 43,093  |  |  |
| Labour | Hughie Baxter  | 3.3  | 13,948  |  |  |  |
| Independent | Mary Hainsworth  | 0.8  | 3,308  |  |  |  |
Electorate: 688,804  Valid: 421,423  Spoilt: 14,487 (3.3%)  Quota: 105,356  Turnout: 435,910 (63.3%)

## See also

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* European Parliament constituencies in the Republic of Ireland

## References

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1. ^ "Electoral (Amendment) Act 2009". Irish Statute Book database. Retrieved 28 September 2010.
2. ^ "Report on European Parliament Constituencies 2013" (PDF). Constituency Commission. 25 September 2013. Retrieved 25 September 2013.
3. ^ a b "2004 European Parliament election – North-West constituency". ElectionsIreland.org. Retrieved 22 March 2009.
4. ^ a b "2009 European Parliament election – North-West constituency". ElectionsIreland.org. Retrieved 21 April 2009.
5. ^ "Nominations close for Europe elections". RTÉ News. 11 May 2009. Retrieved 12 May 2009.

## External links

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* North-West MEPs – European Parliament Office in Ireland

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