Dublin Bay South is a parliamentary constituency that has been represented in Dáil Éireann, the lower house of the Irish parliament or Oireachtas, since the 2016 general election. 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).
| Dublin Bay South | |
|---|---|
| Dáil constituency | |
_2025.svg) Location of Dublin Bay South within County Dublin | |
| Major settlements | |
| Current constituency | |
| Created | 2016 |
| Seats | 4 |
| TDs |
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| Local government area | Dublin City |
| Created from | |
| EP constituency | Dublin |
History and boundaries
editIt was established by the Electoral (Amendment) (Dáil Constituencies) Act 2013.[1] The constituency incorporates the entirety of the former Dublin South-East constituency with the addition of territory from Dublin South-Central, centred on Terenure and Harold's Cross. The constituency was named Dublin Bay South for "reasons of symmetry", with the new Dublin Bay North constituency.[2][3]
The Electoral (Amendment) (Dáil Constituencies) Act 2017 defines the constituency as:[4]
"In the city of Dublin the electoral divisions of:
- Kimmage C, Mansion House A, Mansion House B, Pembroke East A, Pembroke East B, Pembroke East C, Pembroke East D, Pembroke East E, Pembroke West A, Pembroke West B, Pembroke West C, Rathfarnham, Rathmines East A, Rathmines East B, Rathmines East C, Rathmines East D, Rathmines West A, Rathmines West B, Rathmines West C, Rathmines West D, Rathmines West E, Rathmines West F, Royal Exchange A, Royal Exchange B, St. Kevin's, South Dock, Terenure A, Terenure B, Terenure C, Terenure D, Wood Quay A, Wood Quay B."
The Constituency Review Report 2023 of the Electoral Commission recommended that at the next general election Dublin Bay South be altered by the transfer of territory to Dublin South-Central.[5][6]
For the next general election, the Electoral (Amendment) Act 2023 defines the constituency as:[7]
"In the city of Dublin, the electoral divisions of:
- Mansion House A, Mansion House B, Pembroke East A, Pembroke East B, Pembroke East C, Pembroke East D, Pembroke East E, Pembroke West A, Pembroke West B, Pembroke West C, Rathfarnham, Rathmines East A, Rathmines East B, Rathmines East C, Rathmines East D, Rathmines West A, Rathmines West B, Rathmines West C, Rathmines West D, Rathmines West E, Rathmines West F, Royal Exchange A, Royal Exchange B, St. Kevin's, South Dock, Terenure A, Terenure B, Terenure C, Terenure D, Wood Quay A, Wood Quay B."
Voting patterns
editIn 2021, Dublin Bay South was characterised as a "Fine Gael heartland" by some of the Irish national media,[8][9] noting the area (as Dublin South-East) was once the seat of Fine Gael leaders John A. Costello and Garret FitzGerald and their historical performance in the area. However, it has also been the seat of party leaders Ruairi Quinn and Ivana Bacik of the Labour Party, Michael McDowell of the Progressive Democrats, and John Gormley and Eamon Ryan of the Green Party. Dublin Bay South has been called "one of the most liberal constituencies in the country"[10] as well as "one of the wealthiest".[11] As Dublin South-East, the area had the highest vote against the introduction of the Eighth Amendment in 1983, and in the 2018 referendum it had the highest vote in favour of repealing it.[12] It has been noted that between the Labour Party, the Green Party, the Social Democrats and Democratic Left, centre-left parties have won at least 29% of the vote in every election in the area between 1981 and 2021.[13]
The constituency has been marked by the consistently low-voter turnout, normally coming in at 54%; this can be partially attributed to the high rate of residential turnover in the areas of Rathmines and Ranelagh.[14]
As of 2021, half of adults in the constituency have been described as professionals, 57% of individuals have third-level qualifications, and 44% live in privately rented apartments.[14]
TDs
edit| Teachtaí Dála (TDs) for Dublin Bay South 2016– | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Key to parties
| |||||||||
| Dáil | Election | Deputy (Party) |
Deputy (Party) |
Deputy (Party) |
Deputy (Party) | ||||
| 32nd | 2016[15] | Eamon Ryan (GP) |
Jim O'Callaghan (FF) |
Kate O'Connell (FG) |
Eoghan Murphy (FG) | ||||
| 33rd | 2020[16] | Chris Andrews (SF) | |||||||
| 2021 by-election[17] | Ivana Bacik (Lab) | ||||||||
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
edit^ *: Outgoing TD
2024 general election
edit| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ||||
| Sinn Féin | Chris Andrews[*] | |||
| Labour | Ivana Bacik[*] | |||
| Fine Gael | Emma Blain | |||
| Green | Hazel Chu | |||
| Independent | Nick Delehanty | |||
| The Irish People | Lauralee Doyle | |||
| Fine Gael | James Geoghegan | |||
| Social Democrats | Eoin Hayes | |||
| Aontú | Alan Healy | |||
| Independent | Michael McGrath | |||
| Fianna Fáil | Jim O'Callaghan[*] | |||
| Independent | Kate O'Connell | |||
| PBP–Solidarity | Brigid Purcell[a] | |||
| Quota: | ||||
- ^ Purcell is a member of People Before Profit.
2021 by-election
editA by-election took place on 8 July 2021, to fill the vacancy left by the resignation of Eoghan Murphy.
| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | ||||
| Labour | Ivana Bacik | 30.2 | 8,131 | 8,134 | 8,146 | 8,188 | 8,308 | 8,380 | 8,851 | 9,474 | 13,382 | |
| Fine Gael | James Geoghegan | 26.2 | 7,052 | 7,054 | 7,093 | 7,134 | 7,147 | 7,354 | 7,400 | 8,265 | 9,235 | |
| Sinn Féin | Lynn Boylan | 15.8 | 4,245 | 4,245 | 4,246 | 4,357 | 4,695 | 4,779 | 4,985 | 5,237 | ||
| Green | Claire Byrne | 8.0 | 2,157 | 2,164 | 2,170 | 2,197 | 2,264 | 2,360 | 2,610 | 2,985 | ||
| Fianna Fáil | Deirdre Conroy | 4.6 | 1,247 | 1,250 | 1,256 | 1,278 | 1,288 | 1,380 | 1,402 | |||
| Independent | Mannix Flynn | 3.3 | 879 | 882 | 894 | 975 | 1,003 | 1,120 | 1,181 | |||
| Social Democrats | Sarah Durcan | 3.2 | 849 | 852 | 854 | 886 | 1,077 | 1,111 | ||||
| PBP–Solidarity | Brigid Purcell[a] | 2.8 | 759 | 762 | 768 | 818 | ||||||
| Aontú | Mairéad Tóibín | 2.8 | 740 | 745 | 798 | 940 | 958 | |||||
| Independent | Peter Dooley | 1.0 | 261 | 266 | 271 | |||||||
| National Party | Justin Barrett | 0.7 | 183 | 186 | 194 | |||||||
| Independent | Dolores Cahill | 0.6 | 169 | 171 | 179 | |||||||
| Renua | Jacqui Gilbourne | 0.6 | 164 | 166 | ||||||||
| Independent | John Keigher | 0.1 | 23 | |||||||||
| Independent | Colm O'Keeffe | 0.1 | 23 | |||||||||
| Electorate: 77,924 Valid: 26,882 Spoilt: 162 Quota: 13,442 Turnout: 27,044 (34.7%) | ||||||||||||
- ^ Purcell is a member of People Before Profit.
2020 general election
edit| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | ||||
| Green | Eamon Ryan[*] | 22.4 | 8,888 | ||||||||
| Sinn Féin | Chris Andrews | 16.1 | 6,361 | 6,412 | 6,421 | 6,513 | 6,658 | 6,715 | 7,837 | 8,797 | |
| Fine Gael | Eoghan Murphy[*] | 16.0 | 6,346 | 6,464 | 6,473 | 6,489 | 6,544 | 6,638 | 6,767 | 7,602 | |
| Fianna Fáil | Jim O'Callaghan[*] | 13.8 | 5,474 | 5,587 | 5,597 | 5,622 | 5,718 | 5,977 | 6,180 | 7,158 | |
| Fine Gael | Kate O'Connell[*] | 11.7 | 4,624 | 4,785 | 4,795 | 4,810 | 4,869 | 4,891 | 5,127 | 6,270 | |
| Labour | Kevin Humphreys | 7.9 | 3,121 | 3,355 | 3,375 | 3,406 | 3,516 | 3,589 | 4,971 | ||
| Social Democrats | Sarah Durcan | 4.5 | 1,801 | 1,988 | 2,021 | 2,081 | 2,158 | 2,210 | |||
| Solidarity–PBP | Annette Mooney[a] | 2.5 | 1,002 | 1,049 | 1,062 | 1,145 | 1,243 | 1,282 | |||
| Independent | Mannix Flynn | 1.6 | 645 | 675 | 690 | 753 | |||||
| Renua | Jacqui Gilborne | 1.6 | 634 | 643 | 656 | 802 | 847 | ||||
| Independent | Peter Dooley | 0.7 | 281 | 288 | 317 | ||||||
| Irish Freedom | Ben Scallan | 0.6 | 245 | 248 | 255 | ||||||
| Independent | Norma Burke | 0.3 | 110 | 116 | |||||||
| Independent | John Keigher | 0.1 | 48 | 50 | |||||||
| Independent | Sean O'Leary | 0.0 | 11 | 12 | |||||||
| Electorate: 76,514 Valid: 39,591 Spoilt: 268 (0.7%) Quota: 7,919 Turnout: 39,759 (52.0%) | |||||||||||
- ^ Mooney was a member of People Before Profit.
2016 general election
edit| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | ||||
| Fine Gael | Eoghan Murphy[*] | 16.5 | 6,567 | 6,595 | 6,661 | 6,693 | 6,873 | 7,860 | 8,023 | ||
| Fine Gael | Kate O'Connell | 13.6 | 5,399 | 5,416 | 5,483 | 5,527 | 5,773 | 6,324 | 6,446 | 6,547 | |
| Fianna Fáil | Jim O'Callaghan | 11.5 | 4,575 | 4,596 | 4,674 | 4,744 | 4,949 | 5,989 | 6,678 | 6,921 | |
| Green | Eamon Ryan | 11.4 | 4,529 | 4,631 | 4,929 | 5,277 | 6,605 | 7,560 | 8,788 | ||
| Renua | Lucinda Creighton[*] | 10.7 | 4,229 | 4,252 | 4,385 | 4,545 | 4,820 | ||||
| Labour | Kevin Humphreys[*] | 10.6 | 4,205 | 4,227 | 4,378 | 4,480 | 4,992 | 5,391 | 5,973 | 6,221 | |
| Sinn Féin | Chris Andrews | 9.5 | 3,774 | 3,796 | 3,957 | 4,511 | 4,888 | 5,197 | |||
| Social Democrats | Glenna Lynch | 6.7 | 2,652 | 2,694 | 2,949 | 3,527 | |||||
| AAA–PBP | Annette Mooney | 4.4 | 1,728 | 1,819 | 2,149 | ||||||
| Independent | Mannix Flynn | 3.8 | 1,525 | 1,648 | |||||||
| Independent | Alan MacStiofain | 0.6 | 235 | ||||||||
| Independent | Eoin Tierney | 0.4 | 151 | ||||||||
| Independent | William DJ Gorman | 0.2 | 97 | ||||||||
| Independent | John Keigher | 0.1 | 37 | ||||||||
| Electorate: 73,066 Valid: 39,703 Spoilt: 313 (0.8%) Quota: 7,941 Turnout: 40,016 (54.8%) | |||||||||||
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ 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 5 October 2021.
- ^ "Constituency Commission Report 2012 – Dublin area" (PDF). Constituency Commission. 21 June 2012. Archived (PDF) from the original on 18 October 2012. Retrieved 7 April 2013.
- ^ "Commission urges constituency boundary changes and reduction in TDs". RTÉ News. 21 June 2012. Archived from the original on 23 June 2012. Retrieved 14 July 2012.
- ^ 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 5 October 2021.
- ^ "Constituency Review Report 2023" (PDF). Electoral Commission. pp. 111, 129. Archived (PDF) from the original on 30 August 2023. Retrieved 4 September 2023.
- ^ "Constituency Review Report 2023: Map B: Dublin City Centre" (PDF). Electoral Commission. Archived (PDF) from the original on 4 September 2023. Retrieved 4 September 2023.
- ^ 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.
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