Mayo (Dáil constituency)

Mayo
Dáil constituency
Outline map
Location of Mayo within Ireland
Major settlements
Current constituency
Created1997
Seats
  • 5 (1997–2016)
  • 4 (2016–2024)
  • 5 (2024–)
TDs
  •   Dara Calleary (FF)
  •   Rose Conway-Walsh (SF)
  •   Alan Dillon (FG)
  •   Keira Keogh (FG)
  •   Paul Lawless (Aon)
Local government areaCounty Mayo
Created from
EP constituencyMidlands–North-West

Mayo is a parliamentary constituency represented in Dáil Éireann, the lower house of the Oireachtas (the Irish parliament). The constituency elects five deputies (Teachtaí Dála, commonly known as TDs) on the system of proportional representation by means of the single transferable vote (PR-STV). It includes the entirety of County Mayo.

History

At the 2002 general election Fine Gael suffered its worst electoral performance ever, losing 23 seats nationally, a figure larger than expected and with its overall vote down 5%. Enda Kenny came close to losing his seat and even went so far as to prepare a concession speech. In the end, he won the third seat in the five-seat constituency.

At the 2011 general election, this was the constituency of Fine Gael leader Enda Kenny, who became Taoiseach after the election. Fine Gael won four out of five seats in Mayo at that election. This was the first time any party won four seats in any five-seat Dáíl constituency; the last time any party had won four seats in a Dáil constituency was in the era of six- and seven-seat constituencies.

Boundaries

Mayo is the largest Dáil constituency in Ireland by area. Its largest towns are Castlebar, Ballina, Westport, Claremorris and Ballinrobe. It is defined by the Electoral (Amendment) Act 2023 as:[1]

"The county of Mayo."

The constituency was used for the first time at the 1997 general election and replaced the former constituencies of Mayo East and Mayo West.

Changes to the Mayo constituency
Years TDs Boundaries Notes
1997–2016 5 The county of Mayo.[2][3][4][5] Created from Mayo East and Mayo West.
2016–2020 4 The county of Mayo, except the part in the constituency of Galway West.[6][7] Electoral divisions of Ballinrobe, Cong, Dalgan, Houndswood, Kilcommon, Kilmaine, Neale, Shrule, in the former Rural District of Ballinrobe, and Garrymore in the former Rural District of Claremorris, transferred to Galway West.[8]
2020–2024 4 Electoral divisions of Ballinrobe, Kilcommon and Garrymore transferred from Galway West[9]
2024– 5 County Mayo[1] Transfer of remaining area from Galway West[10]

TDs

Teachtaí Dála (TDs) for Mayo 1997–
Key to parties
Dáil Election Deputy
(Party)		 Deputy
(Party)		 Deputy
(Party)		 Deputy
(Party)		 Deputy
(Party)
28th 1997[11] Beverley Flynn
(FF) 		Tom Moffatt
(FF) 		Enda Kenny
(FG) 		Michael Ring
(FG) 		Jim Higgins
(FG)
29th 2002[12] John Carty
(FF) 		Jerry Cowley
(Ind)
30th 2007[13][14] Beverley Flynn
(Ind) 		Dara Calleary
(FF) 		John O'Mahony
(FG)
31st 2011[15] Michelle Mulherin
(FG)
32nd 2016[16] Lisa Chambers
(FF) 		4 seats
2016–2024
33rd 2020[17] Rose Conway-Walsh
(SF) 		Alan Dillon
(FG)
34th 2024[18] Keira Keogh
(FG) 		Paul Lawless
(Aon)

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

^ *: Outgoing TD

2024 general election

2024 general election: Mayo[18][19]
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11
Sinn Féin Rose Conway-Walsh[*] 14.3 10,117 10,176 10,888 11,296 11,417 11,963          
Fine Gael Alan Dillon[*] 13.4 9,517 9,558 9,722 9,908 11,008 11,205 11,623 13,174      
Fianna Fáil Dara Calleary[*] 12.2 8,620 8,661 8,784 8,899 9,079 9,192 9,699 13,097      
Fine Gael Mark Duffy 8.5 6,009 6,044 6,159 6,207 6,458 6,584 6,906 7,109 7,446 7,735  
Fine Gael Keira Keogh 8.2 5,830 5,842 6,025 6,679 7,391 7,502 7,614 8,150 8,590 9,003 12,475
Fianna Fáil Lisa Chambers 7.9 5,584 5,605 5,774 6,011 6,316 6,412 6,709        
Independent Patsy O'Brien 7.4 5,229 5,268 5,325 5,556 6,131 6,654 7,094 7,506 7,653 7,963 8,258
Aontú Paul Lawless 6.3 4,482 4,524 4,620 4,917 5,156 6,576 7,612 7,910 8,104 8,377 9,506
Sinn Féin Gerry Murray 5.1 3,600 3,616 3,798 3,887 3,942 4,091          
Fine Gael Martina Jennings 4.9 3,488 3,499 3,571 3,632              
Independent Stephen Kerr 4.6 3,289 3,361 3,454 3,659 3,684            
Independent Ireland Chris Maxwell 3.5 2,488 2,555 2,616                
PBP–Solidarity Joe Daly[a] 1.7 1,199 1,206                  
Green Mícheál Ó Conaill 1.3 925 929                  
Independent Gerry Loftus 0.6 423                    
Independent Sean Forkin 0.1 66                    
Electorate: 112,205   Valid: 70,866   Spoilt: 451   Quota: 11,812   Turnout: 63.6%  
  1. ^ Daly is a member of People Before Profit.

2020 general election

2020 general election: Mayo[17][20][21]
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4 5 6 7
Fine Gael Michael Ring[*] 23.0 14,796            
Sinn Féin Rose Conway-Walsh 22.7 14,633            
Fianna Fáil Dara Calleary[*] 14.2 9,163 9,377 9,671 9,874 10,429 11,130 13,636
Fianna Fáil Lisa Chambers[*] 9.9 6,373 6,647 6,855 7,062 7,375 8,363 8,911
Fine Gael Michelle Mulherin 8.4 5,435 5,929 6,045 6,285 6,596 7,427  
Fine Gael Alan Dillon 8.1 5,198 5,823 5,944 6,115 6,553 7,648 10,977
Green Saoirse McHugh 6.5 4,177 4,321 4,630 5,385 6,036    
Aontú Paul Lawless 4.0 2,574 2,662 2,854 3,375      
Solidarity–PBP Joe Daly[a] 1.1 721 751 1,072        
Independent Gerry Loftus 0.9 574 595 670        
Labour Kamal Uddin 0.4 255 272 308        
Irish Freedom Daithí Ó Fallamháin 0.4 246 252 279        
Independent Gráinne de Barra 0.1 84 89 119        
Independent Stephen Manning 0.1 65 68 82        
Independent Seán Forkin 0.1 59 63 82        
Electorate: 98,165   Valid: 64,353   Spoilt: 553   Quota: 12,871   Turnout: 64,906 (66.1%)  
  1. ^ Daly was a member of People Before Profit.

2016 general election

2016 general election: Mayo[22][23][16]
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
Fine Gael Enda Kenny[*] 20.9 13,318                  
Fine Gael Michael Ring[*] 17.7 11,275 11,533 11,534 11,545 11,558 11,567 11,613 12,034 13,149  
Fianna Fáil Dara Calleary[*] 14.8 9,402 9,417 9,419 9,432 9,441 9,450 9,495 9,933 10,425 12,150
Fianna Fáil Lisa Chambers 12.9 8,231 8,265 8,266 8,280 8,296 8,307 8,354 8,718 9,503 11,686
Fine Gael Michelle Mulherin[*] 12.3 7,841 8,084 8,088 8,094 8,123 8,131 8,182 8,496 8,900 9,593
Sinn Féin Rose Conway-Walsh 10.1 6,414 6,423 6,423 6,445 6,453 6,485 6,548 7,022 7,853  
Independent Jerry Cowley 5.5 3,479 3,495 3,504 3,513 3,523 3,553 3,668 4,375    
Renua Michael Farrington 2.5 1,574 1,579 1,582 1,590 1,600 1,608 1,659      
Green Margaret Sheehan 1.0 629 631 632 636 651 665 680      
AAA–PBP Tom Moran 0.9 576 577 582 587 597 626 664      
Independent George O'Malley 0.4 262 263 263 276 284 301        
Independent Peter Jordan 0.3 176 176 181 189 192 197        
Independent Stephen Manning 0.2 157 158 159 166 174          
Independent Mohammad Kamal Uddin 0.2 144 146 149 150            
Independent Gerry O'Boyle 0.2 126 127 130              
Independent Seán Forkin 0.1 42 42                
Electorate: 92,958   Valid: 63,646   Spoilt: 600   Quota: 12,730   Turnout: 69.1%  

2011 general election

2011 general election: Mayo[15]
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
Fine Gael Enda Kenny[*] 23.6 17,472              
Fine Gael Michael Ring[*] 17.8 13,180              
Fine Gael Michelle Mulherin 11.9 8,851 10,814 11,110 11,434 11,577 11,672 12,162 13,303
Fine Gael John O'Mahony[*] 11.7 8,667 10,290 10,511 10,688 10,864 11,004 11,340 12,111
Fianna Fáil Dara Calleary[*] 11.6 8,577 8,745 8,775 8,969 9,063 11,602 12,222 12,997
Independent Michael Kilcoyne 5.4 3,996 4,641 4,715 4,947 5,128 5,462 6,137 7,379
Labour Jerry Cowley 4.9 3,644 3,955 4,037 4,294 4,529 4,714 5,899  
Fianna Fáil Lisa Chambers 4.5 3,343 3,464 3,491 3,552 3,619      
Sinn Féin Rose Conway-Walsh 3.6 2,660 2,752 2,813 2,939 4,367 4,527    
Sinn Féin Thérèse Ruane 2.9 2,142 2,260 2,277 2,438        
New Vision Martin Daly 1.2 893 919 926          
Green John Carey 0.4 266 280 282          
Independent Dermot McDonnell 0.3 216 237 238          
Independent Loretta Clarke 0.3 218 226 228          
Independent Seán Forkin 0.0 29 31 31          
Electorate: 99,504   Valid: 74,154   Spoilt: 641 (0.9%)   Quota: 12,360   Turnout: 74,795 (75.2%)  

2007 general election

2007 general election: Mayo[13]
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
Fine Gael Enda Kenny[*] 20.6 14,717              
Fine Gael Michael Ring[*] 16.0 11,412 12,441            
Fianna Fáil Dara Calleary 10.1 7,225 7,248 7,251 7,438 7,699 8,803 9,345 11,269
Fine Gael John O'Mahony 9.6 6,869 7,544 7,759 8,003 8,717 8,855 9,587 13,736
Independent Beverley Flynn[*] 9.5 6,779 7,131 7,212 7,387 8,043 9,322 10,684 11,250
Fianna Fáil John Carty[*] 8.2 5,889 5,926 5,937 5,991 6,519 7,825 8,214 8,303
Fine Gael Michelle Mulherin 7.6 5,428 5,877 6,016 6,416 6,681 6,763 7,644  
Fianna Fáil Frank Chambers 6.1 4,345 4,386 4,406 4,499 4,705      
Sinn Féin Gerry Murray 5.1 3,608 3,660 3,668 3,845        
Independent Jerry Cowley[*] 4.8 3,407 3,487 3,529 3,910 4,784 5,342    
Labour Harry Barrett 1.2 831 896 917          
Green Peter Enright 0.8 580 594 597          
Progressive Democrats Tommy Cooke 0.4 296 298 298          
Electorate: 98,696   Valid: 71,386   Spoilt: 700 (1.0%)   Quota: 11,898   Turnout: 72,086 (73.0%)  

2002 general election

2002 general election: Mayo[12]
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
Fine Gael Michael Ring[*] 15.6 9,880 10,045 10,384 10,576 10,907          
Independent Jerry Cowley 13.7 8,709 9,213 9,808 10,573 11,128          
Fianna Fáil Beverley Flynn[*] 10.5 6,661 6,741 6,886 7,123 7,167 7,178 7,187 9,517 9,749 9,910
Fianna Fáil Tom Moffatt[*] 10.3 6,536 6,749 6,892 7,084 7,521 7,661 7,697 8,625 8,878 9,187
Fianna Fáil John Carty 10.2 6,457 6,512 6,555 6,756 6,817 6,822 6,824 8,284 9,531 10,157
Fine Gael Jim Higgins[*] 9.2 5,858 5,971 6,035 6,155 6,833 6,998 7,100 7,220    
Fine Gael Enda Kenny[*] 9.2 5,834 5,954 6,045 6,142 6,478 6,576 6,707 7,307 11,922  
Fianna Fáil Frank Chambers 9.0 5,726 5,792 6,045 6,266 6,307 6,315 6,319      
Fine Gael Ernie Caffrey 3.6 2,290 2,419 2,486 2,558            
Sinn Féin Vincent Wood 3.3 2,085 2,181 2,274              
Independent Michael Holmes 2.8 1,754 1,873                
Progressive Democrats Billy Heffron 1.5 919                  
Green Ann Crowley 1.1 669                  
Independent Thomas King 0.2 102                  
Electorate: 94,854   Valid: 63,480   Spoilt: 790 (1.2%)   Quota: 10,581   Turnout: 64,270 (67.8%)  

1997 general election

1997 general election: Mayo[24]
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
Fine Gael Michael Ring[*] 16.3 10,066 10,143 10,350          
Fine Gael Enda Kenny[*] 13.9 8,568 8,626 8,797 8,989 9,083 10,210 10,428  
Fianna Fáil Beverley Cooper-Flynn 13.5 8,353 8,418 8,511 8,653 8,766 8,944 11,087  
Fine Gael Jim Higgins[*] 11.2 6,945 7,006 7,069 7,671 7,801 9,974 11,163  
Fianna Fáil Séamus Hughes[*] 11.0 6,791 6,859 6,953 7,008 7,092 7,151 8,169 8,395
Fianna Fáil Tom Moffatt[*] 9.3 5,735 5,765 5,801 5,820 6,384 7,861 9,453 9,676
Fianna Fáil P. J. Morley[*] 9.2 5,692 5,795 5,847 6,378 6,458 6,497    
Fine Gael Ernie Caffrey 7.4 4,579 4,608 4,673 4,701 5,407      
Independent Gerry Ginty 2.7 1,656 1,842 1,941 2,079        
Independent Richard Finn 2.7 1,683 1,729 1,800          
Green Ann Crowley 1.5 938 1,022            
National Party Ciarán Sherry 1.2 733              
Independent Cormac Connie Cullen 0.2 119              
Electorate: 87,719   Valid: 61,858   Spoilt: 614 (1.0%)   Quota: 10,310   Turnout: 62,472 (71.2%)  

See also

References

  1. ^ a b 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.
  2. ^ Electoral (Amendment) Act 1995, Schedule (No. 21 of 1995, Schedule). Enacted on 20 July 1995. Act of the Oireachtas. Retrieved from Irish Statute Book on 3 January 2022.
  3. ^ Electoral (Amendment) (No. 2) Act 1998, Schedule (No. 19 of 1998, Schedule). Enacted on 16 June 1998. Act of the Oireachtas. Retrieved from Irish Statute Book on 3 January 2022.
  4. ^ Electoral (Amendment) Act 2005, Schedule (No. 16 of 2005, Schedule). Act of the Oireachtas. Retrieved from Irish Statute Book on 3 January 2022.
  5. ^ Electoral (Amendment) Act 2009, Schedule (No. 4 of 2009, Schedule). Enacted on 24 February 2009. Act of the Oireachtas. Retrieved from Irish Statute Book on 3 January 2022.
  6. ^ Electoral (Amendment) (Dáil Constituencies) Act 2013, Schedule (No. 7 of 2013, Schedule). Act of the Oireachtas. Archived from the original on 13 February 2020. Retrieved from Irish Statute Book on 3 January 2022.
  7. ^ Electoral (Amendment) (Dáil Constituencies) Act 2017, Schedule (No. 39 of 2017, Schedule). Act of the Oireachtas. Archived from the original on 18 July 2018. Retrieved from Irish Statute Book on 18 July 2018.
  8. ^ "Constituency Commission Report 2012: Dáil and European Parliament Constituencies" (PDF). Constituency Commission. 21 June 2012. p. 71. Retrieved 3 January 2022.
  9. ^ "Constituency Commission Report 2017" (PDF). Constituency Commission. 27 June 2017. Retrieved 3 January 2022.
  10. ^ "Constituency Review Report 2023" (PDF). Electoral Commission. pp. 54–55. Retrieved 16 February 2024.
  11. ^ "General election 1997: Mayo". ElectionsIreland.org. Retrieved 13 February 2009.
  12. ^ a b "General election 2002: Mayo". ElectionsIreland.org. Retrieved 13 February 2009.
  13. ^ a b "General election 2007: Mayo". ElectionsIreland.org. Retrieved 13 February 2009.
  14. ^ "Beverly Flynn readmitted to FF". RTÉ News. 3 April 2008. Retrieved 17 February 2009.
  15. ^ a b "General election 2011: Mayo". ElectionsIreland.org. Retrieved 4 March 2011.
  16. ^ a b "General election 2016: Mayo". ElectionsIreland.org. Retrieved 22 February 2016.
  17. ^ a b "General election 2020: Mayo". ElectionsIreland.org. Retrieved 27 November 2023.
  18. ^ a b "General election 2024: Mayo". ElectionsIreland.org. Retrieved 2 December 2024.
  19. ^ "General Election 2024 Results – Mayo". RTÉ News. December 2024. Retrieved 7 December 2024.
  20. ^ "Mayo: 2020 General Election". Irelandelection.com. Retrieved 23 May 2020.
  21. ^ "General Election 2020 Results – Mayo". RTÉ News. Retrieved 23 May 2020.
  22. ^ "Mayo Results 2016". Irelandelection.com.
  23. ^ "Mayo Results 2016". RTÉ. Archived from the original on 7 June 2019.
  24. ^ Government of Ireland (1998). 28th Dáil General Election June, 1997 Election Results and Transfer of Votes. Stationery Office, Government of Ireland.