Meath East (Dáil constituency)
Template:Short description Template:Use Hiberno-English Script error: No such module "Unsubst". Template:Infobox constituency Meath East is a parliamentary constituency represented in Dáil Éireann, the lower house of the Irish parliament or Oireachtas. 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).
History and boundaries
It was established by the Electoral (Amendment) Act 2005 when the previous 5-seat Meath constituency was divided into two 3-seat constituencies of Meath East and Meath West.[1] It was first used at the 2007 general election to the 30th Dáil.
It spans the eastern portions of County Meath. It includes Nobber, Slane, Dunboyne, Kells and Ashbourne, the constituency's biggest town.[2]
The Electoral (Amendment) Act 2023 defines the constituency as:[3]
"In the county of Meath, the electoral divisions of:
- Drumcondra, Grangegeeth, Killary, in the former Rural District of Ardee No. 2;
- Culmullin, Donaghmore, Dunboyne, Dunshaughlin, Kilbrew, Killeen, Kilmore, Rathfeigh, Ratoath, Rodanstown, Skreen, in the former Rural District of Dunshaughlin;
- Ardagh, Carrickleck, Ceanannas Mór Rural, Cruicetown, Kilmainham, Maperath, Moybolgue, Moynalty, Newcastle, Newtown, Nobber, Posseckstown, Staholmog, Trohanny, in the former Rural District of Kells;
- Ardcath, Duleek, Julianstown, Mellifont, Stamullin, in the former Rural District of Meath;
- Ardmulchan, Castletown, Domhnach Phádraig, Kentstown, Painestown, Rathkenny, Slane, Stackallan, Tara, in the former Rural District of Navan;
- and Ceannanas Mór Urban."
| Years | TDs | Boundaries | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2007–2011 | 3 | <templatestyles src="Template:Hidden begin/styles.css"/> Drumcondra, Grangegeeth, Killary, in the former Rural District of Ardee No. 2; Culmullin, Donaghmore, Dunboyne, Dunshaughlin, Kilbrew, Killeen, Kilmore, Rathfeigh, Ratoath, Rodanstown, Skreen, in the former Rural District of Dunshaughlin; Ardagh, Carrickleck, Cruicetown, Kilmainham, Moybolgue, Moynalty, Newcastle, Newtown, Nobber, Posseckstown, Trohanny, in the former Rural District of Kells; Ardcath, Duleek, Julianstown, Mellifont, St. Mary's (part), Stamullin, in the former Rural District of Meath; Ardmulchan, Castletown, Domhnach Phádraig, Kentstown, Painestown, Rathkenny, Slane, Stackallan, Tara, in the former Rural District of Navan. |
Created from Meath[4] |
| 2011–2020 | 3 | <templatestyles src="Template:Hidden begin/styles.css"/> Drumcondra, Grangegeeth, Killary, in the former Rural District of Ardee No. 2; Culmullin, Donaghmore, Dunboyne, Dunshaughlin, Kilbrew, Killeen, Kilmore, Rathfeigh, Ratoath, Rodanstown, Skreen, in the former Rural District of Dunshaughlin; Ardagh, Carrickleck, Ceanannas Mór Rural, Cruicetown, Kilmainham, Maperath, Moybolgue, Moynalty, Newcastle, Newtown, Nobber, Posseckstown, Staholmog, Trohanny, in the former Rural District of Kells; Ardcath, Duleek, Mellifont, Stamullin, in the former Rural District of Meath; Ardmulchan, Castletown, Domhnach Phádraig, Kentstown, Painestown, Rathkenny, Slane, Stackallan, Tara, in the former Rural District of Navan; and the town of Kells. |
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Ceanannas Mór Urban, and of Ceanannas Mór Rural, Maperath and Staholmog in the former Rural District of Kells; and transfer to Louth of
Julianstown and St. Mary’s (part in County Meath) in the former Rural District of Meath. |
| 2020–2024 | 3 | <templatestyles src="Template:Hidden begin/styles.css"/> In County Meath, the electoral divisions of[9] Grangegeeth, Killary, in the former Rural District of Ardee No. 2; Culmullin, Donaghmore, Dunboyne, Dunshaughlin, Kilbrew, Killeen, Kilmore, Rathfeigh, Ratoath, Rodanstown, Skreen, in the former Rural District of Dunshaughlin; Ceanannas Mór Rural, Cruicetown, Maperath, Moynalty, Newcastle, Newtown, Nobber, Staholmog, in the former Rural District of Kells; Ardcath, Duleek, Mellifont, Stamullin, in the former Rural District of Meath; Ardmulchan, Castletown, Domhnach Phádraig, Kentstown, Painestown, Rathkenny, Slane, Stackallan, Tara, in the former Rural District of Navan; and Ceannanas Mór Urban. |
<templatestyles src="Template:Hidden begin/styles.css"/> Transfer to Cavan–Monaghan of[10] Ardagh, Carrickleck, Kilmainhamm, Moybolgue, Posseckstown and Trohanny, in the former Rural District of Kells, and Drumcondra in the former Rural District of Ardee No. 2.
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| 2024– | 4 | <templatestyles src="Template:Hidden begin/styles.css"/> In County Meath, the electoral divisions of[3] Drumcondra, Grangegeeth, Killary, in the former Rural District of Ardee No. 2; Culmullin, Donaghmore, Dunboyne, Dunshaughlin, Kilbrew, Killeen, Kilmore, Rathfeigh, Ratoath, Rodanstown, Skreen, in the former Rural District of Dunshaughlin; Ardagh, Carrickleck, Ceanannas Mór Rural, Cruicetown, Kilmainham, Maperath, Moybolgue, Moynalty, Newcastle, Newtown, Nobber, Posseckstown, Staholmog, Trohanny, in the former Rural District of Kells; Ardcath, Duleek, Julianstown, Mellifont, Stamullin, in the former Rural District of Meath; Ardmulchan, Castletown, Domhnach Phádraig, Kentstown, Painestown, Rathkenny, Slane, Stackallan, Tara, in the former Rural District of Navan; and Ceannanas Mór Urban. |
<templatestyles src="Template:Hidden begin/styles.css"/> Transfer from Cavan–Monaghan of Ardagh, Carrickleck, Kilmainhamm, Moybolgue, Posseckstown and Trohanny, in the former Rural District of Kells, and Drumcondra in the former Rural District of Ardee No. 2.and the transfer from Louth of Julianstown, in the former Rural District of Meath.[11] |
TDs
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| Script error: No such module "Ordinal".|| 2007[12]
| style="color:inherit; background-color:Script error: No such module "Political party"."| || Thomas Byrne
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| style="color:inherit; background-color:Script error: No such module "Political party"."| || Mary Wallace
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| rowspan="2" style="color:inherit; background-color:Script error: No such module "Political party"."| || rowspan="2"| Shane McEntee
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| rowspan="5" colspan="2" style="background-color:white;color:black;" align="center" {| 3 seats
2007–2024
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| rowspan="2" |Script error: No such module "Ordinal".|| 2011[13]
| rowspan="2" style="color:inherit; background-color:Script error: No such module "Political party"."| || rowspan="2"| Dominic Hannigan
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| rowspan="3" style="color:inherit; background-color:Script error: No such module "Political party"."| || rowspan="3"| Regina Doherty
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| 2013 by-election[14]
| rowspan="4" style="color:inherit; background-color:Script error: No such module "Political party"."| || rowspan="4"| Helen McEntee
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| Script error: No such module "Ordinal".|| 2016[15]
| rowspan="3" style="color:inherit; background-color:Script error: No such module "Political party"."| || rowspan="3"| Thomas Byrne
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| Script error: No such module "Ordinal".|| 2020[16]
| rowspan="2" style="color:inherit; background-color:Script error: No such module "Political party"."| || rowspan="2"| Darren O'Rourke
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| Script error: No such module "Ordinal".|| 2024[17]
| style="color:inherit; background-color:Script error: No such module "Political party"."| || Gillian Toole
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|}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
| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | ||||
| Script error: No such module "political party". | Helen McEntee | 19.9 | 9,957 | 9,959 | 9,959 | 9,996 | 10,006 | |||||||||
| Script error: No such module "political party". | Darren O'Rourke | 16.4 | 8,175 | 8,177 | 8,184 | 8,228 | 8,272 | 8,325 | 8,666 | 9,095 | 9,821 | 12,786 | ||||
| Script error: No such module "political party". | Thomas Byrne | 12.8 | 6,403 | 6,405 | 6,407 | 6,425 | 6,432 | 6,527 | 6,546 | 6,855 | 7,363 | 7,437 | 7,520 | 9,665 | 10,525 | |
| Independent politician (Ireland) | Gillian Toole | 8.9 | 4,459 | 4,483 | 4,491 | 4,549 | 4,707 | 4,749 | 4,859 | 5,211 | 5,952 | 6,091 | 6,717 | 7,194 | 8,953 | |
| Aontú | Emer Tóibín | 6.6 | 3,281 | 3,285 | 3,306 | 3,341 | 3,608 | 3,633 | 3,721 | 3,871 | 4,165 | 4,289 | 4,785 | 5,027 | ||
| Script error: No such module "political party". | Caroline O'Reilly | 6.5 | 3,223 | 3,223 | 3,225 | 3,248 | 3,257 | 3,304 | 3,335 | 3,601 | 3,870 | 3,918 | 3,996 | |||
| Script error: No such module "political party". | Sharon Tolan | 6.4 | 3,176 | 3,178 | 3,184 | 3,206 | 3,210 | 3,309 | 3,330 | 3,747 | 4,135 | 4,232 | 4,389 | 5,043 | 5,482 | |
| Script error: No such module "political party". | Maria White | 5.8 | 2,894 | 2,900 | 2,903 | 2,917 | 2,939 | 2,951 | 3,264 | 3,568 | 3,657 | |||||
| Independent politician (Ireland) | Joseph Bonner | 5.5 | 2,771 | 2,781 | 2,787 | 2,929 | 3,028 | 3,080 | 3,173 | 3,477 | ||||||
| Script error: No such module "political party". | Eilish Balfe | 4.1 | 2,048 | 2,050 | 2,051 | 2,076 | 2,089 | 2,440 | 2,882 | |||||||
| People Before Profit–Solidarity | Clara McCormackTemplate:Efn | 2.7 | 1,380 | 1,381 | 1,383 | 1,434 | 1,458 | 1,536 | ||||||||
| Script error: No such module "political party". | Ruadháin Bonham | 1.7 | 845 | 848 | 849 | 874 | 875 | |||||||||
| Script error: No such module "political party". | Jean Murray | 1.3 | 652 | 653 | 704 | 720 | ||||||||||
| Party for Animal Welfare | Carolyn Fahy | 0.4 | 207 | 209 | 210 | |||||||||||
| Independent politician (Ireland) | Charles Bobbett | 0.4 | 186 | 189 | 190 | |||||||||||
| Independent politician (Ireland) | Sivakumar Murugadoss | 0.3 | 135 | 140 | 141 | |||||||||||
| Liberty Republic | Barbara Reid | 0.2 | 119 | 121 | ||||||||||||
| Independent politician (Ireland) | Raymond Westlake | 0.1 | 72 | |||||||||||||
| Electorate: 84,272 Valid: 49,983 Spoilt: 338 Quota: 9,997 Turnout: 59.7% | ||||||||||||||||
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2020 general election
| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | ||||
| Script error: No such module "political party". | Darren O'Rourke | 24.4 | 10,223 | 10,617 | ||||||
| Script error: No such module "political party". | Helen McEntee[*] | 18.3 | 7,691 | 7,856 | 8,123 | 8,333 | 8,937 | 9,416 | 12,984 | |
| Script error: No such module "political party". | Thomas Byrne[*] | 14.4 | 6,039 | 6,095 | 6,348 | 7,637 | 8,222 | 8,999 | 9,622 | |
| Script error: No such module "political party". | Regina Doherty[*] | 10.0 | 4,180 | 4,272 | 4,330 | 4,505 | 4,643 | 5,122 | ||
| Script error: No such module "political party". | Seán McCabe | 7.8 | 3,251 | 3,756 | 4,036 | 4,167 | 4,677 | 5,999 | 6,547 | |
| Independent politician (Ireland) | Joe Bonner | 7.0 | 2,934 | 3,053 | 3,240 | 3,338 | 4,037 | |||
| Independent politician (Ireland) | Sharon Keogan | 5.9 | 2,475 | 2,570 | 2,939 | 3,024 | ||||
| Script error: No such module "political party". | Deirdre Geraghty-Smith | 4.6 | 1,941 | 1,977 | 2,047 | |||||
| Aontú | Emer Tóibín | 3.9 | 1,634 | 1,705 | ||||||
| Script error: No such module "political party". | Annie Hoey | 2.1 | 874 | |||||||
| Solidarity–People Before Profit | Andrew KeeganTemplate:Efn | 1.4 | 569 | |||||||
| Script error: No such module "political party". | Seamus McDonagh | 0.3 | 134 | |||||||
| Electorate: 66,507 Valid: 41,945 Spoilt: 253 Quota: 10,487 Turnout: 42,198 (63.4%) | ||||||||||
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2016 general election
| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | ||||
| Script error: No such module "political party". | Thomas Byrne | 26.1 | 10,818 | |||||||||
| Script error: No such module "political party". | Helen McEntee[*] | 18.3 | 7,556 | 7,656 | 7,671 | 7,749 | 7,841 | 7,887 | 8,237 | 8,435 | 9,958 | |
| Script error: No such module "political party". | Regina Doherty[*] | 16.5 | 6,830 | 6,889 | 6,899 | 6,979 | 7,064 | 7,109 | 7,247 | 7,477 | 9,612 | |
| Script error: No such module "political party". | Darren O'Rourke | 14.0 | 5,780 | 5,860 | 5,970 | 6,017 | 6,096 | 6,341 | 6,637 | 7,236 | 8,556 | |
| Independent politician (Ireland) | Joe Bonner | 6.0 | 2,482 | 2,527 | 2,545 | 2,600 | 2,665 | 2,857 | 3,215 | 3,825 | ||
| Script error: No such module "political party". | Dominic Hannigan[*] | 5.5 | 2,270 | 2,307 | 2,325 | 2,350 | 2,494 | 2,525 | 2,680 | 3,084 | ||
| Social Democrats (Ireland) | Aisling O'Neill | 4.1 | 1,715 | 1,740 | 1,801 | 1,885 | 2,148 | 2,300 | 2,463 | |||
| Independent politician (Ireland) | Sharon Keogan | 3.7 | 1,528 | 1,579 | 1,600 | 1,663 | 1,709 | 1,805 | ||||
| Direct Democracy Ireland | Ben Gilroy | 1.9 | 794 | 809 | 841 | 876 | 899 | |||||
| Script error: No such module "political party". | Seán Ó Buachalla | 1.9 | 766 | 784 | 801 | 853 | ||||||
| Renua | Sarah Tyrrell | 1.3 | 523 | 554 | 563 | |||||||
| Script error: No such module "political party". | Seamus McDonagh | 0.8 | 326 | 335 | ||||||||
| Electorate: 65,588 Valid: 41,388 Spoilt: 240 Quota: 10,348 Turnout: 63.5% | ||||||||||||
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2013 by-election
Fine Gael TD Shane McEntee died on 21 December 2012. A by-election was held to fill the vacancy on 27 March 2013. The seat was won by his daughter Helen McEntee.
| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | ||||
| Script error: No such module "political party". | Helen McEntee | 38.5 | 9,356 | 9,547 | 11,473 | |
| Script error: No such module "political party". | Thomas Byrne | 32.9 | 8,002 | 8,106 | 9,582 | |
| Script error: No such module "political party". | Darren O'Rourke | 13.0 | 3,165 | 3,370 | ||
| Direct Democracy Ireland | Ben Gilroy | 6.5 | 1,568 | 1,793 | ||
| Script error: No such module "political party". | Eoin Holmes | 4.6 | 1,112 | 1,245 | ||
| Script error: No such module "political party". | Seán Ó Buachalla | 1.7 | 423 | |||
| Script error: No such module "political party". | Seamus McDonagh | 1.1 | 263 | |||
| Independent politician (Ireland) | Mick Martin | 0.8 | 190 | |||
| Independent politician (Ireland) | Charlie Keddy | 0.5 | 110 | |||
| Independent politician (Ireland) | Gerard O'Brien | 0.3 | 73 | |||
| Independent politician (Ireland) | Jim Tallon | 0.2 | 47 | |||
| Electorate: 64,164 Valid: 24,309 Spoilt: 259 Quota: 12,155 Turnout: 38.3% | ||||||
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2011 general election
| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | ||||
| Script error: No such module "political party". | Dominic Hannigan | 21.0 | 8,994 | 9,383 | 9,669 | 12,382 | |
| Script error: No such module "political party". | Shane McEntee[*] | 20.6 | 8,794 | 8,994 | 9,142 | 10,143 | |
| Script error: No such module "political party". | Regina Doherty | 20.3 | 8,677 | 8,858 | 9,305 | 10,447 | |
| Script error: No such module "political party". | Thomas Byrne[*] | 13.4 | 5,715 | 5,892 | 7,354 | 8,173 | |
| Script error: No such module "political party". | Michael Gallagher | 8.9 | 3,795 | 3,958 | 4,025 | ||
| Independent politician (Ireland) | Joe Bonner | 5.8 | 2,479 | 2,866 | 3,074 | ||
| Script error: No such module "political party". | Nick Killian | 6.2 | 2,669 | 2,719 | |||
| New Vision (electoral alliance) | Sharon Keogan | 2.7 | 1,168 | ||||
| Script error: No such module "political party". | Seán Ó Buachalla | 1.1 | 461 | ||||
| Electorate: 64,873 Valid: 42,752 Spoilt: 346 (0.8%) Quota: 10,689 Turnout: 43,098 (66.4%) | |||||||
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2007 general election
| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | ||||
| Script error: No such module "political party". | Mary Wallace[*] | 25.3 | 10,901 | ||||||||
| Script error: No such module "political party". | Thomas Byrne | 18.2 | 7,834 | 7,866 | 8,267 | 8,469 | 8,628 | 9,079 | 9,770 | 10,077 | |
| Script error: No such module "political party". | Shane McEntee[*] | 15.7 | 6,766 | 6,789 | 6,877 | 6,941 | 7,106 | 7,351 | 7,870 | 11,619 | |
| Script error: No such module "political party". | Dominic Hannigan | 11.9 | 5,136 | 5,193 | 5,337 | 5,575 | 6,095 | 6,554 | 7,247 | 8,596 | |
| Script error: No such module "political party". | Regina Doherty | 10.1 | 4,363 | 4,377 | 4,508 | 4,764 | 4,992 | 5,164 | 5,972 | ||
| Independent politician (Ireland) | Brian Fitzgerald | 6.0 | 2,586 | 2,617 | 2,659 | 2,816 | 3,008 | 3,334 | |||
| Script error: No such module "political party". | Joanne Finnegan | 3.9 | 1,695 | 1,723 | 1,762 | 1,859 | 2,008 | ||||
| Script error: No such module "political party". | Seán Ó Buachalla | 3.1 | 1,330 | 1,355 | 1,417 | 1,547 | |||||
| Independent politician (Ireland) | Joseph Bonner | 2.7 | 1,170 | 1,195 | 1,223 | ||||||
| Script error: No such module "political party". | Sirena Campbell | 2.2 | 957 | 983 | |||||||
| Independent politician (Ireland) | A. J. Cahill | 0.6 | 269 | ||||||||
| Electorate: 67,443 Valid: 43,007 Spoilt: 359 (0.8%) Quota: 10,752 Turnout: 43,366 (64.3%) | |||||||||||
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See also
- 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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