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Kildare North
Dáil constituency
Location of Kildare North within Ireland
Major settlements	Celbridge Clane Kilcock Leixlip Maynooth Naas
Current constituency
Created	1997
Seats	3 (1997–2007) 4 (2007–2024) 5 (2024–)
TDs	Réada Cronin (SF)   Aidan Farrelly (SD)   James Lawless (FF)   Joe Neville (FG)   Naoise Ó Cearúil (FF)
Local government area	County Kildare
Created from	Kildare
EP constituency	Midlands–North-West

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

History and boundaries

The constituency was created at the 1997 general election, when the former 5-seat Kildare constituency was divided into Kildare North and Kildare South. At the 1997 and 2002 elections, Kildare North was a 3-seat constituency, but it was allocated an extra seat at the 2007 general election. The constituency spans the more densely populated north-eastern corner of County Kildare, taking in the towns of Celbridge, Clane, Leixlip, Kilcock, Maynooth and Naas.

The Constituency Review Report 2023 of the Electoral Commission recommended that at the next general election, Kildare North be increased to a five-seat constituency with the transfer of territory from Kildare South.

The Electoral (Amendment) Act 2023 defines the constituency as:

"In the county of Kildare, the electoral divisions of:

Balraheen, Celbridge, Cloncurry, Donadea, Donaghcumper, Kilcock, Leixlip, Maynooth, Straffan, in the former Rural District of Celbridge No. 1;

Ballynadrumny, Cadamstown, Dunfierth in the former Rural District of Edenderry No. 2;

Bodenstown, Clane, Carragh, Donore, Downings, Kill, Killashee, Kilteel, Ladytown, Naas Rural, Newtown, Oughterard, Rathmore, Timahoe North, in the former Rural District of Naas No. 1;

and Naas Urban."

TDs

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

1. Whelan is a member of Solidarity.

2020 general election

1. Mahon was a member of People Before Profit.

2016 general election

2011 general election

2007 general election

2005 by-election

Fianna Fáil TD Charlie McCreevy was appointed as a European Commissioner on 22 November 2004. A writ of election to fill the vacancy was moved on 15 February 2005. The by-election was held on 11 March 2005.

2002 general election

1997 general election

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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2. 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.
3. 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 August 2022.
4. "Dáil Constituency Commission Report 1995" (PDF). Houses of the Oireachtas. Constituency Commission. 27 April 1995. pp. 17–18. Archived (PDF) from the original on 24 January 2022. Retrieved 3 August 2022.
5. 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 August 2022.
6. "Constituency Commission: Report 1998" (PDF). Houses of the Oireachtas. Constituency Commission. pp. 24 and 28. Archived (PDF) from the original on 11 June 2022. Retrieved 3 August 2022.
7. Electoral (Amendment) Act 2005, Schedule (No. 16 of 2005, Schedule). Act of the Oireachtas. Retrieved from Irish Statute Book on 3 August 2022.
8. "Report on Dáil Constituencies, 2004" (PDF). Constituency Commission. p. 54. Archived (PDF) from the original on 24 January 2022. Retrieved 3 August 2022.
9. 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 August 2022.
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11. Electoral (Amendment) (Dáil Constituencies) Act 2013, Schedule (No. 7 of 2013, Schedule). Act of the Oireachtas. Retrieved from Irish Statute Book on 3 August 2022.
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