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Revision as of 21:29, 6 June 2020

For the 1885–1922 constituency, see West Mayo (UK Parliament constituency).

Mayo West
Former Dáil Éireann Parliamentary constituency
Former constituency
Created	1969
Abolished	1997
Seats	3
County/City council	County Mayo

Mayo West was a parliamentary constituency represented in Dáil Éireann, the lower house of the Irish parliament or Oireachtas from 1969 to 1997. The constituency was served by 3 deputies (Teachtaí Dála, commonly known in English as TDs). The method of election was the single transferable vote form of proportional representation (PR-STV).

History and boundaries

The constituency was created under the terms of the Electoral (Amendment) Act 1969, taking in parts of the former Mayo North and Mayo South constituencies, and included Ballinrobe, Belmullet, Castlebar and Westport. With effect from the 1997 general election it was combined with Mayo East to form a new five seat Mayo constituency.

TDs

Teachtaí Dála (TDs) for Mayo West 1969–1997
Key to parties FF = Fianna Fáil FG = Fine Gael
Dáil	Election	Deputy (Party)		Deputy (Party)		Deputy (Party)
19th	1969		Mícheál Ó Móráin (FF)		Joseph Lenehan (FF)		Henry Kenny (FG)
20th	1973		Denis Gallagher (FF)		Myles Staunton (FG)		Henry Kenny (FG)
20th	1975 by-election				Myles Staunton (FG)		Enda Kenny (FG)
21st	1977				Pádraig Flynn (FF)
22nd	1981
23rd	1982 (Feb)
24th	1982 (Nov)
25th	1987
26th	1989		Martin O'Toole (FF)
27th	1992		Séamus Hughes (FF)
27th	1994 by-election		Séamus Hughes (FF)		Michael Ring (FG)
28th	1997	Constituency abolished. See Mayo

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

1994 by-election

Following the resignation of Fianna Fáil TD Pádraig Flynn on his appointment as EU Commissioner, a by-election was held on 9 June 1994. The seat was won by the Fine Gael candidate Michael Ring.

1994 by-election: Mayo West
Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
Party		Candidate	FPv%	1	2
	Fianna Fáil	Beverley Cooper Flynn	37.7	10,967	13,639
	Fine Gael	Michael Ring	35.7	10,390	14,063
	Independent	Paddy McGuinness	21.6	6,275
	Labour	Johnny Mee	3.8	1,103
	Independent	Jerry Cowley	1.3	388
Electorate: 45,932 Valid: 29,123 Quota: 14,562 Turnout: 63.4%

1992 general election

1992 general election: Mayo West
Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
Party		Candidate	FPv%	1	2	3	4
	Fianna Fáil	Pádraig Flynn	32.5	9,629
	Fine Gael	Enda Kenny	20.9	6,210	6,664	6,727	7,656
	Fine Gael	Michael Ring	17.3	5,136	5,232	5,253	5,899
	Fianna Fáil	Séamus Hughes	14.8	4,401	5,519	6,267	7,319
	Independent	Paraic Cosgrove	11.7	3,478	3,687	3,943
	Fianna Fáil	Michael Goonan	2.7	803	1,140
Electorate: 43,472 Valid: 29,657 Spoilt: 389 (1.3%) Quota: 7,415 Turnout: 30,046 (69.1%)

1989 general election

1989 general election: Mayo West
Party		Candidate	FPv%	%	Seat
	Fianna Fáil	Pádraig Flynn	5,974	20.4	2
	Fine Gael	Enda Kenny	5,385	18.4	1
	Fianna Fáil	Martin O'Toole	5,379	18.4	3
	Independent	Frank Durcan	5,187	17.7
	Fianna Fáil	Paraic Cosgrove	3,804	13.0
	Fine Gael	Myles Staunton	3,572	12.2
Electorate: ? Valid: 29,301 Quota: 7,326 Turnout:

1987 general election

1987 general election: Mayo West
Party		Candidate	FPv%	%	Seat
	Fine Gael	Enda Kenny	7,410	24.5	3
	Fianna Fáil	Pádraig Flynn	7,198	23.8	2
	Fianna Fáil	Denis Gallagher	6,908	22.8	1
	Fine Gael	Patrick Durcan	5,683	18.8
	Fianna Fáil	Paraic Cosgrove	3,091	10.2
Electorate: ? Valid: 30,290 Quota: 7,573 Turnout:

November 1982 general election

November 1982 general election: Mayo West
Party		Candidate	FPv%	%	Seat
	Fine Gael	Enda Kenny	7,463	24.4	2
	Fianna Fáil	Denis Gallagher	7,251	23.7	1
	Fianna Fáil	Pádraig Flynn	6,348	20.7	3
	Fine Gael	Patrick Durcan	5,669	18.5
	Fianna Fáil	Paraic Cosgrove	2,619	8.6
	Labour	Johnny Mee	1,296	4.2
Electorate: ? Valid: 30,646 Quota: 7,662 Turnout:

February 1982 general election

February 1982 general election: Mayo West
Party		Candidate	FPv%	%	Seat	Count
	Fine Gael	Enda Kenny	7,908	25.8	1	1
	Fianna Fáil	Denis Gallagher	7,413	24.2	2
	Fianna Fáil	Pádraig Flynn	6,611	21.6	3
	Fine Gael	Patrick Durcan	3,739	12.2
	Fianna Fáil	Paraic Cosgrove	2,563	8.4
	Fine Gael	John Carey	1,769	5.8
	Labour	John Gibbons	620	2.0
Electorate: ? Valid: 30,623 Quota: 7,656 Turnout:

1981 general election

1981 general election: Mayo West
Party		Candidate	FPv%	%	Seat
	Fine Gael	Enda Kenny	8,458	26.3	1
	Fianna Fáil	Denis Gallagher	7,741	24.1	2
	Fianna Fáil	Pádraig Flynn	6,605	20.6	3
	Fine Gael	Patrick Durcan	4,312	13.4
	Fianna Fáil	Timothy Quinn	3,010	9.4
	Fine Gael	Patrick Kilbane	1,982	6.2
Electorate: ? Valid: 32,108 Quota: 8,028 Turnout:

1977 general election

1977 general election: Mayo West
Party		Candidate	FPv%	%	Seat	Count
	Fine Gael	Enda Kenny	9,457	28.7	1	1
	Fianna Fáil	Denis Gallagher	7,958	24.1	2
	Fianna Fáil	Pádraig Flynn	5,439	16.5	3
	Fine Gael	Myles Staunton	5,203	15.8
	Fianna Fáil	Timothy Quinn	3,704	11.2
	Independent	Basil Morahan	1,055	3.2
	Independent	Peter Keane	181	0.6
Electorate: ? Valid: 32,997 Quota: 8,250 Turnout:

1975 by-election

Following the death of Fine Gael TD Henry Kenny, a by-election was held on 12 November 1975. The seat was won by the Fine Gael candidate Enda Kenny, son of the deceased TD.

1975 by-election: Mayo West
Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
Party		Candidate	FPv%	1
	Fine Gael	Enda Kenny	52.8	15,584
	Fianna Fáil	Michael Joe McGreal	42.2	12,448
	Independent	Basil A. Morahan	5.0	1,481
Electorate: 38,249 Valid: 29,513 Quota: 14,757 Turnout: 77.16%

1973 general election

1973 general election: Mayo West
Party		Candidate	FPv%	%	Seat	Count
	Fine Gael	Myles Staunton	6,381	25.4	1	1
	Fine Gael	Henry Kenny	6,024	24.0	3
	Fianna Fáil	Mícheál Ó Móráin	4,971	19.8
	Fianna Fáil	Denis Gallagher	4,255	17.0	2
	Fianna Fáil	Joseph Lenehan	3,475	13.8
Electorate: ? Valid: 25,106 Quota: 6,277 Turnout:

1969 general election

1969 general election: Mayo West
Party		Candidate	FPv%	%	Seat
	Fine Gael	Henry Kenny	6,246	24.7	1
	Fianna Fáil	Mícheál Ó Móráin	5,943	23.5	2
	Fine Gael	Myles Staunton	3,891	15.4
	Fianna Fáil	Joseph Lenehan	3,817	15.1	3
	Fianna Fáil	Denis Gallagher	3,591	14.2
	Fine Gael	Eamonn Carey	1,314	5.2
	Labour	Michael Reilly	445	1.8
Electorate: ? Valid: 25,247 Quota: 6,312 Turnout:

References

"Electoral (Amendment) Act, 1969: Schedule (Constituencies)". Irish Statute Book database. Archived from the original on 15 October 2013. Retrieved 12 February 2009.
Walker, Brian M, ed. (1992). Parliamentary election results in Ireland, 1918–92. Dublin: Royal Irish Academy. ISBN 0-901714-96-8. ISSN 0332-0286.
^ "General election 1969: Mayo West". ElectionsIreland.org. Retrieved 24 September 2010.
^ "General election 1973: Mayo West". ElectionsIreland.org. Retrieved 24 September 2010.
"By-election 1975: Mayo West". ElectionsIreland.org. Retrieved 24 September 2010.
^ "General election 1977: Mayo West". ElectionsIreland.org. Retrieved 24 September 2010.
^ "General election 1981: Mayo West". ElectionsIreland.org. Retrieved 24 September 2010.
^ "General election February 1982: Mayo West". ElectionsIreland.org. Retrieved 24 September 2010.
^ "General election November 1982: Mayo West". ElectionsIreland.org. Retrieved 24 September 2010.
^ "General election 1987: Mayo West". ElectionsIreland.org. Retrieved 24 September 2010.
^ "General election 1989: Mayo West". ElectionsIreland.org. Retrieved 24 September 2010.
^ "General election 1992: Mayo West". ElectionsIreland.org. Retrieved 13 February 2009.
^ "By-election 1994: Mayo West". ElectionsIreland.org. Retrieved 13 February 2009.
{{cite book |last=Gallagher |first=Michael |author-link=Michael Gallagher (academic) |date=2009 |title=Irish Elections 1948-77: Results and Analysis Sources for the Study of Irish Politics 2 |publisher=Routledge |isbn=9781138973343

External links

Oireachtas Members Database

Parliamentary constituencies in County Mayo

Parliament of Ireland
to 1800

County Mayo (????–1800)
Castlebar (1614–1800)

Westminster 1801–1922
and First Dáil 1918

Mayo (1801–1885)
East Mayo (1885–1922)
North Mayo (1885–1922)
South Mayo (1885–1922)
West Mayo (1885–1922)

Dáil Éireann
1918–present

Historic	Mayo North and West (1921–1923) Mayo South–Roscommon South (1921–1923) Sligo–Mayo East (1921–1923) Mayo North (1923–1969) Mayo South (1923–1969) Mayo East (1969–1997) Mayo West (1969–1997)
Current	Mayo (1997–) Galway West (2016–)

European Parliament
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Connacht–Ulster (1979–2004)
North-West (2004–2014)
Midlands–North-West (2014–)

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