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East (European Parliament constituency)

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Former European Parliament constituency

Not to be confused withEast of England (European Parliament constituency) orEast France (European Parliament constituency).

East
European Parliament constituency
Location within Europe
East shown within Ireland (2009–2014 boundaries)
Member state	Ireland
Created	2004
Dissolved	2014
MEPs	3
Sources
[1]

East was aEuropean Parliament constituency in Ireland. It elected 3Members of the European Parliament (MEPs) on theelectoral system ofproportional representation by means of thesingle transferable vote (PR-STV).

History and boundaries

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The constituency was created for the 2004 election and was a successor to the constituency ofLeinster. From 2004 to 2009, it comprised theLeinster counties excluding theDublin constituency. For the 2009 election, the counties ofLongford andWestmeath were transferred from East to theNorth-West constituency. It then comprised the countiesCarlow,Kildare,Kilkenny,Laois,Louth,Meath,Offaly,Wexford andWicklow.^[1]

For the2014 European Parliament election the constituency was abolished, with the northern part (Kildare, Laois, Louth, Meath, Offaly) transferred to the newMidlands–North-West constituency, and the southern part (Carlow, Kilkenny, Wexford, Wicklow) transferred to theSouth constituency.^[2]

MEPs

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Members of the European Parliament (MEPs) for East 2004–2014
Key to parties FF =Fianna Fáil FG =Fine Gael Lab =Labour
Parl.	Election	Member (Party)		Member (Party)		Member (Party)
6th	2004^[3]		Mairead McGuinness (FG)		Liam Aylward (FF)		Avril Doyle (FG)
7th	2009^[4]		Mairead McGuinness (FG)		Liam Aylward (FF)		Nessa Childers (Lab)
8th	2014	Constituency abolished. SeeMidlands–North-West andSouth.

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

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^ *: Outgoing MEP elected at the previous election.

2009 election

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2009 European Parliament election: East (3 seats)^[4]^[5]
Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
Party		Candidate	FPv%	1	2	3	4	5	6	7
	Fine Gael	Mairead McGuinness^[*]	25.7	110,366
	Labour	Nessa Childers	18.3	78,338	78,914	80,145	84,198	86,654	89,355	102,220
	Fianna Fáil	Liam Aylward^[*]	17.4	74,666	74,866	75,124	76,295	77,044	99,236	103,605
	Fine Gael	John Paul Phelan	14.4	61,851	63,590	64,169	67,972	69,608	70,846	76,960
	Fianna Fáil	Thomas Byrne	7.2	31,112	31,264	31,480	32,276	33,383
	Sinn Féin	Kathleen Funchion	6.2	26,567	26,647	27,132	29,305	43,085	44,422
	Sinn Féin	Tomás Sharkey	4.9	20,932	21,034	21,461	23,954
	Libertas	Raymond O'Malley	4.3	18,557	18,728	19,396
	Independent	Paddy Garvey	0.7	2,934	2,945
	Independent	Jim Tallon	0.6	2,412	2,425
	Independent	Micheál E. Grealy	0.4	1,514	1,523
Electorate: 778,502 Valid: 429,249 Spoilt: 13,042 (2.9%) Quota: 107,313 Turnout: 442,291 (56.8%)

2004 election

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2004 European Parliament election: East (3 seats)^[3]
Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
Party		Candidate	FPv%	1	2	3	4	5	6	7
	Fine Gael	Mairead McGuinness	25.2	114,249
	Fine Gael	Avril Doyle^[*]	15.3	69,511	70,056	71,159	74,429	80,523	86,220	91,046
	Fianna Fáil	Liam Aylward	15.1	68,206	68,271	68,756	70,735	73,217	78,126	110,758
	Labour	Peter Cassells	13.1	59,158	59,264	60,231	63,119	70,509	79,901	83,981
	Fianna Fáil	Séamus Kirk	10.0	45,454	45,514	46,173	47,869	49,629	53,933
	Sinn Féin	John Dwyer	8.7	39,356	39,386	40,258	43,021	46,547
	Green	Mary White	5.6	25,576	25,644	27,093	30,437
	Independent	Justin Barrett	2.4	10,997	11,019	12,023
	Independent	Clifford T. Reid	2.4	10,692	10,718	12,032
	Fathers Rights	Liam Ó Gógáin	0.8	3,407	3,418
	Independent	Seanán Ó Coistín	0.7	3,130	3,141
	Independent	Eoin Dubsky	0.4	1,955	1,960
	Independent	Joe Neal	0.3	1,487	1,492
Electorate: 806,598 Valid: 453,178 Spoilt: 18,717 (3.9%) Quota: 113,295 Turnout: 471,895 (58.5%)

References

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^Electoral (Amendment) Act 2009, s. 8 (No. 4 of 2009, s. 8). Act of theOireachtas. Retrieved fromIrish Statute Book on 28 September 2010.
^"Report on European Parliament Constituencies 2013"(PDF).Constituency Commission. 25 September 2013.Archived(PDF) from the original on 23 January 2021. Retrieved25 September 2013.
^^a ^b"2004 European Parliament election – East constituency".ElectionsIreland.org.Archived from the original on 17 December 2007. Retrieved22 March 2009.
^^a ^b"2009 European Parliament election – East constituency".ElectionsIreland.org.Archived from the original on 22 January 2021. Retrieved21 April 2009.
^"Nominations close for Europe elections".RTÉ News. 11 May 2009.Archived from the original on 23 May 2014. Retrieved12 May 2009.

External links

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East MEPs – European Parliament Office in Ireland

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