| Dublin Rathdown | |
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| Dáil constituency | |
_2024.svg) Location of Dublin Rathdown withinCounty Dublin | |
 Interactive map of constituency boundaries since the2024 general election | |
| Major settlements | |
| Current constituency | |
| Created | 2016 |
| Seats |
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| TDs | |
| Local government area | Dún Laoghaire–Rathdown |
| EP constituency | Dublin |
Dublin Rathdown is aparliamentary constituency represented inDáil Éireann, the lower house of theIrish parliament orOireachtas, since the2016 general election. The constituency elects four deputies (Teachtaí Dála, commonly known as TDs) on the system ofproportional representation by means of thesingle transferable vote (PR-STV). It is in the western part of the county ofDún Laoghaire–Rathdown.
It was established by theElectoral (Amendment) (Dáil Constituencies) Act 2013 and first used at the2016 election.[1] It largely replaced the old constituency ofDublin South, with theelectoral divisions inDún Laoghaire–Rathdown of Cabinteely-Loughlinstown, Foxrock-Carrickmines, Foxrock-Torquay and Stillorgan-Leopardstown being transferred to theDún Laoghaire constituency; and the electoral divisions inSouth Dublin of Ballyboden, Edmondstown, Firhouse-Ballycullen, Firhouse-Knocklyon, Rathfarnham-Ballyroan, Rathfarnham-Butterfield, Rathfarnham-Hermitage, Rathfarnham-St. Enda's, Rathfarnham Village being transferred to theDublin South-West constituency. There was a minor boundary revision at the2020 general election.[2]
| Years | TDs | Boundaries |
|---|---|---|
| 2016–2020 | 3 | In the county of Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown the electoral divisions of: Ballinteer-Broadford, Ballinteer-Ludford, Ballinteer-Marley, Ballinteer-Meadowbroads, Ballinteer-Meadowmount, Ballinteer-Woodpark, Churchtown-Castle, Churchtown-Landscape, Churchtown-Nutgrove, Churchtown-Orwell, Churchtown-Woodlawn, Clonskeagh-Belfield, Clonskeagh-Farranboley, Clonskeagh-Milltown, Clonskeagh-Roebuck, Clonskeagh-Windy Arbour, Dundrum-Balally, Dundrum-Kilmacud, Dundrum-Sandyford, Dundrum-Sweetmount, Dundrum-Taney, Glencullen, Stillorgan-Deerpark, Stillorgan-Kilmacud, Stillorgan-Merville, Stillorgan-Mount Merrion, Tibradden.[1] |
| 2020– | 3 | In the county of Dún Laoghaire–Rathdown the electoral divisions of:
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The Constituency Review Report 2023 of theElectoral Commission recommended that at thenext general election Dublin Rathdown be increased to a four-seat constituency with the transfer of territory from Dún Laoghaire.[3][4]
TheElectoral (Amendment) Act 2023 defines the constituency as:[5]
"In the county of Dún Laoghaire–Rathdown, the electoral divisions of:
- Ballinteer-Broadford, Ballinteer-Ludford, Ballinteer-Marley, Ballinteer-Meadowbroads, Ballinteer-Meadowmount, Ballinteer-Woodpark, Churchtown-Castle, Churchtown-Landscape, Churchtown-Nutgrove, Churchtown-Orwell, Churchtown-Woodlawn, Clonskeagh-Belfield, Clonskeagh-Farranboley, Clonskeagh-Milltown, Clonskeagh-Roebuck, Clonskeagh-Windy Arbour, Dundrum-Balally, Dundrum-Kilmacud, Dundrum-Sandyford, Dundrum-Sweetmount, Dundrum-Taney, Foxrock-Carrickmines, Foxrock-Torquay, Glencullen, Stillorgan-Deerpark, Stillorgan-Kilmacud, Stillorgan-Leopardstown, Stillorgan-Merville, Stillorgan-Mount Merrion, Tibradden."
| Teachtaí Dála (TDs) for Dublin Rathdown 2016– | |||||||||
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Key to parties
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| Dáil | Election | Deputy (Party) | Deputy (Party) | Deputy (Party) | Deputy (Party) | ||||
| 32nd | 2016[6] | Catherine Martin (GP) | Shane Ross (Ind) | Josepha Madigan (FG) | 3 seats 2016–2024 | ||||
| 33rd | 2020[7] | Neale Richmond (FG) | |||||||
| 34th | 2024[8] | Sinéad Gibney (SD) | Maeve O'Connell (FG) | Shay Brennan (FF) | |||||
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.
^ *: Outgoing TD
| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | ||||
| Fine Gael | Neale Richmond[*] | 20.6 | 10,044 | ||||||||||
| Fine Gael | Maeve O'Connell | 13.1 | 6,375 | 6,573 | 6,599 | 6,620 | 6,858 | 7,440 | 7,615 | 8,123 | 8,218 | 9,752 | |
| Fianna Fáil | Shay Brennan | 12.1 | 5,913 | 5,943 | 5,978 | 5,993 | 6,823 | 7,199 | 7,601 | 7,908 | 8,096 | 8,999 | |
| Independent | Michael Fleming | 9.0 | 4,380 | 4,394 | 4,582 | 4,646 | 4,742 | 5,035 | 5,861 | 6,291 | 7,486 | 8,002 | |
| Social Democrats | Sinéad Gibney | 8.8 | 4,277 | 4,281 | 4,296 | 4,939 | 4,989 | 5,080 | 5,214 | 6,244 | 8,125 | 10,612 | |
| Green | Catherine Martin[*] | 8.5 | 4,146 | 4,161 | 4,175 | 4,262 | 4,330 | 4,472 | 4,560 | 5,480 | 5,881 | ||
| Sinn Féin | Shaun Tracey | 7.3 | 3,551 | 3,552 | 3,590 | 3,896 | 3,913 | 3,976 | 4,223 | 4,382 | |||
| Labour | Lettie McCarthy | 6.2 | 3,043 | 3,054 | 3,068 | 3,182 | 3,250 | 3,382 | 3,478 | ||||
| Aontú | Liam Coughlan | 3.7 | 1,808 | 1,809 | 2,041 | 2,075 | 2,097 | 2,267 | |||||
| Independent | Alan Shatter | 3.7 | 1,783 | 1,793 | 1,852 | 1,893 | 1,925 | ||||||
| Fianna Fáil | Elaine Dunne | 2.9 | 1,417 | 1,425 | 1,439 | 1,443 | |||||||
| PBP–Solidarity | Síomha Ní Aonghusa[a] | 2.7 | 1,336 | 1,336 | 1,351 | ||||||||
| National Party | Garrett McCafferty | 0.8 | 367 | 367 | |||||||||
| Independent | Kevin Daly | 0.5 | 253 | 253 | |||||||||
| Independent | Conor Murphy | 0.1 | 66 | 66 | |||||||||
| Electorate: 80,852 Valid: 48,759 Spoilt: 241 Quota: 9,752 Turnout: 49,000 (60.6%) | |||||||||||||
| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | ||||
| Green | Catherine Martin[*] | 21.1 | 8,958 | 9,171 | 9,431 | 9,949 | 11,444 | ||||
| Fine Gael | Neale Richmond | 15.9 | 6,743 | 6,789 | 6,887 | 6,926 | 7,461 | 8,675 | 8,950 | 9,704 | |
| Fine Gael | Josepha Madigan[*] | 15.3 | 6,482 | 6,555 | 6,603 | 6,624 | 6,964 | 7,835 | 8,065 | 8,677 | |
| Sinn Féin | Sorcha Nic Cormaic | 11.6 | 4,926 | 4,980 | 5,082 | 5,716 | 5,991 | 6,538 | 6,726 | ||
| Fianna Fáil | Shay Brennan | 10.7 | 4,549 | 5,118 | 5,532 | 5,599 | 5,913 | 6,904 | 7,054 | 8,277 | |
| Independent | Shane Ross[*] | 8.1 | 3,419 | 3,474 | 3,651 | 3,780 | 4,215 | ||||
| Labour | Lettie McCarthy | 7.5 | 3,179 | 3,242 | 3,328 | 3,519 | |||||
| Solidarity–PBP | Eoghan Ó Ceannabháin[a] | 3.5 | 1,498 | 1,597 | 1,680 | ||||||
| Aontú | Liam Coughlan | 3.3 | 1,413 | 1,450 | |||||||
| Fianna Fáil | Deirdre Conroy | 2.1 | 886 | ||||||||
| Independent | Patrick Noonan | 0.8 | 350 | ||||||||
| Electorate: 67,012 Valid: 42,403 Spoilt: 251 (0.6%) Quota: 10,601 Turnout: 42,654 (63.7%) | |||||||||||
| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | ||||
| Independent | Shane Ross[*] | 24.8 | 10,202 | 10,411 | |||||
| Fine Gael | Josepha Madigan | 16.2 | 6,668 | 6,835 | 7,180 | 7,290 | 8,579 | 9,488 | |
| Fine Gael | Alan Shatter[*] | 14.4 | 5,905 | 5,979 | 6,195 | 6,268 | 7,745 | 8,444 | |
| Fianna Fáil | Mary White | 10.3 | 4,220 | 4,325 | 4,761 | 5,165 | 5,463 | ||
| Green | Catherine Martin | 10.0 | 4,122 | 4,314 | 4,812 | 6,105 | 7,255 | 9,421 | |
| Labour | Alex White[*] | 9.8 | 4,048 | 4,080 | 4,258 | 4,436 | |||
| Sinn Féin | Sorcha Nic Cormaic | 7.0 | 2,858 | 2,896 | 3,076 | ||||
| Independent | Peter Mathews[*] | 4.9 | 2,021 | 2,241 | |||||
| Renua | Alan Daveron | 2.6 | 1,055 | ||||||
| Electorate: 62,340 Valid: 41,099 Spoilt: 226 (0.5%) Quota: 10,275 Turnout: 41,325 (66.3%) | |||||||||