| Meath West | |
|---|---|
| Dáil constituency | |
_2024.svg) Location of Meath West within Ireland | |
 Interactive map of constituency boundaries since the2024 general election | |
| Major settlements | |
| Current constituency | |
| Created | 2007 |
| Seats | 3 |
| TDs | |
| Local government areas | County Meath |
| EP constituency | Midlands–North-West |
Meath West is aparliamentary constituency represented inDáil Éireann, the lower house of theIrish parliament orOireachtas. The constituency elects three deputies (Teachtaí Dála, commonly known as TDs) on the system ofproportional representation by means of thesingle transferable vote (PR-STV).
The constituency was created under theElectoral (Amendment) Act 2005 when the previous 5-seatMeath constituency was divided into two 3-seat constituencies ofMeath East and Meath West.[1] It was first used at the2007 general election to the30th Dáil. The town ofKells was moved to Meath East at the2011 general election. The part ofCounty Westmeath in the constituency was moved toLongford–Westmeath at the2024 general election.
It spans the western portions ofCounty Meath, including the towns ofTrim andNavan.[2]
For the2024 general election, theElectoral (Amendment) Act 2023 defines the constituency as:[3]
"The county of Meath, except the parts thereof which are comprised in the constituencies of Louth and Meath East."
| Years | TDs | Boundaries | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2007–2011 | 3 | County Meath, except that part in the constituency ofMeath East, andCounty Westmeath, except that part in the constituency ofLongford–Westmeath.[1] | Created fromMeath andWestmeath[4] |
| 2011–2020 | 3 | County Meath, except the parts in the constituencies ofLouth and Meath East, and County Westmeath, except that part in the constituency of Longford–Westmeath.[5][6] | Ceanannas Mór Urban, and of Ceanannas Mór Rural, Maperath and Staholmog in the formerRural District of Kells. |
| 2020–2024 | 3 | County Meath, except the parts in the constituencies ofCavan–Monaghan,Louth and Meath East, and County Westmeath, except that part in the constituency of Longford–Westmeath.[9] | |
| 2024– | 3 | County Meath, except the parts in the constituencies of Louth and Meath East[3] | Transfer toLongford–Westmeath of[10] Ballinlough, Ballyhealy, Ballynaskeagh, Bracklin, Clonarney, Collinstown, Copperalley, Delvin, Faughalstown, Fore East, Fore West, Hilltown, Kilcumny, Killua, Killulagh, Kilpatrick, Kinturk, Riverdale, Rosmead in the formerRural District of Kells in County Westmeath. |
| Teachtaí Dála (TDs) for Meath West 2007– | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Key to parties
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| Dáil | Election | Deputy (Party) | Deputy (Party) | Deputy (Party) | |||
| 30th | 2007[11] | Johnny Brady (FF) | Noel Dempsey (FF) | Damien English (FG) | |||
| 31st | 2011[12] | Peadar Tóibín[a] (SF) | Ray Butler (FG) | ||||
| 32nd | 2016[13] | Shane Cassells (FF) | |||||
| 33rd | 2020[14] | Peadar Tóibín (Aon) | Johnny Guirke (SF) | ||||
| 34th | 2024[15] | Aisling Dempsey (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 | ||||
| Sinn Féin | Johnny Guirke[*] | 22.8 | 8,604 | 8,899 | 9,887 | |||
| Aontú | Peadar Tóibín[*] | 20.1 | 7,563 | 8,038 | 8,334 | 10,054 | ||
| Fianna Fáil | Aisling Dempsey | 17.3 | 6,535 | 6,683 | 7,116 | 8,454 | 8,806 | |
| Fine Gael | Linda Nelson Murray | 16.4 | 6,164 | 6,393 | 6,841 | 7,823 | 8,098 | |
| Independent | Noel French | 10.5 | 3,969 | 4,298 | 5,045 | |||
| Social Democrats | Ronan Moore | 6.7 | 2,542 | 3,244 | ||||
| Green | Séamus McMenamin | 1.5 | 568 | |||||
| PBP–Solidarity | Finbar Lynch[a] | 1.4 | 505 | |||||
| Labour | Sandy Gallagher | 1.1 | 420 | |||||
| Liberty Republic | Ben Gilroy | 1.1 | 416 | |||||
| The Irish People | Ian McGauley | 0.6 | 216 | |||||
| Independent | Damien Reilly | 0.5 | 203 | |||||
| Electorate: 65,148 Valid: 37,705 Spoilt: 230 Quota: 9,427 Turnout: 58.2% | ||||||||
| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | ||||
| Sinn Féin | Johnny Guirke | 30.5 | 12,652 | ||||||
| Aontú | Peadar Tóibín[*] | 17.6 | 7,322 | 8,249 | 8,616 | 9,075 | 9,714 | 11,410 | |
| Fianna Fáil | Shane Cassells[*] | 16.2 | 6,742 | 6,926 | 7,117 | 7,311 | 7,644 | 8,224 | |
| Fine Gael | Damien English[*] | 13.2 | 5,499 | 5,604 | 6,513 | 6,802 | 8,699 | 9,558 | |
| Fine Gael | Noel French | 7.1 | 2,952 | 3,006 | 3,361 | 3,534 | |||
| Social Democrats | Ronan Moore | 5.7 | 2,376 | 2,931 | 3,045 | 4,141 | 4,569 | ||
| Green | Séamus McMenamin | 4.7 | 1,935 | 2,224 | 2,380 | ||||
| Fine Gael | Sarah Reilly | 4.4 | 1,817 | 1,897 | |||||
| Renua | John Malone | 0.5 | 209 | 290 | |||||
| Electorate: 67,982 Valid: 41,504 Spoilt: 320 Quota: 10,377 Turnout: 61.5% | |||||||||
| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | ||||
| Fianna Fáil | Shane Cassells | 27.4 | 10,585 | ||||||
| Sinn Féin | Peadar Tóibín[*] | 24.5 | 9,442 | 9,713 | |||||
| Fine Gael | Damien English[*] | 21.0 | 8,123 | 8,333 | 8,376 | 8,785 | 8,880 | 10,371 | |
| Fine Gael | Ray Butler[*] | 11.5 | 4,432 | 4,519 | 4,552 | 4,853 | 4,904 | 5,841 | |
| Independent | Trevor Golden | 4.5 | 1,718 | 1,844 | 1,984 | 2,137 | 2,616 | ||
| Green | Séamus McMenamin | 3.7 | 1,421 | 1,519 | 1,587 | 1,807 | 2,178 | ||
| Direct Democracy | Alan Lawes | 3.3 | 1,279 | 1,310 | 1,380 | 1,440 | |||
| Labour | Tracy McElhinney | 3.0 | 1,166 | 1,229 | 1,241 | ||||
| Independent | John Malone | 1.1 | 439 | 486 | |||||
| Electorate: 64,600 Valid: 38,605 Spoilt: 315 Quota: 9,652 Turnout: 38,920 (60.3%) | |||||||||
| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | ||||
| Fine Gael | Damien English[*] | 23.1 | 9,290 | 9,609 | 10,122 | |||
| Sinn Féin | Peadar Tóibín | 17.4 | 6,989 | 7,421 | 7,711 | 8,155 | 9,112 | |
| Labour | Jenny McHugh | 13.5 | 5,432 | 5,852 | 6,040 | 6,794 | 7,798 | |
| Fine Gael | Ray Butler | 13.1 | 5,262 | 5,414 | 5,574 | 7,879 | 8,926 | |
| Fine Gael | Catherine Yore | 9.7 | 3,898 | 4,072 | 4,208 | |||
| Fianna Fáil | Johnny Brady[*] | 9.4 | 3,789 | 3,874 | 6,065 | 6,437 | ||
| Fianna Fáil | Shane Cassells | 8.7 | 3,496 | 3,631 | ||||
| Green | Fiona Irwin | 1.2 | 479 | |||||
| Independent | Stephen Ball | 1.2 | 475 | |||||
| Independent | Dáithí Stephens | 1.0 | 387 | |||||
| Independent | Ronan Carolan | 0.6 | 258 | |||||
| Christian Solidarity | Manus MacMeanmain | 0.6 | 234 | |||||
| Workers' Party | Séamus McDonagh | 0.5 | 189 | |||||
| Electorate: 62,776 Valid: 40,178 Spoilt: 413 (1.0%) Quota: 10,045 Turnout: 40,591 (64.7%) | ||||||||
| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | ||||
| Fianna Fáil | Noel Dempsey[*] | 29.7 | 12,006 | |||||||
| Fianna Fáil | Johnny Brady[*] | 21.9 | 8,868 | 10,178 | ||||||
| Fine Gael | Damien English[*] | 17.9 | 7,227 | 7,427 | 7,566 | 7,856 | 8,527 | 9,548 | 12,934 | |
| Sinn Féin | Joe Reilly | 11.3 | 4,567 | 4,697 | 4,803 | 5,024 | 5,187 | 5,588 | 6,015 | |
| Fine Gael | Peter Higgins | 8.0 | 3,234 | 3,335 | 3,424 | 3,534 | 3,960 | 4,379 | ||
| Labour | Brian Collins | 4.0 | 1,634 | 1,663 | 1,734 | 2,097 | 2,181 | |||
| Fine Gael | Graham Geraghty | 3.2 | 1,284 | 1,326 | 1,360 | 1,420 | ||||
| Green | Brian Flanagan | 2.5 | 1,011 | 1,047 | 1,194 | |||||
| Independent | Phil Cantwell | 1.3 | 506 | 544 | ||||||
| Fathers Rights | Paul Coleman | 0.3 | 127 | 130 | ||||||
| Electorate: 56,267 Valid: 40,464 Spoilt: 388 (0.9%) Quota: 10,117 Turnout: 40,852 (72.6%) | ||||||||||