2019 Dublin Fingal by-election

2019 Dublin Fingal by-election

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Turnout25,344 (25.6%)
 
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Nominee Joe O'Brien Lorraine Clifford-Lee Duncan Smith
Party Green Fianna Fáil Labour
First preferences 5,744 4,631 3,821
Percentage 22.9% 18.5% 15.2%
Final count 12,315 7,754 -

 
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Mulligan
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Nominee James Reilly Dean Mulligan Ann Graves
Party Fine Gael Inds. 4 Change Sinn Féin
First preferences 3,707 2,550 1,327
Percentage 14.8% 10.2% 5.3%
Final count - - -

 
Carey
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Brady
Nominee Tracey Carey Gemma O'Doherty Glenn Brady
Party Social Democrats Independent Independent
First preferences 1,106 1,026 670
Percentage 4.4% 4.1% 2.7%
Final count - - -

TD before election

Clare Daly
Inds. 4 Change

TD

Joe O'Brien
Green

A by-election was held in the Dáil Éireann Dublin Fingal constituency in Ireland on Friday, 29 November 2019, to fill the vacancy left by the election of Independents 4 Change TD Clare Daly to the European Parliament.

It was held on the same day as three other by-elections in Cork North-Central, Dublin Mid-West and Wexford.[1] The Electoral (Amendment) Act 2011 stipulates that a by-election in Ireland must be held within six months of a vacancy occurring.[2] The by-election writ was moved in the Dáil on 7 November 2019.[3][4]

At the 2016 general election, the electorate of Dublin Fingal was 93,486, and the constituency elected one Fianna Fáil TD, one Independents 4 Change TD, one Fine Gael TD, one Labour Party TD, and one Sinn Féin TD.[5]

The election was won by Fingal County Councillor Joe O'Brien of the Green Party. It was the first by-election won by a Green Party candidate. Karen Power was co-opted to O'Brien's seat on Fingal County Council following his election to the Dáil

Among the candidates were 2 Senators Lorraine Clifford-Lee and James Reilly and four Fingal County Councillors Ann Graves, Dean Mulligan, Joe O'Brien and Duncan Smith.

This was the first occasion when by-elections were contested by Independents 4 Change (who also contested Dublin Mid-West) and the Social Democrats (who also contested Cork North-Central and Dublin Mid-West).

  1. ^ "Four by-elections likely to take place in November". RTÉ News. 17 September 2019. Archived from the original on 27 September 2019. Retrieved 17 September 2019.
  2. ^ "Electoral (Amendment) Act 2011". Irish Statute Book. Archived from the original on 9 October 2014. Retrieved 17 September 2019.
  3. ^ "Writs moved for four Dáil by-elections". RTÉ News. 7 November 2019. Archived from the original on 7 November 2019. Retrieved 7 November 2019.
  4. ^ "Dáil Éireann debate - Thursday, 7 November 2019: Dublin Fingal By-election: Issue of Writ". Houses of the Oireachtas. Archived from the original on 9 November 2019. Retrieved 9 November 2019.
  5. ^ "Dublin Fingal – General Election: 26 February 2016". ElectionsIreland.org. Archived from the original on 27 March 2019. Retrieved 17 September 2019.