Johnny Mythen

Johnny Mythen
TD
Mythen in 2020
Teachta Dála
Incumbent
Assumed office
February 2020
ConstituencyWexford
Personal details
Born1958 or 1959 (age 65–66)[1]
Wexford, Ireland
Political partySinn Féin

Johnny Mythen (/ˈmaɪðən/) (born 1958/1959) is an Irish Sinn Féin politician who has been a Teachta Dála (TD) for the Wexford constituency since the 2020 general election.[2]

He is a former ESB worker and trade union representative.[3] He was elected to Wexford County Council in 2014 for the Enniscorthy local electoral area, serving for five years before losing his seat. He previously contested the 2016 general election in the Wexford constituency, but narrowly missed out on the last seat by a margin of 52 votes.[4] Mythen also contested the 2019 Wexford by-election, receiving 4,125 votes (10.3%) and being eliminated on the third count.

At the general election in February 2020, Mythen stood again in Wexford. He won 24.9% of the first preference votes and was elected on the first count.[5][6]

  1. ^ "Election 2020: Johnny Mythen (Sinn Féin)". Irish Times. 10 February 2020. Archived from the original on 18 March 2023. Retrieved 8 June 2023.
  2. ^ "Johnny Mythen". Oireachtas Members Database. Archived from the original on 15 February 2020. Retrieved 15 February 2020.
  3. ^ "Election 2020: Johnny Mythen". TheJournal.ie. 9 February 2020.
  4. ^ Hayden, Esther (29 February 2016). "Kehoe survives recount as Mythen concedes defeat". Wexford People. Archived from the original on 21 June 2021. Retrieved 9 February 2020.
  5. ^ Gallagher, Conor (10 February 2020) [9 February 2020]. "Wexford results: Verona Murphy elected on 11th count". The Irish Times. Dublin. Archived from the original on 21 June 2021. Retrieved 20 June 2021.
  6. ^ "Election 2020: Wexford". The Irish Times. Dublin. 10 February 2020. Archived from the original on 21 June 2021. Retrieved 21 June 2021.