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A by-election was held in the Dáil Éireann Dublin West constituency in Ireland on Thursday 27 October 2011, [1] following the death of Fianna Fáil Teachta Dála (TD) and former Minister for Finance Brian Lenihan Jnr on 10 June 2011. [2] The 2011 Irish presidential election and two constitutional referendums were held on the same day.
Patrick Nulty of the Labour Party was elected after a prolonged count.
Thirteen candidates contested the by-election. [3] [4] Four were members of Fingal County Council: David McGuinness of Fianna Fáil, [5] Eithne Loftus of Fine Gael, [6] Patrick Nulty of the Labour Party, [7] and Ruth Coppinger of the Socialist Party. [8] The other party candidates were Paul Donnelly of Sinn Féin, [9] Roderic O'Gorman of the Green Party [10] and Peadar Ó Ceallaigh of Fís Nua. [3]
There were six independent candidates: Gary Bermingham, a satirical actor and artist; Benny Cooney, a FÁS employee; Brendan Doris, an architect; Barry Caesar Hunt, a contestant in The Apprentice reality television show in 2010; John Frank Kidd, a retired fire officer; and Jim Tallon, a farmer. [3] [4] [11]
Donnelly, McGuinness, Nulty and O'Gorman had all been unsuccessful candidates in this constituency at the general election in February 2011. [12] Bermingham, Cooney, Ó Ceallaigh and Tallon had been candidates in other constituencies at the same election. [4]
Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | |||||
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Labour | Patrick Nulty [7] | 24.3 | 8,665 | 8,885 | 10,186 | 13,027 | 17,636 | |
Fianna Fáil | David McGuinness [14] | 21.7 | 7,742 | 7,935 | 8,720 | 9,873 | 11,590 | |
Socialist Party | Ruth Coppinger [13] | 21.1 | 7,542 | 7,834 | 9,368 | 9,873 | ||
Fine Gael | Eithne Loftus [6] | 14.7 | 5,263 | 5,410 | 5,942 | |||
Sinn Féin | Paul Donnelly [15] | 8.9 | 3,173 | 3,309 | ||||
Green | Roderic O'Gorman [10] | 5.0 | 1,787 | 1,925 | ||||
Independent | Barry Caesar Hunt [11] | 2.2 | 775 | |||||
Independent | John Frank Kidd [3] | 0.9 | 311 | |||||
Independent | Gary Bermingham [3] | 0.5 | 185 | |||||
Independent | Brendan Doris [3] | 0.3 | 95 | |||||
Independent | Jim Tallon [3] | 0.2 | 73 | |||||
Independent | Benny Cooney [3] | 0.1 | 51 | |||||
Fís Nua | Peadar Ó Ceallaigh [3] | 0.1 | 40 | |||||
Electorate: 62,396 Valid: 35,702 Spoilt: 689 (1.9%) Quota: 17,852 Turnout: 36,391 (58.3%) |
A full recount was ordered after only 18 votes separated Socialist Party candidate Ruth Coppinger from Fianna Fáil candidate David McGuinness. [16] After the recount, both McGuinness and Coppinger had the same number of votes in the fourth count. Under electoral law Coppinger was eliminated, for McGuinness had more first-preference votes. [17] [18]
It was the first time since July 1982 – when Noel Treacy won a seat in Galway East – that a candidate of a governing party won a by-election. [19] The result left Fianna Fáil with no TDs in Dublin city and County. [20]
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A by-election was held in the Dáil Éireann Dublin West constituency in Ireland on Thursday 27 October 2011, [1] following the death of Fianna Fáil Teachta Dála (TD) and former Minister for Finance Brian Lenihan Jnr on 10 June 2011. [2] The 2011 Irish presidential election and two constitutional referendums were held on the same day.
Patrick Nulty of the Labour Party was elected after a prolonged count.
Thirteen candidates contested the by-election. [3] [4] Four were members of Fingal County Council: David McGuinness of Fianna Fáil, [5] Eithne Loftus of Fine Gael, [6] Patrick Nulty of the Labour Party, [7] and Ruth Coppinger of the Socialist Party. [8] The other party candidates were Paul Donnelly of Sinn Féin, [9] Roderic O'Gorman of the Green Party [10] and Peadar Ó Ceallaigh of Fís Nua. [3]
There were six independent candidates: Gary Bermingham, a satirical actor and artist; Benny Cooney, a FÁS employee; Brendan Doris, an architect; Barry Caesar Hunt, a contestant in The Apprentice reality television show in 2010; John Frank Kidd, a retired fire officer; and Jim Tallon, a farmer. [3] [4] [11]
Donnelly, McGuinness, Nulty and O'Gorman had all been unsuccessful candidates in this constituency at the general election in February 2011. [12] Bermingham, Cooney, Ó Ceallaigh and Tallon had been candidates in other constituencies at the same election. [4]
Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | |||||
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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | ||||
Labour | Patrick Nulty [7] | 24.3 | 8,665 | 8,885 | 10,186 | 13,027 | 17,636 | |
Fianna Fáil | David McGuinness [14] | 21.7 | 7,742 | 7,935 | 8,720 | 9,873 | 11,590 | |
Socialist Party | Ruth Coppinger [13] | 21.1 | 7,542 | 7,834 | 9,368 | 9,873 | ||
Fine Gael | Eithne Loftus [6] | 14.7 | 5,263 | 5,410 | 5,942 | |||
Sinn Féin | Paul Donnelly [15] | 8.9 | 3,173 | 3,309 | ||||
Green | Roderic O'Gorman [10] | 5.0 | 1,787 | 1,925 | ||||
Independent | Barry Caesar Hunt [11] | 2.2 | 775 | |||||
Independent | John Frank Kidd [3] | 0.9 | 311 | |||||
Independent | Gary Bermingham [3] | 0.5 | 185 | |||||
Independent | Brendan Doris [3] | 0.3 | 95 | |||||
Independent | Jim Tallon [3] | 0.2 | 73 | |||||
Independent | Benny Cooney [3] | 0.1 | 51 | |||||
Fís Nua | Peadar Ó Ceallaigh [3] | 0.1 | 40 | |||||
Electorate: 62,396 Valid: 35,702 Spoilt: 689 (1.9%) Quota: 17,852 Turnout: 36,391 (58.3%) |
A full recount was ordered after only 18 votes separated Socialist Party candidate Ruth Coppinger from Fianna Fáil candidate David McGuinness. [16] After the recount, both McGuinness and Coppinger had the same number of votes in the fourth count. Under electoral law Coppinger was eliminated, for McGuinness had more first-preference votes. [17] [18]
It was the first time since July 1982 – when Noel Treacy won a seat in Galway East – that a candidate of a governing party won a by-election. [19] The result left Fianna Fáil with no TDs in Dublin city and County. [20]