Kerry North-West Limerick
Kerry North-West Limerick
- No of Seats: 3
- No of Male Candidates: 9
- No of Female Candidates: 2
- Total number of GE11 candidates: 11
- No of TDs standing: 3
- No of Senators standing: 0
- No of Councillors standing: 2
- No of MEPs standing: 0
- No of Seats: 3
- Population (2006): 77492
- Population per TD: 25831
- Average Population per TD: 25541
- Variance (from average): 290
- % Variance: 1.13%
Sources of data: CSO, Oireachtas.ie, Dr Adrian Kavanagh (NUI Maynooth), ElectionsIreland.org, Electoral Commission, Ipsos/MRBI - Irish Times, Red C.
Candidates
- Independent candidates, ULA and other small parties: Mary Fitzgibbon, Bridget O'Brien, Mick Reidy (NV), John McKenna, Sam Locke
- Green Party candidates: Tom Donovan
- Labour Party candidates: Cllr. Arthur Spring
- Sinn Fein candidates: Martin Ferris TD
- Fianna Fail candidates: Tom McEllistrim TD
- Fine Gael candidates: Jimmy Deenihan TD, Cllr. John Sheahan
- Independent candidates who previously ran for another party:
- Young candidates (21-35):
- Retired/Retiring TDs: none
Opinion Polls
Red C-Sunday Business Post Poll (published 20-02-2011, adjusted to this constituency):
- FF: 10.10%
- FG: 38.60%
- Lab: 15.30%
- Green Party: 0.70%
- Sinn Fein: 29.60%
- Other: 5.60%
This translates to seats as follows (according to Adrian Kavanagh of http://geographyspecialinterestgroup.wordpress.com):
- FF: 0
- FG: 2
- Lab: 0
- Green Party: 0
- Sinn Fein: 1
- Other: 0
Sunday Independent Milward Brown Poll (published 20-02-2011 - adjusted to this constituency):
- FF: 10.10%
- FG: 36.50%
- Lab: 18.00%
- Green Party: 0.30%
- Sinn Fein: 29.50%
- Other: 5.60%
This translates to seats as follows (according to Adrian Kavanagh of http://geographyspecialinterestgroup.wordpress.com):
- FF: 0
- FG: 2
- Lab: 0
- Green Party: 0
- Sinn Fein: 1
- Other: 0
2007 Election Stats (Kerry North)
- Size of electorate: 56,216
- Total no. votes: 39,647
- No. of valid votes: 39,313
- No. of spoiled votes: 334
- Quota: 9,829