Wicklow

Wicklow

  • No of Seats: 5
  • No of Male Candidates: 22
  • No of Female Candidates: 2
  • Total number of GE11 candidates: 24
  • No of TDs standing: 4
  • No of Senators standing: 0
  • No of Councillors standing: 7
  • No of MEPs standing: 0
  • Population (2006): 130,356
  • Population per TD:  26,071.2
  • Average Population per TD: 25,541
  • Variance (from average): 530.2
  • % Variance: 2.08%

Candidates

  • Independent candidates, ULA and other small parties: Joe Behan TD, Cllr. Nicky Kelly, Peter Dempsey TC, Stephen Donnelly, Thomas Clarke, Eugene Finnegan, Michael Mulvihill, Charlie Keddy, Gerry Kinsella (FN), Pat Kavanagh TC (FN), Kevin Carroll, Anthony Fitzgerald, Donal Kiernan, Jim Tallon
  • Green Party Candidates: Niall Byrne
  • Labour: Anne Ferris, Cllr. Conall Kavanagh, Cllr. Tom Fortune
  • Sinn Fein Candidates: Cllr. John Brady
  • Fianna Fail Candidates: Dick Roche TD, Cllr. Pat Fitzgerald
  • Fine Gael Candidates: Billy Timmins TD, Andrew Doyle TD, Cllr. Simon Harris
  • Independent Candidates who previously ran for another party: Joe Behan FF, Nicky Kelly LB, Pat Kavanagh GP, Thomas Clarke PD, Charlie Keddy LB
  • Young Candidates (21-35):
  • Retired/Retiring TDs: Wicklow: Liz McManus LB

Opinion Polls

Red C-Sunday Business Post Poll (published 20-02-2011, adjusted to this constituency)

  • FF: 6.90%
  • FG: 25.30%
  • Lab: 21.00%
  • Green Party: 2.40%
  • Sinn Fein: 6.60%
  • Other: 37.60%

This translates to seats as follows (according to Adrian Kavanagh of http://geographyspecialinterestgroup.wordpress.com):

  • FF: 0
  • FG: 2
  • Lab: 1
  • Green Party: 0
  • Sinn Fein: 0
  • Other: 2

Sunday Independent Milward Brown Poll (published 20-02-2011 - adjusted to this constituency)

  • FF: 6.90%
  • FG: 23.80%
  • Lab: 24.50%
  • Green Party: 1.20%
  • Sinn Fein: 6.50%
  • Other: 37.20%

This translates to seats as follows (according to Adrian Kavanagh of http://geographyspecialinterestgroup.wordpress.com):

  • FF: 0
  • FG: 1
  • Lab: 2
  • Green Party: 0
  • Sinn Fein: 0
  • Other: 2

2007 Election Stats for Wicklow

  • Size of Electorate: 91,492
  • Total No. Votes: 65,479
  • No. of Valid votes: 64,925
  • No. of spoiled votes: 554
  • Quota: 10,821

Credits: Thanks to Adrian Kavanagh of NUI Maynooth who has created an excellent resource at this website. Other data is drawn from Oireachtas.ie, the Central Statistics Office and ElectionsIreland.org

Demographics, socio-economic indicators and other statistics based on 2006 Census (via CSO and Oireachtas.ie):