Cork North-Central

Cork North-Central

  • No of Seats: 4
  • No of Male Candidates: 14
  • No of Female Candidates: 1
  • Total number of GE11 candidates: 15
  • No of sitting TDs: 2
  • No of sitting Senators: 0
  • No of sitting Councillors: 6
  • No of sitting MEPs: 0
  • Population (2006): 100,180
  • Population per TD*: 25,045
  • Average Population per TD*: 25541
  • Variance (from average): -496
  • % Variance: -1.94%

Candidates

  • Independent candidates, ULA and other small parties: Cllr. Mick Barry (SP-ULA), Padraig O'Sullivan (NV), Cllr. Ted Tyan (WP), John Adams (TPC), Fergus O'Rourke, Benjamin Ashu-Arrah, Kevin Conway, Harry Rea (CSP)
  • Green Party Candidates: Ken Walsh
  • Labour Candidates: Kathleen Lynch TD, Cllr. John Gilroy
  • Sinn Fein Candidates: Cllr. Jonathan O'Brien
  • Fianna Fail Candidates: Billy Kelleher TD
  • Fine Gael Candidates: Cllr. Pat Burton, Cllr. Dara Murphy
  • Independent Candidates who previously ran for another party:
  • Young Candidates (21-35):
  • Retired/Retiring TDs: Cork North Central: Bernard Allen (FG), Noel O'Flynn (FF)

Polls

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

  • FF: 11.80%
  • FG: 33.90%
  • Lab: 17.80%
  • Green Party: 1.30%
  • Sinn Fein: 12.10%
  • Other: 23.00%

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: 1

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

  • FF: 11.80%
  • FG: 31.90%
  • Lab: 20.80%
  • Green Party: 0.60%
  • Sinn Fein: 12.10%
  • Other: 22.80%

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: 1

2007 Election Stats Cork for North-Central

  • Size of Electorate: 67,777
  • Total No. Votes: 42,818
  • No. of Valid votes: 42,347
  • No. of spoiled votes: 471
  • Quota: 8,470

Constituency Polls

Source: Ipsos/MRBI - Irish Times

  • Kathleen Lynch LAB 18
  • Johnatan O'Brien SF 16
  • Mick Barry Socialist party 13
  • Billy Kelleher FF 13
  • Dara Murphy FG 11
  • Pat Burton FG 10
  • John Gilroy LAB 10
  • Ted Tynan Workers Party 4
  • Kevin Conway IND 2
  • Pádraig O'Sullivan IND 1
  • John Adams IND 1
  • Ken Walsh GP 1
  • Benjamin Ashu Ashu-Arrah IND -
  • Harry Rea Christian Solidarity -
  • Fergus O'Rourke IND - 

Source: Red C Research

  • Kathleen Lynch (LAB) 19
  • Billy Kelleher (FF) 15
  • John Gilroy (LAB) 14
  • Dara Murphy (FG) 13
  • Pat Burton (FG) 12
  • Jonathan O'Brien (SF) 12
  • Mick Barry (SP) 11
  • Ted Tynan (WP) 2
  • Padraig O'Sullivan (IND) 1
  • Kevin Conway (IND) 1
  • Ken Walsh (GP) 0
  • Fergus O'Rourke (IND) 0

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):