Mayo
Mayo
Dáil constituency
Current constituency
Seats 5 (1997–2016)4 (2016–2024)5 (2024–)
Local government area County Mayo Mayo is a parliamentary constituency represented in Dáil Éireann , the lower house of the Oireachtas (the Irish parliament). The constituency elects five deputies (Teachtaí Dála , commonly known as TDs) on the system of proportional representation by means of the single transferable vote (PR-STV). It includes the entirety of County Mayo .
History At the 2002 general election Fine Gael suffered its worst electoral performance ever, losing 23 seats nationally, a figure larger than expected and with its overall vote down 5%. Enda Kenny came close to losing his seat and even went so far as to prepare a concession speech. In the end, he won the third seat in the five-seat constituency.
At the 2011 general election , this was the constituency of Fine Gael leader Enda Kenny, who became Taoiseach after the election. Fine Gael won four out of five seats in Mayo at that election. This was the first time any party won four seats in any five-seat Dáíl constituency; the last time any party had won four seats in a Dáil constituency was in the era of six- and seven-seat constituencies.
Boundaries Mayo is the largest Dáil constituency in Ireland by area. Its largest towns are Castlebar , Ballina , Westport , Claremorris and Ballinrobe . It is defined by the Electoral (Amendment) Act 2023 as:
"The county of Mayo." The constituency was used for the first time at the 1997 general election and replaced the former constituencies of Mayo East and Mayo West .
Changes to the Mayo constituency Years TDs Boundaries Notes 1997–2016 5 The county of Mayo. Created from Mayo East and Mayo West . 2016–2020 4 The county of Mayo, except the part in the constituency of Galway West . Electoral divisions of Ballinrobe, Cong, Dalgan, Houndswood, Kilcommon, Kilmaine, Neale, Shrule, in the former Rural District of Ballinrobe, and Garrymore in the former Rural District of Claremorris, transferred to Galway West.2020–2024 4 Electoral divisions of Ballinrobe, Kilcommon and Garrymore transferred from Galway West 2024– 5 County Mayo Transfer of remaining area from Galway West
TDs Note: The columns in this table are used only for presentational purposes, and no significance should be attached to the order of columns. For details of the order in which seats were won at each election, see the detailed results of that election.
Elections ^ *: Outgoing TD
2024 general election 2024 general election: Mayo Party Candidate FPv% Count 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 Sinn Féin Rose Conway-Walsh 14.3 10,117 10,176 10,888 11,296 11,417 11,963 Fine Gael Alan Dillon 13.4 9,517 9,558 9,722 9,908 11,008 11,205 11,623 13,174 Fianna Fáil Dara Calleary 12.2 8,620 8,661 8,784 8,899 9,079 9,192 9,699 13,097 Fine Gael Mark Duffy 8.5 6,009 6,044 6,159 6,207 6,458 6,584 6,906 7,109 7,446 7,735 Fine Gael Keira Keogh 8.2 5,830 5,842 6,025 6,679 7,391 7,502 7,614 8,150 8,590 9,003 12,475 Fianna Fáil Lisa Chambers 7.9 5,584 5,605 5,774 6,011 6,316 6,412 6,709 Independent Patsy O'Brien 7.4 5,229 5,268 5,325 5,556 6,131 6,654 7,094 7,506 7,653 7,963 8,258 Aontú Paul Lawless 6.3 4,482 4,524 4,620 4,917 5,156 6,576 7,612 7,910 8,104 8,377 9,506 Sinn Féin Gerry Murray 5.1 3,600 3,616 3,798 3,887 3,942 4,091 Fine Gael Martina Jennings 4.9 3,488 3,499 3,571 3,632 Independent Stephen Kerr 4.6 3,289 3,361 3,454 3,659 3,684 Independent Ireland Chris Maxwell 3.5 2,488 2,555 2,616 PBP–Solidarity Joe Daly 1.7 1,199 1,206 Green Mícheál Ó Conaill 1.3 925 929 Independent Gerry Loftus 0.6 423 Independent Seán Forkin 0.1 66 Electorate: 112,205 Valid: 70,866 Spoilt: 451 Quota: 11,812 Turnout: 63.6%
2020 general election 2020 general election: Mayo Party Candidate FPv% Count 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Fine Gael Michael Ring 23.0 14,796 Sinn Féin Rose Conway-Walsh 22.7 14,633 Fianna Fáil Dara Calleary 14.2 9,163 9,377 9,671 9,874 10,429 11,130 13,636 Fianna Fáil Lisa Chambers 9.9 6,373 6,647 6,855 7,062 7,375 8,363 8,911 Fine Gael Michelle Mulherin 8.4 5,435 5,929 6,045 6,285 6,596 7,427 Fine Gael Alan Dillon 8.1 5,198 5,823 5,944 6,115 6,553 7,648 10,977 Green Saoirse McHugh 6.5 4,177 4,321 4,630 5,385 6,036 Aontú Paul Lawless 4.0 2,574 2,662 2,854 3,375 Solidarity–PBP Joe Daly 1.1 721 751 1,072 Independent Gerry Loftus 0.9 574 595 670 Labour Kamal Uddin 0.4 255 272 308 Irish Freedom Daithí Ó Fallamháin 0.4 246 252 279 Independent Gráinne de Barra 0.1 84 89 119 Independent Stephen Manning 0.1 65 68 82 Independent Seán Forkin 0.1 59 63 82 Electorate: 98,165 Valid: 64,353 Spoilt: 553 Quota: 12,871 Turnout: 64,906 (66.1%)
2016 general election 2016 general election: Mayo Party Candidate FPv% Count 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Fine Gael Enda Kenny 20.9 13,318 Fine Gael Michael Ring 17.7 11,275 11,533 11,534 11,545 11,558 11,567 11,613 12,034 13,149 Fianna Fáil Dara Calleary 14.8 9,402 9,417 9,419 9,432 9,441 9,450 9,495 9,933 10,425 12,150 Fianna Fáil Lisa Chambers 12.9 8,231 8,265 8,266 8,280 8,296 8,307 8,354 8,718 9,503 11,686 Fine Gael Michelle Mulherin 12.3 7,841 8,084 8,088 8,094 8,123 8,131 8,182 8,496 8,900 9,593 Sinn Féin Rose Conway-Walsh 10.1 6,414 6,423 6,423 6,445 6,453 6,485 6,548 7,022 7,853 Independent Jerry Cowley 5.5 3,479 3,495 3,504 3,513 3,523 3,553 3,668 4,375 Renua Michael Farrington 2.5 1,574 1,579 1,582 1,590 1,600 1,608 1,659 Green Margaret Sheehan 1.0 629 631 632 636 651 665 680 AAA–PBP Tom Moran 0.9 576 577 582 587 597 626 664 Independent George O'Malley 0.4 262 263 263 276 284 301 Independent Peter Jordan 0.3 176 176 181 189 192 197 Independent Stephen Manning 0.2 157 158 159 166 174 Independent Mohammad Kamal Uddin 0.2 144 146 149 150 Independent Gerry O'Boyle 0.2 126 127 130 Independent Seán Forkin 0.1 42 42 Electorate: 92,958 Valid: 63,646 Spoilt: 600 Quota: 12,730 Turnout: 69.1%
2011 general election 2011 general election: Mayo Party Candidate FPv% Count 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Fine Gael Enda Kenny 23.6 17,472 Fine Gael Michael Ring 17.8 13,180 Fine Gael Michelle Mulherin 11.9 8,851 10,814 11,110 11,434 11,577 11,672 12,162 13,303 Fine Gael John O'Mahony 11.7 8,667 10,290 10,511 10,688 10,864 11,004 11,340 12,111 Fianna Fáil Dara Calleary 11.6 8,577 8,745 8,775 8,969 9,063 11,602 12,222 12,997 Independent Michael Kilcoyne 5.4 3,996 4,641 4,715 4,947 5,128 5,462 6,137 7,379 Labour Jerry Cowley 4.9 3,644 3,955 4,037 4,294 4,529 4,714 5,899 Fianna Fáil Lisa Chambers 4.5 3,343 3,464 3,491 3,552 3,619 Sinn Féin Rose Conway-Walsh 3.6 2,660 2,752 2,813 2,939 4,367 4,527 Sinn Féin Thérèse Ruane 2.9 2,142 2,260 2,277 2,438 New Vision Martin Daly 1.2 893 919 926 Green John Carey 0.4 266 280 282 Independent Dermot McDonnell 0.3 216 237 238 Independent Loretta Clarke 0.3 218 226 228 Independent Seán Forkin 0.0 29 31 31 Electorate: 99,504 Valid: 74,154 Spoilt: 641 (0.9%) Quota: 12,360 Turnout: 74,795 (75.2%)
2007 general election 2007 general election: Mayo Party Candidate FPv% Count 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Fine Gael Enda Kenny 20.6 14,717 Fine Gael Michael Ring 16.0 11,412 12,441 Fianna Fáil Dara Calleary 10.1 7,225 7,248 7,251 7,438 7,699 8,803 9,345 11,269 Fine Gael John O'Mahony 9.6 6,869 7,544 7,759 8,003 8,717 8,855 9,587 13,736 Independent Beverley Flynn 9.5 6,779 7,131 7,212 7,387 8,043 9,322 10,684 11,250 Fianna Fáil John Carty 8.2 5,889 5,926 5,937 5,991 6,519 7,825 8,214 8,303 Fine Gael Michelle Mulherin 7.6 5,428 5,877 6,016 6,416 6,681 6,763 7,644 Fianna Fáil Frank Chambers 6.1 4,345 4,386 4,406 4,499 4,705 Sinn Féin Gerry Murray 5.1 3,608 3,660 3,668 3,845 Independent Jerry Cowley 4.8 3,407 3,487 3,529 3,910 4,784 5,342 Labour Harry Barrett 1.2 831 896 917 Green Peter Enright 0.8 580 594 597 Progressive Democrats Tommy Cooke 0.4 296 298 298 Electorate: 98,696 Valid: 71,386 Spoilt: 700 (1.0%) Quota: 11,898 Turnout: 72,086 (73.0%)
2002 general election 2002 general election: Mayo Party Candidate FPv% Count 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Fine Gael Michael Ring 15.6 9,880 10,045 10,384 10,576 10,907 Independent Jerry Cowley 13.7 8,709 9,213 9,808 10,573 11,128 Fianna Fáil Beverley Flynn 10.5 6,661 6,741 6,886 7,123 7,167 7,178 7,187 9,517 9,749 9,910 Fianna Fáil Tom Moffatt 10.3 6,536 6,749 6,892 7,084 7,521 7,661 7,697 8,625 8,878 9,187 Fianna Fáil John Carty 10.2 6,457 6,512 6,555 6,756 6,817 6,822 6,824 8,284 9,531 10,157 Fine Gael Jim Higgins 9.2 5,858 5,971 6,035 6,155 6,833 6,998 7,100 7,220 Fine Gael Enda Kenny 9.2 5,834 5,954 6,045 6,142 6,478 6,576 6,707 7,307 11,922 Fianna Fáil Frank Chambers 9.0 5,726 5,792 6,045 6,266 6,307 6,315 6,319 Fine Gael Ernie Caffrey 3.6 2,290 2,419 2,486 2,558 Sinn Féin Vincent Wood 3.3 2,085 2,181 2,274 Independent Michael Holmes 2.8 1,754 1,873 Progressive Democrats Billy Heffron 1.5 919 Green Ann Crowley 1.1 669 Independent Thomas King 0.2 102 Electorate: 94,854 Valid: 63,480 Spoilt: 790 (1.2%) Quota: 10,581 Turnout: 64,270 (67.8%)
1997 general election 1997 general election: Mayo Party Candidate FPv% Count 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Fine Gael Michael Ring 16.3 10,066 10,143 10,350 Fine Gael Enda Kenny 13.9 8,568 8,626 8,797 8,989 9,083 10,210 10,428 Fianna Fáil Beverley Cooper-Flynn 13.5 8,353 8,418 8,511 8,653 8,766 8,944 11,087 Fine Gael Jim Higgins 11.2 6,945 7,006 7,069 7,671 7,801 9,974 11,163 Fianna Fáil Séamus Hughes 11.0 6,791 6,859 6,953 7,008 7,092 7,151 8,169 8,395 Fianna Fáil Tom Moffatt 9.3 5,735 5,765 5,801 5,820 6,384 7,861 9,453 9,676 Fianna Fáil P. J. Morley 9.2 5,692 5,795 5,847 6,378 6,458 6,497 Fine Gael Ernie Caffrey 7.4 4,579 4,608 4,673 4,701 5,407 Independent Gerry Ginty 2.7 1,656 1,842 1,941 2,079 Independent Richard Finn 2.7 1,683 1,729 1,800 Green Ann Crowley 1.5 938 1,022 National Party Ciarán Sherry 1.2 733 Independent Cormac Connie Cullen 0.2 119 Electorate: 87,719 Valid: 61,858 Spoilt: 614 (1.0%) Quota: 10,310 Turnout: 62,472 (71.2%)
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