Dublin Rathdown (Dáil constituency)

Dublin Rathdown is a parliamentary constituency represented in Dáil Éireann, the lower house of the Irish parliament or Oireachtas, since the 2016 general election. The constituency elects four deputies (Teachtaí Dála, commonly known as TDs) on the system of proportional representation by means of the single transferable vote (PR-STV). It is in the western part of the county of Dún Laoghaire–Rathdown.

Dublin Rathdown
Dáil constituency
Location of Dublin Rathdown within County Dublin
Interactive map of constituency boundaries since the 2024 general election
Major settlements	Ballinteer Churchtown Clonskeagh Dundrum Stillorgan
Current constituency
Created	2016
Seats	3 (2016–2024) 4 (2024–)
TDs	Shay Brennan (FF)   Sinéad Gibney (SD)   Maeve O'Connell (FG)   Neale Richmond (FG)
Local government area	Dún Laoghaire–Rathdown
EP constituency	Dublin

History and boundaries

It was established by the Electoral (Amendment) (Dáil Constituencies) Act 2013 and first used at the 2016 election.^[1] It largely replaced the old constituency of Dublin South, with the electoral divisions in Dún Laoghaire–Rathdown of Cabinteely-Loughlinstown, Foxrock-Carrickmines, Foxrock-Torquay and Stillorgan-Leopardstown being transferred to the Dún Laoghaire constituency; and the electoral divisions in South Dublin of Ballyboden, Edmondstown, Firhouse-Ballycullen, Firhouse-Knocklyon, Rathfarnham-Ballyroan, Rathfarnham-Butterfield, Rathfarnham-Hermitage, Rathfarnham-St. Enda's, Rathfarnham Village being transferred to the Dublin South-West constituency. There was a minor boundary revision at the 2020 general election.^[2]

Changes to the Dublin Rathdown constituency

Years	TDs	Boundaries
2016–2020	3	In the county of Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown the electoral divisions of: Ballinteer-Broadford, Ballinteer-Ludford, Ballinteer-Marley, Ballinteer-Meadowbroads, Ballinteer-Meadowmount, Ballinteer-Woodpark, Churchtown-Castle, Churchtown-Landscape, Churchtown-Nutgrove, Churchtown-Orwell, Churchtown-Woodlawn, Clonskeagh-Belfield, Clonskeagh-Farranboley, Clonskeagh-Milltown, Clonskeagh-Roebuck, Clonskeagh-Windy Arbour, Dundrum-Balally, Dundrum-Kilmacud, Dundrum-Sandyford, Dundrum-Sweetmount, Dundrum-Taney, Glencullen, Stillorgan-Deerpark, Stillorgan-Kilmacud, Stillorgan-Merville, Stillorgan-Mount Merrion, Tibradden.[1]
2020–	3	In the county of Dún Laoghaire–Rathdown the electoral divisions of: Ballinteer-Broadford, Ballinteer-Ludford, Ballinteer-Marley, Ballinteer-Meadowbroads, Ballinteer-Meadowmount, Ballinteer-Woodpark, Churchtown-Castle, Churchtown-Landscape, Churchtown-Nutgrove, Churchtown-Orwell, Churchtown-Woodlawn, Clonskeagh-Belfield, Clonskeagh-Farranboley, Clonskeagh-Milltown, Clonskeagh-Roebuck, Clonskeagh-Windy Arbour, Dundrum-Balally, Dundrum-Kilmacud, Dundrum-Sandyford, Dundrum-Sweetmount, Dundrum-Taney, Stillorgan-Deerpark, Stillorgan-Kilmacud, Stillorgan-Merville, Stillorgan-Mount Merrion, Tibradden; and the electoral division of Glencullen except for that part that is in the constituency of Dún Laoghaire [that part that lies to the east of the M50 Motorway and to the south of the N31 and the Leopardstown Road].[2]

The Constituency Review Report 2023 of the Electoral Commission recommended that at the next general election Dublin Rathdown be increased to a four-seat constituency with the transfer of territory from Dún Laoghaire.^[3][4]

The Electoral (Amendment) Act 2023 defines the constituency as:^[5]

"In the county of Dún Laoghaire–Rathdown, the electoral divisions of:

Ballinteer-Broadford, Ballinteer-Ludford, Ballinteer-Marley, Ballinteer-Meadowbroads, Ballinteer-Meadowmount, Ballinteer-Woodpark, Churchtown-Castle, Churchtown-Landscape, Churchtown-Nutgrove, Churchtown-Orwell, Churchtown-Woodlawn, Clonskeagh-Belfield, Clonskeagh-Farranboley, Clonskeagh-Milltown, Clonskeagh-Roebuck, Clonskeagh-Windy Arbour, Dundrum-Balally, Dundrum-Kilmacud, Dundrum-Sandyford, Dundrum-Sweetmount, Dundrum-Taney, Foxrock-Carrickmines, Foxrock-Torquay, Glencullen, Stillorgan-Deerpark, Stillorgan-Kilmacud, Stillorgan-Leopardstown, Stillorgan-Merville, Stillorgan-Mount Merrion, Tibradden."

TDs

Teachtaí Dála (TDs) for Dublin Rathdown 2016–
Key to parties   FF = Fianna Fáil   FG = Fine Gael   GP = Green   Ind = Independent   SD = Social Democrats
Dáil	Election	Deputy (Party)		Deputy (Party)		Deputy (Party)		Deputy (Party)
32nd	2016[6]		Catherine Martin (GP)		Shane Ross (Ind)		Josepha Madigan (FG)	3 seats 2016–2024
33rd	2020[7]				Neale Richmond (FG)
34th	2024[8]		Sinéad Gibney (SD)				Maeve O'Connell (FG)		Shay Brennan (FF)

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: Dublin Rathdown^[8][9]

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10
	Fine Gael	Neale Richmond[*]	20.6	10,044
	Fine Gael	Maeve O'Connell	13.1	6,375	6,573	6,599	6,620	6,858	7,440	7,615	8,123	8,218	9,752
	Fianna Fáil	Shay Brennan	12.1	5,913	5,943	5,978	5,993	6,823	7,199	7,601	7,908	8,096	8,999
	Independent	Michael Fleming	9.0	4,380	4,394	4,582	4,646	4,742	5,035	5,861	6,291	7,486	8,002
	Social Democrats	Sinéad Gibney	8.8	4,277	4,281	4,296	4,939	4,989	5,080	5,214	6,244	8,125	10,612
	Green	Catherine Martin[*]	8.5	4,146	4,161	4,175	4,262	4,330	4,472	4,560	5,480	5,881
	Sinn Féin	Shaun Tracey	7.3	3,551	3,552	3,590	3,896	3,913	3,976	4,223	4,382
	Labour	Lettie McCarthy	6.2	3,043	3,054	3,068	3,182	3,250	3,382	3,478
	Aontú	Liam Coughlan	3.7	1,808	1,809	2,041	2,075	2,097	2,267
	Independent	Alan Shatter	3.7	1,783	1,793	1,852	1,893	1,925
	Fianna Fáil	Elaine Dunne	2.9	1,417	1,425	1,439	1,443
	PBP–Solidarity	Síomha Ní Aonghusa[a]	2.7	1,336	1,336	1,351
	National Party	Garrett McCafferty	0.8	367	367
	Independent	Kevin Daly	0.5	253	253
	Independent	Conor Murphy	0.1	66	66
Electorate: 80,852   Valid: 48,759   Spoilt: 241   Quota: 9,752   Turnout: 49,000 (60.6%)

1. Ní Aonghusa is a member of People Before Profit.

2020 general election

2020 general election: Dublin Rathdown^[7][10][11]

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8
	Green	Catherine Martin[*]	21.1	8,958	9,171	9,431	9,949	11,444
	Fine Gael	Neale Richmond	15.9	6,743	6,789	6,887	6,926	7,461	8,675	8,950	9,704
	Fine Gael	Josepha Madigan[*]	15.3	6,482	6,555	6,603	6,624	6,964	7,835	8,065	8,677
	Sinn Féin	Sorcha Nic Cormaic	11.6	4,926	4,980	5,082	5,716	5,991	6,538	6,726
	Fianna Fáil	Shay Brennan	10.7	4,549	5,118	5,532	5,599	5,913	6,904	7,054	8,277
	Independent	Shane Ross[*]	8.1	3,419	3,474	3,651	3,780	4,215
	Labour	Lettie McCarthy	7.5	3,179	3,242	3,328	3,519
	Solidarity–PBP	Eoghan Ó Ceannabháin[a]	3.5	1,498	1,597	1,680
	Aontú	Liam Coughlan	3.3	1,413	1,450
	Fianna Fáil	Deirdre Conroy	2.1	886
	Independent	Patrick Noonan	0.8	350
Electorate: 67,012   Valid: 42,403   Spoilt: 251 (0.6%)   Quota: 10,601   Turnout: 42,654 (63.7%)

1. Ó Ceannabháin was a member of People Before Profit.

2016 general election

2016 general election: Dublin Rathdown^[12][13][6]

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6
	Independent	Shane Ross[*]	24.8	10,202	10,411
	Fine Gael	Josepha Madigan	16.2	6,668	6,835	7,180	7,290	8,579	9,488
	Fine Gael	Alan Shatter[*]	14.4	5,905	5,979	6,195	6,268	7,745	8,444
	Fianna Fáil	Mary White	10.3	4,220	4,325	4,761	5,165	5,463
	Green	Catherine Martin	10.0	4,122	4,314	4,812	6,105	7,255	9,421
	Labour	Alex White[*]	9.8	4,048	4,080	4,258	4,436
	Sinn Féin	Sorcha Nic Cormaic	7.0	2,858	2,896	3,076
	Independent	Peter Mathews[*]	4.9	2,021	2,241
	Renua	Alan Daveron	2.6	1,055
Electorate: 62,340   Valid: 41,099   Spoilt: 226 (0.5%)   Quota: 10,275   Turnout: 41,325 (66.3%)

See also

• Elections in the Republic of Ireland
• Politics of the Republic of Ireland
• List of Dáil by-elections
• List of political parties in the Republic of Ireland