Longford–Roscommon (Dáil Éireann constituency)

Longford–Roscommon
Former Dáil Éireann Parliamentary Constituency
Former constituency
Created	1992
Abolished	2007
Seats	4
County/City council	County Longford County Roscommon

Longford–Roscommon was a parliamentary constituency represented in Dáil Éireann, the lower house of the Irish parliament or Oireachtas from 1992 to 2007. The constituency was served by 4 deputies (Teachtaí Dála, commonly known as TDs). The method of election was the single transferable vote form of proportional representation (PR-STV).

History and boundaries

The Longford–Roscommon constituency was created under the Electoral (Amendment) Act 1990 and first used at the 1992 general election.^[1] It was one of a number of constituencies which were altered by the Electoral (Amendment) Act 2005; with effect from the 2007 general election, the Longford–Roscommon constituency was replaced by the new constituencies of Longford–Westmeath and Roscommon–South Leitrim.

The constituency spanned the entire area of County Longford and County Roscommon, taking in the towns of Longford and Roscommon and many other areas.^[1]

TDs

Teachtaí Dála (TDs) for Longford–Roscommon 1992–2007
Key to parties FF = Fianna Fáil FG = Fine Gael Ind = Independent PD = Progressive Democrats
Dáil	Election	Deputy (Party)		Deputy (Party)		Deputy (Party)		Deputy (Party)
27th	1992^[2]		Albert Reynolds (FF)		Seán Doherty (FF)		Tom Foxe (Ind)		John Connor (FG)
28th	1997^[3]		Albert Reynolds (FF)		Seán Doherty (FF)		Denis Naughten (FG)		Louis Belton (FG)
29th	2002^[4]		Peter Kelly (FF)		Michael Finneran (FF)		Denis Naughten (FG)		Mae Sexton (PD)
30th	2007	Constituency abolished. See Longford–Westmeath and Roscommon–South Leitrim

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

2002 general election

2002 general election: Longford–Roscommon^[4]
Party		Candidate	% 1st Pref	Count 1	Count 2	Count 3	Count 4	Count 5	Count 6	Count 7	Count 8	Count 9	Count 10
	Fine Gael	Denis Naughten	13.4	6,660	6,686	6,722	6,921	7,076	7,431	9,506	11,614
	Fianna Fáil	Peter Kelly	14.7	7,319	7,323	7,334	7,407	7,634	7,872	7,905	7,980	8,005	9,318
	Progressive Democrats	Mae Sexton	9.4	4,679	4,699	4,751	4,905	5,198	5,497	5,558	6,071	6,301	8,917
	Fianna Fáil	Michael Finneran	13.1	6,502	6,521	6,537	6,612	6,730	7,158	7,294	8,181	8,725	8,916
	Fianna Fáil	Greg Kelly	12.9	6,430	6,471	6,490	6,670	6,897	7,014	7,740	8,459	8,687	8,862
	Fine Gael	Louis Belton	9.6	4,762	4,767	4,788	4,921	5,037	5,193	5,705	5,832	6,215
	Independent	Úna Quinn	7.2	3,598	3,650	3,738	4,000	4,331	4,859	5,365
	Fine Gael	John Connor	7.7	3,829	3,880	3,899	4,042	4,150	4,289
	Independent	Tom Crosby	4.3	2,123	2,133	2,144	2,251	2,422
	Sinn Féin	Paul Whelan	3.4	1,673	1,686	1,702	1,872
	Independent	Luke 'Ming' Flanagan	1.6	779	790	840
	Labour Party	Hughie Baxter	1.3	638	640	724
	Green Party	Catherine Ansboro	0.9	426	435
	Independent	Vincent Killalea	0.4	191
	Christian Solidarity	Brian Lenehan	0.2	80
Electorate: 70,650 Valid: 49,689 Spoilt: 621 (1.2%) Quota: 9,938 Turnout: 50,310 (71.2%)

1997 general election

1997 general election: Longford–Roscommon^[3]
Party		Candidate	1st Pref	%	Seat	Count
	Fianna Fáil	Albert Reynolds	8,742	18.5	1	3
	Fine Gael	Denis Naughten	6,652	14.1	2	7
	Fianna Fáil	Seán Doherty	5,768	12.2	3	7
	Fine Gael	Louis Belton	5,696	12.1	4	8
	Fianna Fáil	Michael Finneran	4,414	9.3
	Fine Gael	John Connor	5,104	10.8
	Independent	Tom Foxe	4,082	8.6
	Fianna Fáil	Terry Leyden	3,308	7.0
	Progressive Democrats	Mae Sexton	2,289	4.8
	Labour Party	Marian Gaffney	699	1.5
	Independent	Brian Sheerin	526	1.1
Electorate: 63,942 Valid: 47,280 Spoilt: 563 (1.2%) Quota: 9,457 Turnout: 47,843 (74.8%)

1992 general election

1992 general election: Longford–Roscommon^[2]
Party		Candidate	1st Pref	%	Seat	Count
	Fianna Fáil	Albert Reynolds	10,307	22.8	1	1
	Fine Gael	John Connor	5,154	11.4	2	8
	Independent	Tom Foxe	5,585	12.3	3	9
	Fianna Fáil	Seán Doherty	5,788	12.8	4	9
	Fianna Fáil	Terry Leyden	4,331	9.6
	Fine Gael	Louis Belton	4,769	10.5
	Fine Gael	Liam Naughten	3,633	8.0
	Fianna Fáil	Michael Finneran	3,261	7.2
	Independent	Mae Sexton	1,160	2.6
	Labour Party	Jim Nolan	595	1.3
	Independent	Martin Hogan	459	1.0
	Sinn Féin	Tena O'Leary	160	0.4
	Green Party	Peter Sweetman	103	0.2
Electorate: 60,709 Valid: 45,305 Spoilt: 501 (1.1%) Quota: 9,062 Turnout: 45,806 (75.5%)

References

1 2 "Electoral (Amendment) Act, 1990: Schedule". Irish Statute Book database. Retrieved 24 September 2010.
1 2 "General election 1992: Longford–Roscommon". ElectionsIreland.org. Retrieved 17 February 2009.
1 2 "General election 1997: Longford–Roscommon". ElectionsIreland.org. Retrieved 17 February 2009.
1 2 "General election 2002: Longford–Roscommon". ElectionsIreland.org. Retrieved 17 February 2009.

External links

Oireachtas Members Database

Parliamentary constituencies in County Longford

Parliament of Ireland to 1800	Granard (1679–1800) Lanesborough (1642–1800) Longford Borough (1669–1800) Longford County (????–1800) St Johnstown (1628–1800)

Westminster 1801–1922 and First Dáil 1918	Longford (1801–85) North Longford (1885–1918) South Longford (1885–1918) Longford (1918–22)

Dáil Éireann 1918–present	Longford–Westmeath (1921–37, 1948–92, 2007–) Athlone–Longford (1937–48) Longford–Roscommon (1992–2007)

European Parliament 1979–present	Leinster (1979–2004) East (2004–09) North-West (2009–14) Midlands–North-West (2014–)

Irish counties: Carlow Cavan Clare Cork Donegal Dublin Galway Kerry Kildare Kilkenny Laois Leitrim Limerick Longford Louth Mayo Meath Monaghan Offaly Roscommon Sligo Tipperary Waterford Westmeath Wexford Wicklow

Parliamentary constituencies in County Roscommon

Parliament of Ireland to 1800	Athlone (1607–1800) Boyle (1614–1800) Tulsk (1643–1800) Roscommon Borough (1611–1800) Roscommon County (????–1800)

Westminster 1801–1922 and First Dáil 1918	Roscommon (1801–85) North Roscommon (1885–1922) South Roscommon (1885–1922)

Dáil Éireann 1918–present	Leitrim–Roscommon North (1921–23) Mayo South–Roscommon South (1921–23) Roscommon (1923–69, 1981–92) Roscommon–Leitrim (1969–81) Longford–Roscommon (1992–2007) Roscommon–South Leitrim (2007–16) Roscommon–Galway (2016–)

European Parliament 1979–present	Connacht–Ulster (1979–2004) North-West (2004–14) Midlands–North-West (2014–)

Irish counties: Carlow Cavan Clare Cork Donegal Dublin Galway Kerry Kildare Kilkenny Laois Leitrim Limerick Longford Louth Mayo Meath Monaghan Offaly Roscommon Sligo Tipperary Waterford Westmeath Wexford Wicklow

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