European elections in Ireland 2014

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(First preferences in%)

 %

30th

20th

10

0

22.3

22.3

19.5

5.3

4.9

1.8

4.1

19.8

FF

FG

SF

ILP

GP

SP

Otherwise.

Independent

Gains and losses

compared to 2009

 % p

 10

   8th

   6th

   4th

   2

   0

  -2

  -4

  -6

  -8th

-10

-1.8

-6.8

+8.3

-8.6

+3.0

-0.9

-1.5

+8.3

FF

FG

SF

ILP

GP

SP

Otherwise.

Independent

European elections in Ireland 2014

3

3

4th

1

3 3 4th 1 

A total of 11 seats

• SF : 3
• Independent: 3
• FG : 4
• FF : 1

The 2014 European elections in Ireland took place on May 23, 2014 as part of the 2014 EU- wide European elections . In Ireland , eleven of the 751 Members of the European Parliament were elected, one less than in 2009 .

Electoral system and constituencies

Elections were made in three multi-person constituencies with transferable individual votes . By reducing the number of Irish MPs from twelve to eleven, the number of constituencies has also been reduced from four to three:

• Dublin (as before, 3 seats)
• South (extended by 5 counties, 4 seats)
• Midlands-North-West (parts of the previous constituencies North-West and East, 4 seats).

Parties and candidates

The following parties ran with candidates in the three constituencies:

Political party		European party	Seats 2009	fraction	Midlands-North-West	south	Dublin
	Fine Gael	EPP	4th	EPP	Mairead McGuinness * Jim Higgins *	Seán Kelly * Deirdre Clune Simon Harris	Brian Hayes
	Fianna Fáil	ALDE	3	ALDE	Pat Gallagher * Thomas Byrne	Brian Crowley * Kieran Hartley	Mary Fitzpatrick
	Labor Party	SPE	2	S&D	Lorraine Higgins	Phil Prendergast *	Emer Costello *
	Socialist Party	EAL	1	GUE / NGL			Paul Murphy *
	Sinn Féin	-	-	GUE / NGL a	Matt Carthy	Liadh Ní Riada	Lynn Boylan
	Green party	EGP	-	-	Mark Dearey	Grace O'Sullivan	Eamon Ryan
	People Before Profit Alliance	-	-	-			Brid Smith
	Fís Nua	-	-	-	Cordelia Níc Fhearraigh	Dónal Ó'Ríordáin	Damon Wise
	Direct Democracy Ireland	-	-	-	Ben Gilroy	Jan Van De Ven	Thomas Darcy Raymond Whitehead
	Catholic Democrats	-	-	-			Theresa Heaney
	Independent	-	2	b d	Marian Harkin * b Rónán Mullen c Mark Fitzsimmons Luke 'Ming' Flanagan TJ Fay	Diarmuid O'Flynn Jillian Godsil Richard Cahill Peter O'Loughlin	Nessa Childers * d Jim Tallon
total			12		3 seats - 13 candidates	4 seats - 14 candidates	4 seats - 13 candidates

^* Currently in the European Parliament.

^a Previously represented in Parliament by a member from Northern Ireland.

^bMarian Harkin is a member of the European Democratic Party and the Group of the Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe .

^csupported by European Christian Political Movement .

^d Nessa Childers was elected to the Labor Party in 2009 and has been non-attached since September 2013.

Election result

Result after votes and seats

European elections in Ireland 2014,
seats by constituency: Fine Gael Sinn Féin Fianna Fáil Unabh.





European elections in Ireland 2014
Political party		European party		fraction		Party leader	be right			Seats
							number	%	+/-	number	+/-
	Fine Gael		EPP		EPP	Enda Kenny	369.120	22.3%	▼ 6.8%	4/11	▬ 0
	Sinn Féin	No			GUE / NGL	Gerry Adams	323,300	19.5%	▲ 8.3%	3/11	▲ 3
	Fianna Fáil		ALDE		ALDE	Micheál Martin	369,545	22.3%	▼ 1.8%	1/11	▼ 2
	Labor Party		SPE		S&D	Eamon Gilmore	88,229	5.3%	▼ 8.6%	0/11	▼ 3
	Green party		EGP		G / EFA	Eamon Ryan	81,458	4.9%	▲ 3.0%	0/11	▬ 0
	Socialist Party		EAL		GUE / NGL	collective leadership	29,953	1.8%	▼ 0.9%	0/11	▼ 1
	Direct Democracy Ireland	No		No		Jan Van de Ven	24.093	1.5%	New	0/11	▬ 0
	People Before Profit Alliance		EAL		GUE / NGL	No	23,875	1.5%	New	0/11	▬ 0
	Catholic Democrats	No		No		Nora Bennis	13,569	0.8%	New	0/11	▬ 0
	Fís Nua	No		No		No	4,610	0.3%	New	0/11	▬ 0
	Independent						328,766	19.8%	▲ 8.3%	3/11	▲ 2
Valid votes							1,656,518	97.3%
Invalid votes							45,424	2.7%
Votes cast							1,701,942	100.00%	-	11/11	▼ 1
Number of eligible voters and turnout							3,245,348	52.4%	▼ 6.2%

Result by candidate and constituency

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European elections in Ireland 2014
Political party		Elected candidates	Constituency	Seats	±
	Fine Gael	Brian Hayes Mairead McGuinness Deirdre Clune Seán Kelly	Dublin Midlands – North-West South South	4th	▬ 0
	Sinn Féin	Lynn Boylan Matt Carthy Liadh Ní Riada	Dublin Midlands – North-West South	3	▲ 3
	Fianna Fáil	Brian Crowley *	South	1	▼ 2
	Labor Party			0	▼ 3
	Socialist Party			0	▼ 1
	Independent	Nessa Childers Luke 'Ming' Flanagan Marian Harkin	Dublin Midlands – North-West Midlands – North-West	3	▲ 2

^*Brian Crowley moved from the Group of the Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe to the Group of the European Conservatives and Reformers in June 2014 and was expelled from the Fianna Fáil.

Individual evidence

1. ^ New Irish MEP constituencies announced . RTÉ News
2. ↑ Brian Crowley's MEP group 'xenophobic', says FF leader . The Irish Times , June 25, 2014