Cork South-West (Dáil constituency)

Cork South-West is a parliamentary constituency represented in Dáil Éireann, the lower house of the Irish parliament or Oireachtas. The constituency elects 3 deputies (Teachtaí Dála, commonly known as TDs). The method of election is the single transferable vote form of proportional representation (PR-STV).

Cork South-West
Dáil Éireann Parliamentary Constituency
Location of Cork South-West within Ireland
Current constituency
Created	1961
Seats	3
TDs	Michael Collins (Ind)      Christopher O'Sullivan (FF)      Holly Cairns (SD)
County council	Cork County Council
EP constituency	South

History and boundaries

It was created for the 1961 general election. The constituency encompasses the Bandon, Bantry, Clonakilty and Skibbereen electoral areas of Cork County Council. It is a largely rural constituency, with many medium-sized towns, and runs from Dursey Island in the west to Ringabella in the east.[1]

The Electoral (Amendment) (Dáil Constituencies) Act 2013 defines the constituency as:

"The county of Cork, except the parts thereof which are comprised in the constituencies of Cork East, Cork North-Central, Cork North-West and Cork South-Central."

TDs

Teachtaí Dála (TDs) for Cork South-West 1961–[2]
Key to parties   FF = Fianna Fáil   FG = Fine Gael   Lab = Labour Party   Ind = Independent   SD = Social Democrats
Dáil	Election	Deputy (Party)		Deputy (Party)		Deputy (Party)
17th	1961[3]		Michael Murphy (Lab)		Edward Cotter (FF)		Seán Collins (FG)
18th	1965[4]
19th	1969[5]				Flor Crowley (FF)		John O'Sullivan (FG)
20th	1973[6]
21st	1977[7]				Joe Walsh (FF)		Jim O'Keeffe (FG)
22nd	1981[8]		Flor Crowley (FF)		P. J. Sheehan (FG)
23rd	1982 (Feb)[9]		Joe Walsh (FF)
24th	1982 (Nov)[10]
25th	1987[11]
26th	1989[12]
27th	1992[13]
28th	1997[14]
29th	2002[15]				Denis O'Donovan (FF)
30th	2007[16]		Christy O'Sullivan (FF)		P. J. Sheehan (FG)
31st	2011[17]		Michael McCarthy (Lab)		Jim Daly (FG)		Noel Harrington (FG)
32nd	2016[18]		Margaret Murphy O'Mahony (FF)				Michael Collins (Ind)
33rd	2020		Christopher O'Sullivan (FF)		Holly Cairns (SD)

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

2020 general election

2020 general election: Cork South-West[19][20]
Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count 1	Count 2	Count 3	Count 4	Count 5	Count 6	Count 7	Count 8
	Independent	Michael Collins	26.4	11,712
	Fianna Fáil	Christopher O'Sullivan	14.1	6,262	6,400	6,503	6,602	6,960	7,228	10,273	11,262
	Fine Gael	Tim Lombard	13.2	5,865	5,917	5,982	6,170	6,669	8,557	9,133	9,526
	Sinn Féin	Paul Hayes	10.8	4,777	4,881	5,075	5,229	5,462	5,542	5,832
	Social Democrats	Holly Cairns	10.6	4,696	4,808	5,008	5,994	6,280	6,593	7,055	10,078
	Fianna Fáil	Margaret Murphy O'Mahony	9.2	4,077	4,163	4,274	4,352	4,761	4,863
	Fine Gael	Karen Coakley	5.7	2,526	2,577	2,595	2,698	2,747
	Independent	Alan Coleman	4.1	1,801	1,843	1,950	2,025
	Green Party	Bernadette Connolly	3.7	1,647	1,663	1,765
	Aontú	Mairéad Ruane	1.1	515	531
	Solidarity–PBP	Kevin O'Connor[n 1]	1.0	427	435
	Independent	Sean O'Leary	0.1	33	35
Electorate: 69,127   Valid: 44,338   Spoilt: 288   Quota: 11,085   Turnout: 44,626 (64.6%)

1. People Before Profit, Solidarity and RISE contested this election as Solidarity–People Before Profit, so candidates appeared on the ballot under this name. O'Connor was a member of People Before Profit.

2016 general election

2016 general election: Cork South-West[21][22][18]
Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count 1	Count 2	Count 3	Count 4	Count 5
	Fianna Fáil	Margaret Murphy O'Mahony	19.6	8,482	8,845	9,228	10,020	11,962
	Fine Gael	Jim Daly	17.0	7,370	7,633	8,523	8,774	9,799
	Independent	Michael Collins	15.6	6,765	7,347	7,793	9,258	11,063
	Fine Gael	Noel Harrington	14.9	6,433	6,574	7,377	7,544	8,208
	Independent	Alan Coleman	11.5	4,955	5,272	5,634	6,405
	Sinn Féin	Rachel McCarthy	8.5	3,656	3,993	4,260
	Labour Party	Michael McCarthy	7.0	3,035	3,397
	Green Party	Johnny O'Mahony	1.7	752
	Independent	Gillian Powell	1.6	701
	Catholic Democrats	Theresa Heaney	1.6	686
	Independent	Fiona O'Leary	1.0	423
Electorate: 63,583   Valid: 43,258   Spoilt: 331   Quota: 10,815   Turnout: 43,589

2011 general election

2011 general election: Cork South-West[17]
Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count 1	Count 2	Count 3	Count 4	Count 5	Count 6
	Fine Gael	Jim Daly	19.4	8,878	9,255	9,696	10,508	13,242
	Fine Gael	Noel Harrington	15.1	6,898	7,212	7,479	7,668	9,568	11,104
	Labour Party	Michael McCarthy	14.3	6,533	7,257	8,709	9,212	10,539	10,754
	Fine Gael	Kevin Murphy	14.0	6,386	6,665	6,917	7,212
	Fianna Fáil	Denis O'Donovan	13.1	5,984	6,208	6,481	9,453	10,079	10,155
	Fianna Fáil	Christy O'Sullivan	10.5	4,803	4,958	5,215
	Sinn Féin	Paul Hayes	7.3	3,346	3,743
	Independent	John Kearney	1.7	772
	Green Party	Kevin McCaughey	1.7	765
	New Vision	Dave McInerney	1.1	493
	Independent	Edmund Butler	0.7	330
	New Vision	Paul Doonan	0.5	239
	Independent	Michael O'Sullivan	0.5	231
Electorate: 62,174   Valid: 45,658   Spoilt: 390 (0.9%)   Quota: 11,415   Turnout: 46,048 (74.1%)

2007 general election

2007 general election: Cork South-West[16]
Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count 1	Count 2	Count 3	Count 4
	Fianna Fáil	Christy O'Sullivan	24.3	10,333
	Fianna Fáil	Denis O'Donovan	18.3	7,760	8,008	8,417	9,420
	Fine Gael	P. J. Sheehan	18.2	7,739	7,976	8,387	10,126
	Fine Gael	Jim O'Keeffe	17.8	7,560	7,813	8,471	10,667
	Labour Party	Michael McCarthy	9.6	4,095	4,471	5,912
	Green Party	Quentin Gargan	6.7	2,860	3,293
	Sinn Féin	Cionnaith Ó Súilleabháin	5.1	2,150
Electorate: 61,577   Valid: 42,497   Spoilt: 410 (0.9%)   Quota: 10,625   Turnout: 42,907 (69.7%)

2002 general election

2002 general election: Cork South-West[15]
Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count 1	Count 2	Count 3	Count 4	Count 5	Count 6	Count 7
	Fianna Fáil	Denis O'Donovan	20.4	7,695	7,774	7,862	8,277	8,863	10,179
	Fianna Fáil	Joe Walsh	19.1	7,187	7,271	7,395	7,706	8,119	8,997	9,387
	Fine Gael	Jim O'Keeffe	16.9	6,358	6,476	6,622	6,835	7,724	8,496	8,591
	Fine Gael	P. J. Sheehan	15.5	5,831	5,864	5,932	6,156	6,987	8,287	8,556
	Independent	Christy O'Sullivan	9.6	3,609	3,684	3,849	4,303	5,144
	Labour Party	Michael McCarthy	9.1	3,442	3,505	3,636	4,030
	Sinn Féin	Cionnaith Ó Súilleabháin	3.5	1,308	1,329	1,372
	Sinn Féin	Anne O'Leary	2.4	899	908	945
	Independent	Theresa Heaney	1.9	748	864
	Independent	Edmund Butler	1.6	621
Electorate: 54,274   Valid: 37,698   Spoilt: 434 (1.1%)   Quota: 9,425   Turnout: 38,132 (70.3%)

1997 general election

1997 general election: Cork South-West[23]
Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count 1	Count 2	Count 3
	Fine Gael	P. J. Sheehan	22.9	8,008	8,233	9,545
	Fianna Fáil	Joe Walsh	21.7	7,586	7,783	8,516
	Fine Gael	Jim O'Keeffe	21.3	7,454	7,802	9,128
	Fianna Fáil	Denis O'Donovan	17.4	6,081	6,285	7,082
	Labour Party	Michael Calnan	6.8	2,361	2,716
	National Party	Theresa Heaney	5.1	1,792	2,036
	Green Party	Paula Giles	3.5	1,221
	Independent	Áine Ní Chonaill	0.8	293
	Independent	Sean Ahern	0.6	199
Electorate: 49,382   Valid: 34,995   Spoilt: 319 (0.9%)   Quota: 8,749   Turnout: 35,314 (71.5%)

1992 general election

1992 general election: Cork South-West[13]
Party		Candidate	1st Pref	%	Seat	Count
	Fianna Fáil	Joe Walsh	9,376	28.2	1	1
	Fine Gael	P. J. Sheehan	7,113	21.4	2	8
	Fine Gael	Jim O'Keeffe	6,345	19.1	3	8
	Fianna Fáil	Denis O'Donovan	4,268	12.8
	Labour Party	Michael Calnan	3,757	11.3
	Green Party	Mary O'Donnell	1,424	4.3
	Independent	Timothy O'Donovan	379	1.1
	Sinn Féin	Ann O'Leary	330	1.0
	Independent	Kathleen Dwyer	158	0.5
	Independent	Andrew Dillon	149	0.5
Electorate: 45,769   Valid: 33,299   Spoilt: 623 (1.8%)   Quota: 8,325   Turnout: 33,922 (74.1%)

1989 general election

1989 general election: Cork South-West[12]
Party		Candidate	1st Pref	%	Seat	Count
	Fine Gael	P. J. Sheehan	8,525	26.3	1
	Fianna Fáil	Joe Walsh	8,319	25.7	2
	Fine Gael	Jim O'Keeffe	7,861	24.3	3
	Fianna Fáil	Denis O'Donovan	6,042	18.7
	Progressive Democrats	Cornelius Barry	1,259	3.9
	Independent	Stephen O'Neill	309	1.0
	Independent	William Fitzsimon	88	0.3
Electorate: ?   Valid: 32,403   Quota: 8,101   Turnout:

1987 general election

1987 general election: Cork South-West[11]
Party		Candidate	1st Pref	%	Seat	Count
	Fianna Fáil	Joe Walsh	9,488	28.4	1
	Fine Gael	Jim O'Keeffe	7,814	23.4	2
	Fine Gael	P. J. Sheehan	6,752	20.2	3
	Fianna Fáil	Denis O'Donovan	5,644	16.9
	Progressive Democrats	Ray O'Neill	3,570	10.7
	Independent	Stan Davies	134	0.4
Electorate: ?   Valid: 33,402   Quota: 8,351   Turnout:

November 1982 general election

November 1982 general election: Cork South-West[10]
Party		Candidate	1st Pref	%	Seat	Count
	Fine Gael	Jim O'Keeffe	8,704	26.4	1	1
	Fianna Fáil	Joe Walsh	8,432	25.5	2	1
	Fine Gael	P. J. Sheehan	7,756	23.5	3
	Fianna Fáil	Flor Crowley	5,340	16.2
	Independent	John O'Sullivan	2,468	7.5
	Independent	Elizabeth Ryder	319	1.0
Electorate: ?   Valid: 33,019   Quota: 8,255   Turnout:

February 1982 general election

February 1982 general election: Cork South-West[9]
Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count 1	Count 2	Count 3	Count 4
	Fianna Fáil	Joe Walsh	21.8	7,145	7,323	7,561	8,748
	Fine Gael	Jim O'Keeffe	20.9	6,868	7,808	8,561
	Fine Gael	P. J. Sheehan	20.8	6,834	7,626	8,451
	Fianna Fáil	Flor Crowley	15.1	4,940	5,024	5,289	6,660
	Fianna Fáil	D. F. O'Sullivan	8.1	2,640	2,677	2,831
	Labour Party	Michael Calnan	6.7	2,215	2,346
	Fine Gael	John McCarthy	6.6	2,179
Electorate: 40,969   Valid: 32,821   Spoilt: 208 (0.6%)   Quota: 8,206   Turnout: 33,029 (80.6%)

1981 general election

1981 general election: Cork South-West[8]
Party		Candidate	1st Pref	%	Seat	Count
	Fine Gael	Jim O'Keeffe	8,266	24.5	1
	Fianna Fáil	Flor Crowley	6,085	18.0	2
	Fianna Fáil	Joe Walsh	5,317	15.8
	Fine Gael	P. J. Sheehan	4,417	13.1	3
	Labour Party	Philip Murphy	3,244	9.6
	Fine Gael	John McCarthy	2,597	7.7
	Fianna Fáil	Peter Callanan	1,485	4.4
	Fianna Fáil	Eithne O'Mahony	1,256	3.7
	Independent	Seán Kelleher	1,097	3.3
Electorate: ?   Valid: 33,764   Quota: 8,442   Turnout:

1977 general election

1977 general election: Cork South-West[7]
Party		Candidate	1st Pref	%	Seat	Count
	Fianna Fáil	Joe Walsh	6,789	20.4	2
	Labour Party	Michael Murphy	6,768	20.3	1
	Fianna Fáil	Flor Crowley	5,863	17.6
	Fine Gael	Jim O'Keeffe	4,229	12.7	3
	Fine Gael	John O'Sullivan	3,786	11.4
	Fianna Fáil	Vivian Callaghan	3,387	10.2
	Fine Gael	P. J. Sheehan	2,473	7.4
Electorate: ?   Valid: 33,295   Quota: 8,324   Turnout:

1973 general election

1973 general election: Cork South-West[6]
Party		Candidate	1st Pref	%	Seat	Count
	Fianna Fáil	Flor Crowley	7,251	23.8	3
	Labour Party	Michael Murphy	6,597	21.7	2
	Fine Gael	John O'Sullivan	6,420	21.1	1
	Fianna Fáil	Terence Sullivan	5,989	19.7
	Fine Gael	P. J. Sheehan	4,204	13.8
Electorate: ?   Valid: 30,461   Quota: 7,616   Turnout:

1969 general election

1969 general election: Cork South-West[5]
Party		Candidate	1st Pref	%	Seat	Count
	Fianna Fáil	Flor Crowley	6,941	22.9	1
	Labour Party	Michael Murphy	6,647	21.9	2
	Fine Gael	John O'Sullivan	4,654	15.3	3
	Fine Gael	P. J. Sheehan	4,562	15.0
	Fianna Fáil	John Cahalane	4,352	14.3
	Fine Gael	Seán Collins	3,216	10.6
Electorate: ?   Valid: 30,372   Quota: 7,594   Turnout:

1965 general election

1965 general election: Cork South-West[4]
Party		Candidate	1st Pref	%	Seat	Count
	Labour Party	Michael Murphy	7,971	28.9	1	1
	Fianna Fáil	Edward Cotter	7,323	26.6	2	1
	Fine Gael	Seán Collins	5,180	18.8	3
	Fine Gael	John O'Sullivan	3,942	14.3
	Fianna Fáil	Michael Finn	3,144	11.4
Electorate: ?   Valid: 27,560   Quota: 6,891   Turnout:

1961 general election

1961 general election: Cork South-West[24]
Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count 1	Count 2	Count 3	Count 4
	Labour Party	Michael Pat Murphy	25.4	7,381
	Fianna Fáil	Edward Cotter	19.3	5,591	7,847
	Fine Gael	Seán Collins	17.6	5,117	5,296	5,363	8,003
	Independent	Florence Wycherley	13.3	3,873	4,250	4,688	5,620
	Fine Gael	John L. O'Sullivan	12.8	3,718	4,078	4,158
	Fianna Fáil	Michael Finn	11.6	3,367
Electorate: 36,332   Valid: 29,047   Quota: 7,262   Turnout: 79.95%

See also

• Dáil constituencies
• 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

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External links

• Oireachtas Members Database