Longford–Westmeath (Dáil constituency)

Longford–Westmeath is a parliamentary constituency represented in Dáil Éireann, the lower house of the Irish parliament or Oireachtas. The constituency elects 4 deputies (Teachtaí Dála, commonly known as TDs). The method of election is the single transferable vote form of proportional representation (PR-STV).

Longford–Westmeath
Dáil Éireann Parliamentary Constituency
Location of Longford–Westmeath within Ireland
Current constituency
Created	2007
Seats	4
TDs	Peter Burke (FG)      Joe Flaherty (FF)      Sorca Clarke (SF)      Robert Troy (FF)
County council	Longford County Council Westmeath County Council
EP constituency	Midlands–North-West

Longford–Westmeath
Former Dáil Éireann Parliamentary Constituency
Former constituency
Created	1921
Abolished	1937
Seats	4 (1921–1923) 5 (1923–1937)
County council	County Longford County Westmeath

Longford–Westmeath
Former Dáil Éireann Parliamentary Constituency
Former constituency
Created	1948
Abolished	1992
Seats	5 (1948–1961) 4 (1961–1992)
County council	County Longford County Westmeath

History and boundaries

The constituency previously existed from 1921 to 1937 and from 1948 to 1992, but was abolished for the 1992 general election. It was re-created by the Electoral (Amendment) Act 2005 which gave effect to the 2004 Constituency Commission Report on Dáil Constituencies, and was first used in its current form at the 2007 general election.[1] It contains the County Longford portion of the former Longford–Roscommon constituency, and most of the former Westmeath constituency apart from the north-eastern area around Castlepollard and Delvin, which became part of the new Meath West constituency.[2]

The Electoral (Amendment) (Dáil Constituencies) Act 2017 defines the constituency as:[3]

"The county of Longford;

and, in the county of Westmeath, the electoral divisions of:

Athlone East Rural, Auburn, Ballybroder, Bellanalack, Carn, Castledaly, Glassan, Kilcumreragh, Killinure, Moate, Mount Temple, Moydrum, Muckanagh, Tubbrit, Umma, in the former Rural District of Athlone No. 1;

Ardnagragh, Ballymore, Doonis, Drumraney, Noughaval, Piercetown, Templepatrick, Winetown, in the former Rural District of Ballymore;

Boherquill, Coole, Coolure, Finnea, Glore, Knockarrow, Rathowen, Street, in the former Rural District of Coole;

Ardnaglew, Ballinalack, Ballykilmore, Ballymorin, Ballynagore, Belvidere, Carrick, Castle, Castlelost, Castletown, Churchtown, Cloghan, Clonfad, Clonlost, Derrymore, Dysart, Emper, Enniscoffey, Gaybrook, Glenlough, Greenpark, Griffinstown, Heathstown, Hopestown, Huntingdon, Jamestown, Kilbeggan, Kilbixy, Killare, Killucan, Kinnegad, Knockdrin, Lackan, Lauree, Middleton, Milltown, Mullingar Rural, Mullingar North Urban, Mullingar South Urban, Multyfarnham, Newtown, Owel, Portloman, Raharney, Rahugh, Rathconrath, Russellstown, Skeagh, Sonna, Stonehall, Streamstown, Taghmon, Tullaghan, Woodland, in the former Rural District of Mullingar; and Athlone East Urban, Athlone West Urban."

TDs

TDs 1921–1937

Teachtaí Dála (TDs) for Longford–Westmeath 1921–1937[4]
Key to parties   CnaG = Cumann na nGaedheal   FP = Farmers' Party   FF = Fianna Fáil   Ind = Independent   Lab = Labour Party   NCP = National Centre Party   Rep = Republican   SF = Sinn Féin   SF (AT) = Sinn Féin (Anti-Treaty)   SF (PT) = Sinn Féin (Pro-Treaty)
Dáil	Election	Deputy (Party)		Deputy (Party)		Deputy (Party)		Deputy (Party)		Deputy (Party)
2nd	1921[5]		Lorcan Robbins (SF)		Seán Mac Eoin (SF)		Joseph McGuinness (SF)		Laurence Ginnell (SF)	4 seats 1921–1923
3rd	1922[6]		John Lyons (Lab)		Seán Mac Eoin (SF (PT))		Francis McGuinness (SF (PT))		Laurence Ginnell (SF (AT))
4th	1923[7]		John Lyons (Ind)		Conor Byrne (Rep)		James Killane[8] (Rep)		Patrick Shaw (CnaG)		Patrick McKenna (FP)
5th	1927 (Jun)[9]		Henry Broderick (Lab)		Michael Kennedy (FF)		James Victory (FF)				Hugh Garahan (FP)
6th	1927 (Sep)[10]						James Killane (FF)				Michael Connolly (CnaG)
	1930 by-election[11]						James Geoghegan (FF)
7th	1932[12]		Francis Gormley (FF)								Seán Mac Eoin (CnaG)
8th	1933[13]		James Victory (FF)						Charles Fagan[14] (NCP)
9th	1937	Constituency abolished. See Athlone–Longford and Meath–Westmeath

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.

TDs 1948–1992

Teachtaí Dála (TDs) for Longford–Westmeath 1948–1992[4]
Key to parties   FF = Fianna Fáil   FG = Fine Gael   Ind = Independent   SF = Sinn Féin
Dáil	Election	Deputy (Party)		Deputy (Party)		Deputy (Party)		Deputy (Party)		Deputy (Party)
13th	1948[15]		Erskine H. Childers (FF)		Thomas Carter (FF)		Michael Kennedy (FF)		Seán Mac Eoin (FG)		Charles Fagan (Ind)
14th	1951[16]				Frank Carter (FF)
15th	1954[17]										Charles Fagan (FG)
16th	1957[18]				Ruairí Ó Brádaigh (SF)
17th	1961[19]	4 seats 1961–1992		Frank Carter (FF)						Joseph Sheridan (Ind)
18th	1965[20]						Patrick Lenihan (FF)		Gerry L'Estrange (FG)
19th	1969[21]
	1970 by-election[22]						Patrick Cooney (FG)
20th	1973[23]
21st	1977[24]			Albert Reynolds (FF)			Seán Keegan (FF)
22nd	1981[25]									Patrick Cooney (FG)
23rd	1982 (Feb)[26]
24th	1982 (Nov)[27]						Mary O'Rourke (FF)
25th	1987[28]								Henry Abbott (FF)
26th	1989[29]							Louis Belton (FG)		Paul McGrath (FG)
27th	1992	Constituency abolished. See Longford–Roscommon and Westmeath

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.

TDs since 2007

Teachtaí Dála (TDs) for Longford–Westmeath 2007–
Key to parties   FF = Fianna Fáil   FG = Fine Gael   Ind = Independent   Lab = Labour Party   SF = Sinn Féin
Dáil	Election	Deputy (Party)		Deputy (Party)		Deputy (Party)		Deputy (Party)
30th	2007[30]		Willie Penrose (Lab)		Peter Kelly (FF)		Mary O'Rourke (FF)		James Bannon (FG)
31st	2011[31]				Robert Troy (FF)		Nicky McFadden (FG)
	2014 by-election[32]						Gabrielle McFadden (FG)
32nd	2016[33]						Kevin "Boxer" Moran (Ind)		Peter Burke (FG)
33rd	2020		Sorca Clarke (SF)				Joe Flaherty (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

2020 general election

2020 general election: Longford-Westmeath[34][35]
Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count 1	Count 2	Count 3	Count 4	Count 5	Count 6	Count 7	Count 8	Count 9	Count 10
	Sinn Féin	Sorca Clarke	21.0	11,848
	Fianna Fáil	Robert Troy	16.6	9,331	9,384	9,399	9,410	9,445	9,476	9,578	9,661	10,620	10,793
	Fianna Fáil	Joe Flaherty	13.6	7,666	7,703	7,755	7,761	7,788	7,825	7,976	7,999	8,236	11,064
	Independent	Kevin "Boxer" Moran	11.9	6,730	6,827	6,866	6,896	6,978	7,097	7,363	7,746	9,229	10,003
	Fine Gael	Peter Burke	11.7	6,617	6,635	6,645	6,648	6,662	6,677	6,731	7,306	8,325	11,034
	Fine Gael	Micheál Carrigy	11.2	6,334	6,350	6,398	6,399	6,421	6,451	6,534	6,707	6,981
	Green Party	Louise Heavin	4.1	2,325	2,397	2,410	2,441	2,488	2,721	2,780	2,910
	Labour Party	Alan Mangan	3.4	1,904	1,949	1,957	1,964	1,990	2,036	2,079	2,119
	Fine Gael	Gabrielle McFadden	2.5	1,411	1,416	1,422	1,425	1,432	1,439	1,450
	National Party	James Reynolds	1.7	983	1,001	1,020	1,030	1,081	1,130
	Solidarity–PBP	Barbara Smyth[n 1]	0.7	411	478	483	675	725
	Independent	Anna Kavanagh	0.6	334	363	397	408
	Solidarity–PBP	Dom Parker[n 2]	0.4	221	314	322
	Independent	Frank Kilbride	0.4	197	206
	Independent	Donal Jackson	0.1	71	83
Electorate: 94,835   Valid: 56,383   Spoilt: 500   Quota: 11,277   Turnout: 56,883 (59.98%)

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

2016 general election

Final result following a recount.[36]

2016 general election: Longford–Westmeath[37][38][33]
Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count 1	Count 2	Count 3	Count 4	Count 5	Count 6	Count 7	Count 8	Count 9	Count 10	Count 11	Count 12	Count 13	Count 14	Count 15
	Fianna Fáil	Robert Troy	21.1	11,655
	Independent	Kevin "Boxer" Moran	13.7	7,585	7,658	7,672	7,714	7,733	7,838	7,960	8,134	8,341	8,486	9,244	10,108	11,120
	Fine Gael	Peter Burke	10.3	5,683	5,751	5,757	5,774	5,779	5,787	5,900	6,074	6,246	6,291	7,451	7,633	7,877	7,890	11,385
	Sinn Féin	Paul Hogan	9.5	5,276	5,311	5,346	5,375	5,407	5,607	5,633	5,784	5,909	6,039	6,110	6,643	7,370	7,386	7,824
	Labour Party	Willie Penrose	8.7	4,822	4,940	4,947	4,980	4,986	5,015	5,039	5,185	5,503	5,642	6,041	6,360	7,058	7,087	8,505
	Fine Gael	James Bannon	8.4	4,649	4,659	4,663	4,665	4,669	4,672	4,703	4,711	4,775	4,985	5,436	5,955	7,077	7,081
	Fianna Fáil	Connie Gerety-Quinn	7.1	3,944	4,163	4,167	4,176	4,186	4,195	4,266	4,297	4,370	4,703	4,764	5,917
	Independent	James Morgan	6.0	3,329	3,344	3,356	3,367	3,423	3,443	3,492	3,531	3,657	4,315	4,339
	Fine Gael	Gabrielle McFadden	5.1	2,834	2,842	2,846	2,856	2,867	2,872	2,905	2,915	2,991	3,025
	Independent	Mae Sexton	3.0	1,646	1,654	1,657	1,662	1,729	1,755	1,781	1,822	1,895
	Green Party	Manchán Magan	2.0	1,104	1,111	1,122	1,134	1,157	1,235	1,261	1,395
	Independent	Brian Fagan	1.6	898	921	935	952	965	1,023	1,053
	Catholic Democrats	Noel McKervey	1.2	654	658	664	672	676	686
	AAA–PBP	Dominic Parker	0.9	506	510	532	549	591
	Independent	Barbara Smyth	0.5	296	299	308	312
	Independent	James Miller	0.4	210	213	232
	Direct Democracy	Stephanie Healy	0.2	132	133
	Independent	Donal Jackson	0.1	53	53
Electorate: 84,219   Valid: 55,276   Spoilt: 540   Quota: 11,056   Turnout: 66.27%

2014 by-election

2014 by-election: Longford–Westmeath[32]
Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count 1	Count 2	Count 3	Count 4	Count 5	Count 6	Count 7
	Fine Gael	Gabrielle McFadden	25.2	12,365	12,459	13,414	14,390	15,841	17,564	20,058
	Fianna Fáil	Aengus O'Rourke	18.2	8,910	8,966	9,289	9,763	10,811	12,431	14,581
	Sinn Féin	Paul Hogan	15.4	7,548	7,677	8,014	8,756	9,570	11,254
	Independent	James Morgan	12.2	5,959	6,096	6,206	6,615
	Independent	Kevin "Boxer" Moran	11.5	5,629	5,849	6,085	6,833	7,797
	Independent	Brian Fagan	8.6	4,195	4,378	4,985
	Labour Party	Denis Leonard	6.7	3,290	3,352
	Independent	John McNamara	1.8	869
	Independent	Donal Jackson	0.5	238
Electorate: 87,999   Valid: 49,003   Spoilt: 1,492 (3.0%)   Quota: 24,502   Turnout: 50,495 (57.4%)

2011 general election

2011 general election: Longford–Westmeath[31]
Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count 1	Count 2	Count 3	Count 4	Count 5	Count 6	Count 7	Count 8
	Labour Party	Willie Penrose	19.8	11,406	11,560
	Fine Gael	James Bannon	15.9	9,129	9,178	9,292	10,888	11,017	12,440
	Fine Gael	Peter Burke	11.5	6,629	6,717	6,807	6,976	7,147	7,207	7,317	8,097
	Fine Gael	Nicky McFadden	10.7	6,129	6,240	6,626	6,989	8,906	9,071	9,245	10,664
	Sinn Féin	Paul Hogan	7.5	4,339	4,464	4,647	5,166	6,063	6,340	6,487
	Fianna Fáil	Robert Troy	7.4	4,275	4,323	5,453	5,624	5,953	8,490	8,757	9,401
	Labour Party	Mae Sexton	6.9	3,960	4,046	4,175
	Fianna Fáil	Peter Kelly	6.7	3,876	3,904	4,385	4,976	5,161
	Independent	Kevin "Boxer" Moran	6.4	3,707	3,899	4,333	4,559
	Fianna Fáil	Mary O'Rourke	5.3	3,046	3,101
	Independent	John Boland	0.6	330
	Green Party	Siobhán Kinahan	0.5	309
	New Vision	David D'arcy	0.3	159
	Independent	Benny Cooney	0.2	130
	Independent	Donal Jackson	0.2	101
Electorate: 83,970   Valid: 57,525   Spoilt: 661 (1.1%)   Quota: 11,506   Turnout: 58,186 (69.3%)

2007 general election

2007 general election: Longford–Westmeath[30]
Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count 1	Count 2	Count 3	Count 4	Count 5	Count 6	Count 7
	Labour Party	Willie Penrose	17.6	9,692	10,055	10,523	10,716	12,276
	Fianna Fáil	Mary O'Rourke	14.9	8,215	8,311	8,646	8,872	8,965	9,083	12,677
	Fianna Fáil	Peter Kelly	14.1	7,720	7,765	7,992	8,967	9,006	9,026	11,032
	Fine Gael	James Bannon	13.9	7,652	7,723	7,943	8,611	9,467	9,845	10,158
	Fianna Fáil	Donie Cassidy	12.1	6,664	6,740	6,958	7,060	7,330	7,555
	Fine Gael	Nicky McFadden	9.8	5,359	5,476	5,798	5,894	7,253	7,742	8,276
	Fine Gael	Peter Burke	7.3	3,988	4,140	4,245	4,287
	Progressive Democrats	Mae Sexton	4.2	2,298	2,350	2,420
	Sinn Féin	Paul Hogan	3.9	2,136	2,280
	Green Party	Betty Doran	1.7	960
	Christian Solidarity	Colm Callanan	0.2	124
	Independent	Noel O'Gara	0.2	84
	Independent	Séamus Cunningham	0.1	24
Electorate: 83,980   Valid: 54,916   Spoilt: 557 (1.0%)   Quota: 10,984   Turnout: 55,473 (66.1%)

1989 general election

1989 general election: Longford–Westmeath[29]
Party		Candidate	1st Pref	%	Seat	Count
	Fianna Fáil	Albert Reynolds	9,055	21.4	1	1
	Fianna Fáil	Mary O'Rourke	7,154	16.9	2
	Fianna Fáil	Henry Abbott	6,733	15.9
	Fine Gael	Louis Belton	6,515	15.4	3
	Fine Gael	Paul McGrath	4,690	11.1	4
	Fine Gael	Brendan McFadden	4,047	9.6
	Independent	June Kiernan	3,207	7.6
	Progressive Democrats	Patrick Whelan	733	1.7
	Independent	Hugh O'Brien	161	0.4
Electorate: ?   Valid: 42,295   Quota: 8,460   Turnout:

1987 general election

1987 general election: Longford–Westmeath[28]
Party		Candidate	1st Pref	%	Seat	Count
	Fianna Fáil	Albert Reynolds	10,542	23.4	1	1
	Fianna Fáil	Henry Abbott	8,035	17.8	2
	Fianna Fáil	Mary O'Rourke	7,440	16.5	4
	Fine Gael	Patrick Cooney	5,680	12.6	3
	Fine Gael	Séamus Finnan	3,642	8.1
	Progressive Democrats	Helena McAuliffe-Ennis	3,463	7.7
	Fine Gael	Colm Smyth	3,094	6.9
	Progressive Democrats	Daniel O'Sullivan	1,938	4.3
	Labour Party	Séamus McNamee	1,038	2.3
	Independent	Peter Murphy	280	0.6
Electorate: ?   Valid: 45,152   Quota: 9,031   Turnout:

November 1982 general election

November 1982 general election: Longford–Westmeath[27]
Party		Candidate	1st Pref	%	Seat	Count
	Fianna Fáil	Albert Reynolds	8,899	20.5	1	1
	Fine Gael	Patrick Cooney	7,902	18.2	2
	Fine Gael	Gerry L'Estrange	7,421	17.1	3
	Fianna Fáil	Seán Keegan	7,058	16.3
	Fianna Fáil	Mary O'Rourke	7,040	16.2	4
	Fine Gael	Séamus Finnan	3,455	8.0
	Labour Party	Robert Brady	1,636	3.8
Electorate: ?   Valid: 43,411   Quota: 8,683   Turnout:

February 1982 general election

February 1982 general election: Longford–Westmeath[26]
Party		Candidate	1st Pref	%	Seat	Count
	Fianna Fáil	Albert Reynolds	10,214	23.7	1	1
	Fine Gael	Patrick Cooney	8,249	19.1	2
	Fine Gael	Gerry L'Estrange	7,450	17.3	3
	Fianna Fáil	Seán Keegan	6,648	15.4	4
	Fianna Fáil	Mary O'Rourke	5,688	13.2
	Independent	Seán Lynch	2,121	4.9
	Fine Gael	Gus Hanley	1,797	4.2
	Labour Party	Robert Brady	957	2.2
Electorate: ?   Valid: 43,124   Quota: 8,625   Turnout:

1981 general election

1981 general election: Longford Westmeath[25]
Party		Candidate	1st Pref	%	Seat	Count
	Fianna Fáil	Albert Reynolds	10,450	23.0	1	1
	Fine Gael	Patrick Cooney	8,244	18.2	2
	Fine Gael	Gerry L'Estrange	5,499	12.1	3
	Fianna Fáil	Seán Keegan	5,476	12.1	4
	Fianna Fáil	Seán Fallon	5,285	11.7
	Anti H-Block	Martin Hurson	4,573	10.1
	Labour Party	James Bennett	2,826	6.2
	Fine Gael	Gus Hanley	2,619	5.8
	Labour Party	Neil O'Shea	393	0.9
Electorate: ?   Valid: 45,365   Quota: 9,074   Turnout:

1977 general election

1977 general election: Longford–Westmeath[24]
Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count 1	Count 2	Count 3	Count 4	Count 5	Count 6	Count 7
	Independent	Joseph Sheridan	16.2	7,461	7,601	8,023	8,283	8,601	8,694	8,913
	Fianna Fáil	Albert Reynolds	15.4	7,064	7,187	7,219	7,536	8,802	10,491
	Fine Gael	Gerry L'Estrange	15.0	6,873	7,349	8,457	8,652	8,769	8,798	8,816
	Fine Gael	Patrick Cooney	14.3	6,590	7,002	7,507	7,663	8,397	8,450	8,524
	Fianna Fáil	Seán Keegan	11.9	5,493	5,502	5,760	7,236	11,015
	Fianna Fáil	Seán Fallon	11.3	5,189	5,201	5,289	6,392
	Fianna Fáil	Henry Abbott	7.3	3,366	3,382	3,576
	Labour Party	James Bennett	5.9	2,687	2,716
	Fine Gael	Philomena Kelly	2.7	1,227
Electorate: 56,421   Valid: 45,950   Spoilt: 262 (0.6%)   Quota: 9,191   Turnout: 46,212 (81.9%)[39]

1973 general election

1973 general election: Longford–Westmeath[23]
Party		Candidate	1st Pref	%	Seat	Count
	Fine Gael	Patrick Cooney	6,973	19.2	1
	Independent	Joseph Sheridan	6,841	18.8	2
	Fianna Fáil	Frank Carter	5,882	16.2	4
	Fianna Fáil	Seán Keegan	4,792	13.2
	Fine Gael	Gerry L'Estrange	4,759	13.1	3
	Fianna Fáil	Seán Fallon	3,304	9.1
	Labour Party	Jack Coleman	2,127	5.8
	Fine Gael	Thomas Kilbride	1,729	4.8
Electorate: ?   Valid: 36,407   Quota: 7,282   Turnout:

1970 by-election

Following the death of Fianna Fáil TD Patrick Lenihan, a by-election was held on 14 April 1970. The seat was won by the Fine Gael candidate Patrick Cooney.

1970 by-election: Longford–Westmeath[40]
Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count 1	Count 2
	Fine Gael	Patrick Mark Cooney	46.7	16,146	18,252
	Fianna Fáil	Seán Keegan	44.1	15,228	15,904
	Labour Party	Jack Coleman	9.2	3,180
Electorate: 45,956   Valid: 34,554   Quota: 17,278   Turnout: 75.19%

1969 general election

1969 general election: Longford–Westmeath[21]
Party		Candidate	1st Pref	%	Seat	Count
	Independent	Joseph Sheridan	7,133	19.5	1
	Fianna Fáil	Frank Carter	5,455	14.9	3
	Fine Gael	Gerry L'Estrange	4,935	13.5	2
	Fianna Fáil	Patrick Lenihan	4,499	12.3	4
	Fine Gael	Patrick Cooney	3,844	10.5
	Fianna Fáil	James O'Brien	2,767	7.6
	Fine Gael	Thomas Kilbride	2,615	7.2
	Labour Party	Timothy McAuliffe	2,084	5.7
	Fine Gael	Séamus Finnan	1,479	4.0
	Labour Party	James Bennett	1,360	3.7
	Labour Party	Michael Brady	420	1.2
Electorate: ?   Valid: 36,591   Quota: 7,319   Turnout:

1965 general election

1965 general election: Longford–Westmeath[20]
Party		Candidate	1st Pref	%	Seat	Count
	Fianna Fáil	Frank Carter	6,443	18.6	1
	Independent	Joseph Sheridan	5,566	16.0	3
	Fine Gael	Seán Mac Eoin	4,898	14.1
	Fine Gael	Gerry L'Estrange	4,193	12.1	2
	Fine Gael	Patrick Cooney	3,665	10.6
	Fianna Fáil	Patrick Lenihan	3,126	9.0	4
	Labour Party	Timothy McAuliffe	2,833	8.2
	Fianna Fáil	Seán Keegan	2,589	7.5
	Fianna Fáil	Daniel Leavy	1,391	4.0
Electorate: ?   Valid: 34,704   Quota: 6,941   Turnout:

1961 general election

1961 general election: Longford–Westmeath[19]
Party		Candidate	1st Pref	%	Seat	Count
	Fianna Fáil	Frank Carter	5,891	17.3	2
	Fine Gael	Seán Mac Eoin	5,719	16.8	1
	Fianna Fáil	Michael Kennedy	4,822	14.1	3
	Independent	Joseph Sheridan	4,561	13.4	4
	Fine Gael	Gerry L'Estrange	3,862	11.3
	Sinn Féin	Ruairí Ó Brádaigh	2,598	7.6
	Fianna Fáil	Patrick Lenihan	2,593	7.6
	Fine Gael	Patrick Cooney	2,540	7.4
	Labour Party	Thomas Darcy	1,563	4.6
Electorate: ?   Valid: 34,149   Quota: 6,830   Turnout:

1957 general election

1957 general election: Longford–Westmeath[18]
Party		Candidate	1st Pref	%	Seat	Count
	Fine Gael	Seán Mac Eoin	6,031	15.5	1
	Sinn Féin	Ruairí Ó Brádaigh	5,506	14.1	3
	Fianna Fáil	Michael Kennedy	5,482	14.0	5
	Fianna Fáil	Erskine H. Childers	5,141	13.2	4
	Fianna Fáil	Frank Carter	4,985	12.8
	Fine Gael	Charles Fagan	3,598	9.2	2
	Fine Gael	Joseph Sheridan	2,878	7.4
	Fianna Fáil	James McAuley	2,155	5.5
	Fine Gael	George Allen	1,394	3.6
	Labour Party	Francis Brennan	1,326	3.4
	Independent	Henry Rice	549	1.4
Electorate: ?   Valid: 39,045   Quota: 6,508   Turnout:

1954 general election

1954 general election: Longford–Westmeath[17]
Party		Candidate	1st Pref	%	Seat	Count
	Fine Gael	Seán Mac Eoin	6,693	15.8	1
	Fianna Fáil	Frank Carter	5,941	14.0	3
	Fine Gael	Charles Fagan	5,800	13.7	2
	Fianna Fáil	Michael Kennedy	5,284	12.5	5
	Fianna Fáil	Erskine H. Childers	4,573	10.8	4
	Fine Gael	Joseph Sheridan	4,188	9.9
	Fianna Fáil	Brian Lenihan Snr	3,666	8.7
	Labour Party	Thomas Darcy	2,172	5.1
	Clann na Poblachta	Alfred Faulkner	1,695	4.0
	Fine Gael	Michael Heavey	1,216	2.9
	Labour Party	Hubert Wilson	1,144	2.7
Electorate: ?   Valid: 42,372   Quota: 7,063   Turnout:

1951 general election

1951 general election: Longford–Westmeath[40]
Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count 1	Count 2	Count 3	Count 4	Count 5	Count 6	Count 7	Count 8	Count 9	Count 10
	Fine Gael	Seán Mac Eoin	19.0	7,860
	Fianna Fáil	Frank Carter	16.7	6,924
	Fianna Fáil	Michael J. Kennedy	14.6	6,068	6,086	6,087	6,117	6,162	6,223	6,347	6,377	6,970
	Independent	Charles Fagan	14.5	6,009	6,126	6,126	6,200	6,365	6,615	7,266
	Fianna Fáil	Erskine Childers	8.9	3,702	3,763	3,777	3,799	3,933	4,061	4,126	4,143	5,270	5,902
	Fine Gael	Joseph M. Sheridan	6.2	2,582	3,168	3,168	3,203	3,539	3,683	4,066	4,287	4,330	5,416
	Fianna Fáil	Patrick Joseph Hogan	4.4	1,819	1,827	1,828	1,854	1,900	2,139	2,181	2,190
	Labour Party	Thomas Darcy	4.3	1,769	1,792	1,792	1,812	1,979	2,716	3,133	3,214	3,489
	Independent	Frank Waters	3.9	1,608	1,630	1,630	1,661	1,697
	Clann na Poblachta	Gerard Jennings	3.3	1,375	1,382	1,382	1,521	1,869	1,915
	Clann na Poblachta	Patrick Farrell	3.2	1,317	1,421	1,421	1,456
	Clann na Poblachta	Thomas Kavanagh	1.0	414	420	420
Electorate: 53,822   Valid: 41,447   Quota: 6,908   Turnout: 77.01%

1948 general election

1948 general election: Longford–Westmeath[40]
Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count 1	Count 2	Count 3	Count 4	Count 5	Count 6	Count 7	Count 8	Count 9	Count 10	Count 11	Count 12
	Independent	Charles Fagan	15.2	6,319	6,442	6,474	6,789	6,797	6,862	6,869	7,078
	Fianna Fáil	Thomas Carter	14.2	5,907	5,920	5,939	5,943	6,106	6,160	6,161	6,383	6,399	6,927	7,064
	Fine Gael	Seán Mac Eoin	13.2	5,483	5,575	5,598	6,027	6,265	6,963
	Fianna Fáil	Erskine H. Childers	12.8	5,325	5,336	5,346	5,358	5,614	5,706	5,708	5,938	5,963	6,752	6,959
	Fianna Fáil	Michael J. Kennedy	12.4	5,158	5,173	5,199	5,224	5,236	5,251	5,252	5,276	5,280	5,781	6,016	6,149
	Clann na Poblachta	Conor Byrne	5.8	2,403	2,413	2,797	2,815	2,832	2,907	2,910	2,967	2,977	3,021	3,564	5,077
	Fianna Fáil	James McAuley	4.7	1,956	1,963	1,972	1,979	1,991	2,092	2,093	2,134	2,137
	Labour Party	John J. Hoey	4.4	1,851	1,871	1,887	1,907	2,116	2,193	2,196	2,217	2,218	2,264
	Clann na Poblachta	Patrick Farrell	4.0	1,648	1,652	1,860	1,864	1,913	1,988	1,991	2,327	2,362	2,394	2,594
	Clann na Talmhan	Thomas McManus	3.1	1,277	1,280	1,286	1,289	1,353	1,382	1,382
	Fine Gael	Frank Waters	2.7	1,137	1,206	1,217	1,342	1,346
	Labour Party	Seán F. Lynch	2.5	1,041	1,045	1,050	1,060
	Fine Gael	Gerald L'Estrange	2.1	859	978	984
	Clann na Poblachta	James J. Killean	1.8	766	778
	Fine Gael	William Finnerty	1.3	520
Electorate: 54,709   Valid: 41,650   Quota: 6,942   Turnout: 76.13%

1933 general election

1933 general election: Longford–Westmeath[13]
Party		Candidate	1st Pref	%	Seat	Count
	Fianna Fáil	Michael Kennedy	7,784	17.5	1	1
	Cumann na nGaedheal	Seán Mac Eoin	6,171	13.9	3	4
	Fianna Fáil	James Victory	5,935	13.3	5	7
	National Centre Party	Charles Fagan	5,729	12.9	2	4
	Fianna Fáil	Francis Gormley	5,020	11.3
	Fianna Fáil	James Geoghegan	4,649	10.4	4	7
	Labour Party	Henry Broderick	4,457	10.0
	National Centre Party	Robert Belton	3,654	8.2
	Cumann na nGaedheal	John Grenham	1,152	2.6
Electorate: 55,004   Valid: 44,551   Quota: 7,426   Turnout: 81.0%

1932 general election

1932 general election: Longford–Westmeath[12]
Party		Candidate	1st Pref	%	Seat	Count
	Fianna Fáil	James Geoghegan	7,202	17.5	1	1
	Fianna Fáil	Michael Kennedy	6,484	15.8	4
	Cumann na nGaedheal	Seán Mac Eoin	6,249	15.2	2
	Cumann na nGaedheal	Patrick Shaw	6,128	14.9	3
	Fianna Fáil	James Victory	3,974	9.7
	Fianna Fáil	Francis Gormley	3,796	9.2	5
	Labour Party	Henry Broderick	3,765	9.2
	Cumann na nGaedheal	Patrick Connolly	3,463	8.4
Electorate: ?   Valid: 41,061   Quota: 6,844   Turnout:

1930 by-election

Following the death of Fianna Fáil TD James Killane, a by-election was held on 13 June 1930. The seat was won by the Fianna Fáil candidate James Geoghegan.

1930 by-election: Longford–Westmeath[11]
Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count 1
	Fianna Fáil	James Geoghegan	53.6	21,881
	Cumann na nGaedheal	Vincent Delany	40.2	16,438
	Labour Party	Michael Duffy	6.2	2,525
Electorate: 56,059   Valid: 40,844   Quota: 20,423   Turnout: 72.9%

September 1927 general election

September 1927 general election: Longford–Westmeath[10]
Party		Candidate	1st Pref	%	Seat	Count
	Cumann na nGaedheal	Patrick Shaw	6,814	18.1	1	1
	Fianna Fáil	Michael Kennedy	4,244	11.3	2
	Labour Party	Henry Broderick	4,047	10.8	5
	Cumann na nGaedheal	Michael Connolly	4,044	10.8	4
	Farmers' Party	Hugh Garahan	3,838	10.2
	Fianna Fáil	James Killane	3,434	9.1	3
	Fianna Fáil	James Victory	3,376	9.0
	Fianna Fáil	James Higgins	3,092	8.2
	Independent	Patrick McKenna	1,826	4.9
	Cumann na nGaedheal	Owen Dolan	1,655	4.4
	Independent	John Lyons	1,253	3.3
Electorate: ?   Valid: 37,623   Quota: 6,271   Turnout:

June 1927 general election

June 1927 general election: Longford–Westmeath[9]
Party		Candidate	1st Pref	%	Seat	Count
	Cumann na nGaedheal	Patrick Shaw	6,094	16.1	1
	Labour Party	Henry Broderick	4,282	11.3	3
	Independent	Robert Belton	2,952	7.8
	Farmers' Party	Hugh Garahan	2,623	6.9	4
	Fianna Fáil	James Victory	2,557	6.8	2
	Fianna Fáil	Michael Kennedy	2,504	6.6	5
	Fianna Fáil	James Killane	2,470	6.5
	Cumann na nGaedheal	Michael Connolly	2,449	6.5
	National League Party	Richard Cleary	2,396	6.3
	Fianna Fáil	James Higgins	2,090	5.5
	Farmers' Party	Patrick McKenna	1,997	5.3
	Sinn Féin	Conor Byrne	1,766	4.7
	Cumann na nGaedheal	Patrick McCrann	1,375	3.6
	Farmers' Party	William Finnerty	1,305	3.5
	Independent	Patrick Brett	538	1.4
	Independent	Seán O'Hurley	385	1.0
Electorate: ?   Valid: 37,783   Quota: 6,298   Turnout:

1923 general election

1923 general election: Longford–Westmeath[7]
Party		Candidate	1st Pref	%	Seat	Count
	Republican	Conor Byrne	5,299	15.2	1
	Cumann na nGaedheal	Patrick Shaw	5,147	14.8	2
	Independent	John Lyons	4,452	12.8	3
	Cumann na nGaedheal	Francis McGuinness	3,454	9.9
	Farmers' Party	Patrick McKenna	3,274	9.4	5
	Republican	James Killane	2,757	7.9	4
	Farmers' Party	Hugh Garahan	1,991	5.7
	Republican	James Victory	1,654	4.7
	Labour Party	Hubert Wilson	1,590	4.6
	Labour Party	Thomas Redmond	1,285	3.7
	Republican	John Gavin	1,150	3.3
	Farmers' Party	Francis Phillips	1,091	3.1
	Farmers' Party	Thomas Groarke	877	2.5
	Cumann na nGaedheal	James Carrigy	708	2.0
	National Democratic Party	Seán O'Farrell	136	0.4
Electorate: 58,884   Valid: 34,865   Quota: 5,811   Turnout: 59.2%

1922 general election

1922 general election: Longford–Westmeath[6]
Party		Candidate	1st Pref	%	Seat	Count
	Sinn Féin (Pro-Treaty)	Seán Mac Eoin	10,152	35.3	1	1
	Independent	John Lyons	7,073	24.6	2	1
	Sinn Féin (Anti-Treaty)	Laurence Ginnell	5,022	17.5	3	3
	Sinn Féin (Pro-Treaty)	Francis McGuinness	2,280	7.9	4	4
	Independent	Patrick Belton	2,258	7.9
	Sinn Féin (Pro-Treaty)	Lorcan Robbins	1,996	6.9
Electorate: 47,078   Valid: 28,781   Quota: 5,757   Turnout: 61.1%

1921 general election

1921 general election: Longford–Westmeath[5]
Party		Candidate	1st Pref	%	Seat	Count
	Sinn Féin	Laurence Ginnell	Unopposed	N/A	1
	Sinn Féin	Seán Mac Eoin	Unopposed	N/A	2
	Sinn Féin	Joseph McGuinness	Unopposed	N/A	3
	Sinn Féin	Lorcan Robbins	Unopposed	N/A	4

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