North-West_(European_Parliament_constituency)

North-West (European Parliament constituency)

North-West (European Parliament constituency)

Former constituency of the European Parliament


North-West was a constituency of the European Parliament in Ireland in from 2004 to 2014. It elected 3 Members of the European Parliament (MEPs) using the single transferable vote form of proportional representation (PR-STV).

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History and boundaries

The constituency was created in 2004 and was a successor to the Connacht–Ulster constituency. For 2004 election, County Clare was moved from the Munster constituency to the new North-West constituency. For the 2009 election the counties of Longford and Westmeath were transferred from the East constituency to North-West.

From 2009 it comprised the counties of Cavan, Clare, Donegal, Galway, Leitrim, Longford, Mayo, Monaghan, Roscommon, Sligo and Westmeath; and the city of Galway.[1]

For the 2014 European Parliament election the constituency was abolished. All of its area became part of the new Midlands–North-West constituency;[2] with the exception of County Clare which was transferred to the South constituency.

MEPs

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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

2009 election

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    2004 election

    2004–2009 North-West constituency boundaries
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      See also


      References

      1. "Electoral (Amendment) Act 2009". Irish Statute Book database. Retrieved 28 September 2010.
      2. "Report on European Parliament Constituencies 2013" (PDF). Constituency Commission. 25 September 2013. Retrieved 25 September 2013.
      3. "2004 European Parliament election – North-West constituency". ElectionsIreland.org. Retrieved 22 March 2009.
      4. "2009 European Parliament election – North-West constituency". ElectionsIreland.org. Retrieved 21 April 2009.
      5. "Nominations close for Europe elections". RTÉ News. 11 May 2009. Retrieved 12 May 2009.

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