North County Wicklow areas affected: Bray, Blessington, Baltinglass, Wicklow Town.
– **Wicklow-Wexford:**
Areas included: Rest of Wicklow and North Wexford, including Gorey.
Wexford:
Entirety of Wexford affected.
– **Donegal:**
Number of seats remains at 5.
– **Louth:**
Seat count remains at 5.
Meath is now split into East (4) and East (3).
– **Longford Westmeath:**
Becomes a 5-seater constituency.
– **Sligo-Leitrim:**
Constituency remains intact with 4 seats.
Roscommon-Galway loses territory to new Galway East (4) constituency.
– **Mayo:**
Gains a seat, now with 5 seats.
– **Galway West:**
Seat count remains at 5.
– **Laois & Offaly:**
Separated once again, forming two constituencies with 3 seats each.
– **Kildare:**
Split into North (5) and South (4) constituencies.
– **Carlow Kilkenny:**
Remains at 5 seats.
Urlingford & Freshford moved to Tipperary North (3) constituency.
– **Tipperary:**
Split into Tipperary South (3) and Tipperary North (3) constituencies.
– **Waterford:**
Seat count remains at 4.
– **Kerry:**
Constituency remains with 5 seats.
– **Limerick County:**
Seat count remains at 3.
Loses territory to Limerick City (4) constituency.
– **Clare:**
Constituency remains with 4 seats.
– **Cork NW / SW:**
Seat count remains at 3 each.
– **Cork East:**
Loses Mallow to Cork NC (5) constituency.
Cork East now has 4 seats.
– **Cork SC (South Central):**
Gains a seat, now with 5 seats.
– **Dublin Balgriffin:**
Moved to Bay North constituency.
Beaumont moved out but remains at 5 seats.
– **Dublin NW:**
Gains Beaumont, becoming a 4-seater constituency.
– **Central Dublin:**
Seat count remains at 4.
– **Bay South Dublin:**
Seat count remains at 4.
– **South Central Dublin:**
Seat count remains at 4.
– **Fingal:**
Split into Fingal East (3) and Fingal West (3) constituencies.
Fingal East includes Swords, Malahide, Portmarnock.
Fingal West includes The Ward, Skerries, Balbriggan.
– **Dublin West:**
Becomes a 5-seater constituency.
– **Dublin Mid West**:
Becomes a 5-seater constituency.
– **Dublin South West:**
Seat count remains at 5.
– **Dublin Rathdown:**
Gains Foxrock, becoming a 4-seater constituency.
Dun Laoghaire remains at 4 seats.
Wexlow.
Genuinely curious. Is there a good reason as to why they can’t create constituencies that have roughly equal populations and the same amount of seats like it’s done up North? The results of the previous few elections using the new boundaries reflect the First Preference Vote fairly well
This seems like a system that arbitrarily disadvantages smaller parties in constituencies with less seats.
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The key recommendations are:
– **Wicklow:**
North County Wicklow areas affected: Bray, Blessington, Baltinglass, Wicklow Town.
– **Wicklow-Wexford:**
Areas included: Rest of Wicklow and North Wexford, including Gorey.
Wexford:
Entirety of Wexford affected.
– **Donegal:**
Number of seats remains at 5.
– **Louth:**
Seat count remains at 5.
Meath is now split into East (4) and East (3).
– **Longford Westmeath:**
Becomes a 5-seater constituency.
– **Sligo-Leitrim:**
Constituency remains intact with 4 seats.
Roscommon-Galway loses territory to new Galway East (4) constituency.
– **Mayo:**
Gains a seat, now with 5 seats.
– **Galway West:**
Seat count remains at 5.
– **Laois & Offaly:**
Separated once again, forming two constituencies with 3 seats each.
– **Kildare:**
Split into North (5) and South (4) constituencies.
– **Carlow Kilkenny:**
Remains at 5 seats.
Urlingford & Freshford moved to Tipperary North (3) constituency.
– **Tipperary:**
Split into Tipperary South (3) and Tipperary North (3) constituencies.
– **Waterford:**
Seat count remains at 4.
– **Kerry:**
Constituency remains with 5 seats.
– **Limerick County:**
Seat count remains at 3.
Loses territory to Limerick City (4) constituency.
– **Clare:**
Constituency remains with 4 seats.
– **Cork NW / SW:**
Seat count remains at 3 each.
– **Cork East:**
Loses Mallow to Cork NC (5) constituency.
Cork East now has 4 seats.
– **Cork SC (South Central):**
Gains a seat, now with 5 seats.
– **Dublin Balgriffin:**
Moved to Bay North constituency.
Beaumont moved out but remains at 5 seats.
– **Dublin NW:**
Gains Beaumont, becoming a 4-seater constituency.
– **Central Dublin:**
Seat count remains at 4.
– **Bay South Dublin:**
Seat count remains at 4.
– **South Central Dublin:**
Seat count remains at 4.
– **Fingal:**
Split into Fingal East (3) and Fingal West (3) constituencies.
Fingal East includes Swords, Malahide, Portmarnock.
Fingal West includes The Ward, Skerries, Balbriggan.
– **Dublin West:**
Becomes a 5-seater constituency.
– **Dublin Mid West**:
Becomes a 5-seater constituency.
– **Dublin South West:**
Seat count remains at 5.
– **Dublin Rathdown:**
Gains Foxrock, becoming a 4-seater constituency.
Dun Laoghaire remains at 4 seats.
Wexlow.
Genuinely curious. Is there a good reason as to why they can’t create constituencies that have roughly equal populations and the same amount of seats like it’s done up North? The results of the previous few elections using the new boundaries reflect the First Preference Vote fairly well
This seems like a system that arbitrarily disadvantages smaller parties in constituencies with less seats.