Constituency: Midlands North West

Summary

Electorate Seats Total Poll Turnout Valid Poll Spoiled Votes Quota
1224888 4 616555 50% 594927 21628 118986

Vote Distribution

Count 1

Elected

Left Right

Count Results

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13

Mairead McGuinness Mairead McGuinness
(FG)

134630

Luke "Ming" Flanagan Luke "Ming" Flanagan
(Ind)

85034 86906 87008 87188 87333 87964 88543 90187 91747 94353 97319 112760 121824

Matt Carthy Matt Carthy
(SF)

77619 78487 78513 78612 78653 79028 79437 81544 82921 83851 84825 91396 98732

Maria Walsh Maria Walsh
(FG)

64500 70536 70619 70660 70731 71425 71793 72265 74116 76056 80338 96163 107198

Peter Casey Peter Casey
(Ind)

56650 57848 57892 58034 58212 58602 59635 60759 61616 64690 66565 69923 78362

Saoirse McHugh Saoirse McHugh
(GP)

51019 52731 52821 52976 53068 53966 54548 55455 58642 60778 61957

Brendan Smith Brendan Smith
(FF)

42814 44040 44059 44076 44130 44255 44692 44836 45235 46820 64532 68677

Anne Rabbitte Anne Rabbitte
(FF)

30220 31084 31122 31143 31198 31471 31893 32041 32714 34610

Fidelma Healy Eames Fidelma Healy Eames
(Ind)

15991 16468 16515 16621 16764 17590 19312 19694 20410

Dominic Hannigan Dominic Hannigan
(Lab)

12378 13031 13065 13150 13197 13408 13723 14089

Cyril Brennan Cyril Brennan
(SPBP)

8130 8226 8246 8337 8365 8553 8699

Michael O'Dowd Michael O'Dowd
(R)

6897 7200 7220 7304 7445 7677

Olive O'Connor Olive O'Connor
(Ind)

3132 3236 3313 3326 3477

Dilip Mahapatra Dilip Mahapatra
(Ind)

2450 2562 2577 2654 2694

Patrick Greene Patrick Greene
(DDI)

1352 1400 1412

James Miller James Miller
(Ind)

1322 1375 1446 1490

Diarmaid Mulcahy Diarmaid Mulcahy
(Ind)

789 811

On the Ballot

Cyril Brennan

Cyril Brennan

Solidarity-People Before Profit

A resident of Ballyshannon, Co Donegal Mr Brennan’s key campaign tenant is the need for access to universal healthcare. He has been involved in the Still Waiting campaign to promote better health services for communities.

Matt Carthy

Matt Carthy

Sinn Féin

A former councillor Mr Carthy was first elected to Europe in 2014. While running for re-election to the European Parliament Mr Carthy also plans to contest the next general election.

Peter Casey

Peter Casey

Independent

Businessman and former Dragon’s Den investor Mr Casey is running for the European Parliament after coming second in last year’s presidential election where he captured 23.3pc of the first preference votes.

Luke "Ming" Flanagan

Luke "Ming" Flanagan

Independent

Roscommon politician Ming served as a county councillor and was elected to the Dáil in 2011 before being elected as an MEP in 2014.

Patrick Greene

Patrick Greene

Direct Democracy Ireland

Leader of the party Direct Democracy Ireland Mr Greene ran in the 2014 local elections but polled only 124 first preference votes.

Dominic Hannigan

Dominic Hannigan

Labour

Former TD Mr Hannigan was one of the first two openly gay TDs elected to Dáil Eireann in 2011 but lost his seat in the 2016 election. Prior to serving as a TD he was a member of the Seanad.

Fidelma Healy Eames

Fidelma Healy Eames

Independent

A former Fine Gael member Ms Healy Eames served as a councillor and unsuccessfully contested a number of general elections. However, she was elected to the Seanad where she sat as an Independent in 2013 when she lost the party whip. She went on to announce her retirement from politics but has not decided to take up the gauntlet again and is contesting as an independent.

Dilip Mahapatra

Dilip Mahapatra

Independent

A doctor based in Louth, the independent candidate is running a poster free campaign in his bid to be elected to the European Parliament. His website calls for support of undergrad and post-grad students.

Mairead McGuinness

Mairead McGuinness

Fine Gael

Sitting MEP Ms McGuinness is aiming for her fourth re-election to the European Parliament. She is the current vice-president of the parliament.

Saoirse McHugh

Saoirse McHugh

The Green Party

Achill Island native Ms McHugh describes herself as a “an environmentalist, a democratic socialist, and a grower.”

James Miller

James Miller

Independent

Westmeath farmer James Miller is seeking to "support and protect the Irish family and family values". He previously contested the 2016 general election.

Diarmaid Mulcahy

Diarmaid Mulcahy

Independent

Independent candidate Diarmaid Mulcahy is based in Galway. His policy objectives include "the establishment of a public banking system" and "a debate on who is benefitting from the use of Ireland's natural resources".

Olive O'Connor

Olive O'Connor

Independent

Mayo-based independent Olive O'Connor is part of the "Families Speak Out" group, which is a movement of parents and health advocates.

Michael O'Dowd

Michael O'Dowd

Renua Ireland

Drogheda resident Mr O’Dowd – whose brother is Fine Gael TD Fergus – is the only Renua candidate to contest the European Elections. He joined the party in 2015. The theme of his campaign is “Family, Community and Country”.

Anne Rabbitte

Anne Rabbitte

Fianna Fáil

Galway East TD Ms Rabbitte caused a stir in Fianna Fáil HQ when she threw her hat in the ring for the European elections without discussing it with the leadership. She was not selected at the convention but was later added to the ticket.

Brendan Smith

Brendan Smith

Fianna Fáil

Fianna Fáil stalwart and Cavan TD Mr Smith has been a TD since 1992 and served in various ministerial roles during his career in Dáil Eireann. He was selected by Fianna Fáil members to contest the election for the party in the Midlands North West candidacy.

Maria Walsh

Maria Walsh

Fine Gael

Former Rose of Tralee and mental health activist Ms Walsh is running for election for the first time and is hoping to take a second seat for the party in the extensive constituency.

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