Adrian Kavanagh, First posted 4th July 2013 with updates as new details included
Just like Fianna Fail and Fine Gael, the Labour Party too has its own group of Local Area Representatives – mainly unelected party members that act as representatives of the party in their local area, with these areas usually coinciding with parts of the country in which the number of party elected representatives are relatively low (although there are some exceptions as in the cases of Elena Secas in Limerick City and Declan Meenagh in Dublin City. In fairness, the Labour Party website does well in allowing for a listing of these party Local Area Representatives to be created if you check though all of the party constituency pages, but I am not totally convinced that the listing here is an exhaustive one.
| Labour LARs | ||
| Carlow | ||
| Carlow | 10 | |
| Muinebeag | 8 | |
| Cavan | ||
| Bailieborough-Cootehill | 6 | Liam Hogan |
| Ballyjamesduff | 6 | |
| Cavan-Belturbert | 6 | Mary Croke |
| Clare | ||
| Ennis | 8 | |
| Killaloe | 6 | |
| Shannon | 6 | |
| West Clare | 8 | |
| Cork County | ||
| Ballincollig-Carrigaline | 10 | |
| Bandon-Kinsale | 6 | |
| Blarney-Macrooom | 6 | |
| Cobh | 7 | |
| East Cork | 6 | |
| Fermoy | 6 | |
| Kanturk-Mallow | 6 | |
| West Cork | 8 | |
| Cork City | ||
| Cork City North Central | 5 | |
| Cork City North East | 4 | |
| Cork City North West | 4 | |
| Cork City South Central | 5 | |
| Cork City South East | 7 | |
| Cork City South West | 6 | |
| Donegal | ||
| Donegal | 6 | |
| Glenties | 6 | |
| Letterkenny | 10 | Peter Cutliffe |
| Inishowen | 9 | |
| Stranorlar | 6 | |
| Dublin City | ||
| Ballyfermot-Drimnagh | 7 | |
| Ballymun | 7 | |
| Beaumont-Donaghmede | 9 | |
| Cabra-Finglas | 7 | Declan Meenagh |
| Clontarf | 6 | |
| Crumlin-Kimmage | 6 | |
| North Inner City | 7 | |
| Pembroke-South Dock | 8 | |
| Rathgar-Rathmines | 6 | |
| Dun Laoghaire-Rathdown | ||
| Blackrock | 6 | |
| Dun Laoghaire | 8 | |
| Dundrum | 7 | |
| Glencullen-Sandyford | 7 | |
| Killiney-Shankill | 6 | |
| Stillorgan | 6 | |
| Fingal County | ||
| Balbriggan | 8 | Deirdre Kilpatrick (LAR Balbriggan), Robert O’Donoghue (LAR Rush) |
| Castleknock | 7 | |
| Howth-Malahide | 8 | |
| Mulhuddart | 8 | |
| Swords | 9 | Duncan Smith |
| South Dublin County | ||
| Clondalkin | 8 | Ken Kinsella (LAR Clondalkin/Bawnogue) |
| Lucan | 8 | |
| Lucan | ||
| Tallaght Central | 6 | |
| Tallaght South | 6 | |
| Templeogue Terenure | 6 | |
| Rathfarnham | 6 | |
| Galway City | ||
| Galway City Central | 6 | |
| Galway City East | 6 | |
| Galway City West | 6 | |
| Galway County | ||
| Athenry-Oranmore | 7 | |
| Ballinasloe | 6 | |
| Conamara | 9 | |
| Loughrea | 8 | |
| Tuam | 9 | |
| Kerry | ||
| Killarney | 8 | |
| Listowel | 7 | |
| South and West Kerry | 9 | |
| Tralee | 9 | |
| Kildare | ||
| Athy | 6 | |
| Celbridge-Leixlip | 7 | |
| Maynooth | 9 | |
| Kildare-Newbridge | 9 | |
| Naas | 9 | |
| Kilkenny | ||
| Castlecomer | 6 | |
| Kilkenny City-East | 6 | |
| Kilkenny City-West | 6 | |
| Piltown | 6 | |
| Laois | ||
| Borris in Ossory-Mountmellick | 6 | |
| Graiguecullen-Portarlington | 6 | |
| Portlaoise | 7 | Noel Tuohy |
| Leitrim | ||
| Ballinamore | 6 | |
| Carrick-on-Shannon | 6 | John Feely |
| Manorhamilton | 6 | |
| Limerick | ||
| Limerick City East | 8 | Elena Secas |
| Limerick City North | 6 | |
| Limerick City West | 7 | |
| Adare-Rathkeale | 6 | |
| Cappamore-Kilmallock | 7 | |
| Newcastle West | 6 | Stephen Goulding |
| Longford | ||
| Ballymahon | 6 | |
| Granard | 6 | |
| Longford | 6 | |
| Louth | ||
| Ardee | 6 | |
| Drogheda | 10 | |
| Dundalk-Carlingford | 6 | |
| Dundalk-South | 7 | |
| Mayo | ||
| Ballina | 8 | |
| Castlebar | 8 | Bernie Courtney |
| Claremorris | 7 | |
| West Mayo | 7 | Jerry Cowley |
| Meath | ||
| Ashbourne | 6 | |
| Kells | 7 | |
| Laytown-Bettystown | 7 | |
| Navan | 7 | |
| Ratoath | 7 | |
| Trim | 6 | |
| Monaghan | ||
| Ballybay-Clones | 6 | |
| Carrickmacross-Castleblaney | 6 | Ciaran Connolly, Peadar Markey |
| Monaghan | 6 | |
| Offaly | ||
| Birr | 6 | |
| Edenderry | 6 | |
| Tullamore | 7 | |
| Roscommon | ||
| Athlone (Roscommon) | 6 | |
| Boyle | 6 | |
| Roscommon | 6 | |
| Sligo | ||
| Ballymote-Tubbercurry | 8 | |
| Sligo | 10 | |
| Tipperary | ||
| Carrick-on-Suir | 6 | |
| Cashel-Tipperary | 7 | |
| Clonmel | 9 | |
| Nenagh | 9 | |
| Templemore-Thurles | 9 | |
| Waterford | ||
| Waterford City East | 6 | |
| Waterford City South | 6 | |
| Tramore-Waterford City West | 6 | |
| Comeragh | 6 | |
| Dungarvan-Lismore | 8 | |
| Westmeath | ||
| Athlone (Westmeath) | 7 | |
| Mullingar-Coole | 7 | |
| Mullingar-Kilbeggan | 6 | |
| Wexford | ||
| Gorey | 8 | |
| Enniscorthy | 8 | |
| New Ross | 8 | |
| Wexford | 10 | |
| Wicklow | ||
| Arklow | 6 | |
| Baltinglass | 6 | |
| Bray | 8 | |
| Greystones | 6 | |
| Wicklow | 6 | |
As this table shows, to date I have only identified sixteen Labour Party Local Area Representatives (I am of course excluding all local elected representatives here (City/County and Borough/Town Councillors), with most of these being based in the party’s weaker constituencies. There is a strong likelihood that most of these Local Area Representatives will be candidates in next May’s local elections, although they will face difficult prospects due to a combination of traditionally low Labour Party support levels in their local areas and the party’s declining support levels in the national opinion polls. Twelve of the Labour LARs are male (75.0%) and four are female (25.0%).
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