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Category Archives: Election boundaries
Does size matter? The largest/smallest (re: area) local and European election constituencies
Adrian Kavanagh, 19th May 2014 NB: If you are using information from the page/website for publications/talks/interviews etc, make sure to highlight this site as the source of your information please. Believe me, a lot of my work/time has been put into … Continue reading
Geographical perspectives on the Longford-Westmeath constituency
Adrian Kavanagh, 19th May 2014 When it comes to elections, Geography matters! But geography especially tends to have a bearing in the case of two-county general election constituencies such as the old Laois-Offaly constituency and the Longford-Westmeath constituency. With this … Continue reading
Posted in by-election, Election boundaries, Election data, Leinster, Voter turnout
Tagged 2014, by-election, Longford-Westmeath
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Whither Gerrymandering?
Adrian Kavanagh, 23rd March 2014 Further controversy arose in relations to the new local election boundaries arose at this weekend’s Fianna Fail Ard Fheis, when party leader, Micheal Martin, was alleged to have likened the terms of reference set for … Continue reading
A review of the new European Election constituency boundaries
Adrian Kavanagh, 25th September 2013 New boundaries for Ireland’s European Election constituencies were published today, following a review that was necessitated by the loss of a European Parliament seat by Ireland after Croatia’s accession to the European Union. The new … Continue reading
Posted in Constituency information, Election boundaries, European Elections
Tagged 2014, boundaries
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Review of Submissions to 2013 Review of European Parliament boundaries
Adrian Kavanagh, 3rd September 2013 The public submissions phase of the current review of European Parliament election constituency boundaries concluded at 5.00pm last Friday (30th August). In all, 24 submissions were made to the Constituency Commission in relation to this … Continue reading
Posted in Constituency Commission, Election boundaries, European Elections
Tagged boundaries
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My Priorities for Electoral and Political Reform in Ireland
As the adriankavanaghelections.org website nears its 100,000th hit, I have decided to mark the occasion with a post detailing what would be the issues that I would most like to see being prioritised in relation to the areas of electoral … Continue reading
Posted in Election boundaries, Gender, Voter turnout, Young candidates
Tagged boundaries, voter turnout, women, Young candidates
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My submission for the European Parliament constituency boundary review
Adrian Kavanagh, 1st August 2013 The process for reviewing Ireland’s European Parliament constituency boundaries has now commenced, following on the loss of one European Parliament seat by the State after Croatia joined the European Union some months ago. The Constituency … Continue reading
Predicting 2014 Local Election seat numbers on the basis of national opinion polls employing a constituency-level analysis
Adrian Kavanagh, 23 July 2013 This post will attempt to ascertain what different political parties/groupings’ seat levels might be following next year’s City and County Council elections on the basis of national support figures associated with recent opinion polls, along … Continue reading
Posted in Election boundaries, Local Elections 2014, opinion polls
Tagged 2014, boundaries, Fianna Fail, Fine Gael, Green Party, Independents, Labour Party, Sinn Fein
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Blood in the Water?: How patterns of local representation match up with new local election boundaries – an overview
Adrian Kavanagh, 25th June 2013 The previous series of posts have reviewed in details how the new local election boundaries, as drawn up in the 2013 Local Electoral Area Boundary Committee Report, relate to the home bases of the current array … Continue reading
Posted in Candidates, Connacht-Ulster, Dublin, Election boundaries, Election data, Electoral Geography (voting maps), Gender, Leinster, local elections, Local Elections 2014, Munster
Tagged 2014, boundaries, Constituency size, Fianna Fail, Fine Gael, Green Party, Independents, Labour Party, local election candidates, Sinn Fein
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Some thoughts on “Local Electoral Area Boundary Committee Report 2013”
Adrian Kavanagh, 30th May 2013 Thursday 30th May 2013 saw the publication of the Local Electoral Area Boundary Committee Report 2013, which outlines the constituency boundaries for next year’s local elections (May 2014). The committee faced a very difficult task, in fairness, given … Continue reading
Posted in Election boundaries, local elections, Local Elections 2014
Tagged 2014, boundaries
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