Category Archives: Gender

Anything but unusual: the use of Gender Quotas in the EU states

Posted on June 2, 2011 by Claire McGing

By Claire McGing, John and Pat Hume and Irish Research Council for the Humanities and Social Sciences scholar, Department of Geography,  NUI Maynooth Under planned new legislation, political parties will have to implement a gender quota for future general election … Continue reading →

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Gender, Candidate Selection and Constituency Size in the 2011 General Election

Posted on May 23, 2011 by Claire McGing

By Claire McGing, John and Pat Hume scholar and Irish Research Council for the Humanities and Social Sciences (IRCHSS) scholar, Dept of Geography, NUI Maynooth Research suggests that the larger the constituency size (often called the ‘district magnitude’), the better … Continue reading →

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Arise Sligo-North Leitrim! A Geography of Seanad Election 2011 results

Posted on May 3, 2011 by Adrian Kavanagh

Adrian Kavanagh 3rd May 2011 So the final contests of the general elections of 2011 have now come to an end and we can now review the results of the Seanad Election 2011 vocational panel contests. 120 candidates contested these … Continue reading →

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Seanad 2011 results – Administrative panel

Posted on April 29, 2011 by Adrian Kavanagh

Adrian Kavanagh, 29th April 2011 Fine Gael 3 seats, Fianna Fail 2 seats, Labour Party 2 seats Elected: Mark Daly FF, John Kelly LB, Diarmuid Wilson FF, Michael W D’Arcy FG, Martin Conway FG, Tom Sheahan FG, Dennis Landy LB (Inside panel candidates underlined) Having failed … Continue reading →

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Seanad 2011 results – Industrial and Commercial panel

Posted on April 29, 2011 by Adrian Kavanagh

Adrian Kavanagh, 29th April 2011 Fine Gael 4 seats, Fianna Fail 3 seats, Labour Party 1 seat, Sinn Fein 1 seat Elected: Jimmy Harte LB, Averil Power FF, Mary White FF, Marc McSharry FF, Imelda Henry FG, Paul Coghlan FG, Colm Burke FG, Catherine Noone … Continue reading →

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Seanad 2011 results – Labour panel

Posted on April 28, 2011 by Adrian Kavanagh

Adrian Kavanagh, 28th April 2011 Fine Gael 5 seats, Fianna Fail 3 seats, Labour Party 2 seats, Sinn Fein 1 seat Elected: Fidelma Healy-Eames FG, Maire Moloney LB, David Cullinane SF, Tony Mulcahy FG, Cait Keane FG, Terry Brennan FG, Daragh O’Brien FF, Terry Leyden … Continue reading →

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Seanad 2011 results – Agricultural panel

Posted on April 28, 2011 by Adrian Kavanagh

Adrian Kavanagh, 28th April 2011 Fine Gael 4 seats, Fianna Fail 4 seats, Labour Party 2 seats, Sinn Fein 1 seat Elected: James Heffernan LB , Paddy Burke FG, Paul Bradford FG, Trevor Ó Clochartaigh SF, Brian Ó Dohmnaill FF, Pat O’Neill FG, Michael Comiskey … Continue reading →

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Seanad 2011 results – Cultural and Educational panel

Posted on April 26, 2011 by Adrian Kavanagh

Adrian Kavanagh, 26th April 2011 Fine Gael 2 seats, Fianna Fail 2 seats, Labour Party 1 seat Elected: Deidre Clune FG, Labhras O’Murchu FF, Thomas Byrne FF, John Gilroy LB, Michael Mullins FG (Inside panel candidates underlined) With no Sinn … Continue reading →

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Seanad Elections – Part IV Gender and the Vocational Panels

Posted on April 15, 2011 by Adrian Kavanagh

Adrian Kavanagh, 15 April 2011 Given that elected politicians (county and city councillors, TDs, Senators) for the electorate for the vocational panel elections, it is not surprising that females account for a relatively small proportion of the eligible electors for … Continue reading →

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Votes won by Female candidates in 2011 General Election

Posted on March 8, 2011 by Adrian Kavanagh

Adrian Kavanagh, 8th March 2011 For the day that’s in it – this post ranks constituencies based on the share of the vote won by female candidates in the 2011 General Election. Even though there was no noticeable urban-rural divide … Continue reading →

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