Category Archives: General Election

Former TDs contesting the 2015/16 General Election

Posted on June 2, 2015 by Adrian Kavanagh

Adrian Kavanagh, 6th June 2015 (with subsequent updates) A good number of former TDs will often decide to contest the following general election contest after the one that they lost their seat in. Some of these will have already contested the 2014 City/County Council elections, … Continue reading →

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Some Thoughts on the General Election in the United Kingdom

Posted on May 9, 2015 by Adrian Kavanagh

Adrian Kavanagh, 10th May 2015 Thursday’s general election in the United Kingdom produced a victory for the Conservative Party, as well as for the Scottish Nationalist Party in Scotland, but brought about a stunning defeat for the junior partners in … Continue reading →

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Where could Fine Gael run female candidates at the next general election?

Posted on January 16, 2015 by Adrian Kavanagh

Adrian Kavanagh, 16th January 2015 Following yesterday’s post on the situation with Fianna Fail, this post will consider the case of Fine Gael in relation to the candidate selection decisions that party needs to make in order to meet the requirements … Continue reading →

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Where could Fianna Fail run female candidates at the next general election, in response to the party’s Markiewicz Report:

Posted on January 15, 2015 by Adrian Kavanagh

Adrian Kavanagh, 15th January 2015 (updated: 23rd June 2015) January 15th 2015 saw the publication of the Markievicz Commission Report, which set out targets for Fianna Fail to reach in order to meet the requirements set by the gender quota legislation. … Continue reading →

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Introduction of the gender quota and challenges for political parties

Posted on January 6, 2015 by Adrian Kavanagh

Adrian Kavanagh, 6th January 2015  The passing of gender quota legislation by Dail Eireann in July 2012 has linked the state funding of political parties to a requirement that female (and male) candidates will account for at least 30% of … Continue reading →

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Candidates for the 2016 General Election (by constituency)

Posted on October 22, 2014 by Adrian Kavanagh

Adrian Kavanagh – First posted on 22nd October 2014 – this post will be updated as and when new candidates are selected/declared  As confirmed on the morning of February 3rd 2016, the next general election will take place on Friday 26th … Continue reading →

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Fianna Fail’s Top Ten Problem/Promising Constituencies ahead of the next General Election

Posted on September 26, 2014 by Adrian Kavanagh

Adrian Kavanagh, 26th September 2014 This is the second in a series of posts where I offer a geographical perspective on the state of play for the different parties at this point in time. Note – I stress at this … Continue reading →

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TDs (31st Dáil Éireann) who will not be contesting the next general election

Posted on September 22, 2014 by Adrian Kavanagh

Adrian Kavanagh, 22nd September 2014 Following on a similar post that was completed ahead of the 2011 General Election, this post will list all of the Dail deputies who have retired/stepped down during the lifetime of the current Dail or who … Continue reading →

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Fine Gael’s Top Ten Problem/Promising Constituencies ahead of the next General Election

Posted on September 11, 2014 by Adrian Kavanagh

With little more than a year (at most!) to go until the next general election and with the candidate selection convention process likely to commence in the coming months, I am going to start of a series of posts where … Continue reading →

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