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| type = [[Dáil constituencies|Dáil]]
| type = [[Dáil constituencies|Dáil]]
| year = [[2024 Irish general election|2024]]
| year = [[2024 Irish general election|2024]]
| towns = {{ubl|[[Abbeyleix]]|[[Mountmellick]]|[[Portarlington, County Laois|Portarlington]]|[[Portlaoise]]|[[Stradbally]]}}
| map4 = Laois (Dáil constituency) 2024.svg
| map4 = Laois (Dáil constituency) 2024.svg
| map_entity = Ireland
| map_entity = Ireland
| map_size = 200px
| map_size = 200px
| members_label = [[Teachta Dála|TDs]]
| members_label = [[Teachta Dála|TDs]]
| members = {{ubl|
| {{nowrap|{{Color box|{{party color|Fine Gael}}|border=darkgray}} [[William Aird (Fine Gael politician)|William Aird]] ([[Fine Gael|FG]])}}
| {{nowrap|{{Color box|{{party color|Fianna Fáil}}|border=darkgray}} [[Seán Fleming]] ([[Fianna Fáil|FF]])}}
| {{Color box|{{party color|Independent politician (Ireland)}}|border=darkgray}} [[Brian Stanley (politician)|Brian Stanley]] ([[Independent politician (Ireland)|Ind]])
}}
| seats = 3
| seats = 3
| local_council_label = [[Local government in the Republic of Ireland|Local government area]]
| local_council_label = [[Local government in the Republic of Ireland|Local government area]]
| local_council = [[County Laois]]
| local_council = [[County Laois]]
| previous = [[Laois–Offaly (Dáil constituency)|Laois–Offaly]]
| previous = [[Laois–Offaly (Dáil constituency)|Laois–Offaly]]
| future = proposed
}}
}}
{{Infobox constituency
{{Infobox constituency
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It was established by the [[Electoral (Amendment) (Dáil Constituencies) Act 2013]].<ref name=ea_2013>{{cite ISB|title=[[Electoral (Amendment) (Dáil Constituencies) Act 2013]]|schedule=y|year=2013|num=7|access-date=7 April 2013}}</ref> The constituency incorporated all of [[County Laois]] from the previous [[Laois–Offaly (Dáil constituency)|Laois–Offaly]] constituency, and six [[electoral division (Ireland)|electoral divisions]] from [[Kildare South (Dáil constituency)|Kildare South]].
It was established by the [[Electoral (Amendment) (Dáil Constituencies) Act 2013]].<ref name=ea_2013>{{cite ISB|title=[[Electoral (Amendment) (Dáil Constituencies) Act 2013]]|schedule=y|year=2013|num=7|access-date=7 April 2013}}</ref> The constituency incorporated all of [[County Laois]] from the previous [[Laois–Offaly (Dáil constituency)|Laois–Offaly]] constituency, and six [[electoral division (Ireland)|electoral divisions]] from [[Kildare South (Dáil constituency)|Kildare South]].

The 2013 Act defined the constituency as:<ref name=ea_2013/>
{{quote frame|"The county of Laois;

and in the county of Kildare the electoral divisions of:
:Ballybrackan, Churchtown, Harristown, [[Kilberry, County Kildare|Kilberry]], [[Kildangan]], [[Monasterevin]], in the former ''Rural District of Athy No. 1''.}}


It was abolished at the [[2020 Irish general election|2020 general election]], along with the [[Offaly (Dáil constituency)|Offaly]] constituency. They were replaced by a re-created Laois–Offaly constituency, with the transfer of four electoral divisions in County Offaly to Kildare South.<ref name=ea_2017>{{cite ISB|title=[[Electoral (Amendment) (Dáil Constituencies) Act 2017]]|schedule=y|year=2017|num=39|access-date=12 April 2018}}</ref>
It was abolished at the [[2020 Irish general election|2020 general election]], along with the [[Offaly (Dáil constituency)|Offaly]] constituency. They were replaced by a re-created Laois–Offaly constituency, with the transfer of four electoral divisions in County Offaly to Kildare South.<ref name=ea_2017>{{cite ISB|title=[[Electoral (Amendment) (Dáil Constituencies) Act 2017]]|schedule=y|year=2017|num=39|access-date=12 April 2018}}</ref>
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|Fianna Fáil
|Fianna Fáil
|Fine Gael
|Fine Gael
|Independent politician (Ireland)
|Sinn Féin
|Sinn Féin
}}
}}
{{Irish TD table Dáil
{{Irish TD table Dáil
|dailnum = 32
|dailnum = 32
|refs = <ref name="ei-laois-2016">{{cite web|title=General election 2016: Laois|url=http://www.electionsireland.org/result.cfm?election=2016&cons=300|work=ElectionsIreland.org|access-date=20 February 2016}}</ref>
|refs = <ref name="ei-laois-2016">{{cite web|title=General election 2016: Laois|url=http://www.electionsireland.org/result.cfm?election=2016&cons=300|work=ElectionsIreland.org|access-date=20 February 2016}}</ref>
}}
}}
{{Irish TD table TD with party link
{{Irish TD table TD with party link
|name = [[Brian Stanley (politician)|Brian Stanley]]
|name = [[Brian Stanley (politician)|Brian Stanley]]
|elections = 1
|elections = 1
|party = Sinn Féin }}
|party = Sinn Féin
}}
{{Irish TD table TD with party link
{{Irish TD table TD with party link
|name = [[Seán Fleming]]
|name = [[Seán Fleming]]
|elections = 1
|elections = 1
|party = Fianna Fáil}}
|party = Fianna Fáil
}}
{{Irish TD table TD with party link
{{Irish TD table TD with party link
|name = [[Charles Flanagan]]
|name = [[Charles Flanagan]]
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|party = Fine Gael
|party = Fine Gael
}}
}}
{{Irish TD table end
{{Irish TD table Dáil
|dailnum = 33
|dailnum = 33
}}
|maxTDs = 5
{{Irish TD table seats dropped
|seats = 3
|elections = 1
|comment = Constituency abolished. See [[Laois–Offaly (Dáil constituency)|Laois–Offaly]].
|comment = Constituency abolished. See [[Laois–Offaly (Dáil constituency)|Laois–Offaly]].
}}
}}
{{Irish TD table Dáil
|dailnum = 34
|refs = <ref name="ei-laois-2024">{{cite web|title=General election 2024: Laois|url=http://www.electionsireland.org/result.cfm?election=2024&cons=316|work=ElectionsIreland.org|access-date=6 December 2024}}</ref>
}}
{{Irish TD table TD with party link
|name = [[Brian Stanley (politician)|Brian Stanley]]
|elections = 1
|party = Independent politician (Ireland)
}}
{{Irish TD table TD with party link
|name = [[Seán Fleming]]
|elections = 1
|party = Fianna Fáil
}}
{{Irish TD table TD with party link
|name = [[William Aird (Fine Gael politician)|William Aird]]
|elections = 1
|party = Fine Gael
}}
{{Irish TD table end}}


==Elections==
==Elections==
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===2024 general election===
===2024 general election===
{{STV Election box begin2
{{STV Election box begin2
|title = [[2024 Irish general election|2024 general election]]: Laois<ref name=RTE_Laois_Profile_2024>{{cite web|url=https://www.rte.ie/news/election-24/profiles/#/laois|title=General Election 2024 Profiles – Laois|work=[[RTÉ News]]|date=November 2024|access-date=8 November 2024}}</ref>
|title = [[2024 Irish general election|2024 general election]]: Laois<ref name="ei-laois-2024"/><ref name=RTE_laois_2024>{{cite web|url=https://www.rte.ie/news/election-24/results/#/laois|title=General Election 2024 Results – Laois|work=[[RTÉ News]]|date=December 2024|access-date=6 December 2024}}</ref>
|numcounts = 1
|numcounts = 8
}}
}}
{{STV Election box candidate2
{{STV Election box candidate2
|candidate = Willie Aird
|candidate = '''[[William Aird (Fine Gael politician)|William Aird]]'''
|party = Fine Gael
|party = Fine Gael
|percentage = 24.22
|percentage = 24.2
|count1 = 9,269
|count1 = 9,269
|count2 = 9,289
|count3 = 9,376
|count4 = 9,470
|count5 = '''9,619'''
|count6 = &nbsp;
|count7 = &nbsp;
|count8 = &nbsp;
}}
}}
{{STV Election box candidate2
{{STV Election box candidate2
|candidate = [[Seán Fleming]]{{cref|*}}
|candidate = '''[[Seán Fleming]]'''{{cref|*}}
|party = Fianna Fáil
|party = Fianna Fáil
|percentage = 21.22
|percentage = 21.2
|count1 = 8,123
|count1 = 8,123
|count2 = 8,132
}}
|count3 = 8,405
|count4 = 8,469
|count5 = 8,590
|count6 = 8,872
|count7 = 9,382
|count8 = '''10,693'''
}}
{{STV Election box candidate2
{{STV Election box candidate2
|candidate = [[Brian Stanley (politician)|Brian Stanley]]{{cref|*}}
|candidate = '''[[Brian Stanley (politician)|Brian Stanley]]'''{{cref|*}}
|party = Independent politician (Ireland)
|party = Independent politician (Ireland)
|percentage = 17.72
|percentage = 17.7
|count1 = 6,782
|count1 = 6,782
|count2 = 6,804
|count3 = 6,858
|count4 = 6,945
|count5 = 7,015
|count6 = 7,344
|count7 = 8,170
|count8 = '''9,512'''
}}
}}
{{STV Election box candidate2
{{STV Election box candidate2
|candidate = Maria McCormack
|candidate = Maria McCormack
|party = Sinn Féin
|party = Sinn Féin
|percentage = 12.84
|percentage = 12.8
|count1 = 4,914
|count1 = 4,914
|count2 = 4,925
|count3 = 4,934
|count4 = 4,984
|count5 = 5,040
|count6 = 5,538
|count7 = 5,888
|count8 = 6,565
}}
}}
{{STV Election box candidate2
{{STV Election box candidate2
|candidate = Aisling Moran
|candidate = Aisling Moran
|party = Independent politician (Ireland)
|party = Independent politician (Ireland)
|percentage = 7.76
|percentage = 7.8
|count1 = 2,970
|count1 = 2,970
|count2 = 2,996
|count3 = 3,013
|count4 = 3,130
|count5 = 3,274
|count6 = 3,652
|count7 = 4,371
|count8 = &nbsp;
}}
}}
{{STV Election box candidate2
{{STV Election box candidate2
|candidate = Elaine Mullally
|candidate = Elaine Mullally
|party = Independent politician (Ireland)
|party = Independent politician (Ireland)
|percentage = 6.37
|percentage = 6.4
|count1 = 2,438
|count1 = 2,438
|count2 = 2,463
|count3 = 2,484
|count4 = 2,561
|count5 = 2,606
|count6 = 2,959
|count7 = &nbsp;
|count8 = &nbsp;
}}
}}
{{STV Election box candidate2
{{STV Election box candidate2
|candidate = Mary Hand
|candidate = Mary Hand
|party = Aontú
|party = Aontú
|percentage = 2.71
|percentage = 2.7
|count1 = 1,038
|count1 = 1,038
|count2 = 1,042
|count3 = 1,051
|count4 = 1,091
|count5 = 1,108
|count6 = &nbsp;
|count7 = &nbsp;
|count8 = &nbsp;
}}
}}
{{STV Election box candidate2
{{STV Election box candidate2
|candidate = Rosie Palmer
|candidate = Rosie Palmer
|party = Green Party (Ireland)
|party = Green Party (Ireland)
|percentage = 1.95
|percentage = 2.0
|count1 = 747
|count1 = 747
|count2 = 752
|count3 = 760
|count4 = 788
|count5 = &nbsp;
|count6 = &nbsp;
|count7 = &nbsp;
|count8 = &nbsp;
}}
}}
{{STV Election box candidate2
{{STV Election box candidate2
|candidate = Ken Mooney{{efn|group=ge24|name=PBP|Mooney is a member of [[People Before Profit]].}}
|candidate = Ken Mooney{{efn|group=ge24|name=PBP|Mooney is a member of [[People Before Profit]].}}
|party = People Before Profit–Solidarity
|party = People Before Profit–Solidarity
|percentage = 1.95
|percentage = 2.0
|count1 = 745
|count1 = 745
|count2 = 757
|count3 = 767
|count4 = 795
|count5 = 954
|count6 = &nbsp;
|count7 = &nbsp;
|count8 = &nbsp;
}}
}}
{{STV Election box candidate2
{{STV Election box candidate2
|candidate = Pauline Flanagan
|candidate = Pauline Flanagan
|party = Independent politician (Ireland)
|party = Independent politician (Ireland)
|percentage = 1.51
|percentage = 1.5
|count1 = 578
|count1 = 578
|count2 = 604
|count3 = 610
|count4 = &nbsp;
|count5 = &nbsp;
|count6 = &nbsp;
|count7 = &nbsp;
|count8 = &nbsp;
}}
}}
{{STV Election box candidate2
{{STV Election box candidate2
|candidate = Austin Stack
|candidate = Austin Stack
|party = Fianna Fáil
|party = Fianna Fáil
|percentage = 1.31
|percentage = 1.3
|count1 = 502
|count1 = 502
|count2 = 502
|count3 = &nbsp;
|count4 = &nbsp;
|count5 = &nbsp;
|count6 = &nbsp;
|count7 = &nbsp;
|count8 = &nbsp;
}}
}}
{{STV Election box candidate2
{{STV Election box candidate2
|candidate = Jason Lynch
|candidate = Jason Lynch
|party = Independent politician (Ireland)
|party = Independent politician (Ireland)
|percentage = 0.44
|percentage = 0.4
|count1 = 170
|count1 = 170
|count2 = &nbsp;
|count3 = &nbsp;
|count4 = &nbsp;
|count5 = &nbsp;
|count6 = &nbsp;
|count7 = &nbsp;
|count8 = &nbsp;
}}
}}
{{STV Election box end2
{{STV Election box end2
|numcounts = 1
|numcounts = 8
|electorate = 65,873
|electorate = 65,873
|valid = 38,276
|valid = 38,276
|spoilt = 231
|spoilt = 231
|quota = 9,570
|quota = 9,570
|turnout = 58.46%
|turnout = 58.5%
}}
}}
{{notelist|group=ge24}}
{{notelist|group=ge24}}

Latest revision as of 21:28, 7 December 2024

Laois
Dáil constituency
Outline map
Location of Laois within Ireland
Major settlements
Current constituency
Created2024
Seats3
TDs
  •   William Aird (FG)
  •   Seán Fleming (FF)
  •   Brian Stanley (Ind)
Local government areaCounty Laois
Created fromLaois–Offaly
Laois
Former Dáil constituency
Former constituency
Created2016
Abolished2020
Seats3
Local government area
Created fromLaois–Offaly
Replaced by

Laois is a parliamentary constituency represented in Dáil Éireann, the lower house of the Irish parliament or Oireachtas. The constituency elects three deputies (Teachtaí Dála, commonly known as TDs) on the system of proportional representation by means of the single transferable vote (PR-STV).

History and boundaries

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The Constituency Commission proposed in its 2012 report that at the 2016 general election a new constituency called Laois be created.[1] The report proposed changes to the constituencies of Ireland to reduce the total number of TDs from 166 to 158.[2]

It was established by the Electoral (Amendment) (Dáil Constituencies) Act 2013.[3] The constituency incorporated all of County Laois from the previous Laois–Offaly constituency, and six electoral divisions from Kildare South.

It was abolished at the 2020 general election, along with the Offaly constituency. They were replaced by a re-created Laois–Offaly constituency, with the transfer of four electoral divisions in County Offaly to Kildare South.[4]

In 2023, the Electoral Commission recommended the establishment of a three-seat constituency of Laois comprising the entire county of Laois.[5]

For the 2024 general election, the Electoral (Amendment) Act 2023 defines the constituency as:[6]

"The county of Laois."

TDs

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Teachtaí Dála (TDs) for Laois 2016–2020
Key to parties
Dáil Election Deputy
(Party)		 Deputy
(Party)		 Deputy
(Party)
32nd 2016[7] Brian Stanley
(SF) 		Seán Fleming
(FF) 		Charles Flanagan
(FG)
33rd 2020 Constituency abolished. See Laois–Offaly.
34th 2024[8] Brian Stanley
(Ind) 		Seán Fleming
(FF) 		William Aird
(FG)

Note: The columns in this table are used only for presentational purposes, and no significance should be attached to the order of columns. For details of the order in which seats were won at each election, see the detailed results of that election.

Elections

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^ *: Outgoing TD

2024 general election

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2024 general election: Laois[8][9]
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
Fine Gael William Aird 24.2 9,269 9,289 9,376 9,470 9,619      
Fianna Fáil Seán Fleming[*] 21.2 8,123 8,132 8,405 8,469 8,590 8,872 9,382 10,693
Independent Brian Stanley[*] 17.7 6,782 6,804 6,858 6,945 7,015 7,344 8,170 9,512
Sinn Féin Maria McCormack 12.8 4,914 4,925 4,934 4,984 5,040 5,538 5,888 6,565
Independent Aisling Moran 7.8 2,970 2,996 3,013 3,130 3,274 3,652 4,371  
Independent Elaine Mullally 6.4 2,438 2,463 2,484 2,561 2,606 2,959    
Aontú Mary Hand 2.7 1,038 1,042 1,051 1,091 1,108      
Green Rosie Palmer 2.0 747 752 760 788        
PBP–Solidarity Ken Mooney[a] 2.0 745 757 767 795 954      
Independent Pauline Flanagan 1.5 578 604 610          
Fianna Fáil Austin Stack 1.3 502 502            
Independent Jason Lynch 0.4 170              
Electorate: 65,873   Valid: 38,276   Spoilt: 231   Quota: 9,570   Turnout: 58.5%  
  1. ^ Mooney is a member of People Before Profit.

2016 general election

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2016 general election: Laois[10][11][7]
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3
Fianna Fáil Seán Fleming[*] 35.1 13,626    
Fine Gael Charles Flanagan[*] 21.5 8,370 9,298 9,525
Sinn Féin Brian Stanley[*] 21.2 8,242 9,562 10,092
Fine Gael Thomasina Connell 10.9 4,233 4,735 5,140
Labour John Whelan 7.3 2,856 3,394 3,896
Green Sinead Moore 4.0 1,541 2,161  
Electorate: 63,295   Valid: 38,868   Spoilt: 352   Quota: 9,718   Turnout: 61.96%  

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "Constituency Commission Report 2012 – Waterford – Tipperary – Laois – Offaly – Kildare area" (PDF). Constituency Commission. 21 June 2012. Retrieved 7 April 2013.
  2. ^ "Constituency Commission Report 2012 – Introduction and summary of recommendation" (PDF). Constituency Commission. 21 June 2012. Retrieved 7 April 2013.
  3. ^ Electoral (Amendment) (Dáil Constituencies) Act 2013, Schedule (No. 7 of 2013, Schedule). Act of the Oireachtas. Retrieved from Irish Statute Book on 7 April 2013.
  4. ^ Electoral (Amendment) (Dáil Constituencies) Act 2017, Schedule (No. 39 of 2017, Schedule). Act of the Oireachtas. Retrieved from Irish Statute Book on 12 April 2018.
  5. ^ Miller, Steven (30 August 2023). "Laois to return to a three-seater constituency as Dáil set to increase to 174 TDs". Laois Today.
  6. ^ Electoral (Amendment) Act 2023, Schedule (No. 40 of 2023, Schedule). Enacted on 19 December 2023. Act of the Oireachtas. Retrieved from Irish Statute Book on 16 February 2024.
  7. ^ a b "General election 2016: Laois". ElectionsIreland.org. Retrieved 20 February 2016.
  8. ^ a b "General election 2024: Laois". ElectionsIreland.org. Retrieved 6 December 2024.
  9. ^ "General Election 2024 Results – Laois". RTÉ News. December 2024. Retrieved 6 December 2024.
  10. ^ "Laois Results 2016". Irelandelection.com. Retrieved 21 January 2020.
  11. ^ "Laois Results 2016". RTÉ. Archived from the original on 15 March 2019. Retrieved 21 January 2020.
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