European Parliament election, 2019 (Ireland)

European Parliament election in Ireland, 2019
24 May 2019
All 13 Irish seats to the European Parliament

  First party Second party Third party
 
Leader Leo Varadkar Mary Lou McDonald Micheál Martin
Party Fine Gael Sinn Féin Fianna Fáil
Alliance EPP GUE/NGL ALDE
Leader since 2 June 2017 10 February 2018 26 January 2011
Last election 22.3%, 4 seats 19.5%, 3 seats 22.3%, 1 seat
  Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party
 
Leader Brendan Howlin Eamon Ryan —
Party Labour Party Green Party Solidarity–PBP
Alliance S&D Greens/EFA GUE/NGL
Leader since 20 May 2016 27 May 2011 —
Last election 5.3%, 0 seats 4.9%, 0 seats 1.8%, 0 seats
Members of the
European Parliament
for Ireland
1st delegation (1973)
2nd delegation (1973–77)
3rd delegation (1977–79)
1st term (1979)
2nd term (1984)
3rd term (1989)
4th term (1994)
5th term (1999)
6th term (2004)
7th term (2009)
8th term (2014)
9th term (2019)
List of women MEPs

The 2019 European Parliament election in Ireland is the Irish component of the 2019 European Parliament election and will be held on Friday, 24 May 2019,[1] on the same day as the 2019 local elections. The election will be conducted under the single transferable vote.

Ireland's number of seats will increase from 11 to 13 following Brexit.[2][3] A Constituency Committee was established by the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government in July 2018 in order to facilitate the increase in seats. The Committee's report was published on 24 September 2018.[4]

Constituency changes

The Constituency Commission has proposed changes to the constituencies of Ireland so as to increase the total number of MEPs from 11 to 13. The proposed changes are:[5]

  • Dublin gains an extra seat from 3 to 4; with no boundary changes.
  • South gains an extra seat from 4 to 5, and gains counties Laois and Offaly from Midlands–North-West.
  • Midlands–North-West loses Laois and Offaly to South, but remains a 4 seater.


References

  1. ↑ "Why the next general election may not be until May 2019". The Irish Times. 25 August 2017.
  2. ↑ "Number of Irish MEPs set to increase post-Brexit". RTÉ News. 7 February 2018.
  3. ↑ "Ireland set to gain two extra EU parliament seats after Brexit". RTÉ News. 12 June 2018.
  4. ↑ Therese, Molloy Marie. "Minister Murphy establishes Constituency Committee to review European Parliament constituencies". merrionstreet.ie. Retrieved 28 July 2018.
  5. ↑ "Dublin and Ireland South to gain extra European Parliament seats". RTÉ News. 24 September 2018. Retrieved 25 September 2018.
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.