European Parliament election, 2019 (Ireland)
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Members of the European Parliament for Ireland | |
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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
- ↑ "Why the next general election may not be until May 2019". The Irish Times. 25 August 2017.
- ↑ "Number of Irish MEPs set to increase post-Brexit". RTÉ News. 7 February 2018.
- ↑ "Ireland set to gain two extra EU parliament seats after Brexit". RTÉ News. 12 June 2018.
- ↑ Therese, Molloy Marie. "Minister Murphy establishes Constituency Committee to review European Parliament constituencies". merrionstreet.ie. Retrieved 28 July 2018.
- ↑ "Dublin and Ireland South to gain extra European Parliament seats". RTÉ News. 24 September 2018. Retrieved 25 September 2018.
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