# Kildare North (Dáil constituency)

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

## History and boundaries

The constituency was created at the 1997 general election, when the former 5-seat Kildare constituency was divided into Kildare North and Kildare South. At the 1997 and 2002 elections, Kildare North was a 3-seat constituency, but it was allocated an extra seat at the 2007 general election. The constituency spans the more densely populated north-eastern corner of County Kildare, taking in the towns of Celbridge, Clane, Leixlip, Kilcock, Maynooth and Naas.
The Constituency Review Report 2023 of the Electoral Commission recommended that at the next general election, Kildare North be increased to a five-seat constituency with the transfer of territory from Kildare South.
The Electoral (Amendment) Act 2023 defines the constituency as:
       Balraheen, Celbridge, Cloncurry, Donadea, Donaghcumper, Kilcock, Leixlip, Maynooth, Straffan, in the former Rural District of Celbridge No. 1;
       Ballynadrumny, Cadamstown, Dunfierth in the former Rural District of Edenderry No. 2;
       Bodenstown, Clane, Carragh, Donore, Downings, Kill, Killashee, Kilteel, Ladytown, Naas Rural, Newtown, Oughterard, Rathmore, Timahoe North, in the former Rural District of Naas No. 1;
       and Naas Urban."

## TDs

Teachtaí Dála (TDs) for Kildare North 1997– :
| Key to parties  FF = Fianna Fáil  FG = Fine Gael  Ind = Independent  Lab = Labour  SD = Social Democrats  SF = Sinn Féin ||||||||||||
| Dáil | Election | Deputy (Party) | Deputy (Party) | Deputy (Party) | Deputy (Party) | Deputy (Party) | Deputy (Party) | Deputy (Party) | Deputy (Party) | Deputy (Party) | Deputy (Party) |
| 28th | 1997 | | Emmet Stagg (Lab) | | Charlie McCreevy (FF) | | Bernard Durkan (FG) | 3 seats until 2007 | 3 seats until 2007 | 3 seats until 2007 | 3 seats until 2007 |
| 29th | 2002 | | Emmet Stagg (Lab) | | Charlie McCreevy (FF) | | Bernard Durkan (FG) | 3 seats until 2007 | 3 seats until 2007 | 3 seats until 2007 | 3 seats until 2007 |
| 29th | 2005 by-election | | Emmet Stagg (Lab) | | Catherine Murphy (Ind) | | Bernard Durkan (FG) | 3 seats until 2007 | 3 seats until 2007 | 3 seats until 2007 | 3 seats until 2007 |
| 30th | 2007 | | Emmet Stagg (Lab) | | Áine Brady (FF) | | Bernard Durkan (FG) | | Michael Fitzpatrick (FF) | 4 seats until 2024 | 4 seats until 2024 |
| 31st | 2011 | | Emmet Stagg (Lab) | | Catherine Murphy (Ind) | | Bernard Durkan (FG) | | Anthony Lawlor (FG) | 4 seats until 2024 | 4 seats until 2024 |
| 32nd | 2016 | | Frank O'Rourke (FF) | | Catherine Murphy (SD) | | Bernard Durkan (FG) | | James Lawless (FF) | 4 seats until 2024 | 4 seats until 2024 |
| 33rd | 2020 | | Réada Cronin (SF) | | Catherine Murphy (SD) | | Bernard Durkan (FG) | | James Lawless (FF) | 4 seats until 2024 | 4 seats until 2024 |
| 34th | 2024 | | Réada Cronin (SF) | | Aidan Farrelly (SD) | | Joe Neville (FG) | | James Lawless (FF) | | Naoise Ó Cearúil (FF) |
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

^ *: Outgoing TD

### 2024 general election

2024 general election: Kildare North :
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count |
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 |
| | Fianna Fáil | James Lawless | 15.3 | 8,734 | 8,747 | 8,758 | 8,793 | 8,822 | 9,117 | 9,323 | 10,007 | | | | |
| | Social Democrats | Aidan Farrelly | 13.3 | 7,611 | 7,635 | 8,222 | 8,348 | 8,420 | 8,934 | 9,207 | 9,338 | 9,380 | 11,118 | | |
| | Sinn Féin | Réada Cronin | 11.9 | 6,806 | 6,843 | 6,997 | 7,927 | 8,046 | 8,123 | 8,531 | 8,580 | 8,590 | 8,930 | 9,233 | 10,381 |
| | Fianna Fáil | Naoise Ó Cearúil | 10.3 | 5,872 | 5,889 | 5,901 | 5,924 | 5,972 | 6,099 | 6,313 | 6,418 | 6,497 | 7,227 | 7,524 | 8,444 |
| | Fine Gael | Joe Neville | 9.7 | 5,533 | 5,535 | 5,548 | 5,564 | 5,594 | 5,762 | 5,883 | 7,197 | 7,326 | 7,727 | 7,993 | 8,641 |
| | Fine Gael | Bernard Durkan | 8.1 | 4,632 | 4,640 | 4,643 | 4,662 | 4,698 | 4,828 | 4,921 | 5,558 | 5,648 | 6,036 | 6,201 | 6,881 |
| | Labour | Angela Feeney | 5.8 | 3,337 | 3,358 | 3,439 | 3,492 | 3,528 | 3,884 | 4,025 | 4,180 | 4,213 | | | |
| | Fine Gael | Evie Sammon | 5.4 | 3,111 | 3,117 | 3,128 | 3,137 | 3,144 | 3,339 | 3,410 | | | | | |
| | Independent | Bill Clear | 5.1 | 2,906 | 2,961 | 3,027 | 3,068 | 3,352 | 3,541 | 4,373 | 4,641 | 4,760 | 5,096 | 5,458 | |
| | Aontú | Una O'Connor | 3.8 | 2,174 | 2,283 | 2,324 | 2,356 | 2,973 | 3,026 | | | | | | |
| | Green | Vincent P. Martin | 3.6 | 2,059 | 2,063 | 2,115 | 2,138 | 2,162 | | | | | | | |
| | Irish Freedom | Gerry Waters | 2.2 | 1,254 | 1,494 | 1,519 | 1,535 | | | | | | | | |
| | Sinn Féin | Caroline Hogan | 2.2 | 1,244 | 1,261 | 1,365 | | | | | | | | | |
| | PBP–Solidarity | Leah Whelan | 2.0 | 1,156 | 1,175 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | The Irish People | Avril Corcoran | 0.9 | 533 | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | Centre Party | Sean Gill | 0.1 | 67 | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Electorate: 95,055 Valid: 57,029 Spoilt: 357 (0.6%) Quota: 9,505 Turnout: 57,386 (60.4%) ||||||||||||||||
* ↑ Whelan is a member of Solidarity.

### 2020 general election

2020 general election: Kildare North :
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count |
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 |
| | Social Democrats | Catherine Murphy | 19.3 | 9,808 | 10,180 | 11,008 | | | |
| | Sinn Féin | Réada Cronin | 17.1 | 8,705 | 9,192 | 9,508 | 9,623 | 9,732 | 11,079 |
| | Fianna Fáil | James Lawless | 13.8 | 7,029 | 7,146 | 7,357 | 7,417 | 7,909 | 9,357 |
| | Fianna Fáil | Frank O'Rourke | 12.4 | 6,336 | 6,596 | 6,945 | 7,035 | 7,238 | 7,956 |
| | Fine Gael | Bernard Durkan | 10.7 | 5,447 | 5,522 | 5,910 | 6,006 | 8,521 | 10,258 |
| | Green | Vincent P. Martin | 10.0 | 5,100 | 5,473 | 5,901 | 6,211 | 6,674 | |
| | Fine Gael | Anthony Lawlor | 7.1 | 3,621 | 3,693 | 3,871 | 3,920 | | |
| | Labour | Emmet Stagg | 5.4 | 2,751 | 2,853 | | | | |
| | Renua | Séamus Ó Riain | 1.9 | 967 | | | | | |
| | Solidarity–PBP | Paul Mahon | 1.7 | 861 | | | | | |
| | Independent | David Monaghan | 0.4 | 197 | | | | | |
| | Independent | Wayne Swords | 0.2 | 123 | | | | | |
| Electorate: 81,884 Valid: 50,945 Spoilt: 382 (0.7%) Quota: 10,190 Turnout: 51,327 (62.7%) ||||||||||
* ↑ Mahon was a member of People Before Profit.

### 2016 general election

2016 general election: Kildare North :
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count |
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 |
| | Social Democrats | Catherine Murphy | 22.7 | 11,108 | | | | | | | | |
| | Fianna Fáil | James Lawless | 15.3 | 7,461 | 7,592 | 7,696 | 7,737 | 7,919 | 8,003 | 8,256 | 8,850 | 9,444 |
| | Fianna Fáil | Frank O'Rourke | 12.9 | 6,341 | 6,486 | 6,528 | 6,562 | 6,711 | 6,879 | 7,138 | 7,684 | 8,479 |
| | Fine Gael | Bernard Durkan | 12.6 | 6,147 | 6,268 | 6,302 | 6,322 | 6,472 | 6,531 | 6,740 | 6,974 | 8,890 |
| | Fine Gael | Anthony Lawlor | 11.1 | 5,406 | 5,490 | 5,544 | 5,572 | 5,714 | 5,767 | 6,046 | 6,213 | 7,402 |
| | Labour | Emmet Stagg | 8.4 | 4,087 | 4,288 | 4,349 | 4,408 | 4,488 | 4,632 | 5,181 | 5,775 | |
| | Sinn Féin | Réada Cronin | 6.5 | 3,205 | 3,323 | 3,390 | 3,621 | 3,708 | 4,146 | 4,497 | | |
| | Green | Maebh Ní Fhallúin | 3.0 | 1,485 | 1,649 | 1,715 | 1,804 | 2,020 | 2,419 | | | |
| | Independent | Brendan Young | 2.4 | 1,200 | 1,323 | 1,467 | 1,737 | 1,858 | | | | |
| | Renua | Shane Fitzgerald | 2.0 | 994 | 1,086 | 1,154 | 1,236 | | | | | |
| | AAA–PBP | Ashling Merriman | 1.6 | 781 | 873 | 943 | | | | | | |
| | Independent | Michael Beirne | 0.7 | 372 | 389 | | | | | | | |
| | Independent | Gerard Dunne | 0.5 | 249 | 261 | | | | | | | |
| | Independent | Elizabeth O'Sullivan | 0.2 | 99 | 119 | | | | | | | |
| Electorate: 77,609 Valid: 48,935 Spoilt: 291 (0.6%) Quota: 9,788 Turnout: 49,226 (63.4%) |||||||||||||

### 2011 general election

2011 general election: Kildare North :
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count |
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 |
| | Fine Gael | Bernard Durkan | 19.9 | 10,168 | 10,420 | | | |
| | Labour | Emmet Stagg | 19.0 | 9,718 | 9,976 | 10,264 | | |
| | Independent | Catherine Murphy | 13.5 | 6,911 | 7,474 | 7,696 | 8,716 | 11,639 |
| | Fine Gael | Anthony Lawlor | 13.4 | 6,882 | 7,074 | 7,283 | 7,667 | 9,088 |
| | Labour | John McGinley | 10.3 | 5,261 | 5,489 | 5,590 | 6,449 | |
| | Fianna Fáil | Áine Brady | 9.3 | 4,777 | 4,910 | 6,627 | 6,821 | 7,288 |
| | Sinn Féin | Martin Kelly | 5.7 | 2,896 | 3,043 | 3,111 | | |
| | Fianna Fáil | Michael Fitzpatrick | 5.2 | 2,659 | 2,714 | | | |
| | Green | Shane Fitzgerald | 1.8 | 905 | | | | |
| | Independent | Eric Doyle-Higgins | 0.8 | 423 | | | | |
| | Independent | Michael Beirne | 0.8 | 422 | | | | |
| | Independent | Bart Murphy | 0.4 | 200 | | | | |
| Electorate: 76,773 Valid: 51,222 Spoilt: 388 (0.8%) Quota: 10,245 Turnout: 51,610 (67.2%) |||||||||

### 2007 general election

2007 general election: Kildare North :
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count |
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 |
| | Fianna Fáil | Áine Brady | 24.9 | 11,245 | | | | | |
| | Labour | Emmet Stagg | 17.4 | 7,882 | 8,063 | 8,107 | 8,468 | 9,220 | |
| | Fianna Fáil | Michael Fitzpatrick | 14.6 | 6,606 | 8,113 | 8,151 | 8,817 | 9,097 | |
| | Fine Gael | Bernard Durkan | 11.8 | 5,340 | 5,427 | 5,471 | 5,663 | 5,912 | 9,229 |
| | Independent | Catherine Murphy | 11.5 | 5,188 | 5,339 | 5,474 | 5,881 | 6,733 | 7,652 |
| | Fine Gael | Darren Scully | 9.4 | 4,250 | 4,306 | 4,332 | 4,489 | 4,832 | |
| | Green | Shane Fitzgerald | 4.9 | 2,215 | 2,289 | 2,342 | 2,668 | | |
| | Sinn Féin | Cristin McCauley | 2.4 | 1,103 | 1,135 | 1,154 | | | |
| | Progressive Democrats | Jeff Aherne | 2.1 | 983 | 1,083 | 1,103 | | | |
| | Independent | John Corish | 0.5 | 234 | 244 | | | | |
| | Independent | Gerry Browne | 0.3 | 145 | 153 | | | | |
| Electorate: 71,311 Valid: 45,191 Spoilt: 232 (0.5%) Quota: 9,039 Turnout: 45,423 (63.7%) ||||||||||

### 2005 by-election

Fianna Fáil TD Charlie McCreevy was appointed as a European Commissioner on 22 November 2004. A writ of election to fill the vacancy was moved on 15 February 2005. The by-election was held on 11 March 2005.
2005 by-election: Kildare North :
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count |
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 |
| | Fianna Fáil | Áine Brady | 24.5 | 6,201 | 6,255 | 7,265 | 8,133 | 9,818 |
| | Independent | Catherine Murphy | 23.6 | 5,985 | 6,189 | 7,176 | 8,809 | 12,256 |
| | Fine Gael | Darren Scully | 18.3 | 4,630 | 4,660 | 5,382 | 7,421 | |
| | Labour | Paddy MacNamara | 17.8 | 4,507 | 4,545 | 5,199 | | |
| | Progressive Democrats | Kate Walsh | 7.9 | 2,006 | 2,023 | | | |
| | Green | J. J. Power | 6.1 | 1,547 | 1,621 | | | |
| | Independent | Gerry Browne | 0.9 | 226 | | | | |
| | Independent | Seanán Ó Coistín | 0.8 | 211 | | | | |
| Electorate: 65,080 Valid: 25,313 Spoilt: 211 (0.8%) Quota: 12,657 Turnout: 25,524 (39.2%) |||||||||

### 2002 general election

2002 general election: Kildare North :
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count |
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 |
| | Fianna Fáil | Charlie McCreevy | 27.5 | 9,082 | | | | |
| | Labour | Emmet Stagg | 21.4 | 7,051 | 7,168 | 8,005 | 9,472 | |
| | Fine Gael | Bernard Durkan | 17.5 | 5,786 | 5,859 | 6,177 | 7,341 | 8,025 |
| | Fianna Fáil | Paul Kelly | 15.7 | 5,168 | 5,681 | 5,923 | 7,382 | 7,890 |
| | Progressive Democrats | Kate Walsh | 11.9 | 3,919 | 4,027 | 4,473 | | |
| | Green | Anne Kelly McCormack | 6.0 | 1,974 | 1,999 | | | |
| Electorate: 60,094 Valid: 32,980 Spoilt: 291 (0.9%) Quota: 8,246 Turnout: 33,271 (55.4%) |||||||||

### 1997 general election

1997 general election: Kildare North :
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count |
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 |
| | Fianna Fáil | Charlie McCreevy | 21.9 | 6,905 | 7,055 | 7,152 | 8,156 | |
| | Fine Gael | Bernard Durkan | 21.2 | 6,653 | 6,804 | 7,932 | | |
| | Labour | Emmet Stagg | 19.0 | 5,964 | 6,255 | 6,445 | 6,721 | 8,952 |
| | Fianna Fáil | Paul Kelly | 12.9 | 4,039 | 4,160 | 4,197 | 4,879 | 5,582 |
| | Democratic Left | Catherine Murphy | 8.8 | 2,762 | 3,067 | 3,204 | 3,392 | |
| | Progressive Democrats | Timmy Conway | 6.7 | 2,101 | 2,252 | 2,351 | | |
| | Fine Gael | Mary French | 5.0 | 1,569 | 1,719 | | | |
| | Green | Seán English | 4.5 | 1,403 | | | | |
| Electorate: 50,957 Valid: 31,396 Spoilt: 295 (0.9%) Quota: 7,850 Turnout: 31,691 (60.5%) |||||||||