# Meath West (Dáil constituency)

Meath West 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

The constituency was created under the Electoral (Amendment) Act 2005 when the previous 5-seat Meath constituency was divided into two 3-seat constituencies of Meath East and Meath West. It was first used at the 2007 general election to the 30th Dáil. The town of Kells was moved to Meath East at the 2011 general election. The part of County Westmeath in the constituency was moved to Longford–Westmeath at the 2024 general election.
It spans the western portions of County Meath, including the towns of Trim and Navan.
For the 2024 general election, the Electoral (Amendment) Act 2023 defines the constituency as:

## TDs

Teachtaí Dála (TDs) for Meath West 2007– :
| Key to parties  Aon = Aontú  FF = Fianna Fáil  FG = Fine Gael  SF = Sinn Féin ||||||||
| Dáil | Election | Deputy (Party) | Deputy (Party) | Deputy (Party) | Deputy (Party) | Deputy (Party) | Deputy (Party) |
| 30th | 2007 | | Johnny Brady (FF) | | Noel Dempsey (FF) | | Damien English (FG) |
| 31st | 2011 | | Peadar Tóibín (SF) | | Ray Butler (FG) | | Damien English (FG) |
| 32nd | 2016 | | Peadar Tóibín (SF) | | Shane Cassells (FF) | | Damien English (FG) |
| 33rd | 2020 | | Peadar Tóibín (Aon) | | Johnny Guirke (SF) | | Damien English (FG) |
| 34th | 2024 | | Peadar Tóibín (Aon) | | Johnny Guirke (SF) | | Aisling Dempsey (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.
* ↑ Left Sinn Féin 15 November 2018; formed Aontú 28 January 2019.

## Elections

^ *: Outgoing TD

### 2024 general election

2024 general election: Meath West :
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count |
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 |
| | Sinn Féin | Johnny Guirke | 22.8 | 8,604 | 8,899 | 9,887 | | |
| | Aontú | Peadar Tóibín | 20.1 | 7,563 | 8,038 | 8,334 | 10,054 | |
| | Fianna Fáil | Aisling Dempsey | 17.3 | 6,535 | 6,683 | 7,116 | 8,454 | 8,806 |
| | Fine Gael | Linda Murray Nelson | 16.4 | 6,164 | 6,393 | 6,841 | 7,823 | 8,098 |
| | Independent | Noel French | 10.5 | 3,969 | 4,298 | 5,045 | | |
| | Social Democrats | Ronan Moore | 6.7 | 2,542 | 3,244 | | | |
| | Green | Séamus McMenamin | 1.5 | 568 | | | | |
| | PBP–Solidarity | Finbar Lynch | 1.4 | 505 | | | | |
| | Labour | Sandy Gallagher | 1.1 | 420 | | | | |
| | Liberty Republic | Ben Gilroy | 1.1 | 416 | | | | |
| | The Irish People | Ian McGauley | 0.6 | 216 | | | | |
| | Independent | Damien Reilly | 0.5 | 203 | | | | |
| Electorate: 65,148 Valid: 37,705 Spoilt: 230 Quota: 9,427 Turnout: 58.2% |||||||||
* ↑ Lynch is a member of People Before Profit.

### 2020 general election

2020 general election: Meath West :
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count |
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 |
| | Sinn Féin | Johnny Guirke | 30.5 | 12,652 | | | | | |
| | Aontú | Peadar Tóibín | 17.6 | 7,322 | 8,249 | 8,616 | 9,075 | 9,714 | 11,410 |
| | Fianna Fáil | Shane Cassells | 16.2 | 6,742 | 6,926 | 7,117 | 7,311 | 7,644 | 8,224 |
| | Fine Gael | Damien English | 13.2 | 5,499 | 5,604 | 6,513 | 6,802 | 8,699 | 9,558 |
| | Fine Gael | Noel French | 7.1 | 2,952 | 3,006 | 3,361 | 3,534 | | |
| | Social Democrats | Ronan Moore | 5.7 | 2,376 | 2,931 | 3,045 | 4,141 | 4,569 | |
| | Green | Séamus McMenamin | 4.7 | 1,935 | 2,224 | 2,380 | | | |
| | Fine Gael | Sarah Reilly | 4.4 | 1,817 | 1,897 | | | | |
| | Renua | John Malone | 0.5 | 209 | 290 | | | | |
| Electorate: 67,982 Valid: 41,504 Spoilt: 320 Quota: 10,377 Turnout: 61.5% ||||||||||

### 2016 general election

2016 general election: Meath West :
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count |
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 |
| | Fianna Fáil | Shane Cassells | 27.4 | 10,585 | | | | | |
| | Sinn Féin | Peadar Tóibín | 24.5 | 9,442 | 9,713 | | | | |
| | Fine Gael | Damien English | 21.0 | 8,123 | 8,333 | 8,376 | 8,785 | 8,880 | 10,371 |
| | Fine Gael | Ray Butler | 11.5 | 4,432 | 4,519 | 4,552 | 4,853 | 4,904 | 5,841 |
| | Independent | Trevor Golden | 4.5 | 1,718 | 1,844 | 1,984 | 2,137 | 2,616 | |
| | Green | Séamus McMenamin | 3.7 | 1,421 | 1,519 | 1,587 | 1,807 | 2,178 | |
| | Direct Democracy | Alan Lawes | 3.3 | 1,279 | 1,310 | 1,380 | 1,440 | | |
| | Labour | Tracy McElhinney | 3.0 | 1,166 | 1,229 | 1,241 | | | |
| | Independent | John Malone | 1.1 | 439 | 486 | | | | |
| Electorate: 64,600 Valid: 38,605 Spoilt: 315 Quota: 9,652 Turnout: 38,920 (60.3%) ||||||||||

### 2011 general election

2011 general election: Meath West :
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count |
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 |
| | Fine Gael | Damien English | 23.1 | 9,290 | 9,609 | 10,122 | | |
| | Sinn Féin | Peadar Tóibín | 17.4 | 6,989 | 7,421 | 7,711 | 8,155 | 9,112 |
| | Labour | Jenny McHugh | 13.5 | 5,432 | 5,852 | 6,040 | 6,794 | 7,798 |
| | Fine Gael | Ray Butler | 13.1 | 5,262 | 5,414 | 5,574 | 7,879 | 8,926 |
| | Fine Gael | Catherine Yore | 9.7 | 3,898 | 4,072 | 4,208 | | |
| | Fianna Fáil | Johnny Brady | 9.4 | 3,789 | 3,874 | 6,065 | 6,437 | |
| | Fianna Fáil | Shane Cassells | 8.7 | 3,496 | 3,631 | | | |
| | Green | Fiona Irwin | 1.2 | 479 | | | | |
| | Independent | Stephen Ball | 1.2 | 475 | | | | |
| | Independent | Dáithí Stephens | 1.0 | 387 | | | | |
| | Independent | Ronan Carolan | 0.6 | 258 | | | | |
| | Christian Solidarity | Manus MacMeanmain | 0.6 | 234 | | | | |
| | Workers' Party | Séamus McDonagh | 0.5 | 189 | | | | |
| Electorate: 62,776 Valid: 40,178 Spoilt: 413 (1.0%) Quota: 10,045 Turnout: 40,591 (64.7%) |||||||||

### 2007 general election

2007 general election: Meath West :
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count |
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 |
| | Fianna Fáil | Noel Dempsey | 29.7 | 12,006 | | | | | | |
| | Fianna Fáil | Johnny Brady | 21.9 | 8,868 | 10,178 | | | | | |
| | Fine Gael | Damien English | 17.9 | 7,227 | 7,427 | 7,566 | 7,856 | 8,527 | 9,548 | 12,934 |
| | Sinn Féin | Joe Reilly | 11.3 | 4,567 | 4,697 | 4,803 | 5,024 | 5,187 | 5,588 | 6,015 |
| | Fine Gael | Peter Higgins | 8.0 | 3,234 | 3,335 | 3,424 | 3,534 | 3,960 | 4,379 | |
| | Labour | Brian Collins | 4.0 | 1,634 | 1,663 | 1,734 | 2,097 | 2,181 | | |
| | Fine Gael | Graham Geraghty | 3.2 | 1,284 | 1,326 | 1,360 | 1,420 | | | |
| | Green | Brian Flanagan | 2.5 | 1,011 | 1,047 | 1,194 | | | | |
| | Independent | Phil Cantwell | 1.3 | 506 | 544 | | | | | |
| | Fathers Rights | Paul Coleman | 0.3 | 127 | 130 | | | | | |
| Electorate: 56,267 Valid: 40,464 Spoilt: 388 (0.9%) Quota: 10,117 Turnout: 40,852 (72.6%) |||||||||||