Wicklow–Wexford is a

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represented in

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, the lower house of the Irish parliament or

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, from the 2024 general election. The constituency elects three deputies ( Teachtaí Dála, commonly known as TDs) on the system of

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by means of the

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(PR-STV).

History and boundaries

The 2023 report of the

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recommended that at the next general election, a new three-seat constituency of Wicklow–Wexford be created, with a transfer of territory from the constituencies of

Wexford Wexford ( ; archaic Yola dialect, Yola: ''Weiseforthe'') is the county town of County Wexford, Republic of Ireland, Ireland. Wexford lies on the south side of Wexford Harbour, the estuary of the River Slaney near the southeastern corner of the ...

and

Wicklow Wicklow ( ; , meaning 'church of the toothless one'; ) is the county town of County Wicklow in Republic of Ireland, Ireland. It is located on the east of Ireland, south of Dublin. According to the 2022 census of Ireland, 2022 census, it had ...

. This was done to ensure compliance with the constitutional requirement for one TD per 20,000 to 30,000 of the population and with an overall increase from 160 to 174 TDs. The Commission found that the constituencies of Wexford and Wicklow had a combined population sufficient to justify the allocation of 11 seats and therefore decided to create a new constituency called Wicklow–Wexford in order to meet the criteria set out under the scope of its review. The two pre-existing five-seat constituencies of Wicklow and Wexford transferred one seat each to the new constituency which then gained an additional seat to meet the three-seat minimum for a constituency. None of the ten TDs who had been elected at the

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for the constituencies of

and

are resident in the proposed constituency. For the 2024 general election, the

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defines the constituency as:

TDs

Elections

2024 general election

References

External links

Oireachtas Members Database
{{County Wexford constituencies Dáil constituencies Politics of County Wexford Politics of County Wicklow 2024 establishments in Ireland Constituencies established in 2024