2019 Dublin Fingal by-election

2019 Dublin Fingal by-election

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Turnout	25,344 (25.6%)
Nominee Joe O'Brien Lorraine Clifford-Lee Duncan Smith Party Green Fianna Fáil Labour First preferences 5,744 4,631 3,821 Percentage 22.9% 18.5% 15.2% Final count 12,315 7,754 -
Dublin Fingal shown within County Dublin
TD before election Clare Daly Inds. 4 Change TD after election Joe O'Brien Green

A Dáil by-election was held in the constituency of Dublin Fingal in Ireland on Friday, 29 November 2019, to fill a vacancy in the 32nd Dáil. It followed the election of Independents 4 Change Teachta Dála (TD) Clare Daly to the European Parliament.

It was held on the same day as three other by-elections in Cork North-Central, Dublin Mid-West and Wexford.^[1] The Electoral (Amendment) Act 2011 stipulates that a by-election in Ireland must be held within six months of a vacancy occurring.^[2] The by-election writ was moved in the Dáil on 7 November 2019.^[3][4]

At the 2016 general election, the electorate of Dublin Fingal was 93,486, and the constituency elected one Fianna Fáil TD, one Independents 4 Change TD, one Fine Gael TD, one Labour Party TD, and one Sinn Féin TD.^[5]

The election was won by Fingal County Councillor Joe O'Brien of the Green Party. It was the first by-election won by a Green Party candidate. Karen Power was co-opted to O'Brien's seat on Fingal County Council following his election to the Dáil

Among the candidates were 2 Senators Lorraine Clifford-Lee and James Reilly and four Fingal County Councillors Ann Graves, Dean Mulligan, Joe O'Brien and Duncan Smith.

This was the first occasion when by-elections were contested by Independents 4 Change (who also contested Dublin Mid-West) and the Social Democrats (who also contested Cork North-Central and Dublin Mid-West).