by-election A by-election, also known as a special election in the United States and the Philippines, or a bypoll in India, is an election used to fill an office that has become vacant between general elections. A vacancy may arise as a result of an incumben ...

was held in the

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Dublin Fingal constituency in

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on Friday, 29 November 2019, to fill the vacancy left by the election of

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Clare Daly Clare Daly (born 16 April 1968) is an Irish politician who was a Member of the European Parliament (MEP) from Ireland for the Dublin constituency from July 2019 to July 2024. She is a member of Independents 4 Change, affiliated to The Left in ...

to the

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. It was held on the same day as three other by-elections in

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, Dublin Mid-West and

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. The Electoral (Amendment) Act 2011 stipulates that a by-election in Ireland must be held within six months of a vacancy occurring. The by-election writ was moved in the Dáil on 7 November 2019. At the 2016 general election, the electorate of Dublin Fingal was 93,486, and the constituency elected one

Fianna Fáil Fianna Fáil ( ; ; meaning "Soldiers of Destiny" or "Warriors of Fál"), officially Fianna Fáil – The Republican Party (), is a centre to centre-right political party in Ireland. Founded as a republican party in 1926 by Éamon de ...

TD, one Independents 4 Change TD, one

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TD, one Labour Party TD, and one

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TD. The election was won by

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lor Joe O'Brien of the

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. It was the first by-election won by a

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

lors

Ann Graves Ann Graves is an Irish Sinn Féin politician who has been a Teachta Dála (TD) for the Dublin Fingal East constituency since the 2024 general election. Originally from Drumcondra, Graves has lived in Swords since the early 1990s. She has thr ...

, Dean Mulligan, Joe O'Brien and Duncan Smith. This was the first occasion when by-elections were contested by

(who also contested Dublin Mid-West) and the

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(who also contested

and Dublin Mid-West).

Campaign

During the campaign, the Fianna Fáil candidate Lorraine Clifford-Lee was embroiled in controversy when she had to apologise for the language she had used in tweets she had made in 2011, which were derogatory towards the Traveller community.

Result

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Dublin County returning officer
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Campaign

Result

See also

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