2024 European Parliament election in Ireland
June 2024
14 Irish seats to the European Parliament[1]
Opinion polls
 
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Leader Leo Varadkar Micheál Martin Eamon Ryan
Party Fine Gael Fianna Fáil Green
Alliance EPP Renew Greens–EFA
Leader since 2 June 2017 26 January 2011 27 May 2011
Last election 29.6%, 5 seats 16.6%, 2 seats 11.4%, 2 seats
 
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Leader Collective leadership[lower-alpha 1] Mary Lou McDonald Ivana Bacik
Party Inds. 4 Change Sinn Féin Labour
Alliance The Left The Left S&D
Leader since — 10 February 2018 24 March 2022
Last election 7.4%, 2 seats 11.7%, 1 seat 5.3%, 0 seats
Members of the
European Parliament
for Ireland
1st delegation (1973)
2nd delegation (1973–1977)
3rd delegation (1977–1979)
1st term (1979)
2nd term (1984)
3rd term (1989)
4th term (1994)
5th term (1999)
6th term (2004)
7th term (2009)
8th term (2014)
9th term (2019)
10th term (2024)
List of women MEPs

The 2024 European Parliament election in Ireland is the Irish component of the 2024 European Parliament election and is scheduled to be held in June 2024.[2] The date will be set by order of the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage on the same day as the 2024 local elections.[3] The election will be conducted in three constituencies on the electoral system of proportional representation by means of the single transferable vote (PR-STV).

Boundary review

Ireland currently has 13 MEPs. In June 2023, the European Parliament adopted a resolution to add an additional 11 MEPs. Ireland would gain one MEP under this arrangement, increasing from 13 to 14.[4][5] This was adopted by the European Council in September 2023.[1] The Electoral Commission has recommended the additional seat be given to the constituency of Midlands–North-West, with the transfer of County Laois and County Offaly from South.[6][7]

Retiring incumbents

The following MEPs are not seeking re-election:

Constituency Departing MEP Party EP Group First elected Date announced
Dublin Frances Fitzgerald Fine Gael EPP 2019 6 November 2023[8]
South Deirdre Clune Fine Gael EPP 2014 15 November 2023[9]

Notes

  1. ↑ Pictured here are the party's two successful candidates in the 2019 election, Mick Wallace and Clare Daly.

References

  1. 1 2 European Council Decision (EU) 2023/2061 of 22 September 2023 establishing the composition of the European Parliament
  2. ↑ Swedish Presidency of the Council of the EU [@sweden2023eu] (17 May 2023). "#COREPERII | The EU Ambassadors just approved setting 6 to 9 June 2024 as the dates for the next European Parliament elections" (Tweet). Retrieved 17 May 2023 – via Twitter.
  3. ↑ Leahy, Pat (15 March 2023). "Government favours June 6th to 9th for next year's local and European elections". The Irish Times. Archived from the original on 18 June 2023. Retrieved 15 June 2023.
  4. ↑ Cunningham, Paul (16 March 2023). "Ireland to gain seat in next European Parliament term". RTÉ.ie. RTÉ News. Archived from the original on 21 March 2023. Retrieved 21 March 2023.
  5. ↑ Meskill, Tommy (15 June 2023). "Ireland set to gain extra EU Parliament seat". RTÉ News. Archived from the original on 16 June 2023. Retrieved 15 June 2023.
  6. ↑ Burns, Sarah (20 November 2023). "Extra European Parliament seat recommended for Midlands-North West". The Irish Times. Archived from the original on 20 November 2023. Retrieved 20 November 2023.
  7. ↑ "Review of European Parliament Constituencies Report 2023" (PDF). Electoral Commission. 20 November 2023. Archived (PDF) from the original on 20 November 2023. Retrieved 20 November 2023.
  8. ↑ "Fitzgerald not contesting European Parliament election next year". RTÉ News. 6 November 2023. Archived from the original on 6 November 2023. Retrieved 6 November 2023.
  9. ↑ Hurley, Sandra (15 November 2023). "Ireland South MEP Deirdre Clune will not contest next election". RTÉ News. Archived from the original on 15 November 2023. Retrieved 15 November 2023.
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