Cork North-Central (Dáil constituency)

Cork North-Central
Cork North-Central
Dáil constituency
Major settlements	Cork City (northern part)
Current constituency
Created	1981
Seats	5 (1981–2007); 4 (2007–);
TDs	Mick Barry (PBP–S); Colm Burke (FG); Thomas Gould (SF); Pádraig O'Sullivan (FF);
Local government areas	County Cork; Cork City;
Created from	Cork City; Cork Mid;
EP constituency	South

Cork North-Central is a parliamentary constituency represented in Dáil Éireann, the lower house of the Irish parliament or Oireachtas. The constituency elects 4 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 1980 and first used at the 1981 general election, taking in parts of the former Cork City and Cork Mid constituencies. It is a mixed urban-rural constituency made up of the Cork North Central, Cork North East and Cork North West local electoral areas of Cork City north of the River Lee, and much of the Blarney local electoral area of County Cork.[1]

Changes to the constituency of Cork North-Central
Years	TDs	Boundaries	Notes
1981–1992	5	In the county borough of Cork, the wards of[2][3] Ballinlough A, Blackpool A, Blackpool B, Centre A, Centre B, Churchfield, City Hall A, City Hall B, Commons, Fair Hill A, Fair Hill B, Fair Hill C, Farranferris A, Farranferris B, Farranferris C, Gillabbey A, Gillabbey B, Gillabbey C, Gurranebraher A, Gurranebraher B, Gurranebraher C, Gurranebraher D, Gurranebraher E, Knocknaheeny, Mardyke, Mayfield, Montenotte A, Montenotte B, St. Patrick's A, St. Patrick's B, St. Patrick's C, Shanakiel, Shandon A, Shandon B, South Gate A, South Gate B, Sunday's Well A, Sunday's Well B, The Glen A, The Glen B, Tivoli A, Tivoli B and, in the county of Cork, the district electoral divisions of Ballynaglogh, Blackpool, Blarney, Caherlag, Carrignavar, Carrigrohane Beg, Dripsey, Firmount, Glenville, Greenfort, Killeagh, Knockantota, Knockraha, Matehy, Rathcooney, Riverstown, St. Mary's, Whitechurch, in the former Rural District of Cork.
1992–2002	5	In the county borough of Cork, the wards of[4][5] Ballinlough A, Bishopstown A, Bishopstown B, Bishopstown C, Blackpool A, Blackpool B, Centre A, Centre B, Churchfield, City Hall A, City Hall B, Commons, Fair Hill A, Fair Hill B, Fair Hill C, Farranferris A, Farranferris B, Farranferris C, Gillabbey A, Gillabbey B, Gillabbey C, Gurranebraher A, Gurranebraher B, Gurranebraher C, Gurranebraher D, Gurranebraher E, Knocknaheeny, Mardyke, Mayfield, Montenotte A, Montenotte B, St. Patrick's A, St. Patrick's B, St. Patrick's C, Shanakiel, Shandon A, Shandon B, South Gate A, South Gate B, Sunday's Well A, Sunday's Well B, The Glen A, The Glen B, Tivoli A, Tivoli B; and, in the county of Cork, the district electoral divisions of Ballynaglogh, Blackpool, Blarney, Caherlag, Carrignavar, Carrigrohane Beg, Glenville, Greenfort, Killeagh, Knockantota, Knockraha, Rathcooney, Riverstown, St. Mary's, Whitechurch, in the former Rural District of Cork.	District electoral divisions of Dripsey, Firmount and Matehy transferred to Cork North-West.[6][7]
2002–2007	5	In the city of Cork, the electoral divisions of[8] Ballinlough A, Bishopstown A, Bishopstown B, Bishopstown C, Blackpool A, Blackpool B, Centre A, Centre B, Churchfield, City Hall A, City Hall B, Commons, Evergreen, Fair Hill A, Fair Hill B, Fair Hill C, Farranferris A, Farranferris B, Farranferris C, Gillabbey A, Gillabbey B, Gillabbey C, Glasheen A, Glasheen B, Gurranebraher A, Gurranebraher B, Gurranebraher C, Gurranebraher D, Gurranebraher E, Knocknaheeny, Mardyke, Mayfield, Montenotte A, Montenotte B, St. Patrick's A, St Patrick's B, St. Patrick's C, Shanakiel, Shandon A, Shandon B, South Gate A, South Gate B, Sunday's Well A, Sunday's Well B, The Glen A, The Glen B, Tivoli A, Tivoli B, Tramore A, Turners Cross A; and, in the county of Cork, the electoral divisions of Blackpool, Blarney, Caherlag, Carrignavar, Greenfort, Killeagh, Knockantota, Rathcooney, Riverstown, St. Mary's, Whitechurch, in the former Rural District of Cork.	Electoral divisions of Evergreen, Glasheen A, Glasheen B, Tramore A and Turners Cross A transferred from Cork South-Central; Electoral divisions of Glenville, Ballynaglogh and Knockraha transferred to Cork East; Electoral division of Carrigrohane Beg transferred to Cork North-West[9]
2007–2011	4	In the city of Cork, the electoral divisions of[10] Blackpool A, Blackpool B, Churchfield, Commons, Fair Hill A, Fair Hill B, Fair Hill C, Farranferris A, Farranferris B, Farranferris C, Gurranebraher A, Gurranebraher B, Gurranebraher C, Gurranebraher D, Gurranebraher E, Knocknaheeny, Mayfield, Montenotte A, Montenotte B, St. Patrick's A, St. Patrick's B, St. Patrick's C, Shanakiel, Shandon A, Shandon B, Sunday's Well A, Sunday's Well B, The Glen A, The Glen B, Tivoli A, Tivoli B; and, in the county of Cork, the electoral divisions of Blackpool, Blarney, Caherlag, Carrignavar, Carrigrohane Beg, Dripsey, Firmount, Greenfort, Killeagh, Knockantota, Matehy, Rathcooney, Riverstown, St. Mary's, Whitechurch, in the former Rural District of Cork; Gowlane, in the former Rural District of Macroom.	Electoral divisions of Ballinlough A, Bishopstown A, Bishopstown B, Bishopstown C, Centre A, Centre B, City Hall A, City Hall B, Evergreen, Gillabbey A, Gilabbey B, Gilabbey C, Glasheen A, Glasheen B, Mardyke, South Gate, South Gate B, Tramore A and Turner's Cross A transferred to Cork South-Central; Electoral divisions of Carrigrohane Beg, Dripsey, Firmount, Matehy, and Gowlane transferred from Cork North-West[11]
2011–2016	4	In the city of Cork, the electoral divisions of[12] Blackpool A, Blackpool B, Churchfield, Commons, Fair Hill A, Fair Hill B, Fair Hill C, Farranferris A, Farranferris B, Farranferris C, Gurranebraher A, Gurranebraher B, Gurranebraher C, Gurranebraher D, Gurranebraher E, Knocknaheeny, Mayfield, Montenotte A, Montenotte B, St. Patrick's A, St. Patrick's B, St. Patrick's C, Shanakiel, Shandon A, Shandon B, Sunday's Well A, Sunday's Well B, The Glen A, The Glen B, Tivoli A, Tivoli B; and, in the county of Cork, the electoral divisions of Ballynaglogh, Blackpool, Blarney, Caherlag, Carrignavar, Carrigrohane Beg, Dripsey, Firmount, Glenville, Greenfort, Killeagh, Knockantota, Matehy, Rathcooney, Riverstown, St. Mary's, Whitechurch, in the former Rural District of Cork; Carrig, Kildinan, Watergrasshill, in the former Rural District of Fermoy; Gowlane, Kilcullen, Mountrivers, in the former Rural District of Macroom; Ballynamona, Dromore, Kilshannig, Rahan, in the former Rural District of Mallow.	Electoral divisions of Ballynaglogh, Glenville, Carrig, Kildinan, Watergrasshill, Ballynamona and Rahan transferred from Cork East; Electoral divisions of Kilcullen, Mountrivers, Dromore and Kilshannig transferred from Cork North-West.[13]
2016–	4	In the city of Cork, the electoral divisions of[14][1] Bishopstown A, Bishopstown B, Bishopstown C, Blackpool A, Blackpool B, Centre A, Centre B, Churchfield, Commons, Fair Hill A, Fair Hill B, Fair Hill C, Farranferris A, Farranferris B, Farranferris C, Gillabbey A, Gillabbey B, Gillabbey C, Glasheen A, Glasheen B, Gurranebraher A, Gurranebraher B, Gurranebraher C, Gurranebraher D, Gurranebraher E, Knocknaheeny, Mardyke, Mayfield, Montenotte A, Montenotte B, St. Patrick’s A, St. Patrick’s B, St. Patrick’s C, Shanakiel, Shandon A, Shandon B, Sunday’s Well A, Sunday’s Well B, The Glen A, The Glen B, Tivoli A, Tivoli B; and, in the county of Cork, the electoral divisions of Ballynaglogh, Blackpool, Blarney, Caherlag, Carrignavar, Carrigrohane Beg, Dripsey, Firmount, Glenville, Greenfort, Killeagh, Knockantota, Matehy, Rathcooney, Riverstown, St. Mary’s, Whitechurch, and the townland of Inchigaggin in the electoral division of Bishopstown (part), in the former Rural District of Cork; Carrig, Kildinan, Watergrasshill, in the former Rural District of Fermoy; Gowlane, in the former Rural District of Macroom; Ballynamona, Rahan, in the former Rural District of Mallow.	Electoral divisions of Bishopstown A, Bishopstown B, Bishopstown C, Centre A, Centre B, Gillabbey A, Gillabbey B, Gillabbey C, Glasheen A, Glasheen B, Mardyke and the Townland of Inchigaggin transferred from Cork South-Central; Electoral divisions of Kilcullen, Mountrivers, Dromore and Kilshannig transferred to Cork North-West.[15]

TDs

Teachtaí Dála (TDs) for Cork North-Central 1981–[16]
Key to parties AAA–PBP = AAA–PBP DL = Democratic Left FF = Fianna Fáil FG = Fine Gael Lab = Labour PD = Progressive Democrats SF = Sinn Féin PBP–S = PBP–Solidarity
Dáil	Election	Deputy (Party)		Deputy (Party)		Deputy (Party)		Deputy (Party)		Deputy (Party)
22nd	1981[17]		Toddy O'Sullivan (Lab)		Liam Burke (FG)		Denis Lyons (FF)		Bernard Allen (FG)		Seán French (FF)
23rd	1982 (Feb)[18]										Seán French (FF)
24th	1982 (Nov)[19]										Dan Wallace (FF)
25th	1987[20]		Máirín Quill (PD)
26th	1989[21]				Gerry O'Sullivan (Lab)
27th	1992[22]				Gerry O'Sullivan (Lab)		Liam Burke (FG)
27th	1994 by-election[23]				Kathleen Lynch (DL)
28th	1997[24]		Billy Kelleher (FF)		Noel O'Flynn (FF)
29th	2002[25]						Kathleen Lynch (Lab)
30th	2007[26]									4 seats from 2007
31st	2011[27]				Jonathan O'Brien (SF)				Dara Murphy (FG)
32nd	2016[28]						Mick Barry (AAA–PBP)
32nd	2019 by-election[29]		Pádraig O'Sullivan (FF)				Mick Barry (AAA–PBP)
33rd	2020		Pádraig O'Sullivan (FF)		Thomas Gould (SF)		Mick Barry (PBP–S)		Colm Burke (FG)

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.

Elections

2020 general election

2020 general election: Cork North-Central[30][31][32][33]
Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
Party		Candidate	FPv%	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14
	Sinn Féin	Thomas Gould	26.7	13,811
	Fianna Fáil	Pádraig O'Sullivan	15.8	8,158	8,247	8,259	8,269	8,276	8,461	8,624	9,179	9,242	9,417	9,821	12,099
	Fine Gael	Colm Burke	12.8	6,646	6,717	6,731	6,738	6,748	6,775	7,486	7,617	7,687	7,783	8,201	8,670	9,117	10,649
	Independent	Kenneth O'Flynn	7.7	3,994	4,422	4,438	4,478	4,546	4,672	4,700	4,754	4,830	5,401	5,928	6,394	6,771	7,280
	PBP–Solidarity	Mick Barry[n 1]	7.2	3,703	5,162	5,185	5,229	5,457	5,576	5,594	5,628	5,981	6,199	6,815	7,205	7,425	9,396
	Fianna Fáil	Tony Fitzgerald	6.5	3,338	3,512	3,526	3,531	3,576	3,588	3,610	3,927	3,961	4,062	4,256
	Green	Oliver Moran	6.2	3,205	3,381	3,403	3,410	3,452	3,529	3,617	3,688	4,181	4,304	5,206	5,416	5,738
	Labour	John Maher	5.0	2,561	2,855	2,864	2,869	2,939	3,056	3,128	3,183	3,428	3,513
	Aontú	Finian Toomey	2.6	1,325	1,430	1,449	1,507	1,540	1,571	1,584	1,602	1,647
	Fianna Fáil	Sandra Murphy	2.4	1,218	1,256	1,264	1,267	1,278	1,283	1,329
	Fine Gael	Lorraine O'Neill	2.2	1,156	1,173	1,178	1,181	1,185	1,221
	Social Democrats	Sinéad Halpin	2.2	1,121	1,295	1,309	1,325	1,396	1,444	1,465	1,503
	Independent	Ger Keohane	1.3	694	759	766	783	866
	Independent	T J Hogan	0.5	257	407	427	454
	Independent	Diarmaid Ó Cadhla	0.4	230	270	288
	Workers' Party	James Coughlan	0.4	180	301	311	327
	Independent	Sean O'Leary	0.3	137	152
	Independent	Stephen O'Donovan	0.1	44	83
Electorate: 87,473 Valid: 51,778 Spoilt: 440 Quota: 10,356 Turnout: 52,218 (59.7%)

People Before Profit, Solidarity and RISE contested this election as Solidarity–People Before Profit, so candidates appeared on the ballot under this name. Barry was a member of Solidarity.

2019 by-election

A by-election was held in the constituency on 29 November 2019, to fill the seat vacated by Billy Kelleher on his election to the European Parliament in May 2019.[34]

2019 Cork North-Central by-election[35]
Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
Party		Candidate	FPv%	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10
	Fianna Fáil	Pádraig O'Sullivan	28.0	7,148	7,154	7,177	7,202	7,250	7,451	7,544	7,878	8,657	11,633
	Fine Gael	Colm Burke	21.1	5,385	5,386	5,398	5,431	5,469	5,593	5,684	6,118	6,972
	Sinn Féin	Thomas Gould	19.7	5,041	5,042	5,077	5,275	5,368	5,479	5,935	6,184	7,130	8,044
	Labour	John Maher	9.7	2,482	2,485	2,501	2,565	2,705	2,750	2,947	3,866
	Green	Oliver Moran	7.4	1,883	1,884	1,898	1,932	2,095	2,195	2,537
	PBP–Solidarity	Fiona Ryan	4.4	1,121	1,125	1,155	1,260	1,436	1,534
	Aontú	Finian Toomey	3.9	1,008	1,015	1,042	1,070	1,098
	Social Democrats	Sinéad Halpin	2.5	644	644	652	727
	Independent	Martin Condon	1.1	291	294	347
	Workers' Party	James Coughlan	1.1	281	285	290
	Independent	Thomas Kiely	0.9	234	248
	Independent	Charlie Keddy	0.2	49
Electorate: 85,524 Valid: 25,567 Spoilt: 287 (1.1%) Quota: 12,784 Turnout: 25,854 (30.2%)

2016 general election

2016 general election: Cork North-Central[36][37][28]
Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
Party		Candidate	FPv%	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11
	Fianna Fáil	Billy Kelleher	27.9	14,286
	AAA–PBP	Mick Barry	15.7	8,041	8,713	8,904	9,138	9,347	10,097	10,714
	Sinn Féin	Jonathan O'Brien	12.2	6,231	6,641	6,754	6,865	6,939	7,260	7,462	11,079
	Fine Gael	Dara Murphy	10.3	5,264	5,718	5,746	5,800	5,957	6,008	6,166	6,250	6,369	6,403	9,256
	Fine Gael	Julie O'Leary	7.5	3,841	4,283	4,364	4,443	4,687	4,771	5,138	5,225	5,488	5,581
	Sinn Féin	Thomas Gould	7.4	3,773	4,047	4,100	4,175	4,236	4,398	4,458
	Labour	Kathleen Lynch	7.3	3,723	4,358	4,419	4,506	4,608	4,718	5,286	5,436	5,805	5,973	7,491
	Green	Oliver Moran	3.3	1,693	1,936	2,011	2,108	2,331	2,490
	Workers' Party	Ted Tynan	2.8	1,419	1,615	1,694	1,805	1,919
	Renua	Paddy O'Leary	2.2	1,120	1,445	1,520	1,716
	Independent	Ger Keohane	1.8	912	1,152	1,300
	Independent	Thomas Kiely	0.9	473	548
	Independent	Mick Murphy	0.4	215	265
	Identity Ireland	Peter O'Loughlin	0.4	183	218
Electorate: 81,609 Valid: 51,174 Spoilt: 516 (1.0%) Quota: 10,235 Turnout: 51,690 (63.3%)

2011 general election

2011 general election: Cork North-Central[27]
Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
Party		Candidate	FPv%	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11
	Sinn Féin	Jonathan O'Brien	15.2	7,923	7,942	7,978	8,022	8,053	8,254	8,567	11,131
	Fianna Fáil	Billy Kelleher	15.1	7,896	7,933	7,941	7,981	8,023	8,057	8,384	8,542	8,574	9,183	9,595
	Labour	Kathleen Lynch	14.7	7,676	7,696	7,734	7,749	7,847	7,953	8,236	9,504	9,905	14,088
	Fine Gael	Pat Burton	13.6	7,072	7,104	7,117	7,155	7,240	7,263	7,585	7,778	7,816	8,453	9,233
	Fine Gael	Dara Murphy	12.7	6,597	6,615	6,642	6,682	6,768	6,809	7,038	7,271	7,356	8,367	9,515
	Labour	John Gilroy	11.7	6,125	6,134	6,154	6,158	6,245	6,303	6,659	7,156	7,293
	Socialist Party	Mick Barry[38]	9.2	4,803	4,826	4,876	4,903	4,940	5,131	5,319
	New Vision	Pádraig O'Sullivan	2.0	1,020	1,050	1,085	1,136
	Independent	Kevin Conway	1.8	958	969	996	1020
	Workers' Party	Ted Tynan	1.3	681	688	701	724
	Green	Ken Walsh	1.0	524
	Christian Solidarity	Harry Rea	0.6	324
	An Chomhdháil Phobail	John Adams	0.5	282
	Independent	Benjamin Ashu Arrah	0.3	161
	Independent	Fergus O'Rourke	0.2	95
Electorate: 75,302 Valid: 52,137 Spoilt: 572 (1.1%) Quota: 10,428 Turnout: 52,709 (70.0%)

2007 general election

2007 general election: Cork North-Central[26]
Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
Party		Candidate	FPv%	1	2	3	4	5	6	7
	Fianna Fáil	Billy Kelleher	22.3	9,456
	Fine Gael	Bernard Allen	16.2	6,866	6,935	7,066	7,267	7,515	8,193	9,258
	Fianna Fáil	Noel O'Flynn	13.4	5,680	6,298	6,410	6,531	6,612	7,043	7,646
	Labour	Kathleen Lynch	12.3	5,221	5,315	5,513	6,104	6,673	7,366	9,061
	Fine Gael	Gerry Kelly	11.4	4,808	4,890	5,025	5,251	5,352	5,533	5,893
	Sinn Féin	Jonathan O'Brien	8.2	3,456	3,487	3,621	3,776	4,333	5,074
	Independent	Dave McCarthy	5.9	2,492	2,533	2,662	2,776	3,064
	Socialist Party	Mick Barry	4.0	1,700	1,707	1,841	1,995
	Green	Chris O'Leary	3.5	1,503	1,528	1,690
	Independent	John McCarthy	1.7	702	713
	Workers' Party	Ted Tynan	0.6	263	267
	Independent	Stephen Saleh	0.3	116	119
	Fathers Rights	Niall Brennan	0.2	84	85
Electorate: 67,777 Valid: 42,347 Spoilt: 471 (1.1%) Quota: 8,470 Turnout: 42,818 (63.1%)

2002 general election

2002 general election: Cork North-Central[25]
Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
Party		Candidate	FPv%	1	2	3	4	5	6	7
	Fianna Fáil	Noel O'Flynn	16.4	7,387	7,441	7,495	7,525
	Fianna Fáil	Billy Kelleher	12.8	5,801	5,849	5,885	5,940	6,630	6,969	7,456
	Fianna Fáil	Dan Wallace	12.3	5,537	5,608	5,632	5,675	6,235	6,577	7,187
	Fine Gael	Bernard Allen	12.1	5,458	5,503	5,597	5,672	6,184	6,601	7,650
	Labour	Kathleen Lynch	11.8	5,313	5,402	5,628	6,142	6,683	7,496	8,418
	Fine Gael	Gerry Kelly	8.3	3,744	3,767	3,818	3,911	4,404	4,568	4,937
	Independent	Joe O'Callaghan	6.9	3,154	3,222	3,319	3,457	3,705	4,465
	Progressive Democrats	John Minihan	6.9	3,126	3,152	3,173	3,286
	Sinn Féin	Jonathan O'Brien	6.3	2,860	2,965	3,223	3,405	3,483
	Green	Nicholas McMurray	2.5	1,155	1,196	1,329
	Socialist Party	Mick Barry	2.1	936	1,026
	Workers' Party	Ted Tynan	1.0	458
	Christian Solidarity	Gerry Duffy	0.5	215
Electorate: 79,063 Valid: 45,144 Spoilt: 548 (1.2%) Quota: 7,525 Turnout: 45,692 (57.8%)

1997 general election

1997 general election: Cork North-Central[39]
Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
Party		Candidate	FPv%	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11
	Fine Gael	Bernard Allen	17.6	7,746
	Fine Gael	Liam Burke	12.6	5,527	5,761	5,816	5,903	5,987	6,153	6,362	6,548	7,544
	Fianna Fáil	Billy Kelleher	12.3	5,419	5,434	5,451	5,506	5,558	5,647	5,748	5,994	6,192	7,201	7,317
	Fianna Fáil	Dan Wallace	12.0	5,273	5,293	5,342	5,462	5,528	5,792	5,937	6,235	6,394	7,583
	Fianna Fáil	Noel O'Flynn	11.2	4,943	4,961	4,994	5,040	5,122	5,258	5,308	5,536	5,660	6,368	6,475
	Progressive Democrats	Máirín Quill	7.5	3,304	3,321	3,330	3,397	3,452	3,553	3,749	3,865	4,043
	Democratic Left	Kathleen Lynch	7.2	3,146	3,194	3,283	3,305	3,467	3,636	4,005	4,336	5,332	5,870	5,895
	Labour	Sheila O'Sullivan	5.3	2,321	2,346	2,375	2,389	2,458	2,539	2,813	3,022
	Sinn Féin	Don O'Leary	3.8	1,654	1,659	1,737	1,754	1,883	2,023	2,185
	Green	Jane Power	3.0	1,340	1,345	1,378	1,435	1,574	1,759
	National Party	Con O'Leary	2.5	1,114	1,123	1,169	1,400	1,519
	Independent	Paddy Mulcahy	2.0	899	905	973	1,018
	Christian Solidarity	Eddie Mullins	1.8	777	779	792
	Workers' Party	Jimmy Homan	1.2	545	552
Electorate: 71,873 Valid: 44,008 Spoilt: 408 (0.9%) Quota: 7,335 Turnout: 44,416 (61.8%)

1994 by-election

Following the death of Labour Party TD Gerry O'Sullivan, a by-election was held on 10 November 1994. The seat was won by the Democratic Left candidate Kathleen Lynch.

1994 by-election: Cork North-Central[23]
Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
Party		Candidate	FPv%	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8
	Democratic Left	Kathleen Lynch	26.4	9,843	10,000	10,359	10,734	11,106	12,260	14,175	17,329
	Fianna Fáil	Billy Kelleher	25.5	9,528	9,674	9,729	9,825	10,037	10,635	11,951	13,730
	Fine Gael	Colm Burke	16.2	6,035	6,139	6,193	6,273	6,315	7,348	8,128
	Labour	Lisa O'Sullivan	10.7	4,003	4,097	4,308	4,580	4,873	5,431
	Green	Jane Power	5.0	1,856	2,013	2,092	2,264	2,593
	Progressive Democrats	Michael Burns	4.4	1,628	1,669	1,690	1,727	1,753
	Sinn Féin	Don O'Leary	3.5	1,304	1,345	1,466	1,572
	Workers' Party	Jimmy Homan	2.9	1,082	1,122
	Independent	Con O'Leary	2.8	1,036	1,186	1,309
	Independent	Donie O'Leary	1.2	445
	Independent	Gerry Duffy	1.1	426
	Natural Law	Nora Ann Luck	0.4	162
Electorate: 70,142 Valid: 37,348 Quota: 18,675 Turnout: 53.2%

1992 general election

1992 general election: Cork North-Central[40]
Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
Party		Candidate	FPv%	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16
	Labour	Gerry O'Sullivan	22.3	10,008
	Fianna Fáil	Dan Wallace	14.4	6,455	6,675	6,723	6,788	6,858	6,894	6,963	7,264	7,292	7,363	7,456	7,670
	Fine Gael	Bernard Allen	11.7	5,263	5,744	5,780	5,841	5,881	5,910	5,949	5,970	6,337	6,440	6,568	6,901	7,087	7,730
	Progressive Democrats	Máirín Quill	11.6	5,192	5,562	5,595	5,633	5,667	5,700	5,727	5,787	5,988	6,183	6,249	6,406	6,622	7,272	7,301	7,363
	Fine Gael	Liam Burke	9.0	4,051	4,227	4,243	4,262	4,277	4,297	4,327	4,352	4,618	4,673	4,759	4,898	5,001	5,288	5,321	5,491
	Fianna Fáil	Billy Kelleher	6.7	3,017	3,058	3,088	3,100	3,103	3,114	3,133	3,319	3,328	3,377	3,392	3,431	5,198	5,421	5,451	5,466
	Fianna Fáil	Denis Lyons	5.5	2,460	2,500	2,524	2,539	2,546	2,559	2,596	2,751	2,764	2,788	2,804	2,840
	Democratic Left	John Kelleher	4.0	1,795	2,219	2,237	2,272	2,299	2,403	2,467	2,481	2,519	2,735	2,957	3,188	3,309
	Independent	Con O'Leary	2.3	1,036	1,200	1,226	1,266	1,535	1,572	1,684	1,692	1,708	1,830	2,024
	Fine Gael	Michael O'Leary	2.0	894	969	974	985	989	995	1,009	1,019
	Green	Donogh MacCarthy Morrogh	1.8	818	924	966	1,003	1,023	1,050	1,123	1,143	1,170
	Fianna Fáil	Gene McCarthy	1.7	755	775	805	814	817	821	833
	Workers' Party	Jimmy Homan	1.6	737	858	868	890	898	1,124	1,217	1,223	1,232	1,305
	Sinn Féin	Don O'Leary	1.4	618	656	664	678	695	727
	Independent	Donie O'Leary	1.1	481	534	554	585
	Christian Centrist	Gerry Duffy	1.0	447	456
	Workers' Party	Ted Tynan	1.0	446	590	594	614	629
	Independent	John O'Mahony	0.9	422	465	493
Electorate: 68,479 Valid: 44,895 Spoilt: 841 (1.8%) Quota: 7,483 Turnout: 45,736 (66.8%)

1989 general election

1989 general election: Cork North-Central[41]
Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
Party		Candidate	FPv%	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9
	Labour	Gerry O'Sullivan	17.1	7,058
	Fine Gael	Bernard Allen	14.6	6,032	6,063	6,144	6,207	6,425	6,593	7,352
	Fianna Fáil	Dan Wallace	13.1	5,405	5,422	5,504	5,771	5,903	7,051
	Fine Gael	Liam Burke	11.5	4,757	4,769	4,801	4,847	4,932	5,056	5,404	5,647	5,657
	Progressive Democrats	Máirín Quill	10.2	4,203	4,226	4,277	4,362	4,583	4,791	5,610	5,736	5,748
	Fianna Fáil	Denis Lyons	9.7	4,008	4,012	4,063	4,378	4,405	5,895	6,213	6,249	6,403
	Workers' Party	John Kelleher	8.2	3,395	3,454	3,722	3,775	4,153	4,270
	Fianna Fáil	Michael Bowes	7.0	2,865	2,868	2,912	3,364	3,398
	Fianna Fáil	Tim Brosnan	3.2	1,310	1,311	1,331
	Independent	Con O'Leary	2.9	1,180	1,205	1,424	1,435
	Sinn Féin	Kevin Wallace	1.9	766	772
	Communist Party	Noel Murphy	0.3	133	134
	Independent	Michael F. Murphy	0.2	68	69
	Independent	William Abbey of the Holy Cross Fitzsimon	0.2	67	67
Electorate: 63,395 Valid: 41,247 Quota: 6,875

1987 general election

1987 general election: Cork North-Central[20]
Party		Candidate	1st Pref	%	Seat	Count
	Fianna Fáil	Dan Wallace	7,509	17.3	1	1
	Fine Gael	Bernard Allen	5,934	13.7	4
	Fine Gael	Liam Burke	5,438	12.6	5
	Progressive Democrats	Máirín Quill	5,046	11.6	3
	Fianna Fáil	Denis Lyons	5,039	11.6	2
	Workers' Party	John Kelleher	2,628	6.1
	Labour	Gerry O'Sullivan	2,553	5.9
	Fianna Fáil	Paud Black	2,435	5.6
	Progressive Democrats	Joseph McCarthy	2,199	5.1
	Labour	Joseph O'Callaghan	1,167	2.7
	Fianna Fáil	Ann Whyte	1,144	2.6
	Independent	Bernie Murphy	684	1.6
	Sinn Féin	Don O'Leary	681	1.6
	Independent	Denis Tobin	576	1.3
	Independent	Noel Murphy	182	0.4
	Independent	Con O'Connell	75	0.2
	Independent	Michael T. Murphy	53	0.1
Electorate: ? Valid: 43,343 Quota: 7,224 Turnout:

November 1982 general election

November 1982 general election: Cork North-Central[19]
Party		Candidate	1st Pref	%	Seat	Count
	Fianna Fáil	Dan Wallace	7,173	16.8	1	1
	Fine Gael	Bernard Allen	7,101	16.6	2
	Labour	Toddy O'Sullivan	5,623	13.2	3
	Fine Gael	Liam Burke	5,219	12.2	4
	Fianna Fáil	Denis Lyons	4,999	11.7	5
	Fianna Fáil	Seán French	4,129	9.7
	Fine Gael	Colm Burke	2,368	5.5
	Fianna Fáil	Donal O'Connell	1,880	4.4
	Workers' Party	John Kelleher	1,836	4.3
	Independent	James Kenneally	1,725	4.0
	Fine Gael	William Nolan	714	1.7
Electorate: ? Valid: 42,767 Quota: 7,128 Turnout:

February 1982 general election

February 1982 general election: Cork North-Central[18]
Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
Party		Candidate	FPv%	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11
	Fianna Fáil	Denis Lyons	15.7	6,694	6,699	6,733	6,770	7,376
	Fine Gael	Bernard Allen	15.1	6,407	6,410	6,428	6,526	6,584	6,587	7,052	8,144
	Fine Gael	Liam Burke	14.6	6,234	6,237	6,255	6,300	6,336	6,338	6,476	7,502
	Labour	Toddy O'Sullivan	13.2	5,629	5,635	5,698	6,030	6,133	6,140	6,752	7,056	7,899
	Fianna Fáil	Seán French	11.7	4,975	4,981	5,005	5,053	5,628	5,759	5,969	6,027	6,067	6,169	6,263
	Fianna Fáil	Dan Wallace	11.3	4,798	4,800	4,837	4,914	5,450	5,583	5,989	6,039	6,058	6,147	6,258
	Fine Gael	Tomás Ryan	6.0	2,562	2,563	2,565	2,587	2,592	2,594	2,611
	Fianna Fáil	Liam Ó Murchú	4.4	1,894	1,897	1,935	1,986
	Independent	James Kenneally	4.2	1,785	1,805	1,968	2,249	2,283	2,284
	Sinn Féin – The Workers' Party	Ted Tynan	2.3	962	983	1,093
	Irish Republican Socialist	Jim Lane	1.3	542	560
	Independent	James Corcoran	0.2	95
Electorate: 61,463 Valid: 42,577 Spoilt: 421 (0.9%) Quota: 7,097 Turnout: 42,998 (69.9%)

1981 general election

1981 general election: Cork North-Central[17]
Party		Candidate	1st Pref	%	Seat
	Labour	Toddy O'Sullivan	7,163	15.8	1
	Fine Gael	Liam Burke	6,497	14.3	2
	Fianna Fáil	Denis Lyons	5,394	11.9	4
	Fianna Fáil	Seán French	4,913	10.8	5
	Fine Gael	Bernard Allen	4,308	9.5	3
	Fianna Fáil	Máirín Quill	3,614	8.0
	Fianna Fáil	Dan Wallace	3,327	7.3
	Anti H-Block	Mairéad Farrell	2,751	6.1
	Fine Gael	Tomás Ryan	2,614	5.8
	Fine Gael	John Blair	2,046	4.5
	Sinn Féin – The Workers' Party	Ted Tynan	1,501	3.3
	Independent	James Kenneally	1,324	2.9
Electorate: ? Valid: 45,452 Quota: 7,576 Turnout:

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[34] People Before Profit, Solidarity and RISE contested this election as Solidarity–People Before Profit, so candidates appeared on the ballot under this name. Barry was a member of Solidarity.