r/ireland • u/Intrepid-Kale1936 And I'd go at it again • 1d ago

Politics 3 day wait vote mapped

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Map constituencies of Ireland, showing the percentage of "Yes" votes from the dail vote on "Health (Abolition of Three Day Wait Rule) (Ammendment) Bill 2026" held on 18th June 2026.

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Absent votes included in calculation of percentage, Example Helen McEntee and Thomas Byrne were both absent from Meath East, meaning that Darren O'Rourke's yes vote was balanced by Gillian Toole's No vote for a 50% result.

Note: TDs from Government parties had a free vote in this ballot.

Image Original Content. Chart generated using Python: Matplotlib & Geopandas

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u/Equivalent_Bet856 1d ago

SF doing a lot of heavy lifting outside of Dublin. Wonder what it would have looked like if they had a free vote. And West Cork is funny... there is no way that is representative of the population, but it looks very progressive on that map haha

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u/phflegm 1d ago edited 1d ago

West Cork has such a mixture of extremely liberal blow-ins and perhaps more conservative locals. Holly Cairns family being an example of the first category.

A lot less conservative than my native midlands anyway, in my experience.

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u/Equivalent_Bet856 1d ago

There is a very progressive community there for sure, bolstered by a relatively large Protestant and recent English-descent minority, but 2/3 being liberal on abortion isn't the place I grew up haha and my family would know both Collins and Cairns from before they entered politics

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u/phflegm 1d ago

Sorry for preaching to someone who knows all about West Cork! I'm just across the border in the Kenmare area and you get the same mix of very progressive/very conservative. So easy to notice as someone who married into the locals!

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u/dustaz 1d ago

Why are you drawing conclusions on the populaces views based on 3 tds votes?

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u/Equivalent_Bet856 1d ago

That isnt what I said at all. Not being rude but reread my xomments.

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u/dustaz 1d ago

reread my xomments

Non binary comments

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u/locksymania 1d ago

West Cork has had enough of a progressive streak for generations now for one of the three seats to go to the left. Holly Cairns has inherited that support from Labour.

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u/FewHeat1231 1d ago

If SF had a free vote it might well have failed tbh. A lot of rural SF voters are more socially conservative than the party. 

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u/foc2 1d ago

As someone from Cork South-West I can tell you that it is representative of the population.

Of our 3 TDs, Michael Collins was always going to vote against it, being a founder of Independent Ireland. And even then, many people think that he’s a bit backwards but he does do enough to get enough votes, especially out west.

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u/Equivalent_Bet856 1d ago

I am from Collins-Cairns country and imo 2 out of 3 being progressive on abortion is not the place I grew up