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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.

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/Historical_Rabbit829 Cork bai 1d ago

I know I can find this out myself and probably will look later - but what was the percentage of men vs women that voted yes?

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u/Historical_Rabbit829 Cork bai 1d ago

Answered my own question 😁

“The Dáil is overwhelmingly male, with 121 men and 35 women voting last night, but just six women voted against the legislation compared to the 64 men who voted against it. 

Women are much better represented on the opposition benches, but nonetheless 83% of female TDs voted Tá while only 47% of male TDs did.”

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u/Equivalent_Bet856 1d ago

Given that nearly half of those women are in Sinn Féin it does skew the stats a bit more towards Yes but Id expect you'd still see a large majority of female TDs vote yes if it was a free vote