236:, by just over 200 votes at an earlier stage in the count. Her election in 2002, in a predominantly rural midland constituency for a party often associated with the urban middle classes was one of the major surprises of that election, and came after a series of near misses from elimination during the progress of the election count.
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constituency. At the local elections in 2004, in which Sexton was not allowed to stand because of legislation forbidding TDs and
Senators to serve on local councils, her personal vote largely failed to transfer to her local party colleagues, with her former County Council seat being lost and only the
244:
Sexton maintained an active profile within County
Longford during her time as a Dáil deputy and built a minor profile nationally as a panellist on political discussion programmes on radio and television. In June 2005, she attracted attention by calling for the Irish government to abandon plans for a
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figures published in local newspapers showed that her vote had halved in her County
Longford base, while she received negligible support in County Westmeath. After the poor performance of the PDs in the election, she said in an interview with local radio that she was still committed to the party.
461:
719:
454:
210:, she joined the Progressive Democrats, and stood in the Longford–Roscommon constituency for the party, obtaining 2,289 first preference votes (4.8%), and being eliminated on the second count.
447:
724:
655:
729:
213:
She was re-elected to both
Longford Urban District and County Councils in the 1999 local elections, although her first preference vote for both bodies had declined.
704:
651:
490:
474:
327:
303:
262:
164:
62:
246:
709:
694:
421:
203:
in
Longford–Roscommon as an independent candidate, but obtained only 1,160 first preference votes (2.6%), and was eliminated, failing to be elected.
359:
273:
she lost her seat, polling only 2,298 first preference votes (4.2%) in the new constituency and being eliminated on the third count. Unofficial
555:
310:. She was unsuccessful garnering 3,960 votes or 6.8% of the poll. She left the Labour Party in December 2012, citing concerns over the budget.
714:
699:
689:
192:
153:
104:
389:
616:
573:
257:
Her political future was affected by changes in constituency boundaries which came into force at the 2007 general election.
323:
299:
298:
In April 2010, the Labour Party announced that Sexton had accepted an invitation to join the party. Sexton ran in the
270:
217:
207:
200:
52:
48:
331:
319:
287:
439:
196:
411:
286:
With the dissolution of the
Progressive Democrats in 2009, Sexton stood as an independent candidate at the
684:
131:
157:
122:
351:
679:
199:
and was elected to both bodies, receiving the largest number of votes in each case. She stood at the
221:
486:
625:
546:
416:
258:
93:
470:
160:
35:
599:
307:
274:
225:
673:
381:
590:
290:
in
Longford. She regained her seats on both the Longford County and Town Councils.
233:
191:
Mae Sexton first became active in elected politics in 1991, when she stood as an
220:. Her first preference vote increased to 4,679 (9.4%), and she was elected to
229:
564:
180:
176:
249:
after the defeats of the referendums in France and the
Netherlands.
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constituency. She lost her seat on
Longford County Council at the
443:
228:
candidate for the final seat, having edged out the sitting
720:
Independent local councillors in the
Republic of Ireland
500:
496:
322:. She was an unsuccessful independent candidate at the
318:
She was re-elected to Longford County Council at the
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Longford Town Council seat being held by the party.
113:
100:
77:
72:
58:
34:
23:
455:
8:
462:
448:
440:
20:
412:"Sexton 'flattered' by Labour invitation"
725:Independent candidates in Dáil elections
506:
195:candidate for Longford Town Council and
152:(born 28 April 1955) is an Irish former
730:Progressive Democrats local councillors
343:
491:Longford–Roscommon (Dáil constituency)
7:
424:from the original on 15 October 2010
392:from the original on 2 December 2010
362:from the original on 7 November 2018
710:Members of Longford County Council
695:Labour Party (Ireland) politicians
14:
156:politician. She was previously a
16:Irish former politician (b. 1955)
705:21st-century women Teachtaà Dála
224:, finishing 54 votes ahead of a
167:constituency from 2002 to 2007.
1:
108:(1991–1997, 2009, since 2012)
650:Constituency abolished. See
306:alongside sitting Labour TD
715:People from Longford (town)
356:Oireachtas Members Database
746:
484:
690:Progressive Democrats TDs
648:
598:
596:
554:
552:
545:
543:
530:
525:
520:
515:
482:
143:
68:
41:
30:
700:Members of the 29th Dáil
294:Labour Party (2010–2012)
656:Roscommon–South Leitrim
216:She stood again at the
197:Longford County Council
175:She is a native of the
261:was included in a new
324:2016 general election
300:2011 general election
271:2007 general election
253:2007 general election
247:European Constitution
218:2002 general election
208:1997 general election
201:1992 general election
158:Progressive Democrats
123:Progressive Democrats
386:ElectionsIreland.org
332:2019 local elections
320:2014 local elections
288:2009 local elections
282:2009 local elections
652:Longford–Westmeath
475:Longford–Roscommon
328:Longford–Westmeath
304:Longford–Westmeath
263:Longford–Westmeath
245:referendum on the
165:Longford–Roscommon
63:Longford–Roscommon
667:
666:
662:
661:
420:. 28 April 2010.
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146:
737:
626:Michael Finneran
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504:
464:
457:
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408:
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187:Political career
136:
128:
109:
91:
87:
85:
73:Personal details
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21:
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734:
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663:
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628:
619:
602:
593:
576:
567:
558:
549:
547:Albert Reynolds
532:
527:
522:
517:
505:
494:
478:
468:
438:
437:
427:
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417:The Irish Times
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409:
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363:
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316:
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259:County Longford
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242:
189:
179:of Glack, near
173:
139:
134:
126:
125:
115:
114:Other political
107:
101:Political party
94:County Longford
92:
89:
83:
81:
47:
42:
26:
17:
12:
11:
5:
743:
741:
733:
732:
727:
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712:
707:
702:
697:
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687:
682:
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671:
665:
664:
660:
659:
647:
644:
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639:
632:
630:
623:
621:
614:
612:
609:
605:
604:
600:Denis Naughten
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595:
588:
586:
583:
579:
578:
571:
569:
562:
560:
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511:
485:This table is
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473:(TDs) for the
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403:
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308:Willie Penrose
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38:
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28:
27:
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15:
13:
10:
9:
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4:
3:
2:
742:
731:
728:
726:
723:
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718:
716:
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703:
701:
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688:
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685:Living people
683:
681:
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657:
653:
645:
642:
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636:
633:
631:
627:
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601:
592:
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587:
584:
581:
580:
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570:
566:
563:
561:
557:
548:
540:
537:
536:
512:
509:
508:
502:
498:
492:
488:
481:
476:
472:
471:Teachtaà Dála
465:
460:
458:
453:
451:
446:
445:
442:
423:
419:
418:
413:
407:
404:
391:
387:
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377:
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291:
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267:
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260:
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206:Prior to the
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163:(TD) for the
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159:
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142:
133:
130:
124:
121:
120:
118:
112:
106:
103:
99:
95:
90:(age 69)
88:28 April 1955
80:
76:
71:
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61:
57:
54:
50:
45:
40:
37:
33:
29:
22:
19:
649:
634:
591:Louis Belton
556:Seán Doherty
477:constituency
426:. Retrieved
415:
406:
394:. Retrieved
385:
382:"Mae Sexton"
376:
364:. Retrieved
355:
352:"Mae Sexton"
346:
317:
297:
285:
268:
256:
243:
240:Dáil Éireann
234:Louis Belton
222:Dáil Éireann
215:
212:
205:
190:
174:
161:Teachta Dála
149:
148:
132:Labour Party
116:affiliations
59:Constituency
51: –
43:
36:Teachta Dála
18:
680:1955 births
617:Peter Kelly
574:John Connor
487:transcluded
226:Fianna Fáil
193:independent
154:independent
135:(2010–2012)
127:(1997–2009)
105:Independent
674:Categories
635:Mae Sexton
338:References
171:Background
150:Mae Sexton
84:1955-04-28
25:Mae Sexton
314:2014–2019
230:Fine Gael
96:, Ireland
44:In office
565:Tom Foxe
533:(Party)
513:Election
428:28 April
422:Archived
390:Archived
360:Archived
326:for the
181:Longford
177:townland
53:May 2007
49:May 2002
528:(Party)
523:(Party)
518:(Party)
501:history
499:|
396:26 July
366:26 July
269:At the
638:(PDs)
568:(Ind)
531:Deputy
526:Deputy
521:Deputy
516:Deputy
183:town.
646:2007
629:(FF)
620:(FF)
611:2002
603:(FG)
594:(FG)
585:1997
577:(FG)
559:(FF)
550:(FF)
541:1992
489:from
275:tally
654:and
643:30th
608:29th
582:28th
538:27th
510:Dáil
497:edit
430:2010
398:2010
368:2010
232:TD,
78:Born
302:in
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