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Kathleen Funchion

The Left in the European Parliament (GUE/NGL) · SF

80%participation, 290 of 364 votesMedian: The Left 87% · Ireland 81% · all MEPs 89%
87%of votes matched the position of The Left
65%of For and Against votes on the winning side
38votes off the group line, of 287 comparable

Details

How they were elected

Party
Sinn Féin (SF)194,403 first-preference votes, 11.1%, 2 seats
Personal votes
50,580
Constituency
South
Electoral rule
In Ireland, voters rank individual candidates (single transferable vote), and seats go to candidates by first preferences and transfers.

List share and seats: European Parliament, 2024 European election results (results.elections.europa.eu).1 points. List votes, first-preference votes: Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage (https://www.gov.ie/en/department-of-housing-local-government-and-heritage/publications/2024-european-parliament-election-results/) and the returning officers' count sheets, collected on 13 October 2026.

Where the votes came from

Where Sinn Féin (SF) won first-preference votes in the 2024 European election

The map shows the share of valid first-preference votes won by this party's candidates in each of the 3 constituencies: 194,403 first-preference votes, 11.1% of the total.

10.6% to 10.6%10.6% to 11.1%11.1% to 11.1%11.1% to 12.3%12.3% to 12.3%% of valid votes

Strongest areas (at least 1,000 valid votes)

  • Dublin12.3% · 46,197
  • Midlands-North-West11.1% · 75,234
  • South10.6% · 72,972

Results by constituency: BLUE_EP (Hublet, F. (2024). BLUE_EP: A Dataset of Municipality-Level Results of European Parliament Elections. Codebook v1. Paris: Groupe d'études géopolitiques. 10.5281/zenodo.14569325, CC BY 4.0), compiled from the official results. BLUE_EP leaves out one Fine Gael candidate in South (John Mullins, 33,281 first-preference votes); we added him from the official count published on gov.ie. Constituency boundaries: © Tailte Éireann, Counties - National Statutory Boundaries 2024, CC BY 4.0, dissolved into the 3 European Parliament constituencies and simplified.

How Kathleen Funchion voted

Most recent first

Source: European Parliament roll-call votes, via HowTheyVote (ODbL). Collected 8 November 2026.

Off the group line

38 of 287 comparable votes

Votes in 2026

For 167Abstain 42Against 81Did not vote 74

Alignment with each group

Share of Kathleen Funchion's votes that matched each group's position

EPP51%
S&D61%
PfE41%
ECR41%
Renew56%
Greens/EFA66%
The Leftown group87%
ESN33%

In Parliament

Country
Ireland
Group
The Left in the European Parliament (GUE/NGL)
National party
SF

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Method

Participation: Share of the votes the Radar follows (HowTheyVote main votes and final roll-call votes) in which the MEP voted. Not attendance; excused absences are not counted. Winning side: Of the For and Against votes, the share on the side of the result: For when adopted, Against when rejected. Abstentions and absences are left out. Off the group line: a vote different from the position of the MEP's own group on that day; divided groups and non-attached members are left out. Full method