Sitting TDs: Dick Roche FF, Joe Jacob FF, Billy Timmins FG, Liz McManus Lab, Mildred Fox Ind
In the 1997 general election, the former Labour minister, Mr Liam Kavanagh, lost his seat after a very close contest during which Mildred Fox edged ahead of him to retain the seat she won in the by-election caused by the death of her father in 1995.