2026 By-Elections
Election Voter Guide
Know where your candidates stand on the right to life before you cast your vote.
We are currently collating voting records of elected candidates and surveying new candidates. Please check this page in advance of Election Day to see where the candidates in your area stand, and please send this link to friends and family so they can do likewise.
In advance of the By-Elections in Galway West and Dublin Central, the Pro Life Campaign will be publishing an Election Voter Guide with a full list of candidates running in each election, along with information regarding their stances and records on right to life issues.
Every candidate matters. Every vote matters. Use yours to protect human life.
Select Your Constituency
Select your constituency to view the full candidate guide.
By-Election 2026
Galway West
View candidate profiles and right to life voting records for the Galway West by-election.
View Galway West GuideBy-Election 2026
Dublin Central
View candidate profiles and right to life voting records for the Dublin Central by-election.
View Dublin Central GuideWeighing Up How to Vote
When compiling information about election candidates, we use multiple sources including prior voting records, social media and media commentary, and consulting with pro-life volunteers at constituency level. We take great care to accurately reflect the positions of candidates and will continue to review the information based on ongoing feedback received and correct any inaccuracies if they arise.
After voting for pro-life candidates, we encourage you to use your additional preferences wisely to help ensure that the most aggressive pro-abortion campaigners do not get elected. The proportional representation (PR) system that exists in Ireland allows us to vote for the candidates we most want to see elected (pro-life candidates) and tactically vote against candidates we least want to see elected (pro-abortion candidates). That is the sole reason why we provide additional information on this website about candidates other than those who are listed as pro-life.
By voting No. 1 for the candidate you most want to see elected and then voting down the ballot paper to the candidate you least want to succeed, you ensure the best possible outcome in the election for the pro-life issue. You can read more about the PR system here.
* The reason candidates from parties like Sinn Féin and Labour are automatically listed as supporting abortion is because these parties have an official pro-abortion stance and do not allow a free vote on the issue to their elected representatives. In the case of Fine Gael and Fianna Fáil, some candidates are listed as ‘position unclear’. The reason for this is that the two parties in question permit a free vote on abortion and where a candidate has not publicly declared their position, we cannot automatically assume where they stand without adequate proof. As we set out above, the leadership of these two parties is pro-abortion. Voters will have to make their own assessment of candidates who have not stated on the record where they as individuals stand on the issue.
** If you have any new and verifiable information on any candidates listed, please email us without delay to elections@prolifecampaign.ie.
If you are an election candidate and have not had an opportunity to answer our questionnaire, please get in touch with us by email to elections@prolifecampaign.ie.
Please note we will be updating these pages based on new information received until election day.
Please note: The Pro Life Campaign does not endorse any candidates or parties in any election.
Any information we impart at election time regarding candidates is simply a guide for voters on their stances and should not be read in any way as an official endorsement.