Mayo Fine Gael Deputy Alan Dillon has been elected as the new Chairperson of the Fine Gael Parliamentary Party

The first-term TD, former Mayo football captain and two time All Star winner, will replace Richard Bruton, the Dublin Bay North TD and former cabinet minister who has said he will stand down from politics at the next general election.

Castlebar native, Deputy Dillon had been serving as parliamentary party secretary, and won out over Kildare North’s Bernard Durkan in a vote held by the parliamentary party yesterday evening.

Garrett Ahern, the Tipperary-based Senator, will remain as vice-chair of the parliamentary party.