Kammala wannan jumla: A babban zaben 2007, Joe Higgins ya rasa kujerarsa ta Dublin West kuma an bar Socialist Party ba tare da TD ba a karon farko tun 1997. Jam'iyyar ta yi yakin neman zaben "a'a" a zaben 2008 da
2009 kuri'un raba gardama kan yarjejeniyar Lisbon.