Dublin County (UK Parliament constituency)
Dublin County | |
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Former County constituency for the House of Commons | |
Local government in Ireland | County Dublin |
Major settlements | Blanchardstown, Swords, Balbriggan |
1801–1885 | |
Replaced by | North Dublin and South Dublin |
Created from | Dublin County constituency |
Dublin County was a parliamentary constituency in Ireland, which returned two Members of Parliament (MPs) to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom.
The constituency was created under the Act of Union 1800, replacing the Dublin County constituency in the Parliament of Ireland. For the 1885 general election, it was replaced with two new county divisions, Dublin County South and Dublin County North.
Boundaries[]
This constituency comprised the whole of County Dublin, except for the Dublin borough constituency (which was separately represented). The borough comprised the whole of the county of the city of Dublin and the portion of the county at large within the Circular Road (see Dublin City (UK Parliament constituency) for further details.
A Topographical Directory of Ireland, published in 1837, describes some aspects of the Parliamentary history of the county.
Two knights of the shire are returned to the Imperial parliament, who are elected at the county court-house at Kilmainham : the number of electors registered under the 2d of William IV., c. 88, up to Feb. 1st, 1837, is 2728, of which 788 were £50, 407 £20, and 622 £10, freeholders; 18 £50, 427 £20, and 423 £10, leaseholders; and 12 £50, 30 £20, and 1 £10, rent-chargers : the number that voted at the last general election was 1480. Prior to the Union, the boroughs of Swords and Newcastle sent each two members to the Irish House of Commons.
Members of Parliament[]
Year | 1st Member | 1st Party | 2nd Member | 2nd Party | ||
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1801, 1 January | Hans Hamilton | Tory[1] | Sir Frederick Falkiner, Bt | Tory[1] | ||
1807, 26 May | Richard Talbot | Whig[1] | ||||
Henry White | Whig[1] | |||||
1830, 16 August | William Brabazon | Whig[1][2] | ||||
1832, 22 December | Christopher Fitzsimon | Repeal Association | George Hampden Evans | Whig[1] | ||
1837, 7 August | William Brabazon | Whig[2] | ||||
1841, 16 July | James Hans Hamilton | Conservative[1] | Thomas Edward Taylor | Conservative[1] | ||
Ion Hamilton | Conservative | |||||
Edward King-Harman | Conservative | |||||
1885 | Constituency divided: see Dublin County South and Dublin County North |
Elections[]
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Elections in the 1880s[]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Edward King-Harman | 2,514 | 63.6 | N/A | |
Irish Parliamentary | Edward MacMahon | 1,428 | 36.1 | New | |
Conservative | Thomas Hosea Guinness[4] | 13 | 0.3 | N/A | |
Majority | 1,086 | 27.5 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 3,955 | 79.0 | N/A | ||
Registered electors | 5,008 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | N/A |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Thomas Edward Taylor | Unopposed | |||
Conservative | Ion Hamilton | Unopposed | |||
Registered electors | 3,539 | ||||
Conservative hold | |||||
Conservative hold |
Elections in the 1870s[]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Thomas Edward Taylor | 2,183 | 63.9 | N/A | |
Home Rule | Charles Stewart Parnell | 1,235 | 36.1 | New | |
Majority | 948 | 27.8 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 3,418 | 81.5 | N/A | ||
Registered electors | 4,193 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | N/A |
- Caused by Taylor's appointment as Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Thomas Edward Taylor | Unopposed | |||
Conservative | Ion Hamilton | Unopposed | |||
Registered electors | 4,193 | ||||
Conservative hold | |||||
Conservative hold |
Elections in the 1860s[]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Ion Hamilton | 2,174 | 39.4 | +3.7 | |
Conservative | Thomas Edward Taylor | 2,163 | 39.2 | +3.2 | |
Liberal | Peter Paul McSwiney | 1,183 | 21.4 | −6.8 | |
Majority | 980 | 17.8 | +10.3 | ||
Turnout | 3,352 (est) | 75.1 (est) | −3.7 | ||
Registered electors | 4,465 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | +3.6 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing | +3.3 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Thomas Edward Taylor | 2,100 | 36.0 | N/A | |
Conservative | Ion Hamilton | 2,083 | 35.7 | N/A | |
Liberal | Charles William White | 1,646 | 28.2 | New | |
Majority | 437 | 7.5 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 3,738 (est) | 78.8 (est) | N/A | ||
Registered electors | 4,744 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | N/A | |||
Conservative hold | Swing | N/A |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Ion Hamilton | Unopposed | |||
Registered electors | 4,894 | ||||
Conservative hold |
- Caused by Hamilton's resignation.
Elections in the 1850s[]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | James Hans Hamilton | Unopposed | |||
Conservative | Thomas Edward Taylor | Unopposed | |||
Registered electors | 6,251 | ||||
Conservative hold | |||||
Conservative hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Thomas Edward Taylor | Unopposed | |||
Conservative hold |
- Caused by Taylor's appointment as a Lord Commissioner of the Treasury
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | James Hans Hamilton | 2,451 | 38.0 | +8.8 | |
Conservative | Thomas Edward Taylor | 2,338 | 36.3 | +7.3 | |
Whig | Charles Compton William Domvile[5] | 1,659 | 25.7 | −16.1 | |
Majority | 679 | 10.6 | +2.6 | ||
Turnout | 4,054 (est) | 66.2 (est) | −2.8 | ||
Registered electors | 6,123 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | +8.4 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing | +7.7 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | James Hans Hamilton | 1,962 | 29.2 | N/A | |
Conservative | Thomas Edward Taylor | 1,946 | 29.0 | N/A | |
Whig | Augustus Craven | 1,410 | 21.0 | New | |
Whig | John Lentaigne | 1,396 | 20.8 | New | |
Majority | 536 | 8.0 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 3,357 (est) | 69.0 (est) | N/A | ||
Registered electors | 4,864 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | N/A | |||
Conservative hold | Swing | N/A |
Elections in the 1840s[]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | James Hans Hamilton | Unopposed | |||
Conservative | Thomas Edward Taylor | Unopposed | |||
Registered electors | 3,278 | ||||
Conservative hold | |||||
Conservative hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | James Hans Hamilton | 1,051 | 25.6 | New | |
Conservative | Thomas Edward Taylor | 1,042 | 25.4 | New | |
Whig | William Brabazon | 1,009 | 24.6 | N/A | |
Whig | George Hampden Evans | 1,006 | 24.5 | N/A | |
Majority | 33 | 0.8 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 2,054 (est) | 72.8 (est) | N/A | ||
Registered electors | 2,820 | ||||
Conservative gain from Whig | Swing | N/A | |||
Conservative gain from Whig | Swing | N/A |
Elections in the 1830s[]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ||
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Whig | William Brabazon | Unopposed | |||
Whig | George Hampden Evans | Unopposed | |||
Registered electors | 2,820 | ||||
Whig hold | |||||
Whig gain from Irish Repeal |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Irish Repeal (Whig) | Christopher Fitzsimon | 878 | 35.6 | +3.9 | |
Whig | George Hampden Evans | 825 | 33.4 | +5.4 | |
Conservative | James Hans Hamilton | 764 | 30.9 | +5.2 | |
Conservative | John Johnston | 2 | 0.0 | N/A | |
Turnout | 1,530 | 61.7 | -22.5 | ||
Registered electors | 2,478 | ||||
Majority | 53 | 2.2 | −1.5 | ||
Irish Repeal hold | Swing | +0.7 | |||
Majority | 61 | 2.5 | +0.2 | ||
Whig hold | Swing | +1.4 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ||
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Irish Repeal | Christopher Fitzsimon | 958 | 31.7 | ||
Whig | George Hampden Evans | 847 | 28.0 | ||
Conservative | George Alexander Hamilton | 777 | 25.7 | ||
Whig | William Brabazon | 442 | 14.6 | ||
Turnout | 1,705 | 84.2 | |||
Registered electors | 2,025 | ||||
Majority | 111 | 3.7 | |||
Irish Repeal gain from Whig | |||||
Majority | 70 | 2.3 | |||
Whig hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ||
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Whig | Henry White | Unopposed | |||
Whig | William Brabazon | Unopposed | |||
Registered electors | 1,649 | ||||
Whig hold | |||||
Whig hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Whig | William Brabazon | 522 | 35.9 | ||
Whig | Henry White | 417 | 28.6 | ||
Tory | George Alexander Hamilton | 343 | 23.6 | ||
Whig | Richard Talbot | 174 | 12.0 | ||
Majority | 74 | 5.0 | |||
Turnout | 867 | 52.6 | |||
Registered electors | 1,649 | ||||
Whig hold | Swing | ||||
Whig hold |
Notes[]
This article includes a list of general references, but it remains largely unverified because it lacks sufficient corresponding inline citations. (May 2020) |
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n Stooks Smith, Henry (1842). The Register of Parliamentary Contested Elections: Containing the Uncontested Elections Since 1830. London: Simpkin, Marshall, & Co. pp. 223–224. Retrieved 21 August 2019 – via Google Books.
- ^ a b Churton, Edward (1838). The Assembled Commons or Parliamentary Biographer. pp. 36–37. Retrieved 21 August 2019 – via Google Books.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r Walker, B.M., ed. (1978). Parliamentary Election Results in Ireland, 1801-1922. Dublin: Royal Irish Academy. ISBN 0901714127.
- ^ "County Dublin Election". Gloucester Citizen. 22 February 1883. p. 4. Retrieved 19 December 2017 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ^ "Ireland". London Evening Standard. 16 April 1857. p. 3. Retrieved 30 September 2018 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ^ "State of Polls". Kilkenny Journal, and Leinster Commercial and Literary Advertiser. 31 July 1852. p. 3. Retrieved 30 September 2018 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ^ a b Farrell, Stephen. "Co. Dublin". The History of Parliament. Retrieved 15 May 2020.
References[]
- The Parliaments of England by Henry Stooks Smith (1st edition published in three volumes 1844–50), 2nd edition edited (in one volume) by F.W.S. Craig (Political Reference Publications 1973)
- Walker, B.M., ed. (1978). Parliamentary Election Results in Ireland, 1801–1922. Dublin: Royal Irish Academy. ISBN 0901714127.
- Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "D" (part 3)
External links[]
- Westminster constituencies in County Dublin (historic)
- Constituencies of the Parliament of the United Kingdom established in 1801
- Constituencies of the Parliament of the United Kingdom disestablished in 1885