Enniskillen (UK Parliament constituency)
Enniskillen | |
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Former borough constituency for the House of Commons | |
1801–1885 | |
Replaced by | North Fermanagh |
Enniskillen was a United Kingdom Parliament constituency in Ireland (now in Northern Ireland, which remains part of the United Kingdom), returning one MP. It was an original constituency represented in Parliament when the Union of Great Britain and Ireland took effect on 1 January 1801.
Boundaries[]
This constituency was the Parliamentary borough of Enniskillen in County Fermanagh.
Members of Parliament[]
Election | Member | Party | Note | |
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1801, January 1 | Hon. Arthur Cole Hamilton | Tory | 1801: Co-opted | |
1802, July 31 | Rt Hon. John Beresford | Tory | Also returned by and elected to sit for County Waterford | |
William Burroughs | Tory | Appointed a Judge of the Supreme Court in Bengal | ||
John King | Tory | Resigned | ||
William Fremantle | Tory | |||
1806, November 20 | Nathaniel Sneyd | Tory | Also returned by and elected to sit for Cavan | |
Tory | ||||
1807, May 14 | Tory | |||
1812, October 26 | Richard Magenis | Tory[1] | Resigned | |
Hon. Arthur Henry Cole | Tory[2] | Re-elected as a Conservative candidate | ||
1834, December | Conservative[2] | Resigned | ||
Hon. Henry Cole | Conservative | Resigned | ||
James Whiteside | Conservative | Resigned to contest Dublin University | ||
Hon. John Lowry Cole | Conservative | |||
1868, November 18 | Viscount Crichton | Conservative | ||
1880, April 2 | Viscount Cole | Conservative | Last MP for the constituency | |
1885 | Constituency abolished |
Elections[]
Elections in the 1830s[]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Tory | Arthur Henry Cole | Unopposed | |||
Registered electors | 15 | ||||
Tory hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Tory | Arthur Henry Cole | Unopposed | |||
Registered electors | 15 | ||||
Tory hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Tory | Arthur Henry Cole | Unopposed | |||
Registered electors | 212 | ||||
Tory hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Arthur Henry Cole | Unopposed | |||
Registered electors | 228 | ||||
Conservative hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Arthur Henry Cole | Unopposed | |||
Registered electors | 296 | ||||
Conservative hold |
Elections in the 1840s[]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Arthur Henry Cole | Unopposed | |||
Registered electors | 181 | ||||
Conservative hold |
Cole resigned by accepting the office of Steward of the Chiltern Hundreds, causing a by-election.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Henry Cole | Unopposed | |||
Conservative hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Henry Cole | Unopposed | |||
Registered electors | 273 | ||||
Conservative hold |
Elections in the 1850s[]
Cole resigned by accepting the office of Steward of the Chiltern Hundreds, causing a by-election.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | James Whiteside | 85 | 55.6 | N/A | |
Conservative | John Collum | 68 | 44.4 | N/A | |
Majority | 17 | 11.2 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 153 | 89.0 | N/A | ||
Registered electors | 172 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | N/A |
Whiteside was appointed Solicitor-General for Ireland, requiring a by-election.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | James Whiteside | 81 | 52.9 | N/A | |
Conservative | John Collum | 72 | 47.1 | N/A | |
Majority | 9 | 5.8 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 153 | 89.0 | N/A | ||
Registered electors | 172 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | N/A |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | James Whiteside | Unopposed | |||
Registered electors | 172 | ||||
Conservative hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | James Whiteside | Unopposed | |||
Registered electors | 221 | ||||
Conservative hold |
Whiteside was appointed Attorney-General for Ireland, requiring a by-election.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | James Whiteside | Unopposed | |||
Conservative hold |
In order to contest the at Dublin University, Whiteside resigned by accepting the office of Steward of the Manor of Hempholme, causing a by-election.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | John Lowry Cole | 107 | 50.5 | N/A | |
Conservative | John Collum | 71 | 33.5 | N/A | |
Conservative | Paul Dane | 34 | 16.0 | N/A | |
Majority | 36 | 17.0 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 212 | 90.6 | N/A | ||
Registered electors | 234 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | N/A |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | John Lowry Cole | Unopposed | |||
Registered electors | 234 | ||||
Conservative hold |
Elections in the 1860s[]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | John Lowry Cole | 117 | 51.5 | N/A | |
Liberal | John Collum | 107 | 47.1 | New | |
Conservative | Arthur Lowry Cole | 3 | 1.3 | N/A | |
Majority | 10 | 4.4 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 227 | 86.0 | N/A | ||
Registered electors | 264 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | N/A |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | John Crichton | 171 | 54.1 | +2.6 | |
Liberal | John Collum | 141 | 44.6 | −0.5 | |
Conservative | Charles Frederick Crichton | 3 | 0.9 | N/A | |
Conservative | Arthur Lowry Cole | 1 | 0.3 | −1.0 | |
Majority | 30 | 9.5 | +5.1 | ||
Turnout | 316 | 92.7 | +6.7 | ||
Registered electors | 341 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | +1.6 |
Elections in the 1870s[]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | John Crichton | 192 | 52.7 | −1.4 | |
Liberal | Lucius John Collum | 172 | 47.3 | +2.7 | |
Majority | 20 | 5.4 | −4.1 | ||
Turnout | 364 | 92.6 | −0.1 | ||
Registered electors | 393 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | −2.1 |
Crichton was appointed a lord of the Treasury, causing a by-election.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | John Crichton | Unopposed | |||
Registered electors | 385 | ||||
Conservative hold |
Elections in the 1880s[]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Lowry Cole | 198 | 52.7 | 0.0 | |
Liberal | William Collum | 178 | 47.3 | 0.0 | |
Majority | 20 | 5.4 | 0.0 | ||
Turnout | 376 | 90.4 | −2.2 | ||
Registered electors | 416 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | 0.0 |
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References[]
- ^ Farrell, Stephen. "MAGENIS, Richard (c.1763-1831), of Chanter Hill, nr. Enniskillen, co. Fermanagh". The History of Parliament. Retrieved 15 May 2020.
- ^ a b c d e f g Stooks Smith, Henry (1842). The Register of Parliamentary Contested Elections: Containing the Uncontested Elections Since 1830. London: Simpkin, Marshall, & Co. p. 227. Retrieved 15 May 2020 – via Google Books.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t Walker, B.M., ed. (1978). Parliamentary Election Results in Ireland, 1801-1922. Dublin: Royal Irish Academy. ISBN 0901714127.
- ^ a b Farrell, Stephen. "Enniskillen". The History of Parliament. Retrieved 15 May 2020.
- ^ Accounts and Papers of the House of Commons, Volume 50. 1843. Retrieved 25 August 2019 – via Google Books.
- 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 "E" (part 2)
- Westminster constituencies in County Fermanagh (historic)
- Constituencies of the Parliament of the United Kingdom established in 1801
- Constituencies of the Parliament of the United Kingdom disestablished in 1885
- Enniskillen
- Historic Westminster constituency in Ireland stubs