Leitrim (UK Parliament constituency)
Leitrim | |
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Former county constituency for the House of Commons | |
1801–1885 | |
Number of members | 2 |
Replaced by | North Leitrim, South Leitrim |
Created from | Leitrim |
1918–1922 | |
Number of members | 1 |
Replaced by | Leitrim–Roscommon North |
Created from | North Leitrim, South Leitrim |
Leitrim was a Parliamentary constituency in Ireland, represented in the House of Commons of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland. It returned two Members of Parliament (MPs) from 1801 to 1885 and one from 1918 to 1922.
Boundaries[]
This constituency comprised the whole of County Leitrim.
Members of Parliament[]
MPs 1801–85[]
Election | 1st Member | 1st Party | 2nd Member | 2nd Party | ||
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1801 | Nathaniel Clements, Viscount Clements, later Earl of Leitrim | Whig[1] | Theophilus Jones | Tory[1] | ||
1802 | Peter La Touche | Whig[1] | ||||
1805 by-election | Henry John Clements | Tory[1] | ||||
1806 | William Gore | |||||
1807 | John La Touche | Whig[1] | ||||
1818 | Luke White | Tory[1] | ||||
1820 | Tory[1] | |||||
1824 by-election | Samuel White | Whig[1][2] | ||||
1826 | Whig[1][2] | |||||
1830 | Tory[1][3] | |||||
1832 | Whig[1][4] | |||||
1839 by-election | William Clements, Viscount Clements, later Earl of Leitrim | Whig | ||||
1847 | Edward King-Tenison | Whig[5][6][7] | Charles Skeffington Clements | Whig[7][5] | ||
1852 | Hugh Lyons-Montgomery | Conservative[3] | John Brady | Ind. Irish[3] | ||
William Ormsby-Gore, later Baron Harlech | Conservative[3] | |||||
1859 | Liberal[3] | |||||
1865 | ||||||
1868 | ||||||
1874 | Home Rule[3] | |||||
1876 by-election | Francis O'Beirne | Home Rule[3] | ||||
1880 | Arthur Loftus Tottenham | Conservative[3] | ||||
1885 | Constituency divided: see North Leitrim and South Leitrim |
MPs 1918–22[]
Election | Member | Party | Note | |
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1918 | Single member constituency created | |||
1918, December 14[8] | James Dolan | Sinn Féin | Did not take his seat at Westminster | |
1922, October 26 | UK constituency abolished |
Elections[]
Elections in the 1830s[]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ||
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Tory | John Marcus Clements | 285 | 39.6 | ||
Whig | Samuel White | 218 | 30.3 | ||
Whig | Robert Bermingham Clements | 212 | 29.5 | ||
Whig | Luke White | 4 | 0.6 | ||
Turnout | 436 | 72.4 | |||
Registered electors | 602 | ||||
Majority | 67 | 9.3 | |||
Tory gain from Whig | |||||
Majority | 6 | 0.8 | |||
Whig hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Tory | John Marcus Clements | Unopposed | |||
Whig | Samuel White | Unopposed | |||
Registered electors | 602 | ||||
Tory hold | |||||
Whig hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Whig | Samuel White | 730 | 39.1 | ||
Whig | Robert Bermingham Clements | 625 | 33.5 | ||
Tory | John Marcus Clements | 513 | 27.5 | ||
Majority | 112 | 6.0 | |||
Turnout | 1,217 | 92.3 | |||
Registered electors | 1,318 | ||||
Whig hold | |||||
Whig gain from Tory |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Whig | Samuel White | Unopposed | |||
Whig | Robert Bermingham Clements | Unopposed | |||
Registered electors | 1,437 | ||||
Whig hold | |||||
Whig hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Whig | Samuel White | Unopposed | |||
Whig | Robert Bermingham Clements | Unopposed | |||
Registered electors | 1,734 | ||||
Whig hold | |||||
Whig hold |
Clements' death caused a by-election.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Whig | William Clements | Unopposed | |||
Whig hold |
Elections in the 1840s[]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Whig | Samuel White | Unopposed | |||
Whig | William Clements | Unopposed | |||
Registered electors | 1,488 | ||||
Whig hold | |||||
Whig hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Whig | Edward King-Tenison | 389 | 34.5 | N/A | |
Whig | Charles Skeffington Clements | 376 | 33.4 | N/A | |
Conservative | John Robert Godley | 329 | 29.2 | New | |
Independent | John Reynolds Dickson | 32 | 2.8 | New | |
Majority | 47 | 4.2 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 563 (est) | 41.5 (est) | N/A | ||
Registered electors | 1,357 | ||||
Whig hold | Swing | N/A | |||
Whig hold | Swing | N/A |
Elections in the 1850s[]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Hugh Lyons-Montgomery | 617 | 36.1 | +6.9 | |
Independent Irish | John Brady | 551 | 32.3 | N/A | |
Whig | Charles Skeffington Clements | 540 | 31.6 | −1.8 | |
Turnout | 854 (est) | 67.5 (est) | +26.0 | ||
Registered electors | 1,265 | ||||
Majority | 66 | 3.8 | N/A | ||
Conservative gain from Whig | Swing | +3.9 | |||
Majority | 11 | 0.7 | N/A | ||
Independent Irish gain from Whig | Swing | N/A |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Hugh Lyons-Montgomery | 1,577 | 49.7 | +13.6 | |
Independent Irish | John Brady | 1,006 | 31.7 | −0.6 | |
Whig | Edward King-Tenison | 591 | 18.6 | −13.0 | |
Turnout | 1,587 (est) | 60.4 (est) | −7.1 | ||
Registered electors | 2,628 | ||||
Majority | 571 | 18.0 | +14.2 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | +7.0 | |||
Majority | 415 | 13.1 | +12.4 | ||
Independent Irish hold | Swing | −3.7 |
Montgomery resigned by accepting the office of Steward of the Manor of Hempholme, causing a by-election.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | William Ormsby-Gore | Unopposed | |||
Conservative hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | William Ormsby-Gore | Unopposed | |||
Liberal | John Brady | Unopposed | |||
Registered electors | 2,404 | ||||
Conservative hold | |||||
Liberal hold |
Elections in the 1860s[]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | William Ormsby-Gore | 1,383 | 42.1 | N/A | |
Liberal | John Brady | 1,011 | 30.8 | N/A | |
Liberal | Edward King-Tenison | 892 | 27.1 | N/A | |
Majority | 372 | 11.3 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 2,335 (est) | 97.7 (est) | N/A | ||
Registered electors | 2,389 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | N/A | |||
Liberal hold | Swing | N/A |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | William Ormsby-Gore | Unopposed | |||
Liberal | John Brady | Unopposed | |||
Registered electors | 2,637 | ||||
Conservative hold | |||||
Liberal hold |
Elections in the 1870s[]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Home Rule | John Brady | 1,313 | 37.9 | New | |
Conservative | William Ormsby-Gore | 1,098 | 31.7 | N/A | |
Home Rule | Francis O'Beirne | 1,055 | 30.4 | New | |
Turnout | 2,282 (est) | 88.8 (est) | N/A | ||
Registered electors | 2,571 | ||||
Majority | 215 | 6.2 | N/A | ||
Home Rule gain from Liberal | Swing | N/A | |||
Majority | 43 | 1.3 | N/A | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | N/A |
Gore succeeded to the peerage, becoming Lord Harlech, and causing a by-election.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Home Rule | Francis O'Beirne | 1,276 | 58.9 | -9.4 | |
Conservative | Arthur Loftus Tottenham | 885 | 40.8 | +9.1 | |
Home Rule | Charles McGowan | 7 | 0.3 | N/A | |
Majority | 391 | 18.1 | +11.9 | ||
Turnout | 2,168 | 85.4 | -3.4 | ||
Registered electors | 2,383 | ||||
Home Rule gain from Conservative | Swing | +9.3 |
Elections in the 1880s[]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Arthur Loftus Tottenham | 1,038 | 33.1 | +1.4 | |
Home Rule | Francis O'Beirne | 837 | 26.7 | -10.2 | |
Home Rule | Thomas Quinn | 668 | 21.3 | -10.4 | |
Home Rule | Isaac Nelson | 593 | 18.9 | N/A | |
Majority | 201 | 6.4 | +0.2 | ||
Turnout | 2,087 (est) | 87.6 (est) | -1.2 | ||
Registered electors | 2,383 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | +5.6 | |||
Home Rule hold | Swing | -5.5 |
Elections in the 1910s[]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Sinn Féin | James Dolan | 17,711 | 85.1 | ||
Irish Parliamentary | Gerald Farrell | 3,096 | 14.9 | ||
Majority | 14,615 | 70.2 | |||
Turnout | 20,807 | 69.2 | |||
Registered electors | 30,079 | ||||
Sinn Féin win (new seat) |
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Notes[]
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q Smith, Henry Stooks (1842). The Register of Parliamentary Contested Elections (Second ed.). Simpkin, Marshall & Company. pp. 231–232. Retrieved 4 October 2018 – via Google Books.
- ^ a b Farrell, Stephen. Fisher, D. R.. (ed.). "WHITE, Samuel (c.1784–1854), of Killakee, co. Dublin". The History of Parliament. Retrieved 24 August 2019.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z Walker, B.M., ed. (1978). Parliamentary Election Results in Ireland, 1801–1922. Dublin: Royal Irish Academy. ISBN 0901714127.
- ^ Churton, Edward (1838). The Assembled Commons or Parliamentary Biographer. p. 57. Retrieved 24 August 2019 – via Google Books.
- ^ a b "Leitrim (Country)". Bell's Weekly Messenger. 14 August 1847. p. 2. Retrieved 24 February 2018 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ^ "MP of the Month: Edward King Tenison". The Victorian Commons. June 27, 2017. Retrieved 24 February 2018.
- ^ a b "Leitrim". Dublin Weekly Nation. 21 August 1847. pp. 4–5. Retrieved 4 October 2018 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ^ December 14 was the date of polling day. The result was declared on 28 December 1918, to allow time for votes cast by members of the armed forces to be included in the count.
- ^ a b Farrrell, Stephen. "Co. Leitrim". The History of Parliament. Retrieved 17 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)
- Parliamentary Election Results in Ireland, 1801–1922, edited by B.M. Walker (Royal Irish Academy 1978)
- Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "L" (part 2)
Categories:
- Westminster constituencies in County Leitrim (historic)
- Dáil constituencies in the Republic of Ireland (historic)
- Constituencies of the Parliament of the United Kingdom established in 1801
- Constituencies of the Parliament of the United Kingdom disestablished in 1885
- Constituencies of the Parliament of the United Kingdom established in 1918
- Constituencies of the Parliament of the United Kingdom disestablished in 1922