Newry (UK Parliament constituency)
Newry | |
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Former Borough constituency for the House of Commons | |
1801–1918 | |
Replaced by | South Down |
Newry was a United Kingdom Parliament constituency, in Ireland, 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 Newry in County Down.
Members of Parliament[]
Elections[]
Elections in the 1830s[]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Tory | John Henry Knox | Unopposed | |||
Registered electors | c. 600 | ||||
Tory hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Tory | John Henry Knox | 333 | 60.1 | |
Whig | Denis Maguire | 221 | 39.9 | |
Majority | 112 | 20.2 | ||
Turnout | 554 | c. 92.3 | ||
Registered electors | c. 600 | |||
Tory hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Tory | Marcus Hill | 494 | 51.0 | −9.1 | |
Whig | Denis Maguire | 475 | 49.0 | +9.1 | |
Majority | 19 | 2.0 | −18.2 | ||
Turnout | 969 | 95.3 | c. +3.0 | ||
Registered electors | 1,017 | ||||
Tory hold | Swing | −9.1 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Whig | Denis Caulfield Brady | 402 | 51.8 | +2.8 | |
Conservative | Sir Thomas Staples, 9th Baronet | 374 | 48.2 | −2.8 | |
Majority | 28 | 3.6 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 776 | 68.4 | −26.9 | ||
Registered electors | 1,134 | ||||
Whig gain from Conservative | Swing | +2.8 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | John Ellis | 338 | 52.6 | +4.4 | |
Whig | Denis Caulfield Brady | 305 | 47.4 | −4.4 | |
Majority | 33 | 5.2 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 643 | 44.7 | −23.7 | ||
Registered electors | 1,439 | ||||
Conservative gain from Whig | Swing | +4.4 |
Elections in the 1840s[]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Irish Conservative | Francis Needham | 319 | 57.3 | +4.7 | |
Whig | John Milley Doyle | 237 | 42.5 | −4.9 | |
Whig | Peter Kenny | 1 | 0.2 | N/A | |
Majority | 82 | 14.8 | +9.6 | ||
Turnout | 557 | 89.4 | +44.7 | ||
Registered electors | 623 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | +4.8 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Peelite | Francis Needham | Unopposed | |||
Registered electors | 1,135 | ||||
Peelite gain from Conservative |
Elections in the 1850s[]
Needham's death caused a by-election.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Irish Conservative | Edmund Gilling Hallewell | Unopposed | |||
Irish Conservative gain from Peelite |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Whig | William Kirk | 233 | 53.3 | New | |
Irish Conservative | Edmund Gilling Hallewell | 204 | 46.7 | N/A | |
Majority | 29 | 6.6 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 437 | 84.5 | N/A | ||
Registered electors | 517 | ||||
Whig gain from Peelite | Swing | N/A |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Whig | William Kirk | 246 | 51.5 | −1.8 | |
Irish Conservative | Henry Waring | 232 | 48.5 | +1.8 | |
Majority | 14 | 3.0 | −3.6 | ||
Turnout | 478 | 90.7 | +6.2 | ||
Registered electors | 527 | ||||
Whig hold | Swing | −1.8 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Irish Conservative | Peter Quinn | 250 | 55.7 | +7.2 | |
Liberal | Frederick William McBlain | 197 | 43.9 | N/A | |
Liberal | William Kirk | 2 | 0.4 | −51.1 | |
Majority | 53 | 11.8 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 449 | 84.9 | −5.8 | ||
Registered electors | 529 | ||||
Conservative gain from Liberal | Swing | +29.2 |
Elections in the 1860s[]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Irish Conservative | Arthur Charles Innes | 267 | 53.2 | −2.5 | |
Liberal | William Miller Kirk | 235 | 46.8 | +2.9 | |
Majority | 32 | 6.4 | −5.4 | ||
Turnout | 502 | 93.1 | +8.2 | ||
Registered electors | 539 | ||||
Irish Conservative hold | Swing | −2.7 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | William Kirk | 387 | 50.5 | +3.7 | |
Irish Conservative | Francis Needham | 379 | 49.5 | −3.7 | |
Majority | 8 | 1.0 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 766 | 96.2 | +3.1 | ||
Registered electors | 796 | ||||
Liberal gain from Irish Conservative | Swing | +3.7 |
Elections in the 1870s[]
Kirk's death caused a by-election.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Irish Conservative | Francis Needham | Unopposed | |||
Registered electors | 901 | ||||
Irish Conservative gain from Liberal |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | William Whitworth | 459 | 50.2 | −0.3 | |
Irish Conservative | Francis Needham | 455 | 49.8 | +0.3 | |
Majority | 4 | 0.4 | −0.6 | ||
Turnout | 914 | 92.3 | −3.9 | ||
Registered electors | 990 | ||||
Liberal hold | Swing | −0.3 |
Elections in the 1880s[]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Irish Conservative | Henry Thomson | 587 | 51.3 | +1.5 | |
Liberal | Patrick Carvill | 557 | 48.7 | −1.5 | |
Majority | 30 | 2.6 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 1,144 | 95.3 | +3.0 | ||
Registered electors | 1,201 | ||||
Irish Conservative gain from Liberal | Swing | +1.5 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Irish Parliamentary | Justin Huntly McCarthy | Unopposed | |||
Registered electors | 2,163 | ||||
Irish Parliamentary gain from Irish Conservative |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Irish Parliamentary | Justin Huntly McCarthy | 1,183 | 62.3 | N/A | |
Liberal Unionist | Reginald Cantley Saunders | 716 | 37.7 | New | |
Majority | 467 | 24.6 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 1,899 | 87.8 | N/A | ||
Registered electors | 2,163 | ||||
Irish Parliamentary hold | Swing | N/A |
Elections in the 1890s[]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Irish National Federation | Patrick Carvill | 907 | 53.2 | N/A | |
Irish Unionist | Henry Thomson | 744 | 43.6 | +5.9 | |
Irish National League | Robert Johnston | 54 | 3.2 | N/A | |
Majority | 163 | 9.6 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 1,705 | 92.3 | +4.5 | ||
Registered electors | 1,847 | ||||
Irish National Federation gain from Irish Parliamentary | Swing | N/A |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Irish National Federation | Patrick Carvill | 973 | 60.8 | +7.6 | |
Irish Unionist | Henry Thomson | 628 | 39.2 | −4.4 | |
Majority | 345 | 21.6 | +12.0 | ||
Turnout | 1,601 | 85.5 | −6.8 | ||
Registered electors | 1,872 | ||||
Irish National Federation hold | Swing | +6.0 |
Elections in the 1900s[]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Irish Parliamentary | Patrick Carvill | Unopposed | |||
Registered electors | 1,789 | ||||
Irish Parliamentary hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Irish Parliamentary | John Joseph Mooney | 802 | 52.1 | N/A | |
Independent Nationalist | Patrick Carvill | 736 | 47.9 | New | |
Majority | 66 | 4.2 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 1,538 | 80.7 | N/A | ||
Registered electors | 1,905 | ||||
Irish Parliamentary hold | Swing | N/A |
Elections in the 1910s[]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Irish Parliamentary | John Joseph Mooney | 1,079 | 66.6 | +14.5 | |
Irish Unionist | John Cusack | 542 | 33.4 | New | |
Majority | 537 | 33.2 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 1,621 | 80.2 | −0.5 | ||
Registered electors | 2,021 | ||||
Irish Parliamentary hold | Swing | N/A |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Irish Parliamentary | John Joseph Mooney | Unopposed | |||
Registered electors | 2,021 | ||||
Irish Parliamentary hold |
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References[]
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- ^ Bew, Paul; Wright, Frank (1983). "The Agrarian Opposition in Ulster Politics, 1848–87". In Clark, Samuel; Donnelly Jr., James S. (eds.). Irish Peasants: Violence and Political Unrest 1780–1914. Wisconsin: The University of Wisconsin Press. p. 199. ISBN 0-299-09370-0. Retrieved 7 October 2018 – via Google Books.
- ^ Jump up to: a b "Newry". The History of Parliament. Retrieved 21 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)
- 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 "N" (part 2)
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- Westminster constituencies in County Down (historic)
- Westminster constituencies in County Armagh (historic)
- Constituencies of the Parliament of the United Kingdom established in 1801
- Constituencies of the Parliament of the United Kingdom disestablished in 1918
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