West Mayo (UK Parliament constituency)
West Mayo | |
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Former county constituency for the House of Commons | |
1885–1922 | |
Number of members | 1 |
Replaced by | Mayo North and West |
Created from | Mayo |
West Mayo was a parliamentary constituency in Ireland, which returned one Member of Parliament (MP) to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1885 to 1922.
Prior to the 1885 general election the area was part of the two-seat Mayo constituency. From 1922 it was not represented in the UK Parliament.
Boundaries[]
This constituency comprised the western part of County Mayo.
1885–1922: The baronies of Burrishoole and Murrisk, and that part of the barony of Carra not contained within the constituency of South Mayo.
Members of Parliament[]
Years | Member | Party |
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1885–1890 | John Deasy | Irish Parliamentary Party |
1891–1893 | Anti-Parnellite | |
1893–1900 | Robert Ambrose | Anti-Parnellite |
1900–1910 | Irish Parliamentary Party | |
1910–1918 | William Doris | Irish Parliamentary Party |
1918–1922 | Joseph MacBride | Sinn Féin |
Elections[]
Elections in the 1880s[]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Irish Parliamentary | John Deasy | 4,790 | 97.3 | ||
Conservative | Robert Vesey Stoney | 131 | 2.7 | ||
Majority | 4,659 | 94.6 | |||
Turnout | 4,921 | 61.4 | |||
Registered electors | 8,009 | ||||
Irish Parliamentary win (new seat) |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Irish Parliamentary | John Deasy | Unopposed | |||
Registered electors | 8,009 | ||||
Irish Parliamentary hold |
Elections in the 1890s[]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Irish National Federation | John Deasy | 3,456 | 85.0 | N/A | |
Independent Nationalist | John O'Connor Power | 611 | 15.0 | New | |
Majority | 2,845 | 70.0 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 4,067 | 38.2 | N/A | ||
Registered electors | 10,644 | ||||
Irish National Federation gain from Irish Parliamentary | Swing | N/A |
Deasy resigns, causing a by-election.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Irish National Federation | Robert Ambrose | Unopposed | |||
Registered electors | 11,262 | ||||
Irish National Federation hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Irish National Federation | Robert Ambrose | Unopposed | |||
Registered electors | 10,900 | ||||
Irish National Federation hold |
Elections in the 1900s[]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Irish Parliamentary | Robert Ambrose | Unopposed | |||
Registered electors | 9,436 | ||||
Irish Parliamentary hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Irish Parliamentary | Robert Ambrose | Unopposed | |||
Registered electors | 8,941 | ||||
Irish Parliamentary hold |
Elections in the 1910s[]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Irish Parliamentary | William Doris | Unopposed | |||
Registered electors | 9,436 | ||||
Irish Parliamentary hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Irish Parliamentary | William Doris | 3,931 | 78.4 | N/A | |
All-for-Ireland | William O'Brien | 1,082 | 21.6 | New | |
Majority | 2,849 | 56.8 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 5,013 | 60.7 | N/A | ||
Registered electors | 8,261 | ||||
Irish Parliamentary hold | Swing | N/A |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Sinn Féin | Joseph MacBride | 10,195 | 86.7 | New | |
Irish Parliamentary | William Doris | 1,568 | 13.3 | −65.1 | |
Majority | 8,627 | 73.4 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 11,763 | 54.3 | −6.4 | ||
Registered electors | 21,667 | ||||
Sinn Féin gain from Irish Parliamentary | Swing | N/A |
References[]
- 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 "M" (part 2)
Categories:
- Westminster constituencies in County Mayo (historic)
- Dáil constituencies in the Republic of Ireland (historic)
- Constituencies of the Parliament of the United Kingdom established in 1885
- Constituencies of the Parliament of the United Kingdom disestablished in 1922
- Historic Westminster constituency in Ireland stubs