West Wicklow (UK Parliament constituency)

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West Wicklow
Former County constituency
for the House of Commons
18851922
Number of members1
Replaced byKildare–Wicklow
Created fromWicklow

West Wicklow, a division of County Wicklow, was a parliamentary constituency in Ireland, represented in the Parliament of the United Kingdom. From 1885 to 1922 it returned one Member of Parliament (MP) to the House of Commons of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland.

Until the 1885 general election the area was part of the Wicklow constituency. From 1922 it was not represented in the UK Parliament, as it was no longer in the UK.

Boundaries[]

This constituency comprised the western part of County Wicklow.

1885–1922: The baronies of Ballinacor South, Shillelagh, Talbotstown Lower and Talbotstown higher, and that part of the barony of Ballinacor North not contained within the constituency of East Wicklow.

United Kingdom Parliament or Dáil Éireann 1918–1922[]

The general election of 1918 (in Ireland) was, in British law, to fill the 105 Irish seats in the UK House of Commons for the 31st United Kingdom Parliament. In practice, only the non-Sinn Féin MPs took their seats at Westminster. This Parliament first met on 4 February 1919, and was dissolved on 26 October 1922. At its dissolution, the Parliamentary seats in the twenty six counties comprising the Irish Free State were abolished.

Irish Republicans regard the 1918 election as being to the 1st Dáil Éireann. In practice, only the Sinn Féin Members of Parliament became Teachtaí Dála in the new revolutionary assembly. See list of members of the 1st Dáil. The initial meeting of the First Dáil was on 21 January 1919 and it last met on 10 May 1921.

From the 1922 United Kingdom general election, only the six counties of Northern Ireland were represented in Parliament.

For links to all other constituencies see List of UK Parliament Constituencies in Ireland and Northern Ireland.

Members of Parliament[]

Election Member Party
1885 Garrett Byrne Nationalist
1892 James O'Connor National Federation (Anti-Parnellite)
1900 Nationalist
1910 Edward Peter O'Kelly Nationalist
1914 John Thomas Donovan Nationalist
1918 Robert Barton Sinn Féin
1922 UK constituency abolished

Elections[]

Elections in the 1880s[]

General election 1885: West Wicklow[1]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Irish Parliamentary Garrett Byrne 3,721 81.0
Conservative William Wentworth Fitzwilliam Dick 871 19.0
Majority 2,850 62.0
Turnout 4,592 87.9
Registered electors 5,226
Irish Parliamentary win (new seat)
General election 1886: West Wicklow[1]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Irish Parliamentary Garrett Byrne 3,531 80.5 −0.5
Irish Unionist William Wentworth Fitzwilliam Dick 856 19.5 +0.5
Majority 2,675 61.0 −1.0
Turnout 4,387 83.9 −4.0
Registered electors 5,226
Irish Parliamentary hold Swing −0.5

Elections in the 1890s[]

General election 1892: West Wicklow[1]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Irish National Federation James O'Connor 2,582 66.6 N/A
Liberal Unionist Robert Joseph Pratt Saunders 748 19.3 −0.2
Irish National League John Howard Parnell 546 14.1 N/A
Majority 1,834 47.3 N/A
Turnout 3,876 79.9 −4.0
Registered electors 4,853
Irish National Federation gain from Irish Parliamentary Swing N/A
General election 1895: West Wicklow[1]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Irish National Federation James O'Connor Unopposed
Registered electors 4,576
Irish National Federation hold

Elections in the 1900s[]

General election 1900: West Wicklow[1]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Irish Parliamentary James O'Connor Unopposed
Registered electors 4,671
Irish Parliamentary hold
General election 1906: West Wicklow[1]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Irish Parliamentary James O'Connor Unopposed
Registered electors 4,406
Irish Parliamentary hold

Elections in the 1910s[]

General election January 1910: West Wicklow[1]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Irish Parliamentary James O'Connor Unopposed
Registered electors 4,417
Irish Parliamentary hold

O'Connor dies, causing a by-election.

By-election, 1910: West Wicklow[1]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Irish Parliamentary Edward Peter O'Kelly Unopposed
Registered electors 4,417
Irish Parliamentary hold
General election December 1910: West Wicklow[1]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Irish Parliamentary Edward Peter O'Kelly Unopposed
Registered electors 4,417
Irish Parliamentary hold

O'Kelly's death causes a by-election.

By-election, 1914: West Wicklow[1]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Irish Parliamentary John Thomas Donovan Unopposed
Registered electors 4,489
Irish Parliamentary hold
General election 1918: West Wicklow[1]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Sinn Féin Robert Barton 6,239 82.0 New
Irish Parliamentary Pierce Charles de Lacy O'Mahony 1,370 18.0 N/A
Majority 4,869 64.0 N/A
Turnout 7,609 65.2 N/A
Registered electors 11,673
Sinn Féin gain from Irish Parliamentary Swing N/A

References[]

  1. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k Walker, B.M., ed. (1978). Parliamentary Election Results in Ireland, 1801-1922. Dublin: Royal Irish Academy. ISBN 0901714127.
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