Carrickfergus (UK Parliament constituency)

Carrickfergus
Former Borough constituency
for the House of Commons
1801–1885
Replaced by East Antrim
Created from Carrickfergus

Carrickfergus is a 19th-century United Kingdom Parliament constituency, in Northern Ireland, represented, between 1801 and 1885, by one MP.

Boundaries

This constituency was the Parliamentary borough of Carrickfergus in County Antrim.

Members of Parliament

ElectionMemberPartyNote
1801, January 1 Noah Dalway 1801: Co-opted
1802, July 30 Lord Spencer Chichester Tory Resigned
1807, April 29 James Craig Whig Initially elected four weeks earlier, in the 31 March 1807 Carrickfergus by-election
1812, November 5 Arthur Chichester Tory
1818, July 1 Earl of Belfast Tory
1820, March 16 Sir Arthur Chichester, Bt Tory Created Baronet 13 September 1821
1830, August 10 Lord George Augusta Hill Whig
1832, December 9 Conway Richard Dobbs Conservative 1 Election declared void on petition and writ suspended March 1833
1835, January 10 Peter Kirk Conservative
1847, August 3 Hon. Wellington Stapleton-Cotton Conservative
1857, April 2 William Cary Dobbs Conservative
1859, May 6 Robert Torrens Conservative
1868, November 21 Marriott Dalway[n 1][1][2][3] Liberal-Conservative
1880, April 2 Thomas Greer Conservative Last MP for the constituency
1885 Constituency abolished

Supplemental Note:-

  • 1 Walker (like F. W. S. Craig in his compilations of election results for Great Britain) classifies Tory candidates as Conservatives from 1832. The name Conservative was gradually adopted as a description for the Tories. The party is deemed to be named Conservative from the 1835 general election.

Election results

Elections in the 1850s

General Election 1852: Carrickfergus[1]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Conservative Wellington Stapleton-Cotton 311 51.3 N/A
Whig Warren Hastings Leslie Frith[4] 295 48.7 N/A
Majority 16 2.6 N/A
Turnout 606 84.2 N/A
Registered electors 720
Conservative hold Swing N/A
General Election 1857: Carrickfergus[1]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Conservative William Cary Dobbs 560 59.4 +8.1
Whig Francis Macdonogh[5] 383 40.6 −8.1
Majority 177 18.8 +16.2
Turnout 943 82.8 −1.4
Registered electors 1,139
Conservative hold Swing +8.1
General Election 1859: Carrickfergus[1]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Conservative Robert Torrens 668 72.1 +12.7
Liberal William McMechan[6] 259 27.9 −12.7
Majority 409 44.1 +25.3
Turnout 927 74.6 −8.2
Registered electors 1,243
Conservative hold Swing +12.7

Elections in the 1860s

General Election 1865: Carrickfergus[1]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Conservative Robert Torrens 498 63.6 −8.5
Liberal Luke White 285 36.4 +8.5
Majority 213 27.2 −16.9
Turnout 783 69.6 −5.0
Registered electors 1,125
Conservative hold Swing −8.5
General Election 1868: Carrickfergus[1]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Liberal-Conservative Marriott Dalway[n 1] 669 62.2 +25.8
Conservative Robert Torrens 407 37.8 −25.8
Majority 262 24.3 N/A
Turnout 1,076 83.4 +13.8
Registered electors 1,290
Liberal-Conservative gain from Conservative Swing +25.8

Elections in the 1870s

General Election 1874: Carrickfergus[1]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Liberal-Conservative Marriott Dalway[n 1] 628 58.1 −4.1
Conservative George Augustus Chichester May 452 41.9 +4.1
Majority 176 16.3 −8.0
Turnout 1,080 78.8 −4.6
Registered electors 1,370
Liberal-Conservative hold Swing −4.1

Elections in the 1880s

General Election 1880: Carrickfergus[1]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Conservative Thomas Greer 591 51.6 +9.7
Liberal-Conservative Marriott Dalway[n 1] 554 48.4 −9.7
Majority 37 3.2 N/A
Turnout 1,145 81.0 +2.2
Registered electors 1,414
Conservative gain from Liberal-Conservative Swing +9.7

Notes and References

Notes

  1. 1 2 3 4 Various sources refer to Dalway as 'Conservative', 'Liberal', and 'Liberal-Conservative'. Due to his support for Gladstone and Home Rule, he has been designated a 'Liberal-Conservative'

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Walker, B.M., ed. (1978). Parliamentary Election Results in Ireland, 1801-1922. Dublin: Royal Irish Academy. ISBN 0901714127.
  2. ↑ "Biographical Sketches". Armagh Guardian. 11 December 1868. Retrieved 28 December 2017.
  3. ↑ "New Parliament". Western Times. 10 February 1874. p. 7. Retrieved 28 December 2017 – via British Newspaper Archive. (Subscription required (help)).
  4. ↑ "Belfast Mercantile Register and Weekly Advertiser". 13 July 1852. pp. 4–5. Retrieved 15 September 2018 – via British Newspaper Archive. (Subscription required (help)).
  5. ↑ Wood-Martin, William Gregory (1882–1892). History of Sligo ; county and town ; with illustrations from original drawings and plans. Dublin: Hodges Figgis. p. 58. |access-date= requires |url= (help)
  6. ↑ "The Elections". Belfast News-Letter. 7 May 1859. p. 3. Retrieved 15 September 2018 – via British Newspaper Archive. (Subscription required (help)).


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