Donegal (UK Parliament constituency)

Donegal
Donegal
	Former County constituency; for the House of Commons
	Location of County Donegal within Ireland.
1801–1885
Number of members	Two
Replaced by	North Donegal; East Donegal; South Donegal; West Donegal

Donegal was a UK Parliament constituency in Ireland, returning two Members of Parliament (MPs).

Boundaries

This constituency comprised the whole of County Donegal. In 1885, it was divided into separate constituencies of East Donegal, North Donegal, South Donegal and West Donegal.

General election 1880: Donegal^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Liberal	Thomas Lea	2,274	36.4	+12.2
	Liberal	John Kinnear	2,015	32.3	+9.0
	Irish Conservative	James Hamilton	1,954	31.3	−21.2
Majority			61	1.0	N/A
Turnout			4,228 (est)	91.7 (est)	+9.4
Registered electors			4,612
	Liberal gain from Irish Conservative		Swing	+11.4
	Liberal gain from Irish Conservative		Swing	+9.8

By-election, 15 Dec 1879: Donegal^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Liberal	Thomas Lea	2,313	58.7	+11.2
	Irish Conservative	David Bartholomew McCorkeil	1,630	41.3	−11.2
Majority			683	17.3	N/A
Turnout			3,943	84.3	+2.0 (est)
Registered electors			4,680
	Liberal gain from Irish Conservative		Swing	+11.2

By-election, 26 Aug 1876: Donegal^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Irish Conservative	William Wilson	1,975	51.3	−1.2
	Liberal	Thomas Lea	1,876	48.7	+1.2
Majority			99	2.6	+2.1
Turnout			3,851	83.8	+1.5 (est)
Registered electors			4,597
	Irish Conservative hold		Swing	−1.2

General election 1874: Donegal^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Irish Conservative	James Hamilton	2,102	27.8	N/A
	Irish Conservative	Thomas Conolly	1,866	24.7	N/A
	Liberal	Tristram Kennedy	1,826	24.2	N/A
	Liberal	Evory Kennedy	1,757	23.3	N/A
Majority			40	0.5	N/A
Turnout			3,776 (est)	82.3 (est)	N/A
Registered electors			4,587
	Irish Conservative hold		Swing	N/A
	Irish Conservative hold		Swing	N/A

By-election, 17 July 1860: Donegal^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Irish Conservative	James Hamilton	Unopposed
	Irish Conservative hold

General election 1852: Donegal^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Irish Conservative	Thomas Conolly	1,839	39.9	N/A
	Irish Conservative	Edmund Hayes	1,624	35.3	N/A
	Whig	Patrick Francis Campbell-Johnston^[2]	1,143	24.8	N/A
Majority			481	10.4	N/A
Turnout			2,875 (est)	76.7 (est)	N/A
Registered electors			3,748
	Irish Conservative hold		Swing	N/A
	Irish Conservative hold		Swing	N/A

General election 1832: Donegal
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Irish Conservative	Edmund Hayes	795
	Irish Conservative	Edward Michael Conolly	734
	Liberal	Hamilton Francis Chichester	552
Majority			182
Turnout
	Irish Conservative hold		Swing
	Irish Conservative hold		Swing

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Walker, B.M., ed. (1978). Parliamentary Election Results in Ireland, 1801-1922. Dublin: Royal Irish Academy. ISBN 0901714127.
↑ "The General Election". London Evening Standard. 29 July 1852. p. 3. Retrieved 30 September 2018 – via British Newspaper Archive. (Subscription required (help)).

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 "D" (part 2)

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Donegal
Former County constituency for the House of Commons
Location of County Donegal within Ireland.
1801–1885
Number of members	Two
Replaced by	North Donegal East Donegal South Donegal West Donegal