County Louth (UK Parliament constituency)
Louth | |
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Former County constituency for the House of Commons | |
1801–1885 | |
Created from | North Louth and South Louth |
1918–1922 | |
Replaced by | North Louth and South Louth |
County Louth, otherwise known as Louth County or Louth, is a former parliamentary constituency in Ireland, which was represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. From 1801 to 1885 it returned two Members of Parliament (MPs), and one in 1918–1922.
Boundaries
From 1801 to 1885, the constituency comprised the whole of County Louth, except for the Parliamentary boroughs of Drogheda and Dundalk. Between 1885 and 1918 the county was divided into the county division constituencies North Louth and South Louth. In 1918, the reunited constituency covered the entire county of Louth plus a small part of County Meath near Drogheda.
History
Louth was a constituency in the first Dáil election in December 1918 when Sinn Féin won by 255 votes, its narrowest margin of victory in that election. John J. O'Kelly, a native of Kerry, resident in Glasnevin (Dublin), was Louth's first TD. The constituency was merged with Meath to form the 5 seat Louth–Meath constituency for the 2nd and 3rd Dála. In 1923 Louth became a new 3 seat constituency.
Members of Parliament
MPs 1801–85
MPs 1918–22
Election | Member | Party | |
---|---|---|---|
1918 | John J. O'Kelly | Sinn Féin | |
1922 | Constituency abolished |
Elections
Elections in the 1850s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Whig | Chichester Fortescue | 1,152 | 38.0 | N/A | |
Independent Irish | Tristram Kennedy | 999 | 32.9 | N/A | |
Conservative | John McClintock | 884 | 29.1 | N/A | |
Turnout | 1,518 (est) | 73.1 (est) | N/A | ||
Registered electors | 2,078 | ||||
Majority | 153 | 5.0 | N/A | ||
Whig hold | Swing | N/A | |||
Majority | 115 | 3.8 | N/A | ||
Independent Irish gain from Whig | Swing | N/A | |||
Fortescue was appointed a Lord Commissioner of the Treasury, requiring a by-election.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Whig | Chichester Fortescue | 916 | 54.5 | +16.5 | |
Independent Irish | John MacNamara Cantwell | 766 | 45.5 | +12.6 | |
Majority | 150 | 8.9 | +3.9 | ||
Turnout | 1,682 | 80.9 | +7.8 | ||
Registered electors | 2,078 | ||||
Whig hold | Swing | +2.0 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Whig | Chichester Fortescue | 1,376 | 36.8 | −1.2 | |
Conservative | John McClintock | 1,059 | 28.4 | −0.7 | |
Whig | Richard Bellew | 894 | 23.9 | N/A | |
Independent Irish | Tristram Kennedy | 406 | 10.9 | −22.0 | |
Turnout | 1,868 (est) | 77.3 (est) | +4.2 | ||
Registered electors | 2,418 | ||||
Majority | 317 | 8.5 | +3.5 | ||
Whig hold | Swing | −0.4 | |||
Majority | 165 | 4.4 | N/A | ||
Conservative gain from Independent Irish | Swing | +5.2 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Chichester Fortescue | 1,379 | 36.8 | — | |
Liberal | Richard Bellew | 1,208 | 32.2 | +8.3 | |
Conservative | John McClintock | 1,138 | 30.4 | +2.0 | |
Conservative | Frederick John Foster | 23 | 0.6 | N/A | |
Majority | 70 | 1.9 | −6.6 | ||
Turnout | 1,874 (est) | 76.8 (est) | −0.5 | ||
Registered electors | 2,439 | ||||
Liberal hold | Swing | −0.5 | |||
Liberal gain from Conservative | Swing | +3.7 | |||
Elections in the 1860s
Bellew resigned after he was appointed a law commissioner, causing a by-election.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Tristram Kennedy | 1,002 | 52.1 | −16.8 | |
Conservative | John McClintock | 923 | 47.9 | +16.9 | |
Majority | 79 | 4.1 | +2.2 | ||
Turnout | 1,925 | 78.9 | +2.1 | ||
Registered electors | 2441 | ||||
Liberal hold | Swing | −16.9 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Chichester Parkinson-Fortescue | 628 | 50.3 | +13.5 | |
Liberal | Tristram Kennedy | 607 | 48.6 | +16.4 | |
Conservative | Frederick John Foster | 8 | 0.6 | — | |
Conservative | John McClintock | 6 | 0.5 | −29.9 | |
Majority | 599 | 48.0 | +46.1 | ||
Turnout | 625 (est) | 25.6 (est) | −51.2 | ||
Registered electors | 2,441 | ||||
Liberal hold | Swing | +14.2 | |||
Liberal hold | Swing | +15.7 |
Parkinson-Fortescue was appointed Chief Secretary for Ireland, requiring a by-election.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Chichester Parkinson-Fortescue | Unopposed | |||
Registered electors | 2,441 | ||||
Liberal hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Chichester Parkinson-Fortescue | Unopposed | |||
Liberal | Matthew Dease | Unopposed | |||
Registered electors | 2,443 | ||||
Liberal hold | |||||
Liberal hold |
Parkinson-Fortescue was appointed Chief Secretary for Ireland, requiring a by-election.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Chichester Parkinson-Fortescue | Unopposed | |||
Registered electors | 2,443 | ||||
Liberal hold |
Elections in the 1870s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Home Rule | Alexander Martin Sullivan | 1,250 | 37.6 | N/A | |
Home Rule | Philip Callan | 1,202 | 36.2 | N/A | |
Liberal | Chichester Parkinson-Fortescue | 608 | 18.3 | N/A | |
Liberal | Matthew Dease | 265 | 8.0 | N/A | |
Majority | 594 | 17.9 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 1,834 (est) | 79.2 (est) | N/A | ||
Registered electors | 2,316 | ||||
Home Rule gain from Liberal | Swing | N/A | |||
Home Rule gain from Liberal | Swing | N/A | |||
Callan was also elected MP for Dundalk and opted to sit there.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Home Rule | George Kirk | 997 | 66.3 | -7.5 | |
Home Rule | Bernard Charles Molloy | 507 | 33.7 | +7.4 | |
Majority | 490 | 32.6 | +14.7 | ||
Turnout | 1,504 | 64.9 | -14.3 | ||
Registered electors | 2,316 | ||||
Home Rule hold | Swing | -7.5 |
Elections in the 1880s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Home Rule | Philip Callan | 902 | 37.6 | +1.4 | |
Home Rule | Alexander Martin Sullivan | 830 | 34.6 | −3.0 | |
Home Rule | George Kirk | 668 | 27.8 | N/A | |
Majority | 162 | 6.8 | −11.1 | ||
Turnout | 1,570 (est) | 75.1 (est) | −4.1 | ||
Registered electors | 2,091 | ||||
Home Rule hold | Swing | N/A | |||
Home Rule hold | Swing | N/A |
Sullivan declined to take the seat, causing a by-election.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Home Rule | Henry Bellingham | Unopposed | |||
Registered electors | 2,091 | ||||
Home Rule hold |
Elections in the 1910s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Sinn Féin | John J. O'Kelly | 10,770 | 50.6 | N/A | |
Irish Parliamentary | Richard Hazleton | 10,515 | 49.4 | N/A | |
Majority | 255 | 1.2 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 21,285 | 73.0 | N/A | ||
Registered electors | 29,176 | ||||
Sinn Féin win (new seat) |
References
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- ↑ "Freeman's Journal". 13 July 1847. pp. 3–4. Retrieved 6 October 2018 – via British Newspaper Archive. (Subscription required (help)).
- ↑ "Election Movements". Kings County Chronicle. 7 July 1847. pp. 1–2. Retrieved 6 October 2018 – via British Newspaper Archive. (Subscription required (help)).
- ↑ "Vindicator". 24 July 1847. p. 1. Retrieved 6 October 2018 – via British Newspaper Archive. (Subscription required (help)).
- 1 2 "The Irish Members". Dublin Weekly Nation. 14 August 1847. p. 4. Retrieved 6 October 2018 – via British Newspaper Archive. (Subscription required (help)).
- 1 2 "County Louth Election". Dublin Weekly Nation. 17 July 1852. p. 12. Retrieved 6 October 2018 – via British Newspaper Archive. (Subscription required (help)).
- ↑ "Louth Election". The Evening Freeman. 20 July 1852. p. 2. Retrieved 6 October 2018 – via British Newspaper Archive. (Subscription required (help)).
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 Walker, B.M., ed. (1978). Parliamentary Election Results in Ireland, 1801-1922. Dublin: Royal Irish Academy. ISBN 0901714127.
- ↑ Philip Callan was also returned for Dundalk, for which he chose to sit
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- Parliamentary Election Results in Ireland, 1801–1922, edited by B.M. Walker (Royal Irish Academy 1978)
- "County Louth: the Irish political revolution and the 1918 general election" by O. S. Kelly (MA thesis, 2006, UCD)
- Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "L" (part 4)