Wicklow (UK Parliament constituency)

Wicklow
Former County constituency
for the House of Commons
1801–1885
Replaced by East Wicklow and West Wicklow

Wicklow was a parliamentary constituency in Ireland, represented in the Parliament of the United Kingdom. From 1801 to 1885 it returned two Members of Parliament (MPs) to the House of Commons of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland.

At the 1885 general election, County Wicklow was divided into two parliamentary divisions: East Wicklow and West Wicklow.

Boundaries

This constituency comprised the whole of County Wicklow.

Members of Parliament

Year1st Member1st Party2nd Member2nd Party
1801 William Hoare Hume vacant until the by-election held in Jan 1801
Jan 1801 George Ponsonby Whig
1806 William Tighe
Feb 1816 Hon. Granville Proby Whig
Apr 1816 George Ponsonby Whig
Aug 1817 William Parnell-Hayes
1821 James Grattan Whig[1]
Jul 1829 Sir Ralph Howard, Bt Whig[1][2][3]
1841 William Acton Conservative[1][4]
1847 Viscount Milton Whig[5][6][7][8]
Apr 1848 Sir Ralph Howard, Bt Whig[1][2][3]
1852 William Wentworth FitzWilliam Dick Conservative[4]
Feb 1858 Lord Proby Whig[9]
1859 Liberal[4]
Nov 1868 Hon. Henry Wentworth-FitzWilliam Liberal[4]
1874 William Richard O'Byrne Home Rule League[4]
1880 William Joseph Corbet [[Home Rule League]] [[Charles Stewart Parnell|(Parnellite)]][4] James Carlile McCoan [[Home Rule League]] [[Charles Stewart Parnell|(Parnellite)]][4]
1881 Independent
1885 Constituency divided: see East Wicklow and West Wicklow

Elections

Elections in the 1850s

General Election 1852: Wicklow[4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Whig William Wentworth-FitzWilliam Unopposed
Conservative William Wentworth FitzWilliam Hume Unopposed
Registered electors 3,330
Whig hold
Conservative hold
General Election 1857: Wicklow[4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Whig William Wentworth-FitzWilliam 1,970 42.7 N/A
Conservative William Wentworth FitzWilliam Hume 1,610 34.9 N/A
Whig Richard Monck[10] 1,030 22.3 N/A
Turnout 2,305 (est) 68.6 (est) N/A
Registered electors 3,358
Majority 360 7.8 N/A
Whig hold Swing N/A
Majority 580 12.6 N/A
Conservative hold Swing N/A

Wentworth-FitzWilliam succeeded to the peerage, becoming 6th Earl FitzWilliam, causing a by-election.

By-election, 25 February 1858: Wicklow[4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Whig Granville Proby Unopposed
Whig hold
General Election 1859: Wicklow[4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Liberal Granville Proby Unopposed
Conservative William Wentworth FitzWilliam Hume Unopposed
Registered electors 3,368
Liberal hold
Conservative hold

Proby was appointed Comptroller of the Household, requiring a by-election.

By-election, 18 July 1859: Wicklow[4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Liberal Granville Proby Unopposed
Registered electors 3,368
Liberal hold

Elections in the 1860s

General Election 1865: Wicklow[4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Liberal Granville Proby Unopposed
Conservative William Wentworth FitzWilliam Dick Unopposed
Registered electors 3,537
Liberal hold
Conservative hold
General Election 1868: Wicklow[4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Liberal Henry Wentworth-FitzWilliam Unopposed
Conservative William Wentworth FitzWilliam Dick Unopposed
Registered electors 3,613
Liberal hold
Conservative hold

Elections in the 1870s

General Election 1874: Wicklow[4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Home Rule William Richard O'Byrne 1,511 36.6 N/A
Conservative William Wentworth FitzWilliam Dick 1,141 27.6 N/A
Liberal Henry Wentworth-FitzWilliam 927 22.4 N/A
Home Rule John Howard Parnell 553 13.4 N/A
Turnout 2,066 (est) 57.7 (est) N/A
Registered electors 3,579
Majority 370 9.0 N/A
Home Rule gain from Liberal Swing N/A
Majority 214 5.2 N/A
Conservative hold Swing N/A

Elections in the 1880s

General Election 1880: Wicklow[4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Home Rule League (Parnellite) William Joseph Corbet 1,433 30.3 −6.3
Home Rule League (Parnellite) James Carlile McCoan 1,240 26.3 +12.9
Conservative William Wentworth FitzWilliam Dick 1,233 26.1 +12.3
Conservative Robert Cornwallis Gun-Cunninghame 451 9.5 −4.3
Liberal David Mahony 366 7.7 −5.7
Majority 7 0.1 −8.9
Turnout 2,362 (est) 71.3 (est) +13.6
Registered electors 3,312
Home Rule hold Swing −1.0
Home Rule gain from Conservative Swing +0.3
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References

  1. 1 2 3 4 Smith, Henry Stooks (1842). The Register of Parliamentary Contested Elections (Second ed.). Simpkin, Marshall & Company. p. 244. Retrieved 14 October 2018 – via Google Books.
  2. 1 2 Churton, Edward (1838). The Assembled Commons or Parliamentary Biographer: 1838. p. 126. Retrieved 14 October 2018 – via Google Books.
  3. 1 2 "Ireland". Morning Chronicle. 26 April 1848. pp. 2–3. Retrieved 14 October 2018 – via British Newspaper Archive. (Subscription required (help)).
  4. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 Walker, B.M., ed. (1978). Parliamentary Election Results in Ireland, 1801-1922. Dublin: Royal Irish Academy. ISBN 0901714127.
  5. ↑ "Wicklow". Shipping and Mercantile Gazette. 28 July 1847. p. 3. Retrieved 14 October 2018 – via British Newspaper Archive. (Subscription required (help)).
  6. ↑ "Irish Elections". Cork Examiner. 11 August 1847. p. 2. Retrieved 14 October 2018 – via British Newspaper Archive. (Subscription required (help)).
  7. ↑ "The Irish Elections". Globe. 10 August 1847. p. 2. Retrieved 14 October 2018 – via British Newspaper Archive. (Subscription required (help)).
  8. ↑ Dod, Charles Roger; Dod, Robert Phipps (1847). Dod's Parliamentary Companion, Volume 15. Dod's Parliamentary Companion. p. 208. Retrieved 14 October 2018 – via Google Books.
  9. ↑ "Cork Constitution". 27 February 1858. p. 3. Retrieved 14 October 2018 – via British Newspaper Archive. (Subscription required (help)).
  10. ↑ "County of Wicklow". Dublin Evening Mail. 6 April 1857. p. 2. Retrieved 14 October 2018 – via British Newspaper Archive. (Subscription required (help)).


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