Fermanagh (UK Parliament constituency)
Coordinates: 54°27′04″N 7°42′47″W / 54.451°N 7.713°W
Fermanagh | |
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Former County constituency for the House of Commons | |
1801–1885 | |
Replaced by | North Fermanagh and South Fermanagh |
Fermanagh was a UK Parliament constituency in Northern Ireland, returning two Members of Parliament.
Boundaries
This constituency comprised the whole of County Fermanagh, except for the Borough of Enniskillen.
Members of Parliament
Election | 1st Member | 1st Party | 2nd Member | 2nd Party | Note | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1801, January 1 | Mervyn Archdall | Tory | Viscount Cole | 1801: Co-opted | |||
1802, July 19 | Mervyn Archdall | Tory | |||||
1803, June 27 | Hon. Lowry Cole[1] | Viscount Cole entered the House of Lords as Baron Grinstead. | |||||
1823, March 8 | Viscount Corry | Tory | Cole appointed Governor of Mauritius. | ||||
1831, May 16 | Viscount Cole | Conservative | |||||
1834, June 27 | Mervyn Edward Archdale | Conservative | Archdall resigned. | ||||
1840, 30 April | Sir Arthur Brooke | Conservative | Viscount Cole entered the House of Lords as Baron Grinstead. | ||||
1854, 29 December | Hon. Henry Cole | Conservative | Death of Brooke. | ||||
1874, 16 February | William Humphrys Archdale | Conservative | |||||
1880, April 13 | Viscount Crichton | Conservative | Last MPs for the constituency | ||||
1885 | Constituency abolished |
Elections
Elections in the 1850s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Arthur Brooke | Unopposed | |||
Conservative | Mervyn Archdall | Unopposed | |||
Registered electors | 3,497 | ||||
Conservative hold | |||||
Conservative hold |
Brooke's death caused a by-election.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Henry Cole | Unopposed | |||
Conservative hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Henry Cole | Unopposed | |||
Conservative | Mervyn Archdall | Unopposed | |||
Registered electors | 4,420 | ||||
Conservative hold | |||||
Conservative hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Henry Cole | Unopposed | |||
Conservative | Mervyn Archdall | Unopposed | |||
Registered electors | 4,672 | ||||
Conservative hold | |||||
Conservative hold |
Elections in the 1860s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Henry Cole | Unopposed | |||
Conservative | Mervyn Archdall | Unopposed | |||
Registered electors | 4,861 | ||||
Conservative hold | |||||
Conservative hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Henry Cole | Unopposed | |||
Conservative | Mervyn Archdall | Unopposed | |||
Registered electors | 5,175 | ||||
Conservative hold | |||||
Conservative hold |
Elections in the 1870s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Henry Cole | 2,285 | 32.0 | N/A | |
Conservative | William Humphrys Archdale | 2,205 | 30.9 | N/A | |
Liberal | John Grey Vesey Porter | 1,546 | 21.6 | N/A | |
Liberal | Charles Robert Barton | 1,111 | 15.5 | N/A | |
Majority | 659 | 9.2 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 3,574 (est) | 75.2 (est) | N/A | ||
Registered electors | 4,752 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | N/A | |||
Conservative hold | Swing | N/A |
Elections in the 1880s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | William Humphrys Archdale | 2,479 | 36.7 | +5.8 | |
Conservative | Viscount Crichton | 2,443 | 36.2 | +4.2 | |
Liberal | John Grey Vesey Porter | 1,835 | 27.2 | −9.9 | |
Majority | 608 | 9.0 | −0.2 | ||
Turnout | 4,314 (est) | 90.3 (est) | +15.1 | ||
Registered electors | 4,778 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | +5.1 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing | +4.3 |
References
- 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 "F"
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