Kerry (UK Parliament constituency)
Kerry | |
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Former County constituency for the House of Commons | |
1801–1885 | |
Number of members | Two |
Replaced by | East Kerry, North Kerry, South Kerry and West Kerry |
Kerry was a UK Parliament constituency in Ireland, returning two Members of Parliament. In 1885, it was split into four constituencies. From the time of Irish independence in 1922, the area was no longer represented in the UK Parliament, as it was no longer part of the United Kingdom.
Boundaries
This constituency comprised the whole of County Kerry, except for the Borough of Tralee.
Members of Parliament
Year | 1st Member | 1st Party | 2nd Member | 2nd Party | ||
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1801 | James Crosbie | Maurice Fitzgerald | Whig | |||
1806 | Henry Arthur Herbert (1756–1821) | |||||
1812 | James Crosbie | |||||
1826 | William Hare (Viscount Ennismore from 1827) |
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1830 | William Browne | Whig[1] | ||||
1831 | Frederick Mullins | Whig[1] | Daniel O'Connell | Repeal Association[1][2] | ||
1832 | Charles O'Connell | Repeal Association[1][2] | ||||
1835 | Morgan O'Connell | Repeal Association[1][2][3] | ||||
1837 | Arthur Blennerhassett | Conservative[1] | ||||
1841 | William Browne | Whig[1] | ||||
1847 | Henry Arthur Herbert (1815–66) | Peelite[2] | ||||
1852 | Valentine Browne (Viscount Castlerosse from 1853) |
Whig[4] | ||||
1859 | Liberal[2] | Liberal[2] | ||||
1866 by-election | Henry Arthur Herbert (1840–1901) | Liberal[2] | ||||
1872 by-election | Rowland Blennerhassett | Home Rule League[2] | ||||
1880 | Sir Rowland Blennerhassett, 4th Bt | Liberal Party[2] |
Elections
Elections in the 1850s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
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Whig | Valentine Browne | Unopposed | |||
Peelite | Henry Arthur Herbert (senior) | Unopposed | |||
Registered electors | 5,222 | ||||
Whig gain from Irish Repeal | |||||
Peelite hold |
Browne was appointed Comptroller of the Household, requiring a by-election.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Whig | Valentine Browne | Unopposed | |||
Whig hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Whig | Valentine Browne | Unopposed | |||
Peelite | Henry Arthur Herbert (senior) | Unopposed | |||
Registered electors | 5,427 | ||||
Whig hold | |||||
Peelite hold |
Herbert was appointed Chief Secretary for Ireland, requiring a by-election.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Peelite | Henry Arthur Herbert (senior) | Unopposed | |||
Registered electors | 5,427 | ||||
Peelite hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Valentine Browne | Unopposed | |||
Liberal | Henry Arthur Herbert (senior) | Unopposed | |||
Registered electors | 5,278 | ||||
Liberal hold | |||||
Liberal hold |
Browne was appointed Treasurer of the Household, requiring a by-election.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Valentine Browne | Unopposed | |||
Registered electors | 5,278 | ||||
Liberal hold |
Elections in the 1860s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Valentine Browne | Unopposed | |||
Liberal | Henry Arthur Herbert (senior) | Unopposed | |||
Registered electors | 5,415 | ||||
Liberal hold | |||||
Liberal hold |
Herbert's death caused a by-election.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Henry Arthur Herbert (junior) | Unopposed | |||
Registered electors | 5,415 | ||||
Liberal hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Valentine Browne | Unopposed | |||
Liberal | Henry Arthur Herbert (junior) | Unopposed | |||
Registered electors | 5,506 | ||||
Liberal hold | |||||
Liberal hold |
Browne was appointed Vice-Chamberlain of the Household, requiring a by-election.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Valentine Browne | Unopposed | |||
Registered electors | 5,506 | ||||
Liberal hold |
Elections in the 1870s
Browne succeeded as Earl of Kenmare, causing a by-election.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Home Rule | Rowland Ponsonby Blennerhassett | 2,237 | 61.5 | N/A | |
Liberal | James Arthur Dease | 1,398 | 38.5 | N/A | |
Majority | 839 | 23.1 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 3,635 | 66.7 | N/A | ||
Registered electors | 5,450 | ||||
Home Rule gain from Liberal |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Home Rule | Rowland Ponsonby Blennerhassett | Unopposed | |||
Liberal | Henry Arthur Herbert (junior) | Unopposed | |||
Registered electors | 5,484 | ||||
Home Rule gain from Liberal | |||||
Liberal hold |
Elections in the 1880s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Home Rule | Rowland Ponsonby Blennerhassett | Unopposed | |||
Liberal | Rowland Blennerhassett | Unopposed | |||
Registered electors | 5,326 | ||||
Home Rule hold | |||||
Liberal hold |
Split into four divisions in 1885
Under the Redistribution of Seats Act 1885, the single-seat Tralee constituency and the two-seat Kerry constituency were replaced by four single-seat constituencies:
References
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Smith, Henry Stooks (1842). The Register of Parliamentary Contested Elections (Second ed.). Simpkin, Marshall & Company. p. 229. Retrieved 1 October 2018 – via Google Books.
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 Walker, B.M., ed. (1978). Parliamentary Election Results in Ireland, 1801-1922. Dublin: Royal Irish Academy. ISBN 0901714127.
- ↑ "Irish Members Returned". Tipperary Vindicator. 14 August 1847. p. 3. Retrieved 1 October 2018 – via British Newspaper Archive. (Subscription required (help)).
- ↑ "Naval News". Southern Reporter and Cork Commercial Courier. 8 July 1852. p. 1. Retrieved 1 October 2018 – via British Newspaper Archive. (Subscription required (help)).
- Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "K" (part 1)
- 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)