County Kilkenny (UK Parliament constituency)
Kilkenny County | |
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Former County constituency for the House of Commons | |
1801–1885 | |
Number of members | two |
Replaced by |
North Kilkenny South Kilkenny |
County Kilkenny parliamentary constituency was a former UK Parliament County constituency in County Kilkenny in Ireland. The County constituency returned two Members of Parliament (MP) in the House of Commons of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, from 1801 until 1885.
County Kilkenny constituency was an original constituency represented in Parliament when the Acts of Union 1800 by Great Britain and Ireland took effect on 1 January 1801, and remained in existence until its abolition in 1885 when it was replaced by North Kilkenny and South Kilkenny.
County Kilkenny constituency was made up of the traditional county except for the borough constituency of Kilkenny City for Kilkenny.
Boundaries
This constituency comprised the whole of County Kilkenny, except for the Parliamentary borough of Kilkenny City.
Members of Parliament
Elections
Elections in the 1850s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent Irish | William Shee | 2,622 | 43.6 | ||
Independent Irish | John Greene | 2,537 | 42.2 | ||
Conservative | James Wandesford Butler | 500 | 8.3 | ||
Whig | Leopold Agar-Ellis | 350 | 5.8 | ||
Majority | 2,037 | 33.9 | |||
Turnout | 3,005 (est) | 59.7 (est) | |||
Registered electors | 5,036 | ||||
Independent Irish gain from Irish Repeal | Swing | ||||
Independent Irish gain from Irish Repeal | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Whig | Leopold Agar-Ellis | 2,589 | 39.5 | +33.7 | |
Independent Irish | John Greene | 1,604 | 24.5 | −17.7 | |
Whig | George Charles Mostyn | 1,324 | 20.2 | N/A | |
Whig | William Shee | 1,036 | 15.8 | −27.8 | |
Turnout | 3,277 (est) | 64.0 (est) | +4.3 | ||
Registered electors | 5,124 | ||||
Majority | 985 | 15.0 | N/A | ||
Whig gain from Independent Irish | Swing | +28.2 | |||
Majority | 280 | 4.3 | −29.6 | ||
Independent Irish hold | Swing | −17.3 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
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Liberal | Leopold Agar-Ellis | 2,483 | 31.8 | −7.7 | |
Liberal | John Greene | 1,992 | 25.5 | +1.0 | |
Liberal | George Henry Moore | 1,747 | 22.4 | N/A | |
Liberal | William Shee | 1,590 | 20.4 | +4.6 | |
Majority | 245 | 3.1 | −11.9 | ||
Turnout | 3,906 (est) | 73.1 (est) | +9.1 | ||
Registered electors | 5,347 | ||||
Liberal hold | Swing | N/A | |||
Liberal hold | Swing | N/A |
Elections in the 1860s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | George Leopold Bryan | 2,913 | 44.9 | N/A | |
Liberal | Leopold Agar-Ellis | 2,728 | 42.0 | +10.2 | |
Liberal | John Greene | 852 | 13.1 | −12.4 | |
Majority | 1,876 | 28.9 | +25.8 | ||
Turnout | 3,247 (est) | 63.0 (est) | −10.1 | ||
Registered electors | 5,151 | ||||
Liberal hold | Swing | N/A | |||
Liberal hold | Swing | N/A |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | George Leopold Bryan | Unopposed | |||
Liberal | Leopold Agar-Ellis | Unopposed | |||
Registered electors | 5,159 | ||||
Liberal hold | |||||
Liberal hold |
Elections in the 1870s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Home Rule | George Leopold Bryan | 2,603 | 44.2 | N/A | |
Home Rule | Patrick Martin | 2,139 | 36.3 | N/A | |
Liberal | Leopold Agar-Ellis | 1,151 | 19.5 | N/A | |
Majority | 988 | 16.8 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 3,522 (est) | 66.5 (est) | N/A | ||
Registered electors | 5,300 | ||||
Home Rule gain from Liberal | Swing | ||||
Home Rule gain from Liberal | Swing | ||||
Elections in the 1880s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Home Rule League (Parnellite) | Edward Marum | 2,707 | 42.9 | −1.3 | |
Home Rule | Patrick Martin | 2,694 | 42.7 | +6.4 | |
Conservative | James Butler | 913 | 14.5 | N/A | |
Majority | 1,781 | 28.2 | +11.4 | ||
Turnout | 3,620 (est) | 73.8 (est) | +7.3 | ||
Registered electors | 4,907 | ||||
Home Rule hold | Swing | N/A | |||
Home Rule hold | Swing | N/A |
References
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 Smith, Henry Stooks (1842). The Register of Parliamentary Contested Elections (Second ed.). Simpkin, Marshall & Company. p. 230. Retrieved 2 October 2018 – via Google Books.
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19
- 1 2 "Repeal Association". Dublin Evening Post. 31 August 1847. p. 4. Retrieved 2 October 2018 – via British Newspaper Archive. (Subscription required (help)).
- 1 2 "Kilkenny Co. Election". Cork Examiner. 19 July 1847. p. 1. Retrieved 2 October 2018 – via British Newspaper Archive. (Subscription required (help)).
- 1 2 "The General Election". Staffordshire Advertiser. 31 July 1852. p. 3. Retrieved 2 October 2018 – via British Newspaper Archive. (Subscription required (help)).
- ↑ "The County Election". Kilkenny Journal, and Leinster Commercial and Literary Advertiser. 28 March 1857. p. 2. Retrieved 2 October 2018 – via British Newspaper Archive. (Subscription required (help)).
- ↑ "The County Election". Kilkenny Journal, and Leinster Commercial and Literary Advertiser. 21 March 1857. p. 2. Retrieved 2 October 2018 – via British Newspaper Archive. (Subscription required (help)).
- ↑ "General Intelligence". Coventry Standard. 17 April 1857. p. 2. Retrieved 2 October 2018 – via British Newspaper Archive. (Subscription required (help)).
- ↑ Walker, B.M., ed. (1978). Parliamentary Election Results in Ireland, 1801-1922. Dublin: Royal Irish Academy. ISBN 0901714127.
- 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 "K" (part 2 )