Longford (UK Parliament constituency)

Longford
Former County constituency
for the House of Commons
1801–1885
Replaced by North Longford and South Longford
1918–1922
Created from North Longford and South Longford

Longford was a parliamentary constituency in Ireland, which returned two Members of Parliament (MPs) to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1801 to 1885, and one MP from 1918–1922.

Boundaries

This constituency comprised the whole of County Longford.

Members of Parliament

MPs 1801–1885

Year1st Member1st Party2nd Member2nd Party
1801, 1 January Sir Thomas Fetherston, Bt Sir William Gleadowe-Newcomen, Bt
1802, 15 July Hon. Thomas Gleadowe-Newcomen
1806, 25 November Viscount Forbes Tory[1]
1819, 15 October Sir George Fetherston, Bt Tory[1]
1830, 11 August Anthony Lefroy Tory[1]
1832, 22 December Luke White[2] Repeal Association[3] James Halpin Rorke[2] Repeal Association[3]
1833, 2 April George Forbes Tory[1] Anthony Lefroy Tory[1]
1834, 18 December Conservative[1] Conservative[1]
1836, 30 December Luke White[4] Repeal Association[3]
1837, 5 May Charles Fox Conservative[1]
1837, 18 August Luke White[5] Repeal Association[3] Henry White Repeal Association[3]
1842, 18 April Anthony Lefroy Conservative[1][3]
1847, 13 August Samuel Blackall Repeal Association[3][6] Richard Maxwell Fox Repeal Association[3][6]
1851, 21 April Richard More O'Ferrall Whig[1][7][8]
1852, 19 July Fulke Greville-Nugent Ind. Irish[3] Ind. Irish[3]
1856, 13 May Henry George Hughes Whig[9][10][11]
1857, 16 April Whig[12][13] Henry White Whig[12][13]
1859, 9 May Liberal[3] Liberal[3]
1861, 4 July Luke White Liberal[3]
1862, 7 March Myles O'Reilly Liberal[3]
1869, 31 December Hon. Reginald Greville-Nugent [14] Liberal[3]
1870, 16 May Hon. George Greville-Nugent Liberal[3]
1874, 12 February George Errington Home Rule League[3] Home Rule League[3]
1879, 5 April Justin McCarthy Home Rule League[3]
1885 Constituency divided: see North Longford and South Longford

MPs 1918–1922

ElectionMemberPartyNote
1918 Single member constituency created
1918, December 14 [15] Joseph McGuinness Sinn Féin Did not take his seat at Westminster
1922, May 31 [16] Seat left vacant after the death of McGuinness
1922, October 26 UK constituency abolished. Succeeded by Longford–Westmeath constituency in Dáil Éireann

Elections

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Elections in the 1850s

Blackall was appointed Lieutenant-Governor of Dominica, causing a by-election.

By-election, 21 April 1851: Longford (1 seat)[3]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Whig Richard More O'Ferrall 938 92.1
Conservative George Warner Wilson Sleator 80 7.9
Majority 858 84.3 N/A
Turnout 1,018 43.9
Registered electors 2,321
Whig gain from Irish Repeal Swing
General Election 1852: Longford (2 seats)[3]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Independent Irish Fulke Greville 1,066 51.1 N/A
Independent Irish Richard Maxwell Fox 1,019 48.9 N/A
Conservative Laurence Harman King-Harman 0 0.0
Majority 1,109 48.9 N/A
Turnout 1,043 (est) 44.9 (est)
Registered electors 2,321
Independent Irish gain from Irish Repeal Swing N/A
Independent Irish gain from Irish Repeal Swing N/A

Fox's death caused a by-election.

By-election, 13 May 1856: Longford (1 seat)[3]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Whig Henry George Hughes Unopposed
Whig gain from Independent Irish Swing N/A
General Election 1857: Longford (2 seats)[3]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Whig Henry White 1,561 44.9 N/A
Whig Fulke Greville 1,197 34.4 N/A
Whig William Francis Forbes 722 20.7 N/A
Majority 475 13.6 N/A
Turnout 1,740 (est) 67.5 (est)
Registered electors 2,577
Whig gain from Independent Irish Swing N/A
Whig gain from Independent Irish Swing N/A
General Election 1859: Longford (2 seats)[3]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Liberal Henry White Unopposed
Liberal Fulke Greville Unopposed
Registered electors 2,869
Liberal hold
Liberal hold

Elections in the 1860s

White's resignation caused a by-election.

By-election, 4 July 1861: Longford (1 seat)[3]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Liberal Luke White Unopposed
Liberal hold

White was appointed a Lord Commissioner of the Treasury, requiring a by-election.

By-election, 7 March 1862: Longford (1 seat)[3]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Liberal Myles O'Reilly 1,468 62.2 N/A
Liberal Luke White 892 37.8 N/A
Majority 576 24.4 N/A
Turnout 2,360 82.5 N/A
Registered electors 2,861
Liberal hold
General Election 1865: Longford (2 seats)[3]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Liberal Myles O'Reilly Unopposed
Liberal Fulke Greville Unopposed
Registered electors 2,767
Liberal hold
Liberal hold
General Election 1868: Longford (2 seats)[3]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Liberal Myles O'Reilly Unopposed
Liberal Fulke Greville-Nugent Unopposed
Registered electors 2,815
Liberal hold
Liberal hold

Greville-Nugent was created Lord Greville, causing a by-election.

By-election, 31 December 1869: Longford (1 seat)[3]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Liberal Reginald Greville-Nugent 1,578 79.3 N/A
Independent Nationalist John Martin 411 20.7 N/A
Majority 1,167 58.7 N/A
Turnout 1,989 70.7 N/A
Registered electors 2,815
Liberal hold

Elections in the 1870s

On petition, Greville-Nugent was unseated.

By-election, 16 May 1870: Longford (1 seat)[3]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Liberal George Greville-Nugent 1,217 56.9 N/A
Home Rule Edward King-Harman 923 43.1 N/A
Majority 294 13.7 N/A
Turnout 2,140 76.0 N/A
Registered electors 2,815
Liberal hold
General Election 1874: Longford (2 seats)[3]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Home Rule Myles O'Reilly 1,811 45.2 N/A
Home Rule George Errington 1,740 43.4 N/A
Liberal-Conservative George Slator[17] 432 10.8 N/A
Home Rule James McCalmont 26 0.6 N/A
Majority 1,308 32.6 N/A
Turnout 2,018 (est) 73.3 (est) N/A
Registered electors 2,753
Home Rule gain from Liberal
Home Rule gain from Liberal

O'Reilly was appointed Assistant Commissioner of Intermediate Education and resigned, causing a by-election.

By-election, 4 Apr 1879: Longford (1 seat)[3]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Home Rule Justin McCarthy Unopposed
Registered electors 2,640
Home Rule hold

Elections in the 1880s

General Election 1880: Longford (2 seats)[3]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Home Rule George Errington Unopposed
Home Rule League (Parnellite) Justin McCarthy Unopposed
Registered electors 2,626
Home Rule hold
Home Rule hold

Elections in the 1910s

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General Election 1918: Longford
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Sinn Féin Joseph McGuinness 11,122 72.7 N/A
Irish Parliamentary James Patrick Farrell 4,173 27.5 N/A
Majority 6,949 45.4 N/A
Turnout 15,295 74.8 N/A
Registered electors 20,449
Sinn Féin win (new seat)

Notes

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Smith, Henry Stooks (1842). The Register of Parliamentary Contested Elections (Second ed.). Simpkin, Marshall & Company. pp. 229–230, 234. Retrieved 6 October 2018 – via Google Books.
  2. 1 2 both members were unseated in favour of George Forbes, Viscount Forbes and Anthony Lefroy 2 Apr 1833
  3. 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 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 Brian M. Walker, ed. (1978). Parliamentary election results in Ireland 1801–1922. Dublin: Royal Irish Academy. p. 189. ISBN 0-901714-12-7.
  4. ↑ he was unseated on petition in favour of Charles Fox 5 May 1837
  5. ↑ Luke White was unseated on petition in favour of Anthony Lefroy 18 April 1842.[r 1]
  6. 1 2 "The Elections — Repeal Triumphant". Freeman's Journal. 13 August 1847. p. 2. Retrieved 6 October 2018 – via British Newspaper Archive. (Subscription required (help)).
  7. ↑ "Belfast News-Letter". 23 April 1851. p. 2. Retrieved 6 October 2018 – via British Newspaper Archive. (Subscription required (help)).
  8. ↑ "The Longford Election—Another Defeat of the League". Belfast News-Letter. 16 April 1851. p. 2. Retrieved 6 October 2018 – via British Newspaper Archive. (Subscription required (help)).
  9. ↑ "Carlisle Journal". 20 April 1855. p. 8. Retrieved 18 September 2018 – via British Newspaper Archive. (Subscription required (help)).
  10. ↑ "Summary of News". Downshire Protestant. 2 May 1856. p. 2. Retrieved 6 October 2018 – via British Newspaper Archive. (Subscription required (help)).
  11. ↑ "Death of Mr. Fox. M.P." Ballyshannon Herald. 2 May 1856. p. 2. Retrieved 6 October 2018 – via British Newspaper Archive. (Subscription required (help)).
  12. 1 2 "The Evening Freeman". 1 April 1857. p. 4. Retrieved 6 October 2018 – via British Newspaper Archive. (Subscription required (help)).
  13. 1 2 "General Intelligence". Coventry Standard. 17 April 1857. p. 2. Retrieved 6 October 2018.
  14. ↑ Greville-Nugent's election was declared void 12 Apr 1870
  15. ↑ Date of polling day. The result was declared on 28 December 1918, to allow time for votes cast by members of the armed forces to be included in the count.
  16. ↑ Not an election. Date of the death of McGuinness.
  17. ↑ "The General Election". Freeman's Journal. 5 February 1874. p. 3. Retrieved 5 January 2018 – via British Newspaper Archive. (Subscription required (help)).

References

  1. ↑ Minutes of Proceedings of the Committee on the Longford Election Petition (PDF). Command papers. 208. 26 April 1842.
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