Meath (UK Parliament constituency)
Meath | |
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Former County constituency for the House of Commons | |
1801–1885 | |
Number of members | Two |
Replaced by | North Meath and South Meath |
Meath was a parliamentary constituency in Ireland, which from 1801 to 1885 returned two Members of Parliament (MPs) to the House of Commons of the United Kingdom.
Boundaries
This constituency comprised the whole of County Meath.
Members of Parliament
Elections
Elections in the 1850s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent Irish | Frederick Lucas | 2,004 | 44.2 | ||
Independent Irish | Matthew Corbally | 1,968 | 43.4 | ||
Independent Irish | Henry Grattan | 565 | 12.5 | ||
Majority | 1,403 | 30.9 | |||
Turnout | 2,269 (est) | 53.8 (est) | |||
Registered electors | 4,218 | ||||
Independent Irish gain from Irish Repeal | Swing | ||||
Independent Irish gain from Whig | Swing | ||||
Lucas' death caused a by-election.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent Irish | Edward McEvoy | 1,639 | 64.6 | N/A | |
Whig | Henry Meredyth[9] | 899 | 35.4 | N/A | |
Majority | 740 | 29.2 | −1.7 | ||
Turnout | 2,538 | 60.2 | +6.4 | ||
Registered electors | 4,218 | ||||
Independent Irish hold | Swing | N/A |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent Irish | Matthew Corbally | Unopposed | |||
Independent Irish | Edward McEvoy | Unopposed | |||
Registered electors | 4,177 | ||||
Independent Irish hold | |||||
Independent Irish hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Matthew Corbally | Unopposed | |||
Liberal | Edward McEvoy | Unopposed | |||
Registered electors | 4,383 | ||||
Liberal hold | |||||
Liberal hold |
Elections in the 1860s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Matthew Corbally | Unopposed | |||
Liberal | Edward McEvoy | Unopposed | |||
Registered electors | 4,155 | ||||
Liberal hold | |||||
Liberal hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Matthew Corbally | 1,696 | 49.3 | N/A | |
Liberal | Edward McEvoy | 1,655 | 48.1 | N/A | |
Liberal | John Thomas Hinds | 88 | 2.6 | N/A | |
Majority | 1,567 | 45.6 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 1,720 (est) | 42.8 (est) | N/A | ||
Registered electors | 4,018 | ||||
Liberal hold | Swing | N/A | |||
Liberal hold | Swing | N/A |
Elections in the 1870s
Corbally's death caused a by-election.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent Nationalist | John Martin | 1,140 | 62.5 | N/A | |
Conservative | George John Plunkett | 684 | 37.5 | N/A | |
Majority | 456 | 25.0 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 1,824 | 43.6 | +0.8 | ||
Registered electors | 4,179 | ||||
Independent Nationalist gain from Liberal | Swing | N/A | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Home Rule | Nicholas Ennis | 1,716 | 38.8 | N/A | |
Home Rule | John Martin | 1,709 | 38.7 | N/A | |
Conservative | James Lennox Napier | 992 | 22.5 | N/A | |
Majority | 717 | 16.2 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 2,705 (est) | 66.5 (est) | +20.9 | ||
Registered electors | 4,069 | ||||
Home Rule gain from Liberal | Swing | N/A | |||
Home Rule gain from Liberal | Swing | N/A | |||
Martin's death caused a by-election.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Home Rule | Charles Stewart Parnell | 1,771 | 62.8 | −14.7 | |
Conservative | James Lennox Napier | 912 | 32.3 | +9.8 | |
Home Rule | John Thomas Hinds | 138 | 4.9 | N/A | |
Majority | 859 | 30.5 | +14.3 | ||
Turnout | 2,821 | 68.2 | +1.7 | ||
Registered electors | 4,139 | ||||
Home Rule hold | Swing | −12.3 |
Elections in the 1880s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Home Rule League (Parnellite) | Charles Stewart Parnell | 2,283 | 45.2 | +6.4 | |
Home Rule | Robert Henry Metge | 2,252 | 44.6 | +5.9 | |
Conservative | Henry Lorton Bourke | 514 | 10.2 | −12.3 | |
Majority | 1,738 | 34.4 | +18.2 | ||
Turnout | 2,797 (est) | 72.1 (est) | +5.6 | ||
Registered electors | 3,877 | ||||
Home Rule hold | Swing | +6.3 | |||
Home Rule hold | Swing | +6.0 |
Parnell was also elected MP for Cork City and opted to sit there, causing a by-election.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Home Rule | Alexander Martin Sullivan | Unopposed | |||
Registered electors | 3,877 | ||||
Home Rule hold |
Sullivan resigned, causing a by-election.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Home Rule | Michael Davitt | Unopposed | |||
Registered electors | 3,711 | ||||
Home Rule hold |
Davitt was disqualified because he was in prison, causing a by-election.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Home Rule | Edward Sheil | Unopposed | |||
Registered electors | 3,711 | ||||
Home Rule hold |
Metge resigned, causing a by-election.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Home Rule | William Meagher | Unopposed | |||
Registered electors | 3,660 | ||||
Home Rule hold |
Notes
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 Smith, Henry Stooks (1842). The Register of Parliamentary Contested Elections (Second ed.). Simpkin, Marshall & Company. p. 236. Retrieved 6 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 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 Walker, B.M., ed. (1978). Parliamentary Election Results in Ireland, 1801-1922. Dublin: Royal Irish Academy. ISBN 0901714127.
- 1 2 "Election News". Cambridge Independent Press. Cambridgeshire. 18 June 1842. p. 3. Retrieved 2 March 2018 – via British Newspaper Archive. (Subscription required (help)).
- 1 2 "Meath". Gloucestershire Chronicle. 1 February 1840. p. 4. Retrieved 3 March 2018 – via British Newspaper Archive. (Subscription required (help)).
- 1 2 "T.he Globe states that Mr. Matthew Elias Corbally,w ho declined". The Spectator. 28 May 1842. p. 11. Retrieved 3 March 2018.
- ↑ O'Connell was also returned for County Cork and chose to sit for Cork
- ↑ At the 1880 general election, Parnell was also returned for both Mayo and Cork City. He chose to sit for Cork
- ↑ As a convicted felon, Davitt was held to be incapable of taking his seat. A by-election was held in April 1882
- ↑ "County of Meath Election". Berkshire Chronicle. 15 December 1855. p. 8. Retrieved 6 October 2018 – via British Newspaper Archive. (Subscription required (help)).
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 "M" (part 2)
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