North Roscommon (UK Parliament constituency)
North Roscommon | |
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Former County constituency for the House of Commons | |
1885–1922 | |
Number of members | One |
Created from | Roscommon |
North Roscommon was a UK Parliament constituency in Ireland, returning one Member of Parliament 1885–1922.
Prior to the United Kingdom general election, 1885 the area was part of the Roscommon constituency. From 1922 it was not represented in the UK Parliament.
Boundaries
This constituency comprised the northern part of County Roscommon.
Members of Parliament
Election | Member | Party | |
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1885 | James Joseph O'Kelly | Nationalist | |
1892 | Matthias McDonnell Bodkin | Anti-Parnellite Nationalist | |
1895 | James Joseph O'Kelly | Parnellite Nationalist (Nationalist from 1900) | |
1917 | George Noble Plunkett | Sinn Féin | |
1922 | Constituency abolished |
Elections
Elections in the 1880s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Irish Parliamentary | James Joseph O'Kelly | 4,664 | 72.1 | N/A | |
Irish Parliamentary | Patrick Mullany | 1,438 | 22.2 | N/A | |
Irish Conservative | Caleb Robertson | 366 | 5.7 | N/A | |
Majority | 3,226 | 49.9 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 6,468 | 74.5 | N/A | ||
Registered electors | 8,682 | ||||
Irish Parliamentary win (new seat) |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Irish Parliamentary | James Joseph O'Kelly | Unopposed | |||
Registered electors | 8,682 | ||||
Irish Parliamentary hold |
Elections in the 1890s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Irish National Federation | Matthias McDonnell Bodkin | 3,251 | 50.4 | N/A | |
Irish National League | James Joseph O'Kelly | 3,199 | 49.6 | N/A | |
Majority | 52 | 0.8 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 6,450 | 68.8 | N/A | ||
Registered electors | 9,730 | ||||
Irish National Federation gain from Irish Parliamentary | Swing | N/A | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Irish National League | James Joseph O'Kelly | 3,411 | 53.8 | +4.2 | |
Irish National Federation | Thomas Condon | 2,935 | 46.2 | −4.2 | |
Majority | 476 | 7.5 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 6,346 | 65.2 | −3.6 | ||
Registered electors | 9,739 | ||||
Irish National League gain from Irish National Federation | Swing | N/A | |||
Elections in the 1900s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Irish Parliamentary | James Joseph O'Kelly | Unopposed | |||
Registered electors | 8,995 | ||||
Irish Parliamentary hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Irish Parliamentary | James Joseph O'Kelly | Unopposed | |||
Registered electors | 8,627 | ||||
Irish Parliamentary hold |
Elections in the 1910s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Irish Parliamentary | James Joseph O'Kelly | Unopposed | |||
Registered electors | 8,528 | ||||
Irish Parliamentary hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Irish Parliamentary | James Joseph O'Kelly | Unopposed | |||
Registered electors | 8,528 | ||||
Irish Parliamentary hold |
O'Kelly dies, prompting a by-election.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Sinn Féin | George Noble Plunkett | 3,022 | 55.8 | N/A | |
Irish Parliamentary | Thomas Devine | 1,708 | 31.5 | N/A | |
Independent Nationalist | Jasper Tulley | 687 | 12.7 | N/A | |
Majority | 1,314 | 24.3 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 5,417 | 67.7 | N/A | ||
Registered electors | 7,997 | ||||
Sinn Féin gain from Irish Parliamentary | Swing | N/A | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Sinn Féin | George Noble Plunkett | Unopposed | |||
Registered electors | 21,258 | ||||
Sinn Féin gain from Irish Parliamentary |
References
- 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 "R" (part 2)
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