Westmeath (UK Parliament constituency)

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

Westmeath is a former UK Parliament constituency in Ireland, returning two Members of Parliament 1801–1885 and one in 1918–1922.

Boundaries

This constituency comprised the whole of County Westmeath, except for the Parliamentary borough of Athlone 1801–1885.

Members of Parliament

MPs 1801–1885

Year1st Member1st Party2nd Member2nd Party
1801, 1 January William Smyth [1] Gustavus Hume Rochfort [2]Tory[3]
1808, 27 February Hon. Hercules Robert Pakenham Tory
1812, 24 October Tory
1824, 3 March Robert Smyth Tory[3]
1826, 22 June Gustavus Rochfort Tory[3] Hugh Morgan Tuite Whig[3]
1830, 12 August Sir Montagu Chapman, Bt Whig[3]
1832, 20 December Sir Richard Nagle, Bt [4] Repeal Association[5]
1841, 12 July Hugh Morgan TuiteWhig[3] Benjamin Chapman Whig[3]
1847, 10 August William Henry Magan Repeal Association [5] Sir Percy Nugent, Bt Whig[6][7][8]
1852, 22 July Ind. Irish[5] William Pollard-Urquhart Ind. Irish[5]
1857, 3 April Whig[8][9] Sir Richard Levinge, Bt. Ind. Irish[5]
1859, 10 May William Pollard-Urquhart Liberal[5] Liberal[5]
1865, 20 July Hon. Algernon Greville-Nugent (later Baron Greville) Liberal[5]
1871, 17 July Patrick James Smyth Home Rule[5]
1874, 13 February Lord Robert Montagu Home Rule[5]
1880, 13 April Timothy Daniel Sullivan [[Home Rule League]] [[Charles Stewart Parnell|(Parnellite)]][5] Henry Joseph Gill [[Home Rule League]] [[Charles Stewart Parnell|(Parnellite)]][5]
Oct 1882 Irish Parliamentary[5] Irish Parliamentary[5]
1883, 27 February Timothy Harrington Irish Parliamentary[5]
1885 Constituency abolished: see North Westmeath and South Westmeath

MPs 1885–1918

ElectionMemberParty
1918 Laurence Ginnell Sinn Féin
1922 constituency abolished

Elections

Elections in the 1850s

General Election 1852: Westmeath (2 seats)[5]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Independent Irish William Henry Magan 1,647 41.3
Independent Irish William Pollard-Urquhart 1,414 35.5
Conservative Richard Levinge 926 23.2
Majority 488 12.2
Turnout 2,457 (est) 78.4 (est)
Registered electors 3,132
Independent Irish gain from Irish Repeal Swing
Independent Irish gain from Whig Swing
General Election 1857: Westmeath (2 seats)[5]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Whig William Henry Magan Unopposed
Independent Irish Richard Levinge Unopposed
Registered electors 3,520
Whig gain from Independent Irish
Independent Irish hold
General Election 1859: Westmeath (2 seats)[5]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Liberal William Pollard-Urquhart Unopposed
Liberal Richard Levinge Unopposed
Registered electors 3,678
Liberal hold
Liberal hold

Elections in the 1860s

General Election 1865: Westmeath (2 seats)[5]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Liberal Algernon Greville Unopposed
Liberal William Pollard-Urquhart Unopposed
Registered electors 3,568
Liberal hold
Liberal hold
General Election 1868: Westmeath (2 seats)[5]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Liberal Algernon Greville-Nugent Unopposed
Liberal William Pollard-Urquhart Unopposed
Registered electors 3,884
Liberal hold
Liberal hold

Greville-Nugent was appointed a Groom in Waiting to Queen Victoria, requiring a by-election.

By-election, 7 January 1869: Westmeath[5]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Liberal Algernon Greville-Nugent Unopposed
Registered electors 3,884
Liberal hold

Elections in the 1870s

Pollard-Urquhart's death caused a by-election.

By-election, 17 Jun 1871: Westmeath (1 seat)[5]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Home Rule Patrick James Smyth Unopposed
Registered electors 3,616
Home Rule gain from Liberal
General Election 1874: Westmeath (2 seats)[5]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Home Rule Patrick James Smyth 2,202 43.2 N/A
Home Rule Robert Montagu 2,164 42.5 N/A
Liberal Algernon Greville-Nugent 401 7.9 N/A
Liberal Richard Levinge 328 6.4 N/A
Majority 1,763 34.6 N/A
Turnout 2,548 (est) 71.6 (est) N/A
Registered electors 3,559
Home Rule gain from Liberal Swing N/A
Home Rule gain from Liberal Swing N/A

Elections in the 1880s

General Election 1880: Westmeath (2 seats)[5]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Home Rule League (Parnellite) Timothy Daniel Sullivan 1,631 48.2 N/A
Home Rule League (Parnellite) Henry Joseph Gill 1,609 47.6 N/A
Home Rule William A Gowing 141 4.2 N/A
Majority 1,468 43.4 +8.8
Turnout 1,761 (est) 50.8 (est) −20.8
Registered electors 3,465
Home Rule hold Swing N/A
Home Rule hold Swing N/A

Gill resigned, causing a by-election.

By-election, 24 Feb 1883: Westmeath (1 seat)[5]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Irish Parliamentary Timothy Harrington Unopposed
Registered electors 3,395
Irish Parliamentary hold

Election in the 1910s

General Election 1918: Westmeath[5]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Sinn Féin Laurence Ginnell 12,435 75.4 N/A
Irish Parliamentary Patrick Weymes 3,458 21.0 N/A
Independent Nationalist Walter Nugent 603 3.7 N/A
Majority 8,977 54.4 N/A
Turnout 16,496 68.7 N/A
Registered electors 24,014
Sinn Féin win (new seat)
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Notes

  1. ↑ Resigned, 1808
  2. ↑ Died in office, 1824
  3. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Smith, Henry Stooks (1842). The Register of Parliamentary Contested Elections (Second ed.). Simpkin, Marshall & Company. pp. 242–243. Retrieved 14 October 2018 – via Google Books.
  4. ↑ Re-elected as a candidate of a Whig Party/Repeal Association electoral pact, in 1835 and 1837.
  5. 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 Walker, B.M., ed. (1978). Parliamentary Election Results in Ireland, 1801-1922. Dublin: Royal Irish Academy. ISBN 0901714127.
  6. ↑ "Elections". Shipping and Mercantile Gazette. 11 August 1847. p. 3. Retrieved 14 October 2018 – via British Newspaper Archive. (Subscription required (help)).
  7. ↑ "Westmeath". Shipping and Mercantile Gazette. 28 July 1847. p. 3. Retrieved 14 October 2018 – via British Newspaper Archive. (Subscription required (help)).
  8. 1 2 "The New Parliament". Lincolnshire Gazette. 20 August 1847. p. 3. Retrieved 14 October 2018 – via British Newspaper Archive. (Subscription required (help)).
  9. ↑ "Dublin Weekly Nation". 21 March 1857. p. 5. Retrieved 14 October 2018 – via British Newspaper Archive. (Subscription required (help)).

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