Wexford Borough (UK Parliament constituency)

Wexford Borough
Former Borough constituency
for the House of Commons
1801–1885
Number of members One

Wexford Borough was a United Kingdom Parliament constituency, in Ireland, returning one Member of Parliament (MP). It was an original constituency represented in Parliament when the Union of Great Britain and Ireland took effect on 1 January 1801.

Boundaries

This constituency was the Parliamentary borough of Wexford in County Wexford.

Members of Parliament

ElectionMemberPartyNote
1801-01-01 Francis Leigh 1801: Co-opted; Resigned (appointed Escheator of Munster)
1801-02-20 Ponsonby Tottenham
1802-07-09 Richard Nevill 1 Tory
1806-11-10 Sir Robert Wigram, Bt Tory[1]
1807-05-21 Richard Nevill 1 Tory Resigned
1810-03-03 Captain Peter Parker R.N. Tory Resigned
1811-07-01 Richard Nevill 1 Tory Resigned
1813-03-03 Vice Admiral John Fish Tory Resigned
1814-08-09 Richard Nevill 1 Tory Resigned (appointed Escheator of Ulster)
1819-03-01 Captain Henry Evans R.N. Tory
1820-03-20 William Wigram Tory[1]
1826-06-19 Rear Admiral Henry Evans Tory Resigned
1829-06-03 Robert Wigram 2 Tory[1] Unseated on petition
1830-03-15 3 Sir Edward Dering, Bt Tory[1] Declared duly elected
1830-08-07 William Wigram Tory[1] Unseated on petition
1831-02-21 3 Sir Edward Dering, Bt Ultra-Tory Declared duly elected
1831-05-06 Charles Arthur Walker Whig Re-elected as a candidate of the Repeal Association
1832-12-14 Repeal Association[2] Re-elected as a candidate of a Liberal/Repealer pact
1841-07-12 Sir Thomas Esmonde, Bt Whig[1]
1847-08-04 John Thomas Devereux Repeal Association[2] Re-elected as an Independent Irish candidate
1852-07-09 Ind. Irish[2] Re-elected as a Liberal candidate
1857-03-20 Whig
1859-05-03 John Edward Redmond Liberal[2] The grand uncle of John Redmond (1856–1918)
1865-07-17 Richard Joseph Devereux Liberal[2] Resigned
1872-04-26 William Archer Redmond Home Rule League[2] The grandfather of William Redmond (1886–1932). Died 1880.
1880-11-24 Tim Healy Home Rule League[2] Joined new organisation
1882 4 Irish Parliamentary[2] Resigned to contest Monaghan
1883-07-17 Willie Redmond Irish Parliamentary[2] Last MP for the constituency
1885-11-18 Constituency abolished

Notes:-

  • 1 Stooks Smith names the MP 1802-1806 as Richard Neville Furness, 1807-1810 as Richard Neville, 1811-1813 as Robert Neville and 1814-1819 as Richard Neville. Walker names the MP for all these terms as Richard Nevill.
  • 2 From 1832 known as Robert Fitzwygram.
  • 3 Not an election - date when the previous member was unseated and the petitioner was declared duly elected.
  • 4 Not an election - change of party allegiance.

Elections

Elections in the 1850s

General Election 1852: Wexford Borough[2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Independent Irish John Thomas Devereux Unopposed
Registered electors 348
Independent Irish gain from Irish Repeal
General Election 1857: Wexford Borough[2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Whig John Thomas Devereux Unopposed
Registered electors 314
Whig gain from Independent Irish
General Election 1859: Wexford Borough[2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Liberal John Redmond Unopposed
Registered electors 301
Liberal hold

Elections in the 1860s

General Election 1865: Wexford Borough[2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Liberal Richard Joseph Devereux 153 58.8 N/A
Liberal John Redmond 107 41.2 N/A
Majority 46 17.7 N/A
Turnout 260 77.8 N/A
Registered electors 334
Liberal hold Swing N/A
General Election 1868: Wexford Borough[2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Liberal Richard Joseph Devereux Unopposed
Registered electors 520
Liberal hold

On petition, Devereux was unseated due to "informality" in the return, causing a by-election at which he was re-elected.[3]

By-election, 26 February 1869: Wexford Borough[2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Liberal Richard Joseph Devereux Unopposed
Registered electors 520
Liberal hold

Elections in the 1870s

Devereux resigned, causing a by-election.

By-election, 26 Apr 1872: Wexford Borough[2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Home Rule William Archer Redmond 321 86.3 N/A
Home Rule Walter Redmond 51 13.7 N/A
Majority 270 72.6 N/A
Turnout 372 69.5 N/A
Registered electors 535
Home Rule gain from Liberal Swing N/A
General Election 1874: Wexford Borough[2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Home Rule William Archer Redmond 323 81.6 N/A
Liberal Frederick Hughes 73 18.4 N/A
Majority 250 63.1 N/A
Turnout 396 79.0 N/A
Registered electors 501
Home Rule gain from Liberal Swing N/A

Elections in the 1880s

General Election 1880: Wexford Borough[2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Home Rule William Archer Redmond 292 75.5 −6.1
Liberal Frederick Hughes 95 24.5 +6.1
Majority 197 50.9 −12.2
Turnout 387 80.8 +1.8
Registered electors 479
Home Rule hold Swing −6.1

Redmond's death caused a by-election.

By-election, 24 Nov 1880: Wexford Borough[2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Home Rule Tim Healy Unopposed
Registered electors 479
Home Rule hold

Healy resigned to stand at the 1883 by-election in Monaghan, causing a by-election.

By-election, 17 July 1883: Wexford Borough[2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Irish Parliamentary Willie Redmond 307 70.9 −4.6
Liberal Charles Owen O'Conor 126 29.1 +4.6
Majority 181 41.8 −9.1
Turnout 433 83.0 +2.2
Registered electors 522
Irish Parliamentary hold Swing −4.6
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References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 Smith, Henry Stooks (1842). The Register of Parliamentary Contested Elections (Second ed.). Simpkin, Marshall & Company. p. 243. Retrieved 14 October 2018 – via Google Books.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 Walker, B.M., ed. (1978). Parliamentary Election Results in Ireland, 1801-1922. Dublin: Royal Irish Academy. ISBN 0901714127.
  3. ↑ "To the Electors of the Borough of Wexford". Wexford Independent. 24 February 1869. p. 3. Retrieved 22 March 2018 – via British Newspaper Archive. (Subscription required (help)).
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