Carlow (UK Parliament constituency)

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Carlow
Former borough constituency
for the House of Commons
County County Carlow
Borough Carlow
1801–1885
Seats1
Created from Carlow
Replaced by County Carlow

Carlow was a parliamentary constituency in Ireland, represented in the House of Commons of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland. It returned one Member of Parliament (MP) from 1801 to 1885.

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History and boundaries

This constituency was the parliamentary borough of Carlow in County Carlow. It succeeded the two-seat constituency of Carlow in the Irish House of Commons. Its one MP was chosen by lot to sit in the First Parliament of the United Kingdom in 1801.

The borough was defined by the Parliamentary Boundaries (Ireland) Act 1832 as:

"From the Point below the Town at which the River Barrow is met by the Southern Wall of the Grounds of the House belonging to Mr. Carey, Adjutant to the Carlow Militia, Eastward, along the said Wall to the Point at which the same meets the Kilkenny Road; thence in a straight Line to the Southern Corner of the Infirmary; thence in a straight Line to the Point a little above the Barracks at which the River Burren is joined by a small Stream; thence up the said Stream, and across the Tullow Road, to the Point at which the same Stream is met by a Hedge which runs down thereto from opposite the Southern End of the Plantation attached to the House on the Baltinglass Road which belongs to Mr. Hunt and is occupied by Mr. Butler; thence along the said Hedge to the Point at which the same meets the Baltinglass Road; thence in a straight Line in the Direction of the Cupola of the Lunatic Asylum to the Point at which such straight Line cuts a Road which runs between the Baltinglass Road and the Dublin Road; thence in a straight Line to a Gate on the Eastern Side of the Dublin Road which is distant about One hundred Yards to the North of the North-eastern Corner of the Enclosure Wall of the Lunatic Asylum; thence in a straight Line to the Point at which the Road to Athy is met by the North Boundary of the Demesne of the Roman Catholic Bishop; thence along the said Boundary till it meets the River at the Point; thence along the River to the North Corner of the Wall of the Burial Ground; thence in a straight Line to the Spire of Graigue Church; thence in a straight Line to the Summer House in Mr. Wilson's Garden; thence in a straight Line to the Point first described."

It was disfranchised by the Redistribution of Seats Act 1885, becoming part of the constituency of County Carlow. [1]

Members of Parliament

Notable MPs for Carlow included F. J. Robinson, later Prime Minister of the United Kingdom as Viscount Goderich, the zoologist Nicholas Aylward Vigors, and the historian and writer John Dalberg-Acton, later known as Lord Acton.

ElectionMemberPartyNote
1801 Hon. Henry Prittie Succeeded as the 2nd Baron Dunalley
1801 Hon. Francis Aldborough Prittie Resigned (appointed Escheator of Munster)
1801 Charles Ormsby Tory Appointed Recorder of Prince of Wales Island
1806 Michael Symes
1806 Hon. F. J. Robinson Pittite
1807 Andrew Strahan Tory
1812 Frederick Falkiner
1818 Charles Harvey-Saville-Onley Tory
1826 Charles Bury Tory [2]
1830
1831
1832 Nicholas Aylward Vigors Irish Repeal [3] [2]
1835 Francis Bruen Conservative [3] [2]
1837 William Henry Maule Whig [2] [4] Appointed a Baron of the English Court of Exchequer
1839 Francis Bruen Conservative [3] [2] Unseated on petition
1839 Thomas Gisborne Whig [2] [5] [6] Seated on petition
1841 Brownlow Layard Whig [7] [8] [9]
1847 John Sadleir Whig [10] [11]
1852 Independent Irish [3] Accepted an office. Defeated for re-election as a Liberal.
1853 John Alexander Conservative [3]
1859 Sir John Dalberg-Acton, Bt Liberal
1865 Thomas Stock Liberal
1868 William Fagan Liberal
1874 Henry Owen Lewis Home Rule
1880 Charles Dawson Home Rule Member of the Parnellite faction
1885 Constituency merged into County Carlow

Elections

Elections in the 1830s

General election 1830: Carlow Borough [3] [2] [12]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Tory Charles Bury Unopposed
Registered electors 13
Tory hold
General election 1831: Carlow Borough [3] [2] [12]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Tory Charles Bury Unopposed
Registered electors 13
Tory hold
General election 1832: Carlow Borough [3] [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Irish Repeal Nicholas Aylward Vigors 145 54.7
Tory Francis Bruen 12045.3
Majority259.4
Turnout 26595.3
Registered electors 278
Irish Repeal gain from Tory
1835 general election: Carlow Borough [3] [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Francis Bruen 150 52.8 +7.5
Irish Repeal (Whig) Nicholas Aylward Vigors 13447.2−7.5
Majority165.6N/A
Turnout 28492.5−2.8
Registered electors 307
Conservative gain from Irish Repeal Swing +7.5
General election 1837: Carlow Borough [3] [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Whig William Henry Maule 180 52.9 +5.7
Conservative Francis Bruen 15846.5−6.3
Ind. Conservative Philip Bagenal20.6New
Majority226.4N/A
Turnout 34061.3−31.2
Registered electors 555
Whig gain from Conservative Swing +6.0

Maule was appointed as Baron of the Exchequer in England, requiring a by-election.

By-election, 27 February 1839: Carlow Borough [3] [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Francis Bruen 167 50.5 +4.0
Whig Thomas Gisborne 16449.5−3.4
Majority31.0N/A
Turnout 331c. 59.6c. −1.7
Registered electors c. 555
Conservative gain from Whig Swing +3.7

After meeting 59 times, an election committee amended the poll to 160 for Gisborne and 159 for Bruen and, in July 1839, Gisborne was declared elected.

Elections in the 1840s

General election 1841: Carlow Borough [3]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Whig Brownlow Layard Unopposed
Registered electors 417
Whig hold
General election 1847: Carlow Borough [3]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Whig John Sadleir 164 61.9 N/A
Whig Brownlow Layard 10138.1N/A
Majority6323.8N/A
Turnout 26540.9N/A
Registered electors 648
Whig hold Swing N/A

Elections in the 1850s

General election 1852: Carlow Borough [3]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Independent Irish John Sadleir 112 54.1 −7.8
Conservative Robert Clayton Browne9545.9New
Majority178.2−15.6
Turnout 20787.3+46.4
Registered electors 237
Independent Irish gain from Whig Swing N/A

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

By-election, 20 January 1853: Carlow Borough [3]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative John Alexander 97 51.6 +5.7
Whig John Sadleir [13] 9148.4−5.7
Majority63.2N/A
Turnout 18890.4+3.1
Registered electors 208
Conservative gain from Independent Irish Swing +5.7
General election 1857: Carlow Borough [3]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative John Alexander 127 61.7 +15.8
Whig Arthur Edward Valette Ponsonby [14] 7938.3−15.8
Majority4823.4N/A
Turnout 20685.8−1.5
Registered electors 240
Conservative gain from Independent Irish Swing +15.8
General election 1859: Carlow Borough [3]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal John Dalberg-Acton 117 53.2 +14.9
Conservative John Alexander 10346.8−14.9
Majority146.4N/A
Turnout 22093.2+7.4
Registered electors 236
Liberal gain from Conservative Swing +14.9

Elections in the 1860s

General election 1865: Carlow Borough [3]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Thomas Stock 126 54.1 +0.9
Conservative Horace Rochfort10745.9−0.9
Majority198.2+1.8
Turnout 23391.4−1.8
Registered electors 255
Liberal hold Swing +0.9
General election 1868: Carlow Borough [3]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal William Fagan 174 53.7 −0.4
Conservative Horace Rochfort15046.3+0.4
Majority247.4−0.8
Turnout 32492.0+0.6
Registered electors 352
Liberal hold Swing −0.4

Elections in the 1870s

General election 1874: Carlow Borough [3]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Home Rule Henry Owen Lewis Unopposed
Registered electors 303
Home Rule gain from Liberal

Elections in the 1880s

General election 1880: Carlow Borough [3]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Parnellite Home Rule League Charles Dawson 149 52.5 N/A
Conservative Henry Thomas Butler13547.5New
Majority145.0N/A
Turnout 28494.0N/A
Registered electors 302
Home Rule hold Swing N/A

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