County Sligo (UK Parliament constituency)

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County Sligo
Former county constituency
for the House of Commons
County County Sligo
1801–1885
Seats2
Created from County Sligo (IHC)
Replaced by

County Sligo is a former county constituency in Ireland, represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It returned two Members of Parliament (MPs), elected by the bloc vote system of election.

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History and boundaries

In 1801, the constituency succeeded the constituency of County Sligo in the Irish House of Commons, comprising comprised the whole of County Sligo, except the parliamentary borough of Sligo. After the Sligo and Cashel Disfranchisement Act 1870, the borough ceased to have separate representation, and eligible voters were added to the roll for the county constituency.

From 1885 the constituency was divided into North Sligo and South Sligo.

Members of Parliament

Election1st Member1st Party2nd Member2nd Party
1801 Joshua Edward Cooper Tory Charles O'Hara Tory
Nov 1806 Edward Synge Cooper Tory [1]
Dec 1822 Henry King Whig [2]
Aug 1830 Edward Joshua Cooper Tory [2] [3]
May 1831 Alexander Perceval Tory [2] [3]
Dec 1834 Conservative [2] [3] Conservative [2] [3]
Jul 1841 William Ormsby-Gore Conservative [2] [3]
Sep 1841 John Ffolliott Conservative [2] [3]
Mar 1850 Sir Robert Gore-Booth Conservative [3]
Jul 1852 Richard Swift Ind. Irish [3]
Apr 1857 Edward Joshua Cooper Conservative [3]
May 1859 Charles William Cooper
changed name to O'Hara, 1860		 Conservative [3]
Jul 1865 Edward Henry Cooper Conservative [3]
Dec 1868 Denis Maurice O'Conor Liberal [3]
Dec 1874 Home Rule League [3]
Jan 1877 Edward King-Harman Home Rule [3]
Apr 1880 Thomas Sexton Parnellite Home Rule League [3]
Oct 1882 Irish Parliamentary Irish Parliamentary [3]
Aug 1883 Nicholas Lynch Irish Parliamentary [3]
1885 constituency abolished: see North Sligo and South Sligo

Elections

Elections in the 1830s

General election 1830: County Sligo (2 seats) [3] [2] [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Tory Edward Joshua Cooper 465 47.9
Whig Henry King 390 40.2
Whig Fitzstephen French 11611.9
Turnout 51484.3
Registered electors 610
Majority757.7
Tory hold
Majority27428.3
Whig hold
General election 1831: County Sligo (2 seats) [3] [2] [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Tory Edward Joshua Cooper 361 43.0 +19.1
Tory Alexander Perceval 287 34.2 +10.3
Whig Henry King 19122.8−29.3
Majority9611.4+3.7
Turnout c. 420c. 69.9c. −14.4
Registered electors 600
Tory hold Swing +16.9
Tory gain from Whig Swing +12.5
General election 1832: County Sligo (2 seats) [3] [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Tory Edward Joshua Cooper Unopposed
Tory Alexander Perceval Unopposed
Registered electors 695
Tory hold
Tory hold
General election 1835: County Sligo (2 seats) [3] [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Conservative Edward Joshua Cooper Unopposed
Conservative Alexander Perceval Unopposed
Registered electors 694
Conservative hold
Conservative hold
General election 1837: County Sligo (2 seats) [3] [2] [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Conservative Edward Joshua Cooper 511 38.5
Conservative Alexander Perceval 443 33.4
Whig Daniel Jones36827.7
Whig Charles Joseph McDermott50.4
Majority755.7
Turnout c. 664c. 64.1
Registered electors 1,036
Conservative hold
Conservative hold

Elections in the 1840s

General election 1841: County Sligo (2 seats) [3]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative William Ormsby-Gore Unopposed
Conservative Alexander Perceval Unopposed
Registered electors 1,093
Conservative hold
Conservative hold

Perceval was appointed a commissioner of the Treasury, causing a by-election.

By-election, 28 September 1841: County Sligo [3]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative John Ffolliott Unopposed
Conservative hold
General election 1847: County Sligo (2 seats) [3]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative William Ormsby-Gore Unopposed
Conservative John Ffolliott Unopposed
Registered electors 837
Conservative hold
Conservative hold

Elections in the 1850s

Ffolliott resigned by accepting the office of Steward of the Chiltern Hundreds, causing a by-election.

By-election, 12 March 1850: County Sligo [3]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Robert Gore-Booth Unopposed
Conservative hold
General election 1852: County Sligo (2 seats) [3]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Robert Gore-Booth 943 35.9 N/A
Independent Irish Richard Swift 870 33.1 New
Conservative William Ormsby-Gore 77429.5N/A
Whig John Taaffe [5] 391.5New
Turnout 1,313 (est)62.4 (est)N/A
Registered electors 2,105
Majority732.8N/A
Conservative hold Swing N/A
Majority963.6N/A
Independent Irish gain from Conservative Swing N/A
General election 1857: County Sligo (2 seats) [3]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Robert Gore-Booth 1,471 45.2 +9.3
Conservative Edward Joshua Cooper 1,471 45.2 +15.7
Whig John Ball [6] 3059.4+7.9
Independent Irish Richard Swift 50.2−32.9
Majority1,16635.9+33.1
Turnout 1,776 (est)74.3 (est)+11.9
Registered electors 2,389
Conservative hold Swing +12.9
Conservative gain from Independent Irish Swing +16.1
General election 1859: County Sligo (2 seats) [3]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Robert Gore-Booth Unopposed
Conservative Charles William Cooper Unopposed
Registered electors 2,445
Conservative hold
Conservative hold

Elections in the 1860s

General election 1865: County Sligo (2 seats) [3]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Edward Henry Cooper Unopposed
Conservative Robert Gore-Booth Unopposed
Registered electors 3,181
Conservative hold
Conservative hold
General election 1868: County Sligo (2 seats) [3]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Denis Maurice O'Conor 1,671 41.7 New
Conservative Robert Gore-Booth 1,208 30.1 N/A
Conservative Edward Henry Cooper 1,12928.2N/A
Liberal Cornelius Alexander Keogh20.0New
Turnout 2,840 (est)87.8 (est)N/A
Registered electors 3,233
Majority46311.6N/A
Liberal gain from Conservative Swing N/A
Majority1,2062.9N/A
Conservative hold Swing N/A

Elections in the 1870s

General election 1874: County Sligo (2 seats) [3]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Home Rule Denis Maurice O'Conor Unopposed
Conservative Robert Gore-Booth Unopposed
Registered electors 3,539
Home Rule gain from Liberal
Conservative hold

Gore-Booth's death caused a by-election.

By-election, 12 Jan 1877: County Sligo (1 seat) [3]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Home Rule Edward King-Harman Unopposed
Registered electors 3,414
Home Rule gain from Conservative

Elections in the 1880s

General election 1880: County Sligo (2 seats) [3]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Parnellite Home Rule League Thomas Sexton 1,591 36.1 N/A
Home Rule Denis Maurice O'Conor 1,551 35.2 N/A
Home Rule Edward King-Harman 1,26728.7N/A
Majority2846.5N/A
Turnout 2,205 (est)67.7 (est)N/A
Registered electors 3,256
Home Rule gain from Conservative Swing
Home Rule hold Swing

O'Conor's death caused a by-election.

By-election, 18 Aug 1883: County Sligo (2 seats) [3]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Irish Parliamentary Nicholas Lynch (MP) 1,545 61.1 N/A
Conservative Charles Kane O'Hara [7] 98338.9New
Majority56222.2N/A
Turnout 2,52879.6+11.9
Registered electors 3,174
Irish Parliamentary hold Swing N/A

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References

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  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Smith, Henry Stooks (1842). The Register of Parliamentary Contested Elections (Second ed.). Simpkin, Marshall & Company. p. 239. Retrieved 9 October 2018– via Google Books.
  3. 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 32 33 34 35 Walker, B.M., ed. (1978). Parliamentary Election Results in Ireland, 1801-1922. Dublin: Royal Irish Academy. ISBN   0901714127.
  4. 1 2 3 "Co. Sligo". The History of Parliament. Retrieved 21 May 2020.
  5. ↑ "Election Intelligence" . The Atlas. 24 July 1852. pp. 5–6. Retrieved 9 October 2018– via British Newspaper Archive.
  6. ↑ "Belfast Mercury" . 23 April 1857. p. 2. Retrieved 9 October 2018– via British Newspaper Archive.
  7. ↑ "Election Intelligence" . South Wales Daily News. 15 August 1883. p. 4. Retrieved 22 December 2017– via British Newspaper Archive.
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