Donegal (UK Parliament constituency)

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County Donegal
Former county constituency
for the House of Commons
Island of Ireland location map Donegal.svg
Location of County Donegal within Ireland.
County County
1801–1885
Seats2
Created from County Donegal (IHC)
Replaced by

County Donegal was a UK Parliament constituency in Ireland, returning two Members of Parliament (MPs).

Contents

Boundaries

This constituency comprised the whole of County Donegal. In 1885, it was divided into separate constituencies of East Donegal, North Donegal, South Donegal and West Donegal.

Members of Parliament

Election1st Member1st Party2nd Member2nd Party
1801 Henry Vaughan Brooke Viscount Sudley Tory
1802 Sir James Stewart, Bt
1806 Henry Vaughan Brooke
1808 Henry Montgomery Tory [1]
1812 George Vaughan Hart Tory [1]
1818 Earl of Mount Charles Tory
1825 Earl of Mount Charles Tory [1] [2]
1831 Sir Edmund Hayes Tory [1] Edward Conolly Tory [1]
1831 Conservative [1] Conservative [1]
1849 Thomas Conolly Conservative
1860 Viscount Hamilton (known as the Marquess of Hamilton from August 1868) Conservative
1876 William Wilson Conservative
1879 Thomas Lea Liberal
1880 John Kinnear Liberal

Elections

Elections of the 1880s

General election 1880: Donegal [3]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Thomas Lea 2,274 36.4 +12.2
Liberal John Kinnear 2,015 32.3 +9.0
Irish Conservative James Hamilton 1,95431.3−21.2
Majority611.0N/A
Turnout 4,228 (est)91.7 (est)+9.4
Registered electors 4,612
Liberal gain from Irish Conservative Swing +11.4
Liberal gain from Irish Conservative Swing +9.8

Elections of the 1870s

By-election, 15 Dec 1879: Donegal [3]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Thomas Lea 2,313 58.7 +11.2
Irish Conservative David Bartholomew McCorkeil1,63041.3−11.2
Majority68317.4N/A
Turnout 3,94384.3+2.0 (est)
Registered electors 4,680
Liberal gain from Irish Conservative Swing +11.2
By-election, 26 Aug 1876: Donegal [3]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Irish Conservative William Wilson 1,975 51.3 −1.2
Liberal Thomas Lea 1,87648.7+1.2
Majority992.6+2.1
Turnout 3,85183.8+1.5 (est)
Registered electors 4,597
Irish Conservative hold Swing −1.2
General election 1874: Donegal [3]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Irish Conservative James Hamilton 2,102 27.8 N/A
Irish Conservative Thomas Conolly 1,866 24.7 N/A
Liberal Tristram Kennedy 1,82624.2New
Liberal Evory Kennedy1,75723.3New
Majority400.5N/A
Turnout 3,776 (est)82.3 (est)N/A
Registered electors 4,587
Irish Conservative hold Swing N/A
Irish Conservative hold Swing N/A

Elections of the 1860s

General election 1868: Donegal [3]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Irish Conservative Thomas Conolly Unopposed
Irish Conservative James Hamilton Unopposed
Registered electors 4,596
Irish Conservative hold
Irish Conservative hold
General election 1865: Donegal [3]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Irish Conservative Thomas Conolly Unopposed
Irish Conservative James Hamilton Unopposed
Registered electors 4,685
Irish Conservative hold
Irish Conservative hold
By-election, 17 July 1860: Donegal [3]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Irish Conservative James Hamilton Unopposed
Irish Conservative hold

Elections of the 1850s

General election 1859: Donegal [3]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Irish Conservative Thomas Conolly Unopposed
Irish Conservative Edmund Hayes Unopposed
Registered electors 4,307
Irish Conservative hold
Irish Conservative hold
General election 1857: Donegal [3]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Irish Conservative Thomas Conolly Unopposed
Irish Conservative Edmund Hayes Unopposed
Registered electors 4,254
Irish Conservative hold
Irish Conservative hold
General election 1852: Donegal [3]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Irish Conservative Thomas Conolly 1,839 39.9 N/A
Irish Conservative Edmund Hayes 1,624 35.3 N/A
Whig Patrick Francis Campbell-Johnston [4] 1,14324.8New
Majority48110.5N/A
Turnout 2,875 (est)76.7 (est)N/A
Registered electors 3,748
Irish Conservative hold Swing N/A
Irish Conservative hold Swing N/A

Elections in the 1840s

By-election, 20 February 1849: Donegal [3]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Irish Conservative Thomas Conolly Unopposed
Irish Conservative hold
General election 1847: Donegal [3]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Irish Conservative Edward Michael Conolly Unopposed
Irish Conservative Edmund Hayes Unopposed
Registered electors 848
Irish Conservative hold
Irish Conservative hold
General election 1841: Donegal [3]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Irish Conservative Edward Michael Conolly Unopposed
Irish Conservative Edmund Hayes Unopposed
Registered electors 1,446
Irish Conservative hold
Irish Conservative hold

Elections of the 1830s

General election 1837: Donegal [3] [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Irish Conservative Edmund Hayes Unopposed
Irish Conservative Edward Michael Conolly Unopposed
Registered electors 1,960
Irish Conservative hold
Irish Conservative hold
General election 1835: Donegal [3] [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Irish Conservative Edmund Hayes Unopposed
Irish Conservative Edward Michael Conolly Unopposed
Registered electors 1,618
Irish Conservative hold
Irish Conservative hold
General election 1832: Donegal [3] [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Tory Edmund Hayes 795 38.2 +2.4
Tory Edward Michael Conolly 734 35.3 +3.2
Whig Hamilton Francis Chichester55226.5−5.5
Majority1828.8−6.8
Turnout 1,32391.4c. +1.4
Registered electors 1,448
Tory hold Swing +2.6
Tory hold Swing +3.0
General election 1831: Donegal [3] [1] [5]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Tory Edmund Hayes 416 35.8
Tory Edward Michael Conolly 373 32.1
Whig Sir Thomas Style, 8th Baronet19216.5
Whig Arthur Chichester 18015.5
Majority18115.6
Turnout c. 600c. 90.0
Registered electors c. 667
Tory hold
Tory hold
General election 1830: Donegal [3] [1] [5]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Tory George Vaughan Hart Unopposed
Tory Francis Conyngham Unopposed
Registered electors 667
Tory hold
Tory hold

Elections of the 1810s

General election 1818: Donegal
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Tory George Vaughan Hart Unopposed N/AN/A
Tory Henry Conyngham Unopposed N/AN/A
Turnout N/AN/AN/A
General election 1812: Donegal
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
James Stewart UnopposedN/AN/A
Tory George Vaughan Hart Unopposed N/AN/A
Turnout N/AN/AN/A

Elections of the 1800s

1808 Donegal by-election
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Tory Henry Conyngham Montgomery 433 54.8 N/A
Tory George Vaughan Hart 357 45.2 N/A
Majority769.6N/A
Turnout 790N/A
Tory gain from Swing
General election 1807: Donegal
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
James Stewart Unopposed N/AN/A
Henry Vaughan Brooke Unopposed N/AN/A
Turnout N/AN/AN/A
General election 1806: Donegal
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
James Stewart Unopposed N/AN/A
Henry Vaughan Brooke Unopposed N/AN/A
Turnout N/AN/AN/A
General election 1802: Donegal
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Tory Arthur Gore Unopposed N/AN/A
James Stewart UnopposedN/AN/A
Turnout N/AN/AN/A
1801 co-option: Donegal
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Henry Vaughan Brooke UnopposedN/AN/A
Tory Arthur Gore Unopposed N/AN/A
Turnout N/AN/AN/A

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References

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  2. ↑ Fisher, David R.; Farrell, Stephen. "CONYNGHAM, Francis Nathaniel, earl of Mount Charles (1797-1876)". The History of Parliament. Retrieved 12 May 2020.
  3. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 Walker, B.M., ed. (1978). Parliamentary Election Results in Ireland, 1801-1922. Dublin: Royal Irish Academy. ISBN   0901714127.
  4. ↑ "The General Election" . London Evening Standard. 29 July 1852. p. 3. Retrieved 30 September 2018– via British Newspaper Archive.
  5. 1 2 Farrell, Stephen. "Co. Donegal". The History of Parliament. Retrieved 12 May 2020.
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