County Donegal | |
---|---|
Former county constituency for the House of Commons | |
![]() Location of County Donegal within Ireland. | |
County | County |
1801–1885 | |
Seats | 2 |
Created from | County Donegal (IHC) |
Replaced by |
County Donegal was a UK Parliament constituency in Ireland, returning two Members of Parliament (MPs).
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.
Election | 1st Member | 1st Party | 2nd Member | 2nd 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 |
![]() |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Thomas Lea | 2,274 | 36.4 | +12.2 | |
Liberal | John Kinnear | 2,015 | 32.3 | +9.0 | |
Irish Conservative | James Hamilton | 1,954 | 31.3 | −21.2 | |
Majority | 61 | 1.0 | N/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 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Thomas Lea | 2,313 | 58.7 | +11.2 | |
Irish Conservative | David Bartholomew McCorkeil | 1,630 | 41.3 | −11.2 | |
Majority | 683 | 17.4 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 3,943 | 84.3 | +2.0 (est) | ||
Registered electors | 4,680 | ||||
Liberal gain from Irish Conservative | Swing | +11.2 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Irish Conservative | William Wilson | 1,975 | 51.3 | −1.2 | |
Liberal | Thomas Lea | 1,876 | 48.7 | +1.2 | |
Majority | 99 | 2.6 | +2.1 | ||
Turnout | 3,851 | 83.8 | +1.5 (est) | ||
Registered electors | 4,597 | ||||
Irish Conservative hold | Swing | −1.2 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Irish Conservative | James Hamilton | 2,102 | 27.8 | N/A | |
Irish Conservative | Thomas Conolly | 1,866 | 24.7 | N/A | |
Liberal | Tristram Kennedy | 1,826 | 24.2 | New | |
Liberal | Evory Kennedy | 1,757 | 23.3 | New | |
Majority | 40 | 0.5 | N/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 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Irish Conservative | Thomas Conolly | Unopposed | |||
Irish Conservative | James Hamilton | Unopposed | |||
Registered electors | 4,596 | ||||
Irish Conservative hold | |||||
Irish Conservative hold | |||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Irish Conservative | Thomas Conolly | Unopposed | |||
Irish Conservative | James Hamilton | Unopposed | |||
Registered electors | 4,685 | ||||
Irish Conservative hold | |||||
Irish Conservative hold | |||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Irish Conservative | James Hamilton | Unopposed | |||
Irish Conservative hold | |||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Irish Conservative | Thomas Conolly | Unopposed | |||
Irish Conservative | Edmund Hayes | Unopposed | |||
Registered electors | 4,307 | ||||
Irish Conservative hold | |||||
Irish Conservative hold | |||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Irish Conservative | Thomas Conolly | Unopposed | |||
Irish Conservative | Edmund Hayes | Unopposed | |||
Registered electors | 4,254 | ||||
Irish Conservative hold | |||||
Irish Conservative hold | |||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
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] | 1,143 | 24.8 | New | |
Majority | 481 | 10.5 | N/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 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Irish Conservative | Thomas Conolly | Unopposed | |||
Irish Conservative hold | |||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Irish Conservative | Edward Michael Conolly | Unopposed | |||
Irish Conservative | Edmund Hayes | Unopposed | |||
Registered electors | 848 | ||||
Irish Conservative hold | |||||
Irish Conservative hold | |||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Irish Conservative | Edward Michael Conolly | Unopposed | |||
Irish Conservative | Edmund Hayes | Unopposed | |||
Registered electors | 1,446 | ||||
Irish Conservative hold | |||||
Irish Conservative hold | |||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Irish Conservative | Edmund Hayes | Unopposed | |||
Irish Conservative | Edward Michael Conolly | Unopposed | |||
Registered electors | 1,960 | ||||
Irish Conservative hold | |||||
Irish Conservative hold | |||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Irish Conservative | Edmund Hayes | Unopposed | |||
Irish Conservative | Edward Michael Conolly | Unopposed | |||
Registered electors | 1,618 | ||||
Irish Conservative hold | |||||
Irish Conservative hold | |||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Tory | Edmund Hayes | 795 | 38.2 | +2.4 | |
Tory | Edward Michael Conolly | 734 | 35.3 | +3.2 | |
Whig | Hamilton Francis Chichester | 552 | 26.5 | −5.5 | |
Majority | 182 | 8.8 | −6.8 | ||
Turnout | 1,323 | 91.4 | c. +1.4 | ||
Registered electors | 1,448 | ||||
Tory hold | Swing | +2.6 | |||
Tory hold | Swing | +3.0 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Tory | Edmund Hayes | 416 | 35.8 | ||
Tory | Edward Michael Conolly | 373 | 32.1 | ||
Whig | Sir Thomas Style, 8th Baronet | 192 | 16.5 | ||
Whig | Arthur Chichester | 180 | 15.5 | ||
Majority | 181 | 15.6 | |||
Turnout | c. 600 | c. 90.0 | |||
Registered electors | c. 667 | ||||
Tory hold | |||||
Tory hold | |||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Tory | George Vaughan Hart | Unopposed | |||
Tory | Francis Conyngham | Unopposed | |||
Registered electors | 667 | ||||
Tory hold | |||||
Tory hold | |||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Tory | George Vaughan Hart | Unopposed | N/A | N/A | |
Tory | Henry Conyngham | Unopposed | N/A | N/A | |
Turnout | N/A | N/A | N/A |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
James Stewart | Unopposed | N/A | N/A | ||
Tory | George Vaughan Hart | Unopposed | N/A | N/A | |
Turnout | N/A | N/A | N/A |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Tory | Henry Conyngham Montgomery | 433 | 54.8 | N/A | |
Tory | George Vaughan Hart | 357 | 45.2 | N/A | |
Majority | 76 | 9.6 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 790 | N/A | |||
Tory gain from | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
James Stewart | Unopposed | N/A | N/A | ||
Henry Vaughan Brooke | Unopposed | N/A | N/A | ||
Turnout | N/A | N/A | N/A |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
James Stewart | Unopposed | N/A | N/A | ||
Henry Vaughan Brooke | Unopposed | N/A | N/A | ||
Turnout | N/A | N/A | N/A |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Tory | Arthur Gore | Unopposed | N/A | N/A | |
James Stewart | Unopposed | N/A | N/A | ||
Turnout | N/A | N/A | N/A |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Henry Vaughan Brooke | Unopposed | N/A | N/A | ||
Tory | Arthur Gore | Unopposed | N/A | N/A | |
Turnout | N/A | N/A | N/A |
Londonderry was a parliamentary constituency in Northern Ireland represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament, as well as a constituency in elections to various regional bodies. It was replaced in boundary changes in 1983. Londonderry returned two MPs (1801–1885) and later one (1922–1983).
Tralee was a constituency in Ireland of the Parliament of the United Kingdom, 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. The borough constituency continued to be represented until it was disfranchised in 1885.
County Cavan was a parliamentary constituency in Ireland, which from 1801 to 1885 returned two Members of Parliament (MPs) to the House of Commons of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland.
County Clare was a parliamentary constituency in Ireland, represented in the Parliament of the United Kingdom. From 1801 to 1885 it returned two Members of Parliament (MPs) to the House of Commons of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland.
County Dublin was a parliamentary constituency in Ireland, which returned two Members of Parliament (MPs) to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom.
County Galway was a United Kingdom parliamentary constituency in Ireland, comprised the whole of County Galway, except for the Borough of Galway. It replaced the pre-Act of Union Parliament of Ireland constituency. Its representatives sat in the British House of Commons.
County Kerry was a UK Parliament constituency in Ireland, returning two Members of Parliament. In 1885, it was split into four constituencies.
County Kilkenny was a former UK Parliament county constituency in County Kilkenny in Ireland. The County constituency returned two Members of Parliaments (MPs) in the House of Commons of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, from 1801 until 1885.
County Limerick was a parliamentary constituency in Ireland, which returned two Members of Parliament (MPs) to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1801 to 1885.
County Monaghan is a former parliamentary constituency in Ireland, returning two Members of Parliament (MPs) to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom.
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.
Carrickfergus was a United Kingdom Parliament constituency in Ireland represented from 1801 to 1885 by one MP.
Coleraine is a former United Kingdom Parliament constituency, in Ireland, returning one MP. It was an original constituency represented in Parliament when the Union of Great Britain and Ireland took effect on 1 January 1801.
Downpatrick was a United Kingdom Parliament constituency in Ireland, returning one MP. It was an original constituency represented in Parliament when the Union of Great Britain and Ireland took effect on 1 January 1801.
Drogheda was a parliamentary borough constituency in Ireland, which returned one Member of Parliament (MP) to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It was an original constituency represented in Parliament when the Union of Great Britain and Ireland took effect on 1 January 1801, replacing the Drogheda constituency in the Irish House of Commons.
Dungannon was a United Kingdom Parliament constituency, in Ireland, returning one MP. It was an original constituency represented in Parliament when the Union of Great Britain and Ireland took effect on 1 January 1801 and was abolished by the Redistribution of Seats Act 1885. This act split County Tyrone into four single-member constituencies: East Tyrone, Mid Tyrone, North Tyrone and South Tyrone. It took effect at the 1885 United Kingdom general election.
Enniskillen was a United Kingdom Parliament constituency in Ireland, returning one MP. It was an original constituency represented in Parliament when the Union of Great Britain and Ireland took effect on 1 January 1801.
Galway Borough was a United Kingdom Parliament constituency in Ireland. It returned one MP from 1801 to 1832, two MPs from 1832 to 1885 and one MP from 1885 to 1918. It was an original constituency represented in Parliament when the Union of Great Britain and Ireland took effect on 1 January 1801.
County Roscommon was a UK Parliament constituency in Ireland. The constituency sent two MPs to Westminster from the Act of Union 1800 until the constituency was split into Roscommon North and Roscommon South in 1885.