Drogheda (UK Parliament constituency)

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Drogheda
Former borough constituency
for the House of Commons
County County Louth
18011885
Seats1
Created from Drogheda
Replaced by South Louth

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.

Contents

Boundaries

This constituency was the parliamentary borough of Drogheda in County Louth.

Members of Parliament

ElectionMemberPartyNote
1 January 1801 Edward Hardman 1801: Co-opted
14 November 1806 Henry Meade Ogle Tory
14 November 1807 Thomas Foster Whig [1]
21 October 1812 Henry Meade Ogle Tory [1]
28 March 1820 Henry Metcalfe Tory [1] Died
9 March 1822 William Meade Smyth Tory [2]
17 June 1826 Peter Van Homrigh Tory [2]
13 August 1830 John Henry North Tory [1] Died
20 October 1831 Thomas Wallace Whig [1]
15 December 1832 Andrew Carew O'Dwyer Repeal Association [1] [3]
21 January 1835 Unseated on petition. New writ issued.
24 April 1835 Unseated on petition
29 June 1835 Randal Edward Plunkett Conservative [1] [3] Declared elected on petition
3 August 1837 William Somerville Whig [1] [4] [5]
13 July 1852 James McCann Independent Irish Re-elected as a Whig candidate
4 April 1857 Whig [6]
7 May 1859 Liberal
17 July 1865 Benjamin Whitworth Liberal Unseated on petition. New writ issued.
15 March 1869 Thomas Whitworth Liberal
5 February 1874 Dr William Hagarty O'Leary Home Rule League Died
2 March 1880 Benjamin Whitworth Home Rule League Last MP for the constituency
1885 Constituency abolished

Elections

Elections in the 1830s

General election 1830: Drogheda [3] [1] [7]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Tory John Henry North 373 58.2
Irish Repeal Maurice O'Connell 26841.8
Majority10516.4
Turnout 64168.5
Registered electors 936
Tory hold Swing
General election 1831: Drogheda [3] [1] [7]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Tory John Henry North 355 55.5 2.7
Whig Thomas Wallace 28544.5New
Majority7011.0-5.6
Turnout 64055.712.8
Registered electors 1,150
Tory hold Swing 2.7

North's death caused a by-election.

By-election, 20 October 1831: Drogheda [3] [1] [7]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Whig Thomas Wallace Unopposed
Whig gain from Tory
General election 1832: Drogheda [3]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Irish Repeal Andrew Carew O'Dwyer 249 100.0 N/A
Tory Francis Ball00.0-55.5
Majority249100.0N/A
Turnout 24944.511.2
Registered electors 560
Irish Repeal gain from Tory Swing N/A
General election 1835: Drogheda [3] [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Irish Repeal (Whig)Andrew Carew O'DwyerUnopposed
Registered electors 651
Irish Repeal hold

On petition, O'Dwyer was unseated for "want of qualification", causing a by-election. [7]

By-election, 24 April 1835: Drogheda [3] [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Irish Repeal (Whig)Andrew Carew O'Dwyer32071.0
Conservative Randall Edward Plunkett 13129.0
Majority18942.0
Turnout 45169.3
Registered electors 651
Irish Repeal hold
General election 1837: Drogheda [3] [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Whig William Somerville Unopposed
Registered electors 799
Whig gain from Irish Repeal

Elections in the 1840s

General election 1841: Drogheda [3]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Whig William Somerville Unopposed
Registered electors 506
Whig hold
General election 1847: Drogheda [3]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Whig William Somerville 155 50.5 N/A
Irish Repeal Thomas Lamie Murray15249.5New
Majority31.0N/A
Turnout 30741.8N/A
Registered electors 734
Whig hold Swing

Elections in the 1850s

General election 1852: Drogheda [3]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Independent Irish James McCann 306 100.0 +50.5
Whig William Somerville 00.050.5
Whig John Magee00.0N/A
Majority306100.0N/A
Turnout 30661.1+19.3
Registered electors 501
Independent Irish gain from Whig Swing +50.5
General election 1857: Drogheda [3]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Whig James McCann 350 96.2 3.8
Independent Irish Francis Brodigan [8] 143.8N/A
Majority33692.4-7.6
Turnout 36456.15.0
Registered electors 649
Whig gain from Independent Irish Swing N/A
General election 1859: Drogheda [3]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal James McCann 308 59.8 36.4
Liberal-ConservativeCharles Marmaduke Middleton [9] 20539.8New
Liberal Francis Brodigan20.43.4
Majority10320.0-72.4
Turnout 51580.6+24.5
Registered electors 639
Liberal hold Swing N/A

Elections in the 1860s

General election 1865: Drogheda [3]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Benjamin Whitworth 291 77.6 +17.8
Liberal Francis Brodigan8422.4+22.0
Majority20755.2+35.2
Turnout 37564.516.1
Registered electors 581
Liberal hold Swing N/A
General election 1868: Drogheda [3]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Benjamin Whitworth 365 68.5 9.1
Conservative Francis McClintock 13825.9New
Liberal Francis Brodigan305.616.8
Majority22742.612.6
Turnout 53373.4+8.9
Registered electors 726
Liberal hold Swing +3.9

Polling for the 1868 election was marred by riots at or outside the polling house, during which people were fired upon by the military, and one man was seriously injured. [10] Although this was later not shown to have affected the result significantly, on petition, Whitworth was unseated for separate findings of an "organised system of intimidation and force was established by Mr. Whitworth and his friends and agents." [11]

By-election, 15 March 1869: Drogheda [3]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Thomas Whitworth Unopposed
Registered electors 726
Liberal hold

Elections in the 1870s

General election 1874: Drogheda [3]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Home Rule William Hagarty O'Leary 284 50.9 New
Liberal Benjamin Whitworth 27449.119.4
Majority101.8N/A
Turnout 55872.70.7
Registered electors 768
Home Rule gain from Liberal Swing N/A

Elections in the 1880s

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

By-election, 2 Mar 1880: Drogheda [3] [12]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Benjamin Whitworth 382 67.9 +18.8
Home Rule James Carlile McCoan 18132.118.8
Majority20135.8N/A
Turnout 56375.8+3.1
Registered electors 743
Liberal gain from Home Rule Swing +18.8
General election 1880: Drogheda [3]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Benjamin Whitworth Unopposed
Registered electors 743
Liberal gain from Home Rule

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