Drogheda | |
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Former borough constituency for the House of Commons | |
County | County Louth |
Borough | Drogheda |
1801–1885 | |
Seats | 1 |
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.
This constituency was the parliamentary borough of Drogheda in County Louth.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Tory | John Henry North | 373 | 58.2 | ||
Irish Repeal | Maurice O'Connell | 268 | 41.8 | ||
Majority | 105 | 16.4 | |||
Turnout | 641 | 68.5 | |||
Registered electors | 936 | ||||
Tory hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Tory | John Henry North | 355 | 55.5 | −2.7 | |
Whig | Thomas Wallace | 285 | 44.5 | New | |
Majority | 70 | 11.0 | −5.4 | ||
Turnout | 640 | 55.7 | −12.8 | ||
Registered electors | 1,150 | ||||
Tory hold | Swing | −2.7 |
North's death caused a by-election.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Whig | Thomas Wallace | Unopposed | |||
Whig gain from Tory |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Irish Repeal | Andrew Carew O'Dwyer | 249 | 100.0 | N/A | |
Tory | Francis Ball | 0 | 0.0 | −55.5 | |
Majority | 249 | 100.0 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 249 | 44.5 | −11.2 | ||
Registered electors | 560 | ||||
Irish Repeal gain from Tory | Swing | N/A |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Irish Repeal (Whig) | Andrew Carew O'Dwyer | Unopposed | |||
Registered electors | 651 | ||||
Irish Repeal hold |
On petition, O'Dwyer was unseated for "want of qualification", causing a by-election. [7]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Irish Repeal (Whig) | Andrew Carew O'Dwyer | 320 | 71.0 | ||
Conservative | Randall Edward Plunkett | 131 | 29.0 | ||
Majority | 189 | 42.0 | |||
Turnout | 451 | 69.3 | |||
Registered electors | 651 | ||||
Irish Repeal hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Whig | William Somerville | Unopposed | |||
Registered electors | 799 | ||||
Whig gain from Irish Repeal |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Whig | William Somerville | Unopposed | |||
Registered electors | 506 | ||||
Whig hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Whig | William Somerville | 155 | 50.5 | N/A | |
Irish Repeal | Thomas Lamie Murray | 152 | 49.5 | New | |
Majority | 3 | 1.0 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 307 | 41.8 | N/A | ||
Registered electors | 734 | ||||
Whig hold | Swing | N/A |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent Irish | James McCann | 306 | 100.0 | +50.5 | |
Whig | William Somerville | 0 | 0.0 | −50.5 | |
Whig | John Magee | 0 | 0.0 | N/A | |
Majority | 306 | 100.0 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 306 | 61.1 | +19.3 | ||
Registered electors | 501 | ||||
Independent Irish gain from Whig | Swing | +50.5 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Whig | James McCann | 350 | 96.2 | +96.2 | |
Independent Irish | Francis Brodigan [8] | 14 | 3.8 | −96.2 | |
Majority | 336 | 92.4 | −7.6 | ||
Turnout | 364 | 56.1 | −5.0 | ||
Registered electors | 649 | ||||
Whig gain from Independent Irish | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | James McCann | 308 | 59.8 | −36.4 | |
Liberal-Conservative | Charles Marmaduke Middleton [9] | 205 | 39.8 | New | |
Liberal | Francis Brodigan | 2 | 0.4 | −3.4 | |
Majority | 103 | 20.0 | −72.4 | ||
Turnout | 515 | 80.6 | +24.5 | ||
Registered electors | 639 | ||||
Liberal hold | Swing | N/A |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Benjamin Whitworth | 291 | 77.6 | +17.8 | |
Liberal | Francis Brodigan | 84 | 22.4 | +22.0 | |
Majority | 207 | 55.2 | +35.2 | ||
Turnout | 375 | 64.5 | −16.1 | ||
Registered electors | 581 | ||||
Liberal hold | Swing | N/A |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Benjamin Whitworth | 365 | 68.5 | −9.1 | |
Conservative | Francis McClintock | 138 | 25.9 | New | |
Liberal | Francis Brodigan | 30 | 5.6 | −16.8 | |
Majority | 227 | 42.6 | −12.6 | ||
Turnout | 533 | 73.4 | +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]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal | Thomas Whitworth | Unopposed | |||
Registered electors | 726 | ||||
Liberal hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Home Rule | William Hagarty O'Leary | 284 | 50.9 | New | |
Liberal | Benjamin Whitworth | 274 | 49.1 | −25.0 | |
Majority | 10 | 1.8 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 558 | 72.7 | −0.7 | ||
Registered electors | 768 | ||||
Home Rule gain from Liberal | Swing | N/A |
O'Leary's death caused a by-election.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Benjamin Whitworth | 382 | 67.8 | +18.7 | |
Home Rule | James Carlile McCoan | 181 | 32.1 | −18.8 | |
Majority | 201 | 35.8 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 563 | 75.8 | +3.1 | ||
Registered electors | 743 | ||||
Liberal gain from Home Rule | Swing | +18.8 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Benjamin Whitworth | Unopposed | |||
Registered electors | 743 | ||||
Liberal gain from Home Rule |
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