Dungannon (UK Parliament constituency)

Dungannon
Former borough constituency for the House of Commons
County	County Tyrone
Borough	Dungannon
1801–1885
Seats	1
Created from	Dungannon
Replaced by	South Tyrone

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.

Boundaries

This constituency was the parliamentary borough of Dungannon in County Tyrone.

Members of Parliament

Election		Member	Party
	1801	Hon. John Knox [a]
	1801 by-election	Sir Charles Hamilton, Bt	Conservative
	1802	Hon. George Knox [b]	Conservative
	1803 by-election	Sir Charles Hamilton, Bt	Conservative
	1806	Hon. George Knox [b]	Conservative
	1807 by-election	James Hamilton, Viscount Hamilton	Conservative
	1807	Lord Claude Hamilton
	1809 by-election	Claude Scott
	1812	George Peter Holford
	1818	Hon. Thomas Knox	Tory [1]
	28 December 1830	John James Knox	Tory [2]
	December 1834		Conservative [2]
	1837	Viscount Northland (2nd)	Conservative [2]
	1838 by-election	Viscount Northland (3rd)	Conservative [2]
	1851 by-election	William Stuart Knox	Conservative
	1874	Thomas Alexander Dickson	Liberal
	1880 by-election [c]	James Dickson	Liberal
1885		constituency abolished

Elections

Elections in the 1830s

General election 1830: Dungannon ^{[3] [2] [4]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Tory	Thomas Knox (I)	Unopposed
Registered electors			13
	Tory hold

Knox resigned, causing a by-election.

By-election, 28 December 1830: Dungannon ^{[3] [2] [4]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Tory	James Knox	Unopposed
Registered electors			13
	Tory hold

General election 1831: Dungannon ^{[3] [2] [4]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Tory	James Knox	Unopposed
Registered electors			13
	Tory hold

General election 1832: Dungannon ^{[3] [2]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Tory	James Knox	Unopposed
Registered electors			154
	Tory hold

General election 1835: Dungannon ^{[3] [2]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	James Knox	Unopposed
Registered electors			197
	Conservative hold

General election 1837: Dungannon ^{[3] [2]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Thomas Knox (I)	Unopposed
Registered electors			226
	Conservative hold

Knox resigned, causing a by-election.

By-election, 9 June 1838: Dungannon ^{[3] [2]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Thomas Knox (II)	Unopposed
	Conservative hold

Elections in the 1840s

General election 1841: Dungannon ^[3]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Thomas Knox (II)	72	58.1	N/A
	Whig	John Falls [2]	52	41.9	New
Majority			20	16.2	N/A
Turnout			124	63.3	N/A
Registered electors			196
	Conservative hold		Swing	N/A

General election 1847: Dungannon ^[3]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Thomas Knox (II)	Unopposed
Registered electors			438
	Conservative hold

Elections in the 1850s

Knox resigned due to ill health by accepting the office of Steward of the Chiltern Hundreds, causing a by-election. ^[5]

By-election, 3 August 1850: Dungannon ^[3]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Thomas Knox	Unopposed
	Conservative hold

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

By-election, 14 February 1851: Dungannon ^[3]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	William Knox	Unopposed
	Conservative hold

Knox was appointed a Groom in Waiting to Queen Victoria, causing a by-election.

By-election, 24 March 1852: Dungannon ^[3]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	William Knox	Unopposed
	Conservative hold

General election 1852: Dungannon ^[3]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	William Knox	100	82.0	N/A
	Whig	William Holmes [6]	22	18.0	New
Majority			78	64.0	N/A
Turnout			122	77.2	N/A
Registered electors			158
	Conservative hold

General election 1857: Dungannon ^[3]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	William Knox	Unopposed
Registered electors			188
	Conservative hold

General election 1859: Dungannon ^[3]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	William Knox	Unopposed
Registered electors			202
	Conservative hold

Elections in the 1860s

General election 1865: Dungannon ^[3]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	William Knox	Unopposed
Registered electors			174
	Conservative hold

General election 1868: Dungannon ^[3]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	William Knox	Unopposed
Registered electors			245
	Conservative hold

Elections in the 1870s

General election 1874: Dungannon ^[3]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Thomas Alexander Dickson	121	52.6	New
	Conservative	William Knox	109	47.4	N/A
Majority			12	5.2	N/A
Turnout			230	91.3	N/A
Registered electors			252
	Liberal gain from Conservative		Swing	N/A

Elections in the 1880s

General election 1880: Dungannon ^[3]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Thomas Alexander Dickson	132	50.8	−1.8
	Conservative	William Knox	128	49.2	+1.8
Majority			4	1.4	−3.8
Turnout			260	92.2	+0.9
Registered electors			282
	Liberal hold		Swing

On petition, Dickson was unseated and a by-election was called.

By-election, 25 June 1880: Dungannon ^[3]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	James Dickson	132	50.8	0.0
	Conservative	William Knox	128	49.2	0.0
Majority			4	1.4	0.0
Turnout			260	92.2	0.0
Registered electors			282
	Liberal hold		Swing	0.0

Notes

1. Knox was returned in the ballot for Irish borough constituencies held in December 1800. However, he had been lost at sea the previous month while on his way to take up the post of Governor of Jamaica. This was not known at the time of the ballot. No writ to replace him was issued until 4 November 1801
2. At both the 1802 and 1806 elections, George Knox was also returned for Dublin University, and chose to sit for that seat rather than for Dungannon.
3. Thomas Alexander Dickson had been re-elected at the general election in April 1880, but his election was declared void on 10 June 1880

References

1. Farrell, Stephen. "KNOX, Hon. Thomas (1786-1858), of Barham House, Elstree, Herts". The History of Parliament. Retrieved 15 May 2020.
2. Stooks Smith, Henry (1842). The Register of Parliamentary Contested Elections: Containing the Uncontested Elections Since 1830. London: Simpkin, Marshall, & Co. p. 226. Retrieved 21 August 2019– via Google Books.
3. Walker, B.M., ed. (1978). Parliamentary Election Results in Ireland, 1801-1922. Dublin: Royal Irish Academy. pp. 213–214, 276–277. ISBN   0901714127.
4. Farrell, Stephen. "Dungannon". The History of Parliament. Retrieved 15 May 2020.
5. "Ireland" . Shrewsbury Chronicle. 9 August 1850. p. 4. Retrieved 30 September 2018– via British Newspaper Archive.
6. "Dungannon Elections" . Northern Standard. 24 July 1852. p. 4. Retrieved 30 September 2018– via British Newspaper Archive.

• The Parliaments of England by Henry Stooks Smith (1st edition published in three volumes 1844–50), 2nd edition edited (in one volume) by F.W.S. Craig (Political Reference Publications 1973)
• Walker, B.M., ed. (1978). Parliamentary Election Results in Ireland, 1801–1922. Dublin: Royal Irish Academy. ISBN   0901714127.
• Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "D" (part 4 )