Dungannon (UK Parliament constituency)

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Dungannon
Former borough constituency
for the House of Commons
County County Tyrone
Borough Dungannon
1801–1885
Seats1
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.

Contents

Boundaries

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

Members of Parliament

ElectionMemberParty
1801 Hon. John Knox [lower-alpha 1]
1801 by-election Sir Charles Hamilton, Bt Conservative
1802 Hon. George Knox [lower-alpha 2] Conservative
1803 by-election Sir Charles Hamilton, Bt Conservative
1806 Hon. George Knox [lower-alpha 2] 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 [lower-alpha 3] James Dickson Liberal
1885 constituency abolished

Elections

Elections in the 1830s

General election 1830: Dungannon [3] [2] [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%
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]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Tory James Knox Unopposed
Registered electors 13
Tory hold
General election 1831: Dungannon [3] [2] [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Tory James Knox Unopposed
Registered electors 13
Tory hold
General election 1832: Dungannon [3] [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Tory James Knox Unopposed
Registered electors 154
Tory hold
General election 1835: Dungannon [3] [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Conservative James Knox Unopposed
Registered electors 197
Conservative hold
General election 1837: Dungannon [3] [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Conservative Thomas Knox (I) Unopposed
Registered electors 226
Conservative hold

Knox resigned, causing a by-election.

By-election, 9 June 1838: Dungannon [3] [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Conservative Thomas Knox (II) Unopposed
Conservative hold

Elections in the 1840s

General election 1841: Dungannon [3]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Thomas Knox (II) 72 58.1 N/A
Whig John Falls [2] 5241.9New
Majority2016.2N/A
Turnout 12463.3N/A
Registered electors 196
Conservative hold Swing N/A
General election 1847: Dungannon [3]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
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]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
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]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
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]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative William Knox Unopposed
Conservative hold
General election 1852: Dungannon [3]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative William Knox 100 82.0 N/A
Whig William Holmes [6] 2218.0New
Majority7864.0N/A
Turnout 12277.2N/A
Registered electors 158
Conservative hold
General election 1857: Dungannon [3]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative William Knox Unopposed
Registered electors 188
Conservative hold
General election 1859: Dungannon [3]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative William Knox Unopposed
Registered electors 202
Conservative hold

Elections in the 1860s

General election 1865: Dungannon [3]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative William Knox Unopposed
Registered electors 174
Conservative hold
General election 1868: Dungannon [3]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative William Knox Unopposed
Registered electors 245
Conservative hold

Elections in the 1870s

General election 1874: Dungannon [3]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Thomas Alexander Dickson 121 52.6 New
Conservative William Knox 10947.4N/A
Majority125.2N/A
Turnout 23091.3N/A
Registered electors 252
Liberal gain from Conservative Swing N/A

Elections in the 1880s

General election 1880: Dungannon [3]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Thomas Alexander Dickson 132 50.8 -1.8
Conservative William Knox 12849.2+1.8
Majority41.4-3.8
Turnout 26092.2+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]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal James Dickson 132 50.8 0.0
Conservative William Knox 12849.20.0
Majority41.40.0
Turnout 26092.20.0
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. 1 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

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References

  1. ↑ Farrell, Stephen. "KNOX, Hon. Thomas (1786-1858), of Barham House, Elstree, Herts". The History of Parliament. Retrieved 15 May 2020.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 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. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 Walker, B.M., ed. (1978). Parliamentary Election Results in Ireland, 1801-1922. Dublin: Royal Irish Academy. ISBN   0901714127.
  4. 1 2 3 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.
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