Enniskillen (UK Parliament constituency)

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Enniskillen
Former borough constituency
for the House of Commons
County County Fermanagh
Borough Enniskillen
18011885
Seats1
Created from Enniskillen
Replaced by North Fermanagh

Enniskillen was a United Kingdom Parliament constituency in Ireland (now in Northern Ireland, which remains part of the United Kingdom), 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.

Contents

Boundaries

This constituency was the parliamentary borough of Enniskillen in County Fermanagh.

Members of Parliament

ElectionMemberPartyNote
1801, January 1 Hon. Arthur Cole Hamilton Tory 1801: Co-opted
1802, July 31 Rt Hon. John Beresford Tory Also returned by and elected to sit for County Waterford
1802, December 24 William Burroughs Tory Appointed a Judge of the Supreme Court in Bengal
1806, March 14 John King Tory Resigned
1806, July 3 William Fremantle Tory
1806, November 20 Nathaniel Sneyd Tory Also returned by and elected to sit for Cavan
1807, January 14 Richard Henry Alexander Bennet Tory
1807, May 14 Charles Pochin Tory
1812, October 26 Richard Magenis Tory [1] Resigned
1828, February 11 Hon. Arthur Henry Cole Tory [2] Re-elected as a Conservative candidate
1834, December Conservative [2] Resigned
1844, June 18 Hon. Henry Cole Conservative Resigned
1851, April 12 James Whiteside Conservative Resigned to contest Dublin University
1859, February 21 Hon. John Lowry Cole Conservative
1868, November 18 Viscount Crichton Conservative
1880, April 2 Viscount Cole Conservative Last MP for the constituency
1885 Constituency abolished

Elections

Elections in the 1830s

General election 1830: Enniskillen [3] [2] [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Tory Arthur Henry Cole Unopposed
Registered electors 15
Tory hold
General election 1831: Enniskillen [3] [2] [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Tory Arthur Henry Cole Unopposed
Registered electors 15
Tory hold
General election 1832: Enniskillen [3] [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Tory Arthur Henry Cole Unopposed
Registered electors 212
Tory hold
General election 1835: Enniskillen [3] [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Conservative Arthur Henry Cole Unopposed
Registered electors 228
Conservative hold
General election 1837: Enniskillen [3] [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Conservative Arthur Henry Cole Unopposed
Registered electors 296
Conservative hold

Elections in the 1840s

General election 1841: Enniskillen [3] [5]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Arthur Henry Cole Unopposed
Registered electors 181
Conservative hold

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

By-election, 18 June 1844: Enniskillen [3]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Henry Cole Unopposed
Conservative hold
General election 1847: Enniskillen [3]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Henry Cole Unopposed
Registered electors 273
Conservative hold

Elections in the 1850s

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

By-election, 12 April 1851: Enniskillen [3]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative James Whiteside 85 55.6 N/A
Conservative John Collum6844.4N/A
Majority 1711.2N/A
Turnout 15389.0N/A
Registered electors 172
Conservative hold Swing N/A

Whiteside was appointed Solicitor-General for Ireland, requiring a by-election.

By-election, 9 March 1852: Enniskillen [3]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative James Whiteside 81 52.9 N/A
Conservative John Collum7247.1N/A
Majority 95.8N/A
Turnout 15389.0N/A
Registered electors 172
Conservative hold Swing N/A
General election 1852: Enniskillen [3]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative James Whiteside Unopposed
Registered electors 172
Conservative hold
General election 1857: Enniskillen [3]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative James Whiteside Unopposed
Registered electors 221
Conservative hold

Whiteside was appointed Attorney-General for Ireland, requiring a by-election.

By-election, 9 March 1858: Enniskillen [3]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative James Whiteside Unopposed
Conservative hold

In order to contest the 1859 by-election in the Dublin University, Whiteside resigned by accepting the office of Steward of the Manor of Hempholme, causing a by-election.

By-election, 21 February 1859: Enniskillen [3]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative John Lowry Cole 107 50.5 N/A
Conservative John Collum7133.5N/A
Conservative Paul Dane3416.0N/A
Majority 3617.0N/A
Turnout 21290.6N/A
Registered electors 234
Conservative hold Swing N/A
General election 1859: Enniskillen [3]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative John Lowry Cole Unopposed
Registered electors 234
Conservative hold

Elections in the 1860s

General election 1865: Enniskillen [3]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative John Lowry Cole 117 51.5 N/A
Liberal John Collum10747.1New
Conservative Arthur Lowry Cole31.3N/A
Majority 104.4N/A
Turnout 22786.0N/A
Registered electors 264
Conservative hold Swing N/A
General election 1868: Enniskillen [3]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative John Crichton 171 54.1 +2.6
Liberal John Collum14144.60.5
Conservative Charles Frederick Crichton30.9N/A
Conservative Arthur Lowry Cole10.31.0
Majority 309.5+5.1
Turnout 31692.7+6.7
Registered electors 341
Conservative hold Swing +1.6

Elections in the 1870s

General election 1874: Enniskillen [3]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative John Crichton 192 52.7 1.4
Liberal Lucius John Collum17247.3+2.7
Majority 205.44.1
Turnout 36492.60.1
Registered electors 393
Conservative hold Swing 2.1

Crichton was appointed a lord of the Treasury, causing a by-election.

By-election, 15 Feb 1876: Enniskillen [3]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative John Crichton Unopposed
Registered electors 385
Conservative hold

Elections in the 1880s

General election 1880: Enniskillen [3]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Lowry Cole 198 52.7 0.0
Liberal William Collum17847.30.0
Majority 205.40.0
Turnout 37690.42.2
Registered electors 416
Conservative hold Swing 0.0

References

  1. Farrell, Stephen. "MAGENIS, Richard (c.1763-1831), of Chanter Hill, nr. Enniskillen, co. Fermanagh". The History of Parliament. Retrieved 15 May 2020.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Stooks Smith, Henry (1842). The Register of Parliamentary Contested Elections: Containing the Uncontested Elections Since 1830. London: Simpkin, Marshall, & Co. p. 227. Retrieved 15 May 2020 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. pp. 216, 279–280. ISBN   0901714127.
  4. 1 2 Farrell, Stephen. "Enniskillen". The History of Parliament. Retrieved 15 May 2020.
  5. Accounts and Papers of the House of Commons, Volume 50. 1843. Retrieved 25 August 2019 via Google Books.