Kildare (UK Parliament constituency)

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County Kildare
Former county constituency
for the House of Commons
County County Kildare
1801–1885
Seats2
Created from County Kildare (IHC)
Replaced by North Kildare and South Kildare

County Kildare is a former UK Parliament constituency in Ireland, returning two MPs to the United Kingdom House of Commons from 1801 to 1885.

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Boundaries

This constituency comprised the whole of County Kildare.

Members of Parliament

DateFirst memberFirst partySecond memberSecond party
1801, 1 January Maurice Keatinge John La Touche Whig
1802, 20 July Lord Robert FitzGerald Whig Robert La Touche
1806, 21 November Whig [1]
1807, 21 May Lord Henry FitzGerald [2] Whig
1814, 23 March Lord William FitzGerald Whig [3]
1830, 18 August Richard More O'Ferrall [4] Whig [3] [5]
1831, 9 May Sir Josiah Hort, Bt Whig [3]
1832, 21 December Edward Ruthven [6] Repeal Association [3] [7]
1837, 11 August Robert Archbold Whig [3] [8]
1847, 18 August Charles FitzGerald Whig [9] [10] [11] Richard Bourke Conservative [7] [9] [10] [11]
1852, 13 March William H. F. Cogan Radical [12] [13]
1852, 26 July David O'Connor Henchy Ind. Irish [7] Ind. Irish [7]
1857, 7 April Whig [14] Radical [12] [13]
1859, 19 May Richard More O'Ferrall [15] Whig
1859, 6 June Liberal Liberal
1865, 19 July Lord Otho FitzGerald [16] Liberal
1874, 12 February Charles Henry Meldon [17] Home Rule League
1880, 5 April James Leahy [18] Home Rule League
1882 Irish Parliamentary Irish Parliamentary

Elections

Elections in the 1830s

General election 1830: Kildare [7] [3] [19]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Whig Lord William FitzGerald 178 47.1
Whig Richard More O'Ferrall 119 31.5
Whig Marmaduke Cramer Roberts8121.4
Majority3810.1
Turnout 28657.7
Registered electors 496
Whig hold
Whig hold
General election 1831: Kildare [7] [3] [19]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Whig Richard More O'Ferrall Unopposed
Whig Josiah Hort Unopposed
Registered electors 496
Whig hold
Whig hold
General election 1832: Kildare [7] [3]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Irish Repeal Edward Ruthven 262 48.3
Whig Richard More O'Ferrall 216 39.9
Whig Josiah Hort 6411.8
Turnout 32729.4
Registered electors 1,112
Majority19836.5
Irish Repeal gain from Whig
Majority15228.1
Whig hold
General election 1835: Kildare [7] [3]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Whig Richard More O'Ferrall 446 38.2 −1.7
Irish Repeal (Whig)Edward Ruthven 389 33.3 −15.0
Whig Frederick Ponsonby33328.5+16.7
Turnout c. 584c. 50.7c. +21.3
Registered electors 1,152
Majority574.9−23.2
Whig hold Swing +2.9
Majority564.8−31.7
Irish Repeal hold Swing −15.0

O'Ferrall was appointed as a Commissioner of the Treasury, requiring a by-election.

By-election, 26 May 1835: Kildare [7] [3]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Whig Richard More O'Ferrall Unopposed
Whig hold
General election 1837: Kildare [7] [3]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Whig Richard More O'Ferrall 762 44.3 +6.1
Whig Robert Archbold 728 42.3 +13.8
Conservative Robert Burke22613.1New
Irish Repeal (Whig)Edward Ruthven20.1−33.2
Conservative Anthony George Lefroy20.1New
Turnout 99070.3c. +19.6
Registered electors 1,408
Majority50229.2+24.3
Whig hold Swing +11.4
Whig gain from Irish Repeal Swing +15.2

Elections in the 1840s

General election 1841: Kildare [7]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Whig Richard More O'Ferrall Unopposed
Whig Robert Archbold Unopposed
Registered electors 978
Whig hold
Whig hold
General election 1847: Kildare [7]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Whig Charles FitzGerald 544 43.2 N/A
Conservative Richard Bourke 413 32.8 New
Irish Repeal John Augustus O'Neill30123.9New
Turnout 629 (est)22.6 (est)N/A
Registered electors 2,788
Majority13110.4N/A
Whig hold Swing N/A
Majority1128.9N/A
Conservative gain from Whig Swing N/A

Elections in the 1850s

Bourke was appointed Chief Secretary for Ireland, requiring a by-election.

By-election, 13 March 1852: Kildare [7]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Radical William H. F. Cogan Unopposed
Radical gain from Conservative
General election 1852: Kildare [7]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Independent Irish William H. F. Cogan 1,431 41.6 New
Independent Irish David O'Connor Henchy 1,392 40.5 New
Conservative Sir Charles Edward Bayly Kennedy, 2nd Baronet61617.9−14.9
Majority77622.6N/A
Turnout 2,028 (est)73.1 (est)+50.5
Registered electors 2,774
Independent Irish gain from Whig Swing N/A
Independent Irish gain from Conservative Swing N/A
General election 1857: Kildare [7]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Radical William H. F. Cogan Unopposed
Whig David O'Connor Henchy Unopposed
Registered electors 3,080
Radical gain from Independent Irish
Whig gain from Independent Irish
General election 1859: Kildare [7]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal William H. F. Cogan Unopposed
Liberal Richard More O'Ferrall Unopposed
Registered electors 3,143
Liberal hold
Liberal hold

Elections in the 1860s

General election 1865: Kildare [7]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal William H. F. Cogan Unopposed
Liberal Otho FitzGerald Unopposed
Registered electors 3,055
Liberal hold
Liberal hold

FitzGerald was appointed Treasurer of the Household, requiring a by-election.

By-election, 21 May 1866: Kildare [7]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Otho FitzGerald Unopposed
Registered electors 3,055
Liberal hold
General election 1868: Kildare [7]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal William H. F. Cogan Unopposed
Liberal Otho FitzGerald Unopposed
Registered electors 2,999
Liberal hold
Liberal hold

Fitzgerald was appointed Comptroller of the Household, requiring a by-election.

By-election, 11 January 1869: Kildare [7]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Otho FitzGerald Unopposed
Registered electors 2,999
Liberal hold

Elections in the 1870s

General election 1874: Kildare [7]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Home Rule Charles Henry Meldon 1,296 40.3 New
Liberal William H. F. Cogan 964 30.0 N/A
Liberal Otho FitzGerald 72722.6N/A
Home Rule Hill Falconer Morgan [20] 2267.0New
Turnout 1,607 (est)54.8 (est)N/A
Registered electors 2,930
Majority56917.7N/A
Home Rule gain from Liberal Swing N/A
Majority7387.4N/A
Liberal hold Swing

Elections in the 1880s

General election 1880: Kildare [7]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Home Rule Charles Henry Meldon 1,245 38.6 −1.7
Parnellite Home Rule League James Leahy 1,004 31.1 +24.1
Liberal Richard More O'Ferrall 68421.2−8.8
Home Rule Alfred W Harris2959.1−13.5
Majority3209.9N/A
Turnout 1,929 (est)69.1 (est)+14.3
Registered electors 2,793
Home Rule hold Swing +3.6
Home Rule gain from Liberal Swing +18.8

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  16. ↑ Re-elected in a by-election, on 21 May 1866, after being appointed Treasurer of the Household. Re-elected in a by-election, on 11 January 1869, after being appointed Comptroller of the Household.
  17. ↑ Became a member of the Irish Parliamentary Party, when it was created in 1882.
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