Lisburn (UK Parliament constituency)

Lisburn
Former borough constituency for the House of Commons
County	County Antrim
Borough	Lisburn
1801–1885
Seats	1
Created from	Lisburn (IHC)
Replaced by	South Antrim

Lisburn was a United Kingdom parliamentary 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.

Boundaries

This constituency was the parliamentary borough of Lisburn in County Antrim.

Members of Parliament

Election		Member	Party	Note
	1 January 1801	George Hatton	Tory	1801: Co-opted
	12 July 1802	Earl of Yarmouth	Tory
	20 October 1812	Lord Henry Moore	Tory
	29 June 1818	John Leslie Foster	Tory	Also returned by and elected to sit for Armagh City
	22 February 1819	Horace Seymour	Tory
	16 June 1826	Henry Meynell	Tory [1] [2]
	18 December 1834		Conservative [1] [2]
	5 August 1847	Horace Seymour	Peelite [2] [3] [4]	Died 23 November 1851
	5 January 1852	Sir James Emerson Tennent	Conservative [2] [5] [6]	Resigned
	11 December 1852	Roger Johnson Smyth	Peelite [7] [8]	Died 19 September 1853
	14 October 1853	Jonathan Joseph Richardson	Radical [9] [10]	Did not seek re-election
	2 April 1857	Jonathan Richardson	Whig [11] [12] [13]
	28 April 1859		Conservative [2]	Resigned
	23 February 1863	John Dougherty Barbour	Liberal [2]	Unseated on petition - new writ issued
	23 June 1863	Edward Wingfield Verner	Conservative [2]	Resigned
	19 February 1873	Sir Richard Wallace, Bt	Conservative [2]	Last MP for the constituency
1885		Constituency abolished

Elections

Elections in the 1830s

General election 1830: Lisburn ^{[2] [1] [14]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Tory	Henry Meynell	Unopposed
Registered electors			56
	Tory hold

General election 1831: Lisburn ^{[2] [1] [14]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Tory	Henry Meynell	Unopposed
Registered electors			56
	Tory hold

General election 1832: Lisburn ^{[2] [1]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Tory	Henry Meynell	Unopposed
Registered electors			91
	Tory hold

General election 1835: Lisburn ^{[2] [1]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Henry Meynell	Unopposed
Registered electors			134
	Conservative hold

General election 1837: Lisburn ^{[2] [1]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Henry Meynell	Unopposed
Registered electors			156
	Conservative hold

Elections in the 1840s

General election 1841: Lisburn ^[2]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Henry Meynell	Unopposed
Registered electors			203
	Conservative hold

Meynell was appointed a Groom in Waiting to Queen Victoria, requiring a by-election.

By-election, 20 September 1841: Lisburn ^[2]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Henry Meynell	Unopposed
	Conservative hold

General election 1847: Lisburn ^[2]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Peelite	Horace Seymour	Unopposed
Registered electors			462
	Peelite gain from Conservative

Elections in the 1850s

Seymour's death caused a by-election.

By-election, 5 January 1852: Lisburn ^[2]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	James Emerson Tennent	Unopposed
	Conservative gain from Peelite

General election 1852: Lisburn ^[2]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	James Emerson Tennent	Unopposed
Registered electors			188
	Conservative gain from Peelite

Tennent resigned by accepting the office of Steward of the Manor of Northstead, causing a by-election.

By-election, 11 December 1852: Lisburn ^[2]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Peelite	Roger Johnson Smyth	99	53.2	N/A
	Conservative	John Inglis	87	46.8	N/A
Majority			12	6.4	N/A
Turnout			186	85.7	N/A
Registered electors			217
	Peelite gain from Conservative		Swing	N/A

Smyth's death caused a by-election.

By-election, 14 October 1853: Lisburn ^[2]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Radical	Jonathan Joseph Richardson	Unopposed
Registered electors			217
	Radical gain from Conservative

General election 1857: Lisburn ^[2]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Whig	Jonathan Richardson	138	51.3	N/A
	Conservative	James McGarel-Hogg [15]	131	48.7	N/A
Majority			7	2.6	N/A
Turnout			269	90.9	N/A
Registered electors			296
	Whig hold		Swing	N/A

General election 1859: Lisburn ^[2]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Jonathan Richardson	Unopposed
Registered electors			314
	Conservative gain from Whig

Elections in the 1860s

Richardson resigned, causing a by-election.

By-election, 23 February 1863: Lisburn ^[2]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	John Dougherty Barbour	140	51.1	New
	Conservative	Edward Wingfield Verner	134	48.9	N/A
Majority			6	2.2	N/A
Turnout			274	87.5	N/A
Registered electors			313
	Liberal gain from Conservative

On petition, Barbour was unseated due to his and his agent's bribery and treating, ^[16] causing a by-election.

By-election, 26 June 1863: Lisburn ^[2]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Edward Wingfield Verner	151	62.1	N/A
	Liberal	Jonathon Richardson (MP)	90	37.0	N/A
	Independent Liberal	Robert Barbour [17]	2	0.8	New
Majority			61	25.1	N/A
Turnout			243	77.6	N/A
Registered electors			313
	Conservative hold

General election 1865: Lisburn ^[2]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Edward Wingfield Verner	134	66.0	N/A
	Liberal	John Dougherty Barbour	69	34.0	N/A
Majority			65	32.0	N/A
Turnout			203	64.9	N/A
Registered electors			313
	Conservative hold

General election 1868: Lisburn ^[2]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Edward Wingfield Verner	Unopposed
Registered electors			469
	Conservative hold

Elections in the 1870s

Verner's resignation to contest a by-election in Armagh caused a by-election.

By-election, 19 Feb 1873: Lisburn ^[2]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Richard Wallace	Unopposed
Registered electors			568
	Conservative hold

General election 1874: Lisburn ^[2]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Richard Wallace	Unopposed
Registered electors			519
	Conservative hold

Elections in the 1880s

General election 1880: Lisburn ^[2]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Richard Wallace	Unopposed
Registered electors			768
	Conservative hold

References

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2. Walker, B.M., ed. (1978). Parliamentary Election Results in Ireland, 1801-1922. Dublin: Royal Irish Academy. pp. 226, 294–295. ISBN   0901714127.
3. "Lisburn" . The Scotsman. 11 August 1847. p. 3. Retrieved 6 October 2018– via British Newspaper Archive.
4. "Irish Members Returned" . Tipperary Vindicator. 14 August 1847. p. 3. Retrieved 6 October 2018– via British Newspaper Archive.
5. "Miscellaneous Intelligence" . Berkshire Chronicle. 10 January 1852. p. 2. Retrieved 6 October 2018– via British Newspaper Archive.
6. "Literary Notice" . Belfast Mercury. 1 January 1852. p. 4. Retrieved 6 October 2018– via British Newspaper Archive.
7. "Local Intelligence" . Westmorland Gazette. 18 December 1852. pp. 4–5. Retrieved 6 October 2018– via British Newspaper Archive.
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11. "The Irish Elections" . London Evening Standard. 9 April 1857. p. 3. Retrieved 6 October 2018– via British Newspaper Archive.
12. "The General Election" . Londonderry Sentinel. 3 April 1857. p. 2. Retrieved 6 October 2018– via British Newspaper Archive.
13. "Dublin Evening Mail" . 13 April 1857. pp. 1–2 – via British Newspaper Archive.
14. Farrell, Stephen. "Lisburn". The History of Parliament. Retrieved 17 May 2020.
15. "Election Movements" . Dublin Evening Packet and Correspondent. 19 March 1857. p. 3. Retrieved 6 October 2018– via British Newspaper Archive.
16. "Lisburn" . Saunders's News-Letter. Dublin, Ireland, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland. 6 June 1863. p. 2. Retrieved 26 February 2018– via British Newspaper Archive.
17. "Summary" . Caledonian Mercury . Midlothian, Scotland. 29 June 1863. p. 2. Retrieved 26 February 2018– via British Newspaper Archive.

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