Longford (UK Parliament constituency)

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County Longford
Former county constituency
for the House of Commons
County County Longford
1801–1885
Seats2
Created from Longford (IHC)
Replaced by
1918–1922
Seats1
Created from
Replaced by Longford–Westmeath

County Longford was a parliamentary constituency in Ireland, which returned two Members of Parliament (MPs) to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1801 to 1885, and one MP from 1918 to 1922.

Contents

Boundaries

This constituency comprised the whole of County Longford.

Members of Parliament

MPs 1801–1885

Year1st Member1st Party2nd Member2nd Party
1801, 1 January Sir William Gleadowe-Newcomen, Bt Sir Thomas Fetherston, Bt
1802, 15 July Hon. Thomas Gleadowe-Newcomen
1806, 25 November Viscount George Forbes Whig [1]
1819, 15 October Sir George Fetherston, Bt Tory [1]
1830, 11 August Tory [1] Anthony Lefroy Tory [1]
1832, 22 December Luke White [2] Repeal Association [3] James Halpin Rorke [2] Repeal Association [3]
1833, 2 April Viscount George Forbes Tory [1] Anthony Lefroy Tory [1]
1834, 18 December Conservative [1] Conservative [1]
1836, 30 December Luke White [4] Repeal Association [3]
1837, 5 May Charles Fox Conservative [1]
1837, 18 August Luke White [5] Repeal Association [3] Henry White Repeal Association [3]
1842, 18 April Anthony Lefroy Conservative [1] [3]
1847, 13 August Samuel Blackall Repeal Association [3] [6] Richard Maxwell Fox Repeal Association [3] [6]
1851, 21 April Richard More O'Ferrall Whig [1] [7] [8]
1852, 19 July Fulke Greville-Nugent Ind. Irish [3] Ind. Irish [3]
1856, 13 May Henry George Hughes Whig [9] [10] [11]
1857, 16 April Whig [12] [13] Henry White Whig [12] [13]
1859, 9 May Liberal [3] Liberal [3]
1861, 4 July Luke White Liberal [3]
1862, 7 March Myles O'Reilly Liberal [3]
1869, 31 December Hon. Reginald Greville-Nugent [14] Liberal [3]
1870, 16 May Hon. George Greville-Nugent Liberal [3]
1874, 12 February George Errington Home Rule League [3] Home Rule League [3]
1879, 5 April Justin McCarthy Home Rule League [3]
1885 Constituency divided: see North Longford and South Longford

MPs 1918–1922

ElectionMemberPartyNote
1918Single member constituency created
1918, December 14 [15] Joseph McGuinness Sinn Féin Did not take his seat at Westminster
1922, May 31 [16] Seat left vacant after the death of McGuinness
1922, October 26UK constituency abolished. Succeeded by Longford–Westmeath constituency in Dáil Éireann

Elections

Elections in the 1800s

MPs co-opted from the Irish Parliament, 1801: Longford (2 seats) [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Tory Sir Thomas Fetherston, Bt Unopposed N/AN/A
Tory Sir William Gleadowe-Newcomen, Bt Unopposed N/AN/A
General election 1802: Longford (2 seats) [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Tory Sir Thomas Fetherston, Bt Unopposed N/AN/A
Tory Hon. Thomas Gleadowe-Newcomen Unopposed N/AN/A
Tory hold
Tory hold
General election 1806: Longford (2 seats) [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Tory Sir Thomas Fetherston, Bt Unopposed N/AN/A
Whig Viscount George Forbes Unopposed N/AN/A
Tory hold
Whig gain from Tory
General election 1807: Longford (2 seats) [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Tory Sir Thomas Fetherston, Bt Unopposed N/AN/A
Whig Viscount George Forbes Unopposed N/AN/A'
Tory hold
Whig hold

Elections in the 1810s

General election 1812: Longford (2 seats) [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Tory Sir Thomas Fetherston, Bt Unopposed N/AN/A
Whig Viscount George Forbes Unopposed N/AN/A
Tory hold
Whig hold
General election 1818: Longford (2 seats) [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Tory Sir Thomas Fetherston, Bt Unopposed N/AN/A
Whig Viscount George Forbes Unopposed N/AN/A
Tory hold
Whig hold

Sir Thomas Fetherston died, causing a by-election.

1819 Longford by-election: Longford (1 seat) [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Tory Sir George Fetherston, Bt 618 62.5 N/A
Whig Luke White 37137.5N/A
Majority24725.0N/A
Turnout 989N/A
Registered electors
Tory hold

Elections in the 1820s

General election 1820: Longford (2 seats) [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Tory Sir George Fetherston, Bt Unopposed N/AN/A
Whig Viscount George Forbes Unopposed N/AN/A
Tory hold
Whig hold
General election 1826: Longford (2 seats) [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Tory Sir George Fetherston, Bt Unopposed N/AN/A
Whig Viscount George Forbes Unopposed N/AN/A
Tory hold
Whig hold

Elections in the 1830s

General election 1830: Longford (2 seats) [1] [3] [17]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Tory George Forbes Unopposed
Tory Anthony Lefroy Unopposed
Registered electors 367
Tory hold
Tory gain from Whig
General election 1831: Longford (2 seats) [1] [3] [17]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Tory George Forbes 211 37.6
Tory Anthony Lefroy 202 36.0
Whig Luke White 13023.2
Whig Joseph Denis Mullen183.2
Majority7212.8
Turnout c. 281c. 76.6
Registered electors 367
Tory hold
Tory hold
General election 1832: Longford (2 seats) [1] [3]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Irish Repeal Luke White 649 26.3 +3.1
Irish Repeal James Halpin Rourke 645 26.2 New
Tory George Forbes 58723.8−13.8
Tory Anthony Lefroy 58223.6−12.4
Majority582.4N/A
Turnout 1,25597.0c. +20.4
Registered electors 1,294
Irish Repeal gain from Tory Swing +8.1
Irish Repeal gain from Tory Swing N/A

On petition, a House of Commons Select Committee inquiry disqualified 73 votes and declared Forbes and Lefroy the winners of the election.

General election 1835: Longford (2 seats) [1] [3]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Viscount George Forbes 797 43.5 +19.7
Conservative Anthony Lefroy 549 30.0 +6.4
Irish Repeal (Whig) Luke White 42423.2−3.0
Irish Repeal (Whig) Henry White 613.3−22.9
Majority1256.8N/A
Turnout 98762.4−34.6
Registered electors 1,581
Conservative gain from Irish Repeal Swing +16.4
Conservative gain from Irish Repeal Swing +9.7

Viscount Forbes died, causing a by-election.

By-election, 30 December 1836: Longford (1 seat) [1] [3]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Irish Repeal (Whig) Luke White 619 54.1 +27.6
Conservative Charles Fox (Irish politician)52645.9−27.6
Majority938.2N/A
Turnout 1,145c. 72.4c. +10.0
Registered electors c. 1,581
Irish Repeal gain from Conservative Swing +27.6

On petition, a House of Commons committee inquiry disqualified 94 votes and declared Fox the winner of the election by a majority of 1.

General election 1837: Longford (2 seats) [1] [3]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Irish Repeal (Whig) Luke White 671 27.3 +4.1
Irish Repeal (Whig) Henry White 667 27.2 +23.9
Conservative Anthony Lefroy 56122.9−7.1
Conservative Charles Fox (Irish politician)55622.6−20.9
Majority1064.3N/A
Turnout 1,25772.4+10.0
Registered electors 1,736
Irish Repeal gain from Conservative Swing +9.1
Irish Repeal gain from Conservative Swing +19.0

Elections in the 1840s

General election 1841: Longford (2 seats) [1] [3] [18]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Irish Repeal Luke White 621 36.0 +8.7
Irish Repeal Henry White 621 36.0 +8.8
Conservative Anthony Lefroy 48228.0−17.5
Majority1398.0+3.7
Turnout 1,10270.2−2.2
Registered electors 1,569
Irish Repeal hold Swing +8.7
Irish Repeal hold Swing +8.8

On petition, a House of Commons committee began an inquiry into the votes cast for Luke White, but he withdrew his candidacy after 1 vote was examined and Lefroy was declared elected on 18 April 1842 .

General election 1847: Longford (2 seats) [19] [3]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Irish Repeal Samuel Blackall 447 28.7 −7.3
Irish Repeal Richard Maxwell Fox 433 27.8 −8.2
Conservative Anthony Lefroy 35222.6+8.6
Conservative Lawrence Harman King-Harman 32320.8+6.8
Majority815.2-2.8
Turnout 778 (est)64.2 (est)−6.0
Registered electors 1,211
Irish Repeal hold Swing −7.5
Irish Repeal hold Swing −8.0

Elections in the 1850s

Blackall was appointed Lieutenant-Governor of Dominica, causing a by-election.

By-election, 21 April 1851: Longford (1 seat) [3]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Whig Richard More O'Ferrall 938 92.1 N/A
Conservative George Warner Wilson Sleator807.9−35.5
Majority85884.2N/A
Turnout 1,01843.9−20.3
Registered electors 2,321
Whig gain from Irish Repeal Swing N/A
General election 1852: Longford (2 seats) [3]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Independent Irish Fulke Greville 1,066 51.1 N/A
Independent Irish Richard Maxwell Fox 1,019 48.9 +21.1
Conservative Lawrence Harman King-Harman 00.0−43.4
Majority1,10948.9N/A
Turnout 1,043 (est)44.9 (est)−19.3
Registered electors 2,321
Independent Irish gain from Irish Repeal Swing N/A
Independent Irish gain from Irish Repeal Swing N/A

Fox's death caused a by-election.

By-election, 13 May 1856: Longford (1 seat) [3]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Whig Henry George Hughes Unopposed
Whig gain from Independent Irish Swing N/A
General election 1857: Longford (2 seats) [3]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Whig Henry White 1,561 44.9 N/A
Whig Fulke Greville 1,197 34.4 N/A
Whig William Francis Forbes72220.7N/A
Majority47513.5N/A
Turnout 1,740 (est)67.5 (est)N/A
Registered electors 2,577
Whig gain from Independent Irish Swing N/A
Whig gain from Independent Irish Swing N/A
General election 1859: Longford (2 seats) [3]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Henry White Unopposed
Liberal Fulke Greville Unopposed
Registered electors 2,869
Liberal hold
Liberal hold

Elections in the 1860s

White's resignation caused a by-election.

By-election, 4 July 1861: Longford (1 seat) [3]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Luke White Unopposed
Liberal hold

White was appointed a Lord Commissioner of the Treasury, requiring a by-election.

By-election, 7 March 1862: Longford (1 seat) [3]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Myles O'Reilly 1,468 62.2 N/A
Liberal Luke White 89237.8N/A
Majority57624.4N/A
Turnout 2,36082.5N/A
Registered electors 2,861
Liberal hold
General election 1865: Longford (2 seats) [3]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Myles O'Reilly Unopposed
Liberal Fulke Greville Unopposed
Registered electors 2,767
Liberal hold
Liberal hold
General election 1868: Longford (2 seats) [3]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Myles O'Reilly Unopposed
Liberal Fulke Greville-Nugent Unopposed
Registered electors 2,815
Liberal hold
Liberal hold

Greville-Nugent was created Lord Greville, causing a by-election.

By-election, 31 December 1869: Longford (1 seat) [3]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Reginald Greville-Nugent 1,578 79.3 N/A
Independent Nationalist John Martin 41120.7New
Majority1,16758.6N/A
Turnout 1,98970.7N/A
Registered electors 2,815
Liberal hold

Elections in the 1870s

On petition, Greville-Nugent was unseated.

By-election, 16 May 1870: Longford (1 seat) [3]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal George Greville-Nugent 1,217 56.9 N/A
Home Rule Edward King-Harman 92343.1New
Majority29413.8N/A
Turnout 2,14076.0N/A
Registered electors 2,815
Liberal hold
General election 1874: Longford (2 seats) [3]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Home Rule Myles O'Reilly 1,811 45.2 N/A
Home Rule George Errington 1,740 43.4 N/A
Liberal-ConservativeGeorge Slator [20] 43210.8New
Home Rule James McCalmont260.6N/A
Majority1,30832.6N/A
Turnout 2,018 (est)73.3 (est)N/A
Registered electors 2,753
Home Rule gain from Liberal
Home Rule gain from Liberal

O'Reilly was appointed Assistant Commissioner of Intermediate Education and resigned, causing a by-election.

By-election, 4 Apr 1879: Longford (1 seat) [3]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Home Rule Justin McCarthy Unopposed
Registered electors 2,640
Home Rule hold

Elections in the 1880s

General election 1880: Longford (2 seats) [3]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Home Rule George Errington Unopposed
Parnellite Home Rule League Justin McCarthy Unopposed
Registered electors 2,626
Home Rule hold
Home Rule hold

Elections in the 1910s

[3]

1918 general election: Longford
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Sinn Féin Joseph McGuinness 11,122 72.7
Irish Parliamentary James Patrick Farrell 4,17327.5
Majority6,94945.2
Turnout 15,29574.8
Registered electors 20,449
Sinn Féin win (new seat)

Notes

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 Smith, Henry Stooks (1842). The Register of Parliamentary Contested Elections (Second ed.). Simpkin, Marshall & Company. pp. 229–230, 234. Retrieved 6 October 2018– via Google Books.
  2. 1 2 both members were unseated in favour of George Forbes, Viscount Forbes and Anthony Lefroy 2 Apr 1833
  3. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 Brian M. Walker, ed. (1978). Parliamentary election results in Ireland 1801–1922. Dublin: Royal Irish Academy. p. 189. ISBN   0-901714-12-7.
  4. ↑ he was unseated on petition in favour of Charles Fox 5 May 1837
  5. ↑ Luke White was unseated on petition in favour of Anthony Lefroy 18 April 1842. [r 1]
  6. 1 2 "The Elections — Repeal Triumphant" . Freeman's Journal. 13 August 1847. p. 2. Retrieved 6 October 2018– via British Newspaper Archive.
  7. ↑ "Belfast News-Letter" . 23 April 1851. p. 2. Retrieved 6 October 2018– via British Newspaper Archive.
  8. ↑ "The Longford Election—Another Defeat of the League" . Belfast News-Letter. 16 April 1851. p. 2. Retrieved 6 October 2018– via British Newspaper Archive.
  9. ↑ "Carlisle Journal" . 20 April 1855. p. 8. Retrieved 18 September 2018– via British Newspaper Archive.
  10. ↑ "Summary of News" . Downshire Protestant. 2 May 1856. p. 2. Retrieved 6 October 2018– via British Newspaper Archive.
  11. ↑ "Death of Mr. Fox. M.P." . Ballyshannon Herald. 2 May 1856. p. 2. Retrieved 6 October 2018– via British Newspaper Archive.
  12. 1 2 "The Evening Freeman" . 1 April 1857. p. 4. Retrieved 6 October 2018– via British Newspaper Archive.
  13. 1 2 "General Intelligence". Coventry Standard. 17 April 1857. p. 2. Retrieved 6 October 2018.
  14. ↑ Greville-Nugent's election was declared void 12 Apr 1870
  15. ↑ Date of polling day. The result was declared on 28 December 1918, to allow time for votes cast by members of the armed forces to be included in the count.
  16. ↑ Not an election. Date of the death of McGuinness.
  17. 1 2 Salmon, Philip. "Co. Longford". The History of Parliament. Retrieved 17 May 2020.
  18. ↑ Accounts and Papers of the House of Commons, Volume 50. 1843. Retrieved 25 August 2019– via Google Books.
  19. ↑ Dublin Evening Packet and Correspondent. 14 August 1847. p. 3. Retrieved 3 March 2019.
  20. ↑ "The General Election" . Freeman's Journal. 5 February 1874. p. 3. Retrieved 5 January 2018– via British Newspaper Archive.

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References

Walker, Brian M., ed. (1978). Parliamentary Election Results in Ireland, 1801–1922. Dublin: Royal Irish Academy. ISBN   0901714127.

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