Mid Cork (UK Parliament constituency)

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Mid Cork
Former county constituency
for the House of Commons
18851922
Seats1
Created from County Cork
Replaced by Cork Mid, North, South, South East and West

Mid Cork, a division of County Cork, was a parliamentary constituency in Ireland, represented in the Parliament of the United Kingdom. From 1885 to 1922 it returned one Member of Parliament (MP) to the House of Commons of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland.

Contents

Until the 1885 general election the area was part of the County Cork constituency. From 1922, on the establishment of the Irish Free State, it was not represented in the UK Parliament.

Boundaries

This constituency comprised the central part of County Cork, consisting of the baronies of East Muskerry and West Muskerry and that part of the barony of Barretts not contained within the constituency of North East Cork.

Members of Parliament

ElectionMemberParty
1885 Charles Kearns Deane Tanner Irish Parliamentary Party
1891 Irish National Federation
1900 Irish Parliamentary Party
1901 by-election D. D. Sheehan Irish Parliamentary Party
1906 Irish Parliamentary Party
1906 by-election Independent Labour
1910 (Jan) All-for-Ireland League
1910 (Dec) All-for-Ireland League
1918 Terence McSwiney Sinn Féin
1920vacant
1922 constituency abolished

Elections

Elections in the 1880s

1885 general election: Mid Cork [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Irish Parliamentary Charles Kearns Deane Tanner 5,033 97.9
Irish Loyal and Patriotic Union Arthur St George Patton1062.1
Majority4,92795.8
Turnout 5,13969.4
Registered electors 7,409
Irish Parliamentary win (new seat)
1886 general election: Mid Cork [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Irish Parliamentary Charles Kearns Deane Tanner Unopposed
Irish Parliamentary hold

Elections in the 1890s

1892 general election: Mid Cork [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Irish National Federation Charles Kearns Deane Tanner Unopposed
Irish National Federation gain from Irish Parliamentary
1895 general election: Mid Cork [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Irish National Federation Charles Kearns Deane Tanner Unopposed
Irish National Federation hold

Elections in the 1900s

1900 general election: Mid Cork [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Irish Parliamentary Charles Kearns Deane Tanner Unopposed
Irish Parliamentary hold
By-election 1901: Mid Cork [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Irish Parliamentary D.D. Sheehan Unopposed
Irish Parliamentary hold
1906 general election: Mid Cork [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Irish Parliamentary D.D. Sheehan Unopposed
Irish Parliamentary hold

Sheehan was expelled from the IPP on the grounds of being a "factionist" and, in protest and to re-emphasize his public support, he resigned the seat and re-stood as an Independent (Labour) candidate in the resulting by-election.

By-election, 1906: Mid Cork [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Independent Labour D.D. Sheehan Unopposed
Independent Labour gain from Irish Parliamentary

Elections in the 1910s

January 1910 general election: Mid Cork [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
All-for-Ireland D.D. Sheehan 2,824 58.6 N/A
Irish Parliamentary William Fallon1,99941.4N/A
Majority82517.2N/A
Turnout 4,82373.1N/A
Registered electors 6,599
All-for-Ireland gain from Independent Labour Swing N/A
December 1910 general election: Mid Cork [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
All-for-Ireland D.D. Sheehan 2,738 56.4 2.2
Irish Parliamentary Timothy Corcoran2,11543.6+2.2
Majority62312.84.4
Turnout 4,85373.5+0.4
Registered electors 6,599
All-for-Ireland hold Swing 2.2
1918 general election: Mid Cork [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Sinn Féin Terence MacSwiney Unopposed
Sinn Féin gain from All-for-Ireland

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References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 Walker, B.M., ed. (1978). Parliamentary Election Results in Ireland, 1801-1922. Dublin: Royal Irish Academy. ISBN   0901714127.