New Ross (UK Parliament constituency)

For the 1708–1832 constituency in Scotland, see Ross-shire (UK Parliament constituency). For the 1885–1918 constituency in England, see Ross (UK Parliament constituency).

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

New Ross was a United Kingdom Parliament constituency in Ireland, returning one Member of Parliament (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 New Ross in County Wexford.

Members of Parliament

The use of Roman numerals in brackets is to distinguish between two MPs with the same name. It is not suggested that they were known in that way during their lifetimes.

Election		Member	Party	Note
	1801 general election	Robert Leigh		1801: Co-opted
	1802 general election	Charles Tottenham (I)		Resigned
	1805 New Ross by-election	Ponsonby Tottenham
	1806 general election	Charles Leigh
	1807 general election	William Wigram (I)
	1812 general election	Charles Leigh
	1818 general election	John Carroll		Resigned
	1821 New Ross by-election	Francis Leigh	Tory	Resigned
	1824 New Ross by-election	John Doherty	Tory
	1826 general election	William Wigram (II)	Tory [1]
	1830 general election	Charles Powell Leslie II	Tory [1]
	1831 general election	Charles Tottenham (II)	Tory [1]	Resigned
	1831 New Ross by-election	William Wigram (II)	Tory [1]
	1832 general election	John Hyacinth Talbot	Repeal Association [2]
	1841 general election	Hon. Robert Gore	Whig [1]
	1847 general election	John Hyacinth Talbot	Repeal Association [2]
	1852 general election	Charles Gavan Duffy	Ind. Irish [2]
	1856 New Ross by-election	Charles Tottenham (II)	Conservative [2]	Resigned
	1863 New Ross by-election	Charles George Tottenham	Conservative [2]
	1868 general election	Patrick McMahon	Liberal [2]
	1874 general election	John Dunbar	Home Rule League [2]	Died
	1878 New Ross by-election	Charles George Tottenham	Conservative [2]
	1880 general election	Joseph Foley	Home Rule League [2]	Resigned
	1881 New Ross by-election	John Redmond	Home Rule League [2]	Last MP for the constituency
	1885	Constituency abolished

Elections

Elections in the 1830s

General election 1830: New Ross ^{[2] [1] [3]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Tory	Charles Powell Leslie	Unopposed
	Tory hold

General election 1831: New Ross ^{[2] [1] [3]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Tory	Charles Tottenham	Unopposed
Registered electors			24
	Tory hold

Tottenham resigned, causing a by-election.

By-election, 15 August 1831: New Ross ^{[2] [1] [3]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Tory	William Wigram	Unopposed
	Tory hold

General election 1832: New Ross ^{[2] [1]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Irish Repeal	John Hyacinth Talbot	Unopposed
Registered electors			130
	Irish Repeal gain from Tory

General election 1835: New Ross ^{[2] [1]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Irish Repeal (Whig)	John Hyacinth Talbot	49	53.3
	Conservative	Charles Tottenham	43	46.7
Majority			6	6.6
Turnout			92	41.6
Registered electors			221
	Irish Repeal hold

General election 1837: New Ross ^{[2] [1]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Irish Repeal (Whig)	John Hyacinth Talbot	Unopposed
Registered electors			232
	Irish Repeal hold

Elections in the 1840s

General election 1841: New Ross ^[2]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Whig	Robert Gore	Unopposed
Registered electors			277
	Whig gain from Irish Repeal

General election 1847: New Ross ^[2]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Irish Repeal	John Hyacinth Talbot	76	61.3	New
	Whig	Richard Keily	48	38.7	N/A
Majority			28	22.6	N/A
Turnout			124	42.2	N/A
Registered electors			294
	Irish Repeal gain from Whig		Swing	N/A

Elections in the 1850s

General election 1852: New Ross ^[2]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent Irish	Charles Gavan Duffy	82	72.6	New
	Conservative	Henry Lambert	31	27.4	New
Majority			51	45.2	N/A
Turnout			113	66.1	+23.9
Registered electors			171
	Independent Irish gain from Irish Repeal		Swing	N/A

Duffy resigned by accepting the role of Steward of the Chiltern Hundreds, causing a by-election.

By-election, 18 March 1856: New Ross ^[2]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Charles Tottenham	87	56.9	+29.5
	Whig	Thomas Nicholas Redington [4]	66	43.1	−29.5
Majority			21	13.8	N/A
Turnout			153	80.1	+14.0
Registered electors			191
	Conservative gain from Independent Irish		Swing	+29.5

General election 1857: New Ross ^[2]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Charles Tottenham	90	55.9	+28.5
	Conservative	Samuel Robert Graves	71	44.1	N/A
Majority			19	11.8	N/A
Turnout			161	84.3	+18.2
Registered electors			191
	Conservative gain from Independent Irish		Swing	N/A

General election 1859: New Ross ^[2]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Charles Tottenham	86	52.8	−3.1
	Liberal	Joseph Neale McKenna	77	47.2	New
Majority			9	5.6	−6.2
Turnout			163	83.6	−0.7
Registered electors			195
	Conservative hold		Swing	N/A

Elections in the 1860s

Tottenham resigned, causing a by-election.

By-election, 8 June 1863: New Ross ^[2]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Charles George Tottenham	81	50.6	−2.2
	Liberal	Joseph Neale McKenna	79	49.4	+2.2
Majority			2	1.2	−4.4
Turnout			160	83.8	+0.2
Registered electors			191
	Conservative hold		Swing	−2.2

General election 1865: New Ross ^[2]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Charles George Tottenham	Unopposed
Registered electors			191
	Conservative hold

General election 1868: New Ross ^[2]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Patrick McMahon	Unopposed
Registered electors			259
	Liberal gain from Conservative

Elections in the 1870s

General election 1874: New Ross ^[2]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Home Rule	John Dunbar	122	60.1	New
	Conservative	Charles George Tottenham	81	39.9	New
Majority			41	20.2	N/A
Turnout			203	85.3	N/A
Registered electors			238
	Home Rule gain from Liberal		Swing	N/A

Dunbar's death caused a by-election.

By-election, 17 Dec 1878: New Ross ^[2]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Charles George Tottenham	95	51.4	+11.5
	Home Rule	George Delany	90	48.6	−11.5
Majority			5	2.8	N/A
Turnout			185	84.5	−0.8
Registered electors			219
	Conservative gain from Home Rule		Swing	+11.5

Elections in the 1880s

General election 1880: New Ross ^[2]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Home Rule	Joseph Foley	165	68.2	+8.1
	Conservative	Charles George Tottenham	77	31.8	−8.1
Majority			88	36.4	+16.2
Turnout			242	90.6	+5.3
Registered electors			267
	Home Rule hold		Swing	+8.1

Foley resigned, causing a by-election.

By-election, 31 Jan 1881: New Ross ^[2]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Home Rule	John Redmond	Unopposed
Registered electors			261
	Home Rule hold

References

1. Smith, Henry Stooks (1842). The Register of Parliamentary Contested Elections (Second ed.). Simpkin, Marshall & Company. p. 239.
2. Walker, B.M., ed. (1978). Parliamentary Election Results in Ireland, 1801-1922. Dublin: Royal Irish Academy. pp. 233, 306–307. ISBN   0901714127.
3. Salmon, Philip. "New Ross". The History of Parliament. Retrieved 21 May 2020.
4. "New Ross Election" . Tipperary Free Press. 7 March 1856. p. 3. Retrieved 6 October 2018– via British Newspaper Archive.

• The Parliaments of England by Henry Stooks Smith (1st edition published in three volumes 1844–50), 2nd edition edited (in one volume) by F.W.S. Craig (Political Reference Publications 1973)
• Walker, Brian M., ed. (1978). Parliamentary Election Results in Ireland, 1801–1922. Royal Irish Academy.
• Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "N" (part 2)