Newry (UK Parliament constituency)

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Newry
Former borough constituency
for the House of Commons
County County Down
Borough Newry
1801–1918
Seats1
Created from Newry (IHC)
Replaced by South Down

Newry was a United Kingdom Parliament 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.

Contents

Boundaries

This constituency was the parliamentary borough of Newry in County Down.

Members of Parliament

ElectionMemberPartyNote
1801, January 1 John Moore 1801: Co-opted
1802, July 13 Rt Hon. Isaac Corry Whig
1806, November 15 Hon. Francis Needham (1) Tory [1] Became the 12th Viscount Kilmorey 1818
1819, March 6 Hon. Francis Needham (2) Tory Styled Viscount Newry 12 January 1822
1826, June 14 Hon. John Henry Knox Tory [1]
1832, December 27 Lord Marcus Hill Tory [1] [2]
1834, December 18 Conservative [1] [2]
1835, January 21 Denis Caulfield Brady Whig [1]
1837, August 4 John Ellis Conservative [1] [2]
1841, July 8 Francis Needham (3) Conservative [1] [2] Re-elected as a Peelite candidate
1847, August 2 Peelite [2] Died 6 May 1851
1851, May 30 Edmund Gilling Hallewell Conservative [2]
1852, July 19 William Kirk Whig [3]
1859, May 5 Peter Quinn Conservative [2]
1865, July 15 Arthur Charles Innes Conservative [2]
1868, November 18 William Kirk Liberal [2] Died 20 December 1870
1871, January 23 Francis Needham (4) Conservative [2]
1874, February 3 William Whitworth Liberal [2]
1880, April 3 Henry Thomson Conservative [2]
1885, November 24 Justin Huntly McCarthy Irish Parliamentary [2]
1892, July 7 Patrick Carvill Irish National Federation [2] Re-elected as an Irish Parliamentary Party candidate
1900, October 1 Irish Parliamentary [2]
1906, January 17 John Joseph Mooney Irish Parliamentary [2] Last MP for the constituency
1918Constituency abolished

Elections

Elections in the 1830s

General election 1830: Newry [2] [1] [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Tory John Henry Knox Unopposed
Registered electors c. 600
Tory hold
General election 1831: Newry [2] [1] [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Tory John Henry Knox 333 60.1
Whig Denis Maguire22139.9
Majority11220.2
Turnout 554c. 92.3
Registered electors c. 600
Tory hold
General election 1832: Newry [2] [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Tory Marcus Hill 494 51.0 −9.1
Whig Denis Maguire47549.0+9.1
Majority192.0−18.2
Turnout 96995.3c. +3.0
Registered electors 1,017
Tory hold Swing −9.1
General election 1835: Newry [2] [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Whig Denis Caulfield Brady 402 51.8 +2.8
Conservative Sir Thomas Staples, 9th Baronet37448.2−2.8
Majority283.6N/A
Turnout 77668.4−26.9
Registered electors 1,134
Whig gain from Conservative Swing +2.8
General election 1837: Newry [2] [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative John Ellis 338 52.6 +4.4
Whig Denis Caulfield Brady 30547.4−4.4
Majority335.2N/A
Turnout 64344.7−23.7
Registered electors 1,439
Conservative gain from Whig Swing +4.4

Elections in the 1840s

General election 1841: Newry [2] [1] [5]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Francis Needham 319 57.3 +4.7
Whig John Milley Doyle 23742.5−4.9
Whig Peter Kenny10.2N/A
Majority8214.8+9.6
Turnout 55789.4+44.7
Registered electors 623
Conservative hold Swing +4.8
General election 1847: Newry [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Peelite Francis Needham Unopposed
Registered electors 1,135
Peelite gain from Conservative

Elections in the 1850s

Needham's death caused a by-election.

By-election, 30 May 1851: Newry [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Edmund Gilling Hallewell Unopposed
Conservative gain from Peelite
General election 1852: Newry [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Whig William Kirk 233 53.3 New
Conservative Edmund Gilling Hallewell 20446.7N/A
Majority296.6N/A
Turnout 43784.5N/A
Registered electors 517
Whig gain from Peelite Swing N/A
General election 1857: Newry [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Whig William Kirk 246 51.5 −1.8
Conservative Henry Waring23248.5+1.8
Majority143.0−3.6
Turnout 47890.7+6.2
Registered electors 527
Whig hold Swing −1.8
General election 1859: Newry [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Peter Quinn 250 55.7 +7.2
Liberal Frederick William McBlain19743.9N/A
Liberal William Kirk 20.4−51.1
Majority5311.8N/A
Turnout 44984.9−5.8
Registered electors 529
Conservative gain from Liberal Swing +29.2

Elections in the 1860s

General election 1865: Newry [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Arthur Charles Innes 267 53.2 −2.5
Liberal William Miller Kirk23546.8+2.9
Majority326.4−5.4
Turnout 50293.1+8.2
Registered electors 539
Conservative hold Swing −2.7
General election 1868: Newry [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal William Kirk 387 50.5 +3.7
Conservative Francis Needham 37949.5−3.7
Majority81.0N/A
Turnout 76696.2+3.1
Registered electors 796
Liberal gain from Conservative Swing +3.7

Elections in the 1870s

Kirk's death caused a by-election.

By-election, 23 Jan 1871: Newry [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Francis Needham Unopposed
Registered electors 901
Conservative gain from Liberal
General election 1874: Newry [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal William Whitworth 459 50.2 −0.3
Conservative Francis Needham 45549.8+0.3
Majority40.4−0.6
Turnout 91492.3−3.9
Registered electors 990
Liberal hold Swing −0.3

Elections in the 1880s

General election 1880: Newry [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Henry Thomson 587 51.3 +1.5
Liberal Patrick Carvill 55748.7−1.5
Majority302.6N/A
Turnout 1,14495.3+3.0
Registered electors 1,201
Conservative gain from Liberal Swing +1.5
1885 general election: Newry [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Irish Parliamentary Justin Huntly McCarthy Unopposed
Registered electors 2,163
Irish Parliamentary gain from Conservative
1886 general election: Newry [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Irish Parliamentary Justin Huntly McCarthy 1,183 62.3 N/A
Liberal Unionist Reginald Cantley Saunders71637.7New
Majority46724.6N/A
Turnout 1,89987.8N/A
Registered electors 2,163
Irish Parliamentary hold Swing N/A

Elections in the 1890s

1892 general election: Newry [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Irish National Federation Patrick Carvill 907 53.2 N/A
Irish Unionist Henry Thomson 74443.6+5.9
Irish National League Robert Johnston543.2N/A
Majority1639.6N/A
Turnout 1,70592.3+4.5
Registered electors 1,847
Irish National Federation gain from Irish Parliamentary Swing N/A
1895 general election: Newry [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Irish National Federation Patrick Carvill 973 60.8 +7.6
Irish Unionist Henry Thomson 62839.2−4.4
Majority34521.6+12.0
Turnout 1,60185.5−6.8
Registered electors 1,872
Irish National Federation hold Swing +6.0

Elections in the 1900s

1900 general election: Newry [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Irish Parliamentary Patrick Carvill Unopposed
Registered electors 1,789
Irish Parliamentary hold
1906 general election: Newry [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Irish Parliamentary John Joseph Mooney 802 52.1 N/A
Independent Nationalist Patrick Carvill 73647.9New
Majority664.2N/A
Turnout 1,53880.7N/A
Registered electors 1,905
Irish Parliamentary hold Swing N/A

Elections in the 1910s

January 1910 general election: Newry [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Irish Parliamentary John Joseph Mooney 1,079 66.6 +14.5
Irish Unionist John Cusack 54233.4New
Majority53733.2N/A
Turnout 1,62180.2−0.5
Registered electors 2,021
Irish Parliamentary hold Swing N/A
December 1910 general election: Newry [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Irish Parliamentary John Joseph Mooney Unopposed
Registered electors 2,021
Irish Parliamentary hold

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