Newry (UK Parliament constituency)

Newry
Former borough constituency for the House of Commons
County	County Down
Borough	Newry
1801–1918
Seats	1
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.

Boundaries

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

Members of Parliament

Election		Member	Party	Note
	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
1918		Constituency abolished

Elections

Elections in the 1830s

General election 1830: Newry ^{[2] [1] [4]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Tory	John Henry Knox	Unopposed
Registered electors			c. 600
	Tory hold

General election 1831: Newry ^{[2] [1] [4]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Tory	John Henry Knox	333	60.1
	Whig	Denis Maguire	221	39.9
Majority			112	20.2
Turnout			554	c. 92.3
Registered electors			c. 600
	Tory hold

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

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Tory	Marcus Hill	494	51.0	−9.1
	Whig	Denis Maguire	475	49.0	+9.1
Majority			19	2.0	−18.2
Turnout			969	95.3	c. +3.0
Registered electors			1,017
	Tory hold		Swing	−9.1

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

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Whig	Denis Caulfield Brady	402	51.8	+2.8
	Conservative	Sir Thomas Staples, 9th Baronet	374	48.2	−2.8
Majority			28	3.6	N/A
Turnout			776	68.4	−26.9
Registered electors			1,134
	Whig gain from Conservative		Swing	+2.8

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

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	John Ellis	338	52.6	+4.4
	Whig	Denis Caulfield Brady	305	47.4	−4.4
Majority			33	5.2	N/A
Turnout			643	44.7	−23.7
Registered electors			1,439
	Conservative gain from Whig		Swing	+4.4

Elections in the 1840s

General election 1841: Newry ^{[2] [1] [5]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Irish Conservative	Francis Needham	319	57.3	+4.7
	Whig	John Milley Doyle	237	42.5	−4.9
	Whig	Peter Kenny	1	0.2	N/A
Majority			82	14.8	+9.6
Turnout			557	89.4	+44.7
Registered electors			623
	Conservative hold		Swing	+4.8

General election 1847: Newry ^[2]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	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]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Irish Conservative	Edmund Gilling Hallewell	Unopposed
	Irish Conservative gain from Peelite

General election 1852: Newry ^[2]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Whig	William Kirk	233	53.3	N/A
	Irish Conservative	Edmund Gilling Hallewell	204	46.7	N/A
Majority			29	6.6	N/A
Turnout			437	84.5	N/A
Registered electors			517
	Whig gain from Peelite		Swing	N/A

General election 1857: Newry ^[2]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Whig	William Kirk	246	51.5	−1.8
	Irish Conservative	Henry Waring	232	48.5	+1.8
Majority			14	3.0	−3.6
Turnout			478	90.7	+6.2
Registered electors			527
	Whig hold		Swing	−1.8

General election 1859: Newry ^[2]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Irish Conservative	Peter Quinn	250	55.7	+7.2
	Liberal	Frederick William McBlain	197	43.9	N/A
	Liberal	William Kirk	2	0.4	−51.1
Majority			53	11.8	N/A
Turnout			449	84.9	−5.8
Registered electors			529
	Conservative gain from Liberal		Swing	+29.2

Elections in the 1860s

General election 1865: Newry ^[2]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Irish Conservative	Arthur Charles Innes	267	53.2	−2.5
	Liberal	William Miller Kirk	235	46.8	+2.9
Majority			32	6.4	−5.4
Turnout			502	93.1	+8.2
Registered electors			539
	Irish Conservative hold		Swing	−2.7

General election 1868: Newry ^[2]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	William Kirk	387	50.5	+3.7
	Irish Conservative	Francis Needham	379	49.5	−3.7
Majority			8	1.0	N/A
Turnout			766	96.2	+3.1
Registered electors			796
	Liberal gain from Irish Conservative		Swing	+3.7

Elections in the 1870s

Kirk's death caused a by-election.

By-election, 23 Jan 1871: Newry ^[2]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Irish Conservative	Francis Needham	Unopposed
Registered electors			901
	Irish Conservative gain from Liberal

General election 1874: Newry ^[2]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	William Whitworth	459	50.2	−0.3
	Irish Conservative	Francis Needham	455	49.8	+0.3
Majority			4	0.4	−0.6
Turnout			914	92.3	−3.9
Registered electors			990
	Liberal hold		Swing	−0.3

Elections in the 1880s

General election 1880: Newry ^[2]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Irish Conservative	Henry Thomson	587	51.3	+1.5
	Liberal	Patrick Carvill	557	48.7	−1.5
Majority			30	2.6	N/A
Turnout			1,144	95.3	+3.0
Registered electors			1,201
	Irish Conservative gain from Liberal		Swing	+1.5

1885 general election: Newry ^[2]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Irish Parliamentary	Justin Huntly McCarthy	Unopposed
Registered electors			2,163
	Irish Parliamentary gain from Irish Conservative

1886 general election: Newry ^[2]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Irish Parliamentary	Justin Huntly McCarthy	1,183	62.3	N/A
	Liberal Unionist	Reginald Cantley Saunders	716	37.7	New
Majority			467	24.6	N/A
Turnout			1,899	87.8	N/A
Registered electors			2,163
	Irish Parliamentary hold		Swing	N/A

Elections in the 1890s

1892 general election: Newry ^[2]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Irish National Federation	Patrick Carvill	907	53.2	N/A
	Irish Unionist	Henry Thomson	744	43.6	+5.9
	Irish National League	Robert Johnston	54	3.2	N/A
Majority			163	9.6	N/A
Turnout			1,705	92.3	+4.5
Registered electors			1,847
	Irish National Federation gain from Irish Parliamentary		Swing	N/A

1895 general election: Newry ^[2]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Irish National Federation	Patrick Carvill	973	60.8	+7.6
	Irish Unionist	Henry Thomson	628	39.2	−4.4
Majority			345	21.6	+12.0
Turnout			1,601	85.5	−6.8
Registered electors			1,872
	Irish National Federation hold		Swing	+6.0

Elections in the 1900s

1900 general election: Newry ^[2]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Irish Parliamentary	Patrick Carvill	Unopposed
Registered electors			1,789
	Irish Parliamentary hold

1906 general election: Newry ^[2]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Irish Parliamentary	John Joseph Mooney	802	52.1	N/A
	Ind. Nationalist	Patrick Carvill	736	47.9	N/A
Majority			66	4.2	N/A
Turnout			1,538	80.7	N/A
Registered electors			1,905
	Irish Parliamentary hold		Swing	N/A

Elections in the 1910s

January 1910 general election: Newry ^[2]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Irish Parliamentary	John Joseph Mooney	1,079	66.6	+14.5
	Irish Unionist	John Cusack	542	33.4	New
Majority			537	33.2	+29.0
Turnout			1,621	80.2	−0.5
Registered electors			2,021
	Irish Parliamentary hold		Swing	N/A

December 1910 general election: Newry ^[2]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Irish Parliamentary	John Joseph Mooney	Unopposed
Registered electors			2,021
	Irish Parliamentary hold

References

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2. Walker, B.M., ed. (1978). Parliamentary Election Results in Ireland, 1801-1922. Dublin: Royal Irish Academy. pp. 234, 307, 370. ISBN   0901714127.
3. Bew, Paul; Wright, Frank (1983). "The Agrarian Opposition in Ulster Politics, 1848–87". In Clark, Samuel; Donnelly Jr., James S. (eds.). Irish Peasants: Violence and Political Unrest 1780–1914. Wisconsin: The University of Wisconsin Press. p. 199. ISBN   0-299-09370-0 . Retrieved 7 October 2018– via Google Books.
4. "Newry". The History of Parliament. Retrieved 21 May 2020.
5. Accounts and Papers of the House of Commons, Volume 50. 1843. Retrieved 25 August 2019– via Google Books.

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