North Louth (UK Parliament constituency)

North Louth
Former county constituency for the House of Commons
1885–1918
Seats	1
Created from	Dundalk and Louth
Replaced by	Louth

North Louth was a parliamentary constituency in Ireland, which returned one Member of Parliament (MP) to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom, elected on a system of first-past-the-post, from 1885 to 1918. Prior to the 1885 general election and after the dissolution of Parliament in 1918 the area was part of the Louth constituency.

Boundaries

This constituency comprised the northern part of County Louth. The seat was defined under the Redistribution of Seats Act 1885 as comprising the baronies of Louth, Lower Dundalk and Upper Dundalk, and that part of the barony of Ardee contained within the parishes of Killany and Louth.

Members of Parliament

Election		Member	Party
	1885	Joseph Nolan	Irish Parliamentary Party
	1891		Parnellite
	1892	Timothy Michael Healy	Irish National Federation
	1900		Healyite Nationalist
	January 1910		All-for-Ireland League
	December 1910	Richard Hazleton	Irish Parliamentary Party
	1911 by-election	Augustine Roche	Irish Parliamentary Party
	1916 by-election	Patrick J. Whitty	Irish Parliamentary Party
1918		constituency abolished: see County Louth

Elections

Elections in the 1880s

1885 general election: North Louth ^[1]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Irish Parliamentary	Joseph Nolan	2,581	64.0
	Ind. Nationalist	Philip Callan	1,451	36.0
Majority			1,130	28.0
Turnout			4,032	67.9
Registered electors			5,935
	Irish Parliamentary win (new seat)

1886 general election: North Louth ^[1]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Irish Parliamentary	Joseph Nolan	Unopposed
Registered electors			5,935
	Irish Parliamentary hold

Elections in the 1890s

1892 general election: North Louth ^[1]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Irish National Federation	Timothy Michael Healy	2,268	59.1	N/A
	Ind. Nationalist	Philip Callan	1,569	40.9	New
Majority			699	18.2	N/A
Turnout			3,837	69.3	N/A
Registered electors			5,534
	Irish National Federation gain from Irish Parliamentary		Swing	N/A

1895 general election: North Louth ^[1]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Irish National Federation	Timothy Michael Healy	2,294	61.6	+2.5
	Irish National League	Joseph Nolan	1,433	38.4	New
Majority			861	23.2	+5.0
Turnout			3,727	65.5	−3.8
Registered electors			5,686
	Irish National Federation hold		Swing	N/A

Elections in the 1900s

1900 general election: North Louth ^[1]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Healyite Nationalist	Timothy Michael Healy	1,604	55.5	−6.1
	Irish Parliamentary	Edmund Haviland-Burke	1,285	44.5	N/A
Majority			319	11.0	N/A
Turnout			2,889	49.2	−16.3
Registered electors			5,869
	Healyite Nationalist gain from Irish National Federation		Swing

1906 general election: North Louth ^[1]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Healyite Nationalist	Timothy Michael Healy	Unopposed
Registered electors			5,820
	Healyite Nationalist hold

Elections in the 1910s

January 1910 general election: North Louth ^[1]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	All-for-Ireland	Timothy Michael Healy	2,432	51.0	N/A
	Irish Parliamentary	Richard Hazleton	2,333	49.0	New
Majority			99	2.0	N/A
Turnout			4,765	81.2	N/A
Registered electors			5,868
	All-for-Ireland gain from Healyite Nationalist		Swing	N/A

December 1910 general election: North Louth ^[1]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Irish Parliamentary	Richard Hazleton	2,509	55.4	+6.4
	All-for-Ireland	Timothy Michael Healy	2,021	44.6	−6.4
Majority			488	10.8	N/A
Turnout			4,530	77.2	−4.0
Registered electors			5,868
	Irish Parliamentary gain from All-for-Ireland		Swing	+6.4

The general election result was overturned by petition.

By-election, 1911: North Louth ^[1]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Irish Parliamentary	Augustine Roche	Unopposed
Registered electors			5,745
	Irish Parliamentary hold

Roche's death prompts a by-election.

By-election, 1916: North Louth ^[1]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Irish Parliamentary	Patrick Joseph Whitty	2,299	55.9	+0.5
	Ind. Nationalist	Bernard Hamill	1,810	44.0	N/A
Majority			489	11.9	+1.1
Turnout			4,109	72.1	−5.1
Registered electors			5,697
	Irish Parliamentary hold		Swing

References

1. Walker, B.M., ed. (1978). Parliamentary Election Results in Ireland, 1801-1922. Dublin: Royal Irish Academy. pp. 364–365. ISBN   0901714127.

• Walker, B.M., ed. (1978). Parliamentary Election Results in Ireland, 1801–1922. Dublin: Royal Irish Academy. ISBN   0901714127.
• Debrett's Guide to the House of Commons and Judicial Bench, 1918
• Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "L" (part 4)