West Wicklow (UK Parliament constituency)

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West Wicklow
Former county constituency
for the House of Commons
1885–1922
Seats1
Created from Wicklow
Replaced by Kildare–Wicklow

West Wicklow, a division of County Wicklow, 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 Wicklow constituency. From 1922, on the establishment of the Irish Free State, it was not represented in the UK Parliament.

Boundaries

This constituency comprised the western part of County Wicklow.

1885–1922: The baronies of Ballinacor South, Shillelagh, Talbotstown Lower and Talbotstown higher, and that part of the barony of Ballinacor North not contained within the constituency of East Wicklow.

United Kingdom Parliament or Dáil Éireann 1918–1922

The general election of 1918 (in Ireland) was, in British law, to fill the 105 Irish seats in the UK House of Commons for the 31st United Kingdom Parliament. In practice, only the non-Sinn Féin MPs took their seats at Westminster. This Parliament first met on 4 February 1919, and was dissolved on 26 October 1922. At its dissolution, the Parliamentary seats in the twenty six counties comprising the Irish Free State were abolished.

Irish Republicans regard the 1918 election as being to the 1st Dáil Éireann. In practice, only the Sinn Féin Members of Parliament became Teachtaí Dála in the new revolutionary assembly. See list of members of the 1st Dáil. The initial meeting of the First Dáil was on 21 January 1919 and it last met on 10 May 1921.

From the 1922 United Kingdom general election, only the six counties of Northern Ireland were represented in Parliament.

For links to all other constituencies see List of UK Parliament Constituencies in Ireland and Northern Ireland.

Members of Parliament

ElectionMemberParty
1885 Garrett Byrne Nationalist
1892 James O'Connor Irish National Federation (Anti-Parnellite)
1900 Nationalist
1910 Edward Peter O'Kelly Nationalist
1914 John Thomas Donovan Nationalist
1918 Robert Barton Sinn Féin
1922UK constituency abolished

Elections

Elections in the 1880s

1885 general election: West Wicklow [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Irish Parliamentary Garrett Byrne 3,721 81.0
Conservative William Wentworth Fitzwilliam Dick87119.0
Majority2,85062.0
Turnout 4,59287.9
Registered electors 5,226
Irish Parliamentary win (new seat)
1886 general election: West Wicklow [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Irish Parliamentary Garrett Byrne 3,531 80.5 −0.5
Irish Unionist William Wentworth Fitzwilliam Dick85619.5+0.5
Majority2,67561.0−1.0
Turnout 4,38783.9−4.0
Registered electors 5,226
Irish Parliamentary hold Swing −0.5

Elections in the 1890s

1892 general election: West Wicklow [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Irish National Federation James O'Connor 2,582 66.6 N/A
Liberal Unionist Robert Joseph Pratt Saunders74819.3−0.2
Irish National League John Howard Parnell 54614.1N/A
Majority1,83447.3N/A
Turnout 3,87679.9−4.0
Registered electors 4,853
Irish National Federation gain from Irish Parliamentary Swing N/A
1895 general election: West Wicklow [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Irish National Federation James O'Connor Unopposed
Registered electors 4,576
Irish National Federation hold

Elections in the 1900s

1900 general election: West Wicklow [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Irish Parliamentary James O'Connor Unopposed
Registered electors 4,671
Irish Parliamentary hold
1906 general election: West Wicklow [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Irish Parliamentary James O'Connor Unopposed
Registered electors 4,406
Irish Parliamentary hold

Elections in the 1910s

January 1910 general election: West Wicklow [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Irish Parliamentary James O'Connor Unopposed
Registered electors 4,417
Irish Parliamentary hold

O'Connor dies, causing a by-election.

By-election, 1910: West Wicklow [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Irish Parliamentary Edward Peter O'Kelly Unopposed
Registered electors 4,417
Irish Parliamentary hold
December 1910 general election: West Wicklow [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Irish Parliamentary Edward Peter O'Kelly Unopposed
Registered electors 4,417
Irish Parliamentary hold

O'Kelly's death causes a by-election.

By-election, 1914: West Wicklow [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Irish Parliamentary John Thomas Donovan Unopposed
Registered electors 4,489
Irish Parliamentary hold
1918 general election: West Wicklow [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Sinn Féin Robert Barton 6,239 82.0 New
Irish Parliamentary Pierce Charles de Lacy O'Mahony 1,37018.0N/A
Majority4,86964.0N/A
Turnout 7,60965.2N/A
Registered electors 11,673
Sinn Féin gain from Irish Parliamentary Swing N/A

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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.
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