Wexford Borough (UK Parliament constituency)

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Wexford Borough
Former borough constituency
for the House of Commons
County County Wexford
Borough Wexford
1801–1885
Seats1
Created from Wexford Borough (IHC)
Replaced by South Wexford

Wexford Borough 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.

Contents

Boundaries

This constituency was the parliamentary borough of Wexford in County Wexford.

Members of Parliament

ElectionMemberPartyNote
1801-01-01 Francis Leigh 1801: Co-opted; Resigned (appointed Escheator of Munster)
1801-02-20 Ponsonby Tottenham
1802-07-09 Richard Nevill 1 Tory
1806-11-10 Sir Robert Wigram, Bt Tory [1]
1807-05-21 Richard Nevill 1 Tory Resigned (appointed Steward of the Chiltern Hundreds)
1810-03-03 Captain Peter Parker R.N. Tory Resigned (appointed Steward of the Chiltern Hundreds)
1811-07-01 Richard Nevill 1 Tory Resigned (appointed Steward of the Manor of East Hendred)
1813-03-03 Vice Admiral John Fish Tory Resigned (appointed Escheator of Munster)
1814-08-09 Richard Nevill 1 Tory Resigned (appointed Escheator of Ulster)
1819-03-01 Captain Henry Evans R.N. Tory
1820-03-20 William Wigram Tory [1]
1826-06-19 Rear Admiral Henry Evans Tory Resigned (appointed Steward of the Chiltern Hundreds)
1829-06-03 Robert Wigram 2 Tory [1] Unseated on petition
1830-03-153 Sir Edward Dering, Bt Tory [1] Declared duly elected
1830-08-07 William Wigram Tory [1] Unseated on petition
1831-02-213 Sir Edward Dering, Bt Ultra-Tory Declared duly elected
1831-05-06 Charles Arthur Walker Whig Re-elected as a candidate of the Repeal Association
1832-12-14 Repeal Association [2] Re-elected as a candidate of a Liberal/Repealer pact
1841-07-12 Sir Thomas Esmonde, Bt Whig [1] [3]
1847-08-04 John Thomas Devereux Repeal Association [2] Re-elected as an Independent Irish candidate
1852-07-09 Ind. Irish [2] Re-elected as a Liberal candidate
1857-03-20 Whig
1859-05-03 John Edward Redmond Liberal [2] The grand uncle of John Redmond (1856–1918)
1865-07-17 Richard Joseph Devereux Liberal [2] Resigned
1872-04-26 William Archer Redmond Home Rule League [2] The grandfather of William Redmond (1886–1932). Died 1880.
1880-11-24 Tim Healy Home Rule League [2] Joined new organisation
18824 Irish Parliamentary [2] Resigned to contest Monaghan
1883-07-17 Willie Redmond Irish Parliamentary [2] Last MP for the constituency
1885-11-18Constituency abolished

Notes:-

Elections

Elections in the 1830s

General election 1830: Wexford Borough [2] [1] [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Tory William Wigram 31 52.5
Ultra-Tory Edward Dering 2847.5
Majority35.0
Turnout 59c. 36.9
Registered electors c. 160
Tory hold
General election 1831: Wexford Borough [2] [1] [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Whig Charles Arthur WalkerUnopposed
Registered electors 160
Whig gain from Tory
General election 1832: Wexford Borough [2] [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Irish Repeal Charles Arthur WalkerUnopposed
Registered electors 269
Irish Repeal gain from Whig
General election 1835: Wexford Borough [2] [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Irish Repeal (Whig)Charles Arthur WalkerUnopposed
Registered electors 373
Irish Repeal hold
General election 1837: Wexford Borough [2] [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Irish Repeal (Whig)Charles Arthur WalkerUnopposed
Registered electors 361
Irish Repeal hold

Elections in the 1840s

General election 1841: Wexford Borough [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Whig Thomas Esmonde 145 59.2 New
Conservative James Bourne 10040.8New
Majority4518.4N/A
Turnout 24581.4N/A
Registered electors 301
Whig gain from Irish Repeal Swing N/A
General election 1847: Wexford Borough [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Irish Repeal John Thomas Devereux Unopposed
Registered electors 375
Irish Repeal gain from Whig

Elections in the 1850s

General election 1852: Wexford Borough [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Independent Irish John Thomas Devereux Unopposed
Registered electors 348
Independent Irish gain from Irish Repeal
General election 1857: Wexford Borough [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Whig John Thomas Devereux Unopposed
Registered electors 314
Whig gain from Independent Irish
General election 1859: Wexford Borough [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal John Redmond Unopposed
Registered electors 301
Liberal hold

Elections in the 1860s

General election 1865: Wexford Borough [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Richard Joseph Devereux 153 58.8 N/A
Liberal John Redmond 10741.2N/A
Majority4617.6N/A
Turnout 26077.8N/A
Registered electors 334
Liberal hold Swing N/A
General election 1868: Wexford Borough [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Richard Joseph Devereux Unopposed
Registered electors 520
Liberal hold

On petition, Devereux was unseated due to "informality" in the return, causing a by-election at which he was re-elected. [5]

By-election, 26 February 1869: Wexford Borough [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Richard Joseph Devereux Unopposed
Registered electors 520
Liberal hold

Elections in the 1870s

Devereux resigned, causing a by-election.

By-election, 26 Apr 1872: Wexford Borough [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Home Rule William Archer Redmond 321 86.3 New
Home Rule Walter Redmond5113.7New
Majority27072.6N/A
Turnout 37269.5N/A
Registered electors 535
Home Rule gain from Liberal Swing N/A
General election 1874: Wexford Borough [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Home Rule William Archer Redmond 323 81.6 N/A
Liberal Sir Frederick Hughes, 7th Baronet7318.4N/A
Majority25063.2N/A
Turnout 39679.0N/A
Registered electors 501
Home Rule gain from Liberal Swing N/A

Elections in the 1880s

General election 1880: Wexford Borough [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Home Rule William Archer Redmond 292 75.5 −6.1
Liberal Sir Frederick Hughes, 7th Baronet9524.5+6.1
Majority19751.0−12.2
Turnout 38780.8+1.8
Registered electors 479
Home Rule hold Swing −6.1

Redmond's death caused a by-election.

By-election, 24 Nov 1880: Wexford Borough [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Home Rule Tim Healy Unopposed
Registered electors 479
Home Rule hold

Healy resigned to stand at the 1883 by-election in Monaghan, causing a by-election.

By-election, 17 July 1883: Wexford Borough [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Irish Parliamentary Willie Redmond 307 70.9 −4.6
Liberal Charles Owen O'Conor 12629.1+4.6
Majority18141.8−9.2
Turnout 43383.0+2.2
Registered electors 522
Irish Parliamentary hold Swing −4.6

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