Lisburn (UK Parliament constituency)

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

Lisburn 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 Lisburn in County Antrim.

Members of Parliament

ElectionMemberPartyNote
1 January 1801 George Hatton Tory 1801: Co-opted
12 July 1802 Earl of Yarmouth Tory
20 October 1812 Lord Henry Moore Tory
29 June 1818 John Leslie Foster Tory Also returned by and elected to sit for Armagh City
22 February 1819 Horace Seymour Tory
16 June 1826 Henry Meynell Tory [1] [2]
18 December 1834 Conservative [1] [2]
5 August 1847 Horace Seymour Peelite [2] [3] [4] Died 23 November 1851
5 January 1852 Sir James Emerson Tennent Conservative [2] [5] [6] Resigned
11 December 1852 Roger Johnson Smyth Peelite [7] [8] Died 19 September 1853
14 October 1853 Jonathan Joseph Richardson Radical [9] [10] Did not seek re-election
2 April 1857 Jonathan Richardson Whig [11] [12] [13]
28 April 1859 Conservative [2] Resigned
23 February 1863 John Dougherty Barbour Liberal [2] Unseated on petition - new writ issued
23 June 1863 Edward Wingfield Verner Conservative [2] Resigned
19 February 1873 Sir Richard Wallace, Bt Conservative [2] Last MP for the constituency
1885 Constituency abolished

Elections

Elections in the 1830s

General election 1830: Lisburn [2] [1] [14]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Tory Henry Meynell Unopposed
Registered electors 56
Tory hold
General election 1831: Lisburn [2] [1] [14]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Tory Henry Meynell Unopposed
Registered electors 56
Tory hold
General election 1832: Lisburn [2] [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Tory Henry Meynell Unopposed
Registered electors 91
Tory hold
General election 1835: Lisburn [2] [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Conservative Henry Meynell Unopposed
Registered electors 134
Conservative hold
General election 1837: Lisburn [2] [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Conservative Henry Meynell Unopposed
Registered electors 156
Conservative hold

Elections in the 1840s

General election 1841: Lisburn [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Henry Meynell Unopposed
Registered electors 203
Conservative hold

Meynell was appointed a Groom in Waiting to Queen Victoria, requiring a by-election.

By-election, 20 September 1841: Lisburn [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Henry Meynell Unopposed
Conservative hold
General election 1847: Lisburn [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Peelite Horace Seymour Unopposed
Registered electors 462
Peelite gain from Conservative

Elections in the 1850s

Seymour's death caused a by-election.

By-election, 5 January 1852: Lisburn [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative James Emerson Tennent Unopposed
Conservative gain from Peelite
General election 1852: Lisburn [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative James Emerson Tennent Unopposed
Registered electors 188
Conservative gain from Peelite

Tennent resigned by accepting the office of Steward of the Manor of Northstead, causing a by-election.

By-election, 11 December 1852: Lisburn [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Peelite Roger Johnson Smyth 99 53.2 New
Conservative John Inglis 8746.8N/A
Majority126.4N/A
Turnout 18685.7N/A
Registered electors 217
Peelite gain from Conservative Swing N/A

Smyth's death caused a by-election.

By-election, 14 October 1853: Lisburn [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Radical Jonathan Joseph Richardson Unopposed
Registered electors 217
Radical gain from Conservative
General election 1857: Lisburn [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Whig Jonathan Richardson 138 51.3 N/A
Conservative James McGarel-Hogg [15] 13148.7N/A
Majority72.6N/A
Turnout 26990.9N/A
Registered electors 296
Whig hold Swing N/A
General election 1859: Lisburn [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Jonathan Richardson Unopposed
Registered electors 314
Conservative gain from Whig

Elections in the 1860s

Richardson resigned, causing a by-election.

By-election, 23 February 1863: Lisburn [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal John Dougherty Barbour 140 51.1 New
Conservative Edward Wingfield Verner 13448.9N/A
Majority62.2N/A
Turnout 27487.5N/A
Registered electors 313
Liberal gain from Conservative

On petition, Barbour was unseated due to his and his agent's bribery and treating, [16] causing a by-election.

By-election, 26 June 1863: Lisburn [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Edward Wingfield Verner 151 62.1 N/A
Liberal Jonathon Richardson (MP)9037.0N/A
Independent Liberal Robert Barbour [17] 20.8New
Majority6125.1N/A
Turnout 24377.6N/A
Registered electors 313
Conservative hold
General election 1865: Lisburn [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Edward Wingfield Verner 134 66.0 N/A
Liberal John Dougherty Barbour 6934.0N/A
Majority6532.0N/A
Turnout 20364.9N/A
Registered electors 313
Conservative hold
General election 1868: Lisburn [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Edward Wingfield Verner Unopposed
Registered electors 469
Conservative hold

Elections in the 1870s

Verner's resignation to contest a by-election in Armagh caused a by-election.

By-election, 19 Feb 1873: Lisburn [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Richard Wallace Unopposed
Registered electors 568
Conservative hold
General election 1874: Lisburn [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Richard Wallace Unopposed
Registered electors 519
Conservative hold

Elections in the 1880s

General election 1880: Lisburn [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Richard Wallace Unopposed
Registered electors 768
Conservative hold

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