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County Cork (UK Parliament constituency)

UK parliamentary constituency in Ireland, 1801–1885

Summary

UK parliamentary constituency in Ireland, 1801–1885

Field	Value
name	County Cork
type	county
region	Ireland
county	County Cork
parliament	uk
year	1801
abolished	1885
seats	2
previous	County Cork
next	East Cork, Mid Cork, North Cork, North East Cork, South Cork, South East Cork and West Cork

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County Cork was a parliamentary constituency in Ireland, represented in the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1801 to 1885. It returned two Members of Parliament (MPs) to the House of Commons of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland.

Area

This constituency comprised County Cork, except for the city of Cork and the boroughs of Bandon, Kinsale, Mallow and Youghal, which were separately represented. The boroughs of Baltimore, Castlemartyr, Charleville, Clonakilty, Doneraile, Midleton and Rathcormack were disfranchised by the Acts of Union 1800.

Under the Redistribution of Seats Act 1885, the borough constituencies in the county other than Cork City were abolished and the county constituency was replaced by the constituencies of East Cork, Mid Cork, North Cork, North East Cork, South Cork, South East Cork and West Cork, each electing one MP. These constituencies were first used at the 1885 general election.

Members of Parliament

Year		First member	First party		Second member	Second party
}}"			1801, 1 January	Viscount Boyle
Whigs (British political party)}}"		Whigs (British political party)}}" rowspan="2"		1806, 17 November	Whig	Hon. George Ponsonby
Tories (British political party)}}" rowspan="2"		1807, 16 May	Viscount Bernard	Tory
Tories (British political party)}}" rowspan="3"		1812, 23 October	Viscount Ennismore	Tory
Whigs (British political party)}}"		1818, 29 June	Viscount Kingsborough	Whig
Whigs (British political party)}}" rowspan="3"		1826, 21 June	Robert King	Whig
Whigs (British political party)}}"		1827, 4 December	John Boyle	Whig
Whigs (British political party)}}"		1830, 12 August	Viscount Boyle	Whig
Repeal Association}}"		Repeal Association}}" rowspan="3"		1832, 29 December	1835]] but unseated on petition in favour of Richard Longfield on 5 June 1835, on the grounds that O'Connor failed the property qualification required of Members of Parliament.	Repeal Association
Conservative Party (UK)}}"		1835, 5 June	Richard Longfield	Conservative
Repeal Association}}" rowspan="3"		1837, 18 August	Edmond Roche	Repeal Association
Repeal Association}}"		1841, 15 July	Daniel O'Connell	Repeal Association
Repeal Association}}"		1847, 2 July	Maurice Power	Repeal Association
Whigs (British political party)}}"		Whigs (British political party)}}" rowspan="2"		1852, 22 March	Whig	Vincent Scully
Whigs (British political party)}}" rowspan="2"		1855, 23 April	Rickard Deasy	Whig
Independent Irish Party}}"		1857, 10 April	Alexander McCarthy	Ind. Irish
Liberal Party (UK)}}"		Liberal Party (UK)}}" rowspan="2"		1859, 10 May	Liberal	Vincent Scully
Conservative Party (UK)}}" rowspan="3"		1861, 28 February	Nicholas Leader	Conservative
Liberal Party (UK)}}"		1865, 29 July	George Richard Barry	Liberal
Liberal Party (UK)}}" rowspan="2"		1867, 3 February	Arthur Smith-Barry	Liberal
Liberal Party (UK)}}"		1868, 30 November	McCarthy Downing	Liberal
Home Rule League}}"		Home Rule League}}" rowspan="2"		1874, 9 February	Home Rule	William Shaw
Home Rule League}}"		1879, 20 February	David la Touche Colthurst	Home Rule
1885	Constituency divided: see East Cork, Mid Cork, North Cork, North East Cork, South Cork, South East Cork and West Cork

Elections

1801 (co-option), (1) Henry Boyle, Viscount Boyle, later Earl of Shannon (to 1807), b. 8 August 1771, d. 22 April 1842 aged 70; (2) Robert Uniacke Fitzgerald, b. 17 March 1751, d. 20 December 1814 aged 63
1806 17 November, George Ponsonby (to 1812), b. 1773, d. 5 June 1863 aged 90
1807 16 May, James Bernard, Viscount Bernard, later Earl of Bandon (to 1818), b. 14 June 1785, d. 31 October 1856 aged 71
1812 23 October, Richard Hare, Viscount Ennismore (to 1827), b. 20 March 1773, d. 24 September 1827 aged 54
1818 29 June, Edward King, Viscount Kingsborough,(Whig), b. 16 November 1795, d. 27 February 1837 aged 41
1826, 21 June, Robert Henry King, after Earl of Kingston (to 1832), (Whig), b. 4 October 1796, d. 21 January 1867 aged 70
1827, 4 December, John Boyle, b. 13 March 1803, d. 6 December 1874 aged 71

Elections in the 1830s

|reg. electors = 3,138

|reg. electors = 3,178

|reg. electors = 3,835

|reg. electors = 3,926

On petition, O'Connor was declared not qualified and unseated in favour of Longfield

|reg. electors = 4,878

Elections in the 1840s

|reg. electors = 3,706

O'Connell's death caused a by-election.

|reg. electors = 4,474 (1847 figure)

|reg. electors = 4,474

Elections in the 1850s

Power was appointed Lieutenant-Governor of Saint Lucia, resigning and causing a by-election.

|reg. electors = 13,192

Roche was elevated to the peerage, becoming 1st Baron Fermoy and causing a by-election.

|reg. electors = 13,192

|reg. electors = 15,633

|reg. electors = 15,716

Deasy was appointed Solicitor-General for Ireland, requiring a by-election.

|reg. electors = 15,716

Elections in the 1860s

Deasy was appointed Attorney-General for Ireland, requiring a by-election.

|reg. electors = 15,716

Deasy resigned after being appointed a Baron of the Exchequer, causing a by-election.

|reg. electors = 15,716

|reg. electors = 15,572

Barry's death caused a by-election.

|reg. electors = 16,105

Elections in the 1870s

|reg. electors = 15,633

Downing's death caused a by-election.

|reg. electors = 15,634

Elections in the 1880s

|reg. electors = 15,321

References

The Parliaments of England by Henry Stooks Smith (1st edition published in three volumes 1844–50), 2nd edition edited (in one volume) by F.W.S. Craig (Political Reference Publications 1973)
,Leigh Rayment, David Dickson Old World Colony Corl and South Munster 1630-1830 Cork University Press 2005, Famine in West Cork Fr. Patrick Hickey Mercier Press 2002

References

"HARE, Hon. Richard (1773-1827).".
(1842). "The Register of Parliamentary Contested Elections". Simpkin, Marshall & Company.
"BOYLE, Hon. John (1803-1874), of Marston, Frome, Som.".
O'Connor was re-elected in [[1835 United Kingdom general election. 1835]] but unseated on petition in favour of Richard Longfield on 5 June 1835, on the grounds that O'Connor failed the property qualification required of Members of Parliament.
(13 August 1847). "Ireland". Morning Advertiser.
(24 July 1841). "Election News". Manchester Courier and Lancashire General Advertiser.
(13 March 1852). ""Success" of Mr. Scully". Cork Constitution.
(20 March 1852). "County Cork Election". Weekly Freeman's Journal.
(21 April 1855). "Cork Election". Newry Examiner and Louth Advertiser.
(22 April 1857). "Undue Influence Exerted in the Irish Elections". Belfast News-Letter.
(20 March 1857). "Cork County". Dublin Evening Mail.
(4 April 1857). "Dublin Weekly Nation".
"Co. Cork".
(21 April 1855). "Irish Business in Parliament". Dublin Weekly Nation.
(1978). "Parliamentary Election Results in Ireland, 1801-1922". Royal Irish Academy.

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