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County Sligo (UK Parliament constituency)

UK parliamentary constituency in Ireland, 1801–1885

Summary

UK parliamentary constituency in Ireland, 1801–1885

Field	Value
name	County Sligo
type	county
region	Ireland
county	County Sligo
parliament	uk
year	1801
abolished	1885
seats	2
previous	County Sligo (IHC)
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County Sligo is a former county constituency in Ireland, represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It returned two Members of Parliament (MPs), elected by the bloc vote system of election.

History and boundaries

In 1801, the constituency succeeded the constituency of County Sligo in the Irish House of Commons, comprising the whole of County Sligo, except the parliamentary borough of Sligo. After the Sligo and Cashel Disfranchisement Act 1870, the borough ceased to have separate representation, and eligible voters were added to the roll for the county constituency.

From 1885 the constituency was divided into North Sligo and South Sligo.

Members of Parliament

Election	1st Member	2nd Member	2nd Party
1801	Tories (British political party)}}"	Joshua Edward Cooper	Tory	Tories (British political party)}}"
Nov 1806	Tories (British political party)}}"	Edward Synge Cooper	Tory
Dec 1822	Whigs (British political party)}}"	Henry King	Whig
Aug 1830	Tories (British political party)}}"	Edward Joshua Cooper	Tory
May 1831	Tories (British political party)}}"	Alexander Perceval	Tory
Dec 1834	Conservative Party (UK)}}"	Conservative	Conservative Party (UK)}}"		Conservative
Jul 1841	Irish Conservative Party}}"	William Ormsby-Gore	Conservative
Sep 1841	Conservative Party (UK)}}"	John Ffolliott	Conservative
Mar 1850	Conservative Party (UK)}}"	Sir Robert Gore-Booth	Conservative
Jul 1852	Independent Irish Party}}"	Richard Swift	Ind. Irish
Apr 1857	Irish Conservative Party}}"	Edward Joshua Cooper	Conservative
May 1859	Conservative Party (UK)}}"	Charles William Cooper
changed name to O'Hara, 1860	Conservative
Jul 1865	Irish Conservative Party}}"	Edward Henry Cooper	Conservative
Dec 1868	Liberal Party (UK)}}"	Denis Maurice O'Conor		Liberal
Dec 1874	Home Rule League}}"	Home Rule League
Jan 1877	Home Rule League}}"	Edward King-Harman	Home Rule
Apr 1880	Home Rule League}}"	Thomas Sexton	Parnellite Home Rule League}}
Oct 1882	Irish Parliamentary Party}}"	Irish Parliamentary	Irish Parliamentary Party}}"		Irish Parliamentary
Aug 1883	Irish Parliamentary Party}}"	Nicholas Lynch	Irish Parliamentary
1885	constituency abolished: see North Sligo and South Sligo

Elections

Elections in the 1830s

|reg. electors = 610

|reg. electors = 600

|reg. electors = 695

|reg. electors = 694

|reg. electors = 1,036

Elections in the 1840s

|reg. electors = 1,093

Perceval was appointed a commissioner of the Treasury, causing a by-election.

|reg. electors = 837

Elections in the 1850s

Ffolliott resigned by accepting the office of Steward of the Chiltern Hundreds, causing a by-election.

|reg. electors = 2,105

|reg. electors = 2,389

|reg. electors = 2,445

Elections in the 1860s

|reg. electors = 3,181

|reg. electors = 3,233

Elections in the 1870s

|reg. electors = 3,539

Gore-Booth's death caused a by-election.

|reg. electors = 3,414

Elections in the 1880s

|reg. electors = 3,256

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

|reg. electors = 3,174

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)

References

"COOPER, Edward Synge (1762-1830), of Markree Castle, co. Sligo and Boden Park, co. Westmeath.".
(1842). "The Register of Parliamentary Contested Elections". Simpkin, Marshall & Company.
"Co. Sligo".
(24 July 1852). "Election Intelligence". The Atlas.
(23 April 1857). "Belfast Mercury".
(1978). "Parliamentary Election Results in Ireland, 1801-1922". Royal Irish Academy.
(15 August 1883). "Election Intelligence". South Wales Daily News.

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