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Mayo (UK Parliament constituency)
UK parliamentary constituency in Ireland, 1801–1885
UK parliamentary constituency in Ireland, 1801–1885
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| name | County Mayo |
| type | county |
| region | Ireland |
| county | County Mayo |
| parliament | uk |
| year | 1801 |
| abolished | 1885 |
| seats | 2 |
| previous | County Mayo (IHC) |
| next |
the 19th-century constituency of the UK Parliament
County Mayo was a parliamentary constituency in Ireland, which returned two Members of Parliament (MPs) to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1801 to 1885.
History
The constituency was created in 1801 under the Acts of Union 1800, succeeding the earlier County Mayo constituency in the pre-union Parliament of Ireland. Under the Redistribution of Seats Act 1885 it was divided into four new single-seat constituencies: East Mayo, North Mayo, South Mayo and West Mayo.
Boundaries
This constituency comprised the whole of County Mayo.
Members of Parliament
| Year | 1st Member | 1st Party | 2nd Member | 2nd Party | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1801, 1 January | Denis Browne | |||||
| 1802, 22 July | Henry Dillon-Lee | |||||
| 1814, 5 March | Whigs (British political party)}}" | Dominick Browne | Whig | |||
| 1818, 4 July | Tories (British political party)}}" | James Browne | Tory | |||
| 1826, 24 June | Non Partisan}}" | Lord Bingham | Non Partisan | |||
| 1830, 14 August | Whigs (British political party)}}" | Dominick Browne | Whig | |||
| 1831, 19 May | Whigs (British political party)}}" | John Denis Browne | Whig | |||
| 1835, 24 January | Repeal Association}}" | Sir William Brabazon, Bt | Repeal Association | |||
| 1836, 6 May | Repeal Association}}" | Robert Dillon Browne | Repeal Association | |||
| 1840, 16 December | Repeal Association}}" | Mark Blake | Repeal Association | |||
| 1846, 2 March | Repeal Association}}" | Joseph Myles McDonnell | Repeal Association | |||
| 1847, 14 August | Whigs (British political party)}}" | George Henry Moore | Whig | |||
| 1850, 29 July | Whigs (British political party)}}" | George Gore Ousley Higgins | Whig | |||
| 1852, 26 July | Independent Irish Party}}" | Independent Irish | Independent Irish Party}}" | Independent Irish | ||
| 1857, 10 April | Conservative Party (UK)}}" | Roger Palmer | Conservative | |||
| 1857, 30 December | Whigs (British political party)}}" | Lord John Browne | Whig | |||
| 1859, 13 May | Liberal Party (UK)}}" | Liberal | ||||
| 1865, 19 July | Conservative Party (UK)}}" | Lord Bingham | Conservative | |||
| 1868, 23 November | Liberal Party (UK)}}" | George Henry Moore | Liberal | |||
| 1870, 12 May | Liberal Party (UK)}}" | George Eakins Browne | Liberal | |||
| 1874, 7 Feb | Home Rule League}}" | Home Rule League | Home Rule League}}" | Thomas Tighe | ||
| 1874, 1 June | Home Rule League}}" | John O'Connor Power | Home Rule League | |||
| 1880, 15 April | Home Rule League}}" | Charles Stewart Parnell | Parnellite Home Rule League}} | |||
| 1880, 26 May | Home Rule League}}" | Isaac Nelson | Home Rule League | |||
| 1882 | Irish Parliamentary Party}}" | Irish Parliamentary Party | Irish Parliamentary Party}}" | Irish Parliamentary Party | ||
| 1885 | Constituency divided: see East Mayo, North Mayo, South Mayo and West Mayo |
Elections
The elections in this constituency took place using the first past the post electoral system.
Elections in the 1830s
|reg. electors = 1,055
|reg. electors = 1,055
|reg. electors = 1,350
|reg. electors = 1,290
Browne was elevated to the peerage, becoming 1st Baron Oranmore and causing a by-election.
|reg. electors = 1,491
- Note (1836): Walker suggests 609 votes were placed for Robert Browne, and none for John Browne, but Stooks Smith's figures have been used above.
|reg. electors = 2,028
Elections in the 1840s
Brabazon's death caused a by-election.
|reg. electors = 1,064
Blake resigned by accepting the office of Steward of the Chiltern Hundreds, causing a by-election.
|reg. electors = 1,551 (1847 figure)
|reg. electors = 1,551
Elections in the 1850s
Browne's death caused a by-election.
|reg. electors = 1,551
|reg. electors = 1,395
|reg. electors = 2,338
On petition, Moore was unseated, causing a by-election.
|reg. electors = 3,779
Elections in the 1860s
|reg. electors = 3,679
|reg. electors = 3,783
Elections in the 1870s
Moore's death caused a by-election.
|reg. electors = 3,608
On petition, Browne and Tighe were unseated.
|reg. electors = 3,608
Elections in the 1880s
|reg. electors = 3,221
Parnell was also elected MP for Cork City and opted to sit there, causing a by-election.
|reg. electors = 3,221
Notes
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
- "BROWNE, James (1793-1854), of Claremont House, co. Mayo".
- "Co. Mayo".
- (1842). "The Register of Parliamentary Contested Elections". Simpkin, Marshall & Company.
- Following the general election in April 1857, the election of [[George Henry Moore (politician). George Henry Moore]] was declared void on 14 July 1857. The writ was suspended until December 1857
- (17 July 1847). "Galway Mercury, and Connaught Weekly Advertiser".
- (11 March 1846). "Ireland". Worcestershire Chronicle.
- (28 August 1847). "Leeds Intelligencer".
- (10 July 1850). "Notice". Tipperary Free Press.
- (20 July 1850). "Dublin Weekly Nation".
- (31 July 1850). "The Mayo Election". Galway Vindicator, and Connaught Advertiser.
- (9 January 1858). "Northern Whig".
- Following the general election in February 1874, the election of the two sitting members (Browne and Tighe) was declared void on 7 May 1874
- Parnell was also returned for both Meath and Cork. He chose to sit for Cork
- There was no election in 1882, but in that year the [[Home Rule League]] was renamed as the [[Irish Parliamentary Party]]
- (1978). "Parliamentary Election Results in Ireland, 1801-1922". Royal Irish Academy.
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