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South Tyrone (UK Parliament constituency)

Parliamentary constituency in the United Kingdom, 1885–1922

Summary

Parliamentary constituency in the United Kingdom, 1885–1922

Field	Value
name	South Tyrone
type	county
parliament	uk
year	1885
abolished	1922
seats	1
previous	Dungannon and County Tyrone
next	Fermanagh and Tyrone

South Tyrone was a UK Parliament constituency in Ireland which returned one Member of Parliament from 1885 to 1922, using the first past the post electoral system.

Boundaries

From 1801 to 1885, County Tyrone returned two MPs to the House of Commons of the United Kingdom sitting at the Palace of Westminster, with separate representation for the parliamentary borough of Dungannon. Under the Redistribution of Seats Act 1885, Dungannon ceased to exist as a parliamentary borough and the parliamentary county was divided into four divisions: North Tyrone, Mid Tyrone, East Tyrone and South Tyrone.

Under the Redistribution of Seats (Ireland) Act 1918, following a boundary commission review, the parliamentary county lost a seat, leading to an expansion of the territory of South Tyrone. Sinn Féin contested the 1918 general election on an abstentionist platform in its election manifesto pledging that instead of taking up any seats at Westminster, they would establish an assembly in Dublin. All MPs elected to Irish seats were invited to participate in the First Dáil convened in January 1919, but no members outside of Sinn Féin did so, with South Tyrone's William Coote listed on the roll as "as láthair" [absent].

1918–1922	The rural district of Clogher, that part of the rural district of Cookstown consisting of the district electoral divisions of The Sandholes and Stewartstown, that part of the rural district of Dungannon not contained in the North East Tyrone constituency, that part of the rural district of Omagh consisting of the district electoral divisions of Carryglass, Derrybard, Dervaghroy, Draughton, Fallaghearn, Fintona, Seskinore and Tattymoyle, and the urban district of Dungannon.

The Government of Ireland Act 1920 established the Parliament of Northern Ireland, which came into operation in 1921. The representation of Northern Ireland in the Parliament of the United Kingdom was reduced from 30 MPs to 13 MPs, taking effect at the 1922 United Kingdom general election. At Westminster, the three divisions of County Tyrone and the two divisions of County Fermanangh were replaced by a two-member county constituency of Fermanagh and Tyrone. An eight-seat constituency of Fermanagh and Tyrone was created for the House of Commons of Northern Ireland, which formed the basis in republican theory for representation in the Second Dáil after the 1921 election. Three Sinn Féin representatives sat as TDs for the constituency, two of whom also represented constituencies in Southern Ireland.

Members of Parliament

Election	Member	Party
Nationalist Party (Ireland)}}"		1885	William O'Brien
Liberal Unionist Party}}"		1886	Thomas Russell
Russellite Unionist}}"		1902	Russellite Unionist
Liberal Party (UK)}}"		1907	Liberal
Irish Unionist}}"		Jan 1910	Andrew Horner
Irish Unionist}}"		1916 (b)	William Coote
Ulster Unionist Party}}"		May 1921	Ulster Unionist
1922	constituency abolished

Elections

Elections in the 1880s

|reg. electors = 7,725 |reg. electors = 7,725

Elections in the 1890s

|reg. electors = 7,070 |reg. electors = 6,730

Elections in the 1900s

|reg. electors = 6,220 |reg. electors = 5,982

Elections in the 1910s

|reg. electors = 6,059 |reg. electors = 6,059 |reg. electors = 6,434

References

Sources

Citations

References

(1917). "Representation of the People Bill 1917: redistribution of seats: report". Boundary Commission (Ireland).
(21 January 1919). "3. An Rolla". Houses of the Oireachtas.
"Redistribution of Seats Act 1885 (48 & 49 Vict. c. 23), s. 8 and Seventh Schedule, Part III".
"Redistribution of Seats (Ireland) Act 1918 (7 & 8 Geo. 5. c. 65), Fourth Schedule, Part I".
(10 May 1921). "President's Statement. - Elections". Houses of the Oireachtas.
"Appendix 19: Dáil Éireann: Extract from Minutes of Meeting on 16th August 1921: Copy of Roll". Houses of the Oireachtas.
(1978). "Parliamentary Election Results in Ireland, 1801-1922". Royal Irish Academy.

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