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Application Last Amended: 11 January 2024
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14 December 1832 | 1,795/2,062 | 87.05 | |
Irish Repeal | 1,265 | 70.47 | |
Irish Repeal | 951 | 52.98 | |
Irish Repeal | 807 | 44.96 | |
Majority | 144 | 8.02 | |
2 May 1833 Petition - Lachlan MacLachlan unseated and Martin Blake declared elected. | |||
14 January 1835 | 2,062 | ||
Irish Repeal (Whig) | Unopposed |   | |
Irish Repeal (Whig) | Unopposed |   | |
3 August 1837 | 772/2,739 | 28.19 | |
Irish Repeal (Whig) | 448 | 58.03 | |
Irish Repeal (Whig) | 376 | 48.70 | |
Conservative Party | 262 | 33.94 | |
Conservative Party | 3 | 0.39 | |
Majority | 114 | 14.77 | |
1838 Resignation of Andrew Lynch on appointment as a Master in Chancery. | |||
12 February 1838 | |||
Irish Repeal (Whig) | 445 | 73.68 | |
Irish Repeal | 159 | 26.32 | |
Majority | 286 | 47.35 | |
5 July 1841 | 1,600 | ||
Irish Repeal | Unopposed |   | |
Irish Repeal | Unopposed |   | |
January 1847 Death of Sir Valentine Blake, bt. | |||
17 February 1847 | |||
Whig | 510 | 50.50 | |
Irish Repeal | 500 | 49.50 | |
Majority | 10 | 0.99 | |
2 August 1847 | 1,369 | ||
Irish Repeal | Unopposed |   | |
Irish Repeal | Unopposed |   | |
13 July 1852 | 658/1,038 | 63.39 | |
Independent Irish | 646 | 98.18 | |
Independent Irish | 452 | 68.69 | |
Whig | 284 | 43.16 | |
Majority | 168 | 25.53 | |
2 April 1857 | 794/1,115 | 71.21 | |
Whig | 644 | 81.11 | |
Whig | 508 | 63.98 | |
Independent Irish | 433 | 54.53 | |
Majority | 75 | 9.45 | |
13 July 1857 Petition - Anthony O'Flaherty unseated. | |||
11 February 1859 | |||
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
2 May 1859 | 947/1,300 | 72.85 | |
Conservative Party | 743 | 78.46 | |
Liberal Party | 603 | 63.67 | |
Liberal Party | 548 | 57.87 | |
Majority | 55 | 5.81 | |
17 July 1865 | 1,080/1,182 | 91.37 | |
Liberal/Conservative | 885 | 81.94 | |
Liberal Party | 672 | 62.22 | |
Conservative Party | 291 | 26.94 | |
Independent Liberal | 22 | 2.04 | |
Majority | 381 | 35.28 | |
August 1866 Resignation of Michael Morris on appointment as Solicitor-General for Ireland. | |||
2 August 1866 | |||
Liberal/Conservative | 773 | 81.89 | |
Liberal Party | 171 | 18.11 | |
Majority | 602 | 63.77 | |
1 November 1866 Resignation of Rt Hon Michael Morris on appointment as Attorney-General for Ireland. | |||
12 February 1867 | |||
Liberal/Conservative | Unopposed |   | |
March 1867 Resignation of Rt Hon Michael Morris on appointment as a Judge of the Common Pleas, Ireland. | |||
1 April 1867 | |||
Liberal/Conservative | Unopposed |   | |
21 November 1868 | 1,244/1,525 | 81.57 | |
Liberal Party | 826 | 66.40 | |
Liberal Party | 804 | 64.63 | |
Liberal Party | 432 | 34.73 | |
Conservative Party | 213 | 17.12 | |
Majority | 372 | 29.90 | |
25 February 1869 Petition - dismissed. | |||
5 February 1874 | 887/1,625 | 54.58 | |
Home Rule | 761 | 85.79 | |
Home Rule | 606 | 68.32 | |
Home Rule | 449 | 50.62 | |
Majority | 157 | 17.70 | |
9 February 1874 Viscount St Lawrence had succeeded to the Peerage as 4th Earl of Howth on 4 February, and so was ineligible to sit in the House of Commons. | |||
25 March 1874 | |||
Home Rule | 379 | 51.42 | |
Liberal Party | 358 | 48.58 | |
Majority | 21 | 2.85 | |
22 May 1874 Petition - election declared void. | |||
2 July 1874 | |||
Home Rule | 726 | 71.60 | |
Liberal Party | 288 | 28.40 | |
Majority | 438 | 43.20 | |
3 April 1880 | 1,471/1,205 | 122.07 | |
Home Rule | 503 | 68.39 | |
Home Rule | 487 | 66.21 | |
Home Rule | 481 | 65.40 | |
Majority | 6 | 0.41 | |
26 November 1885 | 1,499/2,265 | 66.18 | |
Nationalist | 1,335 | 89.06 | |
Loyalist | 164 | 10.94 | |
Majority | 1,171 | 78.12 | |
25 January 1886 Thomas O'Connor elects to sit for Liverpool Scotland. | |||
11 February 1886 | 996/2,265 | 43.97 | |
Nationalist | 942 | 94.58 | |
Nationalist | 54 | 5.42 | |
Majority | 888 | 89.16 | |
8 June 1886 Resignation of William O'Shea. (Chiltern Hundreds) | |||
2 July 1886 | 2,265 | ||
Nationalist | Unopposed |   | |
8 July 1892 | 1,237/1,909 | 64.80 | |
Anti-Parnellite Nationalist | 644 | 52.06 | |
Parnellite Nationalist | 593 | 47.94 | |
Majority | 51 | 4.12 | |
17 July 1895 | 1,456/1,759 | 82.77 | |
Anti-Parnellite Nationalist | 596 | 40.93 | |
Parnellite Nationalist | 465 | 31.94 | |
Unionist | 395 | 27.13 | |
Majority | 131 | 9.00 | |
1 October 1900 | 1,645/2,209 | 74.47 | |
Unionist | 882 | 53.62 | |
Nationalist | 763 | 46.38 | |
Majority | 119 | 7.23 | |
8 September 1901 Succession of Hon Martin Morris to the Peerage - 2nd Baron Killanin. | |||
21 November 1901 | 1,719/2,166 | 79.36 | |
Nationalist | 1,247 | 72.54 | |
Unionist | 472 | 27.46 | |
Majority | 775 | 45.08 | |
23 January 1903 Arthur Lynch adjudged guilty of high treason. | |||
9 May 1903 | 2,347 | ||
Nationalist | Unopposed |   | |
15 January 1906 | 2,202 | ||
Nationalist | Unopposed |   | |
13 October 1906 Resignation of Charles Devlin. (Northstead) | |||
3 November 1906 | 1,542/2,202 | 70.03 | |
Nationalist | 983 | 63.75 | |
Independent Nationalist | 559 | 36.25 | |
Majority | 424 | 27.50 | |
15 January 1910 | 2,306 | ||
Nationalist | Unopposed |   | |
7 December 1910 | 1,265/2,306 | 54.86 | |
Nationalist | 1,062 | 83.95 | |
Independent Unionist | 203 | 16.05 | |
Majority | 859 | 67.91 | |