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Data Last Updated: 7 August 2025
Application Last Amended: 20 July 2024
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24 December 1832		1,217/1,318	92.34
Samuel White	Whig	730	59.98
Robert Bermingham Clements, Viscount Clements	Whig	625	51.36
John Marcus Clements	Tory	513	42.15
Majority		112	9.20

20 January 1835		1,437
Samuel White	Whig	Unopposed
Robert Bermingham Clements, Viscount Clements	Whig	Unopposed

7 August 1837		1,734
Samuel White	Whig	Unopposed
Robert Bermingham Clements, Viscount Clements	Whig	Unopposed

24 January 1839 Death of Viscount Clements.

6 March 1839
William Sydney Clements, Viscount Clements	Whig	Unopposed

2 July 1841		1,488
Samuel White	Whig	Unopposed
William Sydney Clements, Viscount Clements	Whig	Unopposed

2 August 1847		563/1,357	41.49
Edward King Tenison	Whig	389	69.09
Hon Charles Skeffington Clements	Whig	376	66.79
John Robert Godley	Conservative Party	329	58.44
John Reynolds Dickson	Independent	32	5.68
Majority		47	8.35

26 July 1852		854/1,265	67.51
Hugh Lyons Montgomery	Conservative Party	617	72.25
John Brady	Independent Irish	551	64.52
Hon Charles Skeffington Clements	Whig	540	63.23
Majority		11	1.29

20 April 1857		1,587/2,628	60.39
Hugh Lyons Montgomery	Conservative Party	1,549	97.61
John Brady	Independent Irish	985	62.07
Edward King Tenison	Whig	588	37.05
Majority		397	25.02

24 July 1857 Petition - withdrawn.

April 1858 Resignation of Hugh Montgomery. (Hempholme)

17 April 1858
William Richard Ormsby-Gore	Conservative Party	Unopposed

12 May 1859		2,404
John Brady	Liberal Party	Unopposed
William Richard Ormsby-Gore	Conservative Party	Unopposed

24 July 1865		2,335/2,389	97.74
William Richard Ormsby-Gore	Conservative Party	1,374	84.17
John Brady	Liberal Party	1,000	61.26
Edward King Tenison	Liberal Party	891	54.58
Majority		109	4.67

23 November 1868		2,673
William Richard Ormsby-Gore	Conservative Party	Unopposed
Dr John Brady	Liberal Party	Unopposed

9 February 1874		3,465/2,563	135.19
Dr John Brady	Home Rule	1,313	75.79
William Richard Ormsby-Gore	Conservative Party	1,097	63.32
Francis O'Beirne	Home Rule	1,055	60.89
Majority		42	2.42

15 June 1876 Succession of William Ormsby-Gore to the Peerage - 2nd Baron Harlech.

17 July 1876
Francis O'Beirne	Home Rule	1,276	58.86
Arthur Loftus Tottenham	Conservative Party	885	40.82
Charles McGowan	Home Rule	7	0.32
Majority		391	18.04

8 April 1880		2,087/2,383	87.58
Arthur Loftus Tottenham	Conservative Party	1,038	49.74
Francis O'Beirne	Home Rule	837	40.11
Thomas Quinn	Home Rule	668	32.01
Rev Isaac Nelson	Home Rule	593	28.41
Majority		169	8.10