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Data Last Updated: 9 April 2024
Application Last Amended: 11 January 2024
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21 December 1832 | 863 | ||
Irish Repeal | Unopposed |   | |
Irish Repeal | Unopposed |   | |
December 1834 Death of Thomas FitzGerald. | |||
24 December 1834 | |||
Whig | Unopposed |   | |
24 January 1835 | 609/904 | 67.37 | |
Whig | 497 | 81.61 | |
Irish Repeal (Whig) | 456 | 74.88 | |
Conservative Party | 265 | 43.51 | |
Majority | 191 | 31.36 | |
5 August 1837 | 995 | ||
Irish Repeal (Whig) | Unopposed |   | |
Whig | Unopposed |   | |
July 1840 Resignation of Henry Chester. (Chiltern Hundreds) | |||
31 July 1840 | |||
Whig | Unopposed |   | |
15 July 1841 | 832/961 | 86.58 | |
Whig | 447 | 53.73 | |
Whig | 430 | 51.68 | |
Conservative Party | 358 | 43.03 | |
Conservative Party | 4 | 0.48 | |
Majority | 72 | 8.65 | |
10 August 1847 | 1,410 | ||
Whig | Unopposed |   | |
Whig | Unopposed |   | |
22 July 1852 | 1,518/2,078 | 73.05 | |
Whig | 1,142 | 75.23 | |
Independent Irish | 995 | 65.55 | |
Conservative Party | 884 | 58.23 | |
Majority | 111 | 7.31 | |
February 1854 Resignation of Chichester Fortescue on appointment as Lord Commissioner of the Treasury. | |||
27 February 1854 | |||
Whig | 720 | 57.83 | |
Independent Irish | 525 | 42.17 | |
Majority | 195 | 15.66 | |
10 April 1857 | 1,868/2,418 | 77.25 | |
Whig | 1,276 | 68.31 | |
Conservative Party | 1,064 | 56.96 | |
Whig | 891 | 47.70 | |
Independent Irish | 407 | 21.79 | |
Majority | 173 | 9.26 | |
16 May 1859 | 1,874/2,439 | 76.83 | |
Liberal Party | 1,379 | 73.59 | |
Liberal Party | 1,208 | 64.46 | |
Conservative Party | 1,137 | 60.67 | |
Conservative Party | 23 | 1.23 | |
Majority | 71 | 3.79 | |
1863 Chichester Fortescue assumes the additional surname of Parkinson by Royal Licence. | |||
1865 Resignation of Richard Bellew on appointment as Poor Law Commissioner for Ireland. | |||
15 April 1865 | |||
Liberal Party | 1,002 | 52.05 | |
Conservative Party | 923 | 47.95 | |
Majority | 79 | 4.10 | |
24 July 1865 | 625/2,441 | 25.60 | |
Liberal Party | 623 | 99.68 | |
Liberal Party | 609 | 97.44 | |
Conservative Party | 8 | 1.28 | |
Conservative Party | 6 | 0.96 | |
Majority | 601 | 96.16 | |
7 December 1865 Resignation of Chichester Parkinson-Fortescue on appointment as Chief Secretary for Ireland. | |||
22 March 1866 | |||
Liberal Party | Unopposed |   | |
24 November 1868 | 2,443 | ||
Liberal Party | Unopposed |   | |
Liberal Party | Unopposed |   | |
16 December 1868 Resignation of Rt Hon Chichester Fortescue on appointment as Chief Secretary for Ireland. | |||
11 January 1869 | |||
Liberal Party | Unopposed |   | |
13 February 1874 | 1,834/2,334 | 78.58 | |
Home Rule | 1,250 | 68.16 | |
Home Rule | 1,202 | 65.54 | |
Liberal Party | 608 | 33.15 | |
Liberal Party | 265 | 14.45 | |
Majority | 594 | 32.39 | |
1874 Philip Callan elects to sit for Dundalk. | |||
9 April 1874 | |||
Home Rule | 997 | 66.29 | |
Home Rule | 507 | 33.71 | |
Majority | 490 | 32.58 | |
10 April 1880 | 1,570/2,168 | 72.42 | |
Home Rule | 902 | 74.55 | |
Home Rule | 830 | 68.60 | |
Home Rule | 688 | 56.86 | |
Majority | 142 | 9.04 | |
18 May 1880 Resignation of Alexander Sullivan. (Northstead) | |||
28 May 1880 | |||
Home Rule | Unopposed |   | |
19 June 1880 Petition - dismissed. | |||
14 December 1918 | 21,285/29,176 | 72.95 | |
Sinn Féin | 10,770 | 50.60 | |
Nationalist | 10,515 | 49.40 | |
Majority | 255 | 1.20 | |