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Application Last Amended: 20 July 2024
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21 December 1832		863
Thomas FitzGerald	Irish Repeal	Unopposed
Richard Montesquieu Bellew	Irish Repeal	Unopposed

December 1834 Death of Thomas FitzGerald.

24 December 1834
Sir Patrick Bellew, bt	Whig	Unopposed

24 January 1835		609/904	67.37
Sir Patrick Bellew, bt	Whig	497	81.61
Richard Montesquieu Bellew	Irish Repeal (Whig)	456	74.88
Hon Chichester Thomas Skeffington Foster	Conservative Party	265	43.51
Majority		191	31.36

5 August 1837		995
Richard Montesquieu Bellew	Irish Repeal (Whig)	Unopposed
Henry Chester	Whig	Unopposed

July 1840 Resignation of Henry Chester. (Chiltern Hundreds)

31 July 1840
Thomas Fortescue	Whig	Unopposed

15 July 1841		832/961	86.58
Richard Montesquieu Bellew	Whig	447	53.73
Hon Thomas Vesey Dawson	Whig	430	51.68
Matthew Fortescue	Conservative Party	358	43.03
John McClintock	Conservative Party	4	0.48
Majority		72	8.65

10 August 1847		1,410
Richard Montesquieu Bellew	Whig	Unopposed
Chichester Samuel Fortescue	Whig	Unopposed

22 July 1852		1,518/2,078	73.05
Chichester Samuel Fortescue	Whig	1,142	75.23
Tristram Kennedy	Independent Irish	995	65.55
John McClintock	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
Chichester Samuel Fortescue	Whig	720	57.83
John MacNamara Cantwell	Independent Irish	525	42.17
Majority		195	15.66

10 April 1857		1,868/2,418	77.25
Chichester Samuel Fortescue	Whig	1,276	68.31
John McClintock	Conservative Party	1,064	56.96
Richard Montesquieu Bellew	Whig	891	47.70
Tristram Kennedy	Independent Irish	407	21.79
Majority		173	9.26

16 May 1859		1,874/2,439	76.83
Chichester Samuel Fortescue	Liberal Party	1,379	73.59
Richard Montesquieu Bellew	Liberal Party	1,208	64.46
John McClintock	Conservative Party	1,137	60.67
Frederick John Foster	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
Tristram Kennedy	Liberal Party	1,002	52.05
John McClintock	Conservative Party	923	47.95
Majority		79	4.10

24 July 1865		625/2,441	25.60
Chichester Samuel Parkinson-Fortescue	Liberal Party	623	99.68
Tristram Kennedy	Liberal Party	609	97.44
Frederick John Foster	Conservative Party	8	1.28
John McClintock	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
Chichester Samuel Parkinson-Fortescue	Liberal Party	Unopposed

24 November 1868		2,443
Rt Hon Chichester Samuel Parkinson-Fortescue	Liberal Party	Unopposed
Matthew O'Reilly Dease	Liberal Party	Unopposed

16 December 1868 Resignation of Rt Hon Chichester Fortescue on appointment as Chief Secretary for Ireland.

11 January 1869
Rt Hon Chichester Samuel Parkinson-Fortescue	Liberal Party	Unopposed

13 February 1874		1,834/2,334	78.58
Alexander Martin Sullivan	Home Rule	1,250	68.16
Philip Callan	Home Rule	1,202	65.54
Rt Hon Chichester Samuel Parkinson-Fortescue	Liberal Party	608	33.15
Matthew O'Reilly Dease	Liberal Party	265	14.45
Majority		594	32.39

1874 Philip Callan elects to sit for Dundalk.

9 April 1874
George Harley Kirk	Home Rule	997	66.29
Bernard Charles Molloy	Home Rule	507	33.71
Majority		490	32.58

10 April 1880		1,570/2,168	72.42
Philip Callan	Home Rule	902	74.55
Alexander Martin Sullivan	Home Rule	830	68.60
George Harley Kirk	Home Rule	688	56.86
Majority		142	9.04

18 May 1880 Resignation of Alexander Sullivan. (Northstead)

28 May 1880
Alan Henry Bellingham	Home Rule	Unopposed

19 June 1880 Petition - dismissed.

14 December 1918		21,285/29,176	72.95
John Joseph O'Kelly	Sinn Féin	10,770	50.60
Richard Hazleton	Nationalist	10,515	49.40
Majority		255	1.20