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Data Last Updated: 7 August 2025
Application Last Amended: 20 July 2024
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26 December 1832		675/1,448	46.62
John Matthew Galwey	Irish Repeal	443	65.63
Sir Richard Keane, bt	Whig	332	49.19
Robert Power	Whig	303	44.89
Majority		29	4.30

19 January 1835		1,478
Patrick Power	Whig	Unopposed
Sir Richard Musgrave, bt	Irish Repeal (Whig)	Unopposed

September 1835 Death of Patrick Power.

21 September 1835
William Villiers Stuart	Whig	Unopposed

9 August 1837		1,563
William Villiers Stuart	Whig	Unopposed
John Power	Whig	Unopposed

August 1840 Resignation of John Power. (Chiltern Hundreds)

24 August 1840
Hon Robert Shapland Carew	Whig	Unopposed

12 July 1841		802
William Villiers Stuart	Whig	Unopposed
Hon Robert Shapland Carew	Whig	Unopposed

11 August 1847		872
Robert Keating	Irish Repeal	Unopposed
Nicholas Mahon Power	Irish Repeal	Unopposed

26 July 1852		2,561/3,248	78.85
Nicholas Mahon Power	Independent Irish	1,404	54.82
John Esmonde	Independent Irish	1,261	49.24
Hon Richard Hely-Hutchinson	Conservative Party	1,228	47.95
Majority		33	1.29

8 April 1857		3,293
Nicholas Mahon Power	Radical	Unopposed
John Esmonde	Whig	Unopposed

12 May 1859		3,384
John Esmonde	Liberal Party	Unopposed
Hon Walter Cecil Talbot	Conservative Party	Unopposed

18 July 1865		3,477
John Esmonde	Liberal Party	Unopposed
John Henry de la Poer Beresford, Earl of Tyrone	Conservative Party	Unopposed

2 June 1866 Resignation of John Esmonde on appointment as a Commissioner of the Treasury.

7 June 1866		3,477
John Esmonde	Liberal Party	Unopposed

6 November 1866 Succession of the Earl of Tyrone to the Peerage - 5th Marquess of Waterford.

31 December 1866
Edmond de la Poer	Liberal Party	1,481	60.08
Hon Walter Cecil Talbot	Conservative Party	984	39.92
Majority		497	20.16

19 November 1868		3,445
John Esmonde	Liberal Party	Unopposed
Edmond de la Poer	Liberal Party	Unopposed

24 June 1873 Resignation of Edmond de la Poer. (Chiltern Hundreds)

5 July 1873		3,407
Hon Henry Windsor Villiers-Stuart	Liberal Party	Unopposed

13 February 1874		3,157/3,317	95.18
Lord Charles William de la Poer Beresford	Conservative Party	1,767	55.97
Sir John Esmonde, Bt	Home Rule	1,390	44.03
Abraham Pearson Longbottom	Home Rule	446	14.13
Majority		944	29.90

9 December 1876 Death of Sir John Esmonde, Bt.

20 January 1877		2,333/3,276	71.21
James Delahunty	Home Rule	1,799	77.11
Augustus Frederick Lehmann	Liberal Party	534	22.89
Majority		1,265	54.22

6 April 1880		2,558/3,135	81.59
Henry Windsor Villiers-Stuart	Liberal Party	1,751	68.45
John Aloysius Blake	Home Rule	1,625	63.53
Lord Charles William de la Poer Beresford	Conservative Party	870	34.01
Majority		755	29.52

8 August 1884 Resignation of John Blake. (Chiltern Hundreds)

21 August 1884		3,060
Patrick Joseph Power	Nationalist	Unopposed