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Data Last Updated: 7 August 2025
Application Last Amended: 20 July 2024
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2 January 1833		3,026/3,487	86.78
Hon John Bruce Richard O'Neill	Tory	1,719	56.81
George Hamilton Chichester, Earl of Belfast	Whig	1,654	54.66
Edmund McDonnell	Tory	1,451	47.95
John Cromie	Tory	1,133	37.44
Majority		203	6.71

15 January 1835		3,822
Hon John Bruce Richard O'Neill	Conservative Party	Unopposed
George Hamilton Chichester, Earl of Belfast	Whig	Unopposed

5 August 1837		4,052
Hon John Bruce Richard O'Neill	Conservative Party	Unopposed
John Irving	Conservative Party	Unopposed

25 March 1841 Succession of Hon John O'Neill to the Peerage - Viscount O'Neill.

14 April 1841
Nathaniel Alexander	Conservative Party	Unopposed

13 July 1841		2,157
John Irving	Conservative Party	Unopposed
Nathaniel Alexander	Conservative Party	Unopposed

10 November 1845 Death of John Irving.

22 December 1845
Sir Horace Beauchamp Seymour	Conservative Party	Unopposed

11 August 1847		6,962
Nathaniel Alexander	Conservative Party	Unopposed
Sir Edmund Charles Workman MacNaghten, Bt	Conservative Party	Unopposed

23 July 1852		8,207
Edward William Pakenham	Conservative Party	Unopposed
George Macartney	Conservative Party	Unopposed

5 November 1854 Death of Edward Pakenham.

27 December 1854
Thomas Henry Pakenham	Conservative Party	Unopposed

16 April 1857		6,047/9,676	62.49
Thomas Henry Pakenham	Conservative Party	4,686	77.49
George Macartney	Conservative Party	4,341	71.79
Henry Hutchinson Hamilton O'Hara	Whig	1,533	25.35
Majority		2,808	46.44

10 May 1859		9,822
Thomas Henry Pakenham	Conservative Party	Unopposed
Hon George Frederick Upton	Conservative Party	Unopposed

28 March 1863 Succession of Hon George Upton to the Peerage - 3rd Viscount Templetown.

6 May 1863		10,195
Edward O'Neill	Conservative Party	Unopposed

22 July 1865		10,921
Edward O'Neill	Conservative Party	Unopposed
George Henry Seymour	Conservative Party	Unopposed

13 July 1866 Resignation of George Seymour on appointment as Lord Commissioner of the Admiralty,.

17 July 1866		10,921
George Henry Seymour	Conservative Party	Unopposed

23 November 1868		11,715
Hon Edward O'Neill	Conservative Party	Unopposed
George Henry Seymour	Conservative Party	Unopposed

25 July 1869 Death of George Seymour.

21 August 1869		7,882/11,715	67.28
Hugh de Gray Seymour	Conservative Party	5,588	70.90
Sir Robert Alexander Shafto Adair, Bt	Liberal Party	2,294	29.10
Majority		3,294	41.79

13 February 1874		8,258/10,436	79.13
James Chaine	Conservative Party	4,356	52.75
Hon Edward O'Neill	Conservative Party	4,142	50.16
Charles Wilson	Liberal Party	4,009	48.55
Majority		133	1.61

7 April 1880		9,730/11,701	83.16
James Chaine	Conservative Party	5,124	52.66
Edward MacNaghten	Conservative Party	4,936	50.73
Charles Wilson	Liberal Party	4,789	49.22
Samuel Black	Liberal Party	4,610	47.38
Majority		147	1.51

4 May 1885 Death of James Chaine.

21 May 1885
William Pirrie Sinclair	Liberal Party	3,971	50.89
Hon Robert Torrens O'Neill	Conservative Party	3,832	49.11
Majority		139	1.78