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Data Last Updated: 27 August 2024
Application Last Amended: 20 July 2024
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29 December 1832		3,022/3,835	78.80
Feargus Edward O'Connor	Irish Repeal	1,837	60.79
Garrett Standish Barry	Irish Repeal	1,778	58.84
Francis Bernard, Viscount Bernard	Tory	994	32.89
Abraham Morris	Tory	737	24.39
Hon Robert Henry King	Whig	401	13.27
Richard Hedges Becher	Tory	2	0.07
Thomas Stephen Coppinger	Whig
Majority		784	25.94

24 January 1835		2,627/3,926	66.91
Feargus Edward O'Connor	Irish Repeal (Whig)	1,630	62.05
Garrett Standish Barry	Irish Repeal (Whig)	1,613	61.40
Richard Longfield	Conservative Party	1,027	39.09
Francis Bernard, Viscount Bernard	Conservative Party	984	37.46
Majority		586	22.31

5 June 1835 Petition - Feargus O'Connor unseated and Richard Longfield declared elected.

18 August 1837		3,035/4,878	62.22
Garrett Standish Barry	Irish Repeal (Whig)	1,902	62.67
Edmund Burke Roche	Irish Repeal (Whig)	1,902	62.67
Richard Longfield	Conservative Party	1,148	37.83
Hon James King	Conservative Party	1,114	36.71
Majority		754	24.84

15 July 1841		1,680/3,706	45.33
Daniel O'Connell	Irish Repeal	1,274	75.83
Edmund Burke Roche	Irish Repeal	1,274	75.83
Nicholas Philpot Leader	Conservative Party	406	24.17
Robert Longfield	Conservative Party	357	21.25
Majority		868	51.67

15 May 1847 Death of Daniel O'Connell.

2 July 1847
Dr Maurice Power	Irish Repeal	833	60.49
Nicholas Philpot Leader	Conservative Party	544	39.51
Majority		289	20.99

14 August 1847		4,474
Edmund Burke Roche	Irish Repeal	Unopposed
Dr Maurice Power	Irish Repeal	Unopposed

1852 Resignation of Dr Maurice Power on appointment as Governor of the Island of St Lucia.

22 March 1852
Vincent Scully	Independent Irish	3,956	56.03
Moreton Frewen	Conservative Party	3,105	43.97
Majority		851	12.05

19 July 1852		13,192
Edmund Burke Roche	Whig	Unopposed
Vincent Scully	Independent Irish	Unopposed

30 March 1855 Resignation of Edmund Roche. (Chiltern Hundreds)

23 April 1855
Dr Rickard Deasy	Whig	3,238	41.16
William Hare, Lord Ennismore	Whig	3,000	38.14
Alexander McCarthy	Independent Irish	1,628	20.70
Majority		238	3.03

10 April 1857		7,593/15,633	48.57
Dr Rickard Deasy	Whig	6,788	89.40
Alexander McCarthy	Independent Irish	6,265	82.51
Vincent Scully	Independent Irish	2,852	37.56
Majority		3,413	44.95

10 May 1859		15,716
Dr Rickard Deasy	Liberal Party	Unopposed
Vincent Scully	Liberal Party	Unopposed

1859 Resignation of Dr Rickard Deasy on appointment as Solicitor-General.

5 July 1859		15,716
Dr Rickard Deasy	Liberal Party	Unopposed

February 1860 Resignation of Dr Rickard Deasy on appointment as Attorney-General for Ireland.

5 March 1860
Rt Hon Dr Rickard Deasy	Liberal Party	5,674	62.56
Charles George Noel, Viscount Campden	Liberal Party	3,395	37.44
Majority		2,279	25.13

1861 Elevation of Rt Hon Rickard Deasy to the Peerage as a Baron of the Exchequer.

28 February 1861
Nicholas Philpot Leader	Conservative Party	6,441	69.31
Edmund Roche	Liberal Party	2,852	30.69
Majority		3,589	38.62

29 July 1865		8,425/15,572	54.10
George Richard Barry	Liberal Party	7,593	90.12
Nicholas Philpot Leader	Conservative Party	6,958	82.59
Vincent Scully	Liberal Party	2,298	27.28
Majority		4,660	55.31

31 January 1867 Death of George Barry.

23 February 1867
Arthur Hugh Smith-Barry	Liberal Party	Unopposed

30 November 1868		9,170/16,105	56.94
McCarthy Downing	Liberal Party	8,011	87.36
Arthur Hugh Smith-Barry	Liberal Party	6,610	72.08
Hon Robert Boyle	Liberal Party	3,717	40.53
Majority		2,893	31.55

5 February 1874		15,633
McCarthy Downing	Home Rule	Unopposed
William Shaw	Home Rule	Unopposed

9 January 1879 Death of McCarthy Downing.

17 February 1879		10,184/15,364	66.28
David la Touche Colthurst	Home Rule	8,157	80.10
Sir George St John Colthurst, Bt	Conservative Party	2,027	19.90
Majority		6,130	60.19

15 April 1880		6,184/14,745	41.94
William Shaw	Home Rule	5,354	86.58
David la Touche Colthurst	Home Rule	3,584	57.96
Andrew Joseph Kettle	Home Rule	3,430	55.47
Majority		154	2.49