Dublin County (UK Parliament constituency)
Dublin County was a parliamentary constituency in Ireland, which returned two Members of Parliament (MPs) to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom.
Dublin County | |
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Former County constituency for the House of Commons | |
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Local government in Ireland | County Dublin |
Major settlements | Blanchardstown, Swords, Balbriggan |
1801–1885 | |
Replaced by | North Dublin and South Dublin |
Created from | Dublin County constituency |
The constituency was created under the Act of Union 1800, replacing the Dublin County constituency in the Parliament of Ireland. For the 1885 general election, it was replaced with two new county divisions, Dublin County South and Dublin County North.
Boundaries
This constituency comprised the whole of County Dublin, except for the Dublin borough constituency (which was separately represented). The borough comprised the whole of the county of the city of Dublin and the portion of the county at large within the Circular Road (see Dublin City (UK Parliament constituency) for further details.
A Topographical Directory of Ireland, published in 1837, describes some aspects of the Parliamentary history of the county.
Two knights of the shire are returned to the Imperial parliament, who are elected at the county court-house at Kilmainham : the number of electors registered under the 2d of William IV., c. 88, up to Feb. 1st, 1837, is 2728, of which 788 were £50, 407 £20, and 622 £10, freeholders; 18 £50, 427 £20, and 423 £10, leaseholders; and 12 £50, 30 £20, and 1 £10, rent-chargers : the number that voted at the last general election was 1480. Prior to the Union, the boroughs of Swords and Newcastle sent each two members to the Irish House of Commons.
Members of Parliament
Year | 1st Member | 1st Party | 2nd Member | 2nd Party | ||
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1801, 1 January | Hans Hamilton | Tory[1] | Sir Frederick Falkiner, Bt | Tory[1] | ||
1807, 26 May | Richard Talbot | Whig[1] | ||||
1823, 11 February | Henry White | Whig[1] | ||||
1830, 16 August | William Brabazon | Whig[1][2] | ||||
1832, 22 December | Christopher Fitzsimon | Repeal Association | George Hampden Evans | Whig[1] | ||
1837, 7 August | William Brabazon | Whig[2] | ||||
1841, 16 July | James Hans Hamilton | Conservative[1] | Thomas Edward Taylor | Conservative[1] | ||
1863, 22 April | Ion Hamilton | Conservative | ||||
1883, 27 February | Edward King-Harman | Conservative | ||||
1885 | Constituency divided: see Dublin County South and Dublin County North |
Elections
Elections in the 1880s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
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Irish Conservative | Edward King-Harman | 2,514 | 63.6 | N/A | |
Irish Parliamentary | Edward MacMahon | 1,428 | 36.1 | New | |
Irish Conservative | Thomas Hosea Guinness[4] | 13 | 0.3 | N/A | |
Majority | 1,086 | 27.5 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 3,955 | 79.0 | N/A | ||
Registered electors | 5,008 | ||||
Irish Conservative hold | Swing | N/A |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
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Irish Conservative | Thomas Edward Taylor | Unopposed | |||
Irish Conservative | Ion Hamilton | Unopposed | |||
Registered electors | 3,539 | ||||
Irish Conservative hold | |||||
Irish Conservative hold |
Elections in the 1870s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
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Irish Conservative | Thomas Edward Taylor | 2,183 | 63.9 | N/A | |
Home Rule | Charles Stewart Parnell | 1,235 | 36.1 | New | |
Majority | 948 | 27.8 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 3,418 | 81.5 | N/A | ||
Registered electors | 4,193 | ||||
Irish Conservative hold | Swing | N/A |
- Caused by Taylor's appointment as Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
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Irish Conservative | Thomas Edward Taylor | Unopposed | |||
Irish Conservative | Ion Hamilton | Unopposed | |||
Registered electors | 4,193 | ||||
Irish Conservative hold | |||||
Irish Conservative hold |
Elections in the 1860s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
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Irish Conservative | Ion Hamilton | 2,174 | 39.4 | +3.7 | |
Irish Conservative | Thomas Edward Taylor | 2,163 | 39.2 | +3.2 | |
Liberal | Peter Paul McSwiney | 1,183 | 21.4 | −6.8 | |
Majority | 980 | 17.8 | +10.3 | ||
Turnout | 3,352 (est) | 75.1 (est) | −3.7 | ||
Registered electors | 4,465 | ||||
Irish Conservative hold | Swing | +3.6 | |||
Irish Conservative hold | Swing | +3.3 |
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
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Irish Conservative | Thomas Edward Taylor | 2,100 | 36.0 | N/A | |
Irish Conservative | Ion Hamilton | 2,083 | 35.7 | N/A | |
Liberal | Charles William White | 1,646 | 28.2 | New | |
Majority | 437 | 7.5 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 3,738 (est) | 78.8 (est) | N/A | ||
Registered electors | 4,744 | ||||
Irish Conservative hold | Swing | N/A | |||
Irish Conservative hold | Swing | N/A |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
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Irish Conservative | Ion Hamilton | Unopposed | |||
Registered electors | 4,894 | ||||
Irish Conservative hold |
- Caused by Hamilton's resignation.
Elections in the 1850s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
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Irish Conservative | James Hans Hamilton | Unopposed | |||
Irish Conservative | Thomas Edward Taylor | Unopposed | |||
Registered electors | 6,251 | ||||
Conservative hold | |||||
Conservative hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
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Irish Conservative | Thomas Edward Taylor | Unopposed | |||
Conservative hold |
- Caused by Taylor's appointment as a Lord Commissioner of the Treasury
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
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Irish Conservative | James Hans Hamilton | 2,451 | 38.0 | +8.8 | |
Irish Conservative | Thomas Edward Taylor | 2,338 | 36.3 | +7.3 | |
Whig | Charles Compton William Domvile[5] | 1,659 | 25.7 | −16.1 | |
Majority | 679 | 10.5 | +2.5 | ||
Turnout | 4,054 (est) | 66.2 (est) | −2.8 | ||
Registered electors | 6,123 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | +8.4 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing | +7.7 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
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Irish Conservative | James Hans Hamilton | 1,962 | 29.2 | N/A | |
Irish Conservative | Thomas Edward Taylor | 1,946 | 29.0 | N/A | |
Whig | Augustus Craven | 1,410 | 21.0 | New | |
Whig | John Lentaigne | 1,396 | 20.8 | New | |
Majority | 536 | 8.0 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 3,357 (est) | 69.0 (est) | N/A | ||
Registered electors | 4,864 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | N/A | |||
Conservative hold | Swing | N/A |
Elections in the 1840s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
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Irish Conservative | James Hans Hamilton | Unopposed | |||
Irish Conservative | Thomas Edward Taylor | Unopposed | |||
Registered electors | 3,278 | ||||
Conservative hold | |||||
Conservative hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
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Irish Conservative | James Hans Hamilton | 1,051 | 25.6 | New | |
Irish Conservative | Thomas Edward Taylor | 1,042 | 25.4 | New | |
Whig | William Brabazon | 1,009 | 24.6 | N/A | |
Whig | George Hampden Evans | 1,006 | 24.5 | N/A | |
Majority | 33 | 0.8 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 2,054 (est) | 72.8 (est) | N/A | ||
Registered electors | 2,820 | ||||
Conservative gain from Whig | Swing | N/A | |||
Conservative gain from Whig | Swing | N/A | |||
Elections in the 1830s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ||
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Whig | William Brabazon | Unopposed | |||
Whig | George Hampden Evans | Unopposed | |||
Registered electors | 2,820 | ||||
Whig hold | |||||
Whig gain from Irish Repeal |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
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Irish Repeal (Whig) | Christopher Fitzsimon | 878 | 35.6 | +3.9 | |
Whig | George Hampden Evans | 825 | 33.4 | +5.4 | |
Irish Conservative | James Hans Hamilton | 764 | 30.9 | +5.2 | |
Irish Conservative | John Johnston | 2 | 0.0 | N/A | |
Turnout | 1,530 | 61.7 | |||
Registered electors | 2,478 | ||||
Majority | 53 | 2.2 | −1.5 | ||
Irish Repeal hold | Swing | +0.7 | |||
Majority | 61 | 2.5 | +0.2 | ||
Whig hold | Swing | +1.4 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ||
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Irish Repeal | Christopher Fitzsimon | 958 | 31.7 | ||
Whig | George Hampden Evans | 847 | 28.0 | ||
Irish Conservative | George Alexander Hamilton | 777 | 25.7 | ||
Whig | William Brabazon | 442 | 14.6 | ||
Turnout | 1,705 | 84.2 | |||
Registered electors | 2,025 | ||||
Majority | 111 | 3.7 | |||
Irish Repeal gain from Whig | |||||
Majority | 70 | 2.3 | |||
Whig hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ||
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Whig | Henry White | Unopposed | |||
Whig | William Brabazon | Unopposed | |||
Registered electors | 1,649 | ||||
Whig hold | |||||
Whig hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
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Whig | William Brabazon | 522 | 35.9 | ||
Whig | Henry White | 417 | 28.6 | ||
Tory | George Alexander Hamilton | 343 | 23.6 | ||
Whig | Richard Talbot | 174 | 12.0 | ||
Majority | 74 | 5.0 | |||
Turnout | 867 | 52.6 | |||
Registered electors | 1,649 | ||||
Whig hold | Swing | ||||
Whig hold |
Notes
- Stooks Smith, Henry (1842). The Register of Parliamentary Contested Elections: Containing the Uncontested Elections Since 1830. London: Simpkin, Marshall, & Co. pp. 223–224. Retrieved 21 August 2019 – via Google Books.
- Churton, Edward (1838). The Assembled Commons or Parliamentary Biographer. pp. 36–37. Retrieved 21 August 2019 – via Google Books.
- Walker, B.M., ed. (1978). Parliamentary Election Results in Ireland, 1801-1922. Dublin: Royal Irish Academy. ISBN 0901714127.
- "County Dublin Election". Gloucester Citizen. 22 February 1883. p. 4. Retrieved 19 December 2017 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- "Ireland". London Evening Standard. 16 April 1857. p. 3. Retrieved 30 September 2018 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- "State of Polls". Kilkenny Journal, and Leinster Commercial and Literary Advertiser. 31 July 1852. p. 3. Retrieved 30 September 2018 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- Farrell, Stephen. "Co. Dublin". The History of Parliament. Retrieved 15 May 2020.
References
- The Parliaments of England by Henry Stooks Smith (1st edition published in three volumes 1844-50), 2nd edition edited (in one volume) by F.W.S. Craig (Political Reference Publications 1973)
- Parliamentary Election Results in Ireland, 1801-1922, edited by B.M. Walker (Royal Irish Academy 1978)
- Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "D" (part 3)