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Newry (UK Parliament constituency)

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Newry
Former borough constituency
for the House of Commons
CountyCounty Down
BoroughNewry
1801–1918
Seats1
Created fromNewry (IHC)
Replaced bySouth Down

Newry was a United Kingdom Parliament constituency in Ireland returning one MP. It was an original constituency represented in Parliament when the Union of Great Britain and Ireland took effect on 1 January 1801.

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Boundaries

This constituency was the parliamentary borough of Newry in County Down.

Members of Parliament

Election Member Party Note
1801, January 1 John Moore 1801: Co-opted
1802, July 13 Rt Hon. Isaac Corry Whig
1806, November 15 Hon. Francis Needham (1) Tory[1] Became the 12th Viscount Kilmorey 1818
1819, March 6 Hon. Francis Needham (2) Tory Styled Viscount Newry 12 January 1822
1826, June 14 Hon. John Henry Knox Tory[1]
1832, December 27 Lord Marcus Hill Tory[1][2]
1834, December 18 Conservative[1][2]
1835, January 21 Denis Caulfield Brady Whig[1]
1837, August 4 John Ellis Conservative[1][2]
1841, July 8 Francis Needham (3) Conservative[1][2] Re-elected as a Peelite candidate
1847, August 2 Peelite[2] Died 6 May 1851
1851, May 30 Edmund Gilling Hallewell Conservative[2]
1852, July 19 William Kirk Whig[3]
1859, May 5 Peter Quinn Conservative[2]
1865, July 15 Arthur Charles Innes Conservative[2]
1868, November 18 William Kirk Liberal[2] Died 20 December 1870
1871, January 23 Francis Needham (4) Conservative[2]
1874, February 3 William Whitworth Liberal[2]
1880, April 3 Henry Thomson Conservative[2]
1885, November 24 Justin Huntly McCarthy Irish Parliamentary[2]
1892, July 7 Patrick Carvill Irish National Federation[2] Re-elected as an Irish Parliamentary Party candidate
1900, October 1 Irish Parliamentary[2]
1906, January 17 John Joseph Mooney Irish Parliamentary[2] Last MP for the constituency
1918 Constituency abolished

Elections

Elections in the 1830s

General election 1830: Newry[2][1][4]
Party Candidate Votes %
Tory John Henry Knox Unopposed
Registered electors c. 600
Tory hold
General election 1831: Newry[2][1][4]
Party Candidate Votes %
Tory John Henry Knox 333 60.1
Whig Denis Maguire 221 39.9
Majority 112 20.2
Turnout 554 c. 92.3
Registered electors c. 600
Tory hold
General election 1832: Newry[2][1]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Tory Marcus Hill 494 51.0 −9.1
Whig Denis Maguire 475 49.0 +9.1
Majority 19 2.0 −18.2
Turnout 969 95.3 c. +3.0
Registered electors 1,017
Tory hold Swing −9.1
General election 1835: Newry[2][1]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Whig Denis Caulfield Brady 402 51.8 +2.8
Conservative Sir Thomas Staples, 9th Baronet 374 48.2 −2.8
Majority 28 3.6 N/A
Turnout 776 68.4 −26.9
Registered electors 1,134
Whig gain from Conservative Swing +2.8
General election 1837: Newry[2][1]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative John Ellis 338 52.6 +4.4
Whig Denis Caulfield Brady 305 47.4 −4.4
Majority 33 5.2 N/A
Turnout 643 44.7 −23.7
Registered electors 1,439
Conservative gain from Whig Swing +4.4

Elections in the 1840s

General election 1841: Newry[2][1][5]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Irish Conservative Francis Needham 319 57.3 +4.7
Whig John Milley Doyle 237 42.5 −4.9
Whig Peter Kenny 1 0.2 N/A
Majority 82 14.8 +9.6
Turnout 557 89.4 +44.7
Registered electors 623
Conservative hold Swing +4.8
General election 1847: Newry[2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Peelite Francis Needham Unopposed
Registered electors 1,135
Peelite gain from Conservative

Elections in the 1850s

Needham's death caused a by-election.

By-election, 30 May 1851: Newry[2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Irish Conservative Edmund Gilling Hallewell Unopposed
Irish Conservative gain from Peelite
General election 1852: Newry[2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Whig William Kirk 233 53.3 New
Irish Conservative Edmund Gilling Hallewell 204 46.7 N/A
Majority 29 6.6 N/A
Turnout 437 84.5 N/A
Registered electors 517
Whig gain from Peelite Swing N/A
General election 1857: Newry[2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Whig William Kirk 246 51.5 −1.8
Irish Conservative Henry Waring 232 48.5 +1.8
Majority 14 3.0 −3.6
Turnout 478 90.7 +6.2
Registered electors 527
Whig hold Swing −1.8
General election 1859: Newry[2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Irish Conservative Peter Quinn 250 55.7 +7.2
Liberal Frederick William McBlain 197 43.9 N/A
Liberal William Kirk 2 0.4 −51.1
Majority 53 11.8 N/A
Turnout 449 84.9 −5.8
Registered electors 529
Conservative gain from Liberal Swing +29.2

Elections in the 1860s

General election 1865: Newry[2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Irish Conservative Arthur Charles Innes 267 53.2 −2.5
Liberal William Miller Kirk 235 46.8 +2.9
Majority 32 6.4 −5.4
Turnout 502 93.1 +8.2
Registered electors 539
Irish Conservative hold Swing −2.7
General election 1868: Newry[2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal William Kirk 387 50.5 +3.7
Irish Conservative Francis Needham 379 49.5 −3.7
Majority 8 1.0 N/A
Turnout 766 96.2 +3.1
Registered electors 796
Liberal gain from Irish Conservative Swing +3.7

Elections in the 1870s

Kirk's death caused a by-election.

By-election, 23 Jan 1871: Newry[2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Irish Conservative Francis Needham Unopposed
Registered electors 901
Irish Conservative gain from Liberal
General election 1874: Newry[2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal William Whitworth 459 50.2 −0.3
Irish Conservative Francis Needham 455 49.8 +0.3
Majority 4 0.4 −0.6
Turnout 914 92.3 −3.9
Registered electors 990
Liberal hold Swing −0.3

Elections in the 1880s

General election 1880: Newry[2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Irish Conservative Henry Thomson 587 51.3 +1.5
Liberal Patrick Carvill 557 48.7 −1.5
Majority 30 2.6 N/A
Turnout 1,144 95.3 +3.0
Registered electors 1,201
Irish Conservative gain from Liberal Swing +1.5
1885 general election: Newry[2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Irish Parliamentary Justin Huntly McCarthy Unopposed
Registered electors 2,163
Irish Parliamentary gain from Irish Conservative
1886 general election: Newry[2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Irish Parliamentary Justin Huntly McCarthy 1,183 62.3 N/A
Liberal Unionist Reginald Cantley Saunders 716 37.7 New
Majority 467 24.6 N/A
Turnout 1,899 87.8 N/A
Registered electors 2,163
Irish Parliamentary hold Swing N/A

Elections in the 1890s

1892 general election: Newry[2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Irish National Federation Patrick Carvill 907 53.2 N/A
Irish Unionist Henry Thomson 744 43.6 +5.9
Irish National League Robert Johnston 54 3.2 N/A
Majority 163 9.6 N/A
Turnout 1,705 92.3 +4.5
Registered electors 1,847
Irish National Federation gain from Irish Parliamentary Swing N/A
1895 general election: Newry[2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Irish National Federation Patrick Carvill 973 60.8 +7.6
Irish Unionist Henry Thomson 628 39.2 −4.4
Majority 345 21.6 +12.0
Turnout 1,601 85.5 −6.8
Registered electors 1,872
Irish National Federation hold Swing +6.0

Elections in the 1900s

1900 general election: Newry[2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Irish Parliamentary Patrick Carvill Unopposed
Registered electors 1,789
Irish Parliamentary hold
1906 general election: Newry[2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Irish Parliamentary John Joseph Mooney 802 52.1 N/A
Independent Nationalist Patrick Carvill 736 47.9 New
Majority 66 4.2 N/A
Turnout 1,538 80.7 N/A
Registered electors 1,905
Irish Parliamentary hold Swing N/A

Elections in the 1910s

January 1910 general election: Newry[2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Irish Parliamentary John Joseph Mooney 1,079 66.6 +14.5
Irish Unionist John Cusack 542 33.4 New
Majority 537 33.2 +29.0
Turnout 1,621 80.2 −0.5
Registered electors 2,021
Irish Parliamentary hold Swing N/A
December 1910 general election: Newry[2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Irish Parliamentary John Joseph Mooney Unopposed
Registered electors 2,021
Irish Parliamentary hold

References

  1. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m Smith, Henry Stooks (1842). The Register of Parliamentary Contested Elections (Second ed.). Simpkin, Marshall & Company. p. 237. Retrieved 6 October 2018 – via Google Books.
  2. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z aa ab ac ad ae af ag ah ai aj ak al am an Walker, B.M., ed. (1978). Parliamentary Election Results in Ireland, 1801-1922. Dublin: Royal Irish Academy. pp. 234, 307, 370. ISBN 0901714127.
  3. ^ Bew, Paul; Wright, Frank (1983). "The Agrarian Opposition in Ulster Politics, 1848–87". In Clark, Samuel; Donnelly Jr., James S. (eds.). Irish Peasants: Violence and Political Unrest 1780–1914. Wisconsin: The University of Wisconsin Press. p. 199. ISBN 0-299-09370-0. Retrieved 7 October 2018 – via Google Books.
  4. ^ a b "Newry". The History of Parliament. Retrieved 21 May 2020.
  5. ^ Accounts and Papers of the House of Commons, Volume 50. 1843. Retrieved 25 August 2019 – via Google Books.
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