East Wicklow
Former parliamentary constituency in the United Kingdom
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::summary Former parliamentary constituency in the United Kingdom ::
::data[format=table title="Infobox UK constituency"]
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| name | East Wicklow |
| type | county |
| parliament | uk |
| year | 1885 |
| abolished | 1922 |
| seats | 1 |
| previous | Wicklow |
| next | Kildare–Wicklow |
| :: |
|name = East Wicklow |type = county |parliament = uk |year = 1885 |abolished = 1922 |seats = 1 |previous = Wicklow |next = Kildare–Wicklow |}}
East Wicklow, a division of County Wicklow, was a parliamentary constituency in Ireland, represented in the Parliament of the United Kingdom. From 1885 to 1922 it returned one Member of Parliament (MP) to the House of Commons of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland.
Until the 1885 general election the area was part of the Wicklow constituency. From 1922 it was not represented in the UK Parliament, as it was no longer in the UK.
Boundaries
This constituency comprised the eastern part of County Wicklow. In 1918, the boundary of the constituency was expanded to include that part of the Bray urban district transferred from County Dublin to County Wicklow under the 1898 Local Government (Ireland) Act.
1885–1918: The baronies of Arklow, Newcastle and Rathdown, and that part of the barony of Ballinacor North contained within the parish of Calary.
1918–1922: The existing East Wicklow constituency, together with that part of the existing South Dublin constituency contained within the administrative county of Wicklow.
Members of Parliament
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| Election | Member | Party |
|---|---|---|
| Irish Parliamentary Party}}" | 1885 | |
| Irish National League}}" | 1890 | |
| Irish National Federation}}" | 1892 | |
| Irish National Federation}}" | 1895 | |
| Irish National League}}" | 1895 | |
| Irish Parliamentary Party}}" | 1900 | |
| Irish Parliamentary Party}}" | 1907 | |
| Irish Parliamentary Party}}" | 1911 | |
| Sinn Féin}}" | 1918 | |
| 1922 | UK constituency abolished | |
| :: |
Elections
Elections in the 1880s
|title=1885 general election: East Wicklow}} |party = Irish Parliamentary Party |candidate = William Joseph Corbet |votes = 3,385 |percentage = 77.2 |change = |party = Irish Conservative Party |candidate = George Tottenham |votes = 1,000 |percentage = 22.8 |change = |votes = 2,385 |percentage = 54.4 |change = |votes = 4,385 |percentage = 78.7 |change = |reg. electors = 5,569 |winner = Irish Parliamentary Party
|title=1886 general election: East Wicklow}} |party = Irish Parliamentary Party |candidate = William Joseph Corbet |votes = 3,101 |percentage = 75.9 |change = −1.3 |party = Irish Conservative Party |candidate = George Tottenham |votes = 984 |percentage = 24.1 |change = +1.3 |votes = 2,117 |percentage = 51.8 |change = −2.6 |votes = 4,085 |percentage = 73.4 |change = −5.3 |reg. electors = 5,569 |winner = Irish Parliamentary Party |swing = −1.3
Elections in the 1890s
|title=1892 general election: East Wicklow}} |party = Irish National Federation |candidate = John Sweetman |votes = 1,433 |percentage = 38.0 |change = N/A |party = Irish Unionist Alliance |candidate = Robert Halpin |votes = 1,225 |percentage = 32.5 |change = +8.4 |party = Irish National League |candidate = William Joseph Corbet |votes = 1,115 |percentage = 29.6 |change = −46.3 |votes = 208 |percentage = 5.5 |change = N/A |votes = 3,773 |percentage = 82.3 |change = +8.9 |reg. electors = 4,583 |winner = Irish National Federation |loser = Irish Parliamentary Party |swing = N/A
Sweetman resigns to re-stand as a Parnellite Nationalist, prompting a by-election.
|title=By-election, 1895: East Wicklow}} |party = Irish National Federation |candidate = Edward Peter O'Kelly |votes = 1,253 |percentage = 34.7 |change = −3.3 |party = Irish National League |candidate = John Sweetman |votes = 1,191 |percentage = 33.0 |change = +3.4 |party = Irish Unionist Alliance |candidate = George Tottenham |votes = 1,165 |percentage = 32.3 |change = −0.2 |votes = 62 |percentage = 1.7 |change = −3.8 |votes = 3,609 |percentage = 80.9 |change = −1.4 |reg. electors = 4,461 |winner = Irish National Federation |swing = −3.4
|title=1895 general election: East Wicklow}} |party = Irish National League |candidate = William Joseph Corbet |votes = 1,295 |percentage = 35.7 |change = +6.1 |party = Irish Unionist Alliance |candidate = George Tottenham |votes = 1,208 |percentage = 33.3 |change = +0.8 |party = Irish National Federation |candidate = Francis Arthur O'Keeffe |votes = 1,127 |percentage = 31.0 |change = −7.0 |votes = 87 |percentage = 2.4 |change = N/A |votes = 3,630 |percentage = 81.4 |change = −0.9 |reg. electors = 4,461 |winner = Irish National League |loser = Irish National Federation |swing = +2.7
Elections in the 1900s
|title=1900 general election: East Wicklow}} |party = Irish Parliamentary Party |candidate = Denis Joseph Cogan |reg. electors = 4,827 |winner = Irish Parliamentary Party
|title=1906 general election: East Wicklow}} |party = Irish Parliamentary Party |candidate = Denis Joseph Cogan |reg. electors = 4,954 |winner = Irish Parliamentary Party
Cogan resigns, causing a by-election.
|title=By-election, 1907: East Wicklow}} |party = Irish Parliamentary Party |candidate = John Muldoon |reg. electors = 4,991 |winner = Irish Parliamentary Party
Elections in the 1910s
|title=January 1910 general election: East Wicklow}} |party = Irish Parliamentary Party |candidate = John Muldoon |reg. electors = 4,710 |winner = Irish Parliamentary Party
|title=December 1910 general election: East Wicklow}} |party = Irish Parliamentary Party |candidate = John Muldoon |votes = 2,384 |percentage = 65.2 |change = N/A |party = Irish Unionist Alliance |candidate = Hugh Melville Howard |votes = 1,275 |percentage = 34.8 |change = New |votes = 1,109 |percentage = 30.4 |change = N/A |votes = 3,659 |percentage = 77.7 |change = N/A |reg. electors = 4,710 |winner = Irish Parliamentary Party |swing = N/A
Muldoon resigns, prompting a by-election.
|title=By-election, 1911: East Wicklow}} |party = Irish Parliamentary Party |candidate = Anthony Donelan |reg. electors = 4,875 |winner = Irish Parliamentary Party
|party = Sinn Féin |candidate = Seán Etchingham |votes = 5,916 |percentage = 53.9 |change = New |party = Irish Unionist Alliance |candidate = Alexander Parker Keene |votes = 2,600 |percentage = 23.7 |change = -11.1 |party = Irish Parliamentary Party |candidate = Denis Joseph Cogan |votes = 2,466 |percentage = 22.4 |change = -42.8 |votes = 3,316 |percentage = 30.2 |change = N/A |votes = 10,982 |percentage = 72.1 |change = -5.6 |reg. electors = 15,241 |winner = Sinn Féin |loser = Irish Parliamentary Party |swing = N/A
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)
References
- (1978). "Parliamentary Election Results in Ireland, 1801-1922". Royal Irish Academy.
- "The Irish General Election of 1918".
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