West Wicklow
Former parliamentary constituency in the United Kingdom
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::summary Former parliamentary constituency in the United Kingdom ::
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| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| name | West Wicklow |
| type | county |
| parliament | uk |
| year | 1885 |
| abolished | 1922 |
| seats | 1 |
| previous | Wicklow |
| next | Kildare–Wicklow |
| :: |
|name = West Wicklow |type = county |parliament = uk |year = 1885 |abolished = 1922 |seats = 1 |previous = Wicklow |next = Kildare–Wicklow |}}
West 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, on the establishment of the Irish Free State, it was not represented in the UK Parliament.
Boundaries
This constituency comprised the western part of County Wicklow.
1885–1922: The baronies of Ballinacor South, Shillelagh, Talbotstown Lower and Talbotstown higher, and that part of the barony of Ballinacor North not contained within the constituency of East Wicklow.
United Kingdom Parliament or Dáil Éireann 1918–1922
The 1918 general election (in Ireland) was, in British law, to fill the 105 Irish seats in the UK House of Commons for the 31st United Kingdom Parliament. In practice, only the non-Sinn Féin MPs took their seats at Westminster. This Parliament first met on 4 February 1919, and was dissolved on 26 October 1922. At its dissolution, the Parliamentary seats in the twenty six counties comprising the Irish Free State were abolished.
Irish Republicans regard the 1918 election as being to the 1st Dáil Éireann. In practice, only the Sinn Féin Members of Parliament became Teachtaí Dála in the new revolutionary assembly. See list of members of the 1st Dáil. The initial meeting of the First Dáil was on 21 January 1919 and it last met on 10 May 1921.
From the 1922 United Kingdom general election, only the six counties of Northern Ireland were represented in Parliament.
For links to all other constituencies see List of UK Parliament Constituencies in Ireland and Northern Ireland.
Members of Parliament
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| Election | Member | Party |
|---|---|---|
| Irish Parliamentary Party}}" | 1885 | |
| Irish National Federation}}" | 1892 | |
| Irish Parliamentary Party}}" | 1900 | |
| Irish Parliamentary Party}}" | 1910 | |
| Irish Parliamentary Party}}" | 1914 | |
| Sinn Féin}}" | 1918 | |
| 1922 | UK constituency abolished | |
| :: |
Elections
Elections in the 1880s
|title=1885 general election: West Wicklow}} |party = Irish Parliamentary Party |candidate = Garrett Byrne |votes = 3,721 |percentage = 81.0 |change = |party = Irish Conservative Party |candidate = William Wentworth Fitzwilliam Dick |votes = 871 |percentage = 19.0 |change = |votes = 2,850 |percentage = 62.0 |change = |votes = 4,592 |percentage = 87.9 |change = |reg. electors = 5,226 |winner = Irish Parliamentary Party
|title=1886 general election: West Wicklow}} |party = Irish Parliamentary Party |candidate = Garrett Byrne |votes = 3,531 |percentage = 80.5 |change = −0.5 |party = Irish Conservative Party |candidate = William Wentworth Fitzwilliam Dick |votes = 856 |percentage = 19.5 |change = +0.5 |votes = 2,675 |percentage = 61.0 |change = −1.0 |votes = 4,387 |percentage = 83.9 |change = −4.0 |reg. electors = 5,226 |winner = Irish Parliamentary Party |swing = −0.5
Elections in the 1890s
|title=1892 general election: West Wicklow}} |party = Irish National Federation |candidate = James O'Connor |votes = 2,582 |percentage = 66.6 |change = N/A |party = Liberal Unionist Party |candidate = Robert Joseph Pratt Saunders |votes = 748 |percentage = 19.3 |change = −0.2 |party = Irish National League |candidate = John Howard Parnell |votes = 546 |percentage = 14.1 |change = N/A |votes = 1,834 |percentage = 47.3 |change = N/A |votes = 3,876 |percentage = 79.9 |change = −4.0 |reg. electors = 4,853 |winner = Irish National Federation |loser = Irish Parliamentary Party |swing = N/A
|title=1895 general election: West Wicklow}} |party = Irish National Federation |candidate = James O'Connor |reg. electors = 4,576 |winner = Irish National Federation
Elections in the 1900s
|title=1900 general election: West Wicklow}} |party = Irish Parliamentary Party |candidate = James O'Connor |reg. electors = 4,671 |winner = Irish Parliamentary Party
|title=1906 general election: West Wicklow}} |party = Irish Parliamentary Party |candidate = James O'Connor |reg. electors = 4,406 |winner = Irish Parliamentary Party
Elections in the 1910s
|title=January 1910 general election: West Wicklow}} |party = Irish Parliamentary Party |candidate = James O'Connor |reg. electors = 4,417 |winner = Irish Parliamentary Party
O'Connor dies, causing a by-election.
|title=By-election, 1910: West Wicklow}} |party = Irish Parliamentary Party |candidate = Edward Peter O'Kelly |reg. electors = 4,417 |winner = Irish Parliamentary Party
|title=December 1910 general election: West Wicklow}} |party = Irish Parliamentary Party |candidate = Edward Peter O'Kelly |reg. electors = 4,417 |winner = Irish Parliamentary Party
O'Kelly's death causes a by-election.
|title=By-election, 1914: West Wicklow}} |party = Irish Parliamentary Party |candidate = John Thomas Donovan |reg. electors = 4,489 |winner = Irish Parliamentary Party
|title=1918 general election: West Wicklow}} |party = Sinn Féin |candidate = Robert Barton |votes = 6,239 |percentage = 82.0 |change = New |party = Irish Parliamentary Party |candidate = Pierce Charles de Lacy O'Mahony |votes = 1,370 |percentage = 18.0 |change = N/A |votes = 4,869 |percentage = 64.0 |change = N/A |votes = 7,609 |percentage = 65.2 |change = N/A |reg. electors = 11,673 |winner = Sinn Féin |loser = Irish Parliamentary Party |swing = N/A
References
References
- (1978). "Parliamentary Election Results in Ireland, 1801-1922". Royal Irish Academy.
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