Mayo (UK Parliament constituency)
| Mayo | |
|---|---|
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Former County constituency for the House of Commons | |
| 1801–1885 | |
| Number of members | Two |
| Replaced by | East Mayo, North Mayo, South Mayo and West Mayo |
Mayo 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 from 1801 to 1885.
History
The constituency was created at the Act of Union 1800, replacing the earlier Mayo constituency in the pre-union Parliament of Ireland. Under the Redistribution of Seats Act 1885 it was divided into four new single-seat constituencies: see East Mayo, North Mayo, South Mayo and West Mayo.
Boundaries
This constituency comprised the whole of County Mayo.
Members of Parliament
| Year | 1st Member | 1st Party | 2nd Member | 2nd Party | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1801, 1 January | Denis Browne | George Jackson | ||||
| 1802, 22 July | Henry Dillon-Lee | |||||
| 1814, 5 March | Dominick Browne | |||||
| 1818, 4 July | James Browne | |||||
| 1826, 24 June | Lord Bingham | |||||
| 1830, 14 August | Dominick Browne | |||||
| 1831, 19 May | John Denis Browne | |||||
| 1835, 24 January | Sir William Brabazon, Bt | |||||
| 1836, 6 May | Robert Dillon Browne | |||||
| 1840, 16 December | Mark Blake | |||||
| 1846, 2 March | Joseph Myles McDonnell | |||||
| 1847, 14 August | George Henry Moore[1] | |||||
| 1850, 29 July | George Gore Ousley Higgins | |||||
| 1857, 10 April | Independent Irish | Roger Palmer | Conservative | |||
| 1857, 30 December | Lord John Browne | |||||
| 1865, 19 July | Lord Bingham | |||||
| 1868, 23 November | George Henry Moore | |||||
| 1870, 12 May | George Ekins Browne | |||||
| 1874, 7 Feb[2] | Thomas Tighe | |||||
| 1874, 1 June | George Ekins Browne | John O'Connor Power | Home Rule League | |||
| 1880, 15 April | Charles Stewart Parnell[3] | Home Rule League | ||||
| 1880, 26 May | Isaac Nelson | |||||
| 1882[4] | Irish Parliamentary Party | |||||
| 1885 | Constituency divided: see East Mayo, North Mayo, South Mayo and West Mayo | |||||
Elections
The elections in this constituency took place using the first past the post electoral system.
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home Rule | John O'Connor Power | 1,645 | N/A | N/A | |
| Home Rule | Charles Stewart Parnell | 1,545 | N/A | N/A | |
| Home Rule | Browne | 628 | N/A | N/A | |
| Home Rule gain from Other | Swing | N/A | |||
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Notes
- ↑ Following the general election in April 1857, the election of George Henry Moore was declared void on 14 July 1857. The writ was suspended until December 1857
- ↑ Following the general election in February 1874, the election of the two sitting members (Browne and Tighe) was declared void on 7 May 1874
- ↑ Parnell was also returned for both Meath and Cork. He chose to sit for Cork
- ↑ There was no election in 1882, but in that year the Home Rule League was renamed as the Irish Parliamentary Party
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 "M" (part 2)
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