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=== Elections in the 1830s === |
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|title=[[1830 United Kingdom general election|General election 1830]]: Sligo County (2 seats)}} |
|title=[[1830 United Kingdom general election|General election 1830]]: Sligo County (2 seats)<ref name="walker"/><ref name="stookssmith1842"/><ref name="hop1820-1832">{{cite web |title=Co. Sligo |url=https://www.historyofparliamentonline.org/volume/1820-1832/constituencies/co-sligo |website=The History of Parliament |accessdate=21 May 2020}}</ref>}} |
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|party = Tories (British political party) |
|party = Tories (British political party) |
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|candidate = [[Edward Joshua Cooper]] |
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|votes = 465 |
|votes = 465 |
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|percentage = 47. |
|percentage = 47.9 |
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|party = Whigs (British political party) |
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|candidate = [[Henry King (British Army officer)|Henry King]] |
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|votes = 390 |
|votes = 390 |
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|percentage = 40. |
|percentage = 40.2 |
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|party = Whigs (British political party) |
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|candidate = [[Fitzstephen French]] |
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|votes = 116 |
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|percentage = 11.9 |
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|votes = 514 |
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|percentage = 84.3 |
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|reg. electors = 610 |
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|votes = 75 |
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|percentage = 7.7 |
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|winner = Tories (British political party) |
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|votes = 274 |
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|percentage = 28.2 |
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|winner = Whigs (British political party) |
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|title=[[1831 United Kingdom general election|General election 1831]]: Sligo County (2 seats)<ref name="walker"/><ref name="stookssmith1842"/><ref name="hop1820-1832"/>}} |
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|party = Tories (British political party) |
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|candidate = [[Edward Joshua Cooper]] |
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|votes = 361 |
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|percentage = 43.0 |
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|change = +19.1 |
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|party = Tories (British political party) |
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|candidate = [[Alexander Perceval]] |
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|votes = 287 |
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|percentage = 34.2 |
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|change = +10.3 |
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|party = |
|party = Whigs (British political party) |
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|candidate = [[Henry King (British Army officer)|Henry King]] |
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|votes = |
|votes = 191 |
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|percentage = |
|percentage = 22.8 |
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|change = −29.3 |
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|votes = 96 |
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|percentage = 11.4 |
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|change = +3.7 |
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|votes = {{circa|420}} |
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|percentage = {{circa|69.9}} |
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|change = {{circa|−14.4}} |
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|reg. electors = 600 |
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|winner = Tories (British political party) |
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|swing = +16.9 |
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|winner = Tories (British political party) |
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|loser = Whigs (British political party) |
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|swing = +12.5 |
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|party = Tories (British political party) |
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|candidate = [[Edward Joshua Cooper]] |
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|party = Tories (British political party) |
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|candidate = [[Alexander Perceval]] |
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|reg. electors = 695 |
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|winner = Tories (British political party) |
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|winner = Tories (British political party) |
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|title=[[1835 United Kingdom general election|General election 1835]]: Sligo County (2 seats)<ref name="walker"/><ref name="stookssmith1842"/>}} |
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{{Election box winning candidate unopposed with party link| |
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|party = Conservative Party (UK) |
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|candidate = [[Edward Joshua Cooper]] |
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|party = Conservative Party (UK) |
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|candidate = [[Alexander Perceval]] |
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|reg. electors = 694 |
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|winner = Conservative Party (UK) |
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|winner = Conservative Party (UK) |
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|title=[[1837 United Kingdom general election|General election 1837]]: Sligo County (2 seats)<ref name="walker"/><ref name="stookssmith1842"/><ref name="hop1820-1832"/>}} |
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|party = Conservative Party (UK) |
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|candidate = [[Edward Joshua Cooper]] |
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|votes = 511 |
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|percentage = 38.5 |
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|party = Conservative Party (UK) |
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|candidate = [[Alexander Perceval]] |
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|votes = 443 |
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|percentage = 33.4 |
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|party = Whigs (British political party) |
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|candidate = Daniel Jones |
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|votes = 368 |
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|percentage = 27.7 |
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|party = Whigs (British political party) |
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|candidate = Charles Joseph McDermott |
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|votes = 5 |
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|percentage = 0.4 |
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|votes = 75 |
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|percentage = 5.7 |
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|votes = {{circa|664}} |
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|percentage = {{circa|64.1}} |
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|reg. electors = 1,036 |
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|winner = Conservative Party (UK) |
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Revision as of 17:40, 21 May 2020
Sligo County | |
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Former county constituency for the House of Commons | |
1801–1885 | |
Seats | Two |
Replaced by | North Sligo and South Sligo |
Sligo County is a former county constituency in Ireland, represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It returned two Members of Parliament (MPs), elected by the bloc vote system of election.
Boundaries
This constituency comprised the whole of County Sligo, except the Parliamentary borough of Sligo 1801-1870. From 1885 the constituency was divided into North Sligo and South Sligo.
Members of Parliament
Elections
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Elections in the 1830s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ||
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Tory | Edward Joshua Cooper | 465 | 47.9 | ||
Whig | Henry King | 390 | 40.2 | ||
Whig | Fitzstephen French | 116 | 11.9 | ||
Turnout | 514 | 84.3 | |||
Registered electors | 610 | ||||
Majority | 75 | 7.7 | |||
Tory hold | |||||
Majority | 274 | 28.2 | |||
Whig hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Tory | Edward Joshua Cooper | 361 | 43.0 | +19.1 | |
Tory | Alexander Perceval | 287 | 34.2 | +10.3 | |
Whig | Henry King | 191 | 22.8 | −29.3 | |
Majority | 96 | 11.4 | +3.7 | ||
Turnout | c. 420 | c. 69.9 | c. −14.4 | ||
Registered electors | 600 | ||||
Tory hold | Swing | +16.9 | |||
Tory gain from Whig | Swing | +12.5 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ||
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Tory | Edward Joshua Cooper | Unopposed | |||
Tory | Alexander Perceval | Unopposed | |||
Registered electors | 695 | ||||
Tory hold | |||||
Tory hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ||
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Conservative | Edward Joshua Cooper | Unopposed | |||
Conservative | Alexander Perceval | Unopposed | |||
Registered electors | 694 | ||||
Conservative hold | |||||
Conservative hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ||
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Conservative | Edward Joshua Cooper | 511 | 38.5 | ||
Conservative | Alexander Perceval | 443 | 33.4 | ||
Whig | Daniel Jones | 368 | 27.7 | ||
Whig | Charles Joseph McDermott | 5 | 0.4 | ||
Majority | 75 | 5.7 | |||
Turnout | c. 664 | c. 64.1 | |||
Registered electors | 1,036 | ||||
Conservative hold | |||||
Conservative hold |
Elections in the 1840s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | William Ormsby-Gore | Unopposed | |||
Conservative | Alexander Perceval | Unopposed | |||
Registered electors | 1,093 | ||||
Conservative hold | |||||
Conservative hold |
Perceval was appointed a commissioner of the Treasury, causing a by-election.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | John Ffolliott | Unopposed | |||
Conservative hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | William Ormsby-Gore | Unopposed | |||
Conservative | John Ffolliott | Unopposed | |||
Registered electors | 837 | ||||
Conservative hold | |||||
Conservative hold |
Elections in the 1850s
Ffolliott resigned by accepting the office of Steward of the Chiltern Hundreds, causing a by-election.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Robert Gore-Booth | Unopposed | |||
Conservative hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Robert Gore-Booth | 943 | 35.9 | K.A. | |
Independent Irish | Richard Swift | 870 | 33.1 | K.A. | |
Conservative | William Ormsby-Gore | 774 | 29.5 | K.A. | |
Whig | John Taaffe[5] | 39 | 1.5 | K.A. | |
Turnout | 1,313 (est) | 62.4 (est) | K.A. | ||
Registered electors | 2,105 | ||||
Majority | 73 | 2.8 | K.A. | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | K.A. | |||
Majority | 96 | 3.7 | K.A. | ||
Independent Irish gain from Conservative | Swing | K.A. |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Robert Gore-Booth | 1,471 | 45.2 | +9.3 | |
Conservative | Edward Joshua Cooper | 1,471 | 45.2 | +15.7 | |
Whig | John Ball[6] | 305 | 9.4 | +7.9 | |
Independent Irish | Richard Swift | 5 | 0.2 | −32.9 | |
Majority | 1,166 | 35.9 | +33.1 | ||
Turnout | 1,776 (est) | 74.3 (est) | +11.9 | ||
Registered electors | 2,389 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | +12.9 | |||
Conservative gain from Independent Irish | Swing | +16.1 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Robert Gore-Booth | Unopposed | |||
Conservative | Charles William Cooper | Unopposed | |||
Registered electors | 2,445 | ||||
Conservative hold | |||||
Conservative hold |
Elections in the 1860s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Edward Henry Cooper | Unopposed | |||
Conservative | Robert Gore-Booth | Unopposed | |||
Registered electors | 3,181 | ||||
Conservative hold | |||||
Conservative hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal | Denis Maurice O'Conor | 1,671 | 41.7 | K.A. | |
Conservative | Robert Gore-Booth | 1,208 | 30.1 | K.A. | |
Conservative | Edward Henry Cooper | 1,129 | 28.2 | K.A. | |
Liberal | Cornelius Alexander Keogh | 2 | 0.0 | K.A. | |
Turnout | 2,840 (est) | 87.8 (est) | K.A. | ||
Registered electors | 3,233 | ||||
Majority | 463 | 11.5 | K.A. | ||
Liberal gain from Conservative | Swing | K.A. | |||
Majority | 1,206 | 30.1 | K.A. | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | K.A. |
Elections in the 1870s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Home Rule | Denis Maurice O'Conor | Unopposed | |||
Conservative | Robert Gore-Booth | Unopposed | |||
Registered electors | 3,539 | ||||
Home Rule gain from Liberal | |||||
Conservative hold |
Gore-Booth's death caused a by-election.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Home Rule | Edward King-Harman | Unopposed | |||
Registered electors | 3,414 | ||||
Home Rule gain from Conservative |
Elections in the 1880s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Parnellite Home Rule League | Thomas Sexton | 1,591 | 36.1 | K.A. | |
Home Rule | Denis Maurice O'Conor | 1,551 | 35.2 | K.A. | |
Home Rule | Edward King-Harman | 1,267 | 28.7 | K.A. | |
Majority | 284 | 6.4 | K.A. | ||
Turnout | 2,205 (est) | 67.7 (est) | K.A. | ||
Registered electors | 3,256 | ||||
Home Rule gain from Conservative | Swing | ||||
Home Rule hold | Swing |
O'Conor's death caused a by-election.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Irish Parliamentary | Nicholas Lynch | 1,545 | 61.1 | K.A. | |
Conservative | Charles Kane O'Hara[7] | 983 | 38.9 | K.A. | |
Majority | 562 | 22.2 | K.A. | ||
Turnout | 2,528 | 79.6 | +11.9 | ||
Registered electors | 3,174 | ||||
Irish Parliamentary hold | Swing | K.A. |
References
- ^ Salmon, Philip. "COOPER, Edward Synge (1762-1830), of Markree Castle, co. Sligo and Boden Park, co. Westmeath". The History of Parliament. Retrieved 21 May 2020.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l Smith, Henry Stooks (1842). The Register of Parliamentary Contested Elections (Second ed.). Simpkin, Marshall & Company. p. 239. Retrieved 9 October 2018 – via Google Books.
- ^ 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 Walker, B.M., ed. (1978). Parliamentary Election Results in Ireland, 1801-1922. Dublin: Royal Irish Academy. ISBN 0901714127.
- ^ a b c "Co. Sligo". The History of Parliament. Retrieved 21 May 2020.
- ^ "Election Intelligence". The Atlas. 24 July 1852. pp. 5–6. Retrieved 9 October 2018 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ^ "Belfast Mercury". 23 April 1857. p. 2. Retrieved 9 October 2018 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ^ "Election Intelligence". South Wales Daily News. 15 August 1883. p. 4. Retrieved 22 December 2017 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- 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 "S" (part 3)