Fermanagh (UK Parliament constituency)
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County Fermanagh | |
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Former county constituency for the House of Commons | |
County | County Fermanagh |
1801–1885 | |
Seats | 2 |
Created from | County Fermanagh (IHC) |
Replaced by | North Fermanagh and South Fermanagh |
County Fermanagh was a UK Parliament constituency in Ireland, returning two Members of Parliament.
Boundaries
[edit]This constituency comprised the whole of County Fermanagh, except for the Borough of Enniskillen.
Members of Parliament
[edit]Election | 1st Member | 1st Party | 2nd Member | 2nd Party | Note | ||
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1801, January 1 | Mervyn Archdall | Tory | Viscount Cole | 1801: Co-opted | |||
1802, July 19 | Mervyn Archdall | Tory[1] | |||||
1803, June 27 | Hon. Lowry Cole[2] | Viscount Cole entered the House of Lords as Baron Grinstead. | |||||
1823, March 8 | Viscount Corry | Tory[1] | Cole appointed Governor of Mauritius. | ||||
1831, May 16 | Viscount Cole | Tory[1] | |||||
1834, June 27 | Mervyn Edward Archdale | Tory[1] | Archdall resigned. | ||||
1834, December | Conservative[1] | Conservative[1] | |||||
1840, 30 April | Sir Arthur Brooke | Conservative[1] | Viscount Cole entered the House of Lords as Baron Grinstead. | ||||
1854, 29 December | Hon. Henry Cole | Conservative | Death of Brooke. | ||||
1874, 16 February | William Humphrys Archdale | Conservative | |||||
1880, April 13 | Viscount Crichton | Conservative | Last MPs for the constituency | ||||
1885 | Constituency abolished |
Elections
[edit]Elections in the 1830s
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Tory | Mervyn Archdall | 685 | 34.4 | ||
Tory | Armar Lowry-Corry | 563 | 28.3 | ||
Whig | Sir Henry Brooke, 1st Baronet of Colebrooke | 467 | 23.4 | ||
Whig | Thomas Brooke | 277 | 13.9 | ||
Majority | 96 | 4.9 | |||
Turnout | 1,015 | 98.4 | |||
Registered electors | 1,032 | ||||
Tory hold | |||||
Tory hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Tory | Mervyn Archdall | Unopposed | |||
Tory | William Cole | Unopposed | |||
Registered electors | 1,232 | ||||
Tory hold | |||||
Tory hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Tory | Mervyn Archdall | Unopposed | |||
Tory | William Cole | Unopposed | |||
Registered electors | 1,429 | ||||
Tory hold | |||||
Tory hold |
Archdall resigned, causing a by-election.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Tory | Mervyn Edward Archdale | Unopposed | |||
Tory hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Mervyn Edward Archdale | Unopposed | |||
Conservative | William Cole | Unopposed | |||
Registered electors | 1,484 | ||||
Conservative hold | |||||
Conservative hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Mervyn Edward Archdale | Unopposed | |||
Conservative | William Cole | Unopposed | |||
Registered electors | 1,864 | ||||
Conservative hold | |||||
Conservative hold |
Elections in the 1840s
[edit]Cole succeeded to the peerage, becoming 3rd Earl of Enniskillen and causing a by-election.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Arthur Brooke | Unopposed | |||
Conservative hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Arthur Brooke | Unopposed | |||
Conservative | Mervyn Archdall | Unopposed | |||
Registered electors | 2,271 | ||||
Conservative hold | |||||
Conservative hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Arthur Brooke | Unopposed | |||
Conservative | Mervyn Archdall | Unopposed | |||
Registered electors | 2,193 | ||||
Conservative hold | |||||
Conservative hold |
Elections in the 1850s
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Arthur Brooke | Unopposed | |||
Conservative | Mervyn Archdall | Unopposed | |||
Registered electors | 3,497 | ||||
Conservative hold | |||||
Conservative hold |
Brooke's death caused a by-election.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Henry Cole | Unopposed | |||
Conservative hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Henry Cole | Unopposed | |||
Conservative | Mervyn Archdall | Unopposed | |||
Registered electors | 4,420 | ||||
Conservative hold | |||||
Conservative hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Henry Cole | Unopposed | |||
Conservative | Mervyn Archdall | Unopposed | |||
Registered electors | 4,672 | ||||
Conservative hold | |||||
Conservative hold |
Elections in the 1860s
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Henry Cole | Unopposed | |||
Conservative | Mervyn Archdall | Unopposed | |||
Registered electors | 4,861 | ||||
Conservative hold | |||||
Conservative hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Henry Cole | Unopposed | |||
Conservative | Mervyn Archdall | Unopposed | |||
Registered electors | 5,175 | ||||
Conservative hold | |||||
Conservative hold |
Elections in the 1870s
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Henry Cole | 2,285 | 32.0 | N/A | |
Conservative | William Humphrys Archdale | 2,205 | 30.9 | N/A | |
Liberal | John Grey Vesey Porter | 1,546 | 21.6 | New | |
Liberal | Charles Robert Barton | 1,111 | 15.5 | New | |
Majority | 659 | 9.3 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 3,574 (est) | 75.2 (est) | N/A | ||
Registered electors | 4,752 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | N/A | |||
Conservative hold | Swing | N/A |
Elections in the 1880s
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | William Humphrys Archdale | 2,479 | 36.7 | +5.8 | |
Conservative | Viscount Crichton | 2,443 | 36.2 | +4.2 | |
Liberal | John Grey Vesey Porter | 1,835 | 27.2 | −9.9 | |
Majority | 608 | 9.0 | −0.3 | ||
Turnout | 4,314 (est) | 90.3 (est) | +15.1 | ||
Registered electors | 4,778 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | +5.1 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing | +4.3 |
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References
[edit]- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m Stooks Smith, Henry (1842). The Register of Parliamentary Contested Elections: Containing the Uncontested Elections Since 1830. London: Simpkin, Marshall, & Co. pp. 227–228. Retrieved 15 May 2020 – via Google Books.
- ^ Knighted in 1813.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q Walker, B.M., ed. (1978). Parliamentary Election Results in Ireland, 1801-1922. Dublin: Royal Irish Academy. pp. 216–217, 280–281. ISBN 0901714127.
- ^ a b Farrell, Stephen. "Co. Fermanagh". The History of Parliament. Retrieved 15 May 2020.
- 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)
- Walker, B.M., ed. (1978). Parliamentary Election Results in Ireland, 1801–1922. Dublin: Royal Irish Academy. ISBN 0901714127.
- Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "F"