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.
[edit] 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.
[edit] Boundaries
This constituency comprised the whole of County Mayo.
[edit] 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, later Viscount Dillon |
|
| 1814, 5 March |
|
Dominick Browne, later Baron Oranmore |
|
| 1818, 4 July |
|
James Browne |
|
| 1826, 24 June |
|
George Lucan, Baron Bingham, later Earl of Lucan |
|
| 1830, 14 August |
|
Dominick Browne, later Baron Oranmore |
|
| 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, later Marquess of Sligo |
|
| 1865, 19 July |
|
Charles Bingham, Lord Bingham, later Earl of Lucan |
|
| 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 |
[edit] Elections
The elections in this constituency took place using the first past the post electoral system.[citation needed]
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- ^ Following the general election in Apr 1857, the election of George Henry Moore was declared void on 14 Jul 1857. The writ was suspended until Dec 1857
- ^ Following the general election in Feb 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
[edit] References
