New Ross (UK Parliament constituency)

For the 1708–1832 constituency in Scotland, see Ross-shire (UK Parliament constituency). For the 1885–1918 constituency in England, see Ross (UK Parliament constituency).

New Ross
Former Borough constituency
for the House of Commons
1801 (1801)–1885 (1885)
Number of members	One

New Ross was a United Kingdom Parliament constituency, in Ireland, returning one Member of Parliament (MP). It was an original constituency represented in Parliament when the Union of Great Britain and Ireland took effect on 1 January 1801.

Boundaries

This constituency was the Parliamentary borough of New Ross in County Wexford.

Members of Parliament

The use of roman numerals, in brackets, is to distinguish between two MPs with the same name. It is not suggested that the men were known in that way, during their lifetimes.

Election		Member	Party	Note
	1801, January 1	Robert Leigh		1801: Co-opted
	1802, July 10	Charles Tottenham (I)		Resigned
	1805, July 26	Ponsonby Tottenham
	1806, November 10	Charles Leigh
	1807, May 21	William Wigram (I)
	1812, October 16	Charles Leigh
	1818, June 26	John Carroll		Resigned
	1821, February 9	Francis Leigh	Tory	Resigned
	1824, March 5	John Doherty	Tory
	1826, June 29	William Wigram (II)	Tory
	1830, August 6	Charles Powell Leslie	Tory
	1831, May 7	Charles Tottenham (II)	Tory	Resigned
	1831, August 15	William Wigram (II)	Tory
	1832, December 15	John Hyacinth Talbot	Repeal Association	Re-elected as a Liberal/Repealer pact candidate
	1835, January 14		Liberal
	1841, July 6	Hon. Robert Gore	Liberal
	1847, August 7	John Hyacinth Talbot	Repeal Association
	1852, July 15	Charles Gavan Duffy	Liberal	Joined the Independent Irish Party
	1852		Independent Irish	Resigned
	1856, March 18	Charles Tottenham (II)	Conservative	Resigned
	1863, June 8	Charles George Tottenham	Conservative
	1868, November 18	Patrick McMahon	Liberal
	1874, February 6	John Dunbar	Home Rule League	Died
	1878, December 17	Charles George Tottenham	Conservative
	1880, April 2	Joseph William Foley	Home Rule League	Resigned
	1881, January 31	John Edward Redmond	Home Rule League	Last MP for the constituency
	1885	Constituency abolished

Elections

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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 "N" (part 2)