South Cork (UK Parliament constituency)

This article is about 1885–1922 constituency of the United Kingdom House of Commons and of the 1919–1921 First Dáil. For the 1948–1961 constituency, see Cork South (Dáil constituency).

South Cork
Former County constituency for the House of Commons
1885–1922
Seats	One
Created from	County Cork

South Cork, formally known as the Southern division of County Cork, was a parliamentary constituency in Ireland, represented in the Parliament of the United Kingdom. From 1885 to 1922 it returned one Member of Parliament (MP) to the House of Commons of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland.

Until the 1885 general election the area was part of the Cork County constituency. From 1922 it was not represented in the UK Parliament, as it was no longer in the UK.

Boundaries

This constituency comprised the southern part of County Cork, consisting of the barony of East Carbery, West Division, that part of the barony of Ibane and Barryroe not contained within the constituency of South East Cork, that part of the barony of West Carbery, East Division not contained within the constituency of West Cork, and that part of the barony of East Carbery, East Division contained within the parishes of Ballymoney, Desert, Desertserges, Island, Kilgarriff, Kilnagross and Templebryan.

Members of Parliament

Election		Member	Party
style="background-color: Template:Irish Parliamentary Party/meta/color" |	1885	J. E. Kenny	Irish Parliamentary Party
style="background-color: Template:Anti-Parnellite/meta/color" |	1890		Parnellite
style="background-color: Template:Anti-Parnellite/meta/color" |	1892	Edward Barry	Anti-Parnellite
style="background-color: Template:Irish Parliamentary Party/meta/color" |	1900		Irish Parliamentary Party
style="background-color: Template:All-for-Ireland League/meta/color" |	1910 (Dec)	John P. Walsh	All-for-Ireland League
style="background-color: Template:Sinn Féin/meta/color" |	1918	Michael Collins	Sinn Féin
	1922	constituency abolished

Elections

Elections in the 1880s

General election 1885: South Cork

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Irish Parliamentary	J.E. Kenny	4,823	96.1	N/A
	Irish Conservative	Francis McCarthy Connor	195	3.9	N/A
Majority			4,628	92.2	N/A
Turnout			5,018	68.7	N/A
Registered electors			7,299
	Irish Parliamentary win (new seat)

General election 1886: South Cork

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Irish Parliamentary	J.E. Kenny	Unopposed
	Irish Parliamentary hold

Elections in the 1890s

General election 1892: South Cork

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Irish National Federation	Edward Barry	Unopposed
	Irish National Federation gain from Irish Parliamentary

General election 1895: South Cork

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Irish National Federation	Edward Barry	Unopposed
	Irish National Federation hold

Elections in the 1900s

General election 1900: South Cork

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Irish Parliamentary	Edward Barry	Unopposed
	Irish Parliamentary hold

General election 1906: South Cork

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Irish Parliamentary	Edward Barry	Unopposed
	Irish Parliamentary hold

Elections in the 1910s

General election, January 1910: South Cork

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Irish Parliamentary	Edward Barry	Unopposed
	Irish Parliamentary hold

General election, December 1910: South Cork

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	All-for-Ireland	John Walsh	2,346	51.8	New
	Irish Parliamentary	Edward Barry	2,183	48.2	N/A
Majority			163	3.6	N/A
Turnout			4,529	73.1	N/A
Registered electors			6,199
	All-for-Ireland gain from Irish Parliamentary		Swing	N/A

General election, 1918: South Cork

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Sinn Féin	Michael Collins	Unopposed
	Sinn Féin gain from All-for-Ireland

References

• 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 "C" (part 5)