Kerry (UK Parliament constituency)

Kerry
Former county constituency for the House of Commons
1801–1885
Seats	Two
Replaced by	East Kerry, North Kerry, South Kerry and West Kerry

A former UK Parliament constituency in Ireland, returning two Members of Parliament. In 1885, it was split into four constituencies. From the time of Irish independence, the area was no longer represented in the UK Parliament, as it was no longer part of the United Kingdom.

Boundaries

This constituency comprised the whole of County Kerry, except for the Borough of Tralee.

Members of Parliament

Year	1st Member		1st Party	2nd Member		2nd Party
1801	style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" |	James Crosbie		rowspan="5" style="background-color: Template:Whig (British political faction)/meta/color" |	Maurice Fitzgerald	Whig
1806	style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" |	Henry Arthur Herbert (1756–1821)
1812	style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" |	James Crosbie
1826	style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" |	William Hare (Viscount Ennismore from 1827)
1830	style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" |	William Browne
1831	rowspan="3" style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" |	Frederick William Mullins		style="background-color: Template:Whig (British political faction)/meta/color" |	Daniel O'Connell	Whig
1832	style="background-color: Template:Whig (British political faction)/meta/color" |			Charles O'Connell	Whig
1835	rowspan="4" style="background-color: Template:Liberal Party (UK)/meta/color" |			Morgan John O'Connell	Liberal Party
1837	style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" |	Arthur Blennerhassett
1841	style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" |	William Browne
1847	rowspan="2" style="background-color: Template:Liberal Party (UK)/meta/color" |	Henry Arthur Herbert (1815–66)	Liberal Party
1852	rowspan="2" style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" |			Valentine Browne (Viscount Castlerosse from 1853)
1866 by-election	rowspan="2" style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" |	Henry Arthur Herbert (1840–1901)
1872 by-election	rowspan="2" style="background-color: Template:Home Rule League/meta/color" |			Rowland Blennerhassett	Home Rule Association/ Home Rule League
1880	style="background-color: Template:Liberal Party (UK)/meta/color" |	Sir Rowland Blennerhassett, 4th Bt	Liberal Party

Split into four divisions in 1885

Under the Redistribution of Seats Act 1885, the single-seat Tralee constituency and the two-seat Kerry constituency were replaced by four single-seat constituencies:

• East Kerry
• North Kerry
• South Kerry
• West Kerry

References

• Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "K" (part 1)
• 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)