Leitrim (UK Parliament constituency)

Leitrim
Leitrim
Former County constituency; for the House of Commons
1801–1885
Replaced by	North Leitrim, South Leitrim
1918–1922
Created from	North Leitrim, South Leitrim

Leitrim was a Parliamentary constituency in Ireland, represented in the House of Commons of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland. It returned two Members of Parliament (MPs) from 1801 to 1885 and one from 1918 to 1922.

Boundaries

This constituency comprised the whole of County Leitrim.

Members of Parliament

MPs 1801–85

Election	1st Member		1st Party	2nd Member		2nd Party
1801	rowspan="2" style="background-color: Template:Whigs (British political party)/meta/color" \|	Nathaniel Clements, Viscount Clements, later Earl of Leitrim	Whig^[1]	style="background-color: Template:Tories (British political party)/meta/color" \|	Theophilus Jones	Tory^[1]
1802	rowspan="2" style="background-color: Template:Whigs (British political party)/meta/color" \|		Whig^[1]	Peter La Touche	Whig^[1]
1805 by-election	rowspan="3" style="background-color: Template:Tories (British political party)/meta/color" \|	Henry John Clements	Tory^[1]	Peter La Touche	Whig^[1]
1806	style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" \|			William Gore
1807	rowspan="2" style="background-color: Template:Whigs (British political party)/meta/color" \|			John La Touche	Whig^[1]
1818	rowspan="2" style="background-color: Template:Tories (British political party)/meta/color" \|	Luke White	Tory^[1]	John La Touche	Whig^[1]
1820	rowspan="2" style="background-color: Template:Tories (British political party)/meta/color" \|	Luke White	Tory^[1]	John Marcus Clements	Tory^[1]
1824 by-election	rowspan="5" style="background-color: Template:Whigs (British political party)/meta/color" \|	Samuel White	Whig^[1]	John Marcus Clements	Tory^[1]
1826	style="background-color: Template:Whigs (British political party)/meta/color" \|			Robert Clements, Viscount Clements	Whig^[1]
1830	style="background-color: Template:Tories (British political party)/meta/color" \|			John Marcus Clements	Tory^[1]^[2]
1832	style="background-color: Template:Whigs (British political party)/meta/color" \|			Robert Clements, Viscount Clements	Whig^[1]
1839 by-election	style="background-color: Template:Whigs (British political party)/meta/color" \|			William Clements, Viscount Clements, later Earl of Leitrim	Whig
1847	style="background-color: Template:Whigs (British political party)/meta/color" \|	Edward King-Tenison	Whig^[3]^[4]^[5]	style="background-color: Template:Whigs (British political party)/meta/color" \|	Charles Skeffington Clements	Whig^[5]^[3]
1852	style="background-color: Template:Irish Conservative Party/meta/color" \|	Hugh Lyons-Montgomery	Conservative^[2]	rowspan="2" style="background-color: Template:Independent Irish Party/meta/color" \|	John Brady	Ind. Irish^[2]
1858 by-election	rowspan="5" style="background-color: Template:Irish Conservative Party/meta/color" \|	William Ormsby-Gore, later Baron Harlech	Conservative^[2]			Ind. Irish^[2]
1859	rowspan="3" style="background-color: Template:Liberal Party (UK)/meta/color" \|			Liberal^[2]
1865
1868
1874	rowspan="2" style="background-color: Template:Home Rule League/meta/color" \|			Home Rule^[2]
1876 by-election	rowspan="2" style="background-color: Template:Home Rule League/meta/color" \|	Francis O'Beirne	Home Rule^[2]	Home Rule^[2]
1880	style="background-color: Template:Irish Conservative Party/meta/color" \|	Francis O'Beirne	Home Rule^[2]	Arthur Loftus Tottenham	Conservative^[2]
1885	Constituency divided: see North Leitrim and South Leitrim

MPs 1918–22

Election		Member	Party	Note
1918		Single member constituency created
style="background-color: Template:Sinn Féin/meta/color" \|	1918, December 14^[6]	James Dolan	Sinn Féin	Did not take his seat at Westminster
1922, October 26		UK constituency abolished

Elections

Elections in the 1850s

General Election 1852: Leitrim (2 seats)^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Hugh Lyons-Montgomery	617	36.1
	Independent Irish	John Brady	551	32.3
	Whig	Charles Skeffington Clements	540	31.6
Turnout			854 (est)	67.5 (est)
Registered electors			1,265
Majority			66	3.9	N/A
	Conservative gain from Whig		Swing
Majority			11	0.6	N/A
	Independent Irish gain from Whig		Swing

General Election 1857: Leitrim (2 seats)^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Hugh Lyons-Montgomery	1,577	49.7	+13.6
	Independent Irish	John Brady	1,006	31.7	−0.6
	Whig	Edward King-Tenison	591	18.6	−13.0
Turnout			1,587 (est)	60.4 (est)	−7.1
Registered electors			2,628
Majority			571	18.0	+14.1
	Conservative hold		Swing	+7.0
Majority			415	13.1	+12.5
	Independent Irish hold		Swing	−3.7

Montgomery resigned by accepting the office of Steward of the Manor of Hempholme, causing a by-election.

By-election, 17 May 1858: Leitrim^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	William Ormsby-Gore	Unopposed
	Conservative hold

General Election 1859: Leitrim (2 seats)^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	William Ormsby-Gore	Unopposed
	Liberal	John Brady	Unopposed
Registered electors			2,404
	Conservative hold
	Liberal hold

Elections in the 1860s

General Election 1865: Leitrim (2 seats)^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	William Ormsby-Gore	1,383	42.1	*N/A*
	Liberal	John Brady	1,011	30.8	*N/A*
	Liberal	Edward King-Tenison	892	27.1	N/A
Majority			372	11.3	N/A
Turnout			2,335 (est)	97.7 (est)	N/A
Registered electors			2,389
	Conservative hold		Swing	N/A
	Liberal hold		Swing	N/A

General Election 1868: Leitrim (2 seats)^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	William Ormsby-Gore	Unopposed
	Liberal	John Brady	Unopposed
Registered electors			2,637
	Conservative hold
	Liberal hold

Elections in the 1870s

General Election 1874: Leitrim (2 seats)^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Home Rule	John Brady	1,313	37.9	*N/A*
	Conservative	William Ormsby-Gore	1,098	31.7	*N/A*
	Home Rule	Francis O'Beirne	1,055	30.4	N/A
Turnout			2,282 (est)	88.8 (est)	N/A
Registered electors			2,571
Majority			215	6.2	N/A
	Home Rule gain from Liberal		Swing	N/A
Majority			43	1.2	N/A
	Conservative hold		Swing	N/A

Gore succeeded to the peerage, becoming Lord Harlech, and causing a by-election.

Leitrim by-election, 1876 (1 seat)^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Home Rule	Francis O'Beirne	1,276	58.9	-9.4
	Conservative	Arthur Loftus Tottenham	885	40.8	+9.1
	Home Rule	Charles McGowan	7	0.3	N/A
Majority			391	18.0	+11.8
Turnout			2,168	85.4	-3.4
Registered electors			2,383
	Home Rule gain from Conservative		Swing	+9.3

Elections in the 1880s

General Election 1880: Leitrim (2 seats)^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Arthur Loftus Tottenham	1,038	33.1	+1.4
	Home Rule	Francis O'Beirne	837	26.7	-10.2
	Home Rule	Thomas Quinn	668	21.3	-10.4
	Home Rule	Isaac Nelson	593	18.9	N/A
Majority			201	6.4	+0.2
Turnout			2,087 (est)	87.6 (est)	-1.2
Registered electors			2,383
	Conservative hold		Swing	+5.6
	Home Rule hold		Swing	-5.5

Elections in the 1910s

General Election 1918: Leitrim^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Sinn Féin	James Dolan	17,711	85.1	N/A
	Irish Parliamentary	Gerald Farrell	3,096	14.9	N/A
Majority			14,615	70.2	N/A
Turnout			20,807	69.2	N/A
Registered electors			30,079
	Sinn Féin win (new seat)

Notes

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k Smith, Henry Stooks (1842). The Register of Parliamentary Contested Elections (Second ed.). Simpkin, Marshall & Company. pp. 231–232. Retrieved 4 October 2018 – via Google Books.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k ^l ^m ⁿ ^o ^p ^q ^r Walker, B.M., ed. (1978). Parliamentary Election Results in Ireland, 1801-1922. Dublin: Royal Irish Academy. ISBN 0901714127.
^ ^a ^b "Leitrim (Country)". Bell's Weekly Messenger. 14 August 1847. p. 2. Retrieved 24 February 2018 – via British Newspaper Archive. {{cite news}}: Unknown parameter |subscription= ignored (|url-access= suggested) (help)
^ "MP of the Month: Edward King Tenison". The Victorian Commons. June 27, 2017. Retrieved 24 February 2018.
^ ^a ^b "Leitrim". Dublin Weekly Nation. 21 August 1847. pp. 4–5. Retrieved 4 October 2018 – via British Newspaper Archive. {{cite news}}: Unknown parameter |subscription= ignored (|url-access= suggested) (help)
^ December 14 was the date of polling day. The result was declared on 28 December 1918, to allow time for votes cast by members of the armed forces to be included in the count.

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 "L" (part 2)

[stookssmith1842-1] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k Smith, Henry Stooks (1842). The Register of Parliamentary Contested Elections (Second ed.). Simpkin, Marshall & Company. pp. 231–232. Retrieved 4 October 2018 – via Google Books.

[walker-2] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k ^l ^m ⁿ ^o ^p ^q ^r Walker, B.M., ed. (1978). Parliamentary Election Results in Ireland, 1801-1922. Dublin: Royal Irish Academy. ISBN 0901714127.

[bellsweekly-3] "Leitrim (Country)". Bell's Weekly Messenger. 14 August 1847. p. 2. Retrieved 24 February 2018 – via British Newspaper Archive. {{cite news}}: Unknown parameter |subscription= ignored (|url-access= suggested) (help)

[victoriancommons-4] "MP of the Month: Edward King Tenison". The Victorian Commons. June 27, 2017. Retrieved 24 February 2018.

[dublin1847-5] "Leitrim". Dublin Weekly Nation. 21 August 1847. pp. 4–5. Retrieved 4 October 2018 – via British Newspaper Archive. {{cite news}}: Unknown parameter |subscription= ignored (|url-access= suggested) (help)

[6] December 14 was the date of polling day. The result was declared on 28 December 1918, to allow time for votes cast by members of the armed forces to be included in the count.

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