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Lisburn
Former borough constituency
for the House of Commons
1801–1885
Replaced bySouth Antrim

Lisburn was a United Kingdom Parliament constituency, in Ireland, returning one 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 Lisburn in County Antrim.

Members of Parliament

Election Member Party Note
style="background-color: Template:Tories (British political party)/meta/color" | 1 January 1801 George Hatton Tory 1801: Co-opted
style="background-color: Template:Tories (British political party)/meta/color" | 12 July 1802 Earl of Yarmouth Tory
style="background-color: Template:Tories (British political party)/meta/color" | 20 October 1812 Lord Henry Moore Tory
style="background-color: Template:Tories (British political party)/meta/color" | 29 June 1818 John Leslie Foster Tory Also returned by and elected to sit for Armagh City
style="background-color: Template:Tories (British political party)/meta/color" | 22 February 1819 Horace Seymour Tory
style="background-color: Template:Tories (British political party)/meta/color" | 16 June 1826 Henry Meynell Tory[1][2]
style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" | 18 December 1834 Conservative[1][2]
style="background-color: Template:Peelite/meta/color" | 5 August 1847 Horace Seymour Peelite[2][3][4] Died 23 November 1851
style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" | 5 January 1852 Sir James Emerson Tennent Conservative[2][5][6] Resigned
style="background-color: Template:Peelite/meta/color" | 11 December 1852 Roger Johnson Smyth Peelite[7][8] Died 19 September 1853
style="background-color: Template:Radicals (UK)/meta/color" | 14 October 1853 Jonathan Joseph Richardson Radical[9][10] Did not seek re-election
style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" | 2 April 1857 Jonathan Richardson Conservative[11][12][13] Resigned
style="background-color: Template:Liberal Party (UK)/meta/color" | 23 February 1863 John Dougherty Barbour Liberal[2] Unseated on petition - new writ issued
style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" | 23 June 1863 Edward Wingfield Verner Conservative[2] Resigned
style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" | 19 February 1873 Sir Richard Wallace, Bt Conservative[2] Last MP for the constituency
1885 Constituency abolished

Elections

Elections in the 1850s

Seymour's death caused a by-election.

By-election, 5 January 1852: Lisburn[2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative James Emerson Tennent Unopposed
Conservative gain from Peelite
General Election 1852: Lisburn[2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative James Emerson Tennent Unopposed
Registered electors 188
Conservative gain from Peelite

Tennent resigned by accepting the office of Steward of the Manor of Northstead, causing a by-election.

By-election, 11 December 1852: Lisburn[2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Peelite Roger Johnson Smyth 99 53.2 N/A
Conservative John Inglis 87 46.8 N/A
Majority 12 6.5 N/A
Turnout 186 85.7 N/A
Registered electors 217
Peelite gain from Conservative Swing N/A

Smyth's death caused a by-election.

By-election, 14 October 1853: Lisburn[2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Radical Jonathan Joseph Richardson Unopposed
Registered electors 217
Radical gain from Conservative
General Election 1857: Lisburn[2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Jonathan Richardson 138 51.3 N/A
Conservative James McGarel-Hogg[14] 131 48.7 N/A
Majority 7 2.6 N/A
Turnout 269 90.9 N/A
Registered electors 296
Conservative hold Swing N/A
General Election 1859: Lisburn[2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Jonathan Richardson Unopposed
Registered electors 314
Conservative hold

Elections in the 1860s

Richardson resigned, causing a by-election.

By-election, 23 February 1863: Lisburn[2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal John Dougherty Barbour 140 51.1 N/A
Conservative Edward Wingfield Verner 134 48.9 N/A
Majority 6 2.2 N/A
Turnout 274 87.5 N/A
Registered electors 313
Liberal gain from Conservative

On petition, Barbour was unseated due to his and his agent's bribery and treating,[15] causing a by-election.

By-election, 26 June 1863: Lisburn[2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Edward Wingfield Verner 151 62.1 N/A
Liberal Jonathan Richardson 90 37.0 N/A
Independent Liberal Robert Barbour[16] 2 0.8 N/A
Majority 61 25.1 N/A
Turnout 243 77.6 N/A
Registered electors 313
Conservative hold
General Election 1865: Lisburn[2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Edward Wingfield Verner 134 66.0 N/A
Liberal John Dougherty Barbour 69 34.0 N/A
Majority 65 32.0 N/A
Turnout 203 64.9 N/A
Registered electors 313
Conservative hold
General Election 1868: Lisburn[2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Edward Wingfield Verner Unopposed
Registered electors 469
Conservative hold

Elections in the 1870s

Verner's resignation to contest a by-election in Armagh caused a by-election.

By-election, 19 Feb 1873: Lisburn[2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Richard Wallace Unopposed
Registered electors 568
Conservative hold
General Election 1874: Lisburn[2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Richard Wallace Unopposed
Registered electors 519
Conservative hold

Elections in the 1880s

General Election 1880: Lisburn[2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Richard Wallace Unopposed
Registered electors 768
Conservative hold

References

  1. ^ a b Smith, Henry Stooks (1842). The Register of Parliamentary Contested Elections (Second ed.). Simpkin, Marshall & Company. p. 233. Retrieved 6 October 2018 – via Google Books.
  2. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t Walker, B.M., ed. (1978). Parliamentary Election Results in Ireland, 1801-1922. Dublin: Royal Irish Academy. ISBN 0901714127.
  3. ^ "Lisburn". The Scotsman. 11 August 1847. p. 3. Retrieved 6 October 2018 – via British Newspaper Archive. {{cite news}}: Unknown parameter |subscription= ignored (|url-access= suggested) (help)
  4. ^ "Irish Members Returned". Tipperary Vindicator. 14 August 1847. p. 3. Retrieved 6 October 2018 – via British Newspaper Archive. {{cite news}}: Unknown parameter |subscription= ignored (|url-access= suggested) (help)
  5. ^ "Miscellaneous Intelligence". Berkshire Chronicle. 10 January 1852. p. 2. Retrieved 6 October 2018 – via British Newspaper Archive. {{cite news}}: Unknown parameter |subscription= ignored (|url-access= suggested) (help)
  6. ^ "Literary Notice". Belfast Mercury. 1 January 1852. p. 4. Retrieved 6 October 2018 – via British Newspaper Archive. {{cite news}}: Unknown parameter |subscription= ignored (|url-access= suggested) (help)
  7. ^ "Local Intelligence". Westmorland Gazette. 18 December 1852. pp. 4–5. Retrieved 6 October 2018 – via British Newspaper Archive. {{cite news}}: Unknown parameter |subscription= ignored (|url-access= suggested) (help)
  8. ^ "Summary". Liverpool Mercury. 14 December 1852. p. 8. Retrieved 6 October 2018 – via British Newspaper Archive. {{cite news}}: Unknown parameter |subscription= ignored (|url-access= suggested) (help)
  9. ^ "Ireland". Monmouthshire Beacon. 15 October 1853. p. 7. Retrieved 6 October 2018 – via British Newspaper Archive. {{cite news}}: Unknown parameter |subscription= ignored (|url-access= suggested) (help)
  10. ^ "Staffordshire Advertiser". 15 October 1853. p. 5. Retrieved 6 October 2018 – via British Newspaper Archive. {{cite news}}: Unknown parameter |subscription= ignored (|url-access= suggested) (help)
  11. ^ "The Irish Elections". London Evening Standard. 9 April 1857. p. 3. Retrieved 6 October 2018 – via British Newspaper Archive. {{cite news}}: Unknown parameter |subscription= ignored (|url-access= suggested) (help)
  12. ^ "The General Election". Londonderry Sentinel. 3 April 1857. p. 2. Retrieved 6 October 2018 – via British Newspaper Archive. {{cite news}}: Unknown parameter |subscription= ignored (|url-access= suggested) (help)
  13. ^ "Dublin Evening Mail". 13 April 1857. pp. 1–2. Retrieved 6 October 2018 – via British Newspaper Archive. {{cite news}}: Unknown parameter |subscription= ignored (|url-access= suggested) (help)
  14. ^ "Election Movements". Dublin Evening Packet and Correspondent. 19 March 1857. p. 3. Retrieved 6 October 2018 – via British Newspaper Archive. {{cite news}}: Unknown parameter |subscription= ignored (|url-access= suggested) (help)
  15. ^ "Lisburn". Saunders's News-Letter. Dublin, Ireland, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland. 6 June 1863. p. 2. Retrieved 26 February 2018 – via British Newspaper Archive. {{cite news}}: Unknown parameter |subscription= ignored (|url-access= suggested) (help)
  16. ^ "Summary". Caledonian Mercury. Midlothian, Scotland. 29 June 1863. p. 2. Retrieved 26 February 2018 – via British Newspaper Archive. {{cite news}}: Unknown parameter |subscription= ignored (|url-access= suggested) (help)
  • 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)
  • Who's Who of British Members of Parliament: Volume I 1832-1885, edited by M. Stenton (The Harvester Press 1976)
  • Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "L" (part 3)
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