North Louth (UK Parliament constituency)

North Louth
Former county constituency for the House of Commons
1885–1918
Seats	One
Created from	Dundalk and Louth
Replaced by	Louth

North Louth was a parliamentary constituency in Ireland, which returned one Member of Parliament (MP) to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1885 to 1918. Prior to the 1885 general election and after the dissolution of Parliament in 1918 the area was part of the Louth constituency.

Boundaries

This constituency comprised the northern part of County Louth. The seat was defined under the Redistribution of Seats Act 1885 as comprising the baronies of Louth, Lower and Upper Dundalk, the parish of Killany. and that part of the parish of Louth included in the Barony of Ardee.

Members of Parliament

Election		Member	Party
style="background-color: Template:Irish Parliamentary Party/meta/color" |	1885	Joseph Nolan	Irish Parliamentary Party
style="background-color: Template:Parnellite Nationalist/meta/color" |	1891		Parnellite
style="background-color: Template:Anti-Parnellite/meta/color" |	1892	Timothy Michael Healy	Anti-Parnellite
style="background-color: Template:Healyite Nationalist/meta/color" |	1900		Healyite Nationalist
style="background-color: Template:All-for-Ireland League/meta/color" |	January 1910		All-for-Ireland League
style="background-color: Template:Irish Parliamentary Party/meta/color" |	December 1910	Richard Hazleton	Irish Parliamentary Party
style="background-color: Template:Irish Parliamentary Party/meta/color" |	1911 by-election	Augustine Roche	Irish Parliamentary Party
style="background-color: Template:Irish Parliamentary Party/meta/color" |	1916 by-election	Patrick J. Whitty	Irish Parliamentary Party
1918		constituency abolished: see County Louth

Elections

Elections in the 1880s

General Election 1885: North Louth

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Irish Parliamentary	Joseph Nolan	2,581
	Ind. Nationalist	Philip Callan	1,451
Majority
Turnout
	Irish Parliamentary win

At the 1886 UK general election, Joseph Nolan won without facing a contest.

Elections in the 1890s

General Election 1892: North Louth

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Irish National Federation	Timothy Michael Healy	2,268
	Ind. Nationalist	Philip Callan	1,569
Majority
Turnout
	Irish National Federation gain from Irish Parliamentary		Swing	N/A

General Election 1895: North Louth

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Irish National Federation	Timothy Michael Healy	2,294
	Irish National League	Joseph Nolan	1,433
Majority
Turnout
	Irish National Federation hold		Swing	N/A

Elections in the 1900s

General Election 1900: North Louth

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Healyite Nationalist	Timothy Michael Healy	1,604
	Irish Parliamentary	Edmund Haviland-Burke	1,285
Majority
Turnout
	Healyite Nationalist gain from Irish National Federation		Swing	N/A

At the 1906 UK general election, Timothy Michael Healy won without facing a contest.

Elections in the 1910s

General Election January 1910: North Louth

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	All-for-Ireland	Timothy Michael Healy	2,432
	Irish Parliamentary	Richard Hazleton	2,333
Majority
Turnout
	All-for-Ireland gain from Healyite Nationalist		Swing	N/A

General Election December 1910: North Louth

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Irish Parliamentary	Richard Hazleton	2,509
	All-for-Ireland	Timothy Michael Healy	2,021
Majority
Turnout
	Irish Parliamentary gain from All-for-Ireland		Swing	N/A

The general election result was overturned by petition. Augustine Roche won the North Louth by-election, 1911, without facing an opponent.

North Louth by-election, 1916

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Irish Parliamentary	Patrick Joseph Whitty	2,299
	Healyite Nationalist	Bernard Hamill	1,810
Majority
Turnout
	Irish Parliamentary hold		Swing

References

• Parliamentary Election Results in Ireland, 1801-1922, edited by B.M. Walker (Royal Irish Academy 1978)
• Debrett's Guide to the House of Commons and Judicial Bench, 1918
• Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "L" (part 4)