South Longford (UK Parliament constituency)

South Longford
Former county constituency for the House of Commons
1885–1918
Seats	one
Created from	Longford
Replaced by	Longford

South Longford was a parliamentary constituency in Ireland, which returned one Members of Parliament (MP) to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom.

Before the 1885 general election and after the dissolution of Parliament in 1918 the area was part of the Longford constituency.

Boundaries

Parliamentary constituencies in Ireland from 1885 - 1918, with South Longford highlighted.

This constituency comprised the southern part of County Longford.

Members of Parliament

Election		Member	Party
style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" |	1885	Laurence Connolly	Nationalist
style="background-color: Template:Irish Parliamentary Party/meta/color" |	1888	James Gubbins Fitzgerald	Nationalist
style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" |	1892	Edward Blake	Anti-Parnellite Nationalist1
style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" |	1907	John Phillips	Nationalist
style="background-color: Template:Sinn Féin/meta/color" |	1917	Joseph McGuinness	Sinn Féin
1918		Constituency abolished: see Longford

¹Nationalist from 1900

Elections

General Election 4 December 1885: Longford South

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Irish Nationalist	Laurence Connolly	3046	90.5
	Liberal	James Wilson	321	9.5
Majority			2725	81.0
Turnout			4426	76.1
	Irish Nationalist gain from new seat		Swing

General Election 7 July 1886: Longford South

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Irish Nationalist	Laurence Connolly	unopposed
Turnout			4426
	Irish Nationalist hold		Swing

By-election 30 June 1888: Longford South

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Irish Nationalist	James Gubbins Fitzgerald	unopposed
Turnout			4590
	Irish Nationalist hold		Swing

General Election 13 July 1892: Longford South

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Irish National Federation	Hon. Edward Blake QC	2544	88.0
	Liberal Unionist	George Henry Miller	347	12.0
Majority			2197	76.0
Turnout			4614	62.7
	Irish National Federation gain from Irish Nationalist		Swing

General Election 19 July 1895: Longford South

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Irish National Federation	Hon. Edward Blake QC	unopposed
Turnout			4604
	Irish National Federation hold		Swing

General Election 4 October 1900: Longford South

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Irish Nationalist	Hon. Edward Blake QC	unopposed
Turnout			4212
	Irish Nationalist gain from Irish National Federation		Swing

General Election 17 January 1906: Longford South

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Irish Nationalist	Hon. Edward Blake QC	unopposed
Turnout			3744
	Irish Nationalist hold		Swing

By-election 6 September 1907: Longford South

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Irish Nationalist	John Phillips	unopposed
Turnout			3747
	Irish Nationalist hold		Swing

General Election 21 January 1910: Longford South

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Irish Nationalist	John Phillips	unopposed
Turnout			3691
	Irish Nationalist hold		Swing

General Election 9 December 1910: Longford South

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Irish Nationalist	John Phillips	unopposed
Turnout			3691
	Irish Nationalist hold		Swing

By-election 9 May 1917: Longford South

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Sinn Féin	Joseph McGuinness	1498	50.6
	Irish Nationalist	Patrick McKenna	1461	49.4
Majority			37	1.2
Turnout			3852	76.8
	Sinn Féin gain from Irish Nationalist		Swing

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 "L" (part 4)