Westmeath (UK Parliament constituency)
Appearance
County Westmeath | |
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Former county constituency for the House of Commons | |
County | County Westmeath |
1801–1885 | |
Seats | 2 |
Created from | County Westmeath (IHC) |
Replaced by | North Westmeath and South Westmeath |
1918–1922 | |
Seats | 1 |
Created from | North Westmeath and South Westmeath |
Replaced by | Longford–Westmeath (Dáil Éireann) |
County Westmeath is a former UK Parliament constituency in Ireland, returning two Members of Parliament from 1801 to 1885 and one from 1918 to 1922.
Boundaries
This constituency comprised County Westmeath, except for the parliamentary borough of Athlone 1801–1885.
Members of Parliament
MPs 1801–1885
MPs 1918–1922
Election | Member | Party | |
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1918 | Laurence Ginnell | Sinn Féin | |
1922 | constituency abolished |
Elections
Elections in the 1830s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Tory | Gustavus Rochfort | 353 | 36.3 | ||
Whig | Montagu Chapman | 336 | 34.5 | ||
Whig | Hugh Morgan Tuite | 198 | 20.3 | ||
Whig | Gerald Dease | 86 | 8.8 | ||
Turnout | c. 487 | c. 75.9 | |||
Registered electors | 641 | ||||
Majority | 17 | 1.8 | |||
Tory hold | Swing | ||||
Majority | 138 | 14.2 | |||
Whig hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Tory | Gustavus Rochfort | Unopposed | |||
Whig | Montagu Chapman | Unopposed | |||
Registered electors | 641 | ||||
Tory hold | |||||
Whig hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Whig | Sir Montagu Chapman, 3rd Baronet | 385 | 33.1 | ||
Irish Repeal | Sir Richard Nagle, 2nd Baronet | 381 | 32.8 | ||
Tory | Gustavus Rochfort | 238 | 20.5 | ||
Tory | Gustavus Lambert | 159 | 13.7 | ||
Turnout | c. 582 | c. 41.7 | |||
Registered electors | 1,395 | ||||
Majority | 4 | 0.3 | |||
Whig hold | |||||
Majority | 143 | 12.3 | |||
Irish Repeal gain from Tory |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Whig | Montagu Chapman | Unopposed | |||
Irish Repeal (Whig) | Sir Richard Nagle, 2nd Baronet | Unopposed | |||
Registered electors | 1,525 | ||||
Whig hold | |||||
Irish Repeal hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Whig | Montagu Chapman | 804 | 33.7 | ||
Irish Repeal (Whig) | Sir Richard Nagle, 2nd Baronet | 798 | 33.5 | ||
Conservative | Richard Handcock | 393 | 16.5 | ||
Conservative | Richard Levinge | 388 | 16.3 | ||
Turnout | c. 1,192 | c. 71.9 | |||
Registered electors | 1,658 | ||||
Majority | 6 | 0.2 | |||
Whig hold | |||||
Majority | 405 | 17.0 | |||
Irish Repeal hold |
Elections in the 1840s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Whig | Hugh Morgan Tuite | Unopposed | |||
Whig | Benjamin Chapman | Unopposed | |||
Registered electors | 1,125 | ||||
Whig hold | |||||
Whig gain from Irish Repeal |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Irish Repeal | William Henry Magan | 118 | 50.2 | New | |
Whig | Percy Nugent | 117 | 49.8 | N/A | |
Conservative | Richard Levinge | 0 | 0.0 | New | |
Majority | 117 | 0.4 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 118 (est) | 8.8 (est) | N/A | ||
Registered electors | 1,337 | ||||
Irish Repeal gain from Whig | Swing | N/A | |||
Whig hold | Swing | N/A |
Elections in the 1850s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent Irish | William Henry Magan | 1,647 | 41.3 | −8.9 | |
Independent Irish | William Pollard-Urquhart | 1,414 | 35.5 | N/A | |
Conservative | Richard Levinge | 926 | 23.2 | +23.2 | |
Majority | 488 | 12.3 | +11.9 | ||
Turnout | 2,457 (est) | 78.4 (est) | +69.6 | ||
Registered electors | 3,132 | ||||
Independent Irish gain from Irish Repeal | Swing | −16.1 | |||
Independent Irish gain from Whig | Swing | N/A |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Whig | William Henry Magan | Unopposed | |||
Independent Irish | Richard Levinge | Unopposed | |||
Registered electors | 3,520 | ||||
Whig gain from Independent Irish | |||||
Independent Irish hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | William Pollard-Urquhart | Unopposed | |||
Liberal | Richard Levinge | Unopposed | |||
Registered electors | 3,678 | ||||
Liberal hold | |||||
Liberal hold |
Elections in the 1860s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Algernon Greville | Unopposed | |||
Liberal | William Pollard-Urquhart | Unopposed | |||
Registered electors | 3,568 | ||||
Liberal hold | |||||
Liberal hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Algernon Greville-Nugent | Unopposed | |||
Liberal | William Pollard-Urquhart | Unopposed | |||
Registered electors | 3,884 | ||||
Liberal hold | |||||
Liberal hold |
Greville-Nugent was appointed a Groom in Waiting to Queen Victoria, requiring a by-election.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Algernon Greville-Nugent | Unopposed | |||
Registered electors | 3,884 | ||||
Liberal hold |
Elections in the 1870s
Pollard-Urquhart's death caused a by-election.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Home Rule | Patrick James Smyth | Unopposed | |||
Registered electors | 3,616 | ||||
Home Rule gain from Liberal |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Home Rule | Patrick James Smyth | 2,202 | 43.2 | N/A | |
Home Rule | Robert Montagu | 2,164 | 42.5 | N/A | |
Liberal | Algernon Greville-Nugent | 401 | 7.9 | N/A | |
Liberal | Richard Levinge | 328 | 6.4 | N/A | |
Majority | 1,763 | 34.6 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 2,548 (est) | 71.6 (est) | N/A | ||
Registered electors | 3,559 | ||||
Home Rule gain from Liberal | Swing | N/A | |||
Home Rule gain from Liberal | Swing | N/A |
Elections in the 1880s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Parnellite Home Rule League | Timothy Daniel Sullivan | 1,631 | 48.2 | N/A | |
Parnellite Home Rule League | Henry Joseph Gill | 1,609 | 47.6 | N/A | |
Home Rule | William A Gowing | 141 | 4.2 | N/A | |
Majority | 1,468 | 43.4 | +8.8 | ||
Turnout | 1,761 (est) | 50.8 (est) | −20.8 | ||
Registered electors | 3,465 | ||||
Home Rule hold | Swing | N/A | |||
Home Rule hold | Swing | N/A |
Gill resigned, causing a by-election.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Irish Parliamentary | Timothy Harrington | Unopposed | |||
Registered electors | 3,395 | ||||
Irish Parliamentary hold |
Election in the 1910s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Sinn Féin | Laurence Ginnell | 12,435 | 75.4 | ||
Irish Parliamentary | Patrick Weymes | 3,458 | 21.0 | ||
Independent Nationalist | Walter Nugent | 603 | 3.6 | ||
Majority | 8,977 | 54.4 | |||
Turnout | 16,496 | 68.7 | |||
Registered electors | 24,014 | ||||
Sinn Féin win (new seat) |
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Notes
- ^ Resigned, 1808
- ^ Died in office, 1824
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l Smith, Henry Stooks (1842). The Register of Parliamentary Contested Elections (Second ed.). Simpkin, Marshall & Company. pp. 242–243. Retrieved 14 October 2018 – via Google Books.
- ^ a b The Spectator, Volume 19. 1846. p. 1205. Retrieved 25 August 2019 – via Google Books.
- ^ Churton, Edward (1838). The Assembled Commons or Parliamentary Biographer. pp. 40–41. Retrieved 25 August 2019 – via Google Books.
- ^ Re-elected as a candidate of a Whig Party/Repeal Association electoral pact, in 1835 and 1837.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z aa ab ac ad ae af ag Walker, B.M., ed. (1978). Parliamentary Election Results in Ireland, 1801-1922. Dublin: Royal Irish Academy. pp. 242–243, 320, 398. ISBN 0901714127.
- ^ "Elections". Shipping and Mercantile Gazette. 11 August 1847. p. 3. Retrieved 14 October 2018 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ^ "Westmeath". Shipping and Mercantile Gazette. 28 July 1847. p. 3. Retrieved 14 October 2018 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ^ a b "The New Parliament". Lincolnshire Gazette. 20 August 1847. p. 3. Retrieved 14 October 2018 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ^ "Dublin Weekly Nation". 21 March 1857. p. 5. Retrieved 14 October 2018 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ^ a b Salmon, Philip. "Co. Westmeath". The History of Parliament. Retrieved 24 May 2020.
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)
- Walker, Brian M., ed. (1978). Parliamentary Election Results in Ireland, 1801–1922. Dublin: Royal Irish Academy. ISBN 0901714127.
- Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "W" (part 3)
Categories:
- Westminster constituencies in County Westmeath (historic)
- Dáil constituencies in the Republic of Ireland (historic)
- Constituencies of the Parliament of the United Kingdom established in 1801
- Constituencies of the Parliament of the United Kingdom disestablished in 1885
- Constituencies of the Parliament of the United Kingdom established in 1918
- Constituencies of the Parliament of the United Kingdom disestablished in 1922