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Mayo Former County constituency for the House of Commons 1801 –1885 Number of members Two Replaced by East Mayo, North Mayo, South Mayo and West Mayo Mayo was a parliamentary constituency in Ireland, which returned two Members of Parliament (MPs) to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1801 to 1885.
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History
The constituency was created at the Act of Union 1800, replacing the earlier Mayo constituency in the pre-union Parliament of Ireland. Under the Redistribution of Seats Act 1885 it was divided into four new single-seat constituencies: see East Mayo, North Mayo, South Mayo and West Mayo.
Boundaries
This constituency comprised the whole of County Mayo.
Members of Parliament
Year 1st Member 1st Party 2nd Member 2nd Party 1801, 1 January Denis Browne George Jackson 1802, 22 July Henry Dillon-Lee, later Viscount Dillon 1814, 5 March Dominick Browne, later Baron Oranmore 1818, 4 July James Browne 1826, 24 June George Lucan, Baron Bingham, later Earl of Lucan 1830, 14 August Dominick Browne, later Baron Oranmore 1831, 19 May John Denis Browne 1835, 24 January Sir William Brabazon, Bt. 1836, 6 May Robert Dillon Browne 1840, 16 December Mark Blake 1846, 2 March Joseph Myles McDonnell 1847, 14 August George Henry Moore[1] 1850, 29 July George Gore Ousley Higgins 1857, 10 April Independent Irish Roger Palmer Conservative 1857, 30 December Lord John Browne, later Marquess of Sligo 1865, 19 July Charles Bingham, Lord Bingham, later Earl of Lucan 1868, 23 November George Henry Moore 1870, 12 May George Ekins Browne 1874, 7 Feb[2] Thomas Tighe 1874, 1 June George Ekins Browne John O'Connor Power Home Rule League 1880, 15 April Charles Stewart Parnell[3] Home Rule League 1880, 26 May Isaac Nelson 1882[4] Irish Parliamentary Party 1885 Constituency divided: see East Mayo, North Mayo, South Mayo and West Mayo Elections
The elections in this constituency took place using the first past the post electoral system.[citation needed]
General Election 1880: Mayo Party Candidate Votes % ±% Home Rule John O'Connor Power 1,645 N/A N/A Home Rule Charles Stewart Parnell 1,545 N/A N/A Home Rule Browne 628 N/A N/A Home Rule gain from Other Swing N/A -
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Notes
- ^ Following the general election in Apr 1857, the election of George Henry Moore was declared void on 14 Jul 1857. The writ was suspended until Dec 1857
- ^ Following the general election in Feb 1874, the election of the two sitting members (Browne and Tighe) was declared void on 7 May 1874
- ^ Parnell was also returned for both Meath and Cork. He chose to sit for Cork
- ^ There was no election in 1882, but in that year the Home Rule League was renamed as the Irish Parliamentary Party
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 "M" (part 2)
Parliamentary constituencies in County Mayo Parliament of Ireland
to 1800Westminster 1801–1922
and First Dáil 1918Mayo (1801–1885) · East Mayo (1885–1922) · North Mayo (1885–1922) · South Mayo (1885–1922) · West Mayo (1885–1922)
Dáil Éireann
1918–presentMayo North and West (1921–1923) · Mayo South–Roscommon South (1921–1923) · Sligo–Mayo East (1921–1923) · Mayo North (1923–1969) · Mayo South (1923–1969) · Mayo East (1969–1997) · Mayo West (1969–1997) · Mayo (1997– )
European Parliament
1979–presentConnacht–Ulster (1979–2004) · North-West (2004– )
Irish counties: Carlow · Cavan · Clare · Cork · Donegal · Dublin · Galway · Kerry · Kildare · Kilkenny · Laois · Leitrim · Limerick · Longford · Louth · Mayo · Meath · Monaghan · Offaly · Roscommon · Sligo · Tipperary · Waterford · Westmeath · Wexford · WicklowCategories:- Historic constituencies in County Mayo
- Westminster constituencies in the Republic of Ireland (historic)
- United Kingdom Parliamentary constituencies established in 1801
- United Kingdom Parliamentary constituencies disestablished in 1885
- Historic Westminster constituency in Ireland stubs
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