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County Wexford (UK Parliament constituency)

April 17, 2023

For other similarly named constituencies, see Wexford (disambiguation).

County Wexford was a UK Parliament constituency in Ireland, which returned two Members of Parliament (MPs) to the United Kingdom House of Commons.

County Wexford
Former county constituency
for the House of Commons
CountyCounty Wexford
1801–1885
Seats2
Created fromWexford County (IHC)
Replaced byNorth Wexford and South Wexford

Boundaries

This constituency comprised the whole of County Wexford, except for the parliamentary boroughs of New Ross and Wexford Borough.

Members of Parliament

Year 1st Member 1st Party 2nd Member 2nd Party
1801, 1 January Viscount Loftus Abel Ram Tory[1]
1806, 27 May Caesar Colclough Whig[1]
1806, 17 November John Colclough Whig[1] Robert Shapland Carew
1807, 1 June Abel Ram Tory[1] William Congreve Alcock Tory[1]
1812, 10 October Robert Carew Whig[1] Sir Frederick Flood, Bt
1818, 21 July Caesar Colclough Whig[1]
1820, 21 March Viscount Stopford Tory[2][1]
1830, 19 August Arthur Chichester Whig[1] Viscount Valentia Tory[1]
1831, 18 May Henry Lambert Whig[1]
1831, 27 September Robert Carew Whig[1]
1834, 3 July Cadwallader Waddy Repeal Association[3]
1835, 27 January John Maher Repeal Association[1][3] James Power Repeal Association[1][3]
1841, 16 Jul Villiers Francis Hatton Whig[1]
1847, 10 August James Fagan Repeal Association[3] Hamilton Knox Grogan Morgan Repeal Association[3]
1852, 26 July Patrick McMahon Ind. Irish[3] John George Conservative[3]
1857, 10 March John Hatchell Whig[4][5]
1859, 16 May Liberal[3] John George Conservative[3]
1865, 24 Jul Sir James Power, Bt. Liberal[3]
1866, 15 November Arthur MacMurrough Kavanagh Conservative[3]
1868, 24 November John Talbot Power Liberal[3] Matthew Peter D'Arcy Liberal[3]
1874, 23 February Sir George Bowyer, Bt. Home Rule[3] Keyes O'Clery Home Rule[3]
1880, 14 April John Barry Parnellite Home Rule League[3] Garrett Byrne Parnellite Home Rule League[3]
1883, 15 June John Francis Small Irish Parliamentary[3]
1885 Constituency divided: see North Wexford and South Wexford

Elections

Elections in the 1830s

General election 1830: County Wexford[3][1][6]
Party Candidate Votes %
Whig Arthur Chichester 528 34.5
Tory George Arthur Annesley, Viscount Valentia 415 27.1
Whig Henry Lambert (MP) 300 19.6
Tory John Rowe 289 18.9
Turnout c. 766 c. 71.9
Registered electors 1,066
Majority 113 7.4
Whig hold
Majority 115 7.5
Tory hold
General election 1831: County Wexford[3][1][6]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Whig Arthur Chichester 546 36.0 +1.5
Whig Henry Lambert (MP) 513 33.8 +14.2
Tory George Arthur Annesley, Viscount Valentia 440 29.0 −17.0
Non Partisan Darcy Talbot 17 1.1 N/A
Majority 73 4.8 −2.6
Turnout c. 758 c. 71.1 c. −0.8
Registered electors 1,066
Whig hold Swing +5.0
Whig gain from Tory Swing +11.4

Chichester was elevated to the peerage, becoming 1st Baron Templemore and causing a by-election.

By-election, 27 September 1831: County Wexford[3][1][6]
Party Candidate Votes %
Whig Robert Carew Unopposed
Registered electors 1,066
Whig hold
General election 1832: County Wexford[3][1]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Whig Robert Carew 1,550 41.3 +5.3
Whig Henry Lambert (MP) 1,423 38.0 +4.2
Tory John Rowe 756 20.2 N/A
Tory John Wilson Croker 13 0.3 N/A
Tory Martin Doyle 7 0.2 N/A
Irish Repeal Cadwallader Waddy 0 0.0 N/A
Majority 667 17.8 N/A
Turnout 2,193 75.4 c. +4.3
Registered electors 2,907
Whig hold Swing +5.3
Whig hold Swing +4.2

Carew was elevated to the peerage, becoming 1st Baron Carew and causing a by-election.

By-election, 3 July 1834: County Wexford[3][1]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Irish Repeal Cadwallader Waddy 1,004 51.8 +51.8
Whig William Hervey 933 48.2 −31.1
Majority 71 3.6 N/A
Turnout 1,937 c. 54.3 c. −21.1
Registered electors c. 3,567
Irish Repeal gain from Whig Swing +41.5
General election 1835: County Wexford[3][1]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Irish Repeal (Whig) John Maher (MP) 1,358 32.3 −9.0
Irish Repeal (Whig) James Power 1,349 32.1 −5.9
Conservative Anthony Cliffe 759 18.1 −2.1
Conservative Patrick Walter Redmond 735 17.5 +17.0
Majority 590 14.0 −3.8
Turnout c. 2,101 c. 58.9 c. −16.5
Registered electors 3,567
Irish Repeal gain from Whig Swing −8.2
Irish Repeal gain from Whig Swing −6.7
General election 1837: County Wexford[3][1]
Party Candidate Votes %
Irish Repeal (Whig) John Maher (MP) Unopposed
Irish Repeal (Whig) James Power Unopposed
Registered electors 3,442
Irish Repeal hold
Irish Repeal hold

Elections in the 1840s

General election 1841: County Wexford[3]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Whig Villiers Francis Hatton 873 40.0 N/A
Irish Repeal James Power 859 39.3 New
Conservative Hamilton Knox Grogan Morgan 450 20.6 New
Conservative Samuel Carter Hall 1 0.0 New
Turnout 1,092 (est) 62.8 (est) N/A
Registered electors 1,739
Majority 14 0.7 N/A
Whig gain from Irish Repeal Swing N/A
Majority 409 18.7 N/A
Irish Repeal hold Swing N/A
General election 1847: County Wexford[3]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Irish Repeal James Fagan Unopposed
Irish Repeal Hamilton Knox Grogan Morgan Unopposed
Registered electors 2,165
Irish Repeal hold
Irish Repeal gain from Whig

Elections in the 1850s

General election 1852: County Wexford[3]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Independent Irish Patrick McMahon 2,302 28.6 New
Conservative John George 1,556 19.3 New
Whig Hamilton Knox Grogan Morgan[7] 1,545 19.2 New
Whig Robert Carew 1,412 17.5 New
Peelite Edward Westby Nunn[8] 1,248 15.5 New
Turnout 4,032 (est) 68.1 (est) N/A
Registered electors 5,917
Majority 746 9.3 N/A
Independent Irish gain from Irish Repeal Swing N/A
Majority 11 0.1 N/A
Conservative gain from Irish Repeal Swing N/A
General election 1857: County Wexford[3]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Independent Irish Patrick McMahon 4,306 44.4 +15.8
Whig John Hatchell 2,870 29.6 −7.1
Conservative John George 2,522 26.0 +6.7
Turnout 4,849 (est) 76.1 (est) +8.0
Registered electors 6,371
Majority 1,436 14.8 +5.5
Independent Irish hold Swing +11.5
Majority 348 3.6 N/A
Whig gain from Conservative Swing −6.9
General election 1859: County Wexford[3]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Patrick McMahon 3,906 40.1 −4.3
Conservative John George 3,024 31.0 +5.0
Liberal John Hatchell 2,810 28.9 −0.7
Turnout 4,870 (est) 76.0 (est) −0.1
Registered electors 6,406
Majority 882 9.1 −5.7
Liberal hold Swing −3.4
Majority 214 2.1 N/A
Conservative gain from Liberal Swing +5.0

Elections in the 1860s

General election 1865: County Wexford[3]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative John George 3,548 44.8 +13.8
Liberal James Power 2,616 33.1 +4.2
Liberal Patrick McMahon 1,750 22.1 −18.0
Majority 932 11.8 +9.7
Turnout 5,731 (est) 88.8 (est) +12.8
Registered electors 6,457
Conservative hold Swing +13.8
Liberal hold Swing −1.4

George resigned after being appointed judge of the Queen's Bench Division.

By-election, 15 November 1866: County Wexford[3]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Arthur MacMurrough Kavanagh 2,640 58.4 N/A
Conservative John Pope Hennessy 1,883 41.6 N/A
Majority 757 16.8 +5.0
Turnout 4,523 70.0 −18.8
Registered electors 6,457
Conservative hold Swing N/A
General election 1868: County Wexford[3]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal John Power Unopposed
Liberal Matthew Peter D'Arcy Unopposed
Registered electors 6,204
Liberal hold
Liberal gain from Conservative

Elections in the 1870s

General election 1874: County Wexford[3]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Home Rule George Bowyer 3,407 39.0 New
Home Rule Keyes O'Clery 2,784 31.8 New
Liberal John Power 1,332 15.2 N/A
Conservative Robert Westley Hall Dare 1,224 14.0 New
Majority 1,452 16.6 N/A
Turnout 5,652 (est) 91.4 (est) N/A
Registered electors 6,184
Home Rule gain from Liberal Swing N/A
Home Rule gain from Liberal Swing N/A

Elections in the 1880s

General election 1880: County Wexford[3]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Parnellite Home Rule League John Barry 3,075 42.4 N/A
Parnellite Home Rule League Garrett Byrne 2,879 39.7 N/A
Conservative John George Gibbon 847 11.7 −2.3
Home Rule Keyes O'Clery 457 6.3 −25.5
Majority 2,032 28.0 +11.4
Turnout 4,281 (est) 74.0 (est) −17.4
Registered electors 5,783
Home Rule hold Swing N/A
Home Rule hold Swing N/A

Byrne resigned, causing a by-election.

By-election, 13 June 1883: County Wexford[3]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Irish Parliamentary John Francis Small Unopposed
Registered electors 5,367
Irish Parliamentary hold

References

  1. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v Smith, Henry Stooks (1842). The Register of Parliamentary Contested Elections (Second ed.). Simpkin, Marshall & Company. p. 243. Retrieved 14 October 2018 – via Google Books.
  2. ^ Salmon, Philip. "STOPFORD, James Thomas, Visct. Stopford (1794-1858)". The History of Parliament. Retrieved 24 May 2020.
  3. ^ 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 ah ai aj Walker, B.M., ed. (1978). Parliamentary Election Results in Ireland, 1801-1922. Dublin: Royal Irish Academy. ISBN 0901714127.
  4. ^ "Oxford University and City Herald". 18 April 1857. p. 8. Retrieved 14 October 2018 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  5. ^ "Wexford County". The Atlas. 18 April 1857. p. 3. Retrieved 14 October 2018 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  6. ^ a b c Salmon, Philip. "Co. Wexford". The History of Parliament. Retrieved 24 May 2020.
  7. ^ "Evening Mail". 28 July 1852. p. 1. Retrieved 14 October 2018 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  8. ^ "Ireland". Morning Chronicle. 23 July 1852. p. 3. Retrieved 14 October 2018 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  • 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, B.M., ed. (1978). Parliamentary Election Results in Ireland, 1801–1922. Dublin: Royal Irish Academy. ISBN 0901714127.

April 17, 2023
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For other similarly named constituencies see Wexford disambiguation County Wexford was a UK Parliament constituency in Ireland which returned two Members of Parliament MPs to the United Kingdom House of Commons County WexfordFormer county constituencyfor the House of CommonsCountyCounty Wexford1801 1885Seats2Created fromWexford County IHC Replaced byNorth Wexford and South Wexford Contents 1 Boundaries 2 Members of Parliament 3 Elections 3 1 Elections in the 1830s 3 2 Elections in the 1840s 3 3 Elections in the 1850s 3 4 Elections in the 1860s 3 5 Elections in the 1870s 3 6 Elections in the 1880s 4 ReferencesBoundaries EditThis constituency comprised the whole of County Wexford except for the parliamentary boroughs of New Ross and Wexford Borough Members of Parliament EditYear 1st Member 1st Party 2nd Member 2nd Party1801 1 January Viscount Loftus Abel Ram Tory 1 1806 27 May Caesar Colclough Whig 1 1806 17 November John Colclough Whig 1 Robert Shapland Carew1807 1 June Abel Ram Tory 1 William Congreve Alcock Tory 1 1812 10 October Robert Carew Whig 1 Sir Frederick Flood Bt1818 21 July Caesar Colclough Whig 1 1820 21 March Viscount Stopford Tory 2 1 1830 19 August Arthur Chichester Whig 1 Viscount Valentia Tory 1 1831 18 May Henry Lambert Whig 1 1831 27 September Robert Carew Whig 1 1834 3 July Cadwallader Waddy Repeal Association 3 1835 27 January John Maher Repeal Association 1 3 James Power Repeal Association 1 3 1841 16 Jul Villiers Francis Hatton Whig 1 1847 10 August James Fagan Repeal Association 3 Hamilton Knox Grogan Morgan Repeal Association 3 1852 26 July Patrick McMahon Ind Irish 3 John George Conservative 3 1857 10 March John Hatchell Whig 4 5 1859 16 May Liberal 3 John George Conservative 3 1865 24 Jul Sir James Power Bt Liberal 3 1866 15 November Arthur MacMurrough Kavanagh Conservative 3 1868 24 November John Talbot Power Liberal 3 Matthew Peter D Arcy Liberal 3 1874 23 February Sir George Bowyer Bt Home Rule 3 Keyes O Clery Home Rule 3 1880 14 April John Barry Parnellite Home Rule League 3 Garrett Byrne Parnellite Home Rule League 3 1883 15 June John Francis Small Irish Parliamentary 3 1885 Constituency divided see North Wexford and South WexfordElections EditElections in the 1830s Edit General election 1830 County Wexford 3 1 6 Party Candidate Votes Whig Arthur Chichester 528 34 5Tory George Arthur Annesley Viscount Valentia 415 27 1Whig Henry Lambert MP 300 19 6Tory John Rowe 289 18 9Turnout c 766 c 71 9Registered electors 1 066Majority 113 7 4Whig holdMajority 115 7 5Tory holdGeneral election 1831 County Wexford 3 1 6 Party Candidate Votes Whig Arthur Chichester 546 36 0 1 5Whig Henry Lambert MP 513 33 8 14 2Tory George Arthur Annesley Viscount Valentia 440 29 0 17 0Non Partisan Darcy Talbot 17 1 1 N AMajority 73 4 8 2 6Turnout c 758 c 71 1 c 0 8Registered electors 1 066Whig hold Swing 5 0Whig gain from Tory Swing 11 4Chichester was elevated to the peerage becoming 1st Baron Templemore and causing a by election By election 27 September 1831 County Wexford 3 1 6 Party Candidate Votes Whig Robert Carew UnopposedRegistered electors 1 066Whig holdGeneral election 1832 County Wexford 3 1 Party Candidate Votes Whig Robert Carew 1 550 41 3 5 3Whig Henry Lambert MP 1 423 38 0 4 2Tory John Rowe 756 20 2 N ATory John Wilson Croker 13 0 3 N ATory Martin Doyle 7 0 2 N AIrish Repeal Cadwallader Waddy 0 0 0 N AMajority 667 17 8 N ATurnout 2 193 75 4 c 4 3Registered electors 2 907Whig hold Swing 5 3Whig hold Swing 4 2Carew was elevated to the peerage becoming 1st Baron Carew and causing a by election By election 3 July 1834 County Wexford 3 1 Party Candidate Votes Irish Repeal Cadwallader Waddy 1 004 51 8 51 8Whig William Hervey 933 48 2 31 1Majority 71 3 6 N ATurnout 1 937 c 54 3 c 21 1Registered electors c 3 567Irish Repeal gain from Whig Swing 41 5General election 1835 County Wexford 3 1 Party Candidate Votes Irish Repeal Whig John Maher MP 1 358 32 3 9 0Irish Repeal Whig James Power 1 349 32 1 5 9Conservative Anthony Cliffe 759 18 1 2 1Conservative Patrick Walter Redmond 735 17 5 17 0Majority 590 14 0 3 8Turnout c 2 101 c 58 9 c 16 5Registered electors 3 567Irish Repeal gain from Whig Swing 8 2Irish Repeal gain from Whig Swing 6 7General election 1837 County Wexford 3 1 Party Candidate Votes Irish Repeal Whig John Maher MP UnopposedIrish Repeal Whig James Power UnopposedRegistered electors 3 442Irish Repeal holdIrish Repeal holdElections in the 1840s Edit General election 1841 County Wexford 3 Party Candidate Votes Whig Villiers Francis Hatton 873 40 0 N AIrish Repeal James Power 859 39 3 NewConservative Hamilton Knox Grogan Morgan 450 20 6 NewConservative Samuel Carter Hall 1 0 0 NewTurnout 1 092 est 62 8 est N ARegistered electors 1 739Majority 14 0 7 N AWhig gain from Irish Repeal Swing N AMajority 409 18 7 N AIrish Repeal hold Swing N AGeneral election 1847 County Wexford 3 Party Candidate Votes Irish Repeal James Fagan UnopposedIrish Repeal Hamilton Knox Grogan Morgan UnopposedRegistered electors 2 165Irish Repeal holdIrish Repeal gain from WhigElections in the 1850s Edit General election 1852 County Wexford 3 Party Candidate Votes Independent Irish Patrick McMahon 2 302 28 6 NewConservative John George 1 556 19 3 NewWhig Hamilton Knox Grogan Morgan 7 1 545 19 2 NewWhig Robert Carew 1 412 17 5 NewPeelite Edward Westby Nunn 8 1 248 15 5 NewTurnout 4 032 est 68 1 est N ARegistered electors 5 917Majority 746 9 3 N AIndependent Irish gain from Irish Repeal Swing N AMajority 11 0 1 N AConservative gain from Irish Repeal Swing N AGeneral election 1857 County Wexford 3 Party Candidate Votes Independent Irish Patrick McMahon 4 306 44 4 15 8Whig John Hatchell 2 870 29 6 7 1Conservative John George 2 522 26 0 6 7Turnout 4 849 est 76 1 est 8 0Registered electors 6 371Majority 1 436 14 8 5 5Independent Irish hold Swing 11 5Majority 348 3 6 N AWhig gain from Conservative Swing 6 9General election 1859 County Wexford 3 Party Candidate Votes Liberal Patrick McMahon 3 906 40 1 4 3Conservative John George 3 024 31 0 5 0Liberal John Hatchell 2 810 28 9 0 7Turnout 4 870 est 76 0 est 0 1Registered electors 6 406Majority 882 9 1 5 7Liberal hold Swing 3 4Majority 214 2 1 N AConservative gain from Liberal Swing 5 0Elections in the 1860s Edit General election 1865 County Wexford 3 Party Candidate Votes Conservative John George 3 548 44 8 13 8Liberal James Power 2 616 33 1 4 2Liberal Patrick McMahon 1 750 22 1 18 0Majority 932 11 8 9 7Turnout 5 731 est 88 8 est 12 8Registered electors 6 457Conservative hold Swing 13 8Liberal hold Swing 1 4George resigned after being appointed judge of the Queen s Bench Division By election 15 November 1866 County Wexford 3 Party Candidate Votes Conservative Arthur MacMurrough Kavanagh 2 640 58 4 N AConservative John Pope Hennessy 1 883 41 6 N AMajority 757 16 8 5 0Turnout 4 523 70 0 18 8Registered electors 6 457Conservative hold Swing N AGeneral election 1868 County Wexford 3 Party Candidate Votes Liberal John Power UnopposedLiberal Matthew Peter D Arcy UnopposedRegistered electors 6 204Liberal holdLiberal gain from ConservativeElections in the 1870s Edit General election 1874 County Wexford 3 Party Candidate Votes Home Rule George Bowyer 3 407 39 0 NewHome Rule Keyes O Clery 2 784 31 8 NewLiberal John Power 1 332 15 2 N AConservative Robert Westley Hall Dare 1 224 14 0 NewMajority 1 452 16 6 N ATurnout 5 652 est 91 4 est N ARegistered electors 6 184Home Rule gain from Liberal Swing N AHome Rule gain from Liberal Swing N AElections in the 1880s Edit General election 1880 County Wexford 3 Party Candidate Votes Parnellite Home Rule League John Barry 3 075 42 4 N AParnellite Home Rule League Garrett Byrne 2 879 39 7 N AConservative John George Gibbon 847 11 7 2 3Home Rule Keyes O Clery 457 6 3 25 5Majority 2 032 28 0 11 4Turnout 4 281 est 74 0 est 17 4Registered electors 5 783Home Rule hold Swing N AHome Rule hold Swing N AByrne resigned causing a by election By election 13 June 1883 County Wexford 3 Party Candidate Votes Irish Parliamentary John Francis Small UnopposedRegistered electors 5 367Irish Parliamentary holdThis list is incomplete you can help by adding missing items August 2008 References Edit a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v Smith Henry Stooks 1842 The Register of Parliamentary Contested Elections Second ed Simpkin Marshall amp Company p 243 Retrieved 14 October 2018 via Google Books Salmon Philip STOPFORD James Thomas Visct Stopford 1794 1858 The History of Parliament Retrieved 24 May 2020 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 ah ai aj Walker B M ed 1978 Parliamentary Election Results in Ireland 1801 1922 Dublin Royal Irish Academy ISBN 0901714127 Oxford University and City Herald 18 April 1857 p 8 Retrieved 14 October 2018 via British Newspaper Archive Wexford County The Atlas 18 April 1857 p 3 Retrieved 14 October 2018 via British Newspaper Archive a b c Salmon Philip Co Wexford The History of Parliament Retrieved 24 May 2020 Evening Mail 28 July 1852 p 1 Retrieved 14 October 2018 via British Newspaper Archive Ireland Morning Chronicle 23 July 1852 p 3 Retrieved 14 October 2018 via British Newspaper Archive 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 B 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 Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title County Wexford UK Parliament constituency amp oldid 1137216120, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,

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