Cork City (UK Parliament constituency)

Cork City was a parliamentary constituency in Ireland, represented in the Parliament of the United Kingdom. From 1880 to 1922 it returned two members of parliament (MPs) to the House of Commons of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland. From 1922 it was not represented in the UK Parliament, as it was no longer in the UK.

Cork City was the only constituency in Ireland to return the same number of members in each general election from the Acts of Union in 1801 until the establishment of the Irish Free State in 1922.

Boundaries

This constituency comprised the whole of the County of the City of Cork, which was part of County Cork. Cork had the status of a county of itself, although it remained connected with County Cork for certain purposes.

The definition of the constituency boundary, from the Parliamentary Boundaries (Ireland) Act 1832 (2 & 3 Will. 4. c. 89), was as follows.

The County of the City of Cork.

A Topographical Directory of Ireland, published in 1837, describes the area covered.

The county of the city comprises a populous rural district of great beauty and fertility, watered by several small rivulets and intersected by the river Lee and its noble estuary: it is bounded on the north by the barony of Fermoy, on the east by that of Barrymore, on the south by Kerricurrihy, and on the west by Muskerry: it comprehends the parishes of St. Finbarr, Christ-Church or the Holy Trinity, St. Peter, St. Mary Shandon, St. Anne Shandon, St. Paul and St. Nicholas, all, except part of St. Finbarr's, within the city and suburbs, and those of Curricuppane, Carrigrohanemore, Kilcully, and Rathcoony, together with parts of the parishes of Killanully or Killingly, Carrigaline, Dunbullogue or Carrignavar, Ballinaboy, Inniskenny, Kilnaglory, White-church, and Templemichael, without those limits; and contains, according to the Ordnance survey, an area of 44,463 statute acres, of which, 2396 are occupied by the city and suburbs.

The Directory also has a passage on the representative history. Other, more modern, sources ascribe an earlier date to the start of the parliamentary representation of Cork; but the passage is useful for information about the 19th century position.

The city first sent members to the Irish parliament in 1374, but representatives who appear to have served in London were chosen previously. The right of election was vested in the freemen of the city, and in the 40s. freeholders and £50 leaseholders of the county of the city, of whom the freemen, in 1831, amounted in number to 2331, and the freeholders to 1545, making a total of 3876; but by the act of the 2nd of Wm. IV., cap. 88 (under which the city, from its distinguished importance, retains its privilege of returning two representatives to the Imperial parliament, and the limits of the franchise, comprising the entire county of the city, remain unaltered), the non-resident freemen, except within seven miles, have been disfranchised, and the privilege of voting at elections has been extended to the £10 householders, and the £20 and £10 leaseholders for the respective terms of 14 and 20 years. The number of voters registered up to Jan. 2nd, 1836, amounted to 4791, of whom 1065 were freemen; 2727 £10 householders; 105 £50, 152 £20, and 608 forty-shilling freeholders; 3 £50, 7 £20, and 2 £10 rent-chargers; and 1 £50, 26 £20, and 95 £10 leaseholders: the sheriffs are the returning officers.

The County of the City of Cork corresponds to the current barony of Cork.

Members of Parliament

Date			First member	First party	Second member	Second party
style="color:inherit;background-color: Template:Party color" |	style="color:inherit;background-color: Template:Party color" rowspan="3"|	1801, 1 January	Hon. John Hely-Hutchinson	Whig	Mountifort Longfield	Tory
style="color:inherit;background-color: Template:Party color" |	1802, 8 January	Hon. Christopher Hely-Hutchinson	Whig
style="color:inherit;background-color: Template:Party color" rowspan="3" |	1812, 5 November	Sir Nicholas Colthurst, Bt	Tory
style="color:inherit;background-color: Template:Party color" |	1818, 13 July			Hon. Christopher Hely-Hutchinson	Whig
style="color:inherit;background-color: Template:Party color" rowspan="3"|	1826, 29 December			John Hely-Hutchinson	Whig
style="color:inherit;background-color: Template:Party color" |	1829, 9 July	Gerrard Callaghan	Tory
style="color:inherit;background-color: Template:Party color" rowspan="2"|	1830, 29 March	Daniel Callaghan	Whig
rowspan="2" style="color:inherit;background-color: Template:Party color" |	1830, 11 August			Hon. John Boyle	Whig
rowspan="2" style="color:inherit;background-color: Template:Party color" |	1831, 7 May		Repeal Association
style="color:inherit;background-color: Template:Party color" |	1832, 21 December			Dr. Herbert Baldwin	Repeal Association
style="color:inherit;background-color: Template:Party color" |	style="color:inherit;background-color: Template:Party color" |	1835, 17 January	Joseph Leycester	Conservative	James Charles Chatterton	Conservative
style="color:inherit;background-color: Template:Party color" rowspan="5" |	style="color:inherit;background-color: Template:Party color" |	1835, 18 April	Daniel Callaghan	Repeal Association	Dr. Herbert Baldwin	Repeal Association
style="color:inherit;background-color: Template:Party color" |	1837, 11 August	Francis Beamish			Repeal Association
style="color:inherit;background-color: Template:Party color" |	1841, 5 July	Francis Murphy			Whig
style="color:inherit;background-color: Template:Party color" |	1846, 31 January	Alexander McCarthy			Repeal Association
style="color:inherit;background-color: Template:Party color" rowspan="2" |	1847, 9 August	William Trant Fagan			Repeal Association
style="color:inherit;background-color: Template:Party color" rowspan="2" |	1849, 4 November		James Charles Chatterton	Conservative
style="color:inherit;background-color: Template:Party color"|	1851, 23 April	Francis Murphy			Whig
style="color:inherit;background-color: Template:Party color" rowspan="2" |	style="color:inherit;background-color: Template:Party color" |		1852, 14 July	William Trant Fagan	Ind. Irish	Ind. Irish
rowspan="2" style="color:inherit;background-color: Template:Party color" |	1853, 20 August	Francis Beamish	Whig
style="color:inherit;background-color: Template:Party color" |	1857, 28 March				Whig
style="color:inherit;background-color: Template:Party color" |	style="color:inherit;background-color: Template:Party color" rowspan="3" |		1859, 6 June		Liberal	Liberal
style="color:inherit;background-color: Template:Party color" |	1859, 29 June		Francis Lyons	Liberal
style="color:inherit;background-color: Template:Party color" rowspan="3" |	1865, 14 February		Nicholas Daniel Murphy	Liberal
style="color:inherit;background-color: Template:Party color" |	1865, 12 July	John Maguire			Liberal
style="color:inherit;background-color: Template:Party color" rowspan="2" |	1872, 10 December	Joseph Philip Ronayne			Home Rule League
style="color:inherit;background-color: Template:Party color" rowspan="2" |	1874, 6 February			Home Rule League
style="color:inherit;background-color: Template:Party color" |	1876, 25 May	William Goulding			Conservative
style="color:inherit;background-color: Template:Party color" |	style="color:inherit;background-color: Template:Party color" |	1880, 5 April	John Daly	Home Rule League	Charles Stewart Parnell	Home Rule League
style="color:inherit;background-color: Template:Party color" |	style="color:inherit;background-color: Template:Party color" rowspan="3" |	1882		Irish Parliamentary		Irish Parliamentary
style="color:inherit;background-color: Template:Party color" |	1884, 23 February	John Deasy	Irish Parliamentary
style="color:inherit;background-color: Template:Party color" |	1885, 27 November	Maurice Healy	Irish Parliamentary
rowspan="3" style="color:inherit;background-color: Template:Party color" |	style="color:inherit;background-color: Template:Party color" |		1891, 6 November	Irish National Federation	Martin Flavin	Irish National Federation
style="color:inherit;background-color: Template:Party color" |	1892, 6 July		William O'Brien		Irish National Federation
style="color:inherit;background-color: Template:Party color" |	1895, 27 June		J. F. X. O'Brien		Irish National Federation
style="color:inherit;background-color: Template:Party color" |	rowspan="3" style="color:inherit;background-color: Template:Party color" |	1900, 4 October		William O'Brien	Irish Parliamentary	Irish Parliamentary
	1904, 1 January	vacant
rowspan="2" style="color:inherit;background-color: Template:Party color" |	1904, 19 August	William O'Brien	Irish Parliamentary
rowspan="3" style="color:inherit;background-color: Template:Party color" |	1905, 14 June			Augustine Roche	Irish Parliamentary
style="color:inherit;background-color: Template:Party color" |	1909, 1 May	Maurice Healy	Independent Nationalist
rowspan="2" style="color:inherit;background-color: Template:Party color" |	1910, 18 January	William O'Brien	All-for-Ireland League
rowspan="2" style="color:inherit;background-color: Template:Party color" |	1910, 6 December			Maurice Healy	All-for-Ireland League
style="color:inherit;background-color: Template:Party color" |	1914, 18 February		Independent Nationalist
style="color:inherit;background-color: Template:Party color" |	style="color:inherit;background-color: Template:Party color" |	1918, December	J. J. Walsh	Sinn Féin	Liam de Róiste	Sinn Féin
		1922	constituency abolished

Elections

Candidates referred to as Non Partisan, did not have a party allegiance specified in either Stooks Smith or Walker (see reference section below for the sources) or capable of being inferred by disaggregating different groups incorporated under one label by Walker (such as Whigs before 1859 being listed as Liberals).

In multi-member elections, a change in vote percentage is only calculated for individual candidates not for parties. No attempt is made to compare changes between single member by-elections and previous or subsequent multi-member elections.

Turnouts, in multi-member elections from 1832, are calculated on the basis of the number of electors Stooks Smith records as voting. In some cases estimated turnouts are obtained by dividing the ballots cast by two, to obtain the lowest possible turnout figure. To the extent that electors did not use both their votes, the estimate will be less than the actual turnout.

1910s – 1900s – 1890s – 1880s – 1870s – 1860s – 1850s – 1840s – 1830s – 1820s – 1810s – 1800s

Elections of the 1910s

• The constituency ceased to be represented in the United Kingdom Parliament, upon the dissolution of the House of Commons, in 1922. This was over a month before the Irish Free State came into existence.

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General Election 14 December 1918: Cork City (2 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		J. J. Walsh	Template:Replace	34.3
		Liam de Róiste	Template:Replace	33.8
		Maurice Talbot-Crosbie	7,480	12.3
		Richard O'Sullivan	7,162	11.8
		Daniel Williams	2,519	4.2
		Thomas Farrington	2,254	3.7
Turnout			60,772	67.4 (est.)
	gain from Template:Yesno		Swing	N/A
	gain from Template:Yesno		Swing	N/A

• The count took place on 28 December 1918, to allow time for postal votes from the armed forces to arrive. The Sinn Féin MPs did not take their seats at Westminster.

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By-Election 18 February 1914: Cork City

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
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December 1910 general election: Cork City (2 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		William O'Brien	Template:Replace	26.7
		Maurice Healy	Template:Replace	26.2
		Willie Redmond	4,746	23.6
		Augustine Roche	4,743	23.6
Turnout			20,142	73.0 (est.)
	gain from Template:Yesno		Swing

• Redmond and Roche were associated with the United Irish League wing of Irish Nationalism.
• William O'Brien resigned again for a fourth time in January 1914 and re-stood to test local support for his policies, after the All-for-Ireland League suffered heavy defeats in the Cork City municipal elections.

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General election 18 January 1910: Cork City (2 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		William O'Brien	Template:Replace	23.8
		Augustine Roche	Template:Replace	23.3
		Maurice Healy	4,229	22.2
		William Murphy	3,776	19.8
		Sir Edward Fitzgerald, 1st Baronet	2,061	10.8
Turnout			19,039	69.0 (est.)
	hold		Swing

• Roche and Murphy were associated with the United Irish League wing of Irish Nationalism.

Elections of the 1900s

• Cosbie was associated with the United Irish League wing of Irish Nationalism

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By-Election 1 May 1909: Cork City

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		Maurice Healy	Template:Replace	57.02
		George Crosbie	3,547	42.98
Majority			1,159	14.04
Turnout			8,253	60.66
	gain from Template:Yesno		Swing	N/A

• William O'Brien resigned for a third time in 1909.

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General election 13 January 1906: Cork City (2 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
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	hold

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By-Election 14 June 1905: Cork City

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
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• William O'Brien was elected "without his knowledge and against his consent".
• Death of J. F. X. O'Brien, in 1905.

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By-election 19 August 1904: Cork City

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	hold

• William O'Brien resigned again in January 1904.

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General election 4 October 1900: Cork City (2 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		William O'Brien	Template:Replace	37.4
		J. F. X. O'Brien	Template:Replace	35.5
		Jeremiah Blake	2,235	14.4
		Maurice Healy	1,985	12.8
Majority			3,278	21.1
Turnout			15,545	59.1 (est.)
	hold
	hold

• The Irish National Federation, the Irish National League and William O'Brien's United Irish League joined forces, to re-create the Irish Parliamentary Party (IPP), in 1900. Healy contested the 1900 general election as an Independent Nationalist, after forming a Healyite faction, outside the IPP.

Elections of the 1890s

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General election 16 July 1895: Cork City (2 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		J. F. X. O'Brien	Template:Replace	26.0
		Maurice Healy	Template:Replace	25.3
		Augustine Roche	4,994	24.4
		Jeremiah Blake	4,966	24.3
Majority			175	0.9
Turnout			20,456	76.6 (est.)
	hold		Swing	−5.6
	hold		Swing	−4.4

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By-Election 27 June 1895: Cork City

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		J. F. X. O'Brien	Template:Replace	51.1
		Augustine Roche	4,132	49.0
Majority			177	2.1
Turnout			8,441	63.2
	hold		Swing	−10.5

• Resignation of William O'Brien

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General election 6 July 1892: Cork City (2 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		William O'Brien	Template:Replace	32.4
		Maurice Healy	Template:Replace	29.2
		Willie Redmond	3,186	19.6
		Daniel Horgan	3,077	18.9
Majority			1,573	9.6
Turnout			16,295	79.3 (est.)
	gain from Template:Yesno		Swing	N/A
	gain from Template:Yesno		Swing	N/A

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By-Election 6 November 1891: Cork City

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		Martin Flavin	Template:Replace	52.51
		John Redmond	2,157	30.87
		Dominick Sarsfield	1,161	16.62
Majority			1,512	21.64
Turnout			6,987	68.0
	gain from Template:Yesno		Swing	N/A

• The Irish Parliamentary Party split in December 1890. Parnell led the Irish National League, Parnellite Nationalist group. Most of the IPP MPs (including Healy) set up the Irish National Federation as the Anti-Parnellite Nationalist organisation.
• Parnell died in office.

Elections of the 1880s

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General election 2 July 1886: Cork City (2 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	hold
	hold

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General election 27 November 1885: Cork City (2 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		Charles Stewart Parnell	Template:Replace	41.7
		Maurice Healy	Template:Replace	40.6
		Joseph Pike	1,464	9.1
		John Hugh Bainbridge	1,401	8.7
Majority			5,072	31.5
Turnout			8,059 (est)	55.3 (est.)
	hold		Swing	+11.3
	hold		Swing	+7.2

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By-Election 23 February 1884: Cork City

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		John Deasy	Template:Replace	64.8
		William Goulding	1,153	35.2
Majority			972	29.6
Turnout			3,278	65.0
	hold		Swing	−3.4

• Caused by Daly's resignation.
• 1882: Home Rule League/Nationalist Party becomes the Irish Parliamentary Party

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General election 5 April 1880: Cork City (2 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		John Daly	Template:Replace	33.4
		Charles Stewart Parnell	Template:Replace	26.1
		William Goulding	1,337	23.2
		Nicholas Daniel Murphy	999	17.3
Majority			168	2.9
Turnout			2,882 (est)	61.6 (est.)
	hold		Swing	+0.5
	hold		Swing	−1.0

Elections of the 1870s

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By-Election 25 May 1876: Cork City

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		William Goulding	Template:Replace	38.90
		John Daly	1,168	35.52
		Denny Lane	841	25.58
Majority			111	3.38
Turnout			3,288	74.71
	gain from Template:Yesno		Swing

• Death of Ronayne, on 7 May 1876

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General election 6 February 1874: Cork City (2 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		Joseph Philip Ronayne	Template:Replace	30.1
		Nicholas Daniel Murphy	Template:Replace	25.8
		William Goulding	1,191	18.7
		James Pim	1,097	17.3
		John Mitchel	511	8.0
Majority			452	7.1
Turnout			3,435 (est)	78.4 (est.)
	gain from Template:Yesno		Swing	N/A
	gain from Template:Yesno		Swing	N/A

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By-Election 10 December 1872: Cork City

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		Joseph Philip Ronayne	Template:Replace	62.9
		James Pim	1,110	37.1
Majority			773	25.8
Turnout			2,993	67.4
	gain from Template:Yesno		Swing	N/A

• Death of Maguire (founder Cork Examiner), on 1 November 1872

Elections of the 1860s

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General election 20 November 1868: Cork City (2 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		John Maguire	Template:Replace	42.0
		Nicholas Daniel Murphy	Template:Replace	41.3
		William Abbott	753	16.7
		Christopher Crofts	3	0.1
Majority			1,109	24.6
Turnout			2,632 (est)	74.4 (est)
	hold
	hold

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General election 12 July 1865: Cork City (2 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
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	hold

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By-Election 14 February 1865: Cork City

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
Registered electors			3,143
	hold

• Resignation of Lyons

Elections of the 1850s

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By-election, 29 June 1859: Cork City

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
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• Death of Fagan

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General election, 6 May 1859: Cork City (2 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		Francis Beamish	Template:Replace	26.8
		William Trant Fagan	Template:Replace	25.6
		Andrew Jordaine Wood	1,208	25.1
		Barcroft Carroll	1,085	22.5
Majority			23	0.5
Turnout			2,406 (est)	78.3
	hold		Swing	N/A
	hold		Swing	N/A

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General election, 28 March 1857: Cork City (2 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
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By-election, 20 August 1853: Cork City

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		Francis Beamish	Template:Replace	54.1
		James Charles Chatterton	1,003	45.9
Majority			180	8.2
Turnout			2,186	69.4
	gain from Template:Yesno		Swing	−15.2

• Appointment of Murphy as a Commissioner of Insolvency

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General election, 14 July 1852: Cork City (2 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		Francis Murphy	Template:Replace	35.0
		William Trant Fagan	Template:Replace	34.3
		James Charles Chatterton	898	25.2
		William Lumley Perrier	194	5.5
Majority			322	9.1
Turnout			1,779 (est)	58.5 (est)
	gain from Template:Yesno		Swing
	gain from Template:Yesno		Swing

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By-Election, 23 April 1851: Cork City

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	gain from

• Resignation of Fagan

Elections of the 1840s

By-election, 14 November 1849: Cork City

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		James Charles Chatterton	Template:Replace	57.6
		Alexander McCarthy	584	42.4
Majority			209	15.2
Turnout			1,377	38.5
Registered electors			3,574 (1847 figure)
	gain from Template:Yesno		Swing	N/A

• Death of Callaghan

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General election 9 August 1847: Cork City (2 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		William Trant Fagan	Template:Replace	35.1
		Daniel Callaghan	Template:Replace	34.7
		Alexander McCarthy	799	30.2
Majority			118	4.5
Turnout			1,323 (est)	37.0 (est.)
	hold		Swing	N/A
	gain from Template:Yesno		Swing	N/A

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By-Election, 31 January 1846: Cork City

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
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• Resignation of Murphy by accepting the office of Steward of the Manor of Northstead

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General election 5 July 1841: Cork City (2 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		Francis Murphy	Template:Replace	36.3
		Daniel Callaghan	Template:Replace	35.7
		James Charles Chatterton	1,017	24.8
		James Morris	131	3.2
Turnout			2,049 (est)	47.0 (est.)
Majority			22	0.6
	gain from Template:Yesno		Swing	+7.0
Majority			447	10.9
	hold		Swing	+6.9

Elections of the 1830s

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General election 11 August 1837: Cork City (2 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		Joseph Leycester	1,407	21.1
		James Charles Chatterton	1,391	20.8
Majority			528	7.8
Turnout			3,359	58.7
Registered electors			5,723
	gain from Template:Yesno		Swing	+4.7
	gain from Template:Yesno		Swing	+4.4

General election 17 January 1835: Cork City (2 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		Joseph Leycester	Template:Replace	25.6
		James Charles Chatterton	Template:Replace	25.3
	()	Daniel Callaghan	1,603	24.7
	()	Herbert Baldwin	1,580	24.4
Majority			40	0.6
Turnout			3,359	75.3
Registered electors			4,461
	gain from Template:Yesno		Swing	+11.7
	gain from Template:Yesno		Swing	+11.6

• Note: On petition Leycester and Chatterton were unseated and Callaghan and Baldwin were declared duly elected, on 18 April 1835.

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General election 21 December 1832: Cork City (2 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
		Daniel Callaghan		33.3
		Herbert Baldwin		32.8
		William Newenham		21.5
		John Boyle		12.4
Turnout			3,696	85.5
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General election 7 May 1831: Cork City (2 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
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General election 11 August 1830: Cork City (2 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
		John Boyle (politician)		48.2
		Daniel Callaghan		35.6
		Herbert Baldwin		16.2
Turnout			c. Template:Trim	c. Template:Trim
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By-election, 29 March 1830: Cork City

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
		Daniel Callaghan		50.3
		William Newenham		49.7
Turnout			2,326	c. Template:Trim
	gain from

• Caused by Callaghan's election in 1829 being declared void.
• Note: Daniel Callaghan was the brother of Gerrard Callaghan. Stooks Smith classifies Callaghan as a Repealer from this election, but this may not be an accurate description for the period before 1832. See the footnote to the above table of MPs for a brief description of Callaghan's political views.

Elections of the 1820s

• Election of Callaghan declared void, on petition

By-Election 9 July 1829: Cork City

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		Gerrard Callaghan	Template:Replace	79.5
		Sir Augustus Warren, 3rd Baronet	135	20.5
Majority			388	59.0
Turnout			658
	hold		Swing	N/A

• Death of Colthurst

By-Election 29 December 1826: Cork City

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		John Hely-Hutchinson (politician)	Template:Replace	51.2
		Gerrard Callaghan	970	48.8
Majority			49	2.4
Turnout			1,989
	hold		Swing	N/A

• Death of Hely-Hutchinson

General election 13 June 1826: Cork City (2 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		Nicholas Colthurst	Template:Replace	N/A
		Christopher Hely-Hutchinson	Template:Replace	N/A

General election 24 March 1820: Cork City (2 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		Christopher Hely-Hutchinson	Template:Replace	41.5
		Nicholas Colthurst	Template:Replace	34.4
		Gerrard Callaghan	759	24.2
Majority			321	10.2
Turnout			3,142 (2,037 electors)
	hold		Swing
	hold		Swing

Elections of the 1810s

General election 13 July 1818: Cork City (2 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		Christopher Hely-Hutchinson	Template:Replace	43.5
		Nicholas Colthurst	Template:Replace	30.6
		Mountifort Longfield (politician)	724	25.8
Majority			497	17.7
Turnout			2,804 (1,895 electors)
	gain from Template:Yesno		Swing
	hold		Swing

General election 5 November 1812: Cork City (2 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		Mountifort Longfield (politician)	Template:Replace	41.2
		Nicholas Colthurst	Template:Replace	30.1
		Christopher Hely-Hutchinson	639	28.7
Majority			30	1.4
Turnout			2,226 (1,400 electors)
	gain from Template:Yesno		Swing
	hold		Swing

Elections of the 1800s

General election 20 May 1807: Cork City (2 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		Mountifort Longfield (politician)	Template:Replace	65.6
		Christopher Hely-Hutchinson	Template:Replace	25.6
		George Freke Evans	11	8.8
Majority			21	16.8
Turnout			125 (87 electors)
	hold		Swing
	hold		Swing

General election 14 November 1806: Cork City (2 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		Mountifort Longfield (politician)	Template:Replace	N/A
		Christopher Hely-Hutchinson	Template:Replace	N/A

General election 16 July 1802: Cork City (2 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		Mountifort Longfield (politician)	Template:Replace	N/A
		Christopher Hely-Hutchinson	Template:Replace	N/A

By-Election 8 January 1802: Cork City

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		Christopher Hely-Hutchinson	Template:Replace	N/A
	hold

• Hon. John Hely-Hutchinson created the 1st Baron Hutchinson

Co-option with effect from 1 January 1801: Cork City (2 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		Mountifort Longfield (politician)	Template:Replace	N/A
		John Hely-Hutchinson	Template:Replace	N/A

• 1801, 1 January Irish House of Commons members nominated to sit in the corresponding UK House of Commons at Westminster

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)
• , Cork History and Society Patrick O'Flanagan/ Cornelius G. Buttimer Geography Publications 1993

External links

• Part of the Library Ireland: Irish History and Culture website containing the text of A Topographical Directory of Ireland, by Samuel Lewis (a work published by S. Lewis & Co of London in 1837) including an article on City of Cork