County Louth (UK Parliament constituency)

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County Louth is a former parliamentary constituency in Ireland, which was represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. From 1801 to 1885 it returned two Members of Parliament (MPs), and one from 1918 to 1922.

History

From 1801 to 1885, the constituency comprised the whole of County Louth, except for the parliamentary boroughs of Drogheda and Dundalk. It succeeded the constituency of County Louth in the Irish House of Commons. Between 1885 and 1918 the county was divided into the county division constituencies of North Louth and South Louth. In 1918, the reunited constituency covered the entire county of Louth plus a small part of County Meath near Drogheda.

At the 1918 general election, Sinn Féin won by 255 votes, its narrowest margin of victory in that election. John J. O'Kelly, a native of County Kerry, resident in Glasnevin, Dublin, was Louth's first TD. The constituency was merged with Meath to form the 5-seat Louth–Meath constituency for the 2nd and 3rd Dála.

Members of Parliament

MPs 1801–85

Election 1st Member 1st Party 2nd Member 2nd Party
1801, 1 January John Foster William Fortescue
1806, 18 November rowspan="4" style="color:inherit;background-color: Template:Party color" | Tory style="color:inherit;background-color: Template:Party color" | Richard Jocelyn Tory
1807, 19 May John Jocelyn
1810, 10 February style="color:inherit;background-color: Template:Party color" | Richard Jocelyn Tory
1820, 10 August John Jocelyn
1821, 27 September Thomas Skeffington
1824, 21 February rowspan="2" style="color:inherit;background-color: Template:Party color" | John Leslie Foster Tory[1]
1826, 21 June rowspan="3" style="color:inherit;background-color: Template:Party color" | Alexander Dawson Radical[1][2]
1830, 13 August style="color:inherit;background-color: Template:Party color" | John McClintock Tory[1]
1831, 18 May rowspan="2" style="color:inherit;background-color: Template:Party color" | Richard Lalor Sheil Repeal Association[1]
1831, 28 September style="color:inherit;background-color: Template:Party color" | Sir Patrick Bellew, Bt Whig[1]
1832, 21 December style="color:inherit;background-color: Template:Party color" | Thomas FitzGerald Repeal Association rowspan="4" style="color:inherit;background-color: Template:Party color" | Richard Bellew Repeal Association
1834, 24 December style="color:inherit;background-color: Template:Party color" | Sir Patrick Bellew, Bt Whig[1]
1837, 5 August style="color:inherit;background-color: Template:Party color" | Henry Chester Whig[1]
1840, 31 July style="color:inherit;background-color: Template:Party color" | Thomas Fortescue Whig[1][3]
1841, 15 July style="color:inherit;background-color: Template:Party color" | Thomas Vesey Dawson Whig[1][4] rowspan="2" style="color:inherit;background-color: Template:Party color" | Whig[1][5][6][7]
1847, 10 August rowspan="3" style="color:inherit;background-color: Template:Party color" | Chichester Fortescue Whig[7][8][9]
1852, 22 July style="color:inherit;background-color: Template:Party color" | Tristram Kennedy Ind. Irish[10]
1857, 10 April style="color:inherit;background-color: Template:Party color" | John McClintock Conservative[10][8]
1859, 16 May rowspan="3" style="color:inherit;background-color: Template:Party color" | Liberal[10] style="color:inherit;background-color: Template:Party color" | Richard Bellew Liberal[10]
1865, 15 April style="color:inherit;background-color: Template:Party color" | Tristram Kennedy Liberal[10]
1868, 24 November style="color:inherit;background-color: Template:Party color" | Matthew Dease Liberal[10]
1874, 14 February rowspan="3" style="color:inherit;background-color: Template:Party color" | Alexander Martin Sullivan Home Rule League[10] style="color:inherit;background-color: Template:Party color" | Philip CallanTemplate:Efn Home Rule League[10]
1874, 9 April style="color:inherit;background-color: Template:Party color" | George Kirk Home Rule League[10]
1880, 9 April rowspan="2" style="color:inherit;background-color: Template:Party color" | Philip Callan Home Rule League[10]
1880, 31 May style="color:inherit;background-color: Template:Party color" | Henry Bellingham Home Rule League[10]
1885 Constituency divided: see North Louth and South Louth

MPs 1918–22

Election Member Party
1918 style="color:inherit;background-color: Template:Party color" | John J. O'Kelly Sinn Féin
1922 Constituency abolished

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Elections

Elections in the 1830s

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General election 1830: County Louth (2 seats) [10][1][11]
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Script error: No such module "Political party". Richard Lalor Sheil 213 23.8
Script error: No such module "Political party". Richard Bellew 131 14.7
Turnout 569 81.6 Script error: No such module "String".
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Majority 38 4.3 Script error: No such module "String".
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Majority 43 4.8 Script error: No such module "String".
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General election 1831: County Louth (2 seats) [10][1][11]
Party Candidate Votes %
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Dawson's death caused a by-election.

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By-election, 28 September 1831: County Louth[10][1][11]
Party Candidate Votes %
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General election 1832: County Louth (2 seats) [10][1]
Party Candidate Votes %
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FitzGerald's death caused a by-election.

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By-election, 24 December 1834: County Louth[10][1]
Party Candidate Votes %
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General election 1835: County Louth (2 seats) [10][1]
Party Candidate Votes %
Script error: No such module "Political party". Patrick Bellew Script error: No such module "string". 40.8
Script error: No such module "Political party". Chichester Thomas Skeffington Foster Script error: No such module "string". 21.8
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General election 1837: County Louth (2 seats) [10][1]
Party Candidate Votes %
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Elections in the 1840s

Chester resigned by accepting the office of Steward of the Chiltern Hundreds, causing a by-election.

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By-election, 31 July 1840: County Louth[10]
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General election 1841: County Louth (2 seats) [10][12]
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Script error: No such module "Political party". Matthew Fortescue 358 28.9 Script error: No such module "String".
Script error: No such module "Political party". John McClintock 4 0.3 Script error: No such module "String".
Majority 72 5.8 Script error: No such module "String".
Turnout 832 86.6 Script error: No such module "String".
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General election 1847: County Louth (2 seats) [10]
Party Candidate Votes % <templatestyles src="Template:Tooltip/styles.css" />±%Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
Registered electors 1,410 Script error: No such module "String".
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Elections in the 1850s

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General election 1852: County Louth (2 seats) [10]
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Script error: No such module "Political party". John McClintock 884 29.1 Script error: No such module "String".
Turnout 1,518 (est) 73.1 (est) Script error: No such module "String".
Registered electors 2,078 Script error: No such module "String".
Majority 153 5.1 Script error: No such module "String".
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Majority 115 3.8 Script error: No such module "String".
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Fortescue was appointed a Lord Commissioner of the Treasury, requiring a by-election.

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By-election, 27 February 1854: County Louth[10]
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Script error: No such module "Political party". John MacNamara Cantwell 766 45.5 Script error: No such module "String".
Majority 150 9.0 Script error: No such module "String".
Turnout 1,682 80.9 Script error: No such module "String".
Registered electors 2,078 Script error: No such module "String".
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General election 1857: County Louth (2 seats) [10]
Party Candidate Votes % <templatestyles src="Template:Tooltip/styles.css" />±%Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
Script error: No such module "Political party". Richard Bellew 894 23.9 Script error: No such module "String".
Script error: No such module "Political party". Tristram Kennedy 406 10.9 Script error: No such module "String".
Turnout 1,868 (est) 77.3 (est) Script error: No such module "String".
Registered electors 2,418 Script error: No such module "String".
Majority 317 8.5 Script error: No such module "String".
Script error: No such module "Political party". hold Swing −0.4
Majority 653 17.5 Script error: No such module "String".
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General election 1859: County Louth (2 seats) [10]
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Script error: No such module "Political party". John McClintock 1,138 30.4 Script error: No such module "String".
Script error: No such module "Political party". Frederick John Foster 23 0.6 Script error: No such module "String".
Majority 70 1.8 Script error: No such module "String".
Turnout 1,874 (est) 76.8 (est) Script error: No such module "String".
Registered electors 2,439 Script error: No such module "String".
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Elections in the 1860s

Bellew resigned after he was appointed a law commissioner, causing a by-election.

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By-election, 15 April 1865 (1 seat) [10]
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Script error: No such module "Political party". John McClintock 923 47.9 Script error: No such module "String".
Majority 79 4.2 Script error: No such module "String".
Turnout 1,925 78.9 Script error: No such module "String".
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General election 1865: County Louth (2 seats) [10]
Party Candidate Votes % <templatestyles src="Template:Tooltip/styles.css" />±%Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
Script error: No such module "Political party". Frederick John Foster 8 0.6 Script error: No such module "String".
Script error: No such module "Political party". John McClintock 6 0.5 Script error: No such module "String".
Majority 599 48.0 Script error: No such module "String".
Turnout 625 (est) 25.6 (est) Script error: No such module "String".
Registered electors 2,441 Script error: No such module "String".
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Parkinson-Fortescue was appointed Chief Secretary for Ireland, requiring a by-election.

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1866 County Louth by-election (1 seat) [10]
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Registered electors 2,441 Script error: No such module "String".
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General election 1868: County Louth (2 seats) [10]
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Registered electors 2,443 Script error: No such module "String".
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Parkinson-Fortescue was appointed Chief Secretary for Ireland, requiring a by-election.

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1869 County Louth by-election (1 seat) [10]
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Registered electors 2,443 Script error: No such module "String".
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Elections in the 1870s

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General election 1874: County Louth (2 seats) [10]
Party Candidate Votes % <templatestyles src="Template:Tooltip/styles.css" />±%Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
Script error: No such module "Political party". Chichester Parkinson-Fortescue 608 18.3 Script error: No such module "String".
Script error: No such module "Political party". Matthew Dease 265 8.0 Script error: No such module "String".
Majority 594 17.9 Script error: No such module "String".
Turnout 1,834 (est) 79.2 (est) Script error: No such module "String".
Registered electors 2,316 Script error: No such module "String".
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Callan was also elected MP for Dundalk and opted to sit there.

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1874 County Louth by-election (1 seat) [10]
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Script error: No such module "Political party". Bernard Charles Molloy 507 33.7 Script error: No such module "String".
Majority 490 32.6 Script error: No such module "String".
Turnout 1,504 64.9 Script error: No such module "String".
Registered electors 2,316 Script error: No such module "String".
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Elections in the 1880s

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General election 1880: County Louth (2 seats) [10]
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Script error: No such module "Political party". George Kirk 668 27.8 Script error: No such module "String".
Majority 162 6.8 Script error: No such module "String".
Turnout 1,570 (est) 75.1 (est) Script error: No such module "String".
Registered electors 2,091 Script error: No such module "String".
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Sullivan declined to take the seat, causing a by-election.

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1880 County Louth by-election (1 seat) [10]
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Registered electors 2,091 Script error: No such module "String".
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Elections in the 1910s

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1918 general election: County Louth[10]
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Script error: No such module "Political party". Richard Hazleton 10,515 49.4 Script error: No such module "String".
Majority 255 1.2 Script error: No such module "String".
Turnout 21,285 73.0 Script error: No such module "String".
Registered electors 29,176 Script error: No such module "String".
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References

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Sources

  • 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)
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