Tyrone (UK Parliament constituency)
County Tyrone is a former UK Parliament constituency in Ireland, returning two Members of Parliament (MPs).
County Tyrone | |
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Former county constituency for the House of Commons | |
County | County Tyrone |
1801–1885 | |
Seats | 2 |
Created from | County Tyrone (IHC) |
Replaced by |
Boundaries
This constituency comprised the whole of County Tyrone, except the parliamentary borough of Dungannon.
It returned two MPs from 1801 to 1885. It was an original constituency represented in Parliament when the Union of Great Britain and Ireland was created on 1 January 1801.
In the redistribution, which took effect in 1885, County Tyrone was divided into four single-member constituencies: East Tyrone, Mid Tyrone, North Tyrone and South Tyrone.
Politics
The constituency electorate was predominantly Tory/Conservative during most of this period.
Catholics were excluded from taking seats in Parliament until 1829 and there was a restrictive property based franchise. It was not until the electoral reforms which took effect in 1885 that most adult males became voters. See Catholic emancipation for further details.
In these circumstances most MPs came from a limited number of Protestant aristocratic and gentry families. There were few contested elections.
It was only in 1880, at the end of the period when this constituency existed, that the Liberals first won a seat in the county.
Members of Parliament
Election | First MP | Second MP | ||||||
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Name | Born | Died | Name | Born | Died | |||
1801 co-option | Somerset Corry (Tory)[1] | 11 July 1774 | 18 April 1841 | James Stewart (affiliation uncertain) |
1742 | 18 January 1821 | ||
1802 by-election | Rt Hon John Stewart (Tory)[2] | ca 1758 | 22 June 1825 | |||||
1806 | Hon Thomas Knox (Ind)[3] | 5 August 1754 | 26 April 1840 | |||||
1812 | Rt Hon John Stewart, Bt (Tory) | ca 1758 | 22 June 1825 | Hon Thomas Knox (Tory)[4] | 19 April 1786 | 21 March 1858 | ||
1818 | William Stewart (Whig)[5] | 1780 | ca October 1850 | |||||
1825 by-election | Rt Hon Henry Lowry-Corry (Tory, Con, Peelite)[6] |
9 March 1803 | 6 March 1873 | |||||
1830 | Sir Hugh Stewart, Bt (Tory)[6] | 14 May 1792 | 19 November 1854 | |||||
1835 | Lord Claud Hamilton (Con)[6] | 27 July 1813 | 3 June 1884 | |||||
1837 | James Alexander (Con)[6] | 27 July 1812 | 30 June 1855 | |||||
1839 by-election | Rt Hon Lord Claud Hamilton (Con, Peelite)[6] |
27 July 1813 | 3 June 1884 | |||||
1847 | ||||||||
1852 by-election | ||||||||
1873 by-election | Hon Henry Lowry-Corry (Con) | 30 June 1845 | 6 May 1927 | |||||
1874 | John Ellison-Macartney (Con) | 1818 | 13 February 1904 | |||||
1880 | Edward Falconer Litton (Lib) | 1827 | 27 November 1890 | |||||
1881 by-election | Thomas Alexander Dickson (Lib) | 1833 | 17 June 1909 | |||||
1885 | Constituency partitioned into East, Mid, North and South parts by the Redistribution of Seats Act 1885. |
Notes:
- Stooks Smith does not specify any party allegiances for this constituency before 1818. This does not necessarily mean that the MPs were not associated with a Party in Parliament.
- From 1832 Lowry-Corry and Stewart are classified as Conservatives.
- In 1847 Lowry-Corry and Hamilton contested the general election as Peelite Liberal Conservatives, but were again Conservatives by 1852.
Elections
The single-member elections in this constituency took place using the first past the post electoral system. Multi-member elections used the Plurality-at-large voting system.
There was no election in 1801. The representatives of the county in the former Parliament of Ireland became members of the 1st Parliament of the United Kingdom.
After 1832, when registration of voters was introduced, a turnout figure is given for contested elections. In two-member elections this is calculated by dividing the number of votes by two. To the extent that voters did not use both their votes this will be an underestimate of turnout. If the electorate figure is unknown the last known electorate figure is used to provide an estimate of turnout.
Where a party had more than one candidate in one or both of a pair of successive elections change is calculated for each individual candidate, otherwise change is based on the party vote.
Elections in the 1800s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Non Partisan | James Stewart | Co-opted | N/A | N/A | |
Non Partisan | Viscount Corry | Co-opted | N/A | N/A |
- Corry succeeded as 2nd Earl Belmore
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Non Partisan | John Stewart | Unopposed |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Non Partisan | James Stewart | Unopposed | |||
Non Partisan | John Stewart | Unopposed |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Non Partisan | James Stewart | Unopposed | |||
Non Partisan | Thomas Knox | Unopposed |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Non Partisan | James Stewart | Unopposed | |||
Non Partisan | Thomas Knox | Unopposed |
Elections in the 1810s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Non Partisan | Thomas Knox | Unopposed | |||
Non Partisan | John Stewart | Unopposed |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Tory | John Stewart | Unopposed | |||
Whig | William Stewart | Unopposed |
Elections in the 1820s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Tory | John Stewart | Unopposed | |||
Whig | William Stewart | Unopposed |
- Death of John Stewart
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Tory | Henry Lowry-Corry | Unopposed | |||
Tory hold | |||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Whig | William Stewart | Unopposed | |||
Tory | Henry Lowry-Corry | Unopposed |
Elections in the 1830s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ||
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Tory | Henry Lowry-Corry | Unopposed | |||
Tory | Hugh Stewart | Unopposed | |||
Registered electors | 773 | ||||
Tory hold | |||||
Tory gain from Whig |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Tory | Henry Lowry-Corry | Unopposed | |||
Tory | Hugh Stewart | Unopposed | |||
Registered electors | 773 | ||||
Tory hold | |||||
Tory hold | |||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Tory | Hugh Stewart | Unopposed | |||
Tory | Henry Lowry-Corry | Unopposed | |||
Registered electors | 1,151 | ||||
Tory hold | |||||
Tory hold | |||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Claud Hamilton | 1,057 | 47.8 | ||
Conservative | Henry Lowry-Corry | 627 | 28.4 | ||
Conservative | James Alexander | 510 | 23.1 | ||
Conservative | Charles Eccles | 17 | 0.8 | ||
Majority | 117 | 5.3 | |||
Turnout | c. 1,106 | c. 88.5 | |||
Registered electors | 1,250 | ||||
Conservative hold | |||||
Conservative hold | |||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Henry Lowry-Corry | Unopposed | |||
Conservative | James Alexander | Unopposed | |||
Registered electors | 2,602 | ||||
Conservative hold | |||||
Conservative hold | |||||
- Alexander succeeded as 3rd Earl of Caledon
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Claud Hamilton | 218 | 72.7 | ||
Conservative | John Humphreys[9] | 81 | 27.0 | ||
Conservative | James Alexander Boyle | 1 | 0.3 | ||
Majority | 137 | 45.7 | |||
Turnout | 300 | c. 11.5 | |||
Registered electors | c. 2,602 | ||||
Conservative hold | |||||
Elections in the 1840s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Henry Lowry-Corry | Unopposed | |||
Conservative | Claud Hamilton | Unopposed | |||
Registered electors | 2,493 | ||||
Conservative hold | |||||
Conservative hold | |||||
- Appointment of Lowry Corry as Lord Commissioner of the Admiralty
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Henry Lowry-Corry | Unopposed | |||
Conservative hold | |||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Peelite | Henry Lowry-Corry | Unopposed | |||
Peelite | Claud Hamilton | Unopposed | |||
Registered electors | 5,026 | ||||
Peelite gain from Conservative | |||||
Peelite gain from Conservative |
Elections in the 1850s
- Appointment of Hamilton as Treasurer of the Household
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Claud Hamilton | Unopposed | |||
Conservative gain from Peelite |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Henry Lowry-Corry | 3,271 | 43.8 | N/A | |
Conservative | Claud Hamilton | 3,221 | 43.1 | N/A | |
Whig | Hugh Brabazon Higgins[10] | 982 | 13.1 | New | |
Majority | 2,239 | 30.0 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 4,228 (est) | 74.3 (est) | N/A | ||
Registered electors | 5,692 | ||||
Conservative gain from Peelite | Swing | N/A | |||
Conservative gain from Peelite | Swing | N/A | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Henry Lowry-Corry | Unopposed | |||
Conservative | Claud Hamilton | Unopposed | |||
Registered electors | 7,393 | ||||
Conservative hold | |||||
Conservative hold | |||||
- Appointment of Hamilton as Treasurer of the Household
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Claud Hamilton | Unopposed | |||
Conservative hold | |||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Henry Lowry-Corry | Unopposed | |||
Conservative | Claud Hamilton | Unopposed | |||
Registered electors | 7,592 | ||||
Conservative hold | |||||
Conservative hold | |||||
Elections in the 1860s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Henry Lowry-Corry | Unopposed | |||
Conservative | Claud Hamilton | Unopposed | |||
Registered electors | 8,421 | ||||
Conservative hold | |||||
Conservative hold | |||||
- Appointment of Lowry-Corry as Vice-President of the Committee of the Council for Education
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Henry Lowry-Corry | Unopposed | |||
Registered electors | 8,421 | ||||
Conservative hold | |||||
- Appointment of Hamilton as Vice-Chamberlain of the Household
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Claud Hamilton | Unopposed | |||
Registered electors | 8,421 | ||||
Conservative hold | |||||
- Appointment of Lowry-Corry as First Lord of the Admiralty
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Henry Lowry-Corry | Unopposed | |||
Conservative hold | |||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Henry Lowry-Corry | Unopposed | |||
Conservative | Claud Hamilton | Unopposed | |||
Registered electors | 8,878 | ||||
Conservative hold | |||||
Conservative hold | |||||
Elections in the 1870s
- Death of Lowry Corry
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Henry Lowry-Corry | 3,139 | 50.3 | N/A | |
Conservative | John Ellison-Macartney | 3,103 | 49.7 | N/A | |
Majority | 36 | 0.6 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 6,242 | 72.2 | N/A | ||
Registered electors | 8,643 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | N/A | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | John Ellison-Macartney | 4,710 | 44.3 | N/A | |
Conservative | Henry Lowry-Corry | 3,171 | 29.8 | N/A | |
Conservative | Claud Hamilton | 2,752 | 25.9 | N/A | |
Majority | 419 | 3.9 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 5,317 (est) | 59.9 (est) | N/A | ||
Registered electors | 8,883 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | N/A | |||
Conservative hold | Swing | N/A | |||
Elections in the 1880s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | John Ellison-Macartney | 3,829 | 35.4 | −8.9 | |
Liberal | Edward Falconer Litton | 3,511 | 32.5 | New | |
Conservative | Claud Hamilton | 3,470 | 32.1 | +6.2 | |
Turnout | 7,161 (est) | 81.7 (est) | +21.8 | ||
Registered electors | 8,762 | ||||
Majority | 318 | 2.9 | −1.0 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | N/A | |||
Majority | 41 | 0.4 | N/A | ||
Liberal gain from Conservative | Swing | N/A | |||
- Litton appointed Land Commissioner
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal | Thomas Alexander Dickson | 3,168 | 44.3 | +11.8 | |
Conservative | William Knox | 3,084 | 43.1 | −24.4 | |
Home Rule | Harold Rylett | 907 | 12.7 | New | |
Majority | 84 | 1.2 | +0.8 | ||
Turnout | 7,159 | 82.5 | +0.8 | ||
Registered electors | 8,674 | ||||
Liberal hold | Swing | +18.1 | |||
References
- Somerset Lowry-Corry, 2nd Earl of Belmore, ThePeerage.com
- Was Attorney-General for Ireland under Tory Prime Minister William Pitt the Younger and architect of the Act of Union 1800
- Earl of Ranfurly, Cracroft's Peerage
- Earl of Ranfurly, Cracroft's Peerage
- Farrell, Stephen. "STEWART, William (1781-1850), of Killymoon, co. Tyrone". The History of Parliament. Retrieved 24 May 2020.
- Stooks Smith, Henry (1842). The Register of Parliamentary Contested Elections: Containing the Uncontested Elections Since 1830. London: Simpkin, Marshall, & Co. p. 241. Retrieved 24 May 2020 – via Google Books.
- Walker, B.M., ed. (1978). Parliamentary Election Results in Ireland, 1801-1922. Dublin: Royal Irish Academy. ISBN 0901714127.
- Farrell, Stephen. "Co. Tyrone". The History of Parliament. Retrieved 24 May 2020.
- "Page 2". Derry Journal. 7 May 1839. Retrieved 24 May 2020 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- "To the Electors of Tyrone". Tyrone Constitution. 16 July 1852. p. 2. Retrieved 14 October 2018 – via British Newspaper Archive.
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)
- Walker, Brian M., ed. (1978). Parliamentary Election Results in Ireland, 1801–1922. Royal Irish Academy.
- Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "T" (part 2)