Dublin St Patrick's (UK Parliament constituency)

Dublin St Patrick's, a division of Dublin, was a borough constituency in Ireland. It returned one Member of Parliament (MP) to the United Kingdom House of Commons from 1885 until 1922.

Dublin St Patrick's
Former borough constituency
for the House of Commons
Dublin St Patrick's constituency within Dublin, as it existed from 1885 to 1918.
Dublin within Ireland. Map utilises the modern administrative boundaries.
18851922
Seats1
Created fromDublin City
Replaced byDublin South

From the dissolution of 1922, the area was no longer represented in the UK Parliament.

Boundaries

This constituency was named for St Patrick's Cathedral and comprised the southwest part of the city of Dublin.[1]

From 1885 to 1918, it was defined as:[2]

The Merchants' Quay, Usher's Quay and Wood Quay wards of the borough of Dublin.

From 1918 to 1922, it was defined as:[3]

The Merchants' Quay and Wood Quay wards of the County Borough of Dublin.

History

Prior to the 1885 general election, the city was the undivided two-member Dublin City constituency. Under the Redistribution of Seats Act 1885, Dublin was divided into four divisions: St Patrick's, College Green, Dublin Harbour and St Stephen's Green.

Under the Redistribution of Seats (Ireland) Act 1918, the city was allocated seven seats: in addition to the four existing constituencies, the new divisions were Clontarf, St James's and St Michan's.[4] St Patrick's lost territory to St James's.

Sinn Féin used this election to elect members of Dáil Éireann, inviting all those elected in Ireland to sit as a Teachta Dála (known in English as a Deputy) in the Dáil, although only the Sinn Féin members attended. St Patrick's in 1918 gave Sinn Féin 63% of the vote. Constance Markievicz was the first woman to win a parliamentary election in Britain and Ireland, at the first election where women were permitted to stand as candidates.

Under the Government of Ireland Act 1920, the area was combined with the St Stephen's Green Division to form Dublin South, a 4-seat constituency for the Southern Ireland House of Commons and a single constituency at Westminster.[5] At the 1921 election for the Southern Ireland House of Commons, the four seats were won uncontested by Sinn Féin, who treated it as part of the election to the Second Dáil. Constance Markievicz was one of the four TDs for Dublin South.

Under s. 1(4) of the Irish Free State (Agreement) Act 1922, no writ was to be issued "for a constituency in Ireland other than a constituency in Northern Ireland".[6] Therefore, no vote was held in Dublin South at the 1922 United Kingdom general election on 15 November 1922, shortly before the Irish Free State left the United Kingdom on 6 December 1922.

Members of Parliament

From To Name[7] Party
1885 1892 William Martin Murphy   Nationalist (IPP)[lower-alpha 1]
1892 1918 William Field   Irish National League (Parnellite) (IPP)
1918 1922 Constance Markievicz   Sinn Féin
  1. Irish National Federation (Anti-Parnellite) from December 1890.

Elections

Elections in the 1880s

1885 general election: Dublin St. Patrick's[8]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Irish Parliamentary William Martin Murphy 5,330 82.1
Irish Conservative Maurice Edward Dockrell 1,162 17.9
Majority 4,168 64.2
Turnout 6,492 72.5
Registered electors 8,952
Irish Parliamentary win (new seat)
1886 general election: Dublin St. Patrick's[8]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Irish Parliamentary William Martin Murphy Unopposed
Irish Parliamentary hold

Elections in the 1890s

1892 general election: Dublin St. Patrick's[8]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Irish National League William Field 3,694 76.9 N/A
Irish National Federation William Martin Murphy 1,110 23.1 N/A
Majority 2,584 53.8 N/A
Turnout 4,804 66.2 N/A
Registered electors 7,261
Irish National League gain from Irish Parliamentary Swing N/A
1895 general election: Dublin St. Patrick's[8]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Irish National League William Field Unopposed
Irish National League hold

Elections in the 1900s

1900 general election: Dublin St Patrick's[8]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Irish Parliamentary William Field Unopposed
Irish Parliamentary hold
1906 general election: Dublin St. Patrick's[8]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Irish Parliamentary William Field Unopposed
Irish Parliamentary hold

Elections in the 1910s

January 1910 general election: Dublin St. Patrick's[8]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Irish Parliamentary William Field Unopposed
Irish Parliamentary hold
December 1910 general election: Dublin St. Patrick's[8]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Irish Parliamentary William Field Unopposed
Irish Parliamentary hold
1918 general Election: Dublin St Patrick's[9][10][8]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Sinn Féin Constance de Markievicz 7,835 65.85 New
Irish Parliamentary William Field 3,752 31.53 N/A
Independent Nationalist James Joseph Kelly 312 2.62 New
Majority 4,083 34.32 N/A
Turnout 11,899 63.34 N/A
Registered electors 18,785
Sinn Féin gain from Irish Parliamentary Swing N/A

Notes, citations and sources

Citations

  1. "Report of the Boundary Commission (Ireland): Map". Enhanced British Parliamentary Papers on Ireland. DIPPAM: Documenting Ireland, Parliament, People and Migration. p. 18. Retrieved 1 October 2022.
  2. "Redistribution of Seats Act, 1885 (48 & 49 Vict., c. 23)". Archive.org. Incorporated Council of Law Reporting for England and Wales. p. 143. Retrieved 1 October 2022.
  3. "Report of the Boundary Commission (Ireland)". Enhanced British Parliamentary Papers on Ireland. DIPPAM: Documenting Ireland, Parliament, People and Migration. p. 35. Retrieved 1 October 2022.
  4. "Redistribution of seats (Ireland) Act, 1918". Retrieved 1 October 2022.
  5. "Government of Ireland Act 1920 (10 & 11 Geo. 5, c. 67): Fifth Schedule". legislation.gov.uk. The National Archives. Retrieved 27 May 2022.
  6. "Irish Free State (Agreement) Act 1922 (12 & 13 Geo. 5, c. 4)". Historical Documents. Archived from the original on 15 March 2012.
  7. Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "S" (part 1)
  8. Walker 1978.
  9. "The Irish General Election of 1918". Ark.ac.uk. Retrieved 11 November 2017.
  10. General Election: 14 December 1918 – Dublin St Stephen's, ElectionsIreland.org

Sources

  • Walker, B.M., ed. (1978). Parliamentary Election Results in Ireland, 1801–1922. Dublin: Royal Irish Academy. ISBN 0901714127.
  • Boundary Commission (Ireland) established in 1917 to redistribute seats in the House of Commons under the terms of the Representation of the People Bill, 1917 (1917). "Schedule 10 : Parliamentary borough of Dublin" (PDF). Report. Vol. CSO/RP/1917/29520/36. National Archives of Ireland.
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