Fermanagh (UK Parliament constituency)

54.451°N 7.713°W / 54.451; -7.713

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

County Fermanagh was a UK Parliament constituency in Northern Ireland, returning two Members of Parliament.

Boundaries

This constituency comprised the whole of County Fermanagh, except for the Borough of Enniskillen.

Members of Parliament
Election1st Member1st Party2nd Member2nd PartyNote
1801, January 1 Mervyn Archdall Tory Viscount Cole 1801: Co-opted
1802, July 19 Mervyn Archdall Tory[1]
1803, June 27 Hon. Lowry Cole[2] Viscount Cole entered the House of Lords as Baron Grinstead.
1823, March 8 Viscount Corry Tory[1] Cole appointed Governor of Mauritius.
1831, May 16 Viscount Cole Tory[1]
1834, June 27 Mervyn Edward Archdale Tory[1] Archdall resigned.
1834, December Conservative[1] Conservative[1]
1840, 30 April Sir Arthur Brooke Conservative[1] Viscount Cole entered the House of Lords as Baron Grinstead.
1854, 29 December Hon. Henry Cole Conservative Death of Brooke.
1874, 16 February William Humphrys Archdale Conservative
1880, April 13 Viscount Crichton Conservative Last MPs for the constituency
1885 Constituency abolished

Elections

Elections in the 1830s
General election 1830: Fermanagh[3][1][4]
Party Candidate Votes %
Tory Mervyn Archdall 685 34.4
Tory Armar Lowry-Corry 563 28.3
Whig Sir Henry Brooke, 1st Baronet of Colebrooke 467 23.4
Whig Thomas Brooke 277 13.9
Majority 96 4.9
Turnout 1,015 98.4
Registered electors 1,032
Tory hold
Tory hold
General election 1831: Fermanagh[3][1][4]
Party Candidate Votes %
Tory Mervyn Archdall Unopposed
Tory William Cole Unopposed
Registered electors 1,232
Tory hold
Tory hold
General election 1832: Fermanagh[3][1]
Party Candidate Votes %
Tory Mervyn Archdall Unopposed
Tory William Cole Unopposed
Registered electors 1,429
Tory hold
Tory hold

Archdall resigned, causing a by-election.

By-election, 27 June 1834: Fermanagh[3][1]
Party Candidate Votes %
Tory Mervyn Edward Archdale Unopposed
Tory hold
General election 1835: Fermanagh[3][1]
Party Candidate Votes %
Conservative Mervyn Edward Archdale Unopposed
Conservative William Cole Unopposed
Registered electors 1,484
Conservative hold
Conservative hold
General election 1837: Fermanagh[3][1]
Party Candidate Votes %
Conservative Mervyn Edward Archdale Unopposed
Conservative William Cole Unopposed
Registered electors 1,864
Conservative hold
Conservative hold

Elections in the 1840s

Cole succeeded to the peerage, becoming 3rd Earl of Enniskillen and causing a by-election.

By-election, 30 April 1840: Fermanagh[3]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Arthur Brooke Unopposed
Conservative hold
General election 1841: Fermanagh[3]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Arthur Brooke Unopposed
Conservative Mervyn Archdall Unopposed
Registered electors 2,271
Conservative hold
Conservative hold
General election 1847: Fermanagh[3]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Arthur Brooke Unopposed
Conservative Mervyn Archdall Unopposed
Registered electors 2,193
Conservative hold
Conservative hold

Elections in the 1850s
General election 1852: Fermanagh[3]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Arthur Brooke Unopposed
Conservative Mervyn Archdall Unopposed
Registered electors 3,497
Conservative hold
Conservative hold

Brooke's death caused a by-election.

By-election, 29 December 1854: Fermanagh[3]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Henry Cole Unopposed
Conservative hold
General election 1857: Fermanagh[3]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Henry Cole Unopposed
Conservative Mervyn Archdall Unopposed
Registered electors 4,420
Conservative hold
Conservative hold
General election 1859: Fermanagh[3]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Henry Cole Unopposed
Conservative Mervyn Archdall Unopposed
Registered electors 4,672
Conservative hold
Conservative hold

Elections in the 1860s
General election 1865: Fermanagh[3]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Henry Cole Unopposed
Conservative Mervyn Archdall Unopposed
Registered electors 4,861
Conservative hold
Conservative hold
General election 1868: Fermanagh[3]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Henry Cole Unopposed
Conservative Mervyn Archdall Unopposed
Registered electors 5,175
Conservative hold
Conservative hold

Elections in the 1870s
General election 1874: Fermanagh[3]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Henry Cole 2,285 32.0 N/A
Conservative William Humphrys Archdale 2,205 30.9 N/A
Liberal John Grey Vesey Porter 1,546 21.6 New
Liberal Charles Robert Barton 1,111 15.5 New
Majority 659 9.3 N/A
Turnout 3,574 (est) 75.2 (est) N/A
Registered electors 4,752
Conservative hold Swing N/A
Conservative hold Swing N/A

Elections in the 1880s
General election 1880: Fermanagh[3]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative William Humphrys Archdale 2,479 36.7 +5.8
Conservative Viscount Crichton 2,443 36.2 +4.2
Liberal John Grey Vesey Porter 1,835 27.2 −9.9
Majority 608 9.0 −0.3
Turnout 4,314 (est) 90.3 (est) +15.1
Registered electors 4,778
Conservative hold Swing +5.1
Conservative hold Swing +4.3

References
  1. Stooks Smith, Henry (1842). The Register of Parliamentary Contested Elections: Containing the Uncontested Elections Since 1830. London: Simpkin, Marshall, & Co. pp. 227–228. Retrieved 15 May 2020 – via Google Books.
  2. Knighted in 1813.
  3. Walker, B.M., ed. (1978). Parliamentary Election Results in Ireland, 1801-1922. Dublin: Royal Irish Academy. ISBN 0901714127.
  4. Farrell, Stephen. "Co. Fermanagh". The History of Parliament. Retrieved 15 May 2020.


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