Mallow (UK Parliament constituency)

Mallow was a United Kingdom Parliament constituency in Ireland, returning one MP. It was an original constituency represented in Parliament when the Union of Great Britain and Ireland took effect on 1 January 1801. The constituency lasted until 1885 when it was absorbed into the North East Cork constituency.

Mallow
Former borough constituency
for the House of Commons
CountyCounty Cork
BoroughMallow
1801–1885
Seats1
Created fromMallow (IHC)
Replaced byNorth East Cork

Prior to the Union, the Mallow constituency had been represented in the Parliament of Ireland.

Boundaries

This constituency was a parliamentary borough based on the town of Mallow in County Cork. From the 1801 union until 1832, the boundaries and franchise were the same as in the previous Parliament of Ireland constituency, namely all freeholders within the manor of Mallow. The manor comprised the portion of the civil parish of Mallow north of the River Blackwater, as well as three townlands south of the Blackwater – namely Lower (or North) Quartertown, Upper (or South) Quartertown, and Gortnagraiga – which constituted the portion of the civil parish of Mourne Abbey within the barony of Fermoy.[1][2] For all Irish borough constituencies, the Representation of the People (Ireland) Act 1832 changed the franchise and the ancillary Parliamentary Boundaries (Ireland) Act 1832 defined new boundaries, in most cases accepting the recommendations of a committee appointed the previous year.[1] Mallow was one such case, despite protests from the gentry who would be disenfranchised.[3][4] The new boundary was:[1][5]

From the Easternmost Gate Post (opposite the Park Wall of Mr. [Richard Harris-[6]]Purcell) of a Field on the Kanturk Road, the Entrance to which is distant about One hundred and seventy-six Yards (measured along the Kanturk Road) from the Seneschal's House, in a straight Line to the Gate Post nearest the Turnpike in a Wall on the Southern Side of the old Road which runs a little to the North of the Limerick Road, and which Post is distant about Two hundred and forty-two Yards (measured along the said old Road) to the North-west of the Turnpike; thence in a straight Line to the Point at which a Bye Lane joins the Fair-lane Road, about One hundred and fifty Yards to the North of the Entrance to the Lime and Salt Works; thence in a straight Line to the Point at which the Carrigoon Road, which passes under Mr. [Denham] Jephson's Park Wall,[7] is met by a Fence which divides a Field occupied by Mr. Lynch from a Field occupied by Mr. Carmichael, and which Point is also about Three hundred and seventy-five Yards to the North of a small Door in the Park Wall; thence in a straight Line across the Park to the Westernmost Point at which the Boundary of Mr. [Robert[8]] Delacour's Pleasure Grounds meets the Fermoy Road; thence, Westward, along the Boundary of Mr. Delacour's Pleasure Grounds to the Southernmost Point at which the same meets the Boundary of the Garden attached to the Water Mill; thence in a straight Line to a Point in the old Cork Road which is distant Two hundred and twenty-five Yards (measured along the old Cork Road) to the South of the old Turnpike thereon; thence in a straight Line to a Point on the new Cork Road which is distant about Two hundred and ninety Yards (measured along the new Cork Road) to the South of the said old Turnpike, and which Point is at the Commencement of a Nursery Ground; thence in a straight Line in the Direction of the Eastern Corner of Captain Davis's House to the Point at which such straight Line cuts the Blackwater River; thence in a straight Line to the Gate Post first described.

This excluded a large rural hinterland but included the Ballydaheen suburb immediately south of the Blackwater.[2] The new boundary appears on the Ordnance Survey of Ireland's 1878 town plan of Mallow.[9]

Members of Parliament
ElectionMember[10] PartyNote
1801, 1 January John Longfield 1801: Co-opted
1802, 13 July Denham Jephson Whig
1812, 16 October Sir James Cotter, Bt
1818, 27 June William Becher Whig[11]
1826, 16 June Denham Jephson Whig[11][12][13] First term
1832, 16 June William Daunt Repeal Association[11] Unseated on petition
1833, 24 April Denham Jephson Whig[11][12][13] Declared elected. Second term (new surname 1838).
1859, 6 May Robert Longfield Conservative[14]
1865, 13 July Rt Hon. Edward Sullivan Liberal[14] Appointed Master of the Rolls in Ireland
1870, 3 February Henry Munster Liberal[14] Unseated on petition and new writ issued
1870, 10 May George Waters Liberal[14] Appointed chairman, County Waterford Quarter Sessions
1872, 7 June William Felix Munster Liberal[14]
1874, 4 February John George MacCarthy Home Rule League[14]
1880, 2 April Rt Hon. William Moore Johnson Liberal[14] Appointed a Judge of the High Court in Ireland
1883, 24 January William O'Brien Home Rule League Last MP for the constituency
1885 Constituency abolished

Elections

Elections in the 1830s
General election 1830: Mallow [14][11][15]
Party Candidate Votes %
Whig Denham Jephson Unopposed
Whig hold
General election 1831: Mallow [14][11][15]
Party Candidate Votes %
Whig Denham Jephson Unopposed
Registered electors 560
Whig hold
General election 1832: Mallow [14][11]
Party Candidate Votes %
Irish Repeal William Joseph O'Neill Daunt 225 51.1
Whig Denham Jephson 215 48.9
Majority 10 2.2
Turnout 440 96.1
Registered electors 458
Irish Repeal gain from Whig
  • On petition, 11 votes were struck off of Daunt's total and Jephson was declared elected.[11]
General election 1835: Mallow [14][11]
Party Candidate Votes %
Whig Denham Jephson Unopposed
Registered electors 474
Whig gain from Irish Repeal
General election 1837: Mallow [14][11]
Party Candidate Votes %
Whig Denham Jephson-Norreys Unopposed
Registered electors 564
Whig hold

Elections in the 1840s
General election 1841: Mallow [14]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Whig Denham Jephson-Norreys 111 68.1 N/A
Conservative Richard Longfield 52 31.9 New
Majority 59 36.2 N/A
Turnout 163 48.5 N/A
Registered electors 336
Whig hold Swing N/A
General election 1847: Mallow [14]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Whig Denham Jephson-Norreys 75 55.6 −12.5
Conservative David Ross 60 44.4 +12.5
Majority 15 11.2 −25.0
Turnout 135 35.1 −13.4
Registered electors 385
Whig hold Swing −12.5

Elections in the 1850s
General election 1852: Mallow [14]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Whig Denham Jephson-Norreys 59 57.3 +1.7
Conservative Charles Stannard Eustace 44 42.7 −1.7
Majority 15 14.6 +3.4
Turnout 103 72.0 +36.9
Registered electors 143
Whig hold Swing +1.7
General election 1857: Mallow [14]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Whig Denham Jephson-Norreys Unopposed
Registered electors 164
Whig hold
General election 1859: Mallow [14]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Robert Longfield 68 55.3 New
Liberal Denham Jephson-Norreys 55 44.7 N/A
Majority 13 10.6 N/A
Turnout 123 81.5 N/A
Registered electors 151
Conservative gain from Liberal Swing N/A

Elections in the 1860s
General election 1865: Mallow [14]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Edward Sullivan Unopposed
Registered electors 171
Liberal gain from Conservative
General election 1868: Mallow [14]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Edward Sullivan Unopposed
Registered electors 208
Liberal hold

Sullivan was appointed Attorney-General for Ireland, requiring a by-election.

By-election, 4 January 1869: Mallow [14]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Edward Sullivan Unopposed
Registered electors 208
Liberal hold

Elections in the 1870s

Sullivan was appointed Master of the Rolls in Ireland, causing a by-election.

By-election, 3 Feb 1870: Mallow [14]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Henry Munster 91 52.3 N/A
Conservative Lawrence E. Knox 83 47.7 New
Majority 8 4.6 N/A
Turnout 174 83.7 N/A
Registered electors 208
Liberal hold Swing N/A

Knox stated his intention to petition the return on the basis of bribery and intimidation of the electorate.[16] The petition was successful and a by-election was called.

By-election, 10 May 1870: Mallow [14]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal George Waters 93 52.2 -0.1
Home Rule Lawrence E. Knox 85 47.8 New
Majority 8 4.4 -0.2
Turnout 178 85.6 +1.9
Registered electors 208
Liberal hold Swing

Waters was appointment Chairman of Quarter Sessions of County Waterford.

By-election, 7 June 1872: Mallow [14]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal William Felix Munster 91 53.8 +1.6
Home Rule John George MacCarthy 78 46.2 -1.6
Majority 13 7.6 +3.2
Turnout 169 74.1 N/A
Registered electors 228
Liberal hold Swing
General election 1874: Mallow [14]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Home Rule John George MacCarthy 86 39.8 N/A
Liberal William Moore Johnson 64 29.6 N/A
Conservative Kilner Arthur Augustus Brazier-Creagh 57 26.4 N/A
Home Rule David Augustus Nagle 9 4.2 N/A
Majority 22 10.2 N/A
Turnout 216 86.4 N/A
Registered electors 250
Home Rule gain from Liberal Swing

Elections in the 1880s
General election 1880: Mallow [14]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal William Moore Johnson 189 72.4 +42.8
Conservative Robert Webb 72 27.6 +1.2
Majority 117 44.8 N/A
Turnout 261 89.1 +2.7
Registered electors 293
Liberal gain from Home Rule Swing N/A

Johnson was appointed Solicitor-General for Ireland, requiring a by-election.

By-election, 17 May 1880: Mallow [14]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal William Moore Johnson 201 79.4 +7.0
Home Rule Richard Wood Kelly 52 20.6 New
Majority 149 58.8 +14.0
Turnout 253 86.3 −2.8
Registered electors 293
Liberal hold Swing N/A

Johnson was appointed a judge and resigned, causing a by-election.

By-election, 24 Jan 1883: Mallow [14]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Irish Parliamentary William O'Brien 161 64.4 N/A
Liberal John Naish 89 35.6 −36.8
Majority 72 28.8 N/A
Turnout 250 87.1 −2.0
Registered electors 287
Irish Parliamentary gain from Liberal Swing N/A

References
  1. "Mallow". Instructions by Secretary for Ireland, respecting Cities and Boroughs in Ireland sending Representatives to Parliament; Reports of Commissioners. Sessional papers. Vol. 43. Sessional papers. 8 June 1832. pp. 105–109.; for the maps see the scans at Alamy: pre-1832 and post-1832.
  2. "Mallow" (PDF). Reports and instructions by Lord Lieutenant, with reference to boundaries and divisions of cities, boroughs and towns corporate in Ireland. Sessional papers. Vol. 29. 10 May 1837. p. 117. Retrieved 17 July 2017 – via Limerick City and County Council.
  3. Indexes to Reports: Report from the Select Committee respecting the Limits of the Boroughs of Dungarvan, Yougall, and Mallow. Parliamentary papers. Vol. HC 1837 (498-XIII) LII.3 2. 10 July 1837.; summarises Select Committee on the Limits of the Boroughs of Dungarvan, Youghall, and Mallow (23–24 July 1832). Report, Minutes of Evidence. Parliamentary papers. Vol. HC 1831–2 (631) V 3, 5. Report p.1, and Evidence pp.9–11 (questions 67–107 to John Dillon Croker) and pp.16–18 (questions 195–237 to Robert De La Cour).
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  5. Lewis, Samuel (1837). "Appendix, Shewing the Boundaries of the Cities and Boroughs in Ireland, as adopted and defined by the Act passed in the 2nd and 3rd of William IV., cap. 89, intituled "An Act to settle and describe the Limits of Cities, Towns, and Boroughs in Ireland, in so far as respects the Election of Members to serve in Parliament."". A Topographical Dictionary of Ireland.
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  10. Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "M" (part 1)
  11. Smith, Henry Stooks (1842). The Register of Parliamentary Contested Elections (Second ed.). Simpkin, Marshall & Company. p. 235.
  12. Dod, Charles Roger; Dod, Robert Phipps (1847). Dod's Parliamentary Companion, Volume 15. Dod's Parliamentary Companion. p. 213.
  13. Churton, Edward (1838). The Assembled Commons or Parliamentary Biographer: 1838. p. 133.
  14. Walker, B.M., ed. (1978). Parliamentary Election Results in Ireland, 1801-1922. Dublin: Royal Irish Academy. ISBN 978-0901714121.
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