Coleraine_(UK_Parliament_constituency)
Coleraine (UK Parliament constituency)
UK parliamentary constituency in Ireland, 1801–1885
Coleraine is a former 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.
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Coleraine | |
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Former borough constituency for the House of Commons | |
County | County Londonderry |
Borough | Coleraine |
1801–1885 | |
Seats | 1 |
Created from | Coleraine |
Replaced by | North Londonderry |
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This constituency was the parliamentary borough of Coleraine in County Londonderry.
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Elections in the 1830s
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ||
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Tory | John Brydges (MP) | 24 | 61.5 | ||
Whig | John Thomas Thorp | 15 | 38.5 | ||
Majority | 9 | 23.0 | |||
Turnout | 39 | c. 18.3 | |||
Registered electors | c. 36 | ||||
Tory hold | |||||
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- Inhabitants were allowed to "tender" votes, with 2 being granted to Brydges and 15 for Thorp. However, just 22 votes of the corporation were accepted. Petitions and counter-petitions over whether the franchise extended to freemen were lodged, but both lapsed ahead of the 1831 election.[4]
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Tory | John Brydges (MP) | 17 | 80.5 | +19.0 | |
Whig | William Taylor Copeland | 70 | 19.5 | -19.0 | |
Majority | 53 | 61.0 | +38.0 | ||
Turnout | 87 | 24.7 | c. +6.4 | ||
Registered electors | 36 | ||||
Tory hold | Swing | ||||
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- Again, inhabitants were allowed to tender votes, with 1 being cast for Brydges and 70 for Copeland, but these were rejected, and just 16 from the corporation in favour of Brydges were accepted. A petition was again lodged and, after lengthy committee proceedings in the House of Commons, it was agreed that 23 of the 70 tendered votes from those who had been admitted as freeman in 1797 were accepted. Copeland was then declared elected.[4]
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Tory | John Beresford | 98 | 50.3 | +30.8 | |
Whig | William Taylor Copeland | 97 | 49.7 | −30.8 | |
Majority | 1 | 0.6 | -60.4 | ||
Turnout | 195 | 94.2 | +69.5 | ||
Registered electors | 207 | ||||
Tory hold | Swing | +30.8 | |||
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- The candidates initially had 97 votes apiece, but the mayor cast a deciding vote in favour of Beresford. A petition was again lodged and a Commons committee again ruled in favour of the freemen and seated Copeland on 27 May 1833.[1][4][2]
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Whig | William Taylor Copeland | 95 | 51.4 | +1.7 | |
Conservative | Henry Richardson | 90 | 48.6 | −1.7 | |
Majority | 5 | 2.8 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 185 | 57.8 | −36.4 | ||
Registered electors | 320 | ||||
Whig gain from Conservative | Swing | +1.7 | |||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Edward Litton | 129 | 62.6 | +14.0 | |
Whig | Leslie Alexander | 77 | 37.4 | −14.0 | |
Majority | 52 | 25.2 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 206 | 49.0 | −8.8 | ||
Registered electors | 420 | ||||
Conservative gain from Whig | Swing | +14.0 | |||
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Elections in the 1840s
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Edward Litton | Unopposed | |||
Registered electors | 368 | ||||
Conservative hold | |||||
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Litton resigned after being appointed Master of Chancery in Ireland, causing a by-election.
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | John Boyd | 106 | 55.8 | N/A | |
Conservative | Henry Bruce | 84 | 44.2 | N/A | |
Majority | 22 | 11.6 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 190 | 51.6 | N/A | ||
Registered electors | 368 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | N/A | |||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Peelite | John Boyd | 116 | 65.9 | N/A | |
Conservative | Henry Bruce | 60 | 34.1 | N/A | |
Majority | 56 | 31.8 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 176 | 19.8 | N/A | ||
Registered electors | 891 | ||||
Peelite gain from Conservative | Swing | N/A | |||
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Elections in the 1850s
Boyd resigned by accepting the office of Steward of the Chiltern Hundreds, causing a by-election.
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Richard Bourke | Unopposed | |||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Richard Bourke | Unopposed | |||
Registered electors | 222 | ||||
Conservative gain from Peelite |
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | John Boyd | Unopposed | |||
Registered electors | 261 | ||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | John Boyd | Unopposed | |||
Registered electors | 274 | ||||
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Elections in the 1860s
Boyd's death caused a by-election.
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Henry Bruce | Unopposed | |||
Registered electors | 271 | ||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Henry Bruce | Unopposed | |||
Registered electors | 259 | ||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Henry Bruce | Unopposed | |||
Registered electors | 346 | ||||
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Elections in the 1870s
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal | Daniel Taylor | 227 | 58.7 | New | |
Conservative | Henry Bruce | 160 | 41.3 | N/A | |
Majority | 67 | 17.4 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 387 | 88.0 | N/A | ||
Registered electors | 440 | ||||
Liberal gain from Conservative | Swing | N/A | |||
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Elections in the 1880s
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Henry Bruce | 222 | 53.5 | +12.2 | |
Liberal | Daniel Taylor | 193 | 46.5 | −12.2 | |
Majority | 29 | 7.0 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 415 | 87.9 | −0.1 | ||
Registered electors | 472 | ||||
Conservative gain from Liberal | Swing | +12.2 | |||
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- Stooks Smith, Henry (1842). The Register of Parliamentary Contested Elections: Containing the Uncontested Elections Since 1830. London: Simpkin, Marshall, & Co. p. 220. Retrieved 11 May 2020 – via Google Books.
- Walker, B.M., ed. (1978). Parliamentary Election Results in Ireland, 1801-1922. Dublin: Royal Irish Academy. pp. 204–205, 262–263. ISBN 0901714127.
- "Irish Members Returned". Manchester Courier and Lancashire General Advertiser. 11 August 1847. p. 3. Retrieved 23 September 2018 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- Farrell, Stephen. "Coleraine". The History of Parliament. Retrieved 11 May 2020.
- 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, B.M., ed. (1978). Parliamentary Election Results in Ireland, 1801–1922. Dublin: Royal Irish Academy. ISBN 0901714127.
- Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "C" (part 5)