Coleraine_(UK_Parliament_constituency)

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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This constituency was the parliamentary borough of Coleraine in County Londonderry.

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Election results

Elections in the 1830s

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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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  • 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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  • 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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Elections in the 1840s

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Litton resigned after being appointed Master of Chancery in Ireland, causing a by-election.

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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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Elections in the 1860s

Boyd's death caused a by-election.

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Elections in the 1870s

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References

  1. 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.
  2. Walker, B.M., ed. (1978). Parliamentary Election Results in Ireland, 1801-1922. Dublin: Royal Irish Academy. pp. 204–205, 262–263. ISBN 0901714127.
  3. "Irish Members Returned". Manchester Courier and Lancashire General Advertiser. 11 August 1847. p. 3. Retrieved 23 September 2018 via British Newspaper Archive.
  4. Farrell, Stephen. "Coleraine". The History of Parliament. Retrieved 11 May 2020.

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