Donegal_(UK_Parliament_constituency)

County Donegal
County Donegal
Former county constituency; for the House of Commons
	Location of County Donegal within Ireland.
County	County
1801–1885
Seats	2
Created from	County Donegal (IHC)
Replaced by	North Donegal; East Donegal; South Donegal; West Donegal;

Donegal (UK Parliament constituency)

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County Donegal was a UK Parliament constituency in Ireland, returning two Members of Parliament (MPs).

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Election		1st Party		2nd Party
1801	Henry Vaughan Brooke		Viscount Sudley	Tory
1802	Sir James Stewart, Bt		Viscount Sudley	Tory
1806			Henry Vaughan Brooke
1808			Henry Montgomery	Tory^[1]
1812			George Vaughan Hart	Tory^[1]
1818	Earl of Mount Charles	Tory
1825	Earl of Mount Charles	Tory^[1]^[2]
1831	Sir Edmund Hayes	Tory^[1]	Edward Conolly	Tory^[1]
1831		Conservative^[1]	Edward Conolly	Conservative^[1]
1849		Conservative^[1]	Thomas Conolly	Conservative
1860	Viscount Hamilton (known as the Marquess of Hamilton from August 1868)	Conservative	Thomas Conolly	Conservative
1876			William Wilson	Conservative
1879			Thomas Lea	Liberal
1880	John Kinnear	Liberal	Thomas Lea	Liberal

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Thomas Lea	2,274	36.4	+12.2
	Liberal	John Kinnear	2,015	32.3	+9.0
	Irish Conservative	James Hamilton	1,954	31.3	−21.2
Majority			61	1.0	N/A
Turnout			4,228 (est)	91.7 (est)	+9.4
Registered electors			4,612
	Liberal gain from Irish Conservative		Swing	+11.4
	Liberal gain from Irish Conservative		Swing	+9.8

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Thomas Lea	2,313	58.7	+11.2
	Irish Conservative	David Bartholomew McCorkeil	1,630	41.3	−11.2
Majority			683	17.4	N/A
Turnout			3,943	84.3	+2.0 (est)
Registered electors			4,680
	Liberal gain from Irish Conservative		Swing	+11.2

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Irish Conservative	William Wilson	1,975	51.3	−1.2
	Liberal	Thomas Lea	1,876	48.7	+1.2
Majority			99	2.6	+2.1
Turnout			3,851	83.8	+1.5 (est)
Registered electors			4,597
	Irish Conservative hold		Swing	−1.2

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Irish Conservative	James Hamilton	2,102	27.8	*N/A*
	Irish Conservative	Thomas Conolly	1,866	24.7	*N/A*
	Liberal	Tristram Kennedy	1,826	24.2	New
	Liberal	Evory Kennedy	1,757	23.3	New
Majority			40	0.5	N/A
Turnout			3,776 (est)	82.3 (est)	N/A
Registered electors			4,587
	Irish Conservative hold		Swing	N/A
	Irish Conservative hold		Swing	N/A

Donegal (UK Parliament constituency)

County Donegal
Former county constituency for the House of Commons
Location of County Donegal within Ireland.
County	County
1801–1885
Seats	2
Created from	County Donegal (IHC)
Replaced by	North Donegal East Donegal South Donegal West Donegal

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Irish Conservative	Thomas Conolly	1,839	39.9	*N/A*
	Irish Conservative	Edmund Hayes	1,624	35.3	*N/A*
	Whig	Patrick Francis Campbell-Johnston^[4]	1,143	24.8	New
Majority			481	10.5	N/A
Turnout			2,875 (est)	76.7 (est)	N/A
Registered electors			3,748
	Irish Conservative hold		Swing	N/A
	Irish Conservative hold		Swing	N/A

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Tory	Edmund Hayes	795	38.2	+2.4
	Tory	Edward Michael Conolly	734	35.3	+3.2
	Whig	Hamilton Francis Chichester	552	26.5	−5.5
Majority			182	8.8	−6.8
Turnout			1,323	91.4	c. +1.4
Registered electors			1,448
	Tory hold		Swing	+2.6
	Tory hold		Swing	+3.0

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		James Stewart	Unopposed	N/A	N/A
	Tory	George Vaughan Hart	Unopposed	*N/A*	*N/A*
Turnout			N/A	N/A	N/A

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Tory	Henry Conyngham Montgomery	433	54.8	*N/A*
	Tory	George Vaughan Hart	357	45.2	*N/A*
Majority			76	9.6	N/A
Turnout			790		N/A
	Tory gain from		Swing

Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	James Stewart	Unopposed	*N/A*	*N/A*
	Henry Vaughan Brooke	Unopposed	*N/A*	*N/A*
Turnout		N/A	N/A	N/A

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Tory	Arthur Gore	Unopposed	*N/A*	*N/A*
		James Stewart	Unopposed	N/A	N/A
Turnout			N/A	N/A	N/A