Ennis_(UK_Parliament_constituency)
Ennis (UK Parliament constituency)
UK parliamentary constituency in Ireland, 1801–1885
Not to be confused with Ennis (Parliament of Ireland constituency).
Ennis 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.
Quick Facts County, Borough ...
| Ennis | |
|---|---|
| Former borough constituency for the House of Commons | |
| County | County Clare |
| Borough | Ennis |
| 1801–1885 | |
| Seats | 1 |
| Created from | Ennis |
| Replaced by | East Clare |
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This constituency was the parliamentary borough of Ennis in County Clare.
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Notes:-
- a William Vesey Fitzgerald (MP for Ennis 1808–1812 and 1813–1818) appears to be the same person as William Vesey-Fitzgerald, the MP from 1831 to 1832. Walker includes all three terms as MP for Ennis in one index entry. The History of Parliament website confirms it was the same person and that he was also MP for Clare in 1818–1828, Newport, Cornwall in 1829 and Lostwithiel in 1830.[10]
- b Stooks Smith classifies O'Brien as a Whig MP, but the Wikipedia biographical article suggests he was a Conservative MP (i.e. a Tory) in 1828–1831.
Elections in the 1830s
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tory | William Smith O'Brien | Unopposed | |||
| Registered electors | 13 | ||||
| Tory hold | |||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ||
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| Tory | William Vesey-FitzGerald | Unopposed | |||
| Registered electors | 13 | ||||
| Tory hold | |||||
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Vesey-FitzGerald succeeded to the peerage, becoming 2nd Baron FitzGerald and Vesey and causing a by-election.
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tory | Augustine FitzGerald | Unopposed | |||
| Registered electors | 13 | ||||
| Tory hold | |||||
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More information Party, Candidate ...
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Irish Repeal | Francis McNamara (British politician) | 111 | 53.4 | ||
| Radical | Hewitt Bridgeman Snr. | 84 | 40.4 | ||
| Tory | Michael Finucane | 10 | 4.8 | ||
| Radical | Hewitt Bridgeman, Jnr. | 3 | 1.4 | ||
| Majority | 27 | 13.0 | |||
| Turnout | 208 | 87.8 | |||
| Registered electors | 237 | ||||
| Irish Repeal gain from Tory | |||||
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More information Party, Candidate ...
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Radical | Hewitt Bridgeman | 100 | 51.5 | +10.7 | |
| Conservative | Michael Finucane | 94 | 48.5 | +43.7 | |
| Majority | 6 | 3.0 | N/A | ||
| Turnout | 194 | 81.5 | −6.3 | ||
| Registered electors | 238 | ||||
| Radical gain from Irish Repeal | Swing | −16.3 | |||
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More information Party, Candidate ...
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Radical | Hewitt Bridgeman | Unopposed | |||
| Registered electors | 353 | ||||
| Radical hold | |||||
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Elections in the 1840s
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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| Radical | Hewitt Bridgeman | Unopposed | |||
| Registered electors | 161 | ||||
| Radical hold | |||||
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More information Party, Candidate ...
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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| Irish Repeal | James Patrick Mahon | Unopposed | |||
| Registered electors | 212 | ||||
| Irish Repeal gain from Radical | |||||
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Elections in the 1850s
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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| Independent Irish | John FitzGerald | 59 | 56.2 | New | |
| Whig | James Patrick Mahon | 46 | 43.8 | New | |
| Majority | 13 | 12.4 | N/A | ||
| Turnout | 105 | 73.4 | N/A | ||
| Registered electors | 143 | ||||
| Independent Irish gain from Irish Repeal | Swing | N/A | |||
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FitzGerald was appointed Solicitor-General for Ireland, requiring a by-election.
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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| Whig | John FitzGerald | Unopposed | |||
| Registered electors | 303 | ||||
| Whig gain from Independent Irish | |||||
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FitzGerald was appointed Attorney-General for Ireland, requiring a by-election.
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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| Whig | John FitzGerald | Unopposed | |||
| Whig gain from Independent Irish | |||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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| Whig | John FitzGerald | Unopposed | |||
| Registered electors | 161 | ||||
| Whig gain from Independent Irish | |||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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| Liberal | John FitzGerald | Unopposed | |||
| Registered electors | 191 | ||||
| Liberal hold | |||||
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FitzGerald was appointed Attorney-General for Ireland, requiring a by-election.
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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| Liberal | John FitzGerald | Unopposed | |||
| Registered electors | 191 | ||||
| Liberal hold | |||||
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Elections in the 1860s
Fitzgerald resigned after being appointed a judge of the Queen's Bench, causing a by-election.
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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| Liberal | William Stacpoole | Unopposed | |||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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| Liberal | William Stacpoole | 97 | 72.9 | N/A | |
| Liberal | Chartres Brew Molony | 36 | 27.1 | N/A | |
| Majority | 61 | 45.8 | N/A | ||
| Turnout | 133 | 70.4 | N/A | ||
| Registered electors | 189 | ||||
| Liberal hold | Swing | N/A | |||
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More information Party, Candidate ...
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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| Liberal | William Stacpoole | Unopposed | |||
| Registered electors | 231 | ||||
| Liberal hold | |||||
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Elections in the 1870s
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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| Home Rule | William Stacpoole | 115 | 53.7 | New | |
| Home Rule | The O'Gorman Mahon | 99 | 46.3 | New | |
| Majority | 16 | 7.4 | N/A | ||
| Turnout | 214 | 88.4 | N/A | ||
| Registered electors | 242 | ||||
| Home Rule gain from Liberal | Swing | N/A | |||
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Stacpoole's death caused a by-election.
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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| Home Rule | James Lysaght Finegan | 83 | 38.8 | N/A | |
| Home Rule | William O'Brien | 77 | 36.0 | N/A | |
| Conservative | William Henry Wilson Fitzgerald | 54 | 25.2 | New | |
| Majority | 6 | 2.8 | −4.6 | ||
| Turnout | 214 | 86.6 | −1.8 | ||
| Registered electors | 247 | ||||
| Home Rule hold | Swing | N/A | |||
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Elections in the 1880s
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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| Parnellite Home Rule League | James Lysaght Finegan | 124 | 56.6 | N/A | |
| Home Rule | William O'Brien | 95 | 43.4 | N/A | |
| Majority | 29 | 13.2 | +5.8 | ||
| Turnout | 219 | 88.7 | +0.3 | ||
| Registered electors | 247 | ||||
| Home Rule hold | Swing | N/A | |||
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Finegan resigned, causing a by-election.
More information Party, Candidate ...
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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| Irish Parliamentary | Matthew Joseph Kenny | 136 | 58.9 | +2.3 | |
| Conservative | Robert William Carey Reeves | 95 | 41.1 | New | |
| Majority | 41 | 17.8 | +4.6 | ||
| Turnout | 231 | 87.8 | −0.9 | ||
| Registered electors | 263 | ||||
| Irish Parliamentary hold | Swing | N/A | |||
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- Escott, Margaret. "LEWIS, Thomas Frankland (1780-1855), of Harpton Court, Rad". The History of Parliament. Retrieved 15 May 2020.
- Farrell, Stephen. "SMITH O'BRIEN, William (1803-1864)". The History of Parliament. Retrieved 15 May 2020.
- Stooks Smith, Henry (1842). The Register of Parliamentary Contested Elections: Containing the Uncontested Elections Since 1830. London: Simpkin, Marshall, & Co. p. 227.
- Farrell, Stephen; Fisher, David R. "FITZGERALD, Sir Augustine, 1st bt. (?1765-1834), of Carrigoran, co. Clare". The History of Parliament. Retrieved 15 May 2020.
- Churton, Edward (1838). The Assembled Commons or Parliamentary Biographer. p. 38.
- "The New Parliament". Clare Journal, and Ennis Advertiser. 12 February 1835. p. 4. Retrieved 21 August 2019 – via British Newspaper Archive.
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- "Mr. O'Gorman Mahon and the Repeal Association". Cork Examiner. 9 August 1847. p. 2. Retrieved 30 September 2018 – via British Newspaper Archive.
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- "VESEY FITZGERALD (formerly FITZGERALD), William (?1782–1843), of Inchicronan, co. Clare". History of Parliament. Retrieved 8 March 2013.
- 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)
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- Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "E" (part 2)