Donegal (UK Parliament constituency)
County Donegal | |
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Former county constituency for the House of Commons | |
County | County |
1801–1885 | |
Seats | 2 |
Created from | County Donegal (IHC) |
Replaced by |
County Donegal was a UK Parliament constituency in Ireland, returning two Members of Parliament (MPs).
Boundaries
This constituency comprised the whole of County Donegal. In 1885, it was divided into separate constituencies of East Donegal, North Donegal, South Donegal and West Donegal.
Members of Parliament
- Constituency created (1801)
Election | 1st Member | 1st Party | 2nd Member | 2nd Party | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1801 | Henry Vaughan Brooke | Viscount Sudley | Tory | |||
1802 | Sir James Stewart, Bt | |||||
1806 | Henry Vaughan Brooke | |||||
1808 | Henry Montgomery | Tory | ||||
1812 | George Vaughan Hart | Tory | ||||
1818 | Earl of Mount Charles | Tory | ||||
1825 | Earl of Mount Charles | Tory | ||||
1831 | Sir Edmund Hayes | Tory | Edward Conolly | Tory | ||
1831 | Conservative | Conservative | ||||
1849 | Thomas Conolly | Conservative | ||||
1860 | Viscount Hamilton (known as the Marquess of Hamilton from August 1868) | Conservative | ||||
1876 | William Wilson | Conservative | ||||
1879 | Thomas Lea | Liberal | ||||
1880 | John Kinnear | Liberal |
- Constituency abolished (1885)
Elections
Elections of the 1880s
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 |
Elections of the 1870s
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 |
- Caused by Wilson's death.
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 |
- Caused by Conolly's death.
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 |
Elections of the 1860s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Irish Conservative | Thomas Conolly | Unopposed | |||
Irish Conservative | James Hamilton | Unopposed | |||
Registered electors | 4,596 | ||||
Irish Conservative hold | |||||
Irish Conservative hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Irish Conservative | Thomas Conolly | Unopposed | |||
Irish Conservative | James Hamilton | Unopposed | |||
Registered electors | 4,685 | ||||
Irish Conservative hold | |||||
Irish Conservative hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Irish Conservative | James Hamilton | Unopposed | |||
Irish Conservative hold |
- Caused by Hayes' death.
Elections of the 1850s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Irish Conservative | Thomas Conolly | Unopposed | |||
Irish Conservative | Edmund Hayes | Unopposed | |||
Registered electors | 4,307 | ||||
Irish Conservative hold | |||||
Irish Conservative hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Irish Conservative | Thomas Conolly | Unopposed | |||
Irish Conservative | Edmund Hayes | Unopposed | |||
Registered electors | 4,254 | ||||
Irish Conservative hold | |||||
Irish Conservative hold |
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 | 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 |
Elections in the 1840s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Irish Conservative | Thomas Conolly | Unopposed | |||
Irish Conservative hold |
- Caused by Conolly's death
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Irish Conservative | Edward Michael Conolly | Unopposed | |||
Irish Conservative | Edmund Hayes | Unopposed | |||
Registered electors | 848 | ||||
Irish Conservative hold | |||||
Irish Conservative hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Irish Conservative | Edward Michael Conolly | Unopposed | |||
Irish Conservative | Edmund Hayes | Unopposed | |||
Registered electors | 1,446 | ||||
Irish Conservative hold | |||||
Irish Conservative hold |
Elections of the 1830s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Irish Conservative | Edmund Hayes | Unopposed | |||
Irish Conservative | Edward Michael Conolly | Unopposed | |||
Registered electors | 1,960 | ||||
Irish Conservative hold | |||||
Irish Conservative hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Irish Conservative | Edmund Hayes | Unopposed | |||
Irish Conservative | Edward Michael Conolly | Unopposed | |||
Registered electors | 1,618 | ||||
Irish Conservative hold | |||||
Irish Conservative hold |
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 | % | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Tory | Edmund Hayes | 416 | 35.8 | ||
Tory | Edward Michael Conolly | 373 | 32.1 | ||
Whig | Sir Thomas Style, 8th Baronet | 192 | 16.5 | ||
Whig | Arthur Chichester | 180 | 15.5 | ||
Majority | 181 | 15.6 | |||
Turnout | c. 600 | c. 90.0 | |||
Registered electors | c. 667 | ||||
Tory hold | |||||
Tory hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Tory | George Vaughan Hart | Unopposed | |||
Tory | Francis Conyngham | Unopposed | |||
Registered electors | 667 | ||||
Tory hold | |||||
Tory hold |
Elections of the 1810s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Tory | George Vaughan Hart | Unopposed | N/A | N/A | |
Tory | Henry Conyngham | Unopposed | N/A | N/A | |
Turnout | N/A | N/A | N/A |
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 |
Elections of the 1800s
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 | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
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 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Henry Vaughan Brooke | Unopposed | N/A | N/A | ||
Tory | Arthur Gore | Unopposed | N/A | N/A | |
Turnout | N/A | N/A | N/A |