Roscommon (UK Parliament constituency)

County Roscommon
County Roscommon
Former county constituency; for the House of Commons
County	County Roscommon
1801–1885
Seats	2
Created from	County Roscommon (IHC)
Replaced by	North Roscommon and South Roscommon

County Roscommon was a UK Parliament constituency in Ireland. The constituency sent two MPs to Westminster from the Act of Union 1800 until the constituency was split into Roscommon North and Roscommon South in 1885.

Boundaries

This constituency comprised the whole of County Roscommon.

Year	1st Member		1st Party		2nd Party
1801		Arthur French (I)		Thomas Mahon
1802				Edward King
1806				Stephen Mahon
1821		Arthur French (II)	Whig	Stephen Mahon
1826				Robert King	Tory
1830				Owen O'Conor	Whig
1831				Denis O'Conor	Repeal Association
1832		Fitzstephen French	Whig	Denis O'Conor	Repeal Association
1847			Whig	Oliver Dowell John Grace	Whig
1852			Ind. Irish		Ind. Irish
1857			Whig		Whig
1859			Liberal	Thomas William Goff	Conservative
1860			Liberal	Charles Owen O'Conor	Liberal
1873		Charles French	Liberal		Liberal
1874		Charles French	Home Rule League		Home Rule League
1880		Andrew Commins	Parnellite Home Rule League	James O'Kelly	Parnellite Home Rule League
1885	Constituency divided: see North Roscommon and South Roscommon

O'Conor's death caused a by-election.

By-election, 25 July 1831: Roscommon
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Irish Repeal	Denis O'Conor	Unopposed
	Irish Repeal gain from Whig

O'Conor was appointed a Lord Commissioner of the Treasury, requiring a by-election.

By-election, 21 July 1846: Roscommon
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Irish Repeal	Denis O'Conor	Unopposed
	Irish Repeal hold

General election 1847: Roscommon
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Whig	Fitzstephen French	205	41.8	*N/A*
	Whig	Oliver Dowell John Grace	170	34.7	*N/A*
	Irish Repeal	Valentine O'Connor Blake	115	23.5	N/A
Majority			55	11.2	N/A
Turnout			245 (est)	18.3 (est)	N/A
Registered electors			1,341
	Whig hold		Swing	N/A
	Whig gain from Irish Repeal		Swing	N/A

General election 1852: Roscommon
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Independent Irish	Fitzstephen French	Unopposed
	Independent Irish	Oliver Dowell John Grace	Unopposed
Registered electors			2,236
	Independent Irish gain from Whig
	Independent Irish gain from Whig

General election 1857: Roscommon
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Whig	Fitzstephen French	Unopposed
	Whig	Oliver Dowell John Grace	Unopposed
Registered electors			2,890
	Whig gain from Independent Irish
	Whig gain from Independent Irish

General election 1859: Roscommon
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Fitzstephen French	1,930	40.6	*N/A*
	Conservative	Thomas William Goff	1,541	32.4	*New*
	Liberal	Edward King-Tenison	1,280	26.9	N/A
	Liberal	Patrick Dignan	3	0.0	N/A
Turnout			2,377 (est)	71.1 (est)	N/A
Registered electors			3,345
Majority			389	8.2	N/A
	Liberal hold		Swing	N/A
Majority			261	5.5	N/A
	Conservative gain from Liberal		Swing	N/A

On petition, Goff was unseated and a by-election was called.

By-election, 26 March 1860: Roscommon
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Charles Owen O'Conor	Unopposed
	Liberal gain from Conservative

General election 1865: Roscommon
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Fitzstephen French	Unopposed
	Liberal	Charles Owen O'Conor	Unopposed
Registered electors			3,650
	Liberal hold
	Liberal gain from Conservative

French's death caused a by-election

General election 1880: Roscommon
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Parnellite Home Rule League	Andrew Commins	1,585	31.1	*N/A*
	Parnellite Home Rule League	James Joseph O'Kelly	1,479	29.0	*N/A*
	Home Rule	Charles Owen O'Conor	1,107	21.7	N/A
	Home Rule	Thomas Austin Patrick Mapother	933	18.3	N/A
Majority			372	7.3	N/A
Turnout			2,552 (est)	70.8 (est)	N/A
Registered electors			3,602
	Home Rule hold		Swing	N/A
	Home Rule hold		Swing	N/A

County Roscommon
Former county constituency for the House of Commons
County	County Roscommon
1801–1885
Seats	2
Created from	County Roscommon (IHC)
Replaced by	North Roscommon and South Roscommon