Down (UK Parliament constituency) - Wikipedia
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| County Down | |
|---|---|
| Former county constituency for the House of Commons | |
| County | County |
| 1801–1885 | |
| Seats | 2 |
| Created from | County Down (IHC) |
| Replaced by | East Down, North Down, South Down and West Down |
| 1922–1950 | |
| Seats | 2 |
| Created from | East Down, Mid Down, North Down, South Down and West Down |
| Replaced by | North Down and South Down |
County Down was a UK Parliament constituency in Ireland and later Northern Ireland. It was a two-member constituency and existed in two periods, 1801–1885 and 1922–1950.
1801–1885: The whole of County Down, excluding the Boroughs of Downpatrick and Newry.
1922–1950: The Administrative county of Down, that is the whole of County Down excluding the part in the City of Belfast.
Members of Parliament
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| Election | First member | First party | Second member | Second party | ||
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| 1922 | David Reid | Ulster Unionist Party | John Simms | Ulster Unionist Party | ||
| 1931 | Viscount Castlereagh | Ulster Unionist Party | ||||
| 1939 | James Little | Ulster Unionist Party | ||||
| 1945 | Independent Unionist | Walter Smiles | Ulster Unionist Party | |||
| 1946 | C. H. Mullan | Ulster Unionist Party |
Elections in the 1940s
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Elections in the 1930s
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Elections in the 1920s
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Elections in the 1880s
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- Caused by Hill's appointment as Comptroller of the Household.
The electorate was 12,718 in 1881.
- Caused by Vane-Tempest's succession to the peerage, becoming Marquess of Londonderry.
Blakely McCartney brought a petition against Vane-Tempest under the Parliamentary Elections Act 1868, which was tried in June by Francis Alexander FitzGerald and Charles Robert Barry. FitzGerald found no corrupt practices, while Barry found there was undue influence in favour of Vane-Tempest but not with his knowledge or consent.[3]
Elections in the 1870s
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- Sharman Crawford's death caused a by-election.
Elections in the 1860s
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The electorate was 11,470 in 1862.
Elections in the 1850s
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The Poll Books for part of County Down, showing how each elector voted in the 1857 general election are available in the Public Record Office of Northern Ireland under reference D/671/O/2/7-8.
The Poll Books for part of County Down, showing how each elector voted in the 1852 general election are available in the Public Record Office of Northern Ireland under reference D/671/O/2/5-6.
Elections in the 1840s
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- Caused by Hill's succession to the peerage, becoming 4th Marquess of Downshire
Elections in the 1830s
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- Caused by Arthur Hill's succession as 2nd Baron Sandys
Elections in the 1820s
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At the by-election on 15 July 1829 following Frederick Stewart's appointment as a Lord Commissioner of the Admiralty, he was re-elected unopposed.
At the by-election on 9 May 1821 following Robert Stewart vacating his seat, Mathew Forde was returned unopposed.
Elections in the 1810s
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At the 1818 and 1820 general elections, Arthur Hill and Robert Stewart were elected unopposed.
At the by-election on 26 February 1817 following the Hon. John Meade's appointment as consul general in Spain, Arthur Hill was returned unopposed.
The electorate was approximately 15,000 in 1815.
At the by-election on 30 May 1812 following Francis Savage's acceptance of the Chiltern Hundreds, Robert Ward was returned unopposed. "Castlereagh ... was not prepared to come in at that moment, and after an unsuccessful attempt to persuade Savage to reconsider his decision, he arranged for his old friend Colonel Ward to stand as a 'stopgap' until the general election".[10]
Elections in the 1800s
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At the 1806 and 1807 general elections, Francis Savage and John Meade were elected unopposed.
At the creation of the Parliament of the United Kingdom in 1801, the sitting members of the Parliament of Ireland for County Down, Francis Savage and Viscount Castlereagh, continued as MPs for the county. At the 1802 general election, Savage and Castlereagh were returned unopposed.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l Stooks Smith, Henry (1842). The Register of Parliamentary Contested Elections: Containing the Uncontested Elections Since 1830. London: Simpkin, Marshall, & Co. p. 222. Retrieved 14 May 2020 – via Google Books.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s Walker, B.M., ed. (1978). Parliamentary Election Results in Ireland, 1801-1922. Dublin: Royal Irish Academy. pp. 207–208, 268–269. ISBN 0901714127.
- ^ "County Of Down Election". Parliamentary Debates (Hansard). Vol. 253. Commons. 1 July 1880. col. 1237–1238. Retrieved 28 July 2024.
- ^ "Belfast Mercury". 7 April 1857. p. 3. Retrieved 30 September 2018 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ^ "Newry Telegraph". 22 July 1852. p. 2. Retrieved 30 September 2018 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ^ "William Sharman Crawford (1781–1861; Irish politician)". Manuscripts and Special Collections. University of Nottingham. Retrieved 1 July 2018.
- ^ Lee, Sidney (1888). "Crawford, William Sharman" . In Stephen, Leslie (ed.). Dictionary of National Biography. Vol. 13. London: Smith, Elder & Co.
- ^ Navickas, Katrina (2016). Protest and the Politics of Space and Place, 1789–1848. Manchester: Manchester University Press. p. 172. ISBN 978-0-7190-9705-8. Retrieved 1 July 2018 – via Google Books.
- ^ a b Farrell, Stephen. "Co. Down". The History of Parliament. Retrieved 14 May 2020.
- ^ Peter Jupp, County Down Elections, 1783–1831, Irish Historical Studies 18, no. 70 (1972): P 186
- 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) - including pre-1832 party allegiances.
- Walker, B.M., ed. (1978). Parliamentary Election Results in Ireland, 1801–1922. Dublin: Royal Irish Academy. ISBN 0901714127. - including post-1832 party allegiances.
- ElectionsIreland.org
- Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "D" (part 3)