County Mayo
Former county constituency
for the House of Commons
CountyCounty Mayo
1801–1885
Seats2
Created fromCounty Mayo (IHC)
Replaced by

County Mayo was a parliamentary constituency in Ireland, which returned two Members of Parliament (MPs) to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1801 to 1885.

History

The constituency was created in 1801 under the Acts of Union 1800, succeeding the earlier County Mayo constituency in the pre-union Parliament of Ireland. Under the Redistribution of Seats Act 1885 it was divided into four new single-seat constituencies: East Mayo, North Mayo, South Mayo and West Mayo.

Boundaries

This constituency comprised the whole of County Mayo.

Members of Parliament

Year1st Member1st Party2nd Member2nd Party
1801, 1 January Denis Browne George Jackson
1802, 22 July Henry Dillon-Lee
1814, 5 March Dominick Browne Whig[1]
1818, 4 July James Browne Tory[2]
1826, 24 June Lord Bingham Non Partisan[3]
1830, 14 August Dominick Browne Whig[1]
1831, 19 May John Denis Browne Whig[1]
1835, 24 January Sir William Brabazon, Bt Repeal Association[1][4]
1836, 6 May Robert Dillon Browne Repeal Association[1][4]
1840, 16 December Mark Blake Repeal Association[1][4]
1846, 2 March Joseph Myles McDonnell Repeal Association[4]
1847, 14 August George Henry Moore[5] Whig[6][7][8]
1850, 29 July George Gore Ousley Higgins Whig[9][10][11]
1852, 26 July Independent Irish[4] Independent Irish[4]
1857, 10 April Roger Palmer Conservative[4]
1857, 30 December Lord John Browne Whig[12]
1859, 13 May Liberal[4]
1865, 19 July Lord Bingham Conservative[4]
1868, 23 November George Henry Moore Liberal[4]
1870, 12 May George Eakins Browne Liberal[4]
1874, 7 Feb[13] Home Rule League[4] Thomas Tighe Home Rule League[4]
1874, 1 June John O'Connor Power Home Rule League[4]
1880, 15 April Charles Stewart Parnell[14] Parnellite Home Rule League[4]
1880, 26 May Isaac Nelson Home Rule League[4]
1882[15] Irish Parliamentary Party Irish Parliamentary Party
1885 Constituency divided: see East Mayo, North Mayo, South Mayo and West Mayo

Elections

The elections in this constituency took place using the first past the post electoral system.

Elections in the 1830s

General Election 1830: Mayo[4][1][3]
Party Candidate Votes %
Tory James Browne 402 40.4
Whig Dominick Browne 376 37.8
Whig Joseph Myles McDonnell 217 21.8
Nonpartisan George Vaughan Jackson 1 0.1
Turnout 624 59.1
Registered electors 1,055
Majority 26 2.6
Tory hold
Majority 159 16.0
Whig gain from Nonpartisan
General Election 1831: Mayo[4][1][3]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Whig John Denis Browne 469 43.0 N/A
Whig Dominick Browne 415 38.1 +0.3
Whig Joseph Myles McDonnell 206 18.9 −2.9
Majority 209 19.2 +3.2
Turnout c. 545 c. 51.7 c. −7.4
Registered electors 1,055
Whig hold Swing N/A
Whig gain from Tory Swing +0.3
General Election 1832: Mayo[4][1]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Whig John Denis Browne 666 35.0 −8.0
Whig Dominick Browne 628 33.0 −5.1
Irish Repeal William Brabazon 611 32.1 New
Majority 17 0.9 −18.3
Turnout 1,234 91.4 c. +39.7
Registered electors 1,350
Whig hold Swing −8.0
Whig hold Swing −5.1
General Election 1835: Mayo[4][1]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Irish Repeal (Whig) William Brabazon 828 42.6 +14.5
Whig Dominick Browne 623 32.1 −0.9
Whig John Denis Browne 430 22.1 −12.9
Conservative John D Ellard 62 3.2 New
Turnout c. 972 c. 75.3 c. −16.1
Registered electors 1,290
Majority 205 10.5 N/A
Irish Repeal gain from Whig Swing +10.5
Majority 193 10.0 +9.1
Whig hold Swing −4.1

Browne was elevated to the peerage, becoming 1st Baron Oranmore and causing a by-election.

By-election, 6 May 1836: Mayo[4][1]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Irish Repeal (Whig) Robert Dillon Browne 599 66.3 +23.7
Whig John Denis Browne 305 33.7 −20.5
Majority 294 32.4 +21.9
Turnout 904 60.6 c. −14.7
Registered electors 1,491
Irish Repeal gain from Whig Swing +22.1
  • Note (1836): Walker suggests 609 votes were placed for Robert Browne, and none for John Browne, but Stooks Smith's figures have been used above.
General Election 1837: Mayo[4][1]
Party Candidate Votes %
Irish Repeal (Whig) William Brabazon Unopposed
Irish Repeal (Whig) Robert Dillon Browne Unopposed
Registered electors 2,028
Irish Repeal hold
Irish Repeal gain from Whig

Elections in the 1840s

Brabazon's death caused a by-election.

By-election, 16 December 1840: Mayo[4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Irish Repeal Mark Blake Unopposed
Irish Repeal hold
General election 1841: Mayo[4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Irish Repeal Mark Blake Unopposed
Irish Repeal Robert Dillon Browne Unopposed
Registered electors 1,064
Irish Repeal hold
Irish Repeal hold

Blake resigned by accepting the office of Steward of the Chiltern Hundreds, causing a by-election.

By-election, 2 March 1846: Mayo[4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Irish Repeal Joseph Myles McDonnell 477 53.4 N/A
Whig George Henry Moore 417 46.6 New
Majority 60 6.8 N/A
Turnout 894 57.6 N/A
Registered electors 1,551 (1847 figure)
Irish Repeal hold Swing N/A
General Election 1847: Mayo[4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Whig George Henry Moore 504 61.3 N/A
Irish Repeal Robert Dillon Browne 254 30.9 N/A
Irish Repeal Joseph Myles McDonnell 53 6.4 N/A
Irish Repeal John Denis Browne 11 1.3 N/A
Majority 250 30.4 N/A
Turnout 411 (est) 26.5 (est) N/A
Registered electors 1,551
Whig gain from Irish Repeal Swing N/A
Irish Repeal hold Swing N/A

Elections in the 1850s

Browne's death caused a by-election.

By-election, 29 July 1850: Mayo[4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Whig George Gore Ousley Higgins 141 60.3 −1.0
Conservative Isaac Butt 93 39.7 New
Majority 48 20.6 -9.8
Turnout 234 15.1 −11.4
Registered electors 1,551
Whig gain from Irish Repeal Swing N/A
General election 1852: Mayo[4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Independent Irish George Henry Moore 692 40.7 −20.6
Independent Irish George Gore Ousley Higgins 649 38.2 N/A
Conservative James McAlpine 360 21.2 N/A
Majority 289 17.0 −13.4
Turnout 960 (est) 68.8 (est) +42.3
Registered electors 1,395
Independent Irish gain from Whig Swing N/A
Independent Irish gain from Irish Repeal Swing N/A
General election 1857: Mayo[4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Roger Palmer 1,225 35.9 +14.7
Independent Irish George Henry Moore 1,150 33.7 −7.0
Whig George Gore Ousley Higgins 1,037 30.4 −7.8
Turnout 1,706 (est) 73.0 (est) +4.2
Registered electors 2,338
Majority 75 2.2 N/A
Conservative gain from Independent Irish Swing +14.8
Majority 113 3.3 −13.7
Independent Irish hold Swing −7.2

On petition, Moore was unseated, causing a by-election.

By-election, 30 December 1857: Mayo[4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Whig John Browne Unopposed
Whig gain from Independent Irish
General election 1859: Mayo[4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal John Browne Unopposed
Conservative Roger Palmer Unopposed
Registered electors 3,779
Liberal hold
Conservative hold

Elections in the 1860s

General election 1865: Mayo[4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal John Browne Unopposed
Conservative George Bingham Unopposed
Registered electors 3,679
Liberal hold
Conservative hold
General election 1868: Mayo[4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal George Henry Moore Unopposed
Conservative George Bingham Unopposed
Registered electors 3,783
Liberal hold
Conservative hold

Elections in the 1870s

Moore's death caused a by-election.

By-election, 12 May 1870: Mayo[4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal George Eakins Browne Unopposed
Liberal hold
General election 1874: Mayo[4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Home Rule George Eakins Browne Unopposed
Home Rule Thomas Tighe Unopposed
Registered electors 3,608
Home Rule gain from Conservative
Home Rule gain from Liberal

On petition, Browne and Tighe were unseated.

By-election, 29 May 1874: Mayo[4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Home Rule George Eakins Browne 1,330 33.9 N/A
Home Rule John O'Connor Power 1,319 33.6 N/A
Home Rule Thomas Tighe 1,279 32.6 N/A
Majority 40 1.0 N/A
Turnout 1,964 (est) 54.4 (est) N/A
Registered electors 3,608
Home Rule hold
Home Rule hold

Elections in the 1880s

General election 1880: Mayo[4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Home Rule John O'Connor Power 1,645 42.9 N/A
Home Rule Charles Stewart Parnell 1,565 40.8 N/A
Home Rule George Eakins Browne 628 16.4 N/A
Majority 937 24.4 N/A
Turnout 2,273 (est) 70.6 (est) N/A
Registered electors 3,221
Home Rule hold Swing N/A
Home Rule hold Swing N/A

Parnell was also elected MP for Cork City and opted to sit there, causing a by-election.

By-election, 25 May 1880: Mayo[4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Home Rule Isaac Nelson Unopposed
Registered electors 3,221
Home Rule hold

Notes

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Smith, Henry Stooks (1842). The Register of Parliamentary Contested Elections (Second ed.). Simpkin, Marshall & Company. pp. 235–236. Retrieved 6 October 2018 – via Google Books.
  2. ↑ Salmon, Philip. "BROWNE, James (1793-1854), of Claremont House, co. Mayo". The History of Parliament. Retrieved 17 May 2020.
  3. 1 2 3 Salmon, Philip. "Co. Mayo". The History of Parliament. Retrieved 17 May 2020.
  4. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 Walker, B.M., ed. (1978). Parliamentary Election Results in Ireland, 1801-1922. Dublin: Royal Irish Academy. pp. 230–231, 302–303. ISBN 0901714127.
  5. ↑ Following the general election in April 1857, the election of George Henry Moore was declared void on 14 July 1857. The writ was suspended until December 1857
  6. ↑ "Galway Mercury, and Connaught Weekly Advertiser". 17 July 1847. p. 4. Retrieved 6 October 2018 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  7. ↑ "Ireland". Worcestershire Chronicle. 11 March 1846. p. 7. Retrieved 6 October 2018 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  8. ↑ "Leeds Intelligencer". 28 August 1847. p. 4. Retrieved 6 October 2018 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  9. ↑ "Notice". Tipperary Free Press. 10 July 1850. p. 3. Retrieved 6 October 2018 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  10. ↑ "Dublin Weekly Nation". 20 July 1850. p. 8. Retrieved 6 October 2018 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  11. ↑ "The Mayo Election". Galway Vindicator, and Connaught Advertiser. 31 July 1850. pp. 2–3. Retrieved 6 October 2018 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  12. ↑ "Northern Whig". 9 January 1858. p. 2. Retrieved 6 October 2018 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  13. ↑ Following the general election in February 1874, the election of the two sitting members (Browne and Tighe) was declared void on 7 May 1874
  14. ↑ Parnell was also returned for both Meath and Cork. He chose to sit for Cork
  15. ↑ There was no election in 1882, but in that year the Home Rule League was renamed as the Irish Parliamentary Party

References

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