Limerick City (UK Parliament constituency)
Limerick City | |
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Former borough constituency for the House of Commons | |
County | County Limerick |
Borough | Limerick |
1801–1922 | |
Seats |
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Created from | Limerick City (IHC) |
Replaced by | Limerick City–Limerick East |
Limerick City was a United Kingdom Parliament constituency in Ireland. It returned one MP 1801–1832, two MPs 1832–1885 and one thereafter. It was an original constituency represented in Parliament when the Union of Great Britain and Ireland took effect on 1 January 1801. It ceased to be represented in the United Kingdom Parliament in 1922.
Boundaries
This was a borough constituency, comprising the parliamentary borough of Limerick in County Limerick. It was south of Clare East but was otherwise surrounded by Limerick East.
Members of Parliament
One member 1801–1832
Election | Member | Party | Note | |
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1801, 1 January | Henry Deane Grady | 1801: Co-opted | ||
1802, 16 July | Charles Vereker | Tory | Succeeded as the 2nd Viscount Gort | |
1817, 25 July | Hon. John Vereker | Tory[1] | Unseated on petition | |
1820, 3 July | Thomas Spring Rice | Whig[1] | Declared duly elected | |
1832 | Constituency allocated two seats |
Two members 1832–1885
Notes:-
- a Resigned.
- b Died.
- c Appointed a Judge of the Irish Court of Queen's Bench.
- d Unseated on petition and new writ issued.
- e Appointed Registrar of Petty Sessions Clerk.
One member 1885–1922
Elections
In 1801–1832 and 1885–1922 the constituency used the first past the post electoral system to fill its one seat. In 1832–1885 the block vote was used to elect two members and first past the post to return one member at by-elections.
Elections in the 1830s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ||
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Whig | Thomas Spring Rice | 796 | 62.1 | ||
Irish Repeal | Samuel Dickson | 485 | 37.9 | ||
Majority | 311 | 24.2 | |||
Turnout | 1,281 | c. 40.0 | |||
Registered electors | c. 3,200 | ||||
Whig hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ||
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Whig | Thomas Spring Rice | Unopposed | |||
Registered electors | 3,200 | ||||
Whig hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ||
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Irish Repeal | William Roche (Irish politician) | 1,648 | 38.1 | ||
Irish Repeal | David Roche | 1,285 | 29.7 | ||
Tory | John Vereker | 1,105 | 25.5 | ||
Irish Repeal | Samuel Dickson | 184 | 4.3 | ||
Tory | Ralph Westropp | 104 | 2.4 | ||
Majority | 180 | 4.2 | |||
Turnout | 2,444 | 85.2 | |||
Registered electors | 2,868 | ||||
Irish Repeal gain from Whig | |||||
Irish Repeal win (new seat) |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ||
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Irish Repeal (Whig) | William Roche (Irish politician) | Unopposed | |||
Irish Repeal (Whig) | David Roche | Unopposed | |||
Registered electors | 2,976 | ||||
Irish Repeal hold | |||||
Irish Repeal hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ||
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Irish Repeal (Whig) | William Roche (Irish politician) | 973 | 40.2 | ||
Irish Repeal (Whig) | David Roche | 960 | 39.7 | ||
Conservative | William Monsell | 387 | 16.0 | ||
Conservative | Thomas Wilson | 101 | 4.2 | ||
Majority | 573 | 23.7 | |||
Turnout | 1,355 | 38.3 | |||
Registered electors | 3,534 | ||||
Irish Repeal hold | |||||
Irish Repeal hold |
Elections in the 1840s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Radical | John O'Brien | Unopposed | |||
Irish Repeal | David Roche | Unopposed | |||
Registered electors | 1,893 | ||||
Radical gain from Irish Repeal | |||||
Irish Repeal hold |
Roche resigned by accepting the office of Steward of the Chiltern Hundreds, causing a by-election.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Irish Repeal | James Kelly | Unopposed | |||
Irish Repeal hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Irish Repeal | John O'Connell | 583 | 50.4 | N/A | |
Irish Repeal | John O'Brien | 537 | 46.4 | N/A | |
Irish Confederate | Richard O'Gorman | 37 | 3.2 | New | |
Majority | 500 | 43.2 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 579 (est) | 28.1 (est) | N/A | ||
Registered electors | 2,063 | ||||
Irish Repeal hold | Swing | N/A | |||
Irish Repeal gain from Radical | Swing | N/A |
Elections in the 1850s
O'Connell resigned by accepting the office of Steward of the Chiltern Hundreds, causing a by-election.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Independent Whig | Henry Fitzalan-Howard | Unopposed | |||
Ind. Whig gain from Irish Repeal |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Independent Irish | Robert Potter | 512 | 33.6 | New | |
Whig | Francis William Russell | 461 | 30.2 | New | |
Whig | James O'Brien | 457 | 30.0 | New | |
Irish Conservative | Thadeus McDonnell | 94 | 6.2 | New | |
Turnout | 762 (est) | 66.6 (est) | +35.5 | ||
Registered electors | 1,144 | ||||
Majority | 51 | 3.4 | N/A | ||
Independent Irish gain from Irish Repeal | Swing | ||||
Majority | 367 | 0.2 | N/A | ||
Whig gain from Ind. Whig |
Potter's death caused a by-election.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Whig | James O'Brien | Unopposed | |||
Whig gain from Independent Irish |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Whig | Francis William Russell | Unopposed | |||
Whig | James O'Brien | Unopposed | |||
Registered electors | 1,913 | ||||
Whig hold | |||||
Whig gain from Independent Irish |
O'Brien resigned after being appointed a judge of the Queen's Bench, causing a by-election.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Independent Irish | George Gavin | 782 | 51.6 | N/A | |
Whig | John Ball[8] | 733 | 48.4 | N/A | |
Majority | 49 | 3.2 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 1,515 | 79.2 | N/A | ||
Registered electors | 1,913 | ||||
Independent Irish gain from Whig | Swing | N/A |
On petition, Gavin was unseated, causing a by-election.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Irish Conservative | James Spaight | Unopposed | |||
Irish Conservative gain from Whig |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal | Francis William Russell | 1,208 | 41.4 | N/A | |
Liberal | George Gavin | 902 | 30.9 | N/A | |
Irish Conservative | James Spaight | 807 | 27.7 | New | |
Majority | 95 | 3.2 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 1,458 (est) | 72.4 (est) | N/A | ||
Registered electors | 2,013 | ||||
Liberal hold | Swing | N/A | |||
Liberal gain from Irish Conservative | Swing | N/A |
Elections in the 1860s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal | George Gavin | 1,004 | 40.1 | +9.2 | |
Liberal | Francis William Russell | 838 | 33.5 | −7.9 | |
Irish Conservative | James Spaight | 658 | 26.3 | −1.4 | |
Irish Conservative | Josh Seaward | 4 | 0.2 | N/A | |
Majority | 180 | 7.2 | +4.0 | ||
Turnout | 1,579 (est) | 78.8 (est) | +6.4 | ||
Registered electors | 2,005 | ||||
Liberal hold | Swing | +5.0 | |||
Liberal hold | Swing | −3.6 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal | George Gavin | 1,026 | 37.6 | −2.5 | |
Liberal | Francis William Russell | 794 | 29.1 | −4.4 | |
Liberal-Conservative | Peter Tait[10] | 720 | 26.4 | New | |
Independent Nationalist | Richard Pigott | 187 | 6.9 | New | |
Majority | 74 | 2.7 | −5.5 | ||
Turnout | 1,364 (est) | 67.1 (est) | −11.7 | ||
Registered electors | 2,032 | ||||
Liberal hold | Swing | N/A | |||
Liberal hold | Swing | N/A |
Elections in the 1870s
Russell's death caused a by-election.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Home Rule | Isaac Butt | Unopposed | |||
Registered electors | 2,193 | ||||
Home Rule gain from Liberal |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Home Rule | Isaac Butt | 856 | 30.3 | N/A | |
Home Rule | Richard O'Shaughnessy | 848 | 30.0 | N/A | |
Irish Conservative | James Spaight | 587 | 20.8 | New | |
Home Rule | Peter Tait | 291 | 10.3 | −16.1 | |
Home Rule | Charles Smyth Vereker | 242 | 8.6 | N/A | |
Majority | 261 | 9.2 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 1,706 (est) | 85.1 (est) | +18.0 | ||
Registered electors | 2,004 | ||||
Home Rule gain from Liberal | |||||
Home Rule gain from Liberal |
Butt's death caused a by-election.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Home Rule | Daniel Fitzgerald Gabbett | 860 | 56.7 | −22.5 | |
Irish Conservative | James Spaight | 658 | 43.3 | +22.5 | |
Majority | 202 | 13.4 | +4.2 | ||
Turnout | 1,518 | 78.7 | −6.4 | ||
Registered electors | 1,930 | ||||
Home Rule hold | Swing | −22.5 |
Elections in the 1880s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Home Rule | Richard O'Shaughnessy | 1,109 | 40.8 | +10.8 | |
Home Rule | Daniel Fitzgerald Gabbett | 989 | 36.4 | +6.1 | |
Irish Conservative | James Spaight | 620 | 22.8 | +2.0 | |
Majority | 369 | 13.6 | +4.4 | ||
Turnout | 1,729 (est) | 89.4 (est) | +4.3 | ||
Registered electors | 1,934 | ||||
Home Rule hold | Swing | +4.9 | |||
Home Rule hold | Swing | +3.6 |
O'Shaughnessy resigned after being appointed a registrar of petty sessions clerk, causing a by-election.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Irish Parliamentary | Edward McMahon | 922 | 66.1 | −11.1 | |
Irish Conservative | James Spaight | 473 | 33.9 | +11.1 | |
Majority | 449 | 32.2 | +18.6 | ||
Turnout | 1,395 | 71.0 | −18.4 (est) | ||
Registered electors | 1,964 | ||||
Irish Parliamentary hold | Swing | +11.1 |
For the 1885 election, the seat was reduced to one MP.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Irish Parliamentary | Henry Joseph Gill | 3,098 | 83.0 | +5.8 | |
Irish Conservative | James Spaight | 635 | 17.0 | −5.8 | |
Majority | 2,463 | 66.0 | +52.4 | ||
Turnout | 3,733 | 62.1 | −27.3 (est) | ||
Registered electors | 6,010 | ||||
Irish Parliamentary hold | Swing | +5.8 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Irish Parliamentary | Henry Joseph Gill | Unopposed | |||
Irish Parliamentary hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Irish Parliamentary | Francis Arthur O'Keefe | Unopposed | |||
Irish Parliamentary hold |
Elections in the 1890s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Irish National Federation | Francis Arthur O'Keefe | 1,878 | 55.8 | N/A | |
Irish National League | Pat O'Brien | 1,490 | 44.2 | N/A | |
Majority | 388 | 11.6 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 3,368 | 66.2 | N/A | ||
Registered electors | 5,084 | ||||
Irish National Federation gain from Irish Parliamentary | Swing | N/A |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Irish National League | John Daly | Unopposed | |||
Irish National League gain from Irish National Federation |
Daly, who was serving a term of life imprisonment, was elected unopposed after the Official Nationalist candidate (O'Keefe) withdrew in his favour. As a convicted felon, Daly was not eligible to sit in the House of Commons, and the election was declared void.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Irish National Federation | Francis Arthur O'Keefe | 1,851 | 51.2 | −4.6 | |
Irish National League | Joseph Nolan | 1,764 | 48.8 | +4.6 | |
Majority | 87 | 2.4 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 3,615 | 66.9 | +0.7 | ||
Registered electors | 5,407 | ||||
Irish National Federation gain from Irish National League | Swing | N/A |
Elections in the 1900s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Irish Parliamentary | Michael Joyce | 2,521 | 84.2 | N/A | |
Irish Unionist | Francis Edgar Kearney | 474 | 15.8 | New | |
Majority | 2,047 | 11.4 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 2,995 | 68.3 | N/A | ||
Registered electors | 5,297 | ||||
Irish Parliamentary hold | Swing | N/A |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Irish Parliamentary | Michael Joyce | Unopposed | |||
Irish Parliamentary hold |
Elections in the 1910s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Irish Parliamentary | Michael Joyce | 2,137 | 68.7 | N/A | |
All-for-Ireland | John Rice | 973 | 31.3 | New | |
Majority | 1,164 | 37.4 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 3,110 | 66.4 | N/A | ||
Registered electors | 4,686 | ||||
Irish Parliamentary hold | Swing | N/A |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Irish Parliamentary | Michael Joyce | 2,452 | 78.2 | +9.5 | |
All-for-Ireland | John Rice | 682 | 21.8 | −9.5 | |
Majority | 1,770 | 56.4 | +19.0 | ||
Turnout | 3,134 | 66.9 | +0.5 | ||
Registered electors | 4,686 | ||||
Irish Parliamentary hold | Swing | +9.5 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Sinn Féin | Michael Colivet | Unopposed | |||
Sinn Féin gain from Irish Parliamentary |
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See also
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