Cavan (UK Parliament constituency)

County Cavan
County Cavan
Former county constituency; for the House of Commons
County	County Cavan
1801–1885
Seats	2
Created from	County Cavan
Replaced by	East Cavan; West Cavan;

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

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Replaced by

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Election	1st Member		1st Party		2nd Party
1801		Francis Saunderson	Whig	Nathaniel Sneyd	Tory
1802		Francis Saunderson	Whig
1806		John Maxwell-Barry	Tory
1807
1812
1818
1820
1824		Henry Maxwell	Tory^[1]
1826				Alexander Saunderson	Whig^[1]^[2]
1830				Alexander Saunderson	Whig^[1]^[2]
1831				Sir John Young, Bt.	Tory^[1]
1832					Tory^[1]
1835			Conservative^[1]		Conservative^[1]
1837			Conservative^[1]
1839		Somerset Maxwell	Conservative^[1]
1840		Henry John Clements	Conservative^[1]
1841
1841
1843		James Maxwell	Conservative
1847					Peelite
1852					Peelite
1853					Peelite
1855				Robert Burrowes	Conservative
1857				Hugh Annesley	Conservative
1859
1865		Edward James Saunderson	Palmerstonian Liberal
1869		Edward James Saunderson	Conservative
1874		Charles Joseph Fay	Home Rule League	Joseph Biggar	Home Rule League
1880		Charles Joseph Fay	Home Rule League	Joseph Biggar	Home Rule League
1885	constituency abolished: see Cavan East and Cavan West

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Whig	Francis Saunderson	Unopposed
	Tory	Nathaniel Sneyd	Unopposed

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Whig	Francis Saunderson	Unopposed
	Tory	Nathaniel Sneyd	Unopposed

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Tory	Nathaniel Sneyd	Unopposed
	Tory	John Maxwell-Barry	Unopposed

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Tory	Nathaniel Sneyd	Unopposed
	Tory	John Maxwell-Barry	Unopposed

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County Cavan
Former county constituency for the House of Commons
County	County Cavan
1801–1885
Seats	2
Created from	County Cavan
Replaced by	East Cavan West Cavan

	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
Tory	Henry Maxwell	2,854	30.5	*N/A*
Whig	Alexander Saunderson	2,673	28.6	*N/A*
	Robert Henry Southwell	1,917	20.5	N/A
	Charles Coote	1,901	20.3	N/A

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Tory	Henry Maxwell	786	51.5	+21.0
	Whig	Alexander Saunderson	452	29.6	+1.0
	Tory	William Young	287	18.8
Turnout			879	66.3
Registered electors			1,325
Majority			334	21.9
	Tory hold		Swing
Majority			165	10.8
	Whig hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Tory	Henry Maxwell	664	41.3	−10.2
	Tory	John Young	614	38.2	+19.4
	Whig	Robert Henry Southwell	331	20.6	−9.0
Majority			283	17.6	−4.3
Turnout			c. 805	c. 60.7	c. −5.6
Registered electors			1,325
	Tory hold		Swing	−2.9
	Tory gain from Whig		Swing	+12.0

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Somerset Maxwell	Unopposed
	Conservative hold

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Henry John Clements	Unopposed
	Conservative hold

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	James Maxwell	Unopposed
	Conservative hold

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	James Maxwell	2,252	44.8	*N/A*
	Peelite	John Young	2,049	40.8	*N/A*
	Tenant Rights	Hercules Ellis^[5]	727	14.5	New
Turnout			2,514 (est)	65.3	N/A
Registered electors			3,850
Majority			203	4.0	N/A
	Conservative hold		Swing	N/A
Majority			1,322	26.3	N/A
	Peelite hold		Swing	N/A

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Robert Burrowes	2,163	53.7	+8.9
	Whig	Henry George Hughes^[6]	1,866	46.3	N/A
Majority			297	7.4	+3.4
Turnout			4,029	82.1	+16.8
Registered electors			4,909
	Conservative gain from Peelite		Swing

General election 1880: Cavan^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Home Rule	Charles Joseph Fay	3,097	36.9	−0.6
	Parnellite Home Rule League	Joseph Biggar	3,061	36.5	+0.8
	Conservative	Somerset Maxwell	2,233	26.6	−0.2
Majority			828	9.9	+1.0
Turnout			5,330 (est)	87.4 (est)	−0.4
Registered electors			6,096
	Home Rule hold		Swing
	Home Rule hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	James Maxwell	3,164	47.0	+2.2
	Conservative	Hugh Annesley	2,164	32.1	*N/A*
	Radical	Matthew O'Reilly Dease^[7]	1,409	20.9	N/A
Majority			755	11.2	+7.2
Turnout			4,073 (est)	72.2 (est)	+6.9
Registered electors			5,638
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative gain from Peelite		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Home Rule	Charles Joseph Fay	3,229	37.5	*New*
	Home Rule	Joseph Biggar	3,079	35.7	*New*
	Conservative	Edward James Saunderson	2,310	26.8	N/A
Majority			769	8.9	N/A
Turnout			5,464 (est)	87.8 (est)	N/A
Registered electors			6,225
	Home Rule gain from Conservative		Swing
	Home Rule gain from Liberal		Swing