Mayo (UK Parliament constituency)

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

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.

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Created fromCounty Mayo (IHC)

Replaced by

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Year	1st Member		1st Party		2nd 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]	Dominick Browne	Whig^[1]
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		Sir William Brabazon, Bt	Repeal Association^[1]^[4]	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			Whig^[6]^[7]^[8]	George Gore Ousley Higgins	Whig^[9]^[10]^[11]
1852, 26 July			Independent Irish^[4]	George Gore Ousley Higgins	Independent Irish^[4]
1857, 10 April			Independent Irish^[4]	Roger Palmer	Conservative^[4]
1857, 30 December		Lord John Browne	Whig^[12]
1859, 13 May			Liberal^[4]
1865, 19 July			Liberal^[4]	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			Home Rule League^[4]	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]		Isaac Nelson	Irish Parliamentary Party		Irish Parliamentary Party
1885	Constituency divided: see East Mayo, North Mayo, South Mayo and West Mayo

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

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Whig	John Denis Browne	666	35.0	−8.0
	Whig	Dominick Browne	628	33.0	−5.1
	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

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	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			398	20.5	N/A
	Repeal gain from Whig		Swing	+10.5
Majority			193	10.0	+9.1
	Whig hold		Swing	−4.1

History

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

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Repeal (Whig)	Robert Dillon Browne	599	66.3	+23.7
	Whig	John Denis Browne	305	33.7	−20.5
Majority			294	32.4	N/A
Turnout			904	60.6	c. −14.7
Registered electors			1,491
	Repeal gain from Whig		Swing	+22.1

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	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)
	Repeal hold		Swing	N/A

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Whig	George Henry Moore	504	61.3	*N/A*
	Repeal	Robert Dillon Browne	254	30.9	*N/A*
	Repeal	Joseph Myles McDonnell	53	6.4	N/A
	Repeal	John Denis Browne	11	1.3	N/A
Majority			451	54.9	N/A
Turnout			411 (est)	26.5 (est)	N/A
Registered electors			1,551
	Whig gain from Repeal		Swing	N/A
	Repeal hold		Swing	N/A

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Whig	George Gore Ousley Higgins	141	60.3	−1.0
	Conservative	Isaac Butt	93	39.7	New
Majority			48	20.6	N/A
Turnout			234	15.1	−11.4
Registered electors			1,551
	Whig gain from Repeal		Swing	N/A

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	N/A
Turnout			960 (est)	68.8 (est)	+42.3
Registered electors			1,395
	Independent Irish gain from Whig		Swing	N/A
	Independent Irish gain from Repeal		Swing	N/A

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

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Whig	John Browne	Unopposed
	Whig gain from Independent Irish

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	George Eakins Browne	Unopposed
	Liberal hold

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

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

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