Leitrim (UK Parliament constituency)

County Leitrim
County Leitrim
Former county constituency; for the House of Commons
County	County Leitrim
1801–1885
Seats	2
Created from	County Leitrim (IHC)
Replaced by	North Leitrim; South Leitrim;
1918–1922
Seats	1
Created from	North Leitrim; South Leitrim;
Replaced by	Leitrim–Roscommon North

County Leitrim was a parliamentary constituency in Ireland, represented in the House of Commons of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland. It returned two MPs from 1801 to 1885 and one from 1918 to 1922.

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Election	1st Member		1st Party		2nd Party
1801		Nathaniel Clements, Viscount Clements, later Earl of Leitrim	Whig^[1]	Theophilus Jones	Tory^[1]
1802			Whig^[1]	Peter La Touche	Whig^[1]
1805 by-election		Henry John Clements	Tory^[1]	Peter La Touche	Whig^[1]
1806				William Gore
1807				John La Touche	Whig^[1]
1818		Luke White	Tory^[1]	John La Touche	Whig^[1]
1820		Luke White	Tory^[1]	John Marcus Clements	Tory^[1]
1824 by-election		Samuel White	Whig^[1]^[2]	John Marcus Clements	Tory^[1]
1826				Robert Clements, Viscount Clements	Whig^[1]^[2]
1830				John Marcus Clements	Tory^[1]^[3]
1832				Robert Clements, Viscount Clements	Whig^[1]^[4]
1839 by-election				William Clements, Viscount Clements, later Earl of Leitrim	Whig
1847		Edward King-Tenison	Whig^[5]^[6]^[7]	Charles Skeffington Clements	Whig^[7]^[5]
1852		Hugh Lyons-Montgomery	Conservative^[3]	John Brady	Ind. Irish^[3]
1858 by-election		William Ormsby-Gore, later Baron Harlech	Conservative^[3]		Ind. Irish^[3]
1859					Liberal^[3]
1865
1868
1874					Home Rule^[3]
1876 by-election		Francis O'Beirne	Home Rule^[3]		Home Rule^[3]
1880		Francis O'Beirne	Home Rule^[3]	Arthur Loftus Tottenham	Conservative^[3]
1885	Constituency divided: see North Leitrim and South Leitrim

Election		Member	Party	Note
1918		Single member constituency created
	1918, December 14^[8]	James Dolan	Sinn Féin	Did not take his seat at Westminster
1922, October 26		UK constituency abolished

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County Leitrim
Former county constituency for the House of Commons
County	County Leitrim
1801–1885
Seats	2
Created from	County Leitrim (IHC)
Replaced by	North Leitrim South Leitrim
1918–1922
Seats	1
Created from	North Leitrim South Leitrim
Replaced by	Leitrim–Roscommon North

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Whig	Edward King-Tenison	389	34.5	*N/A*
	Whig	Charles Skeffington Clements	376	33.4	*N/A*
	Conservative	John Robert Godley	329	29.2	New
	Independent	John Reynolds Dickson	32	2.8	New
Majority			47	4.2	N/A
Turnout			563 (est)	41.5 (est)	N/A
Registered electors			1,357
	Whig hold		Swing	N/A
	Whig hold		Swing	N/A

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Hugh Lyons-Montgomery	617	36.1	+6.9
	Independent Irish	John Brady	551	32.3	*N/A*
	Whig	Charles Skeffington Clements	540	31.6	−4.0
Turnout			854 (est)	67.5 (est)	+26.0
Registered electors			1,265
Majority			77	4.5	N/A
	Conservative gain from Whig		Swing	+3.9
Majority			11	0.7	N/A
	Independent Irish gain from Whig		Swing	N/A

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Hugh Lyons-Montgomery	1,577	49.7	+13.6
	Independent Irish	John Brady	1,006	31.7	−0.6
	Whig	Edward King-Tenison	591	18.6	−13.0
Turnout			1,587 (est)	60.4 (est)	−7.1
Registered electors			2,628
Majority			986	20.1	+15.6
	Conservative hold		Swing	+7.0
Majority			415	13.1	+12.4
	Independent Irish hold		Swing	−3.7

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	William Ormsby-Gore	Unopposed
	Conservative hold

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	William Ormsby-Gore	1,383	42.1	*N/A*
	Liberal	John Brady	1,011	30.8	*N/A*
	Liberal	Edward King-Tenison	892	27.1	N/A
Majority			372	11.3	N/A
Turnout			2,335 (est)	97.7 (est)	N/A
Registered electors			2,389
	Conservative hold		Swing	N/A
	Liberal hold		Swing	N/A

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Home Rule	John Brady	1,313	37.9	*New*
	Conservative	William Ormsby-Gore	1,098	31.7	*N/A*
	Home Rule	Francis O'Beirne	1,055	30.4	New
Turnout			2,282 (est)	88.8 (est)	N/A
Registered electors			2,571
Majority			215	6.2	N/A
	Home Rule gain from Liberal		Swing	N/A
Majority			43	1.3	N/A
	Conservative hold		Swing	N/A

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Home Rule	Francis O'Beirne	1,276	58.9	−9.4
	Conservative	Arthur Loftus Tottenham	885	40.8	+9.1
	Home Rule	Charles McGowan	7	0.3	N/A
Majority			391	18.1	N/A
Turnout			2,168	85.4	−3.4
Registered electors			2,383
	Home Rule gain from Conservative		Swing	+9.3

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Arthur Loftus Tottenham	1,038	33.1	+1.4
	Home Rule	Francis O'Beirne	837	26.7	−10.2
	Home Rule	Thomas Quinn	668	21.3	−10.4
	Home Rule	Isaac Nelson	593	18.9	N/A
Majority			201	6.4	+0.2
Turnout			2,087 (est)	87.6 (est)	−1.2
Registered electors			2,383
	Conservative hold		Swing	+5.6
	Home Rule hold		Swing	-5.5