Meath (UK Parliament constituency)

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

Meath 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.

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Created fromCounty Meath (IHC)

Replaced by

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Election	1st Member		1st Party		2nd Party
1801		Hamilton Gorges		Sir Marcus Somerville, 4th Baronet	Whig^[1]
1802		Thomas Cherburgh Bligh	Whig^[1]
1812		Thomas Taylour, Earl of Bective (later Marquess of Headfort)	Whig^[2]
Feb 1830		Arthur Plunkett, Baron Killeen, later Earl of Fingall	Whig^[1]
Aug 1831		Arthur Plunkett, Baron Killeen, later Earl of Fingall	Whig^[1]	Henry Grattan	Repeal Association^[1]^[3]
1832		Morgan O'Connell	Repeal Association^[1]^[3]
Feb 1840		Matthew Corbally	Whig^[4]^[5]^[6]
1841		Daniel O'Connell^[7]	Repeal Association^[1]^[3]
Jun 1842		Matthew Corbally	Whig^[4]^[5]^[6]
1852			Ind. Irish^[3]	Frederick Lucas	Ind. Irish^[3]
1855			Ind. Irish^[3]	Edward McEvoy	Ind. Irish^[3]
1859			Liberal^[3]		Liberal^[3]
1871		John Martin	Ind. Nationalist^[3]		Liberal^[3]
1874		John Martin	Home Rule League^[3]	Nicholas Ennis	Home Rule League^[3]
1875		Charles Stewart Parnell^[8]	Home Rule League^[3]	Nicholas Ennis	Home Rule League^[3]
Apr 1880		Charles Stewart Parnell^[8]	Home Rule League^[3]	Robert Henry Metge	Home Rule League^[3]
May 1880		Alexander Martin Sullivan	Home Rule League^[3]
Feb 1882		Michael Davitt^[9]	Home Rule League^[3]
Apr 1882		Edward Sheil	Home Rule League^[3]
Feb 1884		Edward Sheil	Home Rule League^[3]	William Meagher	Home Rule League^[3]
1885	Constituency divided: see South Meath and North Meath

Party		Candidate	Votes
	Whig	Sir Marcus Somerville, 4th Baronet	Unopposed
	Whig	Arthur Plunkett	Unopposed
Registered electors			977
	Whig hold
	Whig hold

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Whig	Arthur Plunkett	417	47.2
	Whig	Sir Marcus Somerville, 4th Baronet	250	28.3
	Repeal	Henry Grattan	198	22.4
	Whig	James Lenox William Naper	10	1.1
	Tory	Richard Rowley	8	0.9
Majority			52	5.9
Turnout			c. 442	c. 45.2
Registered electors			977
	Whig hold
	Whig hold

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Repeal	Henry Grattan	309	67.3	+44.9
	Whig	John Duncan Bligh	150	32.7	−43.9
Majority			159	34.6	N/A
Turnout			459	47.0	c. +1.8
Registered electors			977
	Repeal gain from Whig		Swing	+44.4

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

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Whig	Matthew Corbally	Unopposed
	Whig gain from Repeal

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Whig	Matthew Corbally	598	41.8	*N/A*
	Repeal	Henry Grattan	503	35.1	*N/A*
	Conservative	Henry Corbet Singleton	331	23.1	New
Turnout			716 (est)	44.4 (est)	N/A
Registered electors			1,611
Majority			95	6.7	N/A
	Whig gain from Repeal		Swing	N/A
Majority			172	12.0	N/A
	Repeal hold		Swing	N/A

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent Irish	Frederick Lucas	2,004	44.2	*N/A*
	Independent Irish	Matthew Corbally	1,968	43.4	+1.6
	Independent Irish	Henry Grattan	565	12.5	−22.6
Majority			1,403	30.9	N/A
Turnout			2,269 (est)	53.8 (est)	+9.4
Registered electors			4,218
	Independent Irish gain from Repeal		Swing	N/A
	Independent Irish gain from Whig		Swing	N/A

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent Irish	Edward McEvoy	1,639	64.6	*N/A*
	Whig	Henry Meredyth^[11]	899	35.4	New
Majority			740	29.2	−1.7
Turnout			2,538	60.2	+6.4
Registered electors			4,218
	Independent Irish hold		Swing	N/A

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Matthew Corbally	1,696	49.3	*N/A*
	Liberal	Edward McEvoy	1,655	48.1	*N/A*
	Liberal	John Thomas Hinds	88	2.6	N/A
Majority			1,567	45.5	N/A
Turnout			1,720 (est)	42.8 (est)	N/A
Registered electors			4,018
	Liberal hold		Swing	N/A
	Liberal hold		Swing	N/A

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Ind. Nationalist	John Martin	1,140	62.5	*New*
	Conservative	George John Plunkett	684	37.5	New
Majority			456	25.0	N/A
Turnout			1,824	43.6	+0.8
Registered electors			4,179
	Ind. Nationalist gain from Liberal		Swing	N/A

By-election, 17 Apr 1875: Meath^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Home Rule	Charles Stewart Parnell	1,771	62.8	−14.7
	Conservative	James Lennox Napier	912	32.3	+9.8
	Home Rule	John Thomas Hinds	138	4.9	N/A
Majority			859	30.5	+14.3
Turnout			2,821	68.2	+1.7
Registered electors			4,139
	Home Rule hold		Swing	−12.3

General election 1880: Meath^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Parnellite Home Rule League	Charles Stewart Parnell	2,283	45.2	+6.4
	Home Rule	Robert Henry Metge	2,252	44.6	+5.9
	Conservative	Henry Lorton Bourke	514	10.2	−12.3
Majority			1,738	34.4	+18.2
Turnout			2,797 (est)	72.1 (est)	+5.6
Registered electors			3,877
	Home Rule hold		Swing	+6.3
	Home Rule hold		Swing	+6.0

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Home Rule	Nicholas Ennis	1,716	38.8	*N/A*
	Home Rule	John Martin	1,709	38.7	*N/A*
	Conservative	James Lennox Napier	992	22.5	N/A
Majority			717	16.2	N/A
Turnout			2,705 (est)	66.5 (est)	+23.7
Registered electors			4,069
	Home Rule gain from Liberal		Swing	N/A
	Home Rule gain from Ind. Nationalist		Swing	N/A