Wicklow (UK Parliament constituency)
UK parliamentary constituency in Ireland, 1801–1885
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County Wicklow was a parliamentary constituency in Ireland, represented in the Parliament of the United Kingdom. From 1801 to 1885 it returned two Members of Parliament (MPs) to the House of Commons of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland.
| County Wicklow | |
|---|---|
| Former county constituency for the House of Commons | |
| County | County Wicklow |
| 1801–1885 | |
| Created from | County Wicklow (IHC) |
| Replaced by | |
At the 1885 general election, under the Redistribution of Seats Act 1885, County Wicklow was divided into two parliamentary divisions: East Wicklow and West Wicklow.
Boundaries
This constituency comprised the whole of County Wicklow.
Members of Parliament
| Year | 1st Member | 1st Party | 2nd Member | 2nd Party | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1801 | William Hoare Hume | vacant until the by-election held in Jan 1801 | ||||
| Jan 1801 | George Ponsonby | Whig | ||||
| 1806 | William Tighe | |||||
| Feb 1816 | Hon. Granville Proby | Whig[1] | ||||
| Apr 1816 | George Ponsonby | Whig | ||||
| Aug 1817 | William Parnell-Hayes | |||||
| 1821 | James Grattan | Whig[2][3] | ||||
| Jul 1829 | Sir Ralph Howard, Bt | Whig[2][3][4] | ||||
| 1841 | William Acton | Conservative[2][5] | ||||
| 1847 | Viscount Milton | Whig[6][7][8][9] | ||||
| Apr 1848 | Sir Ralph Howard, Bt | Whig[2][3][4] | ||||
| 1852 | William Wentworth FitzWilliam Dick | Conservative[5] | ||||
| Feb 1858 | Lord Proby | Whig[10] | ||||
| 1859 | Liberal[5] | |||||
| Nov 1868 | Hon. Henry Wentworth-FitzWilliam | Liberal[5] | ||||
| 1874 | William Richard O'Byrne | Home Rule League[5] | ||||
| 1880 | William Joseph Corbet | Parnellite Home Rule League[5] | James Carlile McCoan | Parnellite Home Rule League[5] | ||
| 1881 | Independent | |||||
| 1885 | Constituency divided: see East Wicklow and West Wicklow | |||||
Elections
Elections in the 1830s
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Whig | James Grattan | Unopposed | |||
| Whig | Ralph Howard | Unopposed | |||
| Registered electors | 785 | ||||
| Whig hold | |||||
| Whig hold | |||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Whig | James Grattan | Unopposed | |||
| Whig | Ralph Howard | Unopposed | |||
| Registered electors | 785 | ||||
| Whig hold | |||||
| Whig hold | |||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Whig | James Grattan | 717 | 32.3 | ||
| Whig | Ralph Howard | 710 | 32.0 | ||
| Tory | William Acton | 661 | 29.8 | ||
| Tory | John Humphreys | 132 | 5.9 | ||
| Majority | 49 | 2.2 | |||
| Turnout | 1,384 | 88.4 | |||
| Registered electors | 1,566 | ||||
| Whig hold | |||||
| Whig hold | |||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Whig | James Grattan | Unopposed | |||
| Whig | Ralph Howard | Unopposed | |||
| Registered electors | 1,679 | ||||
| Whig hold | |||||
| Whig hold | |||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Whig | James Grattan | 697 | 34.5 | ||
| Whig | Ralph Howard | 696 | 34.4 | ||
| Conservative | William Acton | 623 | 30.8 | ||
| Conservative | John Humphreys | 6 | 0.3 | ||
| Majority | 73 | 3.6 | |||
| Turnout | 1,323 | 69.6 | |||
| Registered electors | 1,900 | ||||
| Whig hold | |||||
| Whig hold | |||||
Elections in the 1840s
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | William Acton | 663 | 36.2 | +5.1 | |
| Whig | Ralph Howard | 603 | 33.0 | −1.4 | |
| Whig | James Grattan | 563 | 30.8 | −3.7 | |
| Majority | 100 | 5.4 | N/A | ||
| Turnout | 1,235 | 80.7 | +11.1 | ||
| Registered electors | 1,530 | ||||
| Conservative gain from Whig | Swing | +5.1 | |||
| Whig hold | Swing | −2.0 | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Whig | William Wentworth-FitzWilliam | Unopposed | |||
| Conservative | William Acton | Unopposed | |||
| Registered electors | 1,836 | ||||
| Whig hold | |||||
| Conservative hold | |||||
Acton resigned by accepting the office of Steward of the Chiltern Hundreds, causing a by-election.
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Whig | Ralph Howard | 368 | 50.9 | N/A | |
| Conservative | Charles Monck | 355 | 49.1 | N/A | |
| Majority | 13 | 1.8 | N/A | ||
| Turnout | 723 | 52.2 (est) | N/A | ||
| Registered electors | 1,386 (1847 figure) | ||||
| Whig gain from Conservative | Swing | N/A | |||
Elections in the 1850s
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Whig | William Wentworth-FitzWilliam | Unopposed | |||
| Conservative | William Wentworth FitzWilliam Hume | Unopposed | |||
| Registered electors | 3,330 | ||||
| Whig hold | |||||
| Conservative hold | |||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Whig | William Wentworth-FitzWilliam | 1,970 | 42.7 | N/A | |
| Conservative | William Wentworth FitzWilliam Hume | 1,610 | 34.9 | N/A | |
| Whig | Richard Monck[13] | 1,030 | 22.3 | N/A | |
| Turnout | 2,305 (est) | 68.6 (est) | N/A | ||
| Registered electors | 3,358 | ||||
| Majority | 360 | 7.8 | N/A | ||
| Whig hold | Swing | N/A | |||
| Majority | 580 | 12.6 | N/A | ||
| Conservative hold | Swing | N/A | |||
Wentworth-FitzWilliam succeeded to the peerage, becoming 6th Earl FitzWilliam, causing a by-election.
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Whig | Granville Proby | Unopposed | |||
| Whig hold | |||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal | Granville Proby | Unopposed | |||
| Conservative | William Wentworth FitzWilliam Hume | Unopposed | |||
| Registered electors | 3,368 | ||||
| Liberal hold | |||||
| Conservative hold | |||||
Proby was appointed Comptroller of the Household, requiring a by-election.
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal | Granville Proby | Unopposed | |||
| Registered electors | 3,368 | ||||
| Liberal hold | |||||
Elections in the 1860s
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal | Granville Proby | Unopposed | |||
| Conservative | William Wentworth FitzWilliam Dick | Unopposed | |||
| Registered electors | 3,537 | ||||
| Liberal hold | |||||
| Conservative hold | |||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal | Henry Wentworth-FitzWilliam | Unopposed | |||
| Conservative | William Wentworth FitzWilliam Dick | Unopposed | |||
| Registered electors | 3,613 | ||||
| Liberal hold | |||||
| Conservative hold | |||||
Elections in the 1870s
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home Rule | William Richard O'Byrne | 1,511 | 36.6 | New | |
| Conservative | William Wentworth FitzWilliam Dick | 1,141 | 27.6 | N/A | |
| Liberal | Henry Wentworth-FitzWilliam | 927 | 22.4 | N/A | |
| Home Rule | John Howard Parnell | 553 | 13.4 | New | |
| Turnout | 2,066 (est) | 57.7 (est) | N/A | ||
| Registered electors | 3,579 | ||||
| Majority | 584 | 14.2 | N/A | ||
| Home Rule gain from Liberal | Swing | N/A | |||
| Majority | 214 | 5.2 | N/A | ||
| Conservative hold | Swing | N/A | |||
Elections in the 1880s
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Parnellite Home Rule League | William Joseph Corbet | 1,433 | 30.3 | −6.3 | |
| Parnellite Home Rule League | James Carlile McCoan | 1,240 | 26.3 | +12.9 | |
| Conservative | William Wentworth FitzWilliam Dick | 1,233 | 26.1 | +12.3 | |
| Conservative | Robert Cornwallis Gun-Cunninghame | 451 | 9.5 | −4.3 | |
| Liberal | David Mahony | 366 | 7.7 | −5.7 | |
| Majority | 7 | 0.2 | N/A | ||
| Turnout | 2,362 (est) | 71.3 (est) | +13.6 | ||
| Registered electors | 3,312 | ||||
| Home Rule hold | Swing | −1.0 | |||
| Home Rule gain from Conservative | Swing | +0.3 | |||