East Clare (UK Parliament constituency)

For other parliamentary constituencies in County Clare, see Clare (disambiguation).

East Clare
Former County constituency for the House of Commons
1885–1922
Number of members	One
Created from	Clare and Ennis

East Clare was a UK Parliament constituency in Ireland, returning one Member of Parliament (MP) 1885–1922.

Prior to the United Kingdom general election, 1885 the area was part of the Clare constituency. From 1922 it was not represented in the UK Parliament.

Boundaries

This constituency comprised the eastern part of County Clare.

Members of Parliament

Years	Member ^[1]	Party
1885–1892	Joseph Richard Cox	Irish Parliamentary Party
1892–1900	Willie Redmond	Parnellite Nationalist
1900–1917	Willie Redmond	Irish Parliamentary Party
1917–1922	Éamon de Valera	Sinn Féin

Elections

General Election 28 November 1885: Clare East
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Irish Nationalist	Joseph Richard Cox	6224	95.6
	Conservative	Hon. Lucius William O’Brien	289	4.4
Majority			5935	91.2
Turnout			10128	64.3
	Irish Nationalist gain from new seat		Swing

General Election 5 July 1886: Clare East
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Irish Nationalist	Joseph Richard Cox	unopposed
Turnout			10128
	Irish Nationalist hold		Swing

General Election 12 July 1892: Clare East
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Parnellite Nationalist	William Hoey Kearney Redmond	3203	53.7
	Irish National Federation	Joseph Richard Cox	2759	46.3
Majority			444	7.4
Turnout			11198	53.2
	Parnellite Nationalist gain from Irish Nationalist		Swing

General Election 19 July 1895: Clare East
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Parnellite Nationalist	William Hoey Kearney Redmond	3315	50.4	-3.3
	Irish National Federation	Patrick Aloysius McHugh	3258	49.6	+3.3
Majority			57	0.8	-6.6
Turnout			10780	61.0	+7.8
	Parnellite Nationalist hold		Swing

General Election 2 October 1900: Clare East
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Irish Nationalist	William Hoey Kearney Redmond	unopposed
Turnout			12028
	Irish Nationalist gain from Parnellite Nationalist		Swing

General Election 15 January 1906: Clare East
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Irish Nationalist	William Hoey Kearney Redmond	unopposed
Turnout			8585
	Irish Nationalist hold		Swing

General Election 18 January 1910: Clare East
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Irish Nationalist	William Hoey Kearney Redmond	unopposed
Turnout			8709
	Irish Nationalist hold		Swing

General Election 6 December 1910: Clare East
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Irish Nationalist	William Hoey Kearney Redmond	unopposed
Turnout			8709
	Irish Nationalist hold		Swing

Death of Redmond

By-election 10 July 1917: Clare East
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Sinn Féin	Eamon de Valera	5010	71.1
	Irish Nationalist	Patrick Lynch, K.C.	2035	28.9
Majority			2975	42.2
Turnout			9130	77.2
	Sinn Féin gain from Irish Nationalist		Swing

General Election 14 December 1918: Clare East
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Sinn Féin	Eamon de Valera	unopposed
Turnout			23511
	Sinn Féin hold		Swing

Notes

↑ Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "C" (part 4)

References

Parliamentary Election Results in Ireland, 1801–1922, edited by B.M. Walker (Royal Irish Academy 1978)

Parliamentary constituencies in County Clare

Parliament of Ireland to 1800	Ennis (1614–1800) Clare (????–1800)

Westminster 1801–1922 and First Dáil 1918	Clare (1801–85) Ennis (1801–85) East Clare (1885–1922) West Clare (1885–1922)

Dáil Éireann 1918–present	Clare (1921–) Clare–Galway South (1969–77)

European Parliament 1979–present	Munster (1979–2004) North-West (2004–14) South (2014–)

Irish counties: Carlow Cavan Clare Cork Donegal Dublin Galway Kerry Kildare Kilkenny Laois Leitrim Limerick Longford Louth Mayo Meath Monaghan Offaly Roscommon Sligo Tipperary Waterford Westmeath Wexford Wicklow

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