Mayo (UK Parliament constituency)

Mayo
Former County constituency
for the House of Commons
18011885
Number of members Two
Replaced by East Mayo, North Mayo, South Mayo and West Mayo

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.

History

The constituency was created at the Act of Union 1800, replacing the earlier Mayo constituency in the pre-union Parliament of Ireland. Under the Redistribution of Seats Act 1885 it was divided into four new single-seat constituencies: see East Mayo, North Mayo, South Mayo and West Mayo.

Boundaries

This constituency comprised the whole of County Mayo.

Members of Parliament

Year1st Member1st Party2nd Member2nd Party
1801, 1 January Denis Browne George Jackson
1802, 22 July Henry Dillon-Lee
1814, 5 March Dominick Browne
1818, 4 July James Browne
1826, 24 June Lord Bingham
1830, 14 August Dominick Browne
1831, 19 May John Denis Browne
1835, 24 January Sir William Brabazon, Bt
1836, 6 May Robert Dillon Browne
1840, 16 December Mark Blake
1846, 2 March Joseph Myles McDonnell
1847, 14 August George Henry Moore[1]
1850, 29 July George Gore Ousley Higgins
1857, 10 April Independent Irish Roger Palmer Conservative
1857, 30 December Lord John Browne
1865, 19 July Lord Bingham
1868, 23 November George Henry Moore
1870, 12 May George Ekins Browne
1874, 7 Feb[2] Thomas Tighe
1874, 1 June George Ekins Browne John O'Connor Power Home Rule League
1880, 15 April Charles Stewart Parnell[3] Home Rule League
1880, 26 May Isaac Nelson
1882[4] Irish Parliamentary Party
1885 Constituency divided: see East Mayo, North Mayo, South Mayo and West Mayo

Elections

The elections in this constituency took place using the first past the post electoral system.

General Election 1880: Mayo
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Home Rule John O'Connor Power 1,645 N/A N/A
Home Rule Charles Stewart Parnell 1,545 N/A N/A
Home Rule Browne 628 N/A N/A
Home Rule gain from Other Swing N/A
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Notes

  1. Following the general election in April 1857, the election of George Henry Moore was declared void on 14 July 1857. The writ was suspended until December 1857
  2. Following the general election in February 1874, the election of the two sitting members (Browne and Tighe) was declared void on 7 May 1874
  3. Parnell was also returned for both Meath and Cork. He chose to sit for Cork
  4. There was no election in 1882, but in that year the Home Rule League was renamed as the Irish Parliamentary Party

References


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