East Mayo (UK Parliament constituency)

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

East Mayo was a parliamentary constituency in Ireland, which returned one Member of Parliament (MP) to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1885 to 1922.

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

Boundaries

This constituency comprised the eastern part of County Mayo.

Members of Parliament

Years	Member	Party
1885–1890	John Dillon	Irish Parliamentary Party
1891–1900		Anti-Parnellite
1900–1918		Irish Parliamentary Party
1918–1922	Éamon de Valera	Sinn Féin

Elections

General Election 27 November 1885: Mayo East
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Irish Nationalist	John Dillon	unopposed
Turnout			8149
	Irish Nationalist gain from new seat		Swing

General Election 6 July 1886: Mayo East
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Irish Nationalist	John Dillon	unopposed
Turnout			8149
	Irish Nationalist hold		Swing

General Election 13 July 1892: Mayo East
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Irish National Federation	John Dillon	2464	90.6
	Parnellite Nationalist	John Fitzgibbon	257	9.4
Majority			2207	81.2
Turnout			6387	42.6
	Irish National Federation gain from Irish Nationalist		Swing

General Election 19 July 1895: Mayo East
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Irish Nationalist	John Dillon	unopposed
Turnout			7966
	Irish National Federation hold		Swing

General Election 3 October 1900: Mayo East
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Irish Nationalist	John Dillon	unopposed
Turnout			8225
	Irish Nationalist hold		Swing

General Election 19 January 1906: Mayo East
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Irish Nationalist	John Dillon	unopposed
Turnout			8029
	Irish Nationalist hold		Swing

General Election 18 January 1910: Mayo East
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Irish Nationalist	John Dillon	unopposed
Turnout			7816
	Irish Nationalist hold		Swing

General Election 6 December 1910: Mayo East
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Irish Nationalist	John Dillon	unopposed
Turnout			7816
	Irish Nationalist hold		Swing

General Election 14 December 1918: Mayo East
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Sinn Féin	Eamon de Valera	8975	66.5
	Irish Nationalist	John Dillon	4514	33.5
Majority			4461	33.0
Turnout			21635	62.3
	Sinn Féin gain from Irish Nationalist		Swing

References

• Parliamentary Election Results in Ireland, 1801–1922, edited by B.M. Walker (Royal Irish Academy 1978)
• Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "M" (part 2)