North Sligo (UK Parliament constituency)

North Sligo
Former County constituency
for the House of Commons
18851922
Number of members One
Created from Sligo County

North Sligo 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 two-seat Sligo constituency. From 1922 it was not represented in the UK Parliament.

Boundaries

This constituency comprised the northern part of County Sligo.

Members of Parliament

ElectionMemberParty
1885 Peter McDonald Irish Parliamentary Party
1891 Bernard Collery Irish National Federation (Anti-Parnellite)
1900 by-election John O'Dowd Irish Parliamentary Party
1900 William McKillop Irish Parliamentary Party
1906 Patrick Aloysius McHugh Irish Parliamentary Party
1909 Thomas Scanlan Irish Parliamentary Party
1918 J. J. Clancy Sinn Féin

Elections

General Election 1 December 1885: North Sligo
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Irish Nationalist Peter McDonald 5,216 87.1 N/A
Conservative Lt. Col. John ffolliott 772 12.9 N/A
Majority 4,444 74.2 N/A
Turnout 7,869 76.1
Irish Nationalist gain from new seat Swing
General Election 3 July 1886: North Sligo
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Irish Nationalist Peter McDonald unopposed
Majority
Turnout 7,869
Irish Nationalist hold Swing
By-election 2 April 1891: North Sligo
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Irish National Federation Bernard Collery 3,261 56.7 N/A
Parnellite Nationalist Valentine Blake Dillon 2,493 43.3 N/A
Majority 768 13.3 N/A
Turnout 8,476 67.9
General Election 14 July 1892: North Sligo
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Irish National Federation Bernard Collery 4,262 81.6
Irish Conservative Owen Wynne 958 18.4
Majority 3,304 63.2
Turnout 8,992 58.1
Irish National Federation hold Swing
General Election 23 July 1895: North Sligo
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Irish National Federation Bernard Collery 3,274 61.5
Parnellite Nationalist Henry Harrison 1,281 24.0
Irish Conservative Sir Morgan Crofton 771 14.5
Majority 1,993 37.4
Turnout 7,764 68.6
Irish National Federation hold Swing
By-election 7 March 1900: North Sligo
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Irish Nationalist John O'Dowd unopposed
Majority
Turnout 8,629
Irish Nationalist hold Swing
General Election 4 October 1900: North Sligo
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Irish Nationalist William McKillop unopposed
Majority 8,629
Turnout
Irish Nationalist hold Swing
General Election 16 January 1906: North Sligo
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Irish Nationalist P.A. McHugh unopposed
Majority
Turnout 8,350
Irish Nationalist hold Swing
By-election 5 August 1909: North Sligo
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Irish Nationalist Thomas Scanlan unopposed
Majority
Turnout 8,082
Irish Nationalist hold Swing
General Election 18 January 1910: North Sligo
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Irish Nationalist Thomas Scanlan unopposed
Majority
Turnout 7,993
Irish Nationalist hold Swing
General Election 7 December 1910: North Sligo
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Irish Nationalist Thomas Scanlan unopposed
Majority
Turnout 7,993
Irish Nationalist hold Swing
General Election 14 December 1918: North Sligo
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Sinn Féin J.J. Clancy 9,030 68.0
Irish Nationalist Thomas Scanlan 4,242 32.0
Majority 4,788 36.0
Turnout 18,448 71.9
Sinn Féin gain from Irish Nationalist Swing

References


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