North Sligo (UK Parliament constituency)

North Sligo
Former County constituency for the House of Commons
1885–1922
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

Election		Member	Party
	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

• The Parliaments of England by Henry Stooks Smith (1st edition published in three volumes 1844-50), 2nd edition edited (in one volume) by F.W.S. Craig (Political Reference Publications 1973)
• 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 "S" (part 3)