North Tyrone (UK Parliament constituency)

North Tyrone
Former County constituency for the House of Commons
1885–1918
Number of members	one
Replaced by	North West Tyrone
Created from	Tyrone

North Tyrone was a UK parliamentary constituency in Ireland. It returned one Member of Parliament (MP) to the British House of Commons 1885–1918.

Prior to the United Kingdom general election, 1885 the area was part of the Tyrone constituency. From the dissolution of Parliament in 1918 North Tyrone became part of the new North-West Tyrone constituency.

Boundaries

This constituency comprised the northern part of County Tyrone.

Members of Parliament

• 1885–1892 Lord Ernest Hamilton (Conservative)
• 1892–1895 Lord Frederick Spencer Hamilton (Conservative)
• 1895–1906 Charles Hare Hemphill (Liberal)
• 1906–1907 William Huston Dodd (Liberal)
• 1907–1911 Redmond John Barry (Liberal)
• 1911–1918 Thomas Wallace Russell (Liberal)

Elections

Elections in the 1880s

General Election 28 November 1885: Tyrone North Electorate
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Lord Ernest William Hamilton	3,345	53.4
	Irish Nationalist	John Dillon	2,922	46.6
Majority			423	6.8
Turnout			6,810	92.0
	Conservative win

General Election 10 July 1886: Tyrone North Electorate
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Irish Unionist	Lord Ernest William Hamilton	3,219	52.9
	Liberal	James Owens Wylie	2,867	47.1
Majority			352	5.8
Turnout			6,810	89.4
	Irish Unionist hold		Swing

Elections in the 1890s

General Election 15 July 1892: Tyrone North Electorate
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Irish Unionist	Lord Frederick Spencer Hamilton	3,045	50.4
	Liberal	Rev. Prof. James Brown Dougherty	2,996	49.6
Majority			49	0.8
Turnout			6481	93.2
	Irish Unionist hold		Swing

Charles Hemphill

General Election 18 July 1895: Tyrone North Electorate
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Rt Hon. Charles Hare Hemphill	2,948	50.8
	Irish Unionist	William Wilson	2,857	49.2
Majority			91	1.6
Turnout			6,171	94.1
	Liberal gain from Irish Unionist		Swing

Elections in the 1900s

General Election 6 October 1900: Tyrone North Electorate
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Rt Hon. Charles Hare Hemphill	2,869	50.5
	Irish Unionist	Daniel James Wilson	2,814	49.5
Majority			55	1.0
Turnout			6,168	92.1
	Liberal hold		Swing

General Election 19 January 1906: Tyrone North Electorate
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	William Huston Dodd	2,966	50.1
	Irish Unionist	Denis Stanislaus Henry	2,957	49.9
Majority			9	0.2
Turnout			6,181	95.8
	Liberal hold		Swing

Redmond Barry

Tyrone North by-election, 1907 Electorate
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Redmond John Barry	3,013	50.1
	Irish Unionist	Denis Stanislaus Henry	3,006	49.9
Majority			7	0.2
Turnout			6,230	96.6
	Liberal hold		Swing

Elections in the 1910s

General Election 26 January 1910: Tyrone North Electorate
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Redmond John Barry	3,238	50.8
	Irish Unionist	Emerson Crawford Herdman	3,136	49.2
Majority			102	1.6
Turnout			6,572	97.0
	Liberal hold		Swing

General Election 14 December 1910: Tyrone North Electorate
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Redmond John Barry	3,170	51.1
	Irish Unionist	Lord Arthur John Hamilton	3,038	48.9
Majority			132	2.2
Turnout			6,572	94.5
	Liberal hold		Swing

Tyrone North by-election, 1911 Electorate
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Thomas Wallace Russell	3,104	50.1
	Irish Unionist	Emerson Crawford Herdman	3,086	49.9
Majority			18	0.2
Turnout			6,551	94.5
	Liberal hold		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 "T" (part 2)