North East Cork (UK Parliament constituency)

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North East Cork
Former County constituency
for the House of Commons

1885–1922
Number of membersOne
Created from
County Cork and Mallow

North East Cork, a division of County Cork, was a parliamentary constituency in Ireland, represented in the Parliament of the United Kingdom. From 1885 to 1922 it returned one Member of Parliament (MP) to the House of Commons of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland.


Until the 1885 general election the area was part of the Cork County constituency. From 1922 it was not represented in the UK Parliament, as it was no longer in the UK.




Contents





  • 1 Boundaries


  • 2 Members of Parliament


  • 3 Elections

    • 3.1 Elections in the 1880s


    • 3.2 Elections in the 1890s


    • 3.3 Elections in the 1900s


    • 3.4 Elections in the 1910s



  • 4 References




Boundaries


This constituency comprised the north-eastern part of County Cork, consisting of the baronies of Condons and Clangibbon and Kinnatalloon, that part of the barony of Fermoy not contained within the constituency of North Cork, that part of the barony of Barrymore contained within the parishes of Ardnageehy, Britway, Castlelyons, Coole, Dunbulloge, Gortroe, Kilshanahan, Knockmourne, Rathcormack, Templebodan and Whitechurch, and that part of the barony of Barretts contained within the parish of Mourne Abbey.



Members of Parliament

















































YearMemberParty


1885

Edmund Leamy

Irish Parliamentary Party


1887

William O’Brien

Irish Parliamentary Party

1891

Anti-Parnellite


February 1893

Michael Davitt

Anti-Parnellite


June 1893

William Abraham

Anti-Parnellite

1900

Irish Parliamentary Party


January 1910

William O’Brien

All-for-Ireland League


March 1910

Maurice Healy

All-for-Ireland League


December 1910

Moreton Frewen

All-for-Ireland League


1911

Tim Healy

All-for-Ireland League


1918

Thomas Hunter

Sinn Féin

1922

constituency abolished


Elections



Elections in the 1880s



















General Election 28 November 1885: Cork North-East[1]
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
±


Irish Parliamentary

Edmund Leamy

Unopposed

Registered electors
8,175




Irish Parliamentary win (new seat)

















General Election 7 July 1886: Cork North-East[1]
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
±


Irish Parliamentary

Edmund Leamy

Unopposed

Registered electors
8,175




Irish Parliamentary hold
  • Leamy resigns

















By-election 16 May 1887: Cork North-East[1]
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
±


Irish Parliamentary

William O'Brien

Unopposed

Registered electors
8,812




Irish Parliamentary hold


Elections in the 1890s



















General Election 7 July 1892: Cork North-East[1]
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
±


Irish National Federation

William O'Brien

Unopposed

Registered electors
8,781




Irish National Federation gain from Irish Parliamentary

In the United Kingdom general election, 1892 William O'Brien (Irish Parliamentary Party) was returned for both North East Cork and Cork City. He chose to sit for Cork City, and a by-election was held for the vacant seat.



















By-election 8 February 1893: Cork North-East[1]
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
±


Irish National Federation

Michael Davitt

Unopposed

Registered electors
8,790




Irish National Federation hold

Being the only nominated candidate in the by-election, Michael Davitt took the seat unopposed on 8 February 1893. He resigned in May (after being threatened with bankruptcy) and a further by-election was held for which William Abraham was returned unopposed on 28 June.



















By-election 28 June 1893: Cork North-East[1]
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
±


Irish National Federation

William Abraham

Unopposed

Registered electors
8,790




Irish National Federation hold

















General Election 18 July 1895: Cork North-East[1]
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
±


Irish National Federation

William Abraham

Unopposed

Registered electors
8,356




Irish National Federation hold


Elections in the 1900s



















General Election 4 October 1900: Cork North-East[1]
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
±


Irish Parliamentary

William Abraham

Unopposed

Registered electors
7,393




Irish Parliamentary hold

















General Election 18 January 1906: Cork North-East[1]
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
±


Irish Parliamentary

William Abraham

Unopposed

Registered electors
6,497




Irish Parliamentary hold


Elections in the 1910s






































General Election 27 January 1910: Cork North-East[1]
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
±


All-for-Ireland

William O'Brien
2,984
66.4

N/A


Irish Parliamentary

William Abraham
1,510
33.6

N/A
Majority
1,474
32.8

N/A

Turnout
4,494
67.7

N/A

Registered electors
6,634




All-for-Ireland gain from Irish Parliamentary

Swing

N/A

In the January 1910 general election William O'Brien (All-for-Ireland League) was again returned for both North East Cork and Cork City. As usual, he chose to sit for Cork City, and a by-election was held for the vacant seat, which was taken unopposed by Maurice Healy (All-for-Ireland League) on 2 March 1910.



















By-election 2 March 1910: Cork North-East[1]
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
±


All-for-Ireland

Maurice Healy

Unopposed

Registered electors
6,634




All-for-Ireland hold

















General Election 8 December 1910: Cork North-East[1]
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
±


All-for-Ireland

Moreton Frewen

Unopposed

Registered electors
6,634




All-for-Ireland hold

In the December 1910 general election North East Cork was won by Moreton Frewen (All-for-Ireland League) but his senior party colleague Tim Healy lost in North Louth. Frewen resigned so that Healy could stand in his vacated seat, and Healy was returned unopposed in the by-election on 16 July 1911.



















By-election 15 July 1911: Cork North-East[1]
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
±


All-for-Ireland

Tim Healy

Unopposed

Registered electors
6,670




All-for-Ireland hold

















General Election 14 December 1918: Cork North-East[1]
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
±


Sinn Féin

Thomas Hunter

Unopposed

Registered electors
18,239




Sinn Féin gain from All-for-Ireland


References




  1. ^ abcdefghijklmn Walker, B.M., ed. (1978). Parliamentary Election Results in Ireland, 1801-1922. Dublin: Royal Irish Academy. ISBN 0901714127..mw-parser-output cite.citationfont-style:inherit.mw-parser-output .citation qquotes:"""""""'""'".mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-free abackground:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/65/Lock-green.svg/9px-Lock-green.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-registration abackground:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-gray-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-subscription abackground:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-red-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registrationcolor:#555.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription span,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration spanborder-bottom:1px dotted;cursor:help.mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon abackground:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg/12px-Wikisource-logo.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center.mw-parser-output code.cs1-codecolor:inherit;background:inherit;border:inherit;padding:inherit.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-errordisplay:none;font-size:100%.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-errorfont-size:100%.mw-parser-output .cs1-maintdisplay:none;color:#33aa33;margin-left:0.3em.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration,.mw-parser-output .cs1-formatfont-size:95%.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-leftpadding-left:0.2em.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-rightpadding-right:0.2em




  • 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 "C" (part 5)






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