County Wexford
Former county constituency
for the House of Commons
CountyCounty Wexford
1801–1885
Seats2
Created fromCounty Wexford (IHC)
Replaced byNorth Wexford and South Wexford

County Wexford was a UK Parliament constituency in Ireland, which returned two Members of Parliament (MPs) to the United Kingdom House of Commons.

Boundaries

This constituency comprised the whole of County Wexford, except for the parliamentary boroughs of New Ross and Wexford Borough.

Members of Parliament

Year 1st Member 1st Party 2nd Member 2nd Party
1801, 1 January Viscount Loftus Abel Ram Tory[1]
1806, 27 May Caesar Colclough Whig[1]
1806, 17 November John Colclough Whig[1] Robert Shapland Carew
1807, 1 June Abel Ram Tory[1] William Congreve Alcock Tory[1]
1812, 10 October Robert Carew Whig[1] Sir Frederick Flood, Bt
1818, 21 July Caesar Colclough Whig[1]
1820, 21 March Viscount Stopford Tory[2][1]
1830, 19 August Arthur Chichester Whig[1] Viscount Valentia Tory[1]
1831, 18 May Henry Lambert Whig[1]
1831, 27 September Robert Carew Whig[1]
1834, 3 July Cadwallader Waddy Repeal Association[3]
1835, 27 January John Maher Repeal Association[1][3] James Power Repeal Association[1][3]
1841, 16 Jul Villiers Francis Hatton Whig[1]
1847, 10 August James Fagan Repeal Association[3] Hamilton Knox Grogan Morgan Repeal Association[3]
1852, 26 July Patrick McMahon Ind. Irish[3] John George Conservative[3]
1857, 10 March John Hatchell Whig[4][5]
1859, 16 May Liberal[3] John George Conservative[3]
1865, 24 Jul Sir James Power, Bt. Liberal[3]
1866, 15 November Arthur MacMurrough Kavanagh Conservative[3]
1868, 24 November John Talbot Power Liberal[3] Matthew Peter D'Arcy Liberal[3]
1874, 23 February Sir George Bowyer, Bt. Home Rule[3] Keyes O'Clery Home Rule[3]
1880, 14 April John Barry Parnellite Home Rule League[3] Garrett Byrne Parnellite Home Rule League[3]
1883, 15 June John Francis Small Irish Parliamentary[3]
1885 Constituency divided: see North Wexford and South Wexford

Elections

Elections in the 1830s

General election 1830: County Wexford[3][1][6]
Party Candidate Votes %
Whig Arthur Chichester 528 34.5
Tory George Arthur Annesley, Viscount Valentia 415 27.1
Whig Henry Lambert (MP) 300 19.6
Tory John Rowe 289 18.9
Turnout c. 766 c. 71.9
Registered electors 1,066
Majority 113 7.4
Whig hold
Majority 115 7.5
Tory hold
General election 1831: County Wexford[3][1][6]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Whig Arthur Chichester 546 36.0 +1.5
Whig Henry Lambert (MP) 513 33.8 +14.2
Tory George Arthur Annesley, Viscount Valentia 440 29.0 −17.0
Nonpartisan Darcy Talbot 17 1.1 N/A
Majority 73 4.8 −2.6
Turnout c. 758 c. 71.1 c. −0.8
Registered electors 1,066
Whig hold Swing +5.0
Whig gain from Tory Swing +11.4

Chichester was elevated to the peerage, becoming 1st Baron Templemore and causing a by-election.

By-election, 27 September 1831: County Wexford[3][1][6]
Party Candidate Votes %
Whig Robert Carew Unopposed
Registered electors 1,066
Whig hold
General election 1832: County Wexford[3][1]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Whig Robert Carew 1,550 41.3 +5.3
Whig Henry Lambert (MP) 1,423 38.0 +4.2
Tory John Rowe 756 20.2 N/A
Tory John Wilson Croker 13 0.3 N/A
Tory Martin Doyle 7 0.2 N/A
Irish Repeal Cadwallader Waddy 0 0.0 N/A
Majority 667 17.8 N/A
Turnout 2,193 75.4 c. +4.3
Registered electors 2,907
Whig hold Swing +5.3
Whig hold Swing +4.2

Carew was elevated to the peerage, becoming 1st Baron Carew and causing a by-election.

By-election, 3 July 1834: County Wexford[3][1]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Irish Repeal Cadwallader Waddy 1,004 51.8 +51.8
Whig William Hervey 933 48.2 −31.1
Majority 71 3.6 N/A
Turnout 1,937 c. 54.3 c. −21.1
Registered electors c. 3,567
Irish Repeal gain from Whig Swing +41.5
General election 1835: County Wexford[3][1]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Irish Repeal (Whig) John Maher (MP) 1,358 32.3 −9.0
Irish Repeal (Whig) James Power 1,349 32.1 −5.9
Conservative Anthony Cliffe 759 18.1 −2.1
Conservative Patrick Walter Redmond 735 17.5 +17.0
Majority 590 14.0 −3.8
Turnout c. 2,101 c. 58.9 c. −16.5
Registered electors 3,567
Irish Repeal gain from Whig Swing −8.2
Irish Repeal gain from Whig Swing −6.7
General election 1837: County Wexford[3][1]
Party Candidate Votes %
Irish Repeal (Whig) John Maher (MP) Unopposed
Irish Repeal (Whig) James Power Unopposed
Registered electors 3,442
Irish Repeal hold
Irish Repeal hold

Elections in the 1840s

General election 1841: County Wexford[3]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Whig Villiers Francis Hatton 873 40.0 N/A
Irish Repeal James Power 859 39.3 New
Conservative Hamilton Knox Grogan Morgan 450 20.6 New
Conservative Samuel Carter Hall 1 0.0 New
Turnout 1,092 (est) 62.8 (est) N/A
Registered electors 1,739
Majority 14 0.7 N/A
Whig gain from Irish Repeal Swing N/A
Majority 409 18.7 N/A
Irish Repeal hold Swing N/A
General election 1847: County Wexford[3]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Irish Repeal James Fagan Unopposed
Irish Repeal Hamilton Knox Grogan Morgan Unopposed
Registered electors 2,165
Irish Repeal hold
Irish Repeal gain from Whig

Elections in the 1850s

General election 1852: County Wexford[3]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Independent Irish Patrick McMahon 2,302 28.6 New
Conservative John George 1,556 19.3 New
Whig Hamilton Knox Grogan Morgan[7] 1,545 19.2 New
Whig Robert Carew 1,412 17.5 New
Peelite Edward Westby Nunn[8] 1,248 15.5 New
Turnout 4,032 (est) 68.1 (est) N/A
Registered electors 5,917
Majority 746 9.3 N/A
Independent Irish gain from Irish Repeal Swing N/A
Majority 11 0.1 N/A
Conservative gain from Irish Repeal Swing N/A
General election 1857: County Wexford[3]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Independent Irish Patrick McMahon 4,306 44.4 +15.8
Whig John Hatchell 2,870 29.6 −7.1
Conservative John George 2,522 26.0 +6.7
Turnout 4,849 (est) 76.1 (est) +8.0
Registered electors 6,371
Majority 1,436 14.8 +5.5
Independent Irish hold Swing +11.5
Majority 348 3.6 N/A
Whig gain from Conservative Swing −6.9
General election 1859: County Wexford[3]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Patrick McMahon 3,906 40.1 −4.3
Conservative John George 3,024 31.0 +5.0
Liberal John Hatchell 2,810 28.9 −0.7
Turnout 4,870 (est) 76.0 (est) −0.1
Registered electors 6,406
Majority 882 9.1 −5.7
Liberal hold Swing −3.4
Majority 214 2.1 N/A
Conservative gain from Liberal Swing +5.0

Elections in the 1860s

General election 1865: County Wexford[3]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative John George 3,548 44.8 +13.8
Liberal James Power 2,616 33.1 +4.2
Liberal Patrick McMahon 1,750 22.1 −18.0
Majority 932 11.8 +9.7
Turnout 5,731 (est) 88.8 (est) +12.8
Registered electors 6,457
Conservative hold Swing +13.8
Liberal hold Swing −1.4

George resigned after being appointed judge of the Queen's Bench Division.

By-election, 15 November 1866: County Wexford[3]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Arthur MacMurrough Kavanagh 2,640 58.4 N/A
Conservative John Pope Hennessy 1,883 41.6 N/A
Majority 757 16.8 +5.0
Turnout 4,523 70.0 −18.8
Registered electors 6,457
Conservative hold Swing N/A
General election 1868: County Wexford[3]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal John Power Unopposed
Liberal Matthew Peter D'Arcy Unopposed
Registered electors 6,204
Liberal hold
Liberal gain from Conservative

Elections in the 1870s

General election 1874: County Wexford[3]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Home Rule George Bowyer 3,407 39.0 New
Home Rule Keyes O'Clery 2,784 31.8 New
Liberal John Power 1,332 15.2 N/A
Conservative Robert Westley Hall Dare 1,224 14.0 New
Majority 1,452 16.6 N/A
Turnout 5,652 (est) 91.4 (est) N/A
Registered electors 6,184
Home Rule gain from Liberal Swing N/A
Home Rule gain from Liberal Swing N/A

Elections in the 1880s

General election 1880: County Wexford[3]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Parnellite Home Rule League John Barry 3,075 42.4 N/A
Parnellite Home Rule League Garrett Byrne 2,879 39.7 N/A
Conservative John George Gibbon 847 11.7 −2.3
Home Rule Keyes O'Clery 457 6.3 −25.5
Majority 2,032 28.0 +11.4
Turnout 4,281 (est) 74.0 (est) −17.4
Registered electors 5,783
Home Rule hold Swing N/A
Home Rule hold Swing N/A

Byrne resigned, causing a by-election.

By-election, 13 June 1883: County Wexford[3]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Irish Parliamentary John Francis Small Unopposed
Registered electors 5,367
Irish Parliamentary hold
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References

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  2. ^ Salmon, Philip. "STOPFORD, James Thomas, Visct. Stopford (1794-1858)". The History of Parliament. Retrieved 24 May 2020.
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