County Wicklow
Former county constituency
for the House of Commons
CountyCounty Wicklow
1801–1885
Created fromCounty Wicklow (IHC)
Replaced by

County Wicklow was a parliamentary constituency in Ireland, represented in the Parliament of the United Kingdom. From 1801 to 1885 it returned two Members of Parliament (MPs) to the House of Commons of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland.

At the 1885 general election, under the Redistribution of Seats Act 1885, County Wicklow was divided into two parliamentary divisions: East Wicklow and West Wicklow.

Boundaries

This constituency comprised the whole of County Wicklow.

Members of Parliament

Year 1st Member 1st Party 2nd Member 2nd Party
1801 William Hoare Hume vacant until the by-election held in Jan 1801
Jan 1801 George Ponsonby Whig
1806 William Tighe
Feb 1816 Hon. Granville Proby Whig[1]
Apr 1816 George Ponsonby Whig
Aug 1817 William Parnell-Hayes
1821 James Grattan Whig[2][3]
Jul 1829 Sir Ralph Howard, Bt Whig[2][3][4]
1841 William Acton Conservative[2][5]
1847 Viscount Milton Whig[6][7][8][9]
Apr 1848 Sir Ralph Howard, Bt Whig[2][3][4]
1852 William Wentworth FitzWilliam Dick Conservative[5]
Feb 1858 Lord Proby Whig[10]
1859 Liberal[5]
Nov 1868 Hon. Henry Wentworth-FitzWilliam Liberal[5]
1874 William Richard O'Byrne Home Rule League[5]
1880 William Joseph Corbet Parnellite Home Rule League[5] James Carlile McCoan Parnellite Home Rule League[5]
1881 Independent
1885 Constituency divided: see East Wicklow and West Wicklow

Elections

Elections in the 1830s

General election 1830: Wicklow[5][2][11]
Party Candidate Votes %
Whig James Grattan Unopposed
Whig Ralph Howard Unopposed
Registered electors 785
Whig hold
Whig hold
General election 1831: Wicklow[5][2][11]
Party Candidate Votes %
Whig James Grattan Unopposed
Whig Ralph Howard Unopposed
Registered electors 785
Whig hold
Whig hold
General election 1832: Wicklow[5][2]
Party Candidate Votes %
Whig James Grattan 717 32.3
Whig Ralph Howard 710 32.0
Tory William Acton 661 29.8
Tory John Humphreys 132 5.9
Majority 49 2.2
Turnout 1,384 88.4
Registered electors 1,566
Whig hold
Whig hold
General election 1835: Wicklow[5][2]
Party Candidate Votes %
Whig James Grattan Unopposed
Whig Ralph Howard Unopposed
Registered electors 1,679
Whig hold
Whig hold
General election 1837: Wicklow[5][2]
Party Candidate Votes %
Whig James Grattan 697 34.5
Whig Ralph Howard 696 34.4
Conservative William Acton 623 30.8
Conservative John Humphreys 6 0.3
Majority 73 3.6
Turnout 1,323 69.6
Registered electors 1,900
Whig hold
Whig hold

Elections in the 1840s

General election 1841: Wicklow[5][12]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative William Acton 663 36.2 +5.1
Whig Ralph Howard 603 33.0 −1.4
Whig James Grattan 563 30.8 −3.7
Majority 60 3.2 N/A
Turnout 1,235 80.7 +11.1
Registered electors 1,530
Conservative gain from Whig Swing +5.1
Whig hold Swing −2.0
General election 1847: Wicklow[5]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Whig William Wentworth-FitzWilliam Unopposed
Conservative William Acton Unopposed
Registered electors 1,836
Whig hold
Conservative hold

Acton resigned by accepting the office of Steward of the Chiltern Hundreds, causing a by-election.

By-election, 27 April 1848: Wicklow[5]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Whig Ralph Howard 368 50.9 N/A
Conservative Charles Monck 355 49.1 N/A
Majority 13 1.8 N/A
Turnout 723 52.2 (est) N/A
Registered electors 1,386 (1847 figure)
Whig gain from Conservative Swing N/A

Elections in the 1850s

General election 1852: Wicklow[5]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Whig William Wentworth-FitzWilliam Unopposed
Conservative William Wentworth FitzWilliam Hume Unopposed
Registered electors 3,330
Whig hold
Conservative hold
General election 1857: Wicklow[5]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Whig William Wentworth-FitzWilliam 1,970 42.7 N/A
Conservative William Wentworth FitzWilliam Hume 1,610 34.9 N/A
Whig Richard Monck[13] 1,030 22.3 N/A
Turnout 2,305 (est) 68.6 (est) N/A
Registered electors 3,358
Majority 360 7.8 N/A
Whig hold Swing N/A
Majority 580 12.6 N/A
Conservative hold Swing N/A

Wentworth-FitzWilliam succeeded to the peerage, becoming 6th Earl FitzWilliam, causing a by-election.

By-election, 25 February 1858: Wicklow[5]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Whig Granville Proby Unopposed
Whig hold
General election 1859: Wicklow[5]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Granville Proby Unopposed
Conservative William Wentworth FitzWilliam Hume Unopposed
Registered electors 3,368
Liberal hold
Conservative hold

Proby was appointed Comptroller of the Household, requiring a by-election.

By-election, 18 July 1859: Wicklow[5]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Granville Proby Unopposed
Registered electors 3,368
Liberal hold

Elections in the 1860s

General election 1865: Wicklow[5]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Granville Proby Unopposed
Conservative William Wentworth FitzWilliam Dick Unopposed
Registered electors 3,537
Liberal hold
Conservative hold
General election 1868: Wicklow[5]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Henry Wentworth-FitzWilliam Unopposed
Conservative William Wentworth FitzWilliam Dick Unopposed
Registered electors 3,613
Liberal hold
Conservative hold

Elections in the 1870s

General election 1874: Wicklow[5]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Home Rule William Richard O'Byrne 1,511 36.6 New
Conservative William Wentworth FitzWilliam Dick 1,141 27.6 N/A
Liberal Henry Wentworth-FitzWilliam 927 22.4 N/A
Home Rule John Howard Parnell 553 13.4 New
Turnout 2,066 (est) 57.7 (est) N/A
Registered electors 3,579
Majority 370 9.0 N/A
Home Rule gain from Liberal Swing N/A
Majority 214 5.2 N/A
Conservative hold Swing N/A

Elections in the 1880s

General election 1880: Wicklow[5]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Parnellite Home Rule League William Joseph Corbet 1,433 30.3 −6.3
Parnellite Home Rule League James Carlile McCoan 1,240 26.3 +12.9
Conservative William Wentworth FitzWilliam Dick 1,233 26.1 +12.3
Conservative Robert Cornwallis Gun-Cunninghame 451 9.5 −4.3
Liberal David Mahony 366 7.7 −5.7
Majority 7 0.2 −8.8
Turnout 2,362 (est) 71.3 (est) +13.6
Registered electors 3,312
Home Rule hold Swing −1.0
Home Rule gain from Conservative Swing +0.3
This list is incomplete; you can help by adding missing items. (August 2008)

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