West Clare (UK Parliament constituency)
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West Clare | |
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Former County constituency for the House of Commons |
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1885–1922 | |
Number of members | One |
Created from | Clare |
West Clare was a UK Parliament constituency in Ireland, returning one Member of Parliament 1885–1922.
Prior to the United Kingdom general election, 1885 the area was part of the Clare constituency. From 1922 it was not represented in the UK Parliament.
Boundaries
This constituency comprised the western part of County Clare.
Members of Parliament
Years | Member | Party |
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1885–1892 | Jeremiah Jordan | Irish Parliamentary Party |
1892–1895 | James Rochfort Maguire | Parnellite Nationalist |
1895–1904 | John Eustace Jameson | Irish Parliamentary Party |
1904–1906 | Conservative | |
1906–1909 | James Halpin | Irish Parliamentary Party |
1909–1918 | Arthur Lynch | Irish Parliamentary Party |
1918–1922 | Brian O'Higgins | Sinn Féin |
Elections
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Irish Nationalist | Jeremiah Jordan | 6763 | 95.9 | ||
Conservative | Robert William Carey Reeves | 289 | 4.1 | ||
Majority | 6474 | 91.8 | |||
Turnout | 9813 | 71.9 | |||
Irish Nationalist gain from new seat | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Irish Nationalist | Jeremiah Jordan | unopposed | |||
Turnout | 9813 | ||||
Irish Nationalist hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Parnellite Nationalist | James Rochfort Maguire | 3878 | 57.5 | ||
Irish National Federation | Dr Bernard O’Connor | 2871 | 42.5 | ||
Majority | 1007 | 15.0 | |||
Turnout | 11077 | 60.9 | |||
Parnellite Nationalist gain from Irish Nationalist | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Irish National Federation | Major John Eustace Jameson | 3376 | 53.2 | +10.7 | |
Parnellite Nationalist | James Rochfort Maguire | 2973 | 46.8 | -10.7 | |
Majority | 403 | 6.4 | |||
Turnout | 10488 | 60.5 | -0.4 | ||
Irish National Federation gain from Parnellite Nationalist | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Irish Nationalist | Major John Eustace Jameson | unopposed | |||
Turnout | 10683 | ||||
Irish Nationalist gain from Irish National Federation | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Irish Nationalist | James Halpin | unopposed | |||
Turnout | 8989 | ||||
Irish Nationalist hold | Swing |
- Death of Halpin
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Irish Nationalist | Arthur Lynch | unopposed | |||
Turnout | 8854 | ||||
Irish Nationalist hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Irish Nationalist | Arthur Lynch | unopposed | |||
Turnout | 8834 | ||||
Irish Nationalist hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Irish Nationalist | Arthur Lynch | unopposed | |||
Turnout | 8834 | ||||
Irish Nationalist hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Sinn Féin | Brian O’Higgins | unopposed | |||
Turnout | 21674 | ||||
Sinn Féin gain from Irish Nationalist | 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 "C" (part 4)[self-published source][better source needed]
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- Historic constituencies in County Clare
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- United Kingdom Parliamentary constituencies disestablished in 1922
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