Cork City (UK Parliament constituency)

Cork City was a parliamentary constituency in Ireland, represented in the Parliament of the United Kingdom. From 1880 to 1922 it returned two members of parliament (MPs) to the House of Commons of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland. From 1922 it was not represented in the UK Parliament, as it was no longer in the UK.

This article is about the 1801–1922 constituency of the United Kingdom House of Commons and the 1919–1921 First Dáil. For the 1977–1981 constituency, see Cork City (Dáil constituency).

Cork City
Former Borough constituency
for the House of Commons
1801–1922
Number of membersTwo

Cork City was the only constituency in Ireland to return the same number of members, in each general election, from the Act of Union in 1801 until the establishment of the Irish Free State in 1922.

Boundaries

This constituency comprised the whole of the County of the City of Cork, which was part of County Cork. Cork had the status of a county of itself, although it remained connected with County Cork for certain purposes.

The definition of the constituency boundary, from the Parliamentary Boundaries (Ireland) Act 1832 (c. 89 2& 3 Will. 4), was as follows.

The County of the City of Cork.

A Topographical Directory of Ireland, published in 1837, describes the area covered.

The county of the city comprises a populous rural district of great beauty and fertility, watered by several small rivulets and intersected by the river Lee and its noble estuary: it is bounded on the north by the barony of Fermoy, on the east by that of Barrymore, on the south by Kerricurrihy, and on the west by Muskerry: it comprehends the parishes of St. Finbarr, Christ-Church or the Holy Trinity, St. Peter, St. Mary Shandon, St. Anne Shandon, St. Paul and St. Nicholas, all, except part of St. Finbarr's, within the city and suburbs, and those of Curricuppane, Carrigrohanemore, Kilcully, and Rathcoony, together with parts of the parishes of Killanully or Killingly, Carrigaline, Dunbullogue or Carrignavar, Ballinaboy, Inniskenny, Kilnaglory, White-church, and Templemichael, without those limits; and contains, according to the Ordnance survey, an area of 44,463 statute acres, of which, 2396 are occupied by the city and suburbs.

The Directory also has a passage on the representative history. Other, more modern, sources ascribe an earlier date to the start of the parliamentary representation of Cork; but the passage is useful for information about the 19th century position.

The city first sent members to the Irish parliament in 1374, but representatives who appear to have served in London were chosen previously. The right of election was vested in the freemen of the city, and in the 40s. freeholders and £50 leaseholders of the county of the city, of whom the freemen, in 1831, amounted in number to 2331, and the freeholders to 1545, making a total of 3876; but by the act of the 2nd of Wm. IV., cap. 88 (under which the city, from its distinguished importance, retains its privilege of returning two representatives to the Imperial parliament, and the limits of the franchise, comprising the entire county of the city, remain unaltered), the non-resident freemen, except within seven miles, have been disfranchised, and the privilege of voting at elections has been extended to the £10 householders, and the £20 and £10 leaseholders for the respective terms of 14 and 20 years. The number of voters registered up to Jan. 2nd, 1836, amounted to 4791, of whom 1065 were freemen; 2727 £10 householders; 105 £50, 152 £20, and 608 forty-shilling freeholders; 3 £50, 7 £20, and 2 £10 rent-chargers; and 1 £50, 26 £20, and 95 £10 leaseholders: the sheriffs are the returning officers.

The County of the City of Cork corresponds to the current barony of Cork.[1]

Members of Parliament
DateFirst memberFirst partySecond memberSecond party
1801, 1 January Hon. John Hely-Hutchinson[2]Whig Mountifort LongfieldTory[3]
1802, 8 January Hon. Christopher Hely-HutchinsonWhig[3]
1812, 5 November Sir Nicholas Colthurst, Bt[4]Tory[3]
1818, 13 July Hon. Christopher Hely-Hutchinson[5]Whig[3]
1826, 29 December John Hely-HutchinsonWhig[3]
1829, 9 July Gerrard Callaghan[6]Tory[3]
1830, 29 March Daniel CallaghanWhig[7][3][8]
1830, 11 August Hon. John BoyleWhig[3]
1831, 7 May Repeal Association[3]
1832, 21 December Dr. Herbert BaldwinRepeal Association[3][8]
1835, 17 January Joseph Leycester[9]Conservative[3][8] James Charles Chatterton[9]Conservative[3][8]
1835, 18 April Daniel Callaghan[10]Repeal Association[3][8][11] Dr. Herbert Baldwin[12]Repeal Association[3][8]
1837, 11 August Francis Beamish[13]Repeal Association[3][8]
1841, 5 July Francis Murphy[14]Whig[3]
1846, 31 January Alexander McCarthyRepeal Association[8]
1847, 9 August William Trant Fagan[15]Repeal Association[8][11]
1849, 4 November James Charles ChattertonConservative[8]
1851, 23 April Francis MurphyWhig[16][17]
1852, 14 July William Trant FaganInd. Irish[8][18] Ind. Irish[8][18]
1853, 20 August Francis BeamishWhig[19]
1857, 28 March Whig[20][21]
1859, 6 June Liberal Liberal
1859, 29 June Francis Lyons[22]Liberal
1865, 14 February Nicholas Daniel Murphy[23]Liberal
1865, 12 July John Maguire[24]Liberal
1872, 10 December Joseph Philip Ronayne[25]Home Rule League
1874, 6 February Home Rule League
1876, 25 May William GouldingConservative
1880, 5 April John Daly[26]Home Rule League Charles Stewart Parnell[27]Home Rule League
1882 Irish Parliamentary Irish Parliamentary
1884, 23 February John DeasyIrish Parliamentary
1885, 27 November Maurice Healy Irish Parliamentary
1891, 6 November Anti-Parnellite Martin Flavin Anti-Parnellite
1892, 6 July William O'Brien Anti-Parnellite
1895, 27 June J. F. X. O'Brien Anti-Parnellite
1900, 4 October William O'Brien Irish Parliamentary Irish Parliamentary
1904, 1 January vacant[28]
1904, 19 August William O'Brien[28] Irish Parliamentary
1905, 14 June Augustine Roche Irish Parliamentary
1909, 1 May Maurice Healy Independent Nationalist
1910, 18 January[29] William O'Brien All-for-Ireland League
1910, 6 December Maurice Healy All-for-Ireland League
1914, 18 February[30] Independent Nationalist
1918, December James J. Walsh Sinn Féin Liam de Róiste Sinn Féin
1922 constituency abolished

Elections

Candidates referred to as Non Partisan, did not have a party allegiance specified in either Stooks Smith or Walker (see reference section below for the sources) or capable of being inferred by disaggregating different groups incorporated under one label by Walker (such as Whigs before 1859 being listed as Liberals).

In multi-member elections, a change in vote percentage is only calculated for individual candidates not for parties. No attempt is made to compare changes between single member by-elections and previous or subsequent multi-member elections.

Turnouts, in multi-member elections from 1832, are calculated on the basis of the number of electors Stooks Smith records as voting. In some cases estimated turnouts are obtained by dividing the ballots cast by two, to obtain the lowest possible turnout figure. To the extent that electors did not use both their votes, the estimate will be less than the actual turnout.

1910s – 1900s – 1890s – 1880s – 1870s – 1860s – 1850s – 1840s – 1830s – 1820s – 1810s – 1800s

Elections of the 1910s
  • The constituency ceased to be represented in the United Kingdom Parliament, upon the dissolution of the House of Commons, in 1922. This was a few days before the Irish Free State came into existence.
General Election 14 December 1918: Cork City (2 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Sinn Féin James Walsh 20,801 34.3 New
Sinn Féin Liam de Róiste 20,506 33.8 New
Irish Parliamentary Maurice Talbot-Crosbie 7,480 12.3 -11.3
Irish Parliamentary Richard O'Sullivan 7,162 11.8 -11.8
Irish Unionist Daniel Williams 2,519 4.2 New
Irish Unionist Thomas Farrington 2,254 3.7 New
Turnout 60,772 67.4 (est.) -5.6
Sinn Féin gain from Irish Parliamentary Swing
Registered electors 60,722
  • The count took place on 28 December 1918, to allow time for postal votes from the armed forces to arrive. The Sinn Féin MPs did not take their seats at Westminster.
By-Election 18 February 1914: Cork City
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
All-for-Ireland William O'Brien Unopposed
Registered electors 12,923
All-for-Ireland hold
General election December 1910: Cork City (2 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
All-for-Ireland William O'Brien 5,384 26.7 +2.9
All-for-Ireland Maurice Healy 5,269 26.2 +4.0
Irish Parliamentary Willie Redmond 4,746 23.6 +3.8
Irish Parliamentary Augustine Roche 4,743 23.6 +0.3
Turnout 20,142 73.0 (est.) +4.0
Registered electors 13,797
  • Redmond and Roche were associated with the United Irish League wing of Irish Nationalism.
  • William O'Brien resigned again for a fourth time in January 1914 and re-stood to test local support for his policies, after the All-for-Ireland League suffered heavy defeats in the Cork City municipal elections.
General election 18 January 1910: Cork City (2 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
All-for-Ireland William O'Brien 4,535 23.8 N/A
Irish Parliamentary Augustine Roche 4,438 23.3 N/A
All-for-Ireland Maurice Healy 4,229 14.4 -9.9
Irish Parliamentary William Murphy 3,776 19.8 N/A
Independent Nationalist Sir Edward Fitzgerald, 1st Baronet 2,061 10.8 N/A
Turnout 19,039 69.0 (est.) N/A
Registered electors 13,797
  • Roche and Murphy were associated with the United Irish League wing of Irish Nationalism.

Elections of the 1900s
  • Cosbie was associated with the United Irish League wing of Irish Nationalism
By-Election 1 May 1909: Cork City[8]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Independent Nationalist Maurice Healy 4,706 57.0 New
Irish Parliamentary George Cosbie 3,547 43.0 N/A
Majority 1,159 14.0 N/A
Turnout 8,253 60.7 N/A
Registered electors 13,605
Independent Nationalist gain from Irish Parliamentary Swing N/A
  • William O'Brien resigned for a third time in 1909.
General election 13 January 1906: Cork City (2 seats)[8]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Irish Parliamentary William O'Brien Unopposed
Irish Parliamentary Augustine Roche Unopposed
Registered electors 13,285
Irish Parliamentary hold
Irish Parliamentary hold
By-Election 14 June 1905: Cork City[8]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Irish Parliamentary Augustine Roche Unopposed
Irish Parliamentary hold
  • William O'Brien was elected "without his knowledge and against his consent".[31]
  • Death of J. F. X. O'Brien, in 1905.
By-election 19 August 1904: Cork City[8]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Irish Parliamentary William O'Brien Unopposed
Irish Parliamentary hold
Registered electors 13,103
  • William O'Brien resigned again in January 1904.
General election 4 October 1900: Cork City (2 seats)[8]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Irish Parliamentary William O'Brien 5,812 37.4 N/A
Irish Parliamentary J. F. X. O'Brien 5,513 35.5 +9.5
Healyite Nationalist Jeremiah Blake 2,235 14.4 -8.0
Healyite Nationalist Maurice Healy 1,985 12.8 -12.5
Majority 3,278 21.1 −0.9
Turnout 15,545 59.1 (est.) -17.5
Registered electors 13,153
Irish Parliamentary hold
Irish Parliamentary hold
  • The Irish National Federation, the Irish National League and William O'Brien's United Irish League joined forces, to re-create the Irish Parliamentary Party (IPP), in 1900. Healy contested the 1900 general election as an Independent Nationalist, after forming a Healyite faction, outside the IPP.

Elections of the 1890s
General election 16 July 1895: Cork City (2 seats)[8]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Irish National Federation J. F. X. O'Brien 5,327 26.0 −6.4
Irish National Federation Maurice Healy 5,169 25.3 −3.9
Irish National League Augustine Roche 4,994 24.4 +4.8
Irish National League Jeremiah Blake 4,966 24.3 +5.4
Majority 175 0.9 −8.7
Turnout 20,456 76.6 (est.) -2.7
Registered electors 13,362
Irish National Federation hold Swing −5.6
Irish National Federation hold Swing −4.4
By-Election 27 June 1895: Cork City[8]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Irish National Federation J. F. X. O'Brien 4,309 51.1 −10.5
Irish National League Augustine Roche 4,132 49.0 +10.5
Majority 177 2.1 −7.5
Turnout 8,441 63.2 −16.1
Registered electors 13,362
Irish National Federation hold Swing −10.5
  • Resignation of William O'Brien
General election 6 July 1892: Cork City (2 seats)[8]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Irish National Federation William O'Brien 5,273 32.4 N/A
Irish National Federation Maurice Healy 4,759 29.2 N/A
Irish National League Willie Redmond 3,186 19.6 N/A
Irish National League Daniel Horgan 3,077 18.9 N/A
Majority 1,573 9.6 N/A
Turnout 16,295 79.3 (est.) N/A
Registered electors 10,276
Irish National Federation gain from Irish Parliamentary Swing N/A
Irish National Federation gain from Irish Parliamentary Swing N/A
By-Election 6 November 1891: Cork City[8]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Irish National Federation Martin Flavin 3,669 52.5 N/A
Irish National League John Redmond 2,157 30.4 N/A
Irish Unionist Dominick Sarsfield 1,161 16.6 New
Majority 1,512 22.1 N/A
Turnout 6,987 68.0 N/A
Registered electors 10,276
Irish National Federation gain from Irish Parliamentary Swing N/A
  • The Irish Parliamentary Party split in December 1890. Parnell led the Irish National League, Parnellite Nationalist group. Most of the IPP MPs (including Healy) set up the Irish National Federation as the Anti-Parnellite Nationalist organisation.
  • Parnell died in office.

Elections of the 1880s
General election 2 July 1886: Cork City (2 seats)[8]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Irish Parliamentary Charles Stewart Parnell Unopposed
Irish Parliamentary Maurice Healy Unopposed
Registered electors 14,569
Irish Parliamentary hold
Irish Parliamentary hold
General election 27 November 1885: Cork City (2 seats)[8]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Irish Parliamentary Charles Stewart Parnell 6,716 41.7 +15.6
Irish Parliamentary Maurice Healy 6,536 40.6 +7.2
Irish Conservative Joseph Pike 1,464 9.1 −14.1
Irish Conservative John Hugh Bainbridge 1,401 8.7 N/A
Majority 5,072 31.5 +25.7
Turnout 8,059 (est) 55.3 (est.) -6.3 (est)
Registered electors 14,569
Irish Parliamentary hold Swing +11.3
Irish Parliamentary hold Swing +7.2
By-Election 23 February 1884: Cork City[8]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Irish Parliamentary John Deasy 2,125 64.8 +5.3
Irish Conservative William Goulding 1,153 35.2 +12.0
Majority 972 29.6 +23.7
Turnout 3,278 65.0 +3.4 (est)
Registered electors 5,045
Irish Parliamentary hold Swing −3.4
  • Caused by Daly's resignation.
  • 1882: Home Rule League/Nationalist Party becomes the Irish Parliamentary Party
General election 5 April 1880: Cork City (2 seats)[8]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Home Rule League (Parnellite) John Daly 1,923 33.4 +3.3
Home Rule Charles Stewart Parnell 1,505 26.1 +0.3
Irish Conservative William Goulding 1,337 23.2 +4.5
Liberal Nicholas Daniel Murphy 999 17.3 New
Majority 168 2.9 -4.2
Turnout 2,882 (est) 61.6 (est.) −16.8
Registered electors 4,680
Home Rule hold Swing +0.5
Home Rule hold Swing −1.0

Elections of the 1870s
By-Election 25 May 1876: Cork City[8]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative William Goulding 1,279 38.9 +2.9
Home Rule John Daly 1,168 35.5 N/A
Home Rule Denny Lane 841 25.6 N/A
Majority 111 3.4 N/A
Turnout 3,288 74.7 −3.7
Registered electors 4,401
Conservative gain from Home Rule Swing N/A
  • Death of Ronayne, on 7 May 1876
General election 6 February 1874: Cork City (2 seats)[8]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Home Rule Joseph Philip Ronayne 1,917 30.1 N/A
Home Rule Nicholas Daniel Murphy 1,643 25.8 −15.3
Conservative William Goulding 1,191 18.7 +2.0
Conservative James Pim 1,097 17.3 +17.2
Independent Nationalist John Mitchel 511 8.0 New
Majority 452 7.1 N/A
Turnout 3,435 (est) 78.4 (est.) +4.0
Registered electors 4,381
Home Rule gain from Liberal Swing N/A
Home Rule gain from Liberal Swing N/A
By-Election 10 December 1872: Cork City[8]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Home Rule Joseph Philip Ronayne 1,883 62.9 New
Conservative James Pim 1,110 37.1 +20.3
Majority 773 25.8 N/A
Turnout 2,993 67.4 −7.0
Registered electors 4,441
Home Rule gain from Liberal Swing N/A
  • Death of Maguire (founder Cork Examiner), on 1 November 1872

Elections of the 1860s
General election 20 November 1868: Cork City (2 seats)[8]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal John Maguire 1,895 42.0 N/A
Liberal Nicholas Daniel Murphy 1,862 41.3 N/A
Conservative William Abbott 753 16.7 New
Conservative Christopher Crofts 3 0.1 New
Majority 1,109 24.6 N/A
Turnout 2,632 (est) 74.4 (est) N/A
Registered electors 3,536
Liberal hold
Liberal hold
General election 12 July 1865: Cork City (2 seats)[8]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Nicholas Daniel Murphy Unopposed
Liberal John Maguire Unopposed
Registered electors 3,143
Liberal hold
Liberal hold
By-Election 14 February 1865: Cork City[8]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Nicholas Daniel Murphy Unopposed
Registered electors 3,143
Liberal hold
  • Resignation of Lyons

Elections of the 1850s
By-election, 29 June 1859: Cork City[8]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Francis Lyons Unopposed
Registered electors 3,073
Liberal hold
  • Death of Fagan
General election, 6 May 1859: Cork City (2 seats)[8]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Francis Beamish 1,288 26.8 N/A
Liberal William Trant Fagan 1,231 25.6 N/A
Conservative Andrew Jordaine Wood 1,208 25.1 New
Conservative Barcroft Carroll 1,085 22.5 New
Majority 23 0.5 N/A
Turnout 2,406 (est) 78.3 N/A
Registered electors 3,073
Liberal hold Swing N/A
Liberal hold Swing N/A
General election, 28 March 1857: Cork City (2 seats)[8]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Whig William Trant Fagan Unopposed
Whig Francis Beamish Unopposed
Registered electors 3,050
Whig gain from Independent Irish
Whig gain from Independent Irish
By-election, 20 August 1853: Cork City[8]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Whig Francis Beamish 1,183 54.1 −15.2
Conservative James Charles Chatterton 1,003 45.9 +15.2
Majority 180 8.2 −0.9
Turnout 2,186 69.4 +10.9
Registered electors 3,152
Whig gain from Independent Irish Swing −15.2
  • Appointment of Murphy as a Commissioner of Insolvency
General election, 14 July 1852: Cork City (2 seats)[8]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Independent Irish Francis Murphy 1,246 35.0 New
Independent Irish William Trant Fagan 1,220 34.3 New
Conservative James Charles Chatterton 898 25.2 N/A
Conservative William Lumley Perrier 194 5.5 N/A
Majority 322 9.1 N/A
Turnout 1,779 (est) 58.5 (est) +20.0
Registered electors 3,039
Independent Irish gain from Irish Repeal Swing
Independent Irish gain from Irish Repeal Swing
By-Election, 23 April 1851: Cork City[8]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Whig Francis Murphy Unopposed
Whig gain from Irish Repeal
  • Resignation of Fagan

Elections of the 1840s
By-election, 14 November 1849: Cork City[8]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative James Charles Chatterton 793 57.6 New
Whig Alexander McCarthy[32] 584 42.4 +12.2
Majority 209 15.2 N/A
Turnout 1,377 38.5 +1.5
Registered electors 3,574 (1847 figure)
Conservative gain from Irish Repeal Swing N/A
  • Death of Callaghan
General election 9 August 1847: Cork City (2 seats)[8]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Irish Repeal William Trant Fagan 929 35.1 N/A
Irish Repeal Daniel Callaghan 917 34.7 −1.0
Irish Repeal Alexander McCarthy 799 30.2 N/A
Majority 118 4.5 −6.4
Turnout 1,323 (est) 37.0 (est.) −10.0
Registered electors 3,574
Irish Repeal hold Swing N/A
Irish Repeal gain from Whig Swing N/A
By-Election, 31 January 1846: Cork City[8]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Irish Repeal Alexander McCarthy Unopposed
Irish Repeal gain from Whig
General election 5 July 1841: Cork City (2 seats)[8]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Whig Francis Murphy 1,486 36.3 +7.1
Irish Repeal Daniel Callaghan 1,464 35.7 +6.8
Conservative James Charles Chatterton 1,017 24.8 +4.0
Conservative James Morris 131 3.2 −17.9
Turnout 2,049 (est) 47.0 (est.) c. −11.7
Registered electors 4,364
Majority 22 0.6 N/A
Whig gain from Irish Repeal Swing +7.0
Majority 447 10.9 +3.1
Irish Repeal hold Swing +6.9

Elections of the 1830s
General election 11 August 1837: Cork City (2 seats)[8][3]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Irish Repeal (Whig) Francis Beamish 1,951 29.2 +4.8
Irish Repeal (Whig) Daniel Callaghan 1,935 28.9 +4.2
Conservative Joseph Leycester 1,407 21.1 −4.5
Conservative James Charles Chatterton 1,391 20.8 −4.5
Majority 528 7.8 +7.4
Turnout 3,359 58.7 −16.6
Registered electors 5,723
Irish Repeal gain from Conservative Swing +4.7
Irish Repeal gain from Conservative Swing +4.4
General election 17 January 1835: Cork City (2 seats)[8][3]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Joseph Leycester 1,658 25.6 +14.9
Conservative James Charles Chatterton 1,643 25.3 +14.6
Irish Repeal (Whig) Daniel Callaghan 1,603 24.7 −8.6
Irish Repeal (Whig) Herbert Baldwin 1,580 24.4 −8.4
Majority 40 0.6 N/A
Turnout 3,359 75.3 −10.2
Registered electors 4,461
Conservative gain from Irish Repeal Swing +11.7
Conservative gain from Irish Repeal Swing +11.6
  • Note: On petition Leycester and Chatterton were unseated and Callaghan and Baldwin were declared duly elected, on 18 April 1835.
General election 21 December 1832: Cork City (2 seats)[8][3]
Party Candidate Votes %
Irish Repeal Daniel Callaghan 2,263 33.3
Irish Repeal Herbert Baldwin 2,225 32.8
Tory William Newenham 1,459 21.5
Whig John Boyle 845 12.4
Majority 766 11.3
Turnout 3,696 85.5
Registered electors 4,322
Irish Repeal hold
Irish Repeal gain from Whig
General election 7 May 1831: Cork City (2 seats)[8][3][33]
Party Candidate Votes %
Whig John Boyle (politician) Unopposed
Irish Repeal Daniel Callaghan Unopposed
Registered electors 3,876
Whig hold
Irish Repeal gain from Whig
General election 11 August 1830: Cork City (2 seats)[8][3][33]
Party Candidate Votes %
Whig John Boyle (politician) 1,152 48.2
Whig Daniel Callaghan 851 35.6
Non Partisan Herbert Baldwin 388 16.2
Majority 463 19.4
Turnout c. 1,196 c. 30.8
Registered electors 3,876
Whig hold
Whig gain from Tory
By-election, 29 March 1830: Cork City[8][3][33]
Party Candidate Votes %
Whig Daniel Callaghan 1,171 50.3
Tory William Newenham 1,155 49.7
Majority 16 0.6
Turnout 2,326 c. 60.0
Registered electors c. 3,876
Whig gain from Tory
  • Caused by Callaghan's election in 1829 being declared void.
  • Note: Daniel Callaghan was the brother of Gerrard Callaghan. Stooks Smith classifies Callaghan as a Repealer from this election, but this may not be an accurate description for the period before 1832. See the footnote to the above table of MPs for a brief description of Callaghan's political views.

Elections of the 1820s
  • Election of Callaghan declared void, on petition
By-Election 9 July 1829: Cork City
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Tory Gerrard Callaghan 523 79.5 +30.7
Non Partisan Sir Augustus Warren, 3rd Baronet 135 20.5 New
Majority 388 59.0 N/A
Turnout 658 N/A
Tory hold Swing N/A
  • Death of Colthurst
By-Election 29 December 1826: Cork City
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Whig John Hely-Hutchinson (politician) 1,019 51.2 N/A
Tory Gerrard Callaghan 970 48.8 N/A
Majority 49 2.4 N/A
Turnout 1,989 N/A
Whig hold Swing N/A
  • Death of Hely-Hutchinson
General election 13 June 1826: Cork City (2 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Tory Nicholas Colthurst Unopposed N/A N/A
Whig Christopher Hely-Hutchinson Unopposed N/A N/A
General election 24 March 1820: Cork City (2 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Whig Christopher Hely-Hutchinson 1,303 41.5 -2.0
Tory Nicholas Colthurst 1,080 34.4 +3.8
Tory Gerrard Callaghan 759 24.2 -1.6
Majority 321 10.2 -7.5
Turnout 3,142 (2,037 electors) N/A
Whig hold Swing
Tory hold Swing

Elections of the 1810s
General election 13 July 1818: Cork City (2 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Whig Christopher Hely-Hutchinson 1,221 43.5 +14.8
Tory Nicholas Colthurst 859 30.6 +0.6
Tory Mountifort Longfield (politician) 724 25.8 -15.4
Majority 135 17.7 N/A
Turnout 2,804 (1,895 electors) N/A
Whig gain from Tory Swing
Tory hold Swing
General election 5 November 1812: Cork City (2 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Tory Mountifort Longfield (politician) 918 41.2 -24.4
Tory Nicholas Colthurst 669 30.1 N/A
Whig Christopher Hely-Hutchinson 639 28.7 +3.1
Majority 30 1.4 N/A
Turnout 2,226 (1,400 electors) N/A
Tory gain from Whig Swing
Tory hold Swing

Elections of the 1800s
General election 20 May 1807: Cork City (2 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Tory Mountifort Longfield (politician) 82 65.6 N/A
Whig Christopher Hely-Hutchinson 32 25.6 N/A
Non Partisan George Freke Evans 11 8.8 New
Majority 21 16.8 N/A
Turnout 125 (87 electors) N/A
Tory hold Swing
Whig hold Swing
General election 14 November 1806: Cork City (2 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Tory Mountifort Longfield (politician) Unopposed N/A N/A
Whig Christopher Hely-Hutchinson Unopposed N/A N/A
General election 16 July 1802: Cork City (2 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Tory Mountifort Longfield (politician) Unopposed N/A N/A
Whig Christopher Hely-Hutchinson Unopposed N/A N/A
By-Election 8 January 1802: Cork City
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Whig Christopher Hely-Hutchinson Unopposed N/A N/A
Whig hold Swing N/A
  • Hon. John Hely-Hutchinson created the 1st Baron Hutchinson
Co-option with effect from 1 January 1801: Cork City (2 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Tory Mountifort Longfield (politician) Co-opted N/A N/A
Whig John Hely-Hutchinson Co-opted N/A N/A
  • 1801, 1 January Irish House of Commons members nominated to sit in the corresponding House of Parliament at Westminster

Notes
  1. http://www.corkpastandpresent.ie/mapsimages/corkcityinoldmaps/1832countyofthecityofcorkmap/1832_chalmers%20no%2025%20local%20survey_high_res_2011.pdf
  2. Elevated to the peerage as the 1st Baron Hutchinson, 1801
  3. Smith, Henry Stooks (1842). The Register of Parliamentary Contested Elections (Second ed.). Simpkin, Marshall & Company. pp. 220–221.
  4. Died in office, 1829
  5. Died in office, 1826
  6. Election declared void
  7. Who's Who of British members of parliament: Volume I 1832–1885, edited by M. Stenton (The Harvester Press 1976); described Callaghan as being of Whig principles, except on Irish Coercion Bills. He was the grandfather of Admiral George Callaghan.
  8. Walker, B.M., ed. (1978). Parliamentary Election Results in Ireland, 1801-1922. Dublin: Royal Irish Academy. ISBN 0901714127.
  9. name="Unseated on petition"
  10. Seated on petition. Joint candidate of the Whig Party and Repeal Association in 1835 and 1837. Died in office, 1849.
  11. "City Representation". Cork Examiner. 21 July 1847. pp. 2–4. Retrieved 23 September 2018 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  12. Seated on petition. Joint candidate of the Whig Party and Repeal Association in 1835.
  13. Joint candidate of the Whig Party and Repeal Association in 1837.
  14. Resigned
  15. Resigned, 1851
  16. "Ireland". Hereford Times. 26 April 1851. p. 3. Retrieved 23 September 2018 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  17. "The Cork Election". Newry Examiner and Louth Advertiser. 26 April 1851. pp. 3–4. Retrieved 23 September 2018 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  18. "The General Election". London Evening Standard. 12 July 1852. p. 4. Retrieved 23 September 2018 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  19. "Aris's Birmingham Gazette". 29 August 1853. p. 1. Retrieved 23 September 2018 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  20. MikeMCSG. "47 William Trant Fagan". Clarke Chronicler's Politicians. p. 7 February 2013. Retrieved 23 September 2018.
  21. "The New Parliament". Dublin Weekly Nation. 18 April 1857. p. 8. Retrieved 23 September 2018 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  22. Resigned, 1865
  23. Re-elected as a Liberal at the 1865 and 1868 general elections. Returned as a Home Ruler at the 1874 election.
  24. Died in office, 1872
  25. Died in office, 1876
  26. A member of the Parnellite faction of the Home Rule League in 1880. Resigned as MP, 1884.
  27. Leader of the Parnellite faction of the Home Rule League. Re-elected as an Irish Parliamentary Party candidate in 1885 and 1886, he led the Parnellite Nationalists after the split in 1890 until he died in office in 1891.
  28. The by-election in August 1904 was triggered by William O'Brien resigned his seat on 1 January 1904, and stood for re-election. He was returned unopposed.
  29. At the January 1910 general election, O'Brien was elected for both Cork City and North East Cork. He chose to sit for Cork City.
  30. William O'Brien had been elected as an All-for-Ireland League candidate, but resigned his seat on 19 January 1914, and stood for re-election as an independent nationalist. He was returned unopposed.
  31. The Times (London), Saturday, 27 August 1904 p. 8 col. C
  32. "Tipperary Vindicator". 17 November 1849. pp. 2–3. Retrieved 20 August 2019 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  33. Salmon, Philip. "Cork". The History of Parliament. Retrieved 12 May 2020.

References
  • The Parliaments of England by Henry Stooks Smith (1st edition published in three volumes 1844–50), 2nd edition edited (in one volume) by F.W.S. Craig (Political Reference Publications 1973)
  • Parliamentary Election Results in Ireland, 1801–1922, edited by B.M. Walker (Royal Irish Academy 1978), Cork History and Society Patrick O'Flanagan/ Cornelius G. Buttimer Geography Publications 1993
  • Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "C" (part 5)
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