East Cork (UK Parliament constituency)

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.

East Cork
Former County constituency for the House of Commons
1885–1922
Number of members	One
Created from	County Cork and Youghal

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.

Boundaries

This constituency comprised the eastern part of County Cork, consisting of the barony of Imokilly and that part of the barony of Barrymore not contained within the North East Cork constituency.

Members of Parliament

Election		Member [1]	Party
	1885	William John Lane	Irish Parliamentary Party
	1891		Anti-Parnellite
	1892	Anthony Donelan	Anti-Parnellite
	1900		Irish Parliamentary Party
	1911 by-election	John Muldoon	Irish Parliamentary Party
	1918	David Kent	Sinn Féin
	1922	constituency abolished

Elections

Elections in the 1880s

General election 1885: East Cork[2]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Irish Parliamentary	William John Lane	4,314	94.2	N/A
	Independent	Henry Villiers-Stuart	266	5.8	N/A
Majority			4,048	88.4	N/A
Turnout			4,580	58.4	N/A
Registered electors			6,934
	Irish Parliamentary win (new seat)

General election 1886: East Cork[2]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Irish Parliamentary	William John Lane	Unopposed
	Irish Parliamentary hold

Elections in the 1890s

General election 1892: East Cork[2]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Irish National Federation	Anthony Donelan	Unopposed
	Irish National Federation gain from Irish Parliamentary

General election 1895: East Cork[2]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Irish National Federation	Anthony Donelan	Unopposed
	Irish National Federation hold

Elections in the 1900s

General election 1900: East Cork[2]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Irish Parliamentary	Anthony Donelan	Unopposed
	Irish Parliamentary hold

General election 1906: East Cork[2]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Irish Parliamentary	Anthony Donelan	Unopposed
	Irish Parliamentary hold

Elections in the 1910s

General election, January 1910: East Cork[2]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Irish Parliamentary	Anthony Donelan	Unopposed
	Irish Parliamentary hold

General election, December 1910: East Cork[2]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Irish Parliamentary	Anthony Donelan	3,173	63.4	N/A
	All-for-Ireland	William O'Brien	1,834	36.6	New
Majority			1,339	26.8	N/A
Turnout			5,007	79.3	N/A
Registered electors			6,316
	Irish Parliamentary hold		Swing	N/A

By-election, 1911: East Cork[2]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Irish Parliamentary	John Muldoon	Unopposed
	Irish Parliamentary hold

General Election, 1918: East Cork[2]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Sinn Féin	David Kent	Unopposed
	Sinn Féin gain from Irish Parliamentary

References

1. Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "C" (part 5)
2. Walker, B.M., ed. (1978). Parliamentary Election Results in Ireland, 1801-1922. Dublin: Royal Irish Academy. ISBN 0901714127.

• Parliamentary Election Results in Ireland, 1801-1922, edited by B.M. Walker (Royal Irish Academy 1978)