West Mayo (UK Parliament constituency)

West Mayo was a parliamentary constituency in Ireland, which returned one Member of Parliament (MP) to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1885 to 1922.

West Mayo
Former County constituency for the House of Commons
1885–1922
Number of members	One
Created from	Mayo

Prior to the 1885 general election the area was part of the two-seat Mayo constituency. From 1922 it was not represented in the UK Parliament.

Boundaries

This constituency comprised the western part of County Mayo.

1885–1922: The baronies of Burrishoole and Murrisk, and that part of the barony of Carra not contained within the constituency of South Mayo.

Members of Parliament

Years	Member	Party
1885–1890	John Deasy	Irish Parliamentary Party
1891–1893		Anti-Parnellite
1893–1900	Robert Ambrose	Anti-Parnellite
1900–1910		Irish Parliamentary Party
1910–1918	William Doris	Irish Parliamentary Party
1918–1922	Joseph MacBride	Sinn Féin

Elections

Elections in the 1880s

General election 1885: West Mayo[1]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Irish Parliamentary	John Deasy	4,790	97.3
	Irish Conservative	Robert Vesey Stoney	131	2.7
Majority			4,659	94.6
Turnout			4,921	61.4
Registered electors			8,009
	Irish Parliamentary win (new seat)

General election 1886: West Mayo[1]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Irish Parliamentary	John Deasy	Unopposed
Registered electors			8,009
	Irish Parliamentary hold

Elections in the 1890s

General election 1892: West Mayo[1]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Irish National Federation	John Deasy	3,456	85.0	N/A
	Independent Nationalist	John O'Connor Power	611	15.0	New
Majority			2,845	70.0	N/A
Turnout			4,067	38.2	N/A
Registered electors			10,644
	Irish National Federation gain from Irish Parliamentary		Swing	N/A

Deasy resigns, causing a by-election.

By-election, 1893: West Mayo[1]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Irish National Federation	Robert Ambrose	Unopposed
Registered electors			11,262
	Irish National Federation hold

General election 1895: West Mayo[1]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Irish National Federation	Robert Ambrose	Unopposed
Registered electors			10,900
	Irish National Federation hold

Elections in the 1900s

General election 1900: West Mayo[1]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Irish Parliamentary	Robert Ambrose	Unopposed
Registered electors			9,436
	Irish Parliamentary hold

General election 1906: West Mayo[1]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Irish Parliamentary	Robert Ambrose	Unopposed
Registered electors			8,941
	Irish Parliamentary hold

Elections in the 1910s

General election January 1910: West Mayo[1]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Irish Parliamentary	William Doris	Unopposed
Registered electors			9,436
	Irish Parliamentary hold

General election December 1910: West Mayo[1]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Irish Parliamentary	William Doris	3,931	78.4	N/A
	All-for-Ireland	William O'Brien	1,082	21.6	New
Majority			2,849	56.8	N/A
Turnout			5,013	60.7	N/A
Registered electors			8,261
	Irish Parliamentary hold		Swing	N/A

General election 1918: West Mayo[1]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Sinn Féin	Joseph MacBride	10,195	86.7	New
	Irish Parliamentary	William Doris	1,568	13.3	−65.1
Majority			8,627	73.4	N/A
Turnout			11,763	54.3	−6.4
Registered electors			21,667
	Sinn Féin gain from Irish Parliamentary		Swing	N/A

References

1. 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)
• Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "M" (part 2)