Dublin City was an Irish Borough constituency in the House of Commons of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland. It comprised the city of Dublin in the county of Dublin, and was represented by two Members of Parliament from its creation in 1801 until 1885.
Dublin City
Former borough constituency for the House of Commons
The red border delineates the border of the Dublin City constituency between 1832 and 1840.
The city of Dublin was accounted a county of itself, although it remained connected with County Dublin for certain purposes. A Topographical Directory of Ireland, published in 1837, describes the Parliamentary history of the city.
The city returns two members to the Imperial parliament; the right of election, formerly vested in the corporation, freemen, and 40s. freeholders, has been extended to the £10 householders, and £20 and £10 leaseholders for the respective terms of 14 and 20 years, by the act of the 2nd of William IV., cap. 88. The number of voters registered at the first general election under that act was 7041, of which number, 5126 voted. The limits of the city, for electoral purposes, include an area of 3538 statute acres, the boundaries of which are minutely detailed in the Appendix; the number of freemen is about 3500, of whom 2500 are resident and 1000 non-resident, and the number of £10 houses is 16,000: the sheriffs are the returning officers.
The boundary from 1832, defined in the Parliamentary Boundaries (Ireland) Act 1832 (c. 89 2& 3 Will. 4), was as follows.
The County of the City of Dublin, and such Parts of the County at large as lie within the Circular Road.
From 1832 (when registers of electors were first prepared) a turnout figure is given, for the percentage of the registered electors who voted. If the number of registered electors eligible to take part in a contested election is unknown, then the last known electorate figure is used to calculate an estimated turnout. If the numbers of registered electors and electors taking part in the poll are known, an exact turnout figure is calculated. In two member elections (in which an elector could cast one or two votes as he chose), where the exact number of electors participating is unknown, an estimated turnout figure is given. This is calculated by dividing the total number of votes cast by two. To the extent that electors used only one of their votes the estimated turnout figure is an underestimate.
Elections in the 1800s
General election 21 July 1802: Dublin City 2 seats 15 day poll
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
±%
Tory
John Claudius Beresford
1,965
35.34
Whig
John La Touche
1,673
30.08
Tory
George Ogle
1,281
23.04
Whig
Jonah Barrington
642
11.54
Majority
392
7.04
Turnout
5,561
Tory win (new seat)
Whig win (new seat)
Dublin by-election, 31 March 1804 Caused by resignation of Beresford
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
±%
Tory
Robert Shaw
Unopposed
N/A
N/A
Tory hold
Swing
General election 19 November 1806: Dublin City 2 seats 8 day poll
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
±%
Whig
Henry Grattan
1,675
34.64
Tory
Robert Shaw
1,638
33.88
Whig
John La Touche
1,522
31.48
Majority
116
2.40
N/A
Turnout
4,835
Whig hold
Swing
Tory hold
Swing
General election 15 May 1807: Dublin City 2 seats
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
±%
Whig
Henry Grattan
Unopposed
N/A
N/A
Tory
Robert Shaw
Unopposed
N/A
N/A
Elections in the 1810s
General election 19 October 1812: Dublin City 2 seats
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
±%
Whig
Henry Grattan
Unopposed
N/A
N/A
Tory
Robert Shaw
Unopposed
N/A
N/A
Turnout
N/A
N/A
N/A
General election 30 June 1818: Dublin City 2 seats
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
±%
Whig
Henry Grattan
Unopposed
N/A
N/A
Tory
Robert Shaw
Unopposed
N/A
N/A
Turnout
N/A
N/A
N/A
Elections in the 1820s
General election 16 March 1820: Dublin City 2 seats
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
±%
Whig
Henry Grattan
Unopposed
N/A
N/A
Tory
Robert Shaw
Unopposed
N/A
N/A
Turnout
N/A
N/A
N/A
Dublin by-election, 30 June 1820 Caused by the death of Grattan 6 day poll
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
±%
Tory
Thomas Ellis
1,137
59.03
N/A
Whig
Henry Grattan
789
40.97
N/A
Majority
348
18.06
N/A
Turnout
1,926
N/A
N/A
Tory gain from Whig
Swing
General election 12 June 1826: Dublin City 2 seats
Harty and Perrin were unseated on petition and a new writ was issued, 1831.
The 1832 by-election was the last contest in Ireland for the Unreformed House of Commons.
O'Connell and Ruthven were re-elected in 1835, as the candidates of a Whig/Repealer electoral pact. As the result of an election petition, the result of the 1835 election was reversed. O'Connell and Ruthven were unseated, with Hamilton and West being declared duly elected, on 16 May 1836.
O'Connell and Hutton were the candidates, in 1837, of a Whig/Repealer electoral pact.
Hill, Jacqueline (2007). "The 1847 general election in Dublin city". In Blackstock, Allan; Magennis, Eoin (eds.). Politics and Political Culture in Britain and Ireland: 1750–1850. Belfast: Ulster Historical Foundation. p.47. ISBN978-1-903688-68-7. Retrieved 21 August 2019– via Google Books.
West died 1842.
Grogan was a Baronet from 23 April 1859.
On petition after the 1868 general election, Guinness was unseated and a new writ was issued in 1870.
The Home Rule League was replaced by the Irish Parliamentary Party in 1882.
Walker, B.M., ed. (1978). Parliamentary Election Results in Ireland, 1801–1922. Dublin: Royal Irish Academy. ISBN0901714127.
Farrell, Stephen. "Dublin". The History of Parliament. Retrieved 15 May 2020.
"City Election—Meeting of Freemen". Saunders's News-Letter. 27 March 1857. pp.2–3. Retrieved 30 September 2018– via British Newspaper Archive.
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)
Walker, B.M., ed. (1978). Parliamentary Election Results in Ireland, 1801–1922. Royal Irish Academy.
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