South Tyrone (UK Parliament constituency)
| South Tyrone | |
|---|---|
| Former county constituency for the House of Commons | |
| 1885–1922 | |
| Seats | 1 |
| Created from | Dungannon and Tyrone |
| Replaced by | Fermanagh and Tyrone |
South Tyrone was a UK Parliament constituency in Ireland which returned one Member of Parliament from 1885 to 1922, using the first past the post electoral system.
Boundaries and Boundary Changes[edit]
This county constituency comprised the southern part of County Tyrone.
Prior to the 1885 redistribution the area was part of the Tyrone constituency. From 1922 it formed part of the Fermanagh and Tyrone constituency.
1885–1918: The baronies of Clogher and Dungannon Lower, and that part of the barony of Dungannon Middle consisting of the parishes of Clonfeacle and Donaghmore.
1918–1922: The rural district of Clogher, that part of the rural district of Cookstown consisting of the district electoral divisions of The Sandholes and Stewartstown, that part of the rural district of Dungannon not contained in the North East Tyrone constituency, that part of the rural district of Omagh consisting of the district electoral divisions of Carryglass, Derrybard, Dervaghroy, Draughton, Fallaghearn, Fintona, Seskinore and Tattymoyle, and the urban district of Dungannon.
Politics[edit]
The constituency was a majority unionist area. Sinn Féin and the Independent Nationalist candidate together polled about 2,500 votes less than the Unionist received in 1918.
The First Dáil[edit]
The constituencies in the 1918 Westminster election, including South Tyrone, also served as the constituencies of the First Dáil, established by Sinn Féin as the parliament of its self-proclaimed Irish Republic. While in theory all Irish Westminster MPs were entitled to sit in the Dáil, in practice only Sinn Féin members attended, and South Tyrone's William Coote was listed on the roll as "as láthair" [absent].[1] The Second Dáil used the single transferable vote constituencies of the 1921 home rule elections, in which the territory previously in South Tyrone was part of the eight-member House of Commons of Northern Ireland constituency of Fermanagh and Tyrone.
Members of Parliament[edit]
| Election | Member | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1885 | William O'Brien | Nationalist | |
| 1886 | Thomas Russell | Liberal Unionist | |
| 1902 | Russellite Unionist | ||
| 1907 | Liberal | ||
| Jan 1910 | Andrew Horner | Irish Unionist | |
| 1916 (b) | William Coote | Irish Unionist | |
| May 1921 | Ulster Unionist | ||
| 1922 | constituency abolished | ||
Elections[edit]
Elections in the 1880s[edit]
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Irish Parliamentary | William O'Brien | 3,435 | 50.4 | ||
| Irish Conservative | Somerset Henry Maxwell | 3,382 | 49.6 | ||
| Majority | 53 | 0.8 | |||
| Turnout | 6,817 | 88.2 | |||
| Registered electors | 7,725 | ||||
| Irish Parliamentary win (new seat) | |||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal Unionist | Thomas Russell | 3,481 | 50.7 | +1.1 | |
| Irish Parliamentary | William O'Brien | 3,382 | 49.3 | −1.1 | |
| Majority | 99 | 1.4 | N/A | ||
| Turnout | 6,863 | 88.8 | +0.6 | ||
| Registered electors | 7,725 | ||||
| Liberal Unionist gain from Irish Parliamentary | Swing | +1.1 | |||
Elections in the 1890s[edit]
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal Unionist | Thomas Russell | 3,468 | 52.8 | +2.1 | |
| Liberal | Thomas Alexander Dickson | 3,096 | 47.2 | New | |
| Majority | 372 | 5.6 | +4.2 | ||
| Turnout | 6,564 | 92.8 | +4.0 | ||
| Registered electors | 7,070 | ||||
| Liberal Unionist hold | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal Unionist | Thomas Russell | 3,239 | 51.5 | −1.3 | |
| Independent Nationalist | Thomas Shillington | 3,046 | 48.5 | New | |
| Majority | 193 | 3.0 | −2.6 | ||
| Turnout | 6,285 | 93.4 | +0.6 | ||
| Registered electors | 6,730 | ||||
| Liberal Unionist hold | Swing | ||||
Elections in the 1900s[edit]
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal Unionist | Thomas Russell | 2,499 | 48.0 | −3.5 | |
| Independent Nationalist | Edward Charles Thompson | 2,409 | 46.0 | -2.5 | |
| Ind. Unionist | Robert James Howard | 303 | 5.8 | New | |
| Majority | 90 | 2.0 | −1.0 | ||
| Turnout | 5,211 | 83.8 | −9.6 | ||
| Registered electors | 6,220 | ||||
| Liberal Unionist hold | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Russellite Unionist | Thomas Russell | 2,954 | 52.5 | +4.5 | |
| Irish Unionist | Andrew Horner | 2,671 | 47.5 | −0.5 | |
| Majority | 283 | 5.0 | N/A | ||
| Turnout | 5,625 | 94.0 | +10.2 | ||
| Registered electors | 5,982 | ||||
| Russellite Unionist gain from Liberal Unionist | Swing | ||||
Elections in the 1910s[edit]
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Irish Unionist | Andrew Horner | 3,054 | 52.4 | +4.9 | |
| Liberal | Thomas Russell | 2,770 | 47.6 | -4.9 | |
| Majority | 284 | 4.8 | N/A | ||
| Turnout | 5,824 | 96.1 | +2.1 | ||
| Registered electors | 6,059 | ||||
| Irish Unionist gain from Russellite Unionist | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Irish Unionist | Andrew Horner | 2,962 | 52.7 | +0.3 | |
| Liberal | Robert Nathaniel Boyd | 2,662 | 47.3 | −0.3 | |
| Majority | 300 | 5.4 | +0.6 | ||
| Turnout | 5,624 | 92.8 | −3.3 | ||
| Registered electors | 6,059 | ||||
| Irish Unionist hold | Swing | +0.3 | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Irish Unionist | William Coote | Unopposed | |||
| Registered electors | 6,434 | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Irish Unionist | William Coote | 10,616 | 56.9 | +4.2 | |
| Sinn Féin | Denis McCullough | 5,437 | 29.1 | New | |
| Independent Nationalist | John Skeffington | 2,602 | 13.9 | New | |
| Majority | 5,179 | 27.8 | N/A | ||
| Turnout | 18,655 | 83.0 | -9.8 | ||
| Irish Unionist hold | Swing | ||||
See also[edit]
- List of UK Parliament Constituencies in Ireland and Northern Ireland
- Redistribution of Seats (Ireland) Act 1918
- List of MPs elected in the 1918 United Kingdom general election
- List of Dáil Éireann constituencies in Ireland (historic)
- Members of the 1st Dáil
References[edit]
Sources[edit]
- Walker, Brian M., ed. (1978). Parliamentary Election Results in Ireland, 1801–1922. Dublin: Royal Irish Academy. ISBN 0901714127.
- Stenton, M.; Lees, S., eds. (1978). Who's Who of British members of parliament: Volume II 1886–1918. The Harvester Press.
- Stenton, M.; Lees, S., eds. (1979). 'Who's Who of British members of parliament: Volume III 1919–1945. The Harvester Press.
- Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "T" (part 2)
Citations[edit]
- ^ "An Rolla [the roll]". First Dáil proceedings (in Irish). 21 January 1919. col.10. Retrieved 12 September 2016.
Co. Thír Eoghain (theas)—Mr. Coote—as láthair
- ^ a b c d e f g h i Walker, B.M., ed. (1978). Parliamentary Election Results in Ireland, 1801-1922. Dublin: Royal Irish Academy. pp. 377–378, 397. ISBN 0901714127.