Dungannon (UK Parliament constituency)
{{Short description|UK parliamentary constituency in Ireland, 1801–1885}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=September 2023}}
{{Use British English|date=September 2020}}
{{Infobox UK constituency
| name = Dungannon
| type = borough
| borough = Dungannon
| region = Ireland
| county = County Tyrone
| parliament = uk
| year = 1801
| abolished = 1885
| seats = 1
| previous = Dungannon
| next = South Tyrone
|}}
Dungannon was a United Kingdom Parliament constituency, in Ireland, returning one MP. It was an original constituency represented in Parliament when the Union of Great Britain and Ireland took effect on 1 January 1801 and was abolished by the Redistribution of Seats Act 1885. This act split County Tyrone into four single-member constituencies: East Tyrone, Mid Tyrone, North Tyrone and South Tyrone. It took effect at the 1885 United Kingdom general election.
Boundaries
This constituency was the parliamentary borough of Dungannon in County Tyrone.
Members of Parliament
| class="wikitable" | ||
| colspan="2" | Election | Member | Party |
|---|---|---|
| style="color:inherit;background-color: white" |
| 1801 | Hon. John Knox{{efn|Knox was returned in the ballot for Irish borough constituencies held in December 1800. However, he had been lost at sea the previous month while on his way to take up the post of Governor of Jamaica. This was not known at the time of the ballot. No writ to replace him was issued until 4 November 1801}} | | ||
| style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color|Irish Conservative Party}}" | | ||
| style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color|Irish Conservative Party}}" |
| 1802 | Hon. George Knox{{efn|name="knox-dublin"|At both the 1802 and 1806 elections, George Knox was also returned for Dublin University, and chose to sit for that seat rather than for Dungannon.}} | ||
| style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color|Irish Conservative Party}}" | | ||
| style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color|Irish Conservative Party}}" |
| 1806 | Hon. George Knox{{efn|name="knox-dublin"}} | ||
| style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color|Irish Conservative Party}}" | | ||
| style="color:inherit;background-color: white" |
| 1807 | | ||
| style="color:inherit;background-color: white" |
| | ||
| style="color:inherit;background-color: white" |
| 1812 | | ||
| style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color|Tories (British political party)}}" |
| 1818 | Tory{{cite web |last1=Farrell |first1=Stephen |title=KNOX, Hon. Thomas (1786-1858), of Barham House, Elstree, Herts. |url=https://www.historyofparliamentonline.org/volume/1820-1832/member/knox-hon-thomas-1786-1858 |website=The History of Parliament |access-date=15 May 2020}} | ||
| style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color|Tories (British political party)}}" |
| 28 December 1830 | rowspan="2" | John James Knox | Tory{{cite book |last1=Stooks Smith |first1=Henry |title=The Register of Parliamentary Contested Elections: Containing the Uncontested Elections Since 1830 |date=1842 |publisher=Simpkin, Marshall, & Co. |location=London |page=226 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=VQgHAAAAQAAJ&pg=PA226 |via=Google Books |access-date=21 August 2019}} | ||
| style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color|Irish Conservative Party}}" |
| December 1834 | Conservative{{cite book |last1=Stooks Smith |first1=Henry |title=The Register of Parliamentary Contested Elections: Containing the Uncontested Elections Since 1830 |date=1842 |publisher=Simpkin, Marshall, & Co. |location=London |page=226 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=VQgHAAAAQAAJ&pg=PA226 |via=Google Books |access-date=21 August 2019}} | ||
| style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color|Irish Conservative Party}}" |
| 1837 | ||
| style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color|Irish Conservative Party}}" | | ||
| style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color|Irish Conservative Party}}" | | ||
| style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color|Liberal Party (UK)}}" |
| 1874 | Liberal | ||
| style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color|Liberal Party (UK)}}" |
| 1880 by-election{{efn|Thomas Alexander Dickson had been re-elected at the general election in April 1880, but his election was declared void on 10 June 1880}} | Liberal | ||
| colspan="2" align="center" | 1885
|colspan="2" | constituency abolished |
Elections
=Elections in the 1830s=
{{Election box begin no change| title=General election 1830: Dungannon{{cite web |last1=Farrell |first1=Stephen |title=Dungannon |url=https://www.historyofparliamentonline.org/volume/1820-1832/constituencies/dungannon |website=The History of Parliament |access-date=15 May 2020}}
}}
{{Election box winning candidate unopposed with party link|
|party = Tories (British political party)
|candidate = Thomas Knox (I)
}}
{{Election box registered electors no change|
|reg. electors = 13
}}
{{Election box hold with party link no swing|
|winner = Tories (British political party)
}}
{{Election box end}}
Knox resigned, causing a by-election.
{{Election box begin no change| title=By-election, 28 December 1830: Dungannon
}}
{{Election box winning candidate unopposed with party link|
|party = Tories (British political party)
|candidate = James Knox
}}
{{Election box registered electors no change|
|reg. electors = 13
}}
{{Election box hold with party link no swing|
|winner = Tories (British political party)
}}
{{Election box end}}
{{Election box begin no change| title=General election 1831: Dungannon
}}
{{Election box winning candidate unopposed with party link|
|party = Tories (British political party)
|candidate = James Knox
}}
{{Election box registered electors no change|
|reg. electors = 13
}}
{{Election box hold with party link no swing|
|winner = Tories (British political party)
}}
{{Election box end}}
{{Election box begin no change| title=General election 1832: Dungannon
}}
{{Election box winning candidate unopposed with party link|
|party = Tories (British political party)
|candidate = James Knox
}}
{{Election box registered electors no change|
|reg. electors = 154
}}
{{Election box hold with party link no swing|
|winner = Tories (British political party)
}}
{{Election box end}}
{{Election box begin no change| title=General election 1835: Dungannon
}}
{{Election box winning candidate unopposed with party link|
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = James Knox
}}
{{Election box registered electors no change|
|reg. electors = 197
}}
{{Election box hold with party link no swing|
|winner = Conservative Party (UK)
}}
{{Election box end}}
{{Election box begin no change| title=General election 1837: Dungannon
}}
{{Election box winning candidate unopposed with party link|
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = Thomas Knox (I)
}}
{{Election box registered electors no change|
|reg. electors = 226
}}
{{Election box hold with party link no swing|
|winner = Conservative Party (UK)
}}
{{Election box end}}
Knox resigned, causing a by-election.
{{Election box begin no change| title=By-election, 9 June 1838: Dungannon
}}
{{Election box winning candidate unopposed with party link|
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = Thomas Knox (II)
}}
{{Election box hold with party link no swing|
|winner = Conservative Party (UK)
}}
{{Election box end}}
=Elections in the 1840s=
{{Election box begin| title=General election 1841: Dungannon
}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = Thomas Knox (II)
|votes = 72
|percentage = 58.1
|change = N/A
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Whigs (British political party)
|votes = 52
|percentage = 41.9
|change = New
}}
{{Election box majority|
|votes = 20
|percentage = 16.2
|change = N/A
}}
{{Election box turnout|
|votes = 124
|percentage = 63.3
|change = N/A
}}
{{Election box registered electors|
|reg. electors = 196
}}
{{Election box hold with party link|
|winner = Conservative Party (UK)
|swing = N/A
}}
{{Election box end}}
{{Election box begin| title=General election 1847: Dungannon
}}
{{Election box winning candidate unopposed with party link|
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = Thomas Knox (II)
}}
{{Election box registered electors|
|reg. electors = 438
}}
{{Election box hold with party link no swing|
|winner = Conservative Party (UK)
}}
{{Election box end}}
=Elections in the 1850s=
Knox resigned due to ill health by accepting the office of Steward of the Chiltern Hundreds, causing a by-election.{{cite news |title=Ireland |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000401/18500809/077/0004 |access-date=30 September 2018 |work=Shrewsbury Chronicle |date=9 August 1850 |page=4 |via=British Newspaper Archive |url-access=subscription}}
{{Election box begin| title=By-election, 3 August 1850: Dungannon
}}
{{Election box winning candidate unopposed with party link|
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = Thomas Knox
}}
{{Election box hold with party link no swing|
|winner = Conservative Party (UK)
}}
{{Election box end}}
Knox resigned again by accepting the office of Steward of the Chiltern Hundreds, causing a by-election.
{{Election box begin| title=By-election, 14 February 1851: Dungannon
}}
{{Election box winning candidate unopposed with party link|
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = William Knox
}}
{{Election box hold with party link no swing|
|winner = Conservative Party (UK)
}}
{{Election box end}}
Knox was appointed a Groom in Waiting to Queen Victoria, causing a by-election.
{{Election box begin| title=By-election, 24 March 1852: Dungannon
}}
{{Election box winning candidate unopposed with party link|
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = William Knox
}}
{{Election box hold with party link no swing|
|winner = Conservative Party (UK)
}}
{{Election box end}}
{{Election box begin| title=General election 1852: Dungannon
}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = William Knox
|votes = 100
|percentage = 82.0
|change = N/A
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Whigs (British political party)
|candidate = William Holmes{{cite news |title=Dungannon Elections |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0001223/18520724/026/0004 |access-date=30 September 2018 |work=Northern Standard |date=24 July 1852 |page=4 |via=British Newspaper Archive |url-access=subscription}}
|votes = 22
|percentage = 18.0
|change = New
}}
{{Election box majority|
|votes = 78
|percentage = 64.0
|change = N/A
}}
{{Election box turnout|
|votes = 122
|percentage = 77.2
|change = N/A
}}
{{Election box registered electors|
|reg. electors = 158
}}
{{Election box hold with party link no swing|
|winner = Conservative Party (UK)
}}
{{Election box end}}
{{Election box begin| title=General election 1857: Dungannon
}}
{{Election box winning candidate unopposed with party link|
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = William Knox
}}
{{Election box registered electors|
|reg. electors = 188
}}
{{Election box hold with party link no swing|
|winner = Conservative Party (UK)
}}
{{Election box end}}
{{Election box begin| title=General election 1859: Dungannon
}}
{{Election box winning candidate unopposed with party link|
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = William Knox
}}
{{Election box registered electors|
|reg. electors = 202
}}
{{Election box hold with party link no swing|
|winner = Conservative Party (UK)
}}
{{Election box end}}
=Elections in the 1860s=
{{Election box begin| title=General election 1865: Dungannon
}}
{{Election box winning candidate unopposed with party link|
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = William Knox
}}
{{Election box registered electors|
|reg. electors = 174
}}
{{Election box hold with party link no swing|
|winner = Conservative Party (UK)
}}
{{Election box end}}
{{Election box begin| title=General election 1868: Dungannon
}}
{{Election box winning candidate unopposed with party link|
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = William Knox
}}
{{Election box registered electors|
|reg. electors = 245
}}
{{Election box hold with party link no swing|
|winner = Conservative Party (UK)
}}
{{Election box end}}
=Elections in the 1870s=
{{Election box begin| title=General election 1874: Dungannon
}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
|party = Liberal Party (UK)
|candidate = Thomas Alexander Dickson
|votes = 121
|percentage = 52.6
|change = New
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = William Knox
|votes = 109
|percentage = 47.4
|change = N/A
}}
{{Election box majority|
|votes = 12
|percentage = 5.2
|change = N/A
}}
{{Election box turnout|
|votes = 230
|percentage = 91.3
|change = N/A
}}
{{Election box registered electors|
|reg. electors = 252
}}
{{Election box gain with party link|
|winner = Liberal Party (UK)
|loser = Conservative Party (UK)
|swing = N/A
}}
{{Election box end}}
=Elections in the 1880s=
{{Election box begin| title=General election 1880: Dungannon{{cite book |editor1-last=Walker |editor1-first=B.M. |title=Parliamentary Election Results in Ireland, 1801-1922 |date=1978 |publisher=Royal Irish Academy |location=Dublin |isbn=0901714127|pages=213–214, 276–277}}
}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
|party = Liberal Party (UK)
|candidate = Thomas Alexander Dickson
|votes = 132
|percentage = 50.8
|change = -1.8
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = William Knox
|votes = 128
|percentage = 49.2
|change = +1.8
}}
{{Election box majority|
|votes = 4
|percentage = 1.4
|change = -3.8
}}
{{Election box turnout|
|votes = 260
|percentage = 92.2
|change = +0.9
}}
{{Election box registered electors|
|reg. electors = 282
}}
{{Election box hold with party link|
|winner = Liberal Party (UK)
|swing =
}}
{{Election box end}}
On petition, Dickson was unseated and a by-election was called.
{{Election box begin| title=By-election, 25 June 1880: Dungannon
}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
|party = Liberal Party (UK)
|candidate = James Dickson
|votes = 132
|percentage = 50.8
|change = 0.0
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = William Knox
|votes = 128
|percentage = 49.2
|change = 0.0
}}
{{Election box majority|
|votes = 4
|percentage = 1.4
|change = 0.0
}}
{{Election box turnout|
|votes = 260
|percentage = 92.2
|change = 0.0
}}
{{Election box registered electors|
|reg. electors = 282
}}
{{Election box hold with party link|
|winner = Liberal Party (UK)
|swing = 0.0
}}
{{Election box end}}
{{Incomplete list|date=August 2008}}
Notes
{{notelist}}
References
{{reflist}}
- 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)
- {{cite book |title=Parliamentary Election Results in Ireland, 1801–1922 |editor-first=B.M. |editor-last=Walker |publisher=Royal Irish Academy |year=1978 |location=Dublin |isbn=0901714127}}
- {{Rayment-hc | d | 4 |date=March 2012}}
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