East Mayo (UK Parliament constituency)

{{Short description|Former parliamentary constituency in the United Kingdom}}

{{About|1885–1922 constituency of the United Kingdom House of Commons and of the 1919–1921 First Dáil|the 1969–1997 constituency|Mayo East (Dáil constituency)}}

{{Infobox UK constituency

|name = East Mayo

|type = county

|parliament = uk

|year = 1885

|abolished = 1922

|seats = 1

|previous = Mayo

|next = Sligo–Mayo East

|}}

East 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.

Prior to the 1885 general election the area was part of the Mayo constituency. From 1922, on the establishment of the Irish Free State, it was not represented in the UK Parliament.

Boundaries

This constituency comprised the eastern part of County Mayo.

1885–1922: That part of the barony of Costello not contained within the constituency of South Mayo and that part of the barony of Gallen not contained within the constituency of North Mayo.

Members of Parliament

\|Years	Member	Party
class="wikitable"
1885–1890 \|rowspan=3\| John Dillon \| Irish Parliamentary Party
1891–1900 \| Irish National Federation
1900–1918 \| Irish Parliamentary Party
1918–1922 \| Éamon de Valera \| Sinn Féin

Elections

=Elections in the 1880s=

{{Election box begin |

|title=General election 27 November 1885: East Mayo}}

{{Election box winning candidate unopposed with party link|

|party = Irish Parliamentary Party

|candidate = John Dillon

}}

{{Election box registered electors|

|reg. electors = 8,149

}}

{{Election box new seat win|

|winner = Irish Parliamentary Party

}}

{{Election box begin |

|title=General election 6 July 1886: East Mayo}}

{{Election box winning candidate unopposed with party link|

|party = Irish Parliamentary Party

|candidate = John Dillon

}}

{{Election box registered electors|

|reg. electors = 8,149

}}

{{Election box hold with party link no swing|

|winner = Irish Parliamentary Party

}}

=Elections in the 1890s=

{{Election box begin |

|title=General election 13 July 1892: East Mayo}}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link|

|party = Irish National Federation

|candidate = John Dillon

|votes = 2,464

|percentage = 90.6

|change = N/A

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Irish National League

|candidate = John Fitzgibbon

|votes = 257

|percentage = 9.4

|change = N/A

}}

{{Election box majority|

|votes = 2,207

|percentage = 81.2

|change = N/A

}}

{{Election box turnout|

|votes = 2,721

|percentage = 42.6

|change = N/A

}}

{{Election box registered electors|

|reg. electors = 6,387

}}

{{Election box gain with party link|

|winner = Irish National Federation

|loser = Irish Parliamentary Party

|swing = N/A

}}

{{Election box begin |

|title=General election 19 July 1895: East Mayo}}

{{Election box winning candidate unopposed with party link|

|party = Irish National Federation

|candidate = John Dillon

}}

{{Election box registered electors|

|reg. electors = 7,966

}}

{{Election box hold with party link no swing|

|winner = Irish National Federation

}}

=Elections in the 1900s=

{{Election box begin |

|title=General election 3 October 1900: East Mayo}}

{{Election box winning candidate unopposed with party link|

|party = Irish Parliamentary Party

|candidate = John Dillon

}}

{{Election box registered electors|

|reg. electors = 8,225

}}

{{Election box hold with party link no swing|

|winner = Irish Parliamentary Party

}}

{{Election box begin |

|title=General election 19 January 1906: East Mayo}}

{{Election box winning candidate unopposed with party link|

|party = Irish Parliamentary Party

|candidate = John Dillon

}}

{{Election box registered electors|

|reg. electors = 8,029

}}

{{Election box hold with party link no swing|

|winner = Irish Parliamentary Party

}}

=Elections in the 1910s=

{{Election box begin |

|title=General election 18 January 1910: East Mayo}}

{{Election box winning candidate unopposed with party link|

|party = Irish Parliamentary Party

|candidate = John Dillon

}}

{{Election box registered electors|

|reg. electors = 7,816

}}

{{Election box hold with party link no swing|

|winner = Irish Parliamentary Party

}}

{{Election box begin |

|title=General election 6 December 1910: East Mayo}}

{{Election box winning candidate unopposed with party link|

|party = Irish Parliamentary Party

|candidate = John Dillon

}}

{{Election box registered electors|

|reg. electors = 7,816

}}

{{Election box hold with party link no swing|

|winner = Irish Parliamentary Party

}}

{{Election box begin |

|title=General Election 14 December 1918: East Mayo}}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link|

|party = Sinn Féin

|candidate = Éamon de Valera

|votes = 8,975

|percentage = 66.5

|change = New

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Irish Parliamentary Party

|candidate = John Dillon

|votes = 4,514

|percentage = 33.5

|change = N/A

}}

{{Election box majority|

|votes = 4,461

|percentage = 33.0

|change = N/A

}}

{{Election box turnout|

|votes = 13,489

|percentage = 62.3

|change = N/A

}}

{{Election box registered electors|

|reg. electors = 21,635

}}

{{Election box gain with party link|

|winner = Sinn Féin

|loser = Irish Parliamentary Party

|swing = N/A

}}

References

{{cite book|title=Parliamentary Election Results in Ireland, 1801–1922|editor-first=Brian M.|editor-last=Walker|publisher=Royal Irish Academy|year=1978|location=Dublin|isbn=0901714127|pages=366–367, 394}}
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Category:Westminster constituencies in County Mayo (historic)

Category:Dáil constituencies in the Republic of Ireland (historic)

Category:Constituencies of the Parliament of the United Kingdom established in 1885

Category:Constituencies of the Parliament of the United Kingdom disestablished in 1922