Kilkenny City (UK Parliament constituency)

This constituency was the parliamentary borough of Kilkenny in County Kilkenny.

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|title=General election 1830: Kilkenny City{{cite web |last1=Salmon |first1=Philip |title=Kilkenny |url=https://www.historyofparliamentonline.org/volume/1820-1832/constituencies/kilkenny |website=The History of Parliament |access-date=15 May 2020}}}}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link|

|party = Whigs (British political party)

|candidate = Nicholas Leader

|votes = 219

|percentage = 54.5

|change =

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{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Nonpartisan politician

|candidate = William Morris Reade

|votes = 116

|percentage = 28.9

|change =

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{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Nonpartisan politician

|candidate = William Morres Bayley

|votes = 67

|percentage = 16.7

|change =

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{{Election box majority|

|votes = 103

|percentage = 25.6

|change =

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{{Election box turnout|

|votes = 402

|percentage =

|change =

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{{Election box gain with party link|

|winner = Whigs (British political party)

|loser = Tories (British political party)

|swing =

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|title=General election 1831: Kilkenny City}}

{{Election box winning candidate unopposed with party link|

|party = Whigs (British political party)

|candidate = Nicholas Leader

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{{Election box registered electors no change|

|reg. electors = 350

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{{Election box hold with party link no swing|

|winner = Whigs (British political party)

|swing =

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|title=General election 1832: Kilkenny City}}

{{Election box winning candidate unopposed with party link|

|party = Repeal Association

|candidate = Richard Sullivan (MP)|Richard Sullivan

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{{Election box registered electors no change|

|reg. electors = 562

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{{Election box gain with party link no swing|

|winner = Repeal Association

|loser = Whigs (British political party)

|swing =

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|title=General election 1835: Kilkenny City}}

{{Election box winning candidate for alliance no change|

|party = Repeal Association

|side = Whigs (British political party)

|candidate = Richard Sullivan (MP)|Richard Sullivan

|votes = 7

|percentage = 100.0

|change =

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{{Election box candidate with party link no change|

|party = Nonpartisan politician

|candidate = William Fletcher

|votes = 0

|percentage = 0.0

|change =

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{{Election box majority no change|

|votes = 7

|percentage = 100.0

|change =

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{{Election box turnout no change|

|votes = 7

|percentage = 1.2

|change =

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{{Election box registered electors no change|

|reg. electors = 599

}}

{{Election box hold with party link no swing|

|winner = Repeal Association

}}

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Sullivan resigned, causing a by-election.

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|title=By-election, 17 May 1836: Kilkenny City}}

{{Election box winning candidate unopposed with party link|

|party = Repeal Association

|candidate = Daniel O'Connell

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{{Election box hold with party link no swing|

|winner = Repeal Association

}}

{{Election box end}}

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|title=General election 1837: Kilkenny City}}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link|

|party = Radicals (UK)

|candidate = Joseph Hume

|votes = 57

|percentage = 45.6

|change = New

}}

{{Election box candidate for alliance|

|party = Repeal Association

|side = Whigs (British political party)

|candidate = Daniel O'Connell

|votes = 50

|percentage = 40.0

|change = −60.0

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Radicals (UK)

|candidate = William Ewart

|votes = 18

|percentage = 14.4

|change = New

}}

{{Election box majority|

|votes = 7

|percentage = 5.6

|change = N/A

}}

{{Election box turnout|

|votes = 125

|percentage = 16.1

|change = +14.9

}}

{{Election box registered electors|

|reg. electors = 775

}}

{{Election box gain with party link|

|winner = Radicals (UK)

|loser = Repeal Association

|swing = N/A

}}

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|title=General election 1841: Kilkenny City}}

{{Election box winning candidate unopposed with party link|

|party = Repeal Association

|candidate = John O'Connell

}}

{{Election box registered electors|

|reg. electors = 580

}}

{{Election box gain with party link no swing|

|winner = Repeal Association

|loser = Radicals (UK)

}}

{{Election box end}}

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|title=General election 1847: Kilkenny City}}

{{Election box winning candidate unopposed with party link|

|party = Repeal Association

|candidate = John O'Connell

}}

{{Election box registered electors|

|reg. electors = 443

}}

{{Election box hold with party link no swing|

|winner = Repeal Association

}}

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O'Connell was also elected for Limerick City and opted to sit there, causing a by-election.

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|title=By-election, 18 December 1847: Kilkenny City}}

{{Election box winning candidate unopposed with party link|

|party = Repeal Association

|candidate = Michael Sullivan

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{{Election box hold with party link no swing|

|winner = Repeal Association

}}

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|title=General election 1852: Kilkenny City}}

{{Election box winning candidate unopposed with party link|

|party = Independent Irish Party

|candidate = Michael Sullivan

}}

{{Election box registered electors|

|reg. electors = 664

}}

{{Election box gain with party link no swing|

|winner = Independent Irish Party

|loser = Repeal Association

}}

{{Election box end}}

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|title=General election 1857: Kilkenny City}}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link|

|party = Independent Irish Party

|candidate = Michael Sullivan

|votes = 218

|percentage = 55.2

|change = N/A

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Whigs (British political party)

|candidate = Francis Harvey Devereux{{cite news |title=The Evening Freeman |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0001312/18570408/009/0002 |access-date=2 October 2018 |date=8 April 1857 |page=2 |via = British Newspaper Archive|url-access=subscription }}

|votes = 177

|percentage = 44.8

|change = New

}}

{{Election box majority|

|votes = 41

|percentage = 10.4

|change = N/A

}}

{{Election box turnout|

|votes = 395

|percentage = 74.4

|change = N/A

}}

{{Election box registered electors|

|reg. electors = 531

}}

{{Election box hold with party link|

|winner = Independent Irish Party

|swing = N/A

}}

{{Election box end}}

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|title=General election 1859: Kilkenny City}}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link|

|party = Liberal Party (UK)

|candidate = Michael Sullivan

|votes = 236

|percentage = 52.9

|change = −2.3

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Liberal Party (UK)

|candidate = Matthew O'Donnell

|votes = 210

|percentage = 47.1

|change = +2.3

}}

{{Election box majority|

|votes = 26

|percentage = 5.8

|change = −4.6

}}

{{Election box turnout|

|votes = 446

|percentage = 76.2

|change = +1.8

}}

{{Election box registered electors|

|reg. electors = 585

}}

{{Election box hold with party link|

|winner = Liberal Party (UK)

|swing = −2.3

}}

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|title=General election 1865: Kilkenny City}}

{{Election box winning candidate unopposed with party link|

|party = Liberal Party (UK)

|candidate = John Gray

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{{Election box registered electors|

|reg. electors = 574

}}

{{Election box hold with party link no swing|

|winner = Liberal Party (UK)

}}

{{Election box end}}

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|title=General election 1868: Kilkenny City}}

{{Election box winning candidate unopposed with party link|

|party = Liberal Party (UK)

|candidate = John Gray

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{{Election box registered electors|

|reg. electors = 739

}}

{{Election box hold with party link no swing|

|winner = Liberal Party (UK)

}}

{{Election box end}}

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|title=General election 1874: Kilkenny City}}

{{Election box winning candidate unopposed with party link|

|party = Home Rule League

|candidate = John Gray

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{{Election box registered electors|

|reg. electors = 709

}}

{{Election box gain with party link no swing|

|winner = Home Rule League

|loser = Liberal Party (UK)

}}

{{Election box end}}

Gray's death caused a by-election.

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|title=By-election, 28 Apr 1875: Kilkenny City}}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link|

|party = Home Rule League

|candidate = Benjamin Whitworth

|votes = 290

|percentage = 55.6

|change = N/A

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Home Rule League

|candidate = Edmund Dwyer-Gray

|votes = 120

|percentage = 23.0

|change = N/A

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Home Rule League

|candidate = Edward Marum

|votes = 112

|percentage = 21.5

|change = N/A

}}

{{Election box majority|

|votes = 170

|percentage = 32.6

|change = N/A

}}

{{Election box turnout|

|votes = 522

|percentage = 75.7

|change = N/A

}}

{{Election box registered electors|

|reg. electors = 690

}}

{{Election box hold with party link no swing|

|winner = Home Rule League

}}

{{Election box end}}

Whitworth's resignation caused a by-election.

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|title=By-election, 26 Feb 1880: Kilkenny City}}

{{Election box winning candidate unopposed with party link|

|party = Home Rule League

|candidate = John Francis Smithwick

}}

{{Election box registered electors|

|reg. electors = 675

}}

{{Election box hold with party link no swing|

|winner = Home Rule League

}}

{{Election box end}}

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|title=General election 1880: Kilkenny City}}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link|

|party = Home Rule League

|candidate = John Francis Smithwick

|votes = 316

|percentage = 60.8

|change = N/A

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Home Rule League

|candidate = William James Doherty

|votes = 204

|percentage = 39.2

|change = N/A

}}

{{Election box majority|

|votes = 112

|percentage = 21.6

|change = N/A

}}

{{Election box turnout|

|votes = 520

|percentage = 77.0

|change = N/A

}}

{{Election box registered electors|

|reg. electors = 675

}}

{{Election box hold with party link no swing|

|winner = Home Rule League

}}

{{Election box end}}

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|title=1885 general election: Kilkenny City{{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=221, 286–287, 356}}}}

{{Election box winning candidate unopposed with party link|

|party = Irish Parliamentary Party

|candidate = John Francis Smithwick

}}

{{Election box registered electors|

|reg. electors = 1,899

}}

{{Election box hold with party link no swing|

|winner = Irish Parliamentary Party

}}

{{Election box end}}

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|title=1886 general election: Kilkenny City}}

{{Election box winning candidate unopposed with party link|

|party = Irish Parliamentary Party

|candidate = Thomas Quinn

}}

{{Election box registered electors|

|reg. electors = 1,899

}}

{{Election box hold with party link no swing|

|winner = Irish Parliamentary Party

}}

{{Election box end}}

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|title=1892 general election: Kilkenny City}}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link|

|party = Irish National Federation

|candidate = Thomas Bartholomew Curran

|votes = 744

|percentage = 55.2

|change = N/A

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Irish National League

|candidate = John O'Connor

|votes = 604

|percentage = 44.8

|change = N/A

}}

{{Election box majority|

|votes = 140

|percentage = 10.4

|change = N/A

}}

{{Election box turnout|

|votes = 1,348

|percentage = 74.6

|change = N/A

}}

{{Election box registered electors|

|reg. electors = 1,806

}}

{{Election box gain with party link|

|winner = Irish National Federation

|loser = Irish Parliamentary Party

|swing = N/A

}}

{{Election box end}}

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|title=1895 general election: Kilkenny City}}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link|

|party = Irish National League

|candidate = Pat O'Brien

|votes = 681

|percentage = 50.5

|change = +5.7

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Irish National Federation

|candidate = James Patrick Farrell

|votes = 667

|percentage = 49.5

|change = −5.7

}}

{{Election box majority|

|votes = 14

|percentage = 1.0

|change = N/A

}}

{{Election box turnout|

|votes = 1,348

|percentage = 76.2

|change = +1.6

}}

{{Election box registered electors|

|reg. electors = 1,769

}}

{{Election box gain with party link|

|winner = Irish National League

|loser = Irish National Federation

|swing = +5.7

}}

{{Election box end}}

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|title=1900 general election: Kilkenny City}}

{{Election box winning candidate unopposed with party link|

|party = Irish Parliamentary Party

|candidate = Pat O'Brien

}}

{{Election box registered electors|

|reg. electors = 2,556

}}

{{Election box hold with party link no swing|

|winner = Irish Parliamentary Party

}}

{{Election box end}}

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|title=1906 general election: Kilkenny City}}

{{Election box winning candidate unopposed with party link|

|party = Irish Parliamentary Party

|candidate = Pat O'Brien

}}

{{Election box registered electors|

|reg. electors = 1,533

}}

{{Election box hold with party link no swing|

|winner = Irish Parliamentary Party

}}

{{Election box end}}

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|title=January 1910 general election: Kilkenny City}}

{{Election box winning candidate unopposed with party link|

|party = Irish Parliamentary Party

|candidate = Pat O'Brien

}}

{{Election box registered electors|

|reg. electors = 1,742

}}

{{Election box hold with party link no swing|

|winner = Irish Parliamentary Party

}}

{{Election box end}}

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|title=December 1910 general election: Kilkenny City}}

{{Election box winning candidate unopposed with party link|

|party = Irish Parliamentary Party

|candidate = Pat O'Brien

}}

{{Election box registered electors|

|reg. electors = 1,742

}}

{{Election box hold with party link no swing|

|winner = Irish Parliamentary Party

}}

{{Election box end}}

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|title=By-election 10 August 1917: Kilkenny City}}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link|

|party = Sinn Féin

|candidate = W. T. Cosgrave

|votes = 772

|percentage = 66.3

|change = New

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Irish Parliamentary Party

|candidate =John Magennis

|votes =392

|percentage = 33.7

|change = N/A

}}

{{Election box majority|

|votes = 380

|percentage = 32.6

|change = N/A

}}

{{Election box turnout|

|votes = 1,164

|percentage = 68.4

|change = N/A

}}

{{Election box registered electors|

|reg. electors = 1,702

}}

{{Election box gain with party link|

|winner = Sinn Féin

|loser = Irish Parliamentary Party

|swing = N/A

}}

{{Election box end}}

{{Incomplete list|date=August 2008}}

• 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=Brian M.|editor-last=Walker|publisher=Royal Irish Academy|year=1978|location=Dublin|isbn=0901714127}}
• {{Rayment-hc|k|2|date=March 2012}}

{{Kilkenny constituencies}}

Category:Westminster constituencies in County Kilkenny (historic)

Category:Constituencies of the Parliament of the United Kingdom established in 1801

Category:Constituencies of the Parliament of the United Kingdom disestablished in 1918

Category:Kilkenny (city)