Portarlington (UK Parliament constituency)

This constituency was the parliamentary borough of Portarlington in Queen's County, now called County Laois.

{{Election box begin no change| title=General election 1830: Portarlington{{cite web |last1=Salmon |first1=Philip |title=Portarlington |url=https://www.historyofparliamentonline.org/volume/1820-1832/constituencies/portarlington |website=The History of Parliament |accessdate=21 May 2020 |archive-date=6 March 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210306080707/http://www.historyofparliamentonline.org/volume/1820-1832/constituencies/portarlington |url-status=live }}

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{{Election box winning candidate unopposed with party link|

|party = Tories (British political party)

|candidate = Charles Ogle

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{{Election box registered electors no change|

|reg. electors = 15

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{{Election box hold with party link no swing|

|winner = Tories (British political party)

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{{Election box begin no change| title=General election 1831: Portarlington

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{{Election box winning candidate unopposed with party link|

|party = Tories (British political party)

|candidate = William Rae

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{{Election box registered electors no change|

|reg. electors = 15

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{{Election box hold with party link no swing|

|winner = Tories (British political party)

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{{Election box end}}

{{Election box begin no change| title=General election 1832: Portarlington

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{{Election box winning candidate with party link no change|

|party = Tories (British political party)

|candidate = Thomas Gladstone

|votes = 66

|percentage = 50.4

|change =

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{{Election box candidate with party link no change|

|party = Tories (British political party)

|candidate = George Dawson-Damer

|votes = 65

|percentage = 49.6

|change =

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{{Election box majority no change|

|votes = 1

|percentage = 0.8

|change =

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{{Election box turnout no change|

|votes = 131

|percentage = 95.6

|change =

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{{Election box registered electors no change|

|reg. electors = 137

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{{Election box hold with party link no swing|

|winner = Tories (British political party)

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{{Election box end}}

{{Election box begin no change| title=General election 1835: Portarlington

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{{Election box winning candidate unopposed with party link|

|party = Conservative Party (UK)

|candidate = George Dawson-Damer

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{{Election box registered electors no change|

|reg. electors = 156

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{{Election box hold with party link no swing|

|winner = Conservative Party (UK)

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{{Election box end}}

{{Election box begin no change| title=General election 1837: Portarlington

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{{Election box winning candidate with party link no change|

|party = Conservative Party (UK)

|candidate = George Dawson-Damer

|votes = 80

|percentage = 55.2

|change =

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{{Election box candidate with party link no change|

|party = Whigs (British political party)

|candidate = Francis Plunkett Dunne

|votes = 65

|percentage = 44.8

|change =

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{{Election box majority no change|

|votes = 15

|percentage = 10.4

|change =

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{{Election box turnout no change|

|votes = 145

|percentage = 66.8

|change =

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{{Election box registered electors no change|

|reg. electors = 217

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{{Election box hold with party link no swing|

|winner = Conservative Party (UK)

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{{Election box end}}

{{Election box begin| title=General election 1841: Portarlington

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{{Election box winning candidate unopposed with party link|

|party = Conservative Party (UK)

|candidate = George Dawson-Damer

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{{Election box registered electors|

|reg. electors = 188

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{{Election box hold with party link no swing|

|winner = Conservative Party (UK)

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{{Election box end}}

Dawson-Damer was appointed Comptroller of the Household, requiring a by-election.

{{Election box begin| title=By-election, 27 September 1841: Portarlington

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{{Election box winning candidate unopposed with party link|

|party = Conservative Party (UK)

|candidate = George Dawson-Damer

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{{Election box hold with party link no swing|

|winner = Conservative Party (UK)

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{{Election box end}}

{{Election box begin| title=General election 1847: Portarlington

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{{Election box winning candidate unopposed with party link|

|party = Whigs (British political party)

|candidate = Francis Plunkett Dunne

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{{Election box registered electors|

|reg. electors = 221

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{{Election box gain with party link no swing|

|winner = Whigs (British political party)

|loser = Conservative Party (UK)

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{{Election box end}}

Dunne was appointed Clerk of the Ordnance, requiring a by-election.

{{Election box begin| title=By-election, 8 March 1852: Portarlington

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{{Election box winning candidate unopposed with party link|

|party = Conservative Party (UK)

|candidate = Francis Plunkett Dunne

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{{Election box gain with party link no swing|

|winner = Conservative Party (UK)

|loser = Whigs (British political party)

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{{Election box end}}

{{Election box begin| title=General election 1852: Portarlington

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{{Election box winning candidate unopposed with party link|

|party = Conservative Party (UK)

|candidate = Francis Plunkett Dunne

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{{Election box registered electors|

|reg. electors = 71

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{{Election box gain with party link no swing|

|winner = Conservative Party (UK)

|loser = Whigs (British political party)

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{{Election box end}}

{{Election box begin| title=General election 1857: Portarlington

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{{Election box winning candidate with party link|

|party = Conservative Party (UK)

|candidate = Lionel Dawson-Damer

|votes = 42

|percentage = 53.8

|change = N/A

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{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Conservative Party (UK)

|candidate = Francis Plunkett Dunne

|votes = 36

|percentage = 46.2

|change = N/A

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{{Election box majority|

|votes = 6

|percentage = 7.6

|change =N/A

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{{Election box turnout|

|votes = 78

|percentage = 83.9

|change =N/A

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{{Election box registered electors|

|reg. electors = 93

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{{Election box hold with party link|

|winner = Conservative Party (UK)

|swing = N/A

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{{Election box end}}

{{Election box begin| title=General election 1859: Portarlington

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{{Election box winning candidate unopposed with party link|

|party = Conservative Party (UK)

|candidate = Lionel Dawson-Damer

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{{Election box registered electors|

|reg. electors = 99

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{{Election box hold with party link no swing|

|winner = Conservative Party (UK)

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{{Election box end}}

{{Election box begin| title=General election 1865: Portarlington

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{{Election box winning candidate with party link|

|party = Liberal Party (UK)

|candidate = James Anthony Lawson

|votes = 46

|percentage = 56.8

|change = New

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{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Conservative Party (UK)

|candidate = Lionel Dawson-Damer

|votes = 35

|percentage = 43.2

|change = N/A

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{{Election box majority|

|votes = 11

|percentage = 13.6

|change =N/A

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{{Election box turnout|

|votes = 81

|percentage = 76.4

|change =N/A

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{{Election box registered electors|

|reg. electors = 106

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{{Election box gain with party link|

|winner = Liberal Party (UK)

|loser = Conservative Party (UK)

|swing =

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{{Election box end}}

{{Election box begin| title=General election 1868: Portarlington

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{{Election box winning candidate with party link|

|party = Conservative Party (UK)

|candidate = Lionel Dawson-Damer

|votes = 69

|percentage = 57.5

|change = +14.3

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{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Liberal Party (UK)

|candidate = James Anthony Lawson

|votes = 51

|percentage = 42.5

|change = −14.3

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{{Election box majority|

|votes = 18

|percentage = 15.0

|change =N/A

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{{Election box turnout|

|votes = 120

|percentage = 89.6

|change = +13.2

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{{Election box registered electors|

|reg. electors = 134

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{{Election box gain with party link|

|winner = Conservative Party (UK)

|loser = Liberal Party (UK)

|swing = +14.3

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{{Election box end}}

{{Election box begin| title=General election 1874: Portarlington

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{{Election box winning candidate with party link|

|party = Conservative Party (UK)

|candidate = Lionel Dawson-Damer

|votes = 76

|percentage = 59.4

|change = +1.9

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{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Liberal Party (UK)

|candidate = William D Barnett{{cite news|title=Advertisements and Notices|url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000056/18740206/013/0005|accessdate=17 January 2018|work=Freeman's Journal|date=6 February 1874|page=5|via = British Newspaper Archive|url-access=subscription }}

|votes = 52

|percentage = 40.6

|change = −1.9

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{{Election box majority|

|votes = 24

|percentage = 18.8

|change =+3.8

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{{Election box turnout|

|votes = 128

|percentage = 94.1

|change =+4.5

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{{Election box registered electors|

|reg. electors = 136

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{{Election box hold with party link|

|winner = Conservative Party (UK)

|swing = +1.9

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{{Election box end}}

{{Election box begin| title=General election 1880: Portarlington{{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=234–235, 308}}

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{{Election box winning candidate with party link|

|party = Conservative Party (UK)

|candidate = Bernard FitzPatrick

|votes = 116

|percentage = 86.6

|change = +27.2

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{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Liberal Party (UK)

|candidate = Robert Keating Clay

|votes = 18

|percentage = 13.4

|change = −27.2

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{{Election box majority|

|votes = 98

|percentage = 73.2

|change = +54.4

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{{Election box turnout|

|votes = 134

|percentage = 91.2

|change = −2.9

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{{Election box registered electors|

|reg. electors = 147

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{{Election box hold with party link|

|winner = Conservative Party (UK)

|swing = +27.2

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{{Election box end}}

FitzPatrick succeeded to the peerage, becoming Lord Castletown, causing a by-election.

{{Election box begin| title=By-election, 28 Feb 1883: Portarlington

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{{Election box winning candidate with party link|

|party = Conservative Party (UK)

|candidate = Robert French-Brewster

|votes = 70

|percentage = 55.1

|change = −31.5

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{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Liberal Party (UK)

|candidate = Thomas Mayne

|votes = 57

|percentage = 44.9

|change = +31.5

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{{Election box majority|

|votes = 13

|percentage = 10.2

|change = -63.0

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{{Election box turnout|

|votes = 127

|percentage = 92.0

|change = +0.8

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{{Election box registered electors|

|reg. electors = 138

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{{Election box hold with party link|

|winner = Conservative Party (UK)

|swing = −31.5

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{{Election box end}}

{{Incomplete list|date=August 2008}}

• Portarlington (Parliament of Ireland constituency)

{{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|p|2|date=March 2012}}

{{Laois constituencies}}

{{Offaly constituencies}}

Category:Historic constituencies in County Laois

Category:Historic constituencies in County Offaly

Portarlington

Portarlington

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

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

Category:Portarlington, County Laois

Category:Rotten boroughs

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