Cork City (UK Parliament constituency)

This article is about the 1801–1922 constituency of the United Kingdom House of Commons and the 1919–1921 First Dáil. For the 1921–1969 and 1977–1981 constituency, see Cork Borough (Dáil constituency).

Cork City was a parliamentary constituency in Ireland, represented in the Parliament of the United Kingdom. From 1880 to 1922 it returned two members of parliament (MPs) to the House of Commons of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland. From 1922 it was not represented in the UK Parliament, as it was no longer in the UK.

Cork City
Former borough constituency for the House of Commons
County	County Cork
Borough	Cork
1801–1922
Seats	2
Created from	Cork City
Replaced by	Cork Borough

Cork City was the only constituency in Ireland to return the same number of members in each general election from the Acts of Union in 1801 until the establishment of the Irish Free State in 1922.

Boundaries

This constituency comprised the whole of the County of the City of Cork, which was part of County Cork. Cork had the status of a county of itself, although it remained connected with County Cork for certain purposes.

The definition of the constituency boundary, from the Parliamentary Boundaries (Ireland) Act 1832 (2 & 3 Will. 4. c. 89), was as follows.

The County of the City of Cork.

A Topographical Directory of Ireland, published in 1837, describes the area covered.

The county of the city comprises a populous rural district of great beauty and fertility, watered by several small rivulets and intersected by the river Lee and its noble estuary: it is bounded on the north by the barony of Fermoy, on the east by that of Barrymore, on the south by Kerricurrihy, and on the west by Muskerry: it comprehends the parishes of St. Finbarr, Christ-Church or the Holy Trinity, St. Peter, St. Mary Shandon, St. Anne Shandon, St. Paul and St. Nicholas, all, except part of St. Finbarr's, within the city and suburbs, and those of Curricuppane, Carrigrohanemore, Kilcully, and Rathcoony, together with parts of the parishes of Killanully or Killingly, Carrigaline, Dunbullogue or Carrignavar, Ballinaboy, Inniskenny, Kilnaglory, White-church, and Templemichael, without those limits; and contains, according to the Ordnance survey, an area of 44,463 statute acres, of which, 2396 are occupied by the city and suburbs.

The Directory also has a passage on the representative history. Other, more modern, sources ascribe an earlier date to the start of the parliamentary representation of Cork; but the passage is useful for information about the 19th century position.

The city first sent members to the Irish parliament in 1374, but representatives who appear to have served in London were chosen previously. The right of election was vested in the freemen of the city, and in the 40s. freeholders and £50 leaseholders of the county of the city, of whom the freemen, in 1831, amounted in number to 2331, and the freeholders to 1545, making a total of 3876; but by the act of the 2nd of Wm. IV., cap. 88 (under which the city, from its distinguished importance, retains its privilege of returning two representatives to the Imperial parliament, and the limits of the franchise, comprising the entire county of the city, remain unaltered), the non-resident freemen, except within seven miles, have been disfranchised, and the privilege of voting at elections has been extended to the £10 householders, and the £20 and £10 leaseholders for the respective terms of 14 and 20 years. The number of voters registered up to Jan. 2nd, 1836, amounted to 4791, of whom 1065 were freemen; 2727 £10 householders; 105 £50, 152 £20, and 608 forty-shilling freeholders; 3 £50, 7 £20, and 2 £10 rent-chargers; and 1 £50, 26 £20, and 95 £10 leaseholders: the sheriffs are the returning officers.

The County of the City of Cork corresponds to the current barony of Cork.^[1]

Members of Parliament

Date			First member	First party	Second member	Second party
		1801, 1 January	Hon. John Hely-Hutchinson[2]	Whig	Mountifort Longfield	Tory[3]
		1802, 8 January	Hon. Christopher Hely-Hutchinson	Whig[3]
		1812, 5 November	Sir Nicholas Colthurst, Bt[4]	Tory[3]
		1818, 13 July			Hon. Christopher Hely-Hutchinson[5]	Whig[3]
		1826, 29 December			John Hely-Hutchinson	Whig[3]
		1829, 9 July	Gerrard Callaghan[6]	Tory[3]
		1830, 29 March	Daniel Callaghan	Whig[7][3][8]
		1830, 11 August			Hon. John Boyle	Whig[3]
		1831, 7 May		Repeal Association[3]
		1832, 21 December			Dr. Herbert Baldwin	Repeal Association[3][8]
		1835, 17 January	Joseph Leycester[9]	Conservative[3][8]	James Charles Chatterton[9]	Conservative[3][8]
		1835, 18 April	Daniel Callaghan[10]	Repeal Association[3][8][11]	Dr. Herbert Baldwin[12]	Repeal Association[3][8]
		1837, 11 August			Francis Beamish[13]	Repeal Association[3][8]
		1841, 5 July			Francis Murphy[14]	Whig[3]
		1846, 31 January			Alexander McCarthy	Repeal Association[8]
		1847, 9 August			William Trant Fagan[15]	Repeal Association[8][11]
		1849, 4 November	James Charles Chatterton	Conservative[8]
		1851, 23 April			Francis Murphy	Whig[16][17]
		1852, 14 July	William Trant Fagan	Ind. Irish[8][18]		Ind. Irish[8][18]
		1853, 20 August			Francis Beamish	Whig[19]
		1857, 28 March		Whig[20][21]
		1859, 6 June		Liberal		Liberal
		1859, 29 June	Francis Lyons[22]	Liberal
		1865, 14 February	Nicholas Daniel Murphy[23]	Liberal
		1865, 12 July			John Maguire[24]	Liberal
		1872, 10 December			Joseph Philip Ronayne[25]	Home Rule League
		1874, 6 February		Home Rule League
		1876, 25 May			William Goulding	Conservative
		1880, 5 April	John Daly[26]	Home Rule League	Charles Stewart Parnell[27]	Home Rule League
		1882		Irish Parliamentary		Irish Parliamentary
		1884, 23 February	John Deasy	Irish Parliamentary
		1885, 27 November	Maurice Healy	Irish Parliamentary
		1891, 6 November		Irish National Federation	Martin Flavin	Irish National Federation
		1892, 6 July			William O'Brien	Irish National Federation
		1895, 27 June			J. F. X. O'Brien	Irish National Federation
		1900, 4 October	William O'Brien	Irish Parliamentary		Irish Parliamentary
		1904, 1 January	vacant[28]
		1904, 19 August	William O'Brien[28]	Irish Parliamentary
		1905, 14 June			Augustine Roche	Irish Parliamentary
		1909, 1 May	Maurice Healy	Independent Nationalist
		1910, 18 January[29]	William O'Brien	All-for-Ireland League
		1910, 6 December			Maurice Healy	All-for-Ireland League
		1914, 18 February[30]		Independent Nationalist
		1918, December	J. J. Walsh	Sinn Féin	Liam de Róiste	Sinn Féin
		1922	constituency abolished

Elections

Candidates referred to as Non Partisan, did not have a party allegiance specified in either Stooks Smith or Walker (see reference section below for the sources) or capable of being inferred by disaggregating different groups incorporated under one label by Walker (such as Whigs before 1859 being listed as Liberals).

In multi-member elections, a change in vote percentage is only calculated for individual candidates not for parties. No attempt is made to compare changes between single member by-elections and previous or subsequent multi-member elections.

Turnouts, in multi-member elections from 1832, are calculated on the basis of the number of electors Stooks Smith records as voting. In some cases estimated turnouts are obtained by dividing the ballots cast by two, to obtain the lowest possible turnout figure. To the extent that electors did not use both their votes, the estimate will be less than the actual turnout.

1910s – 1900s – 1890s – 1880s – 1870s – 1860s – 1850s – 1840s – 1830s – 1820s – 1810s – 1800s

Elections of the 1910s

• The constituency ceased to be represented in the United Kingdom Parliament, upon the dissolution of the House of Commons, in 1922. This was over a month before the Irish Free State came into existence.

General Election 14 December 1918: Cork City (2 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Sinn Féin	J. J. Walsh	20,801	34.3	New
	Sinn Féin	Liam de Róiste	20,506	33.8	New
	Irish Parliamentary	Maurice Talbot-Crosbie	7,480	12.3	−11.3
	Irish Parliamentary	Richard O'Sullivan	7,162	11.8	−11.8
	Irish Unionist	Daniel Williams	2,519	4.2	New
	Irish Unionist	Thomas Farrington	2,254	3.7	New
Turnout			60,772	67.4 (est.)	−5.6
Registered electors
	Sinn Féin gain from Irish Parliamentary		Swing	N/A
	Sinn Féin gain from Irish Parliamentary		Swing	N/A

• The count took place on 28 December 1918, to allow time for postal votes from the armed forces to arrive. The Sinn Féin MPs did not take their seats at Westminster.

By-Election 18 February 1914: Cork City

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	All-for-Ireland	William O'Brien	Unopposed
Registered electors			12,923
	All-for-Ireland hold

December 1910 general election: Cork City (2 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	All-for-Ireland	William O'Brien	5,384	26.7	+2.9
	All-for-Ireland	Maurice Healy	5,269	26.2	+4.0
	Irish Parliamentary	Willie Redmond	4,746	23.6	+3.8
	Irish Parliamentary	Augustine Roche	4,743	23.6	+0.3
Turnout			20,142	73.0 (est.)	+4.0
Registered electors			13,797
	All-for-Ireland gain from Irish Parliamentary		Swing

• Redmond and Roche were associated with the United Irish League wing of Irish Nationalism.
• William O'Brien resigned again for a fourth time in January 1914 and re-stood to test local support for his policies, after the All-for-Ireland League suffered heavy defeats in the Cork City municipal elections.

General election 18 January 1910: Cork City (2 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	All-for-Ireland	William O'Brien	4,535	23.8	N/A
	Irish Parliamentary	Augustine Roche	4,438	23.3	N/A
	All-for-Ireland	Maurice Healy	4,229	22.2	N/A
	Irish Parliamentary	William Murphy	3,776	19.8	N/A
	Ind. Nationalist	Sir Edward Fitzgerald, 1st Baronet	2,061	10.8	N/A
Turnout			19,039	69.0 (est.)	N/A
Registered electors			13,797
	Irish Parliamentary hold		Swing

• Roche and Murphy were associated with the United Irish League wing of Irish Nationalism.

Elections of the 1900s

• Cosbie was associated with the United Irish League wing of Irish Nationalism

By-Election 1 May 1909: Cork City^[8]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Ind. Nationalist	Maurice Healy	4,706	57.02	New
	Irish Parliamentary	George Crosbie	3,547	42.98	N/A
Majority			1,159	14.04	N/A
Turnout			8,253	60.66	N/A
Registered electors			13,605
	Ind. Nationalist gain from Irish Parliamentary		Swing	N/A

• William O'Brien resigned for a third time in 1909.

General election 13 January 1906: Cork City (2 seats)^[8]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Irish Parliamentary	William O'Brien	Unopposed
	Irish Parliamentary	Augustine Roche	Unopposed
Registered electors			13,285
	Irish Parliamentary hold
	Irish Parliamentary hold

By-Election 14 June 1905: Cork City^[8]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Irish Parliamentary	Augustine Roche	Unopposed
	Irish Parliamentary hold

• William O'Brien was elected "without his knowledge and against his consent".^[31]
• Death of J. F. X. O'Brien, in 1905.

By-election 19 August 1904: Cork City^[8]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Irish Parliamentary	William O'Brien	Unopposed
	Irish Parliamentary hold
Registered electors			13,103

• William O'Brien resigned again in January 1904.

General election 4 October 1900: Cork City (2 seats)^[8]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Irish Parliamentary	William O'Brien	5,812	37.4	N/A
	Irish Parliamentary	J. F. X. O'Brien	5,513	35.5	+9.5
	Healyite Nationalist	Jeremiah Blake	2,235	14.4	−8.0
	Healyite Nationalist	Maurice Healy	1,985	12.8	−12.5
Majority			3,278	21.1	−0.9
Turnout			15,545	59.1 (est.)	−17.5
Registered electors			13,153
	Irish Parliamentary hold
	Irish Parliamentary hold

• The Irish National Federation, the Irish National League and William O'Brien's United Irish League joined forces, to re-create the Irish Parliamentary Party (IPP), in 1900. Healy contested the 1900 general election as an Independent Nationalist, after forming a Healyite faction, outside the IPP.

Elections of the 1890s

General election 16 July 1895: Cork City (2 seats)^[8]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Irish National Federation	J. F. X. O'Brien	5,327	26.0	−6.4
	Irish National Federation	Maurice Healy	5,169	25.3	−3.9
	Irish National League	Augustine Roche	4,994	24.4	+4.8
	Irish National League	Jeremiah Blake	4,966	24.3	+5.4
Majority			175	0.9	−8.7
Turnout			20,456	76.6 (est.)	−2.7
Registered electors			13,362
	Irish National Federation hold		Swing	−5.6
	Irish National Federation hold		Swing	−4.4

By-Election 27 June 1895: Cork City^[8]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Irish National Federation	J. F. X. O'Brien	4,309	51.1	−10.5
	Irish National League	Augustine Roche	4,132	49.0	+10.5
Majority			177	2.1	−7.5
Turnout			8,441	63.2	−16.1
Registered electors			13,362
	Irish National Federation hold		Swing	−10.5

• Resignation of William O'Brien

General election 6 July 1892: Cork City (2 seats)^[8]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Irish National Federation	William O'Brien	5,273	32.4	N/A
	Irish National Federation	Maurice Healy	4,759	29.2	N/A
	Irish National League	Willie Redmond	3,186	19.6	N/A
	Irish National League	Daniel Horgan	3,077	18.9	N/A
Majority			1,573	9.6	N/A
Turnout			16,295	79.3 (est.)	N/A
Registered electors			10,276
	Irish National Federation gain from Irish Parliamentary		Swing	N/A
	Irish National Federation gain from Irish Parliamentary		Swing	N/A

By-Election 6 November 1891: Cork City^[8]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Irish National Federation	Martin Flavin	3,669	52.51	N/A
	Irish National League	John Redmond	2,157	30.87	N/A
	Irish Unionist	Dominick Sarsfield	1,161	16.62	New
Majority			1,512	21.64	N/A
Turnout			6,987	68.0	N/A
Registered electors			10,276
	Irish National Federation gain from Irish Parliamentary		Swing	N/A

• The Irish Parliamentary Party split in December 1890. Parnell led the Irish National League, Parnellite Nationalist group. Most of the IPP MPs (including Healy) set up the Irish National Federation as the Anti-Parnellite Nationalist organisation.
• Parnell died in office.

Elections of the 1880s

General election 2 July 1886: Cork City (2 seats)^[8]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Irish Parliamentary	Charles Stewart Parnell	Unopposed
	Irish Parliamentary	Maurice Healy	Unopposed
Registered electors			14,569
	Irish Parliamentary hold
	Irish Parliamentary hold

General election 27 November 1885: Cork City (2 seats)^[8]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Irish Parliamentary	Charles Stewart Parnell	6,716	41.7	+15.6
	Irish Parliamentary	Maurice Healy	6,536	40.6	+7.2
	Irish Conservative	Joseph Pike	1,464	9.1	−14.1
	Irish Conservative	John Hugh Bainbridge	1,401	8.7	N/A
Majority			5,072	31.5	+25.7
Turnout			8,059 (est)	55.3 (est.)	−6.3 (est)
Registered electors			14,569
	Irish Parliamentary hold		Swing	+11.3
	Irish Parliamentary hold		Swing	+7.2

By-Election 23 February 1884: Cork City^[8]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Irish Parliamentary	John Deasy	2,125	64.8	+5.3
	Irish Conservative	William Goulding	1,153	35.2	+12.0
Majority			972	29.6	+23.7
Turnout			3,278	65.0	+3.4 (est)
Registered electors			5,045
	Irish Parliamentary hold		Swing	−3.4

• Caused by Daly's resignation.
• 1882: Home Rule League/Nationalist Party becomes the Irish Parliamentary Party

General election 5 April 1880: Cork City (2 seats)^[8]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Parnellite Home Rule League	John Daly	1,923	33.4	+3.3
	Home Rule	Charles Stewart Parnell	1,505	26.1	+0.3
	Irish Conservative	William Goulding	1,337	23.2	+4.5
	Liberal	Nicholas Daniel Murphy	999	17.3	New
Majority			168	2.9	−4.2
Turnout			2,882 (est)	61.6 (est.)	−16.8
Registered electors			4,680
	Home Rule hold		Swing	+0.5
	Home Rule hold		Swing	−1.0

Elections of the 1870s

By-Election 25 May 1876: Cork City^[8]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	William Goulding	1,279	38.90	+2.9
	Home Rule	John Daly	1,168	35.52
	Home Rule	Denny Lane	841	25.58
Majority			111	3.38	N/A
Turnout			3,288	74.71	−3.7
Registered electors			4,401
	Conservative gain from Home Rule		Swing

• Death of Ronayne, on 7 May 1876

General election 6 February 1874: Cork City (2 seats)^[8]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Home Rule	Joseph Philip Ronayne	1,917	30.1	N/A
	Home Rule	Nicholas Daniel Murphy	1,643	25.8	−15.3
	Conservative	William Goulding	1,191	18.7	+2.0
	Conservative	James Pim	1,097	17.3	+17.2
	Ind. Nationalist	John Mitchel	511	8.0	New
Majority			452	7.1	N/A
Turnout			3,435 (est)	78.4 (est.)	+4.0
Registered electors			4,381
	Home Rule gain from Liberal		Swing	N/A
	Home Rule gain from Liberal		Swing	N/A

By-Election 10 December 1872: Cork City^[8]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Home Rule	Joseph Philip Ronayne	1,883	62.9	New
	Conservative	James Pim	1,110	37.1	+20.3
Majority			773	25.8	N/A
Turnout			2,993	67.4	−7.0
Registered electors			4,441
	Home Rule gain from Liberal		Swing	N/A

• Death of Maguire (founder Cork Examiner), on 1 November 1872

Elections of the 1860s

General election 20 November 1868: Cork City (2 seats)^[8]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	John Maguire	1,895	42.0	N/A
	Liberal	Nicholas Daniel Murphy	1,862	41.3	N/A
	Conservative	William Abbott	753	16.7	New
	Conservative	Christopher Crofts	3	0.1	New
Majority			1,109	24.6	N/A
Turnout			2,632 (est)	74.4 (est)	N/A
Registered electors			3,536
	Liberal hold
	Liberal hold

General election 12 July 1865: Cork City (2 seats)^[8]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Nicholas Daniel Murphy	Unopposed
	Liberal	John Maguire	Unopposed
Registered electors			3,143
	Liberal hold
	Liberal hold

By-Election 14 February 1865: Cork City^[8]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Nicholas Daniel Murphy	Unopposed
Registered electors			3,143
	Liberal hold

• Resignation of Lyons

Elections of the 1850s

By-election, 29 June 1859: Cork City^[8]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Francis Lyons	Unopposed
Registered electors			3,073
	Liberal hold

• Death of Fagan

General election, 6 May 1859: Cork City (2 seats)^[8]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Francis Beamish	1,288	26.8	N/A
	Liberal	William Trant Fagan	1,231	25.6	N/A
	Conservative	Andrew Jordaine Wood	1,208	25.1	New
	Conservative	Barcroft Carroll	1,085	22.5	New
Majority			23	0.5	N/A
Turnout			2,406 (est)	78.3	N/A
Registered electors			3,073
	Liberal hold		Swing	N/A
	Liberal hold		Swing	N/A

General election, 28 March 1857: Cork City (2 seats)^[8]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Whig	William Trant Fagan	Unopposed
	Whig	Francis Beamish	Unopposed
Registered electors			3,050
	Whig gain from Independent Irish
	Whig gain from Independent Irish

By-election, 20 August 1853: Cork City^[8]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Whig	Francis Beamish	1,183	54.1	−15.2
	Conservative	James Charles Chatterton	1,003	45.9	+15.2
Majority			180	8.2	N/A
Turnout			2,186	69.4	+10.9
Registered electors			3,152
	Whig gain from Independent Irish		Swing	−15.2

• Appointment of Murphy as a Commissioner of Insolvency

General election, 14 July 1852: Cork City (2 seats)^[8]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent Irish	Francis Murphy	1,246	35.0	N/A
	Independent Irish	William Trant Fagan	1,220	34.3	New
	Conservative	James Charles Chatterton	898	25.2	N/A
	Conservative	William Lumley Perrier	194	5.5	N/A
Majority			322	9.1	N/A
Turnout			1,779 (est)	58.5 (est)	+20.0
Registered electors			3,039
	Independent Irish gain from Irish Repeal		Swing
	Independent Irish gain from Irish Repeal		Swing

By-Election, 23 April 1851: Cork City^[8]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Whig	Francis Murphy	Unopposed
	Whig gain from Irish Repeal

• Resignation of Fagan

Elections of the 1840s

By-election, 14 November 1849: Cork City^[8]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	James Charles Chatterton	793	57.6	New
	Whig	Alexander McCarthy[32]	584	42.4	+12.2
Majority			209	15.2	N/A
Turnout			1,377	38.5	+1.5
Registered electors			3,574 (1847 figure)
	Conservative gain from Irish Repeal		Swing	N/A

• Death of Callaghan

General election 9 August 1847: Cork City (2 seats)^[8]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Irish Repeal	William Trant Fagan	929	35.1	N/A
	Irish Repeal	Daniel Callaghan	917	34.7	−1.0
	Irish Repeal	Alexander McCarthy	799	30.2	N/A
Majority			118	4.5	−6.4
Turnout			1,323 (est)	37.0 (est.)	−10.0
Registered electors			3,574
	Irish Repeal hold		Swing	N/A
	Irish Repeal gain from Whig		Swing	N/A

By-Election, 31 January 1846: Cork City^[8]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Irish Repeal	Alexander McCarthy	Unopposed
	Irish Repeal gain from Whig

• Resignation of Murphy by accepting the office of Steward of the Manor of Northstead

General election 5 July 1841: Cork City (2 seats)^[8]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Whig	Francis Murphy	1,486	36.3	+7.1
	Irish Repeal	Daniel Callaghan	1,464	35.7	+6.8
	Conservative	James Charles Chatterton	1,017	24.8	+4.0
	Conservative	James Morris	131	3.2	−17.9
Turnout			2,049 (est)	47.0 (est.)	c. −11.7
Registered electors			4,364
Majority			22	0.6	N/A
	Whig gain from Irish Repeal		Swing	+7.0
Majority			447	10.9	+3.1
	Irish Repeal hold		Swing	+6.9

Elections of the 1830s

General election 11 August 1837: Cork City (2 seats)^[8][3]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Irish Repeal (Whig)	Francis Beamish	1,951	29.2	+4.8
	Irish Repeal (Whig)	Daniel Callaghan	1,935	28.9	+4.2
	Conservative	Joseph Leycester	1,407	21.1	−4.5
	Conservative	James Charles Chatterton	1,391	20.8	−4.5
Majority			528	7.8	N/A
Turnout			3,359	58.7	−16.6
Registered electors			5,723
	Irish Repeal gain from Conservative		Swing	+4.7
	Irish Repeal gain from Conservative		Swing	+4.4

General election 17 January 1835: Cork City (2 seats)^[8][3]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Joseph Leycester	1,658	25.6	+14.9
	Conservative	James Charles Chatterton	1,643	25.3	+14.6
	Irish Repeal (Whig)	Daniel Callaghan	1,603	24.7	−8.6
	Irish Repeal (Whig)	Herbert Baldwin	1,580	24.4	−8.4
Majority			40	0.6	N/A
Turnout			3,359	75.3	−10.2
Registered electors			4,461
	Conservative gain from Irish Repeal		Swing	+11.7
	Conservative gain from Irish Repeal		Swing	+11.6

• Note: On petition Leycester and Chatterton were unseated and Callaghan and Baldwin were declared duly elected, on 18 April 1835.

General election 21 December 1832: Cork City (2 seats)^[8][3]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Irish Repeal	Daniel Callaghan	2,263	33.3
	Irish Repeal	Herbert Baldwin	2,225	32.8
	Tory	William Newenham	1,459	21.5
	Whig	John Boyle	845	12.4
Majority			766	11.3
Turnout			3,696	85.5
Registered electors			4,322
	Irish Repeal hold
	Irish Repeal gain from Whig

General election 7 May 1831: Cork City (2 seats)^[8][3][33]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Whig	John Boyle (politician)	Unopposed
	Irish Repeal	Daniel Callaghan	Unopposed
Registered electors			3,876
	Whig hold
	Irish Repeal gain from Whig

General election 11 August 1830: Cork City (2 seats)^[8][3][33]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Whig	John Boyle (politician)	1,152	48.2
	Whig	Daniel Callaghan	851	35.6
	Nonpartisan	Herbert Baldwin	388	16.2
Majority			463	19.4
Turnout			c. 1,196	c. 30.8
Registered electors			3,876
	Whig hold
	Whig gain from Tory

By-election, 29 March 1830: Cork City^[8][3][33]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Whig	Daniel Callaghan	1,171	50.3
	Tory	William Newenham	1,155	49.7
Majority			16	0.6
Turnout			2,326	c. 60.0
Registered electors			c. 3,876
	Whig gain from Tory

• Caused by Callaghan's election in 1829 being declared void.
• Note: Daniel Callaghan was the brother of Gerrard Callaghan. Stooks Smith classifies Callaghan as a Repealer from this election, but this may not be an accurate description for the period before 1832. See the footnote^[where?] to the above table of MPs for a brief description of Callaghan's political views.

Elections of the 1820s

• Election of Callaghan declared void, on petition

By-Election 9 July 1829: Cork City

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Tory	Gerrard Callaghan	523	79.5	+30.7
	Nonpartisan	Sir Augustus Warren, 3rd Baronet	135	20.5	New
Majority			388	59.0	N/A
Turnout			658		N/A
	Tory hold		Swing	N/A

• Death of Colthurst

By-Election 29 December 1826: Cork City

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Whig	John Hely-Hutchinson (politician)	1,019	51.2	N/A
	Tory	Gerrard Callaghan	970	48.8	N/A
Majority			49	2.4	N/A
Turnout			1,989		N/A
	Whig hold		Swing	N/A

• Death of Hely-Hutchinson

General election 13 June 1826: Cork City (2 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Tory	Nicholas Colthurst	Unopposed	N/A	N/A
	Whig	Christopher Hely-Hutchinson	Unopposed	N/A	N/A

General election 24 March 1820: Cork City (2 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Whig	Christopher Hely-Hutchinson	1,303	41.5	−2.0
	Tory	Nicholas Colthurst	1,080	34.4	+3.8
	Tory	Gerrard Callaghan	759	24.2	−1.6
Majority			321	10.2	−7.5
Turnout			3,142 (2,037 electors)
	Whig hold		Swing
	Tory hold		Swing

Elections of the 1810s

General election 13 July 1818: Cork City (2 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Whig	Christopher Hely-Hutchinson	1,221	43.5	+14.8
	Tory	Nicholas Colthurst	859	30.6	+0.6
	Tory	Mountifort Longfield (politician)	724	25.8	−15.4
Majority			497	17.7	N/A
Turnout			2,804 (1,895 electors)
	Whig gain from Tory		Swing
	Tory hold		Swing

General election 5 November 1812: Cork City (2 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Tory	Mountifort Longfield (politician)	918	41.2	−24.4
	Tory	Nicholas Colthurst	669	30.1	N/A
	Whig	Christopher Hely-Hutchinson	639	28.7	+3.1
Majority			30	1.4	N/A
Turnout			2,226 (1,400 electors)
	Tory gain from Whig		Swing
	Tory hold		Swing

Elections of the 1800s

General election 20 May 1807: Cork City (2 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Tory	Mountifort Longfield (politician)	82	65.6	N/A
	Whig	Christopher Hely-Hutchinson	32	25.6	N/A
	Nonpartisan	George Freke Evans	11	8.8	New
Majority			21	16.8	N/A
Turnout			125 (87 electors)		N/A
	Tory hold		Swing
	Whig hold		Swing

General election 14 November 1806: Cork City (2 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Tory	Mountifort Longfield (politician)	Unopposed	N/A	N/A
	Whig	Christopher Hely-Hutchinson	Unopposed	N/A	N/A

General election 16 July 1802: Cork City (2 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Tory	Mountifort Longfield (politician)	Unopposed	N/A	N/A
	Whig	Christopher Hely-Hutchinson	Unopposed	N/A	N/A

By-Election 8 January 1802: Cork City

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Whig	Christopher Hely-Hutchinson	Unopposed	N/A	N/A
	Whig hold

• Hon. John Hely-Hutchinson created the 1st Baron Hutchinson

Co-option with effect from 1 January 1801: Cork City (2 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Tory	Mountifort Longfield (politician)	Co-opted	N/A	N/A
	Whig	John Hely-Hutchinson	Co-opted	N/A	N/A

• 1801, 1 January Irish House of Commons members nominated to sit in the corresponding UK House of Commons at Westminster

Notes

1. "County of the City of Cork" (PDF). www.corkpastandpresent.ie. Archived (PDF) from the original on 18 December 2012. Retrieved 29 May 2021.
2. Elevated to the peerage as the 1st Baron Hutchinson, 1801
3. Smith, Henry Stooks (1842). The Register of Parliamentary Contested Elections (Second ed.). Simpkin, Marshall & Company. pp. 220–221.
4. Died in office, 1829
5. Died in office, 1826
6. Election declared void
7. Who's Who of British members of parliament: Volume I 1832–1885, edited by M. Stenton (The Harvester Press 1976); described Callaghan as being of Whig principles, except on Irish Coercion Bills. He was the grandfather of Admiral George Callaghan.
8. Walker, B.M., ed. (1978). Parliamentary Election Results in Ireland, 1801-1922. Dublin: Royal Irish Academy. pp. 205–206, 263–265, 334–335, 385–386. ISBN 0901714127.
9. name="Unseated on petition"
10. Seated on petition. Joint candidate of the Whig Party and Repeal Association in 1835 and 1837. Died in office, 1849.
11. "City Representation". Cork Examiner. 21 July 1847. pp. 2–4. Retrieved 23 September 2018 – via British Newspaper Archive.
12. Seated on petition. Joint candidate of the Whig Party and Repeal Association in 1835.
13. Joint candidate of the Whig Party and Repeal Association in 1837.
14. Resigned
15. Resigned, 1851
16. "Ireland". Hereford Times. 26 April 1851. p. 3. Retrieved 23 September 2018 – via British Newspaper Archive.
17. "The Cork Election". Newry Examiner and Louth Advertiser. 26 April 1851. pp. 3–4. Retrieved 23 September 2018 – via British Newspaper Archive.
18. "The General Election". London Evening Standard. 12 July 1852. p. 4. Retrieved 23 September 2018 – via British Newspaper Archive.
19. "Aris's Birmingham Gazette". 29 August 1853. p. 1. Retrieved 23 September 2018 – via British Newspaper Archive.
20. MikeMCSG (7 February 2013). "47 William Trant Fagan". Clarke Chronicler's Politicians. p. 7 February 2013. Retrieved 23 September 2018.
21. "The New Parliament". Dublin Weekly Nation. 18 April 1857. p. 8. Retrieved 23 September 2018 – via British Newspaper Archive.
22. Resigned, 1865
23. Re-elected as a Liberal at the 1865 and 1868 general elections. Returned as a Home Ruler at the 1874 election.
24. Died in office, 1872
25. Died in office, 1876
26. A member of the Parnellite faction of the Home Rule League in 1880. Resigned as MP, 1884.
27. Leader of the Parnellite faction of the Home Rule League. Re-elected as an Irish Parliamentary Party candidate in 1885 and 1886, he led the Parnellite Nationalists after the split in 1890 until he died in office in 1891.
28. The by-election in August 1904 was triggered by William O'Brien resigned his seat on 1 January 1904, and stood for re-election. He was returned unopposed.
29. At the January 1910 general election, O'Brien was elected for both Cork City and North East Cork. He chose to sit for Cork City.
30. William O'Brien had been elected as an All-for-Ireland League candidate, but resigned his seat on 19 January 1914, and stood for re-election as an independent nationalist. He was returned unopposed.
31. The Times (London), Saturday, 27 August 1904 p. 8 col. C
32. "Tipperary Vindicator". 17 November 1849. pp. 2–3. Retrieved 20 August 2019 – via British Newspaper Archive.
33. Salmon, Philip. "Cork". The History of Parliament. Retrieved 12 May 2020.

References

• 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)
• Walker, Brian M., ed. (1978). Parliamentary Election Results in Ireland, 1801–1922. Dublin: Royal Irish Academy. ISBN 0901714127., Cork History and Society Patrick O'Flanagan/ Cornelius G. Buttimer Geography Publications 1993
• Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "C" (part 5)

External links

• Part of the Library Ireland: Irish History and Culture website containing the text of A Topographical Directory of Ireland, by Samuel Lewis (a work published by S. Lewis & Co of London in 1837) including an article on City of Cork