East Mayo (UK Parliament constituency)

This article is about 1885–1922 constituency of the United Kingdom House of Commons and of the 1919–1921 First Dáil. For the 1969–1997 constituency, see Mayo East (Dáil constituency).

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.

East Mayo
Former county constituency for the House of Commons
1885–1922
Seats	1
Created from	Mayo
Replaced by	Sligo–Mayo East

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
1885–1890	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

General election 27 November 1885: East Mayo

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Irish Parliamentary	John Dillon	Unopposed
Registered electors			8,149
	Irish Parliamentary win (new seat)

General election 6 July 1886: East Mayo

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Irish Parliamentary	John Dillon	Unopposed
Registered electors			8,149
	Irish Parliamentary hold

Elections in the 1890s

General election 13 July 1892: East Mayo

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Irish National Federation	John Dillon	2,464	90.6	N/A
	Irish National League	John Fitzgibbon	257	9.4	N/A
Majority			2,207	81.2	N/A
Turnout			2,721	42.6	N/A
Registered electors			6,387
	Irish National Federation gain from Irish Parliamentary		Swing	N/A

General election 19 July 1895: East Mayo

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Irish National Federation	John Dillon	Unopposed
Registered electors			7,966
	Irish National Federation hold

Elections in the 1900s

General election 3 October 1900: East Mayo

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Irish Parliamentary	John Dillon	Unopposed
Registered electors			8,225
	Irish Parliamentary hold

General election 19 January 1906: East Mayo

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Irish Parliamentary	John Dillon	Unopposed
Registered electors			8,029
	Irish Parliamentary hold

Elections in the 1910s

General election 18 January 1910: East Mayo

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Irish Parliamentary	John Dillon	Unopposed
Registered electors			7,816
	Irish Parliamentary hold

General election 6 December 1910: East Mayo

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Irish Parliamentary	John Dillon	Unopposed
Registered electors			7,816
	Irish Parliamentary hold

General Election 14 December 1918: East Mayo

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Sinn Féin	Éamon de Valera	8,975	66.5	New
	Irish Parliamentary	John Dillon	4,514	33.5	N/A
Majority			4,461	33.0	N/A
Turnout			13,489	62.3	N/A
Registered electors			21,635
	Sinn Féin gain from Irish Parliamentary		Swing	N/A

References

• Walker, Brian M., ed. (1978). Parliamentary Election Results in Ireland, 1801–1922. Dublin: Royal Irish Academy. pp. 366–367, 394. ISBN 0901714127.
• Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "M" (part 2)