Cork City (UK Parliament constituency)

Cork City
Former Borough constituency for the House of Commons
1801–1922
Number of members	Two

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 was the only constituency in Ireland to return the same number of members, in each general election, from the Act 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 (c. 89 2& 3 Will. 4), 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.

Members of Parliament

Date			First member	First party	Second member	Second party
		1801, 1 January	Hon. John Hely-Hutchinson[1]	Whig	Mountifort Longfield	Tory
		1802, 8 January	Hon. Christopher Hely-Hutchinson	Whig
		1812, 5 November	Sir Nicholas Conway Colthurst, Bt[2]	Tory
		1818, 13 July			Hon. Christopher Hely-Hutchinson[3]	Whig
		1826, 29 December			John Hely-Hutchinson	Whig
		1829, 9 July	Gerrard Callaghan[4]	Tory
		1830, 29 March	Daniel Callaghan[5]	Whig
		1830, 11 August			Hon. John Boyle	Whig
		1832, 21 December		Repeal Association	Dr. Herbert Baldwin	Repeal Association
		1835, 17 January	Joseph Leycester[6]	Conservative	James Charles Chatterton[6]	Conservative
		1835, 18 April	Daniel Callaghan[7]	Repeal Association	Dr. Herbert Baldwin[8]	Repeal Association
		1837, 11 August			Francis Bernard Beamish[9]	Repeal Association
		1841, 5 July			Francis Stack Murphy[10]	Whig
		1846, 31 January			Alexander McCarthy	Repeal Association
		1847, 9 August			William Trant Fagan[11]	Repeal Association
		1849, 4 November	James Charles Chatterton	Conservative
		1851, 23 April			Francis Stack Murphy[12]	Whig
		1852, 14 July	William Trant Fagan[13]	Whig
		1853, 20 August			Francis Bernard Beamish[14]	Whig
		1859, 6 June		Liberal		Liberal
		1859, 29 June	Francis Lyons[15]	Liberal
		1865, 14 February	Nicholas Daniel Murphy[16]	Liberal
		1865, 12 July			John Francis Maguire[17]	Liberal
		1872, 10 December			Joseph Philip Ronayne[18]	Home Rule League
		1874, 6 February		Home Rule League
		1876, 25 May			William Goulding	Conservative
		1880, 5 April	John Daly[19]	Home Rule League	Charles Stewart Parnell[20]	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		Anti-Parnellite	Martin Flavin	Anti-Parnellite
		1892, 6 July			William O'Brien	Anti-Parnellite
		1895, 27 June			J. F. X. O'Brien	Anti-Parnellite
		1900, 4 October	William O'Brien	Irish Parliamentary		Irish Parliamentary
		1904, 1 January	vacant[21]
		1904, 19 August	William O'Brien[21]	Irish Parliamentary
		1905, 14 June			Augustine Roche	Irish Parliamentary
		1909, 1 May	Maurice Healy	Independent Nationalist
		1910, 18 January[22]	William O'Brien	All-for-Ireland League
		1910, 6 December			Maurice Healy	All-for-Ireland League
		1914, 18 February[23]		Independent Nationalist
		1918, December	James 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 a few days before the Irish Free State came into existence.

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

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Sinn Féin	James Joseph Walsh	20,801	34.26	N/A
	Sinn Féin	Liam de Róiste	20,506	33.77	N/A
	Irish Parliamentary	Maurice Talbot-Crosbie	7,480	12.32	N/A
	Irish Parliamentary	Richard L. O'Sullivan	7,162	11.79	N/A
	Irish Unionist	Daniel Williams	2,519	4.15	N/A
	Irish Unionist	Thomas Farrington	2,254	3.71	N/A
Turnout			60,772	67.44 (est.)	-5.59
Registered electors			60,722

• 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	N/A	N/A
	All-for-Ireland hold		Swing	N/A
Registered electors			12,923

General Election December 1910: Cork City (2 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	All-for-Ireland	William O'Brien	5,384	26.73	+2.91
	All-for-Ireland	Maurice Healy	5,269	26.16	+3.95
	Irish Parliamentary	William Hoey Kearney Redmond	4,746	23.56	N/A
	Irish Parliamentary	Augustine Roche	4,743	23.55	+0.24
Turnout			20,142	72.99 (est.)	+4.00
Registered electors			13,797

• 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	23.82	N/A
	Irish Parliamentary	Augustine Roche	4,438	23.31	N/A
	All-for-Ireland	Maurice Healy	4,229	14.38	-9.90
	Irish Parliamentary	Dr William Murphy	3,776	19.83	N/A
	Independent Nationalist	Sir Edward Fitzgerald, Bt	2,061	10.83	N/A
Turnout			19,039	69.00 (est.)	N/A
Registered electors			13,797

• 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

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

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

General Election 13 January 1906: Cork City (2 seats)

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

By-Election 14 June 1905: Cork City

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Irish Parliamentary	Augustine Roche	Unopposed	N/A	N/A
	Irish Parliamentary hold		Swing	N/A

• William O'Brien was elected "without his knowledge and against his consent".^[24]
• Death of J. F. X. O'Brien, in 1905.

By-Election 19 August 1904: Cork City

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

• William O'Brien resigned again in January 1904.

General Election 4 October 1900: Cork City (2 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Irish Parliamentary	William O'Brien	6,716	41.67	N/A
	Irish Parliamentary	James Francis Xavier O'Brien	6,513	35.46	+9.42
	Independent Nationalist	Jeremiah Charles Blake	2,235	14.38	-9.90
	Independent Nationalist	Maurice Healy	1,985	12.77	-12.50
Turnout			15,545	59.09 (est.)	-17.45
Registered electors			13,153

• Note: Blake and Healy were Healyite candidates.
• 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)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Irish National Federation	James Francis Xavier O'Brien	5,327	26.04	N/A
	Irish National Federation	Maurice Healy	5,169	25.27	-3.94
	Parnellite Nationalist	Augustine Roche	4,994	24.41	N/A
	Parnellite Nationalist	Jeremiah Charles Blake	4,966	24.28	N/A
Turnout			20,456	76.55 (est.)	-2.74
Registered electors			13,362

By-Election 27 June 1895: Cork City

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Irish National Federation	James Francis Xavier O'Brien	4,309	51.05	N/A
	Parnellite Nationalist	Augustine Roche	4,132	48.95	N/A
Majority			177	2.10	N/A
Turnout			8,441	63.17	N/A
	Irish National Federation hold		Swing	N/A
Registered electors			13,362

• Resignation of William O'Brien

General Election 6 July 1892: Cork City (2 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Irish National Federation	William O'Brien	5,273	32.36	+15.56
	Irish National Federation	Maurice Healy	4,759	29.21	N/A
	Parnellite Nationalist	William Hoey Kearney Redmond	3,186	19.55	N/A
	Parnellite Nationalist	Daniel Horgan	3,077	18.88	N/A
Turnout			16,295	79.29 (est.)	N/A
Registered electors			10,276

By-Election 6 November 1891: Cork City

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Irish National Federation	Martin Flavin	3,669	52.51	N/A
	Parnellite Nationalist	John Edward Redmond	2,157	30.37	N/A
	Irish Unionist	Dominick Ronayne Patrick Sarsfield	1,161	16.62	N/A
Majority			1,512	21.64	N/A
Turnout			6,987	67.99	N/A
	Irish National Federation gain from Parnellite Nationalist		Swing	N/A
Registered electors			10,276

• 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)

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

General Election 27 November 1885: Cork City (2 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Irish Parliamentary	Charles Stewart Parnell	6,716	41.67	+15.56
	Irish Parliamentary	Maurice Healy	6,536	40.55	N/A
	Conservative	Joseph Pike	1,464	9.08	N/A
	Conservative	John Hugh Bainbridge	1,401	8.69	N/A
Turnout			16,117	55.31 (est.)	-6.27
Registered electors			14,569

By-Election 23 February 1884: Cork City

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Irish Parliamentary	John Deasy	2,125	64.83	N/A
	Conservative	William Goulding	1,153	35.17	N/A
Majority			972	29.65	N/A
Turnout			3,278	64.98	N/A
	Irish Parliamentary hold		Swing	N/A
Registered electors			5,045

• Resignation of Daly
• 1882: Home Rule League/Nationalist Party becomes the Irish Parliamentary Party
• 1880, 5 April (1) John Daly, 1834 – August 1888, aged 54, (2) Charles Stewart Parnell (to 1891) formerly MP for Meath 21 April 1875–1880

General Election 5 April 1880: Cork City (2 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Home Rule	John Daly	1,923	33.36	N/A
	Home Rule	Charles Stewart Parnell	1,505	26.11	N/A
	Conservative	William Goulding	1,337	23.20	+4.47
	Liberal	Nicholas Daniel Murphy	999	17.33	N/A
Turnout			5,764	61.58 (est.)	-10.99
Registered electors			4,680

Elections of the 1870s

By-Election 25 May 1876: Cork City

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

• Death of Ronayne, on 7 May 1876

General Election 6 February 1874: Cork City (2 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Home Rule	Joseph Philip Ronayne	1,917	30.15	N/A
	Home Rule	Nicholas Daniel Murphy	1,643	25.84	-15.42
	Conservative	William Goulding	1,191	18.73	N/A
	Conservative	James Edwin Pim	1,097	17.25	N/A
	Independent Nationalist	John Mitchel	511	8.04	N/A
Turnout			6,359	72.57 (est.)	-8.75
Registered electors			4,381

By-Election 10 December 1872: Cork City

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Home Rule	Joseph Philip Ronayne	1,883	62,91	N/A
	Conservative	James Edwin Pim	1,110	37.09	N/A
Majority			773	25.83	N/A
Turnout			2,993	67.39	N/A
	Home Rule gain from Liberal		Swing	N/A
Registered electors			4,441

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

Elections of the 1860s

General Election 20 November 1868: Cork City (2 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Liberal	John Francis Maguire	1,895	35.02	N/A
	Liberal	Nicholas Daniel Murphy	1,862	34.29	N/A
	Conservative	William Abbott	753	16.69	N/A
	Conservative	Christopher Crofts	3	0.07	N/A
Turnout			4,513	63.82 (est.)	N/A
Registered electors			3,536

General Election 12 July 1865: Cork City (2 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Liberal	Nicholas Daniel Murphy	Unopposed	N/A	N/A
	Liberal	John Francis Maguire	Unopposed	N/A	N/A
Registered electors			3,143

By-Election 14 February 1865: Cork City

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Liberal	Nicholas Daniel Murphy	Unopposed	N/A	N/A
	Liberal hold		Swing	N/A

• Resignation of Lyons

Elections of the 1850s

By-Election 29 June 1859: Cork City

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Liberal	Francis Lyons	Unopposed	N/A	N/A
	Liberal hold		Swing	N/A
Registered electors			3,073

• Beamish and Fagan joined the Liberal Party, which replaced the Whig Party, when it was formally founded shortly after the 1859 election.
• Death of Fagan

General Election 6 May 1859: Cork City (2 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Whig	Francis Bernard Beamish	1,288	26.77	N/A
	Whig	William Trant Fagan	1,231	25.58	N/A
	Conservative	Andrew J. Wood	1,208	25.10	N/A
	Conservative	Barcroft Carroll	1,085	22.5	N/A
Turnout			4,812	78.29 (est.)	N/A
Registered electors			3,073

General Election 28 March 1857: Cork City (2 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Whig	William Trant Fagan	Unopposed	N/A	N/A
	Whig	Francis Bernard Beamish	Unopposed	N/A	N/A
Registered electors			3,050

• Appointment of Murphy as a Commissioner of Insolvency

By-Election 20 August 1853: Cork City

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Whig	Francis Bernard Beamish	1,183	54.12	N/A
	Conservative	James Charles Chatterton	1,003	45.98	N/A
Majority			180	8.23	N/A
Turnout			2,186	69.35	N/A
	Whig hold		Swing	N/A
Registered electors			3,152

• Note: Beamish was a brewer

General Election 14 July 1852: Cork City (2 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Whig	Francis Stack Murphy	1,243	35.02	N/A
	Whig	William Trant Fagan	1,220	34.29	-0.83
	Conservative	James Charles Chatterton	898	25.24	N/A
	Conservative	William Lumley Perrier	194	5.45	N/A
Turnout			3,558	49.78 (est.)	+12.77
Registered electors			3,039

• Note: Murphy and Fagan were pledged to support the formation of an Independent Irish Opposition after the 1852 election. Fagan subsequently sought re-election as a Whig candidate.

By-Election 23 April 1851: Cork City

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Whig	Francis Stack Murphy	Unopposed	N/A	N/A
	Whig gain from Irish Repeal		Swing	N/A

• Resignation of Fagan

Elections of the 1840s

By-Election 14 November 1849: Cork City

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	James Charles Chatterton	793	57.59	N/A
	Whig	Alexander McCarthy	584	42.41	N/A
Majority			209	15.18	N/A
Turnout			1,377	N/A	N/A
	Conservative gain from Irish Repeal		Swing	N/A

• Note: Number of registered electors not yet located, so no turnout can be calculated.
• Death of Callaghan

General Election 9 August 1847: Cork City (2 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Irish Repeal	William Trant Fagan	929	35.12	N/A
	Irish Repeal	Daniel Callaghan	917	34.67	-1.06
	Irish Repeal	Alexander McCarthy	799	30.21	N/A
Turnout			2,645	37.00 (est.)	-9.95
Registered electors			3,574

By-Election 31 January 1846: Cork City

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Irish Repeal	Alexander McCarthy	Unopposed	N/A	N/A
	Irish Repeal gain from Whig		Swing	N/A

• Resignation of Murphy

General Election 5 July 1841: Cork City (2 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Whig	Francis Stack Murphy	1,486	36.26	N/A
	Irish Repeal	Daniel Callaghan	1,464	35.72	+6.78
	Conservative	James Charles Chatterton	1,017	24.82	+4.01
	Conservative	James Morris	131	3.20	N/A
Turnout			4,098	46.95 (est.)	-11.74
Registered electors			4,364

Elections of the 1830s

General Election 11 August 1837: Cork City (2 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Irish Repeal	Francis Bernard Beamish	1,951	29.19	N/A
	Irish Repeal	Daniel Callaghan	1,935	28.95	+4.23
	Conservative	Joseph Leycester	1,407	21.05	-4.52
	Conservative	James Charles Chatterton	1,391	20.81	-4.53
Turnout			6,684 (3,359 electors)	58.69	-16.60
Registered electors			5,723

• Note: Beamish and Callaghan were the candidates of a Whig/Repealer electoral pact.

General Election 17 January 1835: Cork City (2 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	Joseph Leycester	1,658	25.57	N/A
	Conservative	James Charles Chatterton	1,643	25.34	N/A
	Irish Repeal	Daniel Callaghan	1,603	24.72	-8.60
	Irish Repeal	Dr Herbert Baldwin	1,580	24.37	-8.39
Turnout			6,484 (3,359 electors)	75.30	-10.22
Registered electors			4,461

• Note: Callaghan and Baldwin were the candidates of a Whig/Repealer electoral pact. 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)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Irish Repeal	Daniel Callaghan	2,263	33.32	N/A
	Irish Repeal	Dr Herbert Baldwin	2,225	32.76	N/A
	Tory	William Henry Newenham	1,459	21.48	N/A
	Whig	Hon. John Boyle	845	12.44	N/A
Turnout			6,792 (3,696 electors)	85.52	N/A
Registered electors			4,322

General Election 7 May 1831: Cork City (2 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Whig	Daniel Callaghan	Unopposed	N/A	N/A
	Whig	Hon. John Boyle	Unopposed	N/A	N/A

General Election 11 August 1830: Cork City (2 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Whig	Hon. John Boyle	1,152	48.18	N/A
	Whig	Daniel Callaghan	851	35.59	N/A
	Non Partisan	Dr Herbert Baldwin	388	16.23	N/A
Turnout			2,391	N/A	N/A

• Note: Stooks Smith classifies Baldwin as a Repealer at this election, but this may not be an accurate description for the period before 1832.

By-Election 29 March 1830: Cork City

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Whig	Daniel Callaghan	1,171	50.34	N/A
	Tory	William Henry Newenham	1,155	49.66	-29.83
Majority			16	0.69	N/A
Turnout			2,326	N/A	N/A
	Whig gain from Tory		Swing	N/A

• 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 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	79.48	+30.72
	Non Partisan	Sir Augustus Warren, Bt	135	20.52	N/A
Majority			388	58.97	N/A
Turnout			658	N/A	N/A
	Tory hold		Swing	N/A

• Death of Colthurst

By-Election 29 December 1826: Cork City

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Whig	Hon. John Hely-Hutchinson	1,019	51.23	N/A
	Tory	Gerrard Callaghan	970	48.77	N/A
Majority			49	2.46	N/A
Turnout			1,989	N/A	N/A
	Whig hold		Swing	N/A

• Death of Hely-Hutchinson

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

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Tory	Sir Nicholas Conway Colthurst, Bt	Unopposed	N/A	N/A
	Whig	Hon. Christopher Hely-Hutchinson	Unopposed	N/A	N/A

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

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Whig	Hon. Christopher Hely-Hutchinson	1,303	41.47	-2.07
	Tory	Sir Nicholas Conway Colthurst, Bt	1,080	34.37	+3.74
	Tory	Gerrard Callaghan	759	24.16	N/A
Turnout			3,142 (2,037 electors)	N/A	N/A

Elections of the 1810s

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

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Whig	Hon. Christopher Hely-Hutchinson	1,221	43.54	+14.84
	Tory	Sir Nicholas Conway Colthurst, Bt	859	30.63	+0.58
	Tory	Mountifort Longfield	724	25.82	-15.42
Turnout			2,804 (1,895 electors)	N/A	N/A

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

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Tory	Mountifort Longfield	918	41.24	-24.36
	Tory	Sir Nicholas Conway Colthurst, Bt	669	30.05	N/A
	Whig	Hon. Christopher Hely-Hutchinson	639	28.71	+3.11
Turnout			2,226 (1,400 electors)	N/A	N/A

Elections of the 1800s

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

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Tory	Mountifort Longfield	82	65.6	N/A
	Whig	Hon. Christopher Hely-Hutchinson	32	25.6	N/A
	Non Partisan	George Freke Evans	11	8.8	N/A
Turnout			125 (87 electors)	N/A	N/A

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

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Tory	Mountifort Longfield	Unopposed	N/A	N/A
	Whig	Hon. Christopher Hely-Hutchinson	Unopposed	N/A	N/A

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

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Tory	Mountifort Longfield	Unopposed	N/A	N/A
	Whig	Hon. Christopher Hely-Hutchinson	Unopposed	N/A	N/A

By-Election 8 January 1802: Cork City

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

• 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	Co-opted	N/A	N/A
	Whig	Hon. John Hely-Hutchinson	Co-opted	N/A	N/A

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

Reference notes

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

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)
• Parliamentary Election Results in Ireland, 1801–1922, edited by B.M. Walker (Royal Irish Academy 1978), 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)