Carrickfergus (UK Parliament constituency)

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Carrickfergus Borough constituency
Created:	1801
Abolished:	1885
Type:	House of Commons

Carrickfergus is a former United Kingdom Parliament constituency, in Ireland, returning one MP.

Contents 1 Boundaries 2 Members of Parliament 3 Elections 4 References

[edit] Boundaries

This constituency was the Parliamentary borough of Carrickfergus in County Antrim.

[edit] Members of Parliament

1847-1857: Wellington Henry Stapleton-Cotton, Conservative

[edit] Elections

[edit] 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)