Redistribution of Seats (Ireland) Act 1918
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The Redistribution of Seats (Ireland) Act 1918 (7 & 8 Geo. 5 c. 65), is a law of the United Kingdom which provided for parliamentary constituencies in Ireland for the House of Commons of the 31st UK Parliament 1918-1922. These constituencies were also used by Sinn Féin to elect members of the revolutionary First Dáil, which met 1919-1921.
This Act replaced the distribution of seats which had been used since 1885. The number of seats was increased from 103 to 105, with the enfranchisement of two additional universities. There continued to be two two-member constituencies, so the number of constituencies increased from 101 to 103.
In 1922 this redistribution was replaced, for the six counties in Northern Ireland which remained part of the UK, by new UK Parliament constituencies. The remaining twenty-six Irish counties ceased to be represented at Westminster.
Under the Government of Ireland Act 1920 (10 & 11 Geo. 5 c. 67) provision was made for new constituencies, to be used for the House of Commons of Northern Ireland and the House of Commons of Southern Ireland. Sinn Féin used both sets of constituencies to elect the Second Dáil of 1921-1922, and the Southern Ireland ones for the election to the Third Dáil of 1922-1923.
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[edit] List of Irish constituencies for the 31st Parliament and the 1st Dáil
Explanation of columns
- Number: The number of the constituency (in alphabetical order).
- Constituency: The name of the constituency. Compass points follow the area name in this list, which is not always the case in the official version of the name.
- Created: The year of the election when a UK constituency of the same name was last created. Dáil constituencies were all newly created in 1918.
- No.: The number of times a UK constituency with the same name had been created (if more than one then there was a gap before the current version of the constituency was created).
- Seats: The number of MPs/TDs elected from the constituency.
- Change: Change in the number of seats since the last distribution of seats (which took effect in 1885).
| Number | Constituency | Created | No. | Seats | Change |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 001 | Antrim East | 1885 | (1) | 1 | none |
| 002 | Antrim Mid | 1885 | (1) | 1 | none |
| 003 | Antrim North | 1885 | (1) | 1 | none |
| 004 | Antrim South | 1885 | (1) | 1 | none |
| 005 | Armagh Mid | 1885 | (1) | 1 | none |
| 006 | Armagh North | 1885 | (1) | 1 | none |
| 007 | Armagh South | 1885 | (1) | 1 | none |
| 008 | Belfast Cromac | 1918 | (1) | 1 | plus 1 |
| 009 | Belfast Duncairn | 1918 | (1) | 1 | plus 1 |
| 010 | Belfast Falls | 1918 | (1) | 1 | plus 1 |
| 011 | Belfast Ormeau | 1918 | (1) | 1 | plus 1 |
| 012 | Belfast Pottinger | 1918 | (1) | 1 | plus 1 |
| 013 | Belfast Shankill | 1918 | (1) | 1 | plus 1 |
| 014 | Belfast St Anne's | 1918 | (1) | 1 | plus 1 |
| 015 | Belfast Victoria | 1918 | (1) | 1 | plus 1 |
| 016 | Belfast Woodvale | 1918 | (1) | 1 | plus 1 |
| 017 | Carlow County | 1801 | (1) | 1 | none |
| 018 | Cavan East | 1885 | (1) | 1 | none |
| 019 | Cavan West | 1885 | (1) | 1 | none |
| 020 | Clare East | 1885 | (1) | 1 | none |
| 021 | Clare West | 1885 | (1) | 1 | none |
| 022 | Cork City | 1801 | (1) | 2 | none |
| 023 | Cork East | 1885 | (1) | 1 | none |
| 024 | Cork Mid | 1885 | (1) | 1 | none |
| 025 | Cork North | 1885 | (1) | 1 | none |
| 026 | Cork North-East | 1885 | (1) | 1 | none |
| 027 | Cork South | 1885 | (1) | 1 | none |
| 028 | Cork South-East | 1885 | (1) | 1 | none |
| 029 | Cork West | 1885 | (1) | 1 | none |
| 030 | Donegal East | 1885 | (1) | 1 | none |
| 031 | Donegal North | 1885 | (1) | 1 | none |
| 032 | Donegal South | 1885 | (1) | 1 | none |
| 033 | Donegal West | 1885 | (1) | 1 | none |
| 034 | Down East | 1885 | (1) | 1 | none |
| 035 | Down Mid | 1918 | (1) | 1 | plus 1 |
| 036 | Down North | 1885 | (1) | 1 | none |
| 037 | Down South | 1885 | (1) | 1 | none |
| 038 | Down West | 1885 | (1) | 1 | none |
| 039 | Dublin Clontarf | 1918 | (1) | 1 | plus 1 |
| 040 | Dublin College Green | 1885 | (1) | 1 | none |
| 041 | Dublin Harbour | 1885 | (1) | 1 | none |
| 042 | Dublin County North | 1885 | (1) | 1 | none |
| 043 | Dublin Pembroke | 1918 | (1) | 1 | plus 1 |
| 044 | Dublin Rathmines | 1918 | (1) | 1 | plus 1 |
| 045 | Dublin St James's | 1918 | (1) | 1 | plus 1 |
| 046 | Dublin St Michan's | 1918 | (1) | 1 | plus 1 |
| 047 | Dublin St Patrick's | 1885 | (1) | 1 | none |
| 048 | Dublin St Stephen's Green | 1885 | (1) | 1 | none |
| 049 | Dublin County South | 1885 | (1) | 1 | none |
| 050 | Dublin University | 1801 | (1) | 2 | none |
| 051 | Fermanagh North | 1885 | (1) | 1 | none |
| 052 | Fermanagh South | 1885 | (1) | 1 | none |
| 053 | Galway Connemara | 1885 | (1) | 1 | none |
| 054 | Galway East | 1885 | (1) | 1 | none |
| 055 | Galway North | 1885 | (1) | 1 | none |
| 056 | Galway South | 1885 | (1) | 1 | none |
| 057 | Kerry East | 1885 | (1) | 1 | none |
| 058 | Kerry North | 1885 | (1) | 1 | none |
| 059 | Kerry South | 1885 | (1) | 1 | none |
| 060 | Kerry West | 1885 | (1) | 1 | none |
| 061 | Kildare North | 1885 | (1) | 1 | none |
| 062 | Kildare South | 1885 | (1) | 1 | none |
| 063 | Kilkenny North | 1885 | (1) | 1 | none |
| 064 | Kilkenny South | 1885 | (1) | 1 | none |
| 065 | King's County | 1918 | (2) | 1 | plus 1 |
| 066 | Leitrim | 1918 | (2) | 1 | plus 1 |
| 067 | Limerick City | 1801 | (1) | 1 | none |
| 068 | Limerick East | 1885 | (1) | 1 | none |
| 069 | Limerick West | 1885 | (1) | 1 | none |
| 070 | Londonderry City | 1801 | (1) | 1 | none |
| 071 | Londonderry North | 1885 | (1) | 1 | none |
| 072 | Londonderry South | 1885 | (1) | 1 | none |
| 073 | Longford | 1918 | (2) | 1 | plus 1 |
| 074 | Louth | 1918 | (2) | 1 | plus 1 |
| 075 | Mayo East | 1885 | (1) | 1 | none |
| 076 | Mayo North | 1885 | (1) | 1 | none |
| 077 | Mayo South | 1885 | (1) | 1 | none |
| 078 | Mayo West | 1885 | (1) | 1 | none |
| 079 | Meath North | 1885 | (1) | 1 | none |
| 080 | Meath South | 1885 | (1) | 1 | none |
| 081 | Monaghan North | 1885 | (1) | 1 | none |
| 082 | Monaghan South | 1885 | (1) | 1 | none |
| 083 | National University of Ireland | 1918 | (1) | 1 | plus 1 |
| 084 | Queen's County | 1918 | (2) | 1 | plus 1 |
| 085 | Queen's University of Belfast | 1918 | (1) | 1 | plus 1 |
| 086 | Roscommon North | 1885 | (1) | 1 | none |
| 087 | Roscommon South | 1885 | (1) | 1 | none |
| 088 | Sligo North | 1885 | (1) | 1 | none |
| 089 | Sligo South | 1885 | (1) | 1 | none |
| 090 | Tipperary East | 1885 | (1) | 1 | none |
| 091 | Tipperary Mid | 1885 | (1) | 1 | none |
| 092 | Tipperary North | 1885 | (1) | 1 | none |
| 093 | Tipperary South | 1885 | (1) | 1 | none |
| 094 | Tyrone North-East | 1918 | (1) | 1 | plus 1 |
| 095 | Tyrone North-West | 1918 | (1) | 1 | plus 1 |
| 096 | Tyrone South | 1885 | (1) | 1 | none |
| 097 | Waterford City | 1801 | (1) | 1 | none |
| 098 | Waterford | 1918 | (2) | 1 | plus 1 |
| 099 | Westmeath | 1918 | (2) | 1 | plus 1 |
| 100 | Wexford North | 1885 | (1) | 1 | none |
| 101 | Wexford South | 1885 | (1) | 1 | none |
| 102 | Wicklow East | 1885 | (1) | 1 | none |
| 103 | Wicklow West | 1885 | (1) | 1 | none |
[edit] UK Parliament constituencies 1885-1918 abolished
| Letter | Constituency | Created | No. | Seats | Change |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| A | Belfast East | 1885 | (1) | 1 | minus 1 |
| B | Belfast North | 1885 | (1) | 1 | minus 1 |
| C | Belfast South | 1885 | (1) | 1 | minus 1 |
| D | Belfast West | 1885 | (1) | 1 | minus 1 |
| E | Galway Borough | 1801 | (1) | 1 | minus 1 |
| F | Kilkenny City | 1801 | (1) | 1 | minus 1 |
| G | King's County Birr | 1885 | (1) | 1 | minus 1 |
| H | King's County Tullamore | 1885 | (1) | 1 | minus 1 |
| I | Leitrim North | 1885 | (1) | 1 | minus 1 |
| J | Leitrim South | 1885 | (1) | 1 | minus 1 |
| K | Longford North | 1885 | (1) | 1 | minus 1 |
| L | Longford South | 1885 | (1) | 1 | minus 1 |
| M | Louth North | 1885 | (1) | 1 | minus 1 |
| N | Louth South | 1885 | (1) | 1 | minus 1 |
| O | Newry | 1801 | (1) | 1 | minus 1 |
| P | Queen's County Leix | 1885 | (1) | 1 | minus 1 |
| Q | Queen's County Ossory | 1885 | (1) | 1 | minus 1 |
| R | Tyrone East | 1885 | (1) | 1 | minus 1 |
| S | Tyrone Mid | 1885 | (1) | 1 | minus 1 |
| T | Tyrone North | 1885 | (1) | 1 | minus 1 |
| U | Waterford East | 1885 | (1) | 1 | minus 1 |
| V | Waterford West | 1885 | (1) | 1 | minus 1 |
| W | Westmeath North | 1885 | (1) | 1 | minus 1 |
| X | Westmeath South | 1885 | (1) | 1 | minus 1 |
[edit] See also
- Wikipedia:WikiProject UK Parliament constituencies/Historic constituency names
- List of former United Kingdom Parliamentary constituencies
- Official names of United Kingdom Parliamentary constituencies
- List of UK Parliament Constituencies in Ireland and Northern Ireland
- List of Dáil Éireann constituencies in Ireland (historic)
[edit] External links
[edit] Reference
- Parliamentary Election Results in Ireland, 1801-1922, edited by B.M. Walker (Royal Irish Academy 1978)
