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 Parliament of the United Kingdom 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.

Contents

[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

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[edit] References

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