East Clare (UK Parliament constituency)

For other parliamentary constituencies in County Clare, see Clare (constituency).

East Clare was a UK Parliament constituency in Ireland, returning one Member of Parliament (MP) 1885–1922.

Prior to the United Kingdom general election, 1885 the area was part of the Clare constituency. From 1922 it was not represented in the UK Parliament.

Boundaries

This constituency comprised the eastern part of County Clare.

Clare East by-election 10 July 1917
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Sinn Féin	Éamon de Valera	5,010		N/A
	Irish Parliamentary	Patrick Lynch	2,035		N/A
Majority			2,975		N/A
Turnout					N/A
	Sinn Féin gain from Irish Parliamentary		Swing	N/A

Note: The 1917 by-election was the first electoral contest in the constituency in 22 years.

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

Parliamentary constituencies in County Clare

Parliament of Ireland to 1800	Ennis (1614–1800) · Clare (????–1800)

Westminster 1801–1922 and First Dáil 1918	Clare (1801–1885) · Ennis (1801–1885) · East Clare (1885–1922) · West Clare (1885–1922)

Dáil Éireann 1918–present	Clare (1921–) · Clare–Galway South (1969–1977)

European Parliament 1979–present	Munster (1979–2004) · North-West (2004– )

Irish counties: Carlow · Cavan · Clare · Cork · Donegal · Dublin · Galway · Kerry · Kildare · Kilkenny · Laois · Leitrim · Limerick · Longford · Louth · Mayo · Meath · Monaghan · Offaly · Roscommon · Sligo · Tipperary · Waterford · Westmeath · Wexford · Wicklow