Meath (UK Parliament constituency)

For the 1923–1937 and 1948–2007 constituency, see Meath (Dáil Éireann constituency).

Meath was a parliamentary constituency in Ireland, which from 1801 to 1885 returned two Members of Parliament (MPs) to the House of Commons of the United Kingdom.

Boundaries

This constituency comprised the whole of County Meath.

Election	1st Member		1st Party		2nd Party
1801		Hamilton Gorges		Sir Marcus Somerville, 4th Baronet
1802		Thomas Cherburgh Bligh
1812		Thomas Taylour,Earl of Bective (later Marquess of Headfort)
Feb 1830		Arthur Plunkett, Baron Killeen, later Earl of Fingall
Aug 1831		Arthur Plunkett, Baron Killeen, later Earl of Fingall		Henry Grattan
1832		Morgan O'Connell	Repealer		Repealer
1835		Morgan O'Connell	Liberal Repealer		Liberal Repealer
Feb 1840		Matthew Elias Corbally	Liberal		Liberal Repealer
1841		Daniel O'Connell^[1]	Repealer		Repealer
Jun 1842		Matthew Elias Corbally	Liberal		Repealer
1852				Frederick Lucas	Liberal
1855				Edward McEvoy	Irish Independent
1857			Irish Independent
1871		John Martin	Home Rule League
1874		John Martin	Home Rule League	Nicholas Ennis	Home Rule League
1875		Charles Stewart Parnell^[2]	Home Rule League	Nicholas Ennis	Home Rule League
Apr 1880		Charles Stewart Parnell^[2]	Home Rule League	Robert Henry Metge	Home Rule League
May 1880		Alexander Martin Sullivan	Home Rule League
Feb 1882		Michael Davitt^[3]	Home Rule League
Apr 1882		Edward Sheil	Home Rule League
Feb 1884		Edward Sheil	Home Rule League	William Meagher	Home Rule League
1885	Constituency divided: see South Meath and North Meath

^ O'Connell was also returned for County Cork and chose to sit for Cork
^ At the 1880 general election, Parnell was also returned for both Mayo and Cork City. He chose to sit for Cork
^ As a convicted felon, Davitt was held to be incapable of taking his seat. A by-election was held in April 1882

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)
Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "M" (part 2)

Parliamentary constituencies in County Meath

Parliament of Ireland to 1800	Athboy (1613–1800) · Duleek (1727–1800) · Kells (1561–1800) · Meath (????–1800) · Navan (1469–1800) · Ratoath (????–1800) · Trim (1572–1800)

Westminster 1801–1922 and First Dáil 1918	Meath (1801–1885) · North Meath (1885–1922) · South Meath (1885–1922)

Dáil Éireann 1918–present	Louth–Meath (1921–1923) · Meath (1923–1937, 1948–2007) · Meath–Westmeath (1937–1948) · Meath East (2007– ) · Meath West (2007– )

European Parliament 1979–present	Leinster (1979–2004) · East (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