Wicklow (UK Parliament constituency)

Wicklow
Former County constituency for the House of Commons
1801–1885
Replaced by	East Wicklow and West Wicklow

Wicklow was a parliamentary constituency in Ireland, represented in the Parliament of the United Kingdom. From 1801 to 1885 it returned two Members of Parliament (MPs) to the House of Commons of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland.

At the 1885 general election, County Wicklow was divided into two parliamentary divisions: East Wicklow and West Wicklow.

Boundaries

This constituency comprised the whole of County Wicklow.

Members of Parliament

Year	1st Member		1st Party		2nd Party
1801		William Hoare Hume		vacant until the by-election held in Jan 1801
Jan 1801				George Ponsonby	Whig
1806				William Tighe
Feb 1816		Hon. Granville Proby	Whig	William Tighe
Apr 1816				George Ponsonby	Whig
Aug 1817				William Parnell-Hayes
1821				James Grattan	Liberal
Jul 1829		Sir Ralph Howard, Bt	Liberal	James Grattan	Liberal
1841		Sir Ralph Howard, Bt	Liberal	William Acton	Conservative
1847		Viscount Milton	Liberal	William Acton	Conservative
Apr 1848				Sir Ralph Howard, Bt	Liberal
1852				William Wentworth FitzWilliam Hume	Conservative
Feb 1858		Lord Proby	Liberal
Nov 1868		Hon. Henry Wentworth-FitzWilliam	Liberal
1874		William Richard O'Byrne	Home Rule League
1880		William Joseph Corbet	Home Rule League	James Carlile McCoan	Home Rule League
1885	Constituency divided: see East Wicklow and West Wicklow

Elections

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References

Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "W" (part 3)
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)

Parliamentary constituencies in County Wicklow

Parliament of Ireland to 1800	Baltinglass (164–1800) Blessington (1670–1800) Carysfort (1629–1800) Wicklow Borough (1614–1800) Wicklow County (????–1800)

Westminster 1801–1922 and First Dáil 1918	Wicklow (1801–85) East Wicklow (1885–1922) West Wicklow (1885–1922)

Dáil Éireann 1918–present	Kildare–Wicklow (1921–23) Wicklow (1923–)

European Parliament 1979–present	Leinster (1979–2004) East (2004–14) South (2014–)

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

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