West Clare (UK Parliament constituency)

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

West Clare
Former County constituency for the House of Commons
1885–1922
Number of members	One
Created from	Clare

West Clare was a UK Parliament constituency in Ireland, returning one Member of Parliament 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 western part of County Clare.

Members of Parliament

Years	Member	Party
1885–1892	Jeremiah Jordan	Irish Parliamentary Party
1892–1895	James Rochfort Maguire	Parnellite Nationalist
1895–1904	John Eustace Jameson	Irish Parliamentary Party
1904–1906	John Eustace Jameson	Conservative
1906–1909	James Halpin	Irish Parliamentary Party
1909–1918	Arthur Lynch	Irish Parliamentary Party
1918–1922	Brian O'Higgins	Sinn Féin

Elections

General Election 1 December 1885: Clare West
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Irish Nationalist	Jeremiah Jordan	6763	95.9
	Conservative	Robert William Carey Reeves	289	4.1
Majority			6474	91.8
Turnout			9813	71.9
	Irish Nationalist gain from new seat		Swing

General Election 6 July 1886: Clare West
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Irish Nationalist	Jeremiah Jordan	unopposed
Turnout			9813
	Irish Nationalist hold		Swing

General Election 14 July 1892: Clare West
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Parnellite Nationalist	James Rochfort Maguire	3878	57.5
	Irish National Federation	Dr Bernard O’Connor	2871	42.5
Majority			1007	15.0
Turnout			11077	60.9
	Parnellite Nationalist gain from Irish Nationalist		Swing

General Election 23 July 1895: Clare West
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Irish National Federation	Major John Eustace Jameson	3376	53.2	+10.7
	Parnellite Nationalist	James Rochfort Maguire	2973	46.8	-10.7
Majority			403	6.4
Turnout			10488	60.5	-0.4
	Irish National Federation gain from Parnellite Nationalist		Swing

General Election 5 October 1900: Clare West
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Irish Nationalist	Major John Eustace Jameson	unopposed
Turnout			10683
	Irish Nationalist gain from Irish National Federation		Swing

General Election 18 January 1906: Clare West
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Irish Nationalist	James Halpin	unopposed
Turnout			8989
	Irish Nationalist hold		Swing

Death of Halpin

By-election 3 September 1909: Clare West
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Irish Nationalist	Arthur Lynch	unopposed
Turnout			8854
	Irish Nationalist hold		Swing

General Election 19 January 1910: Clare West
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Irish Nationalist	Arthur Lynch	unopposed
Turnout			8834
	Irish Nationalist hold		Swing

General Election 8 December 1910: Clare West
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Irish Nationalist	Arthur Lynch	unopposed
Turnout			8834
	Irish Nationalist hold		Swing

General Election 14 December 1918: Clare West
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Sinn Féin	Brian O’Higgins	unopposed
Turnout			21674
	Sinn Féin gain from Irish Nationalist		Swing

References

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 "C" (part 4)

Parliamentary constituencies in County Clare

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

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

Dáil Éireann 1918–present	Clare (1921–) Clare–Galway South (1969–77)

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